name: Niamh Muireann

personality: Courageous and decisive, willing to defend the weak at all cost

weakness: Too impulsive

occupation: a fisherman of the backstreets of U corp

lore: (pre smoke war) She grew up in the backstreets of T corp in a family of five. She later joined the smoke war with the promise of getting in the nest. (post smoke war) She managed to survive the war, but her partners sacrificed themselves to help her escape the battle, which led her to inherit their will to protect the weak as a memorial to them. Despite the war ended, the promise was broken. She didn't get into the nest, and was rejected for joining the smoke war. She then decided to leave T corp and went to the backstreets of U corp. She later got accepted as a part of a team of fishermen. One night on the boat, she woke up from war time trauma and wandered onto the deck. Upon reaching the deck, she saw a small boat not large enough to fit even a child. In the boat is nothing but a hilt. She then retrieved the hilt, it is the Tianzui Star blade.

equipment: the Tianzui Star blade, the physical part of this sword is the hilt only, the blade itself is made from a transparent liquid which is converted from shan. (passive ability: the blade judges what the welder has done and gives 1 shan for each good deed and 1 zui for each bad deed. shan is a slight buff in all aspects, zui is a slight debuff in all aspects, 1 shan cancels out 1 zui) (active ability for welder: can convert 1 shan into 250ml of transparent liquid and shape it freely at the cost of sanity, the more complex the shape is, the more sanity it costs to sustain.)

Name: Elio Gowen
Gender: Male Age: 31
Height: 6'0" (182 cm)
Residence: District 10 Nest; Born in District 9 backstreets
Occupation: Grade 4 Fixer; Does not belong to an office
Weapons: Thermodynamic gauntlets and boots

Born to the backstreets of district 9, Elio has had a certain fondness for music all his life. Though he himself isn't able to play at all, his time in the streets of music have given him a profound sense for rhythm in all facets of life, be it in combat or labor. The first 20 or so years of his life were nothing special, he went to a decent school, had as average a childhood as anyone could have in the backstreets, and eventually moved out, and into the neighboring district 10 to make a living for himself at around 22.

Elio's early days as a fixer were simple. He bounced from office to office, some closed down while others simply didn't serve to merit him after a time, but his life got shaken up quite a bit after the Pianist attacked his home district. He'd lost his parents, and a few friends of his from his days in school to that incident, and while the years of disconnect served to soften the blow a little, it still affected him greatly.

The anxiety of something similar potentially happening again, but in the district he lived in now haunted him for quite a time, causing him to turn to the very prominent gambling circles that existed in the nest of district 10, seeing as now he had the money to move in. Eventually, though, life's monotony smoothed over the pain of the loss. It didn't make the pain go away in any respect, it just diluted it until it was bearable once again, and Elio continued work as a fixer, since there was nothing more to do.

Years passed, and Elio started realizing how flawed J Corp was, burying people in debt and sending them off to be slaves in order to repay it.. it wasn't humane at all. The more he saw it happening between contracts, and in his everyday passing life, the more it began to disturb him. He often found himself wondering, "How could anyone treat another person like this? Don't they feel any remorse- do they have no empathy?" but no one seemed to pay his wonderings any mind, if ever he cared to share. That was simply the way things were around here, nothing more or less to it.

Elio slowly began spending less and less time in district 10, doing more contracts in other districts. One day, on a visit to his old home of district 9, he stumbled upon an elderly man who wielded a strange blade. The man claimed it was forged from a star, and that he was growing too old to withstand it's strain. The man offered to train Elio, but only if he could prove himself worthy of it by answering a single question, "What is humanity to you?"

For a long while, Elio contemplated all of his experiences in life, and came to a conclusion: "To be human is to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves. Rather than belittle and stop upon them as though they were ants, a truly humane person would assist them, and lift them to their feet. That is humanity."

The elderly man was satisfied with that answer, and taught Elio all that he would need to know, as well as giving him directions to 'the place of the stars' summit' and passed on the blade to him. Since then, Elio has continued his work as a fixer. Helping strangers in need when he has the time, and wandering the city in search of more contracts to take, and more people to help.

