Princess Lasahn Ling Chun Senshi is a heroic event character and the Head of State of Buya. She performs all functions of leader in place of her father, Emperor Senshi. She is a gifted warrior as fluid in court ceremony and protocol as she is gifted with a sword.
Lasahn's weapon of choice is an Electra. She was raised in the Court of Han, where she learned her strangely emphatic way of talking. (Example: "Your transgressions shall !not! be tolerated!")
Family
Father: Emperor Aino Senshi
Mother: Yung Ling Chun (Deceased)
Lasahn's mother was a third cousin of the Emperor of Han. It is not known whether Lasahn has any half-siblings in Han.
Character History
Parentage
Aino Senshi, an acclaimed General and tactician, was a native son of Buya before he left to serve the Han Emperor. His bravado and strategic brilliance in service of the Han led the Emperor to personally offer the hand of one of his most beautiful cousins in the Imperial Court: Yung Ling Chun. The two fell in love and were married in summer, but the political situation in Buya had grown dim; the King was ill and his advisers were making power plays. The Han Emperor dispatched Aino and his legion to Buya to maintain order; as time lingered on, he did not return. Yung Ling, presuming that Aino had been killed in battle or simply abandoned her, became bitter and fled to the countryside, where she gave birth to his child. She would later learn that the King of Buya, who had no heirs, had, on his deathbed, willed that Aino Senshi succeed him; however, she refused to join Senshi at the Buyan Court, feeling he had betrayed her by leaving in the first place. Having lost his beloved, Senshi governed effectively but sank into a deep, depressive pain of the heart.
Childhood
Lasahn Ling Chun was raised in the court of the Han Emperor, who supported her and her mother, who had become distant and bitter. From an early age Lasahn displayed an interest in swordplay, often skipping dancing classes to train in fencing with the boys. Not content with merely studying the ways of tea ceremony and poetry, Lasahn trained with master Qi Lao of the Imperial Court, learning sword technique and martial arts; she quickly excelled. It was in this training that she met her fiance, Xiou Ling Shen, a boy several years older than her.
When Lasahn was in adolescence, the passion between her and Xiou Ling grew, and they became engaged. He had quickly risen through the ranks of the Imperial Army, but their summer love was cut short by news of a series of raids from Bluestone's pirates on the Southern Han coast. Xiou Ling's regiment was dispatched to the next city expected to be hit by the pirates; he was to be commander on his first mission. Xiou Ling Shen did not return. The pirates invited the Commander to a parlay on which peaceful negotiations were to be made; they then ambushed him and murdered him in a most dishonorable way. The news devastated Lasahn, who to this day has a deep-seated hatred of pirates.
Adulthood
Having lost her first love and fiancee, and barely on speaking terms with her embittered mother, Lasahn poured herself into her work, quickly becoming one of the most talented and recognized young members of the Han Tigress Army. Although her mother had concealed the details from her, Lasahn's teacher Qi Lau knew of her father's deeds in protecting the people of Han and Buya, and revealed to her the identity of her father. After a successful campaign in defending Han from the marauding Sonhi under KaMing, Lasahn was promoted to General in the Han Tigress Army and gifted the Star Tigress Armor by the Han Emperor himself.
Lasahn's fate changed with a new assignment. A series of water sources on the Buya-Han border had been poisoned, resulting in local illnesses and deaths, and the Emperor dispatched Lasahn's legion to investigate. They found an abandoned Sonhi camp at which they rested, and during the night were attacked by Zibong. After a vicious overnight battle, the Zibong were driven back and the wells purified, but Lasahn's regiment had been reduced to a mere expeditionary force. Seeing an opportunity as well as a necessity, Lasahn sent her emissary Laza ahead to request assistance and lodging for her troops, and headed to Buya... to meet her father.
Aino Senshi, still painful at the memory of his beloved Yun Ling, initially treated Lasahn with kind but deliberate distance, but he warmed up to her quickly. When KaMing requested asylum in Buya from the Zibong, Senshi appointed Lasahn Head of State of Buya in order to deal with the situation; opinions were sharply divided on whether the Sonhi were in need of aid or were plotting an invasion once they were allowed in the Kingdom. Lasahn quickly earned a reputation as a stateswoman and diplomat by allowing KaMing to build a Sonhi Encampment in a desolate part of the Buyian territories, thus granting asylum without jeapordizing the safety of the citizens of Buya.
Upon her permanent appointment as Head of State of Buya and Heiress to the Throne, Lasahn adopted the last name Senshi after her father, becoming Lasahn Ling Chun Senshi. This is frequently shortened, especially by Lasahn herself, as Lasahn Senshi.
Interesting Facts
- Lasahn only occasionally returns to her homeland of Han; the most memorable visit home was in Yuri 30, when her mother, Yung Ling Chun, passed away. Upon her return she penned a thought-provoking memoir about her mother and her personal grief and distributed it to her people, so they might know that she too was one of them.