Choi Han

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## Choi Han

* Manhwa
* Concept Art

### Aliases

Punk (by Ron)Little Han (by Lee Soo Hyuk)
Choi Han of the Black Blade
Cale Henituse's guardian knight

### Relatives

Unnamed Parents (†)
Choi Jung Soo (nephew once removed,†)
Choi Jung Gun (uncle,†)

### Occupations

Swordmaster
Dragon Slayer

### Affiliations

Cale Henituse
Henituse Family

### Abilities

Swordsmanship
Black Yong (east asian dragon)

### Ancient Powers

Sword of Disasters
Abandoning Life
Controlling Wyverns

## Appearances

### First Appearance

Chapter 5 (Novel)Prologue (Manhwa)

“I will create the path for him to get there.”
The path for that person to become a legend.
He would be the one to create that path.

**Choi Han** was the original protagonist of **The** **Birth of a Hero** novel. In the current story, he becomes a loyal follower of Cale, who reached out a hand to help Choi Han after the destruction of Harris Village, and gave him a purpose and a place. Choi Han who sought revenge was thankful.

From what we have seen, we know that he is likely over a hundred years old, and has possibly even lived for several centuries, though he has the appearance of a 17 or 18-year-old. It is confirmed that he is at least quite a bit older than Ron, who is known to be over 60. The protagonist of the story said that although Choi Han is definitely older than Ron Molan, Choi Han is likely over a hundred years old.

## Appearance

He has black hair and black eyes. Although his face is naturally kind and easy-going, frequently described as being pure, he's often seen wearing a cold expression, or generally one that is more mature than his physical age. He is handsome enough to draw people's gazes towards him.

At the beginning, his clothes were worn-out and black, being described by a priest of the God of Death as something similar to a beggar’s.

## Personality

He is a hero for justice. He protects the weak and destroys the evil and the corrupt. He cares deeply for his new family and grows stronger to try to protect them.

When he is fighting with his enemies, he is very cruel and cold-hearted and will completely destroy them, especially if the enemies hurt Cale or anyone of his family members in any way.

As remarked by Ron in particular, while Choi Han acts incredibly respectful towards Cale, to others he doesn't quite grant the same pleasure, showing a much more crass and disrespectful behaviour, even towards elders.

Between Rosalyn, Lock, and Choi Han, he appears to be the calmest, but is actually the most vicious of them.

## Background

Choi Han was sent to the Forest of Darkness when he was 17 years old. He had nothing but his school uniform on him.

> He had been the weakest existence in there. He had to dig a hole and hide underneath for multiple days at a time even while starving himself in order to survive, and there were times that he would have to go days without being able to sleep.
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> He could not even groan when he was in pain.
> He needed to survive.
> It was a matter of life and death instead of winning and losing.
> The enemy had to die for him to survive.
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> That was it.
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> — Chapter 221

He lived in the forest of darkness for tens of years after his sudden world-crossing into the forest.

Before he fell into the world of [The Birth of a Hero] Choi Han lived in a village in the countryside, where his family had the biggest tiled-roof house in the entire neighborhood.

## Plot

### Original Plot

In the original novel, "The Birth of a Hero", Choi Han is the protagonist and the narrator. He transmigrates from Korea to Cale's world and lands in the Forest of Darkness. After surviving like an animal in the Forest of Darkness for many years, he is taken in by the people of Harris Village and shown comfort, friendship, and love for the first time. All of that is cruelly ripped away from him when assassins from the organization, Arm assassinate the entire village while he's away, warping Choi Han's personality into a dark one, and sending him on a murderous rampage directed towards the assassins.

Afterward, he tries to report the attack on Harris Village to the authorities in Western City, but because he lacks the appropriate paperwork and has the misfortune of running into the original Cale, he and the deceased villagers end up being insulted by Cale instead. This causes him to beat Cale to a pulp, after which the novel progresses in detailing his adventures as he grows stronger and gains a party of followers.

### Current Plot

In the current story, Cale takes precautions to make sure that he doesn't insult Choi Han, but rather smooths his way into the Henituse Household so Choi Han can report on the incident at Harris Village without a fight.

Choi Han begins following Cale as payment for being rescued and fed a meal in the Western City.  Over the course of time, they start to genuinely rely on each other, instead of it being an obligation, as it was in the beginning since Choi Han was Cale's bodyguard.

**\*\*\*Spoilers Ahead! Read at your own risk!\*\*\***

Choi Han found out about Cale being Korean and him originally being Kim Rok Soo. During their (Choi Han and Cale's) conversation both found out that Choi Han is Choi Jung Soo's (Cale's best friend back in Korea) paternal cousin once removed.

The man who wrote *The Birth of a Hero* (the memoir found in the Dragon Slayer Village) was Choi Han's uncle who had disappeared as a teen (before Choi Han was born). Nelan Barrow—or Choi Jung Gun, as was his birth name, also ended up in the Forest of Darkness.

**\*\*\*Spoiler Details Ahead for the chapters past the 400s\*\*\***

After finding out about Cale being Kim Rok Soo, he starts to no longer feel the loneliness that he originally felt of being the only one in this world and grew even more attached to him. He starts to see Cale as a sibling and nephew and can’t imagine a life without him.

## Abilities

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* A swordmaster who possesses or cultivates an aura of darkness which has been revitalized into a unique power called *Black Light*.
* His initial power is named the "Dark Destruction Sword Art."
* Due to world-crossing, he has obtained a dragon's level of lifespan. Such a lifespan can last up to 1,000 years. So living over 500 years would be easy.
* He's an expert at both tracking and creating false trails.
* He later on gets the ancient powers of the Fake Dragon Slayer. Though, the powers are only a half of its actual powers. The other real half of the ancient powers are owned by the White Star.
* Thanks to the God of Death, Choi Han eventually inherits Choi Jung Soo's ability, a Black Yong (East Asian Dragon). His Yong is influenced by his aura, so it became a power mixed of half despair and half happiness. The despair half has helped him to use his power even under Dorph's black wall. To use this power, it required a lot of strength.
* In order to follow Kim Rok Soo into the sealed god's trial, Choi Han makes a deal with the God of Death to shorten his lifespan to match Raon's (meaning he will die when Raon does when before he'd have outlived all his friends). He does not regret this decision at all.

## Trivia

* He is canonically a terrible cook.
* He is also a terrible actor (he's so bad it's painfully hilarious).
* According to himself, he is a slow reader and his memory is not that good. Although like Cale, Choi Han likes books. That’s why the first thing he did when he got out of the Dark Forest is learn how to read.
* He is very protective and sensitive when it comes to his family. He would not let anything who tried to harm his family live.
* His original dream was to become a martial artist and a teacher.

## References

1. ↑ | Munpia official website
2. ↑ Chapter 212
3. ↑ Chapter 296
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 10
5. ↑ Chapter 18
6. ↑ Chapter 20
7. ↑ Chapter 420
8. ↑ Chapter 422
9. ↑ Chapter 577
10. ↑ Chapter 359
11. ↑ Chapter 481
12. ↑ Chapter 590