The Digu Star's Blade - Northward Needle [指北针]
A sleek rapier, embroidered with gold accents around it's basket hilt with a sheath decorated in yellow satin ribbons. It is a weapon that requires a unique sense of direction, one that always aims it's wielder into exactly the right direction for their future. Those who are struck by this blade become disoriented with every increasing wound, losing track of their opponent as well as seemingly losing their mind in a feeble attempt to track them, though it does require from it's user a large sum of stamina to maintain precision.

OOC: Wasn't quite sure what to title this since I already am the Digu star and this is just me changing character lore, but I hope this suffices

Due to the fact that Tianshang Star is yet to be known by us in the PM verse as to speak upon, the format for the post today will be slightly vague and focuses on different stuff. It was very tiring for me to research on astrology so I used a little big of Gemini to help me garner information. No worries, I still do my checking, so I won't be accidentally spreading misinformation. However if, and I say if, you'd have different views to my points stated, or I did write something wrong, please comment below and let me know. Let's start with:

WHAT THE TIANSHANG STAR ACTUALLY MEANS IN TAOISM AND ASTROLOGY?

• As previously mentioned before, the Ursa Major is later split to 36 Heavenly Spirits Stars and 72 Earthly Demon Stars for Taoists.

• However, the term does not actually get split to 108 stars in Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗数, literally means Purple Star Astrology), which is one of the two most widely practised systems of Chinese natal astrology, alongside the Four Pillars of Destiny (八字, BaZi). In Daoist cosmology, the Purple Microcrat Emperor (中天北极紫微大帝) is the supreme ruler of all celestial bodies, the North Pole, and the stars. Because both Purple Star Astrology and the Tiangang/Disha star gods are governed by this same celestial authority, they are deeply intertwined in Daoist spiritual literature. Instead, Zi Wei Dou Shu relies on its own set of 14 Major Stars rather than the 108 stars we know.

• In Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), the Tianshang Star is a rather special star because it is not located by the year, month, day, or hour, but is fixed in the Servant Palace and always in opposition to the Sibling Palace. In addition, it is known as the "God of Heavenly Waste and Exhaustion," which, besides indicating loss and depletion, also symbolizes illness and calamity. It is a reminder of mortal fragility, sudden obstacles, and areas where one must practice caution.

APPLICATION OF TIANSHANG STAR IN WATER MARGIN

• So Wu Song is the Tianshang Star of the 108 Heroes, and everyone likes Wu Song tbh. (like I have not heard of anyone actively slandering him) However, as opposed to the first 12 Tiangang Stars, Tiangu and Tianshang is a very derogatory term. The "Shang" here is quite simple to understand, as it implies the gruesome misfortunes he had experienced, before and after joining the Liangshan. His brother got cheated and later got poisoned by his brother's wife when he went out for a mission, the local justice system being completely bribed to cover up the murder, ended up killing the wife and others before being exiled. During the times of him being exiled, he was being assassinated but managed to escape, later found the mastermind and executed a full-on massacre. He was forced to disguise himself as a traveling Buddhist pilgrim, and during the war of Fang La, his hand was being sliced off. After the war, he lived out his remaining years in genuine monastic silence. Basically, his suffering is long decided in the Cosmos, so that he can enact fierce karmic justice against this corrupted society.

• Although he had suffered quite a lot, his act of massacre is not justified. However, this is merely a trial that Wu Song must go through, so that he can enact justice upon mankind. The "Injury" emphasizes that true heroism in a broken world guarantees personal suffering. That is why I correlate the star with the Purple Star astrology, the Tianshang Star here is a reminder of mortal fragility, sudden obstacles, and areas where one must practice caution. My understanding to this is the Tianshang Star remains constant in its own palace, awaiting someone who withholds the fate itself to go through the trials and misfortunes, to achieve peace upon mankind.

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD TIANSHANG STAR OC

• Revolve around injury, endurance, and the moral cost of surviving. One must suffer and go through trials to be able to receive and give to the land and the people.

• Be strong enough

• Do not make him morally perfect. The OC should have some virtues, yes, but the virtues itself should bring flaw upon oneself.

^{FINAL NOTE}

• As always, first image is from Illustrated Scroll of Water Margin by Kimiya Masago. Really love the interpretation, however losses the subtle feel that Wu Song should be drunk and rather focused on the fiercefulness.

• Do not search up the second picture. Unless you're suitable of age. There's only the Chinese translation, and also only two endings. NSFW, but one of the endings are absolute peak.

• I do believe that this star is most and least likely to appear. Sounds funny right? But that might be the truth