I have no interest in whether it is right or wrong. All I care about is executing orders as a captain of the Gotei 13. All who get in my way are my enemies. All enemies must be slain. That is all that matters. That goes for you too, Ōmaeda. Don't forget where your loyalty lies. If you get in my way, you too will become my enemy.
[ Mannerisms ] In a word, and at a simple glance, Sui Feng is cold. Commonly absent any expression, she speaks briskly, she moves quietly, and she's more likely to slip through the shadows than walk in the light. As a captain, her rank demands a certain level of authoritarianism in her personality, and this trait bleeds through off-hours interactions as well, requests more often coming out as orders and statements more like declarations. Donning her uniform or not, Sui Feng carries herself with a certain level of vainglory that she rarely expunges upon, believing--and often proving--that actions speak louder than words, though that's not to say she's above flaunting her superior skill and power. Rather, it's always something done in the name of minimizing violence or discouraging weaker opponents from senseless injury instead of puffing up her proverbial feathers.
[ Motivations ] The second division captain takes her responsibilities severely, having been trained from her first steps to fulfill a certain role, and she strives not just for competence, but to excel well and above expectations. Any world view with less dedication than her own is offered no quarter--a person who commits themselves less than two hundred percent might as well quit and stop getting in her way. But her motivations were not always so harsh. In the early stages of her life, she wanted only to be of service to her lord--or mistress, as it was--and saw Yoruchi as her beginning and end, but following her abandonment, her drive in life drastically changed. During that century of her commander's absence, she trained relentlessly, mastering the arts of stealth and poison, and eventually rising to the rank of captain for the single goal of surpassing the woman who had left her like a broken toy. Where it was once her lady's word that defined her understanding of the world, Sui Feng now relies on her orders to provide her purpose and give her a reason for being.
[ Interactions ] Born of lower nobility, Sui Feng places great value in the social strata: it exists with reason. Those who are strong lead, and at least in the Soul Society, the families were chosen for that strength alone. Falling into one of the minor houses, the Feng family has served the Shihōin for generations, and she was brought up with the knowledge that she would fall into those same footsteps or suffer unquestionable exile for failure. As such, she's had to work painstakingly hard to keep her place (and eventually, become the head of the family) and it reflects in how she addresses those of higher or lower birth status. In the professional setting, she's a downright callous commander and an obedient subordinate, stating once that she believes it's best when a commander and her subordinates are at odds--the tension drives the subordinate to improve until they can surpass the master. It's more likely, however, that she upholds this philosophy based on her own tragic history: she worshiped the ground at her commander's feet only to be abandoned without warning or word, an experience she doesn't want to put anyone else through--it's better that her subordinates are indifferent to her death than to feel the same pain of being left behind by someone they admire or trust.
[ Temperament ] More than simply distancing herself from her subordinates, Sui Feng keeps an icy guard around herself, offering anger or ruthlessness rather than revealing even the slightest of her sympathies. This is not to say that she's unfeeling--only that she refuses to let others see into those feelings, keeping anyone who dares to encroach on her personal world at arm's, or if necessary, sword's length. Although she's generally cool and collected, her temper can run hot, especially if it concerns Yoruichi, and in a matter of seconds she can drop her poise to unveil a somewhat emotionally immature center, abandoning reason for reaction, discussion for violence, and thoughtfulness for short-sightedness. By and large, however, she can be expected to maintain her facade, and while she's unlikely to qualify as "friendly" or even allow someone close enough to call her friend, she keeps too much to herself to make an abundance of enemies.
[ Battle ] even if your flesh is torn from your body, use your bones to make an impenetrable wall
What Sui Feng lacks in social skills, she makes up for in the arena. Her entire life has been spent in one form of training or another, self-directed or not, and her skill in battle is matched only by her skill in stealth. As a captain in the thirteen court guard squad, she's proven herself, developing the skills of her zanpaktou to the point of "bonkai", considered all but a requirement to achieve her rank. Sui Feng fights on her own more often than not, citing the presence of others as a burden or "getting in her way"--and while part of this is her pride, it's also her way of protecting her weaker subordinates from being dragged into a fight that's over their heads. Barring Yoruichi, she maintains her calm in battle and exhibits the ability to think past the moment and into the future. For example, when she's fighting the arrancar Ggio, she purposefully withholds her strength, studying her opponent's techniques and strength to better prepare her for future, stronger enemies. This ability to think clearly in adverse conditions has saved her life on more than one occasion: even under the threat of immense pain, she will do what is necessary to keep fighting, once going so far as to order her lieutenant to cut off her arm in order to keep herself in fighting conditions.
