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Sîshen is a land guarded from all others.
In the West, the Mountains of Dálông are occupied by the Dragon clans of the Lông people. The Lông are heavy-handed nobles that would like the rest of Sîshen to believe that it is their divine right to rule the whole country. The Lông have slightly draconic features, such as claws and tendrils that appear like facial hair.

On the southernmost end of Sîshen are the Sheering Cliffs. Dropping over a thousand feet into the ocean below, at the lowest point, the area is unsuitable to use as a port.

To the guarding the East are the Lûjing Fêng Dû Mountains. These mountains, which are considered sacred ground, are home to large monasteries of the Laô people who are sworn to protect the road to and from Fêng Dû. The only people the Laô will let pass east through the Gates of Fêng Dû are the Tíanshí, and they are sworn to prevent anything from coming back through the gates into Sîshen. The people of Sîshen believe that it is blasphemous to walk in the Lûjing Fêng Dû Mountains if they are not either Tíanshí or Laô. The exception that is made to this, are the Kami, who are allowed to pass freely as they please. The Laô look like regular humans, but are gifted with the power of spiritual flight; about half of the Laô people are born blind. Tíanshí people have white feather wings and bronzed skin.

The Lûjing Fêng Dû Mountains extend back to the north and hook westward until they fade into the Mirror Gate. The Mirror Gate is entrance to the Mirror Sands desert. While technically open to the rest of the world, the Mirror Sands Desert is hot enough to turn the sand to polished glass, which then reflects the heat and makes the desert even hotter. While there is the occasional Kami that can traverse this desert, they are typically of a malevolent variety, and the Baô and Laôhû clans are charged with protecting the rest of Sîshen from these malevolent creatures.

Between the Mirror Gate and the Mountains of Dálông are the Shêngdâ Hû Mountains. Occupied by the Tiger Clans of Laôhû, these mountains are used by the Laôhû to train their military into a well-honed fighting machine. Typically it is the benevolence and military might of the Laôhû that stands between the Lông clans rising to enslave the rest of Sîshen. The Laôhû are large muscular people with minor tiger features, such as claws, fangs, and a bit of facial fur.

Separating the Shêngdâ Hû Mountains and the Mountains of Dálông, is the wide, but very shallow Qìhongjî river. This river feeds into the Grand Qìhongjî Lake occupying most of the center of Sîshen. This lake and the river are the territory of the intelligent Qìhongjî people. The Qìhongjî have built a large stilted metropolis in the center of the Grand Lake, and have an open door policy with the other Sîshen people. Oftentimes, the Qìhongjî people act as mediators in disputes involving the lower clans. The Qìhongjî people are the only people of the lower clans gifted with wings. These wings do not function for actual flight, but allow a Qìhongjî to glide safely over long distances. Aside from the wings that fold into their arms, the other obvious feature that is possessed by the Qìhongjî is that the hair on their head is actually a soft down-like feather. The waters of the Qìhongjî river are too shallow for anything bigger than small fishing boats to float on it.

Just north of the Grand Lake, and stretching all the way to the Mirror Gate and the Lûjing Fêng Dû Mountains are the Jíao Prairies. These rice and wheat fields are the ancestral home of the Baô Clans. A nomadic people who have slight features that resemble leopards, such as spotted facial and chest fur, the Baô have an unmatched ability to run as fast as any horse. The fields of the prairies are often farmed by the Baô.
South of the Grand Lake all the way to the Sheering Cliffs are the Hebi Nomori Forests, these forests are the home of the Shê Snake Clans. While the Shê resemble snakes, with their forked tongues, sharp retractable fangs, and slit pupil eyes, they are not a manipulative people, as easterners might believe. The Shê are a warm, but aloof people, fearing more for the balance of nature than even the minor material pleasures that the other clans of Sîshen partake. The Hebi Nomori Forests border on the Môguí Jungles.

The Môguí Jungles are at the base of the Lûjing Fêng Dû Mountains, and are filled with Kami and the dangerous Clan of people known as Oni. Rarely do any of the Sîshen people journey into the Môguí Jungles after dark, for fear of losing their lives in terrifyingly gory manners. Oni are a large people with Horns and wickedly sharp claws. Their taste for blood only extends to intelligent creatures, as such, they only eat Kami or the People of Sîshen. Oni are incapable of banding together long enough to be a major threat to the rest of Sîshen.

The Hoûzí clans are frequently looked down upon as mischievous urchins. While this stereotype tends to be accurate, rarely do the other lower clans recognize that the Hoûzí live primarily in the Môguí Jungles and keep the Oni from organizing a force to overthrow Sîshen. The Hoûzí people has minor resemblances to Monkeys. Some have tails, some don’t, but all of these people are skilled at brachiating.

