Kindred of the East: Age of Sorrow, Chapter 10

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Notes from a future bone court historian of the seventh age.

How little the scholars of the day understood what was going on.  The  mark of fate was on the Jade Hand but no one knew how instrumental they would be in the changes to come follwing the age of sorrow.

It seems in that distant age, the trinity accord had been all but forgotten about, but the Jade hand, aware or not are almost certainly responsible for the breaking of the yin pillar.  By inviting the sygians to settle in the middle kingdom, the balance was shattered as the ideologies of mortals collided in the shadow lands.

It seems it was around this time, that Strike Force Zero first became aware of the jade hand as Shinzo interupted  a raid against a technomancer on tanegashima.  The mage is of little concern to my work.  It seems he was a talent scout for the metal dragons of Japan, with an interest in space exploration.  I have been unable to discern if he was ever heard from again after being taken by the japanese special forces.



Shortly after the events on Tanegashima the group turned up in Thailand.  Pongreets brother was turned by Kinjin.  This was at the start of the mad kin jins defilement of the ancient jungle sites of south east asia.  I am still trying to discern what that was about.  It seems all the kin jin where behaving unsually around this era, but only lose fragments have survived to modern nights.  The Malignant shadow of new york, and the blood mage cults of vienna implosion warrant furthur investigation though.

Anyway I digress, this is a study of the Jade hand not kin jin, or the reforming of the yin realms.  There is one useful lead i intend to follwow.  As soon as i purchase passage past the weaver to the celestial heavens, i intend to seek out the fillipino Araht Tikbalang.  Even in the age of sorrow, Tikbalang was a bodisatva, master of shintai and already completely embeded in the mythology of the Philipines.  Unlike most bodisatvas of the era, Tikbalang was still involved in court affairs to a small degree.  Anyway i have come to beleive Tikbalang met the Jade hand and if accesible will be of great help to my work.  What will i learn from this ancient master of the thousand whispers?



So that is the vague outline I have learned so far of the Jade Hand, but what of the indivuals? The Kueijin that formed this force that shaped the ages to come?

Well Pongreet (The Lawman of the Wang Prophecies) as discussed earlier was the leash by which destiny dragged the Hand around at the start of their journey.  Bound as he was to his family and his sense of justice.  He could not help but drag the group into the dealings of wraiths, shades and creature of yin.  Even his brother and that strange 3 eyed girl were pivitol in the western Kinjin Gehenna that brought the rest of the world crashing into the middle kingdom.

And Shinzo, the cantakerous devil tiger more stuborn than most conservative crane when it comes to his beloved home.  How i wish i could of  been there to see his face when the restoration of japan began.  He was at this point the wild card of the group, sometimes the vailiant "Warrior" defending his wu, at other times making enemies and indulgng in suffering like you would expet of such a young devil.  His relations to both Chin'Ta and Hsien at this point were pretty poor.  Although i only have the briefest anecdotes about his encouters with Amatsu and that Japanese metal dragon.

Seshwayo the Deserter was still learning of the world beynd the Kim mythos.  But was already becomming the the guardian protector of the group.  And  from what i can tell, the only one with a shred of control over his po.  The few anecdotes i can find of him this early in the hands journey all talk of martial prowess and childlike innocent humour.

Maifeng(the wonderer) was true to her namesake at this point.  I have little understanding for the tempest, but perhaps the fog of the storm that creates the mystery is the point.  She was the centre of the group, but was like a non entity in a holding pattern at this point.  If i didnt know of the her martial and gymnastic prowess, from future, more well known tales i really wouldnt think much of her at all from what i have learned so far.  There have been hints tho.  Her po provokes the group to action when they are distracted, and she did ride the Bakunawa aswell as Shizo.

Min-Seo Rim (the rebel) shes is my favourite, always a paper trail or social media history.  The only one of those primitives to embrace technology.  She was very distracted with her business. Her book keeping was pretty sloppy then, or atleast her choice in book keeper.  Still she didnt make that mistake again after the audit.