Sando

* Sando
* Demon Form

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Sando (real name *"Chunhyang*") is the deuteragonist of "**Blade of the Phantom Master**". She was originally enslaved and brainwashed by a corrupt lord until she was freed by Munsu. After learning her lover, Mongryong was killed, Sando remembers his last words of becoming a Royal Inspector. She decided to serve Munsu in his travels to uphold her love's will and show her gratitude to her savior.

## Appearance

Sando is a very beautiful young woman with long dark brown hair going down to around her waist length. With her outfit, she is practically naked as she wears very little. She has many bandages wrapped around her feet, forelegs, knees, forearms, wrists, upper arms, thighs, groin area, and her chest. There is slight armor fitted to the sides of her feet and at the middle of her foreleg's sides.

She wears tight black apparatus near mainly to the body. Suspenders that holds her chest that is connected down to a belt with the belt connected to smaller suspenders tied to an cylindrical apparatus. She is also seen wearing a black thong. At her right arm, she equips an enormous monster gauntlet with sharp claws. Finally, she wears a brown tattered cloak.

Ajitae's OutfitAjitae's Robes
## Personality

Despite her fearsome natural fighting ability, Sando is quiet and shy and has a very high moral stance. She is often conflicted about Munsu's questionable methods and takes a while to finally trust him. She has an extreme fear of heights, thus is unwilling to cross bridges set over deep valleys. However, in battle, it seems she forgets this fear and (oddly enough) often jumps off high places during combat.

## Background

Near the end, it is revealed by that Sando isn't human, her true form is that of a demon/creature. In the Gaiden series, it is revealed that she may had come from the moon but is implied to be an offspring of a dragon as in the first meeting with Mongryong in the desert, Mongryong looks up into the sky to see a dragon.

## Plot Overview

### Past

Three plus years ago, she fell from the moon and meets with Mongryong. At first, she doesn't trust him but eventually befriend and both fell closer to love.

A half a year before the main events, Byun has captured her to be his wife and bodyguard.

### Present

#### Meeting Sando

Was hypnotized by Byun's subjects and fights Munsu's Ghost unit. Then she fights Munsu but recgonizes the hairband that he wears is Mongryong. This snaps out of her hypnosis. After the battle, she understand and went to see Mongryong's grave and decides to be Munsu's Sando.

#### Attack On Kingdom of Silla

Was told by Munsu to fend off the Lord of Silla's men. Afterwards, she thought that Munsu had fallen into a path that she can't follow when the lord was killed but wasn't.

#### The Misty Mountains

Afraid of heights which annoyed Munsu. She knocks him out due to his outburst and takes his map to scout ahead despite her fear. She saves Munsu from a fox pack and cross the bridge, forgetting her fear.

#### Zombie Island Arc

Decapitated Euitae Yoo when Munsu kept him occupied.

#### Eating Poison Mushrooms

Had to look over a poisoned Munsu. Found Bangja knocked unconsciousness.

#### Red Light District

Was seen sleeping wtih desert bat and Bangja.

#### Hwalbindang Arc

After her defeat by Dolseok and Taeyoo, she leaves Munsu in shame as she had never lost so badly before. She begins challenging other fighters in an attempt to become stronger and eventually encounters Marlene von Lucid. They engage in a fight and she almost defeats her, but Hart steps in and takes the hit. In that brief opening, Marlene overpowers and defeats Sando, leaving her injured under the rain. Ajitae finds her and takes her to Mujang's residence to treat her wounds. Ajitae then asks Mujang to train her to use hapki. She attains the strength she desired but begins to be brainwashed by Ajitae and after Ajitae tells her Munsu is dead, she becomes Ajitae's bodyguard.

#### Mandrake Dream Arc

Sando is completely brainwashed and follows Ajitae's orders. Her first test was instructed to be at Baekdu mountain as Youngsil and Bangja will come. When they met, she mercilessly cut down them down but didn't fully kill them. She then took part in raiding Mito's house. She was shocked for a moment when she saw Munsu sleeping, but was not enough and ignored. She fights Taeyu and then Mito with help of Mago. After Ajitae arrives, and captured her former comerades, they leave.

She was then instructed to kill all those resists Ajitae's ideals first mercilessly fire off her Hapki on the boats of refugees fleeing from Ajitae's army.

#### Final Battle Arc

Ajitae unleashes Sando upon Munsu in the final battle. She suddenly throws Hapki and sword strikes at Munsu. Throughout the battle, she struggles to come back to her senses, seeing Mongryong's hairband. It almost seems like she's recollecting all of her old memories, but then she sees a vision of a devil with Ajitae's face on Munsu's clothes and suddenly cuts off Munsu's arm.

