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Here is Zhou again. Totally didn't just copy paste this like a lazy ass

Zhou Mei Xianshi

Prince Zhou Mei Xianshi of Liang

_{"The past is history, the future is a mysterious; that is why we call today the present"-Old Turtle Master Dude}

Nickname:
The Pirate Prince
King of Blades (Zhou made it up himself, he's rather proud of it)
Hai Wang
Xian
Zhou
Xian Xian (child name used only by his father)

Birth Date:
July 3rd, 1997

Age:
18

Sexuality:
Straight

In Depth Appearance:
Zhou is one of those people you can immediately spot as not being of royalty or nobility in terms of mannerisms in the traditional sense. His slick hair is tainted with the salty scent of the sea as its often combed over in one rough, seemingly unmanaged way or another (sometimes with the use of copious amounts of hair spray and gel). A wicked, adventurous smile adorns his face with several small cuts and bruises are hidden by make up cover some more of both his face and body. Zhou's tall build has a good amount of muscles built up on it after years of fist fights and manual labor. When he walks, there is a notable swagger and sway to the nearly six foot man, Zhou's legs from all his time on the ship yet when he would other wise appear to become unbalanced, his balance never breaks. From time to time, Zhou might have a bit of beard or a chin stubble, keeping it for a few days before returning to his clean shaved looks.

Despite preferring more common clothes and sometimes pirate "armor", he does give in to wear more formal clothing. He's divided between modern suits with trenchcoats and traditional Chinese robes.

Personality:

• Rough • Loyal • Reckless •

Zhou is untrained in the ways of a noble. Sure, he knows his manners and not what to do around guests but he doesn't know the fine intricacies of being of royal blood. Being gentle or exercising restraint is not his strong suit and is prone to using aggressive language or physical blows against those he deems that its necessary against. Zhou has a rather warped philosphy and see being too passive as a sign of weakness as it constantly giving in. He's blunt, uncouth, and snarky, but he'll follow you to the end if you convince him too.

He's appearance often gives off the look of lacking grace and elegance, like playing heavy metal in the middle of a classical orchestra. Zhou isn't afraid of what other royals would see as "dishonorable" or "disrespectful", only remembering a certain amount of social cues at any given moment. Zhou also tends to do hell-face turns on what he says on occasion, ignoring his own hypocrisy and flaws in his logic and can get a bit childish. But he does keep at least the look of a someone his age, just a bit... rougher around the corners. He's got style and he can have class, its just not the classy style expected of a royal gentleman.

Likes:

• Talking to people and telling stories both true and false
• His old crew/squad/groupie/gang/etc
• Action movies
• Basically doing whatever he wants
• The wealth that comes with being royalty
• Progressive politics
• A wide variety of games
• Really good seafood.

Dislikes:

• "All work and no play"
• "Noble Pride" (the "we're better than everyone else since we're nobles" thing)
• Non-violence/Passiveness/Innocence
• People who try to bring up/insult his past and the people he used to be with
• Most types of alcohol (Zhou is actually surprisingly light headed)
• People who try to push work on to him
• Having to keep up with what he calls the "facade of nobility"
• Tabloid magazines

Fears:

• Having his past exclusively define what he is
• No longer being of royalty and having the perks that come with it
• Any situation that looks like it could be from a horror movie

Biography:
Zhou's story starts when his father and the uncle of Mai Mei, Ming Mei, was young and stupid and intoxicated and impregnated a woman. Once Ming had gotten word that the woman he impregnated gave birth, he had sent men to make sure that news would never get out and possibly besmirch his political chances. However, in her final hours, Zhou's mother hid her baby away and put him out of reach Ming's grasp, sending baby Zhou away on the Yellow River in a basket with a note that would explain everything, but what his actual name was. In her haste, his mother never gave him a proper name, just referring to him as just "prince".

In his basket boat, Zhou floated down river until he was picked up by not just anyone, but pirates and smugglers and criminals. The baby bastard prince had been picked up the the 54 Immortals, a group of pirates and smugglers who raided ships off the coast of Liang. There was an idea of ransoming the kid but then the leaders of the 54i came down, Ironhand Han. He took notice of the child who floated down river and how it smiled and reached out for him, even with his metal fake limbs.