[ Morality ] There are no shades of grey. There are no shades at all; the world, at least to her, is black and white, divided by orders and the letter of the law. Morality for the sake of itself is an unnecessary sentiment, something that "sounds good" but ultimately means nothing--a fact she's keen to remind the substitute soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki when he gets notions of saving the world. She does not fight or act for moral reasons, but so that she may survive, and so far as she can tell, people who say otherwise are just trying to make themselves sound better. At the end of the day, morality will never trump or even encroach upon her orders: what is right and wrong does not concern her, only that she successfully executes her assignments as a captain.
AU History:
The Feng family, lesser royals among the Qreshi elite, have been loyal vassals and guards of the higher-nobility for eight generations before she's brought into the world. Every Feng has worn the blood of The Nine's enemies without pause or qualm, training and honing their skills as assassins and executioners within the Company and at their masters' personal beck.
Those who fail to qualify or perform are cast out and disinherited from the family, if they even live that long. Strength is everything within the Feng house--their service is unerring, their honor built on the graves of the innocent and guilty alike. Serving within the Nine's personal guard, they've sacrificed tirelessly to make their children better killers, sharper tools, forfeiting parts of their humanity to hone their edge that much more.
Sui Feng, born Shaolin, is part of the ninth generation, born and shaped from her very DNA to be something stronger, something colder than all the rest. Through a combination of genetic enhancements and painfully applied modifications, she is one of six children tasked with becoming the nobility's personal weapons. The Feng are the arms and legs of the Punishment Force, a division between intelligence and internal affairs within the Company that seeks out the disloyal and, as the name implies, punishes them dearly.
She's barely old enough to stand when she first sees her lady, her one purpose to exist. The woman who was in line to inherit the reigns of the Punishment Force and ultimately direct where the blade of the Feng family would strike.
"You will serve her with your life. Do you understand?"
Of the six, Sui Feng was the youngest--and ultimately--the only one left standing. Each of her siblings died in the line of service, and though Sui Feng felt something akin to grief, the strongest emotion was shame.
Shame that they weren't strong enough to make it. Shame that they couldn't tolerate the pain of their modifications and become something better than human. Something worthy of the gods they serve.
Two of them died on their first mission. Two on their second. The last made it to his sixth mission.
All of them so shamefully weak.
But not Sui Feng. Two years after joining Company ranks, she was hand-selected to join the Punishment Force, and for the first time in her life, she tasted the honor she'd been chasing for so long. She was happy. Everything about her lady was awe-inspiring--more than merely a figurehead, her lady was strong, elegant, and noble. She was everything Sui Feng wanted to be, and more often than not, the teenager's heart twisted itself beyond adoration and into obsessive worship.
Over and over again she told herself, "I will die for her."
But at the age of nineteen, still a fledgling within the Punishment Force, her lady disappeared.
Without warning or a goodbye, the sun that she worshiped so dutifully fell from the sky and never returned. The following day that she came to know the charges posted against her lady: high treason, conspiracy, evasion of arrest. The woman had fallen in league with the Resistance.
Yet the betrayal felt in her heart ultimately wasn't over the laws she loved so or the order of society disrupted by scandal. It was abandonment by her own personal god. With the leader of the Punishment Force disgraced and the chair empty, the division was ultimately disbanded and absorbed into the Company.
And Sui Feng, who had lived her life only for this one person, had to find a new reason to exist. A new purpose for her life.
So she did. She devoted herself to one cause alone: to capture her former lady with her own hands and make her answer for her crimes. For her abandonment. With a combination of royal blood and a deadly track record, Sui Feng fell into the niche of Company watchdog, no longer tied to the Kendry alone but her own person, fueled by a grudge so deep it muted every other possible emotion.
Now at the age of thirty, she leads a small squadron of similar intent and aim as the Punishment Force, tending to the Company's most problematic employees and situations. Her skills are particularly specialized--she is not the person called upon for interrogation or investigation. She is the killing tool of the Company's enemies, a faithful and unquestioning executioner.
Right or wrong does not matter to her, only carrying out her orders as an officer of the Company. Any who stand in her way are enemies and enemies must be slain. Simple as that.
Inventory: Suzumebachi (see abilities), sealed. Her second division captain's uniform --> worn on top of her Punishment Force uniform. Both will retain their canonical appearance as part of her division within the Company, their mildly anachronistic properties will be part of the Feng tradition.
