Changes: Fam, The Eternal

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Fam Kirinsuri is an Easterling monk, one of the fellows of explorers that joined the Blades under the direction of Perimi. Though she does not yet know it, she is destined to set into motion a series of events that will, in time, make the Kirinsuir/Killingsly clan one of the most powerful political forces in the world.

The Past

Fam was born in the legendary village of Han Tu Wei, where it is illegal for a woman to marry unless her potential husband can best her in unarmed combat. As an infant the elderly monks of the village realized that Fam was a one in five hundred chance; a child who'se Qi was so powerful it could be felt and whom had a natural affinity for the wind. At the age of five, Fam was taken from her family and inducted into the Order of the Pristine.

Under the tutelage of the monks Fam learned to nuture and advance her affinity with the wind to such an extent that by the time she reached ten years old she was considered a master of the art. The monks also took note of her intense attraction to history and taught her not only the history of the East but also mon. They taught her meditation skills, culinary arts, tumbling, and acrobatics.

Fam found the overly-aggressive unarmed fighting style of her village distasteful and so developed her own style, which came to be called Pan Do Wushu. Rather than learn the vicious joint locks and bone breaking strikes of her familiar martial art she chose to develop a style that focused on the attacker's own momentum and agression, using it as a weapon against him. The monks quietly scoffed at the notion, thinking that such a fighting style would never be successful in an actual fight.

They were wrong.

As Fam matured and developed she began to live by a specific code of honor, which she named the Code of Duty. It reads as follows.

One's duty to the universe is to recognize that all life is sacred. We are not given the authority to choose the time or place of when we enter the world, therefore we do not have the authority to choose when another will leave it.
One's duty to humanity is to speak nothing but the truth, whether it be historical truth, personal truth, or scientific truth. If one cannot speak truth, one does not speak.
One's duty to the clan is to strengthen the weak, uphold the fallen, feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, and defend the defenseless.
One's duty to oneself is to train the mind to obedience. Thought should be pure, unclouded, and unaffected by emotion. Meditate to cleanse and purify the mind and tame the emotions.
One's duty to one's foe is to understand that the enemy is never the villain in his own eyes. It is duty to defeat the enemy in harmony and defense, never to attack him.

Fam had her first suitor when she was twelve years old, the age when she was seen as no longer a child but a woman. Her suitor, a beautiful man named Sung Pai, asked for her hand and in village tradition the two met to do battle. The monks were assured that Sung, with his superior martial arts skills, would easily claim his bride. Imagine everyone's shock when Fam defeated the village hero with a series of throws, leg hooks, and holds. The defeat was even more remarkable considering that Fam was born blind. Fam's fighting style was recognized and respected, and younger children as well as some adults came to her for instruction in the art.

Fam met Perimi when she was fourteen, and the two became fast friends. A year later, when Perimi organized the Blades expedition and sent word to Fam asking if the air monk would like to be a part of the group, Fam readily agreed.

Voice Actress: Kathleen Turner

The Present

While journeying with the Blades, Fam has become the most famous Elementalist in Paradigm's history, a legacy that will generate a future that not even she could suspect. Less so because of her actions or monastic message with the Pristines it is more her avatar gift: As an avatar of Eheru Fam is able to utilize her Qi to generate and manipulate all four base elements: air, earth, fire, and water; something no elementalist has ever been able to do or shall ever be able to do again.

The Future

Fam will make history. When she is in her later years, her fighting style will become the standard of everyone in her bloodline. She will be recognized by the entire clan as the most wise, and accorded power, authority, and respect. She will insist that the clan adopt her Code of Duty, and they will. Fam will rename herself Pan Do Ra, which in her native dialect means "one who is dutiful."

As she nears her final sleep, the entire Kirinsuri clan will mourne and come to a breakthrough decision. Every first born female born in Fam's direct line will take the name Pandora and lead the clan, therefore preserving the immortality of Fam. Fam's daughter, grand-daughter- great-gradaughter, and so on will become Pandora at the age of fifteen and take rulership of the clan.

Throught the years the clan will become involved in politics and law enforcement, with each passing generation seeing more power and influence pour in as each new Pandora rises to lead the clan. Members of the clan will become politicans, bankers, and captains of industry until the name Kirinsuri means power.

In 1975, the Kirinsuri clan elder Miyamoto will take his family to the United States, and there angelicize the clan name to Killingsly. His daughter, Tachete, will become Pandora but dishonor the entire clan. Pandora Killingsly will battle and be defeated by Maximilian Xenon, the hero known as Warhammer. She will give birth to two daughters: Chyenne the elderst, and her younger sister Suzuko. When Pandora, as part of the Outsiders hero team, elects to stay with her husband and become a criminal, she will be ejected by the entire clan. Pandora's daughter Chyenne will also become the villain Prism, and so the youngest daughter ( and the first ever in history) Suzuko will inherit the name Pandora and with it the entire clan.