Taking immediate liking of the boy, Ironhand Han proclaimed that this new boy would be his son and named him Zhou as a genetic disorder prevented him from ever having a child of his own. He raised the prince as his own and took him, turning him into a fine pirate raider. However, Han always hid the note from his mother so that Zhou would never know where he was really from and turn him in.

Of course, fate has an interesting way with things and one day when Zhou was 15, his mother's letter had surfaced and come to his attention after a friend had found it while room cleaning. Upon discovering the letter, an intense shouting match between Zhou and Han ensued with the young Zhou standing his ground in the face of the much older man. Finally, at the urging of his crew, Han decided to let Zhou go and find the father who once wanted him dead as long he kept in touch and found a way to expunge their crimes.

Having wandered around China, picking up news and bits that he didn't hear before, Zhou was slightly shocked that his father had made himself king and decided it was time to pay him a visit. After figuratively and literally kicking down the doors to the throne room, Zhou demanded an audience with his father, now Emperor of Liang, to which Ming had allowed. After the revelation of Zhou having a half sister who was heir, Mai Mei, and half a day's worth of discussions, Zhou was declared a legal (if not bastard) prince but would not be heir to the throne. Instead, he was place at the command of the Imperial Navy and had hired the 54i as "mercenaries" effectively expunging them of their crimes so long they didn't go back to pirating.

Since then, Zhou has been getting used to the ins and outs of being royalty, enjoying the fruits of he new found wealth. He suspects that Mai thought that he was part of some great conspiracy but the two have since warmed up well to each other's presences. However, Zhou still finds her "royalty lessons" to be a pain in the ass.

Theme Song:
Miiro - AKINO with bless4
<sub>(Translated)
At a loss for words,
I was just listening to the sound of the waves,
Feeling like the significance of my memories was being tested.

But even amongst the darkness I remember;
I'm moving onwards,
So watch me go!</sub>

@ClocktowerEchos

literally what i did LMAO oh well

@haley, should i post liang's history as well or do we not need that this time

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Mai Mei of Liang

Mai of Liang

_{"Even the most beautiful roses have thorns."-Unknown}

Mai Hua Mei

Nickname: Rose (most people not from Liang call her that, as her name literally translates to "rose")

Birth date and age: June 10th, 21

Sexuality: Asexual

In Depth Appearance:
Mai (or Rose) is taller than average, standing at five feet and eight inches. She is about 125 pounds, giving her a rather slender figure. Mai has thick, wavy, midnight-black hair that goes down to her waist and relatively pale skin. Her eyes are a chocolate brown color, and Mai has naturally long eyelashes. She has a heart-shaped face and long, thin fingers. Mai has rosebud lips that are usually painted a deep red color. She has a sort of delicate and dainty look to her, despite the fact that she is tall and willowy. Mai likes dressing up and takes great pride in her appearance.

Mai typically sports some sort of dress (she likes them because there is plenty of space to hide something under the skirts, plus they are just so goddamn pretty) and does almost everything in a pair of high heels. Her preferred color scheme is red, black, and gold, although she does like to experiment every now and then. Mai absolutely adores traditional Oriental-themed fans and parasols.

_{"Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."-Michael Caine}

Personality:

• Charismatic • Sly • Perceptive •

Mai has always been a people person. There is something about her that seems to draw others to her-whether it's her carefree laugh, her twinkling eyes, or her bright smiles, no one can say. She enjoys a good conversation about anything and everything and is always willing to talk to others. Mai thinks with her heart when she needs to, but uses her brain at the same time. Behind the eyes sparkling with mirth and the delicate lips curved up in a sultry smile is a woman made of steel who is keenly aware of her surroundings. Mai can process a lot of information at one time, taking in peoples' actions, words, and emotions all at once and forming a conclusion based on what she sees and what she knows. She's always been especially good at figuring out people. Mai is constantly listening even if she doesn't tell the world what she's thinking. Mai is particularly good at detecting when others or lying and lying herself. However, if you are someone Mai believes she can trust, she will shed the half-dazzling and half-seductive smile for a more natural grin and pour her heart out to you with no attempts to manipulate or deceive.