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I have no interest in whether it is right or wrong. All I care about is executing orders as a captain of the Gotei 13. All who get in my way are my enemies. All enemies must be slain. That is all that matters. That goes for you too, Ōmaeda. Don't forget where your loyalty lies. If you get in my way, you too will become my enemy.
[ Mannerisms ] In a word, and at a simple glance, Sui Feng is cold. Commonly absent any expression, she speaks briskly, she moves quietly, and she's more likely to slip through the shadows than walk in the light. As a captain, her rank demands a certain level of authoritarianism in her personality, and this trait bleeds through off-hours interactions as well, requests more often coming out as orders and statements more like declarations. Donning her uniform or not, Sui Feng carries herself with a certain level of vainglory that she rarely expunges upon, believing--and often proving--that actions speak louder than words, though that's not to say she's above flaunting her superior skill and power. Rather, it's always something done in the name of minimizing violence or discouraging weaker opponents from senseless injury instead of puffing up her proverbial feathers.
[ Motivations ] The second division captain takes her responsibilities severely, having been trained from her first steps to fulfill a certain role, and she strives not just for competence, but to excel well and above expectations. Any world view with less dedication than her own is offered no quarter--a person who commits themselves less than two hundred percent might as well quit and stop getting in her way. But her motivations were not always so harsh. In the early stages of her life, she wanted only to be of service to her lord--or mistress, as it was--and saw Yoruchi as her beginning and end, but following her abandonment, her drive in life drastically changed. During that century of her commander's absence, she trained relentlessly, mastering the arts of stealth and poison, and eventually rising to the rank of captain for the single goal of surpassing the woman who had left her like a broken toy. Where it was once her lady's word that defined her understanding of the world, Sui Feng now relies on her orders to provide her purpose and give her a reason for being.
[ Interactions ] Born of lower nobility, Sui Feng places great value in the social strata: it exists with reason. Those who are strong lead, and at least in the Soul Society, the families were chosen for that strength alone. Falling into one of the minor houses, the Feng family has served the Shihōin for generations, and she was brought up with the knowledge that she would fall into those same footsteps or suffer unquestionable exile for failure. As such, she's had to work painstakingly hard to keep her place (and eventually, become the head of the family) and it reflects in how she addresses those of higher or lower birth status. In the professional setting, she's a downright callous commander and an obedient subordinate, stating once that she believes it's best when a commander and her subordinates are at odds--the tension drives the subordinate to improve until they can surpass the master. It's more likely, however, that she upholds this philosophy based on her own tragic history: she worshiped the ground at her commander's feet only to be abandoned without warning or word, an experience she doesn't want to put anyone else through--it's better that her subordinates are indifferent to her death than to feel the same pain of being left behind by someone they admire or trust.
[ Temperament ] More than simply distancing herself from her subordinates, Sui Feng keeps an icy guard around herself, offering anger or ruthlessness rather than revealing even the slightest of her sympathies. This is not to say that she's unfeeling--only that she refuses to let others see into those feelings, keeping anyone who dares to encroach on her personal world at arm's, or if necessary, sword's length. Although she's generally cool and collected, her temper can run hot, especially if it concerns Yoruichi, and in a matter of seconds she can drop her poise to unveil a somewhat emotionally immature center, abandoning reason for reaction, discussion for violence, and thoughtfulness for short-sightedness. By and large, however, she can be expected to maintain her facade, and while she's unlikely to qualify as "friendly" or even allow someone close enough to call her friend, she keeps too much to herself to make an abundance of enemies.
[ Battle ] even if your flesh is torn from your body, use your bones to make an impenetrable wall
What Sui Feng lacks in social skills, she makes up for in the arena. Her entire life has been spent in one form of training or another, self-directed or not, and her skill in battle is matched only by her skill in stealth. As a captain in the thirteen court guard squad, she's proven herself, developing the skills of her zanpaktou to the point of "bonkai", considered all but a requirement to achieve her rank. Sui Feng fights on her own more often than not, citing the presence of others as a burden or "getting in her way"--and while part of this is her pride, it's also her way of protecting her weaker subordinates from being dragged into a fight that's over their heads. Barring Yoruichi, she maintains her calm in battle and exhibits the ability to think past the moment and into the future. For example, when she's fighting the arrancar Ggio, she purposefully withholds her strength, studying her opponent's techniques and strength to better prepare her for future, stronger enemies. This ability to think clearly in adverse conditions has saved her life on more than one occasion: even under the threat of immense pain, she will do what is necessary to keep fighting, once going so far as to order her lieutenant to cut off her arm in order to keep herself in fighting conditions.
