Chian

Lady Chian

## Background

### 1992 - 2008: Chian

Chian is the daughter of the master artisan Sato, Lord of the House Shonan in Crastinus, Atlantis. Her mother would die during her birth, leaving her & her father alone with each other. Chian comes from a long line of warriors & per her family right, she would be taught in the same fighting styles & traditions.

### 2008 - 2010: Chian

But Chian was a gentle girl, who didn't really desire learning combat. Against her will, she was taken from her family home by a rogue warlord & was left in anguish as they killed her father to prevent him from saving her. Under the warlord's taskmasters, she was trained to become a warrior but with every new skill she learned, her hatred for their cruelty grew. It motivated her to master her skills & make them pay for her father's death.

While plotting her escape, Chian would see her opportunity after the taskmasters had went out to drink. when they came back, drunk & disoriented, Chian slayed most of them & fled from the warlord's place, never to return to the wretched place.

### 2010 - 2013: Chian

She spent the next year & a half wandering various parts of the ocean as a highly successful mercenary warrior but a highly volatile & easily manipulated woman. She would soon fall in with the group of Purists, a group of Atlantean extremists that believe themselves to be the direct descendants of the "real" Atlanteans. Using her hatred for the inhuman Atlantean warlord, the Purists brought Chian into the group & she soon became an elite member of their ranks. It didn't help that she had fallen for one of their top members, Ronal.

Chian would participate in Ocean Master's plan to overthrow King Orin after he made the decision to allow Atlantis to become a member of the United Nations. After Orin & Mera left to go to the surface world, Chian was part of the group that took over the castle & fought off Kaldur, Garth & Vulko. Along with the other purists & Ocean Master, they quickly gained control over the capital Poseidonis. While completely on board with the mission, she soon became disillusioned with the cause after seeing Ocean Master murder Vulko & go after the royal children. Chian disappeared during the commotion of Ocean Master cutting off Orin's hand in front of his family. When the heroes arrived to save the day, she even helped save the life of one of her so-called enemies. When the dust settled & Orm was defeated, some believed Chian should be pardoned for her crimes. Instead, she chose to have herself imprisoned but Orin had her held far from the other Purists, who now considered her a traitor & whispered death threats.

### 2013 - Present: Chian

Chian spent a little over a year in the prison before King Orin granted her freedom. With her warrior past, there was no job that appealed her other than becoming a warrior or one of the Kingsguard. Unfortunately, none of the soldiers felt they could place their faith in her. Instead, Orin offered her a special assignment & had her handle personal situations for the Atlantean family. She continued in this role before she was eventually given the role as his chief advisor, a role she previously played with her father. Though they struggle to trust her, many of the warriors respect her combat skills as she has been known to help Tula with training the Kingsguard.

## Personality

Lady Chian is described by most as courageous, dutiful, disciplined & focused professional. She shows up to do her job efficiently & without having to deal with unnecessary nonsense. However, she likes to fight as she finds battles exciting & liberating, trusting her skills to see her through. Since her release from prison, she becomes more emotional. In part, this is because of her increased time with the royal family. This has also allowed Chian to show her loyal side as she spends most of her time in battle defending the younger members of the family. Chian also likes to indulge in biting sarcasm from time to time depending on her mood.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Atlantean Physiology:** Atlanteans are offshoots of human that have developed altered their physiology, through scientific & sorcerous means, so they can life comfortable under the sea. She is resistant to low temperatures & the effects of freezing, although notably hindered by high temperatures
	+ ***Amphibian Nature*:** Like all Atlanteans, she capable of surviving the aquatic atmosphere under the sea. While many have their gills hidden behind their ear, hers are more visible as they reside on both sides of her neck.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability*:** Chian possesses dense flesh like all Atlanteans, although she is not invulnerable. Piercing wounds still have the same effect on her.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength*:** She is much stronger than the average human & is somewhat stronger than the average Atlantean. She spent more than the first half of her life, training to become the perfect warrior which only further honed her natural Atlantean abilities.
	+ ***Enhanced Vision*:** Chian can see in the pitch darkness in the depths of the sea, which also allows her to see well on land when it is nighttime.
	+ ***Enhanced Hearing***
* **Acrobatics:** She chiefly uses her acrobatic technique when she needs to quickly cross a battlefield.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**: Chian spent more than the first half of her life learning combat. Her family comes from a long line of warriors, so she was taught in the same traditional fighting styles. After she was kidnapped by the rogue warlord, his taskmasters then continued her training to turn her into the perfect weapon. Using these skills, she slayed three of them on her own & became a successful mercenary throughout the seas. These days, she can take on a half-dozen ordinary soldiers with good odds.
* **Honed Senses:** She has a strong track record of sensing people attempting to strike her in the back. This is precise enough to allow her to parry the blow even without looking.
* **Knives**: She is a superb fighter with a dagger & other bladed weapons.
* **Swordsmanship**: Chian's go to weaponry is a sword. She had been regarded as one of the best sword wielders in Atlantis, even training some of the Atlantean Kingsguard. If outnumbered, she’ll dual-wield these two swords.
* **Tactical Analysis:** Chian formerly served as an advisor to her father & is now Chief Advisor to King Orin, making her quite skilled in coming up with effective battle tactics during a battle or negotiation.
* **Armor:** Chian wears a few pieces evoking medieval armour with a pair of upper arm guards & a pair of thigh protectors.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 136 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* The warlord that captured Chian was an Atlantean with inhuman attributes. Orm & Ronal used her hatred for that one man & turned it into hatred for all those with physical characteristics like him.
* She has a flower-like tattoo on her upper breastbone that resembles the heraldry of her house. It is outline & filled with red.
* Chian wants to learn how to fly a plane.
* She’s always armed. She even sleeps with her sword.
* She has developed a fondess for Princess Andy.
* She is friends with Dolphin & Wyynde.

## Notes

* Chian is based on her interpretations from the comics & *Young Justice.*
* In the comics, she is the lover & ally of King Arion.