In the new Millennium Suzuko's daughter Michiko, a powerful Asan sorceress and force for good in Millennium City, will take on the role and responsibility of the hereditary title Pandora.

Skills

Fam has spent her entire life making a study of mon, crests, shields, and insignia. Given a concise description she can correctly identify which person, house, or group such artwork belongs to; no matter how obscure. She is also a skilled chef, having mastered the culinary arts of the Eastern Dynasty, The Western Empire, and the Paradmir Savannah. She takes a great deal of pride in her cooking skills and an even greater sense of satisfaction in being able to provide delicious and nutritious meals for her Blades family though she is far too modest to say so.

Though Fam prefers to fight bare handed she is thoroughly trained in the use of the threshing flail (her weapon of choice), paired nun-chaku, paired melon hammers, meteor hammer, chain whip, Eastern broadsword, Eastern polearms, and spear. She speaks the Western Trade language, Dynastic, and Savannah King languages fluently.

Her favorite weapon is a Qi infused threshing flail named Yiwu (D. "Duty). Yiwu is a Kirinsuri family heirloom, created by her great-grandfather and passed down to the eldest child throughout the generations. The flail is painted white, with a 3' long base attached with a single steel ring to a heavy steel banded foot long striking head. With her flail she can strike, parry, and channel her Elementalism abilities. The enchantments placed on the flail ensure it can never be taken from her; if it is dropped, taken away, or stolen it will simply reappear in her hands a few seconds later. With an unspoken command the flail can generate tremendous striking force. The force is powerful enough to send a line of foes flying and utterly bring down a foot thick stone wall.

Limitations

Fam is blind, but most of the time not hampered by her disability. She 'sees' by perceiving how the air currents move around objects and is able through this means to make out shapes though she can't identify colors, features, or fine details. In areas with limited or no air movement, such as deep caves or dungeons she becomes truly blind and must be assisted.

Additionally, her ability to manipulate the air currents of the environment around her do not work indoors, where there is simply not enough moving air for her to shape and direct.

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 Fam was born in the legendary village of Han Tu Wei, where it is illegal for a woman to marry unless her potential husband can best her in unarmed combat. As an infant the elderly monks of the village realized that Fam was a one in five hundred chance; a child who'se Qi was so powerful it could be felt and whom had a natural affinity for the wind. At the age of five, Fam was taken from her family and inducted into the Order of the Pristine.
-Under the monks tutelage Fam learned techniques of meditation, breathing, and how to channel her Qi. She was taught to nuture her elemental affinity and by the age of ten she could control and direct the wind. She was a brilliant child, and rather than learn the unarmed fighting style of her village developed her own using the idea that an enemy's Qi force should not be oppossed but assisted, thereby neutralzing the enemy's attack. Her teachers were charmed by the idea but told her it would never work.
+Under the tutelage of the monks Fam learned to nuture and advance her affinity with the wind to such an extent that by the time she reached ten years old she was considered a master of the art. The monks also took note of her intense attraction to history and taught her not only the history of the East but also mon. They taught her meditation skills, culinary arts, tumbling, and acrobatics.
+Fam found the overly-aggressive unarmed fighting style of her village distasteful and so developed her own style, which came to be called Pan Do Wushu. Rather than learn the vicious joint locks and bone breaking strikes of her familiar martial art she chose to develop a style that focused on the attacker's own momentum and agression, using it as a weapon against him. The monks quietly scoffed at the notion, thinking that such a fighting style would never be successful in an actual fight.
 They were wrong.
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 #One's duty to oneself is to train the mind to obedience. Thought should be pure, unclouded, and unaffected by emotion. Meditate to cleanse and purify the mind and tame the emotions.
 #One's duty to one's foe is to understand that the enemy is never the villain in his own eyes. It is duty to defeat the enemy in harmony and defense, never to attack him.
-Fam had her first suitor when she was twelve years old, the age when she was seen as no longer a child but a woman. Her suitor, a beautiful man named Sung Pai, asked for her hand and in village tradition the two met to do battle. The monks were assured that Sung, with his superior martial arts skills, would easily claim his bride. Imagine everyone's shock when Fam defeated the village hero with a series of throws, leg hooks, and holds. The defeat was even more remarkable considering that Fam was born blind. Fam's fighting style was recognized and respected, and she named it Feng Zhi Lu, The Way of the Air.
+Fam had her first suitor when she was twelve years old, the age when she was seen as no longer a child but a woman. Her suitor, a beautiful man named Sung Pai, asked for her hand and in village tradition the two met to do battle. The monks were assured that Sung, with his superior martial arts skills, would easily claim his bride. Imagine everyone's shock when Fam defeated the village hero with a series of throws, leg hooks, and holds. The defeat was even more remarkable considering that Fam was born blind. Fam's fighting style was recognized and respected, and younger children as well as some adults came to her for instruction in the art.
 Fam met Perimi when she was fourteen, and the two became fast friends. A year later, when Perimi organized the Blades expedition and sent word to Fam asking if the air monk would like to be a part of the group, Fam readily agreed.