[ Morality ] There are no shades of grey. There are no shades at all; the world, at least to her, is black and white, divided by orders and the letter of the law. Morality for the sake of itself is an unnecessary sentiment, something that "sounds good" but ultimately means nothing--a fact she's keen to remind the substitute soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki when he gets notions of saving the world. She does not fight or act for moral reasons, but so that she may survive, and so far as she can tell, people who say otherwise are just trying to make themselves sound better. At the end of the day, morality will never trump or even encroach upon her orders: what is right and wrong does not concern her, only that she successfully executes her assignments as a captain.
AU History:
The Feng family, lesser royals among the Qreshi elite, have been loyal vassals and guards of the higher-nobility for eight generations before she's brought into the world. Every Feng has worn the blood of The Nine's enemies without pause or qualm, training and honing their skills as assassins and executioners within the Company and at their masters' personal beck.
Those who fail to qualify or perform are cast out and disinherited from the family, if they even live that long. Strength is everything within the Feng house--their service is unerring, their honor built on the graves of the innocent and guilty alike. Serving within the Nine's personal guard, they've sacrificed tirelessly to make their children better killers, sharper tools, forfeiting parts of their humanity to hone their edge that much more.
Sui Feng, born Shaolin, is part of the ninth generation, born and shaped from her very DNA to be something stronger, something colder than all the rest. Through a combination of genetic enhancements and painfully applied modifications, she is one of six children tasked with becoming the nobility's personal weapons. The Feng are the arms and legs of the Punishment Force, a division between intelligence and internal affairs within the Company that seeks out the disloyal and, as the name implies, punishes them dearly.
She's barely old enough to stand when she first sees her lady, her one purpose to exist. The woman who was in line to inherit the reigns of the Punishment Force and ultimately direct where the blade of the Feng family would strike.
"You will serve her with your life. Do you understand?"
Of the six, Sui Feng was the youngest--and ultimately--the only one left standing. Each of her siblings died in the line of service, and though Sui Feng felt something akin to grief, the strongest emotion was shame.
Shame that they weren't strong enough to make it. Shame that they couldn't tolerate the pain of their modifications and become something better than human. Something worthy of the gods they serve.
Two of them died on their first mission. Two on their second. The last made it to his sixth mission.
All of them so shamefully weak.
But not Sui Feng. Two years after joining Company ranks, she was hand-selected to join the Punishment Force, and for the first time in her life, she tasted the honor she'd been chasing for so long. She was happy. Everything about her lady was awe-inspiring--more than merely a figurehead, her lady was strong, elegant, and noble. She was everything Sui Feng wanted to be, and more often than not, the teenager's heart twisted itself beyond adoration and into obsessive worship.
Over and over again she told herself, "I will die for her."
But at the age of nineteen, still a fledgling within the Punishment Force, her lady disappeared.
Without warning or a goodbye, the sun that she worshiped so dutifully fell from the sky and never returned. The following day that she came to know the charges posted against her lady: high treason, conspiracy, evasion of arrest. The woman had fallen in league with the Resistance.
Yet the betrayal felt in her heart ultimately wasn't over the laws she loved so or the order of society disrupted by scandal. It was abandonment by her own personal god. With the leader of the Punishment Force disgraced and the chair empty, the division was ultimately disbanded and absorbed into the Company.
And Sui Feng, who had lived her life only for this one person, had to find a new reason to exist. A new purpose for her life.
So she did. She devoted herself to one cause alone: to capture her former lady with her own hands and make her answer for her crimes. For her abandonment. With a combination of royal blood and a deadly track record, Sui Feng fell into the niche of Company watchdog, no longer tied to the Kendry alone but her own person, fueled by a grudge so deep it muted every other possible emotion.
Now at the age of thirty, she leads a small squadron of similar intent and aim as the Punishment Force, tending to the Company's most problematic employees and situations. Her skills are particularly specialized--she is not the person called upon for interrogation or investigation. She is the killing tool of the Company's enemies, a faithful and unquestioning executioner.
Right or wrong does not matter to her, only carrying out her orders as an officer of the Company. Any who stand in her way are enemies and enemies must be slain. Simple as that.
CRAU: No.
Original History: Here!
Inventory:
Suzumebachi (see abilities), sealed.
Her second division captain's uniform --> worn on top of her Punishment Force uniform. Both will retain their canonical appearance as part of her division within the Company, their mildly anachronistic properties will be part of the Feng tradition.
Samples: Several TDM threads here!
Miscellaneous Notes: jfc why do I play from this canon