Mai is not "smart" in the usual traditional of the word-complicated mathematics and things like astrophysics and literary analyses all go straight over her head. But Mai has always been a people person, and she knows what makes people tick. She is able to work out what others might think and how they might act based on what she sees and knows about them. Years of being around people with more suspicious motives has led to Mai being initially distrustful wary of strangers. Of course, on the outside, Mai is demure and charming and polite; using a perfect combination of sugary sweetness and sharp wit to detract attention from her real intentions-she has learned to play her part well during the years spent at court and in the presence of her uncle's enemies.

Likes:

• Lipstick
• Things that are stylish yet dangerous (shoes with spiked heels, parasols with blades on the ends, etc)
• Calligraphy
• Getting dressed up
• Roses and all things red
• Liang-she loves her home with all her heart

Dislikes:

• Sloppiness (especially in clothing)
• Untrustworthy people
• People who don't think before they act
• Anything sexual (Mai thinks it's just gross)
• Useless violence and destruction

Fears:

• Feeling like she isn't in control
• Being read like an open book
• Being manipulated or used
• Her uncle being forced to give up power
• A repeat of the extreme violence that she witnessed in her early years
• Liang being invaded and taken over by a foreign power

Biography: When Mai was born, the Liang royalty was on the brink of disintegration. Several distinct factions of varying beliefs and ideologies had risen to power, but all of them agreed on one thing-it was time for the imperial dynasties to go. Liang was technologically behind most major world powers, and although it was large and had plentiful natural resources, the military was stretched far too thin and its techniques were totally backwards. Liang's dire situation came to light about a decade before Mai was born with the invasion of a neighboring nation that caught everybody by surprise. Within a year, Liang was forced to give major trading concessions to a dozen different countries that all wanted to get their hands on the silk, porcelain, and other luxuries that the country was famous for. In response to foreigners taking over their land, jobs, and positions, the people of Liang began to grow more discontent, and the unrest finally broke out in violence when Mai was just half a year old.

The first wave of revolts came from the countryside, where impoverished serfs were suffering from sky-high taxes and no opportunity to better their station in society. Mai's father was not a particularly effective ruler, and her mother was too stuck in tradition and the days of the old. Both of them refused to do anything about the feudal system that was obviously tearing the country apart. And so the violence escalated and people grew angrier and angrier until they eventually stormed the capital city of Lianjing and killed off the entire royal family-all but Mai, who was sent away to be protected by her father's younger brother.

After the royal family was ousted, Liang erupted into an all-out civil war. Each separate faction refused to tolerate the others, and widespread warfare gripped the nation. To make matters worse, the neighboring island-nation known as the Empire of Nippon decided to take advantage of the turmoil and invade Liang. However, Mai lived safely in isolation. Her uncle, Ming Mei, was believed to be dead after he fled from court. Mai's father was the only one to know that Ming had done so because he wanted to pursue a life other than that of a member of the royal family. In his small home near a stretch of imposing mountains known as the Black Mountains, Ming spent his days learning multiple fighting styles and indulging in the arts. He taught Mai everything he knew, and by the time she was fifteen Mai could knock someone out in ten different ways, wield a variety of blades, and paint breathtaking landscapes.

Mai knew from an early age that she was royalty. Ming told her everything as soon as she was old enough to understand it, and Mai has always accepted that one day she would rule-no matter what it took. As she grew up, Ming began to come out of isolation, getting in contact with old friends and allies, most of whom were shocked to find him alive and breathing. The faction in power changed over a dozen times before Mai was ten, and most of the common people were sick and tired of all the fighting. Some even began to wish that the royal family had never been killed, as there were times of prosperity during the reign of Mai's parents despite the fact that they were completely ineffective rulers. Ming used the political instability to his advantage, and formed his own distinct faction-a faction that would support the reinstatement of a monarchical rule.

