Whiptail

**Whiptail** (ホイップテール, *Hoipputēru*), is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *Ghost of Heavenly Sword* series created by Brian Fleming and Tameem Antoniades. She was whip lash-using woman who is one of King Bohan's leading generals in his invading Mongol Empire's army.

"*Fellow sssissster, do you not understand what I am? I am what hides in the cold, dark waters of your mind!*"

—Whiptail, to Nariko.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice actor:* Renae Geerlings (English), Urara Takano (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

Whiptail is portrayed as an average-built woman, with pale, limpid-like skin and light-colored eyes. Scantily clad, she wears a gold-colored breastplate across chest as well as a series of gold-colored bands along her right arm. A piece of armor also adorns her pelvis and a portion of her right thigh, and she wears a band on her left arm as well. She also wears a gold-colored pair of boots, which extend upwards to her knees.

Perhaps the most striking part of Whiptail's appearance is the physical alterations covering her body. The vast majority of her skin, save her face and a portion of her stomach and legs, is covered in green-blue scales, and she has incisions resembling gills on her cheeks that may be responsible for her ability to use water effectively. The entirety of her teeth have been sharpened to a razor-fine point, and her nails are extremely long and sharp as well.

Whiptail is bald as well, although she covers this using a giant sea serpent as a head dress, which also uses to move especially quickly through water. However, this may also be connected to her physically, as it can be seen moving at the end of the *Eye of the Storm* whilst Whiptail claims she is paralyzed.

* Hair Color: Not Known
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Not Known
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Contrary to the events of the series, Whiptail is not seen outside of a single scene in the film, with that scene being the combat scene between her and Jin, Nariko and Kai. She is an arrogant and manipulating woman, taunting Jin and Nariko throughout the fight and stating how she manipulated the villagers into revealing the location of Loki in return for a reward. Despite this, Jin, Nariko and Kai are able to defeat Whiptail in combat quite handily.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Mongols
	+ King Bohan
	+ Khotun Khan
	+ Temuge
	+ Flying Fox
	+ Altan
	+ Roach
	+ Dogar
* Raven King
* Mamushi Brothers
* Black Wolf
* The Straw Hats
	+ Ryuzo
* Ronins
* Bandits

### Neutral

* Kyo
* Tomoe

### Enemies

* Jin Sakai
* Nariko (deceased)
* Lady Masako
* Shen
* Sensei Ishikawa
* Kai
* Yuna
* Takashi
* Taka (deceased)
* Loki (deceased)
* Tao (deceased)
* Yuriko (deceased)
* Itsuki
* Kenji
* Norio
* Junshin

## History

### Past

#### Early history

A high-ranking general in Bohan's army alongside Flying Fox, Whiptail is shown to have an affectionate, and perhaps sexual, relationship with King Bohan throughout the series. It is unknown how Whiptail came to be the half-human, half-snake creature she is featured as in *Ghost of Heavenly Sword*, but it is possible she was either born as this phenomonen or modified her body to resemble that of a snake. It is also unknown how she came to meet Bohan or if he was responsible for her body, but it is apparent that the duo have known each other for a while by the time the events of *Ghost of Heavenly Sword* take place, as she is a leader of substantial rank within Bohan's Mongol army.

## External links

* Whiptail *Ghost of Tsushima Wiki*
* Whiptail *Villains Wiki*