Name: Mei Hua
Playbook: The Devoted
Aesthetics: Affectionate Demeanor, Sturdy Clothes, A Defensive Sword
Stats: Daring +1, Grace +1, Heart -1, Wit +1, Spirit +1
Moves: Last Stand, What's Best For Them, Fanatical Self-Sacrifice, Gallant Rescue, Lay On Hands

Mei Hua grew up on an outskirts planet, even for the sprawling Middle Empire. When her planet was embroiled in an intra district war over water rights and country boundaries, her country was blessed by the backing of the Empire as the one in the right, and eventually got support by the military. Her brother joined the army, leaving her alone with her father, who was too weak to take part. Knowing she couldn't support them as was, she dressed as a boy to labor acting as her "distant cousin". When the war was over, her brother, serving under General Yong has sent back money and his adoration for General Yong, including a few empire approved glossy videos on scrolls but not himself, and her father passed away in an opium den a few months later. Mei Hua was left with just her father's long unused sword and, having decided she wanted to serve, as her brother did, the empire, found her way by recommendation and determination at the Huashan Sword Maidens, thinking their name either a sign.

Mei Hua will always be broader and rougher than she is petite and soft, and is quite friendly with anyone who doesn't outright ignore her like the village did once the facade of her laboring was no longer needed.

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Jia Li: 1 thread
Jia Li helped Mei feel more confident having given reassurance that Mei Hua didn't need to work herself to the bone in training, just for fear of a mistake that hadn't happened yet.