Low Clans of Sîshen
All of the lesser people of Sîshen are known to reincarnate into the higher clans upon death, and take on a form dictated by the way they lived their first life.

These clans are designed after Asian legends of anthropomorphized creatures. Each of them has a corresponding Kung Fu fighting style from the Shaolin styles. I did not intend them to be animals that walk on two legs, but more to resemble the people in the legend of the Sun Wukong (The Monkey King)

Lông – Dragon, Nobles, High Strung
Laôhû – Tiger, Noble, Lazy, Strong
Qìhongjî – Crane, Regal, composed, graceful
Baô – Panther, Nomadic, cheerful
Shê – Snake, Nuturing of nature spirits, aloof
Hoûzí – Monkey, Mischievous, good hearted

High Clans of Sîshen
The High clans are considered to be types of Kamis by the lower clans
Tíanshí- Sîshen people who lived wholesome lives of peace and purity reincarnate as the angelic looking Tíanshí. These people hove wings, and a bronze glow to their aura
Laô- Sîshen people who have lived a balanced life return as Laô. It is thought, but not confirmed that the half of the Laô people who are born blind were the ones who leaned a bit closer to the evil side of life. Laô appear as normal humans, but have the ability to fly by directing their spiritual energy to direct their movement, a great irony to those born blind.
Oni- Those Sîshen people who lived their lives selfishly, and without regard for the life and well-being of others become Oni when they resurrect. Differently than the peaceful transformations experienced by the Tíanshí and Laô, Oni are woken from their deaths and then their bodies are violently changed, sprouting sharp horns from their skulls and the bones of the fingers elongate and tear through their skin. This pain dives Oni mad and make them unable to communicate to others of their kind.

Homeland

Across an expanse of ruin scattered plains east of Sîshen is a land known to the people of Sîshen as Fêng Dû, or the “Land of Heaven”, and it is forbidden to anyone who is not a Tíanshí. A month’s journey by horseback brings a traveler to the Grand City of YomÎ, where the immortal Tíanshí have made their home. This city has a port that is capable of journeying to the rest of the world. While the Tíanshí do not like to travel outside of their city, they do trade with the other peoples of the world.

The rest of the world is about to hit its industrial revolution, the first airships will likely built in the next twenty years, and Humans are the majority by a massive lead. The fact of the matter is, that the only other races that live in the world, that aren’t Sîshen, are the Dwarves and the Gnomes, but these two people have forgotten their stone rots, and readily interbreed with Humans. All of the mythical creatures that aren’t in Sîshen have been hunted to extinction for the last six-hundred years, and the Kami in Sîshen people are the only ones who still know how to manipulate magic.
Most of the world follows three main variants of what appear to be the same religion, and they fight ever more bloody wars over whose version of this religion is the most correct. All of these religious zealous hold the Tíanshí in high regard, calling them “Angels”, “Malaki”, and “Mal’akh”. While the Tíanshí know they are not deific beings, they refuse to correct the rest of the world for fear of sparking another bloody religious war.

Genjô Fa Xian/ Tankyû-Sha Fùchóu/ Zatoichi Sanzô
Alacritous Sîshen Lao Gestalt Magus [Kensai]13/Samurai [Sword Saint]11
NG Medium Humanoid (Sîshen Lao)
Master of The Grand Stair
Init +16 Senses Blindsight 30ft(Blind beyond 30ft); Perception +16
Hero Points 7

===Defenses===
AC 22 Touch 22 flat-footed 10 (+6Dex, +6Int)
HP 139 (13d10+9)
Fort 8 Ref 10 Will 8
Special Defenses Duck outside; Dodge; Mobility; Improved evasion; Improved Uncanny Defenses; Canny Defenses; Hard to kill(Mythic); Iaijutsu; Greater resolve; Without a Master; Honorable Stand (1/d); Discerning Belief; Sound of Mind; Constant Freedom of Movement

===Offense===
Speed 60ft Land; 140ft (Perfect) Flight; Run
Melee +12
Ranged +17
Special Attacks Perfect strike; Critical perfection; superior reflexes; Iaijutsu Focus; Improved Spell combat; Weapon Focus(Katana); Spell Strike; Challenge (4/d); Weapon expertise (Katana); Terrifying Iaijutsu; Brutal Slash; Iaijutsu Strike (+6d6); Trickster Attack: Surprise attack; Champion Strike: Sudden Attack; Power attack; Power Attack (Mythic); Greater two-weapon fighting; Weapon finesse; Slashing Grace; Lingshen’s Finest; Split Second; Pounce; Flyby attack; Arcane Accuracy; Ghostbalde; Vital Strike, Improved Vital Strike
Magus spells known
2:5th
3:4th
4:3rd
6:2nd
6:1st
6:0st

