Shing Du Yi

Shing Du Yi was the father of Yuzhen and Marshal of the North.

Appearance
Frail and bearded.

Personality
Dutiful, stubborn and loving. Capable and cunning, appeasing whilst commanding. A cynical yet brilliant mind.

Background
Became a Marshal with no backing with his guile. Presenting himself as the safest option to back without offending the two major powers vying for office. Everyone who supported him believed no one else would, so they hoped for a hung decision, giving the smaller powers more leverage and more time to work without a Marshal overseeing their every move. Instead he received endorsements from almost two-thirds of the sitting Magistrates and Lieutenant Marshals, allowing him to take office unopposed. He stole the office by playing everyone against each other, and then kept the office and his life by being a man of principle who always acted impartially even to his own detriment. undefined

Death
He gave his life to eradicate his clan as an example to the Northern powers, letting each faction know just how far he was willing to go to protect his daughter. undefined

Powers and Abilities
Lacked talent in the Martial Path.

Relationships

 * Situ Nian Zu: Fellow outcast from Clan and Society. Hid their homosexual relationship.
 * Yuzhen: Adoptive daughter, attendant, bodyguard. Took her in when she was an orphan around the time he rose to Office. undefined

Trivia

 * Invited Rain to the Society's Contest after hearing of a 16-year-old boy crossing swords with a Warrant Officer; offering face. Thus declining the invitation would be equivalent to an insult to the highest authority in the Northern Province. undefined
 * Obsessed over the repeating crossbow brought by Rain, spent all his free time with Husolt and Chakha tinkering with the design.undefined