Nam Daeun

The owner of the Secret Class "Sword Empress" (Queen of Sword). Even with her unfortunate history during her early days in Hall plain, Daeun manages to climb to the top of the player base purely on her skill. After the battle against the western continent and the northern continent's defectors, Nam Daeun is chosen as one of northern continent's strongest ten.

## Appearance

Nam Daeun is described to be attractive, with long straight hair, oval face, long legs and an overall slender figure.

But if there was one fly in the ointment, it was her eyes. Her eyes were similar to Seraph for how calm it looked, but the shape of her eyes threaded up which made it look as if she was angry.

Overall, combining everything about her appearance, Daeun gave off a somewhat arrogant and wintry feeling.

## History

After graduating from the academy, Daeun is befriended by Lee Kangsan, (a defector undercover) and comes under his influence. Even though she graduates as the top academy student, she declines all offers from top clans to follow Kangsan instead. After heading out of the city, Kangsan raises her, feeds her, clothes her, finds the secret class (Queen of sword) for her and even comforts her (sexually). Initally, Daeun is unable to understand Kangsan's true motives in wanting to turn her into a defector, but in time she realizes she's been tricked, but is now too late to runaway from the surrounding around her.

For years, she bides her time, and eventually she finds the opportunity to escape. In her escpae she kills several defectors and brings their bodies to the player city to show her true nature. However, this doesn't help her situation with the players, for the players still deem her suspicious and the title 'ex-defector' looms over her head wherever she goes. Daeun is put into the Chundoon Clan (Golden Lion's puppet clan) to be watched closely.

Daeun eagerly tries to wash the stain off her past, but everything she does is looked with distrust and the struggle only intensifies. In the midst of helplessness, Kim Soohyun indirectly helps her situation when he uncovers a list of infiltrators that the defector camp has secretly planted in various player clans. One of the first names that comes to players' mind is Nam Daeun, but to their surprise, Daeun's name is not on the list. Rather its revealed that she was a target of the conspirators' slander, thus proving her innocence. Daeun later on reveals to Soohyun how easily he'd managed to do something she had been unable to do for years. This incident sparks an interest inside Daeun for the individual Soohyun.

In the battle against the western continent and northern continent defectors, Daeun welcomes the opportunity to finally prove where her allegiance lies. She joins the eastern cities alliance and heads to the eastern city of Princika where the alliance is grouping for a march on Barbara. During their march, she uses the time to get know Soohyun, even asking for a short spar with him.

After the battle, Daeun meets Soyoung and Soohyun in Barbara when Soyoung offers Daeun to join the Istantel Law clan. Thinking it would be good to have Daeun part of an ally clan, Soohyun positively responds to the idea by talking about the good things about Istantel Law is and the city of Monica. He then adds how Daeun should come pay Mercenary clan a visit if she do decide to come to Monica. By now, romantic feelings for Soohyun was manifesting inside Daeun and she misunderstands his offer to visit his clan house as a formal invitation to join his clan. (Not what Soohyun was implying).

Following the battle, the Northern player base forms groups to chase the remaining defectors and western continent players who managed to escape. Daeun joins in the search thinking this is her final act needed to wash her stained past away before she can join the Mercenary clan. If she manages to catch the remaining defectors, her name would no longer be associated with being an 'ex-defector' which then wouldn't tarnish the Mercenary clan's reputation if she joins.

After the search groups finishes their assignment, Daeun heads to Monica where she joins the Mercenary clan.