Kun Clan

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The Kun Clan on Eastern Azure Great World is a notable, neutrally-aligned clan that has its most powerful branch on the northern continent. The local clan in the Blue Water Province was founded some tens of thousands of years ago, before the Blue Water Sage's achievements, and is now the largest independent exporter of spirit herbs in the province. The local clan also has a strong connection to the Military Authority and prizes its martial forms and lineage. It is one of the few clans considered to have genuinely deep roots on the Yin Eclipse subcontinent.

## Branches

There are three main branches of the Kun clan located on different continents:

* Central continent, Nine Moons Province: the **largest** branch
* Blue Water Province: the **wealthiest** branch
* Northern Tang continent, Iron Crown and Golden Jade provinces: the most **powerful**

## History

The branch in the Blue Water Province was founded prior to the Blue Water Sage's return from Yin Eclipse. The founder of this branch possessed a core formed with more than 30 rotations, named the "Nine Devouring Kun Core." His arts formed the basis for the branch's inheritance.

Clan Lord Kun Mingzhu, during his reign, married a second wife to form a treaty with the Kun branch in the Northern Tang continent's Golden Jade Province. His eldest son, Kun Jiao, would go on to inherit the mantle of Clan Lord, but Mingzhu insisted that any children by his second wife be given functional roles in the clan. His first wife, Liang, believes the Golden Jade branch sees the Central and Blue Water branches as things to be 'reacquired'.

Kun Jiao fought in the most recent iteration of the Huang-Mo Wars, becoming the sworn brother of Lord Quan Bohai. This relationship has afforded the Blue Water branch the opportunity to form connections with influences from Pill Sovereign City. Connections such as these have led to economic success under Kun Jiao's leadership.

Despite this economic success, Kun Jiao has encountered increasing internal opposition and misfortune in recent decades. His son and would-be inheritor, Kun Talshin, was severely wounded by an assassin during the Three School's Conflict and was thereafter rejected as an inheritor. Later, his daughter, Kun Juni, was divined by the clan elders to possess a spirit root that was inauspicious and would lead to disaster. These events have enabled Mingzhu's son and Jiao's half-brother, Kun Xuanhai, to leverage his position as Supreme Elder to oppose Kun Jiao's rule and put forth his own daughter as an inheritor.

## Yin Eclipse Trial

Following the accusation of rebellion against Kun Juni and the Azure Astral Authority's purging of the local Astrology Bureau, the local clan fled to the Northern Tang continent and the shelter of the Moon Tomb Gate.

## Business Enterprises

They are more known for their herb brokerage than farming spiritual herbs.

## Family Arts and Scriptures

* Devouring Kun Sovereign Scripture - Inheritance Art
* Nine Kun Hearts Manual
* Double Dragon Manual (via Ling Ai Xiao)

**Kun Family Weapon Arts**

* Kun Family Sword Art
	+ Kun Divides the Waters (I)
	+ Kun Skips on the Pond (IV) - Evasion
	+ Kun Rises to Heaven (VIII) - Capstone Art
* Kun Family Spear Art
	+ Kun Overturns the Waves (I)
	+ Kun Splits the Waves (II)
	+ Kun within the Maelstrom (IV)
* Kun Family Sword-Staff Art
	+ Kun Overturns the Waters (I)
	+ Double Dragon, Sundering Surge (VI) - Capstone Art
* Kun Family Archery Art
	+ Kun Jumps for Heaven (II)

## Family Tree

The Kun family:

* 2 = 2nd spouse
* † = Deceased

## Membership

### Ancestors

* Kun Xianfang - "Old Xian", Kun Juni's grand-uncle, retired
* Kun Liang - Kun Juni's paternal grandmother
* Kun Mingzhu - Kun Juni's paternal grandfather, deceased
* Kun Xuanmei - Mingzhu's second wife, mother to Kun Xuanhai
* Kun Jiang - Grand Elder, from Mingzhu's generation
* Kun Zheng - Old Ancestor, recluse, Juni's great grandfather

### Senior Members

* Lord Kun Jiao - Head of clan branch in Blue Water Province, and Kun Juni's father
* Supreme Elder Kun Xuanhai - Father of Kun Xingjuan, half-brother and political adversary of Kun Jiao
* Kun Oumeng - Clan Administrator
* Kun Mao - Adjunct Elder of the Military Bureau, Dao Eternal
* Kun Lianmei - Clan Elder, Chosen Immortal, leader of West Flower Picking Town's Beast Cadre

### Notable Juniors

* Kun Talshin - Kun Juni's older brother
* Kun Xingjuan - Daughter of Supreme Elder Kun Xuanhai, and successor who replaced Kun Juni
* Kun Xian - The new male inheritor after Talshin's injury

### Other Members

* Kun Mu - Hunter Pavilion Elder
* Kun Yunhee - Clan guard
* Kun Xing Lifen - Mother of Kun Xingjuan
* Kun Zhong Bei - Spirit herb warehouse proprietor
* Kun Shi - Jade Willow Sect disciple
* Kun Zhuge Fei - Disciple from Northern Tang continent
* Kun Zhen Fei - Spirit herb warehouse employee
* Kun Shenhua - Pavilion official in West Flower Picking Town, Kun Juni's immediate junior

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 8 - Kun Juni POV
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 58 - Kun Juni POV
3. ↑ Chapter 7 (new) - Jun Arai POV
4. ↑ Chapter 3 (new) - Jun Arai POV
5. ↑ Chapter 6 (new) - Jun Arai POV
6. ↑ https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/36051/memories-of-the-fall/chapter/746390/chapter-4-the-days-we-hate-part-2
7. ↑ Chapter 9 (new) - Jun Arai POV
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 13 - Kun Juni POV
9. ↑ Chapter 3 (new) - Kun Juni POV
10. ↑ Chapter 81 - Shu Tian POV