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Penguin left this message 81 minutes ago:6:14 PM

In full backstory of the Emperor and his lover, Lin ShuiXian (林水仙), I had in mind that he was a prince and next in line for the throne. While he was supposed to be studying to become Emperor, he'd snuck off to the towns and had fun. There he met Hong YuHua's mother, ShuiXian. They eventually fell in love. Her father was sick, while her mother was a concubine to the current Emperor. In doing so, they received money to treat her father's sickness. But he is still bed ridden. The Prince met the father and decided to sneak money to pay for medicine. When the father was better, yet still frail, he allowed their marriage. They had a small unofficial wedding ceremony with just the 3 of them. When the current Emperor found out about the Prince and his concubine, Shui Xian's mother, he threatened his son to never see ShuiXian again or else her whole family dies. Shui Xian's mother was kept in the prison until his son did so. The Prince helped ShuiXian's mother escape, and with ShuiXian and her father, they ran to the countryside. The Prince was caught and brought back to the palace. The Prince's father forgave him since the 'peasants' were no longer within the walls of the palace and city.

Shui Xian was a known weaver. Unbeknownst to the previous Emperor, she was able to create webs from her finger tips like a spider. Hong adopted that ability. The Prince, current Emperor back then, didn't know about Shui Xian's ability until the night they fled. She created what he called the Shining Dawn. When he was caught, her family had to continue. The guards caught up. ShuiXian used her webs and covered an area. The patterns of the webs looked like a glowing sun upon the horizon.

Hong YuHua took her father's name, Hong(红). While her given name is derived her mother's name 水仙 which means daffodil. They lived somewhat happily. YuHua was born. Her parents help ShuiXian raise YuHua. Sadly, the grandfather died from the relapsing illness. When bandits and other bad people came, her grandmother would comfort her while her mother fought them. After the grandmother died, YuHua's mother became overprotective and paranoid about strangers. ShuiXian later crossed paths with some imperial guards. This struck a nerve. And even more so when they placed a heavy living tax on them. With her mental state and bad memories of the palace, she retaliated. She ends up dying to them. However, before she died, she told YuHua that when and if YuHua ever sees her father, even without knowing his face or name, she will know. "当你遇见他时，你就会知道他是你父亲."

YuHua grew up quite alone and became a prisoner then a concubine in another kingdom. Abused in many ways, she became twisted. With her newfound and honed powers, she killed many nobles before escaping.

Penguin: Woops... Hong红 is the grandfather's family name. Lin林 is the grandmother's family name. ShuiXian gave YuHua the grandfather's family name to hide her better. The Emperor, the Prince at that time, thought Lin林 was the father's family name since paternal lineage was dominant and more common.

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Penguin: What is Warlin's story?

NatTheRat96: Since Warlin is Adrian's OC, I'll have to wing it.

Penguin: Hong's mother died when Hong was a teen, thus dead before the Colosseum. If Warlin knew and met Hong's mother, that would mean he has to be related to the imperial if he is not one.

NatTheRat96 left this message :5:32 PM

Warlin's backstory:

With what I could come up with for Warlin's story: Warlin was a frail boy from a poor background, his powers didn't kick in until he reached puberty. He became a bookworm, once he got his hands on his first book, determined to get out of poverty. Since his mother was physically frail, just like him. Warlin's mother suffered from anaphylaxis. So he decided to dabble in medicine to learn more about plants and herbal medicine.