As her mind went back and forth, she begged to be saved, but then she rushed at him, saying she would really kill him, but as Munsu truly believed in Sando until that moment, she eventually succeeded in overcoming the spell and regaining her senses, and she wept loudly out of regret. Now back with Munu's side, he explains to her and Bangja that he predicted his own death just before the final battle which shocked them both. Thus Munsu ask her if she will fight until the end, even if you die, she responds she will.

When Munsu dies, Sando quickly attacks Ajitae with a sad and angred expression on her face. She cuts him down as Ajitae was distracted by Munsu. Then she kills Garmaldi in one strike. Out of nowhere, Marlene von Lucid shows up and then, Ajitae's true form appears from Ajitae's severed head, and together with Lucid, she turns Ajitae into pieces.

#### Epilogue

After the final battle, she breaks up with Bangja and wanders around Jyushin. After rescuing a group from bandits, she is asked if she was ever a bodyguard for someone. Afterwards, when she was sleeping, she had a vision of seeing an alternate dimension where some of Munsu's companions died, and after waking up from a nightmare, she was grieving alone. Suddenly, a Shinigami appeared in front of her, and revealed itself to be Wonsul. Wonsul confesses that he was not able to save General Munsu on his own, and ask her if she wants to help him to save.

## Relationships

**Allies**

* Mongryong (Lover)
* Munsu
* Bangja
* Wonsul
* Desert Bat

**Enemies**

* Ajitae
* Mago
* Dolseok
* Taeyu
* Garmaldi

**Others**

* Musashi - never heard of him before actually meeting him in personal.
* Marlene von Lucid
* Youngsil -
* Tiger Goblin/Wild Ginseng -

## Abilities and Weapons

**Abilities**

Sando has extraordinary combat abilities that are innate, as she didn't receive any training. It is most likely because she is a child of a dragon. When she fights the demons in the desert, she kills them all with ease, which is why Byon ends up targeting her, trying to make her a fighter.

* Super Reflex -
* Super Speed -
* Super Strength -

**Hapki** - Learned from Musashi. Technique that fuses the air around the user with their ki. Her hapki aura is purple.

**Weapons**

* Armored Monster Gauntlet - a large oversized gauntlet for her right arm. Is unknown where she get it. Holds defensive and offensive power.
* Breaker Sword -
* Numerous Daggers - Held to her thighs.

## Trivia

* Her hobby is hiding and appearing. She was born on 7/1 with the star sign, "Cancer."
* In history, according to some sources, "Sando" was a position designated to someone who would protect the Royal Inspector.
* It appears that she inspired the design of "Kay" a character from Fantasy Math Battle.
* Sando became a representative cosplay symbol of *MyBoo*, a Korean cosplayer.
* There are some differences of Sando between the original Manhwa and the webtoon:
	+ In the webtoon, Sando has various sashes to cover her breasts and groin which she didn't in the original.
	+ She was approached by Wonsul to save Munsu from death in the end while it doesn't in the original.

* In a collab with Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon, she is featured as a playable character.
* Her initial design, she was a lot more boyish with short hair.
* In the manhwa & webtoon, she has an ahoge, an exaggerated cowlick that adds cuteness. However, in the more official arts, it seems she doesn't sport this design anymore.
* She is afraid of heights despite her incredible feats that requires jumping high distance.
* She is more used to warmer climate. When in colder climate, she gets sick
* Sando appears as a collab character in a Korean mobile game, "**Evolution Girl**" as a 5 star offensive type character. Currently cannot find any official art nor her character model.
	+ Collab Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABdkltbij0Y

* In the Anime Movie:
	+ She is voiced by Korean voice actress, "*Bae Jeong-mi*." Known to dub Lotus from *"Maple Story,"* and Eriol Hiiragizawa from *"Cardcaptor Sakura."*
	+ She is voiced by Japanese voice actress, "*Sanae Kobayashi*."

* In the Super String Mobile Game:
	+ Mongryong's hairband is an item for her to acquire.
	+ Her use of the Monster Gauntlet is referenced in her skills.
	+ Of her fourth skill, it appears to be a combination of her hapki and a dragon (the possible origins of her birth).
	+ She also appears in Munsu's skills when using his alt. ex.
	+ She is voiced by voice actress "*Lee Bo-hee*." She also voiced Huijin Park in the game. She is known to dub Carla from *"Fairy Tail,"* Sailor Saturn from the *"Sailor Moon Series,"* and Noel, Keqing, and Ying'er from *"Genshin Impact."*

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## References

1. ↑ Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to Multiverse (Webtoon), Ep.38
2. ↑ Blade of the Phantom Master, Ep.140
3. ↑ Blade of the Phantom Master, Ep. 149
4. ↑ http://ylabcomics.com/bbs/board.php?bo\_table=02\_01\_eng#0
5. ↑ https://www.thenewslens.com/article/99787
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%82%B0%EB%8F%84(%EC%8A%88%ED%8D%BC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%81)#s-8
7. ↑ Blade of the Phantom Master, Ep. 87