His efforts finally paid off when Mai was about eleven. With most of the other factions dissolved or falling apart, there was only one more faction to eliminate-the socialists. This group generated widespread support with its ideas of social equality and sharing all property, something which greatly appealed to those that remembered the huge wealth gap present when Mai's parents were in power. However, the socialists were intent on purging Liang on all traditional influences, and they alienated the upper and middle class by actively persecuting them just because they happened to have more money. Ming managed to win the support of the wealthy, and the rest is history. With more funds than the socialists could ever imagine to accrue, Ming was able to raise a considerable army and buy firepower from foreign nations, while the socialists were stuck using crossbows and outdated artillery. After defeating the socialists in a series of battles that were concentrated on the socialist strongholds, Ming was finally able to take power-albeit reluctantly-and bring about the revival of the monarchy.

Due to the nature of his activities, Ming was usually forced to bring Mai along with him because of security reasons. Ming firmly believed that Mai was the safest at his side, no matter what anybody else said. Mai grew up seeing how the poor lived and experiencing it herself, and vowed that she would be a better ruler than any of the faction leaders or her parents. She also encountered many people who would undermine her uncle and everything he stood for if they could, and learned not to judge a book by its cover, so to speak. Mai has seen more than her fair share of violence and destruction in her day, and she has an instinctive mistrust of the military due to the brutal acts carried out by the soldiers of the competing factions and the army of Jaripa. Mai learned to speak the numerous dialects of Liang, and she grew up speaking the Black Mountain dialect as opposed to the official language (Meridian). She has also learned to speak other languages, including English and Spanish (although she has a slight accent with English and an atrocious accent with Spanish, which she is well aware of and working to get rid of). Ming Mei also made sure that he taught her all that he knew of court intrigue. When he became king, Ming lived frugally, which got the common people on his side. Ming abolished feudalism, redistributed the wealth, and modernized the country with help from a few foreign allies. Since the socialists had pretty much killed off all of the landed gentry, Ming was able to give the vacated land to the public and encourage industrialization. He began establishing foreign relations with friendly countries to help this industrialization into fruition. Mai's teenage years were spent living in a beautiful palace with courtiers and officials running every which way. Ming named her as his heir as soon as he took power, because although he was a spry old man, he still was old and wouldn't live forever-plus he never married and never had children. Ming also arranged a marriage for Mai in order to secure an alliance that would greatly help the industrialization process going on. Mai didn't like it, but she recognized that she would have to go through with the marriage in order to ensure the survival of her uncle's precarious reign.

As for Zhou-Mai's half brother-Mai was initially very suspicious of him due to the possibility that he could have been working for one of her uncle's enemies, but she has grown fond of him over time and now does not think that he has any ulterior motives at all. Mai does her best to keep him from messing up too much in front of other royalty, although that is a task that is much easier said than done.

Theme Song:
Castle-Halsey
_{I'm headed straight for the castle
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got the kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut}

Other:
Color code-FF0000
Face claim: Crystal Liu

here's Mai once again :D

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@ClocktowerEchos ooooo i like it!!!!!!!!!!

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@ClocktowerEchos nice nice its gonna be lit ;D

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@ClocktowerEchos we gonna go with the same backstory? lol

@OfWindAndRain in case you didn't get notif on new acct!

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OMG it didn't give me a notif for this but yes i would love to join

looks like mai's coming back...for the third time lol

MarvelThrones: A Tale of Spidey's and Hulk's.

@NubianLegend any word on when we shall start? are we waiting on a few other character sheets?

MarvelThrones: A Tale of Spidey's and Hulk's.

ooo sweet gotcha :)

MarvelThrones: A Tale of Spidey's and Hulk's.

@NubianLegend I meant to ask earlier-if House Grey is "formerly Crownlands (King's Landing)", then what are they doing now? is jean the dany of this rp? lol

just curious

@Vicier that's actually ironically accurate because well uh i did have emma make scott choose her over jean...whoops

MarvelThrones: A Tale of Spidey's and Hulk's.

@TheUnknowable ooo okay gotcha, I'm all up for the alliance thing tho i think emma would try to keep scott from including house grey lol rip

also the reach and dragons are in ASOIAF too :P plus a place called winterfell and the summer isles