===Statistics===
Str 13 Dex 22 Con 10 Int 22 Wis 10 Cha 13
BAB +11/+6/+1 CMB +12 CMD 28
FeatsDazzling Display, Shatter defenses, Vital Strike, Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack; Two-Weapon Fighting; Improved Two-Weapon Fighting; Greater Two Weapon Fighting; Weapon Finesse; Slashing Grace; Improved Familiar (Nycar); Dodge; Mobility; Improved Initiative; Run; Flyby Attack; (Mythic) Dual Path; (Mythic) Power Attack;
Traits Discerning Beliefs; Sound of Mind; Lingshen’s Finest; Umbral Unmasking
Special Qualities Canny Defense; Weapon Focus (Katana); Arcane pool (12); Cantrips; Spell Combat; Spell Strike; Perfect Strike; Iaijutsu; Fighter training; Improved Spell Combat; Superior reflexes; Critical Perfection; Iaijutsu Focus; Magus Arcana (Familiar; Arcane Accuracy; Ghostblade); Duck outside; Split Second; Double Movement; Constant Fredom of Movement; Pounce; Improved Uncanny dodge; Improved Evasion; Flight; iaijutsu strike; Order of Ronin; Resolve; Self-reliant; Weapon expertise (Katana); Brutal Slash; Terrifying Iaijutsu; Without a Master; Greater resolve; Challenge (4/d); Honorable Stand (1/d); Hard to Kill; Mythic Power; Mythic Surge; Extra Mythic Feat; Trickster’s attack (Surprise Attack); Champion’s attack (Sudden Attack)
Skills Acrobatics 19; Bluff 17; Diplomacy 17; Fly 22; Intimidate 17; Knowledge (planes) 22; Liguistics 19 (13 languages); Perception 16; Sense motive 16; Spellcraft 22; Stealth 19; Use Magic Device 17
Languages Tian, Common, Protean,
gear +1 Ominous Impact Horacalcum Katana wrapped with an Effortless Lace; +1Flaming/Shocking Burst Horacalcum Katana wrapped with Effortless Lace; +4 Neraplast Armor of Spell Dodging.

-Reincarnated as a Lao from a Laohu, whose final act brought his life of violence to a more balanced conclusion.
-As a Lao boy, he was a lay-about with “A ton of wasted potential”
-In his young adult years, he was scorned by and divorced from his adultering wife, and spent many years feeling bitter towards the rest of the world.
- Genjo was reincarnated blind, ultimately the reason his first wife left him.
-When Genjo was 24, Oni from the Mogui Jungles tried to destroy the village he had settled in. A journeying Lao Kenshi happened to be staying at the Inn that night, and single-handedly defeated the Oni. Genjo learned afterwards that the savior was blind.
-Meng (The Kenshi) took Genjo on as a pupil after Genjo followed the man relentlessly for 3 weeks
-The final plea that got Meng to train Genjo was “Please, Kensei, give me a reason to live.” Meng responded with “No… But I will give you a cause worth dying for.”
-Genjo Spent 3 years training every day with Meng, Ultimately leaving on bad terms, when Genjo refused to strike meng with a killing blow, after besting the old man.
-The year after Genjo separated from master Meng, he was recruited by The Guardians of Feng Du for his uncanny abilities to fight while blind.
-Paired with a Yokai Hunter named Kyra, they collectively sent more than 3,000 Oni and Fallen Tianshi to Feng Du, through the painful ritual purification called Diyu. This ritual dissolves the body of the victim.
-Genjo fell deeply in love with Kyra, and she with him.
-Kyra and Genjo faced the Dwimmerlaik invasion together. Kyra saved Genjo from certain death by throwing him through the collapsing Door, as the dwimmerlaik finished their disconnection ritual.
-Genjo was awoken in the Grand Stair by a young river dragon who had also escaped the dwimmerlaik invasion. This dragon gave Genjo the ability to use magic.
-Genjo has traveled the Gossamer worlds looking for his own. During this time, he found thousands of his own people either displaced or enslaved by the dwimmerlaik, and with the help of other Gossamer Lords, created a plane for the refuees.
-The People Genjo has rescued all tell tales of a hundred to five hundred years having passed since the invasion.