SilverPaw

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Honestly thats a wrong kind of way to think when it comes to 1v1s. Positions dictate where your preferences in figthing in a group are. As long as you have more Shinsoo Resistance, Techniques, and are overall more skilled and powerful position doesn't really matter in 1v1.

@ColourlessKing

I meant that given the same general power-level, a fisherman is more likely to win in a direct (1v1) fight. Not by any means necessary, sure, but they are the ones specialized for that, so they'd have an advantage - supposedly.

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Name: Ha-nul Rang

Age: 137 (appears to be in his early 20s)

Appearance:

Looks

Outfit

Regular or irregular: Regular

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Stats

Physique: High

Endurance: Medium

Shinsoo resistance: High

Shinsoo aptitude: Low

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Position: Scout

Special position: Dansula

Reason for climbing the tower: Become officially adopted by the Hendo Lok family, which was offered to Ha-nul in exchange for him completing certain tests, challenges, and becoming a Ranker.

Weapon of choice: A black hook. It would be about 2 meters long if it were unfolded, but its actual reach is cca. 1.30 meters.

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It never really says whether it gets diluted or not , but if you want your character to be indoctrinated into the family then you could have him go through a gauntlet where he's paired with a lot in of other regulars and they do various tests most of them being fight related and once he's one the gauntlet he must climb the tower to become a ranked and a official part of the family

@Jasper19

I'd also agree that there most likely is no dilution. Also, I wouldn't quite go so far as to say 'indoctrinated', but included, sure. I don't mind him having to go through extra tests and/or challenges to obtain the Hendo Lok family name, though whether they should be fights (esp. 1v1 fights) is questionable with him being a scout (since 1v1, a fisherman usually wins).

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Branch families still have Bloodmadder's blood however and should still be subject to his curse; the difference between the main and branch families is just whether they are the first son or not. You can probably assume that the curse is diluted the further away from Bloodmadder himself you get, but considering that the government in the Tower apparently had to track down everyone with his blood and isolate them, spreading the blood around is still an issue.

@King Cosmos

This was also my understanding; that everyone with Bloodmadder's blood, no matter how distantly related, has a significantly shorter life span (up to cca. a hundred years old).

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Yeah, that'd be cool to have something concrete. Right now, it seems it would make the most sense if my character: 1. Has a Hendo Lok half-sibling, 2. Is related to a Hendo Lok Ranker, 3. Managed to catch the Hendo Lok family's eye due to the nature of however they pick candidates for their future Rankers.

(Edit: though one of my considerations is also that my guy's mother became the wife/concubine of a Hendo Lok male some years after giving birth to him; actually this goes under 1 in any case.)

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If you want to have him and his blood relatives escape the family, you could make it so that his father or other relative is a Ranker who was adopted? You'd technically be part of the Hendo Lok family and you tweak the reason why he wants to leave to include his father being a Ranker; maybe his father wants out but doesn't have the power to do so or maybe his father is one of the people he wants to get away from?

@King Cosmos

I'll consider that.

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Hmm, gotcha. I'll probably have to alter his reason for climbing a bit then, either make it a wish to get into the family or sth. similar to that.

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No, I get that. It's just that in his situation he probably won't have Hendo Lok in his name yet considering they adopt rankers. Since having a Ten Great Family name is a pretty big deal. Probably pass a couple of floors before he is formally adopted and allowed to use the name. Good character development idea though.

@ColourlessKing

Oh, I see, so that's how it is. I didn't know how exactly the adoption process works. I'll change the name then, and have him formally adopted later, if we come far enough that is. Thanks for the info btw.

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Hey, I just went by the wiki which states the Hendo Lok family's rankers are all adopted. So, I'm assuming they have a system in place to gather individuals with potential, or something.

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Eh, he's adopted, so at least the life span is normal.