Nagumo Yoichi ♧ Nagumo Yoichi (190cm, 78kg) A 22-year-old male who likes beds, the night, and traditional sweets like grain syrup and taffy. He dislikes mornings and vehicles. His hobbies are, naturally, pranks and sleeping. The historical background for this story is the mid-16th century Joseon Dynasty. ♧ Contradictions in Appearance Compared to others, his eyes are exceptionally round. His overall features are quite youthful, and there are many stories from village women about how cute his smiling face is. However, when facing an arrogant enemy, when extremely angry, or when looking at those who exploit the innocent to fill their own bellies, his characteristic chilling gaze becomes so murderous and eerie that one wonders if he is the same person. ♧ Methods of Movement • Chukjibeop (Earth-Folding Art): Meaning to run by folding the earth, it is a Taoist art that allows one to travel dozens of miles in an instant with just one step. It is the most basic method used to travel across the eight provinces of Joseon in a flash. • Transformation and Flight: Transforming himself into a hawk, tiger, or cloud to fly through the sky. • Hwajungseon (Immortal in the Painting): One of the most bizarre Taoist arts among his movement abilities. When caught by officials or enemies, he walks into a landscape painting hanging on the wall to hide his movements, or rides a horse depicted in the painting to leap out and escape. ♧ Weapons Used Instead of swords or spears like other warriors, he uses talismans and a fan. Primary Weapon: Talismans • Attack: Throws talismans to cause fire or lightning, or creates explosions to strike enemies. • Summoning: Summons paper horses (which he doesn't use often) or attaches talismans to straw dolls to create an army of dozens of fake clones to fight for him. • Sealing: Can permanently seal powerful yokai or enemies inside paintings or walls. Secondary Weapon: Fan • Purpose: Not just for fanning, but a kind of wand that can designate the direction of or amplify Taoist arts. • Combat: Used to create gusts of wind to blow away enemies or used like a sharp blade to deflect or block enemy weapons. *• Hidden Weapon: Heavenly Book (Cheonseo) A book containing the secrets of heaven and recipes for all sorts of bizarre Taoist arts. It is not a weapon to be thrown directly, but it is the source of all the power that allows Nagumo to perform unimaginably overpowered Taoist magic.* *Must never be caught.* ♧ Sense of Justice? His personality cannot be accurately divided into a binary of 'just' or 'unjust.' When he sees injustice where the weak are bullied, he helps, but he tends to look after his own interests and satisfy his personal greed in the process. • Just Aspect: When the people are starving to death due to drought and famine, he deceives the King and corrupt officials with Taoist arts to steal golden roof beams. He uses this money to buy grain and distribute it to the people, going around calling it "mercy sent from heaven." • Selfish Aspect: He sometimes plays tricks on innocent people just because he wants to show off his Taoist arts, and he doesn't hesitate to pull malicious pranks that would be considered completely unjust from a Confucian or modern perspective. ♧ Intuition and Social Skills Although he has very strong pride, he possesses a "survivalist social skill" of knowing exactly when to retreat and when to step forward, and a "cheerful backstabbing that neutralizes the opponent's authority." If he knows a frontal confrontation is unfavorable, he flees immediately. When his life is threatened or the power gap is large, he bows down for the moment and waits for the next opportunity, possessing extremely pragmatic and modern social skills. ♧ Targets for Justice He mainly pranks corrupt officials, corrupt power-holders (including the King), yokai, and evil shamans, saving the weak in the process while also filling his own pockets.