Bahu

**Bahu (跋扈)** is one of the three main characters of the story. She is employed under the main villian.

## Bahu (跋扈)

### Relationships

Hoon (partner), Zai (close friend), Bubu, Hakko (superiors), Zhongyong, Qianzhao (bosses)

## General

Bahu is a somewhat strict, yet anxious mess of a jiangshi. She works in the Jiangshi Hierarchy, which is the main villanous force in the story. She was created half for someone else, half because I decided to make another character. Her name, Bá Hù, means "domineering" in Chinese.

She cannot bend either of her arms, her right one being stuck at an angle. She can move her legs just fine.

As Hoon's girlfriend, she is often the one to help her with movement.

She is a Resident General in the Hierarchy. She helps keep track of local members in the Hierarchy, as well as keep an eye out for any fugitives.

## Personality

Bahu is always keeping a sharp eye open. Wether it be from her anxiety or her leadership instinct, she's always aware of whatever's happening around her. If she knows something's wrong, she'll step in to help, unless she knows she shouldn't intervene. She prefers to be the leader among followers, and prides herself in always knowing what to do.

For her whole life as a jiangshi, she dreamed of being in the Hierarchy. Because of this, she treats life very seriously. She knows not to focus in on mistakes that don't matter, but sometimes she can't help herself, as she tends to hold herself higher than she can manage at that moment. She tries to not dwell on the past too much, but it always manages to make its way into her head.

Despite the mess of things that go on in her mind sometimes, Bahu is very caring and loving. If something's up with anyone she calls a friend, she will do her best to talk to them and/or help them. This is only usually to people she knows, however, as she adapts the more standoff-ish side of her personality around strangers. She gets incredibly curt, and begins taking more of a commanding position. It helps her function, as she doesn't do well with strangers normally at all.

There is an exception to this, however. Her partner, Hoon. As Bahu is easily flustered, nearly anything even slightly romantic Hoon does with her sends her flying off of whatever stability she has. She instantly dissolves into an embarassed, loving mess. Oftentimes, this shows her softer side to strangers, but Bahu can't get mad at Hoon for it. She genuinely cares for Hoon a lot, and they have a slightly sappy, yet happy relationship.

Despite her attempts to hide it, Bahu suffers from terrible anxiety. She can get it under control, though sometimes it seeps through in small attacks. She keeps these to herself, however, as she feels she shouldn't worry others. Even without the attacks, it can still get uncontrollable. It sometimes impedes her abilities to function, and definitely doesn't help out in the workplace. She has not told anyone she works for about this, as she worries she could get fired.

## Appearance

Bahu wears an outfit with the uniform colors of the Jiangshi Hierarchy, loosely based off of a generic jiangshi outfit. She wears a bluish-gray, rectangular, capped hat with a feather clipped onto the left side. A golden-yellow strip lines the entire thing over the top onto the sides. On the front, text reads "NO.1殭屍", or "NO. 1 JIANGSHI". On the tip of the peak, her bright yellow talisman is stuck. Her hair is short, and a semi-saturated, darker blue color. She has long hair covering the base of her ears. Some of her hair also curls up and around to the front of her ears. Her eyes are a slightly more saturated blue than her hair.

The rest of her outfit has the same bluish-gray as her hat for a base color. Her top is lined with red on the collar, sleeves, and seam. It's held together at the seam with pins that run all the way down the front. Her left arm is bandaged, as she broke it shortly before she died. The bottom of the top is tucked into a bright yellow band wrapped around her waist. An extra cover comes out the front, where a gold-colored metal plate reads "将军" or "General". Her thick sleeves are pretty well fitting at the base, though they widen at the elbow and become oversized.

Her pants are a darker shade of bluish-gray, and the ends are colored golden-yellow. She wears shoes of the same gray color with no socks.

## Character

### Story

As a human, Bahu was seen as 'weird' and was shunned by her peers. Her height and personality seperated her from everyone else. She grew up in an incredibly uptight area, where you either fit one standard, or you were ignored. She eventually ended up growing deep-seeded resentment for herself, as she saw her entire being as wrong because of how she was treated. This still persists in the form of her anxiety. This strong self-loathing also resulted in her having a nervous breakdown, though she kept it quiet from everyone around her with ease. This climax ultimately resulted in her ending her own life. When she reanimated, there was a period of time where she lacked any sort of talisman, and so she had an incredibly strong bloodlust. This was eventually solved by a jiangshi from the Hierarchy, Hakko, who came upon her on a stroll and gave her a new outfit and talisman. She then decided to commit herself to fitting in somewhere.

Because she was such an outcast in life, she had a strong desire to join a group that would accept her in any way. When she heard about the Hierarchy, she decided that this was the group she would join. However, when she met Hoon and Zai, the latter warned her about the corruption in the system. Bahu turned a blind eye, and Zai simply looked on. Eventually, she was accepted, and was ecstatic. She still feels as if something's missing, though.

### Struggles

Bahu's anxiety has been and will always be her biggest problem. As said, she does her best to manage it, but oftentimes fails. It impedes her functioning sometimes, and she can't help it. She always worries how people see her, if she's messing up, if people are annoyed by her, and more.

Bahu hates to tell others about her issues. She doesn't want to worry anyone, and that's another one of her downfalls. When asked if she's alright, she'll usually just change the topic or respond with something generic like "I'm fine" or "don't worry". She also believes hiding her issues will help others percieve her as more "normal", as no one she knew when she was alive seemed to have any problems.