A twenty-five-year-old wandering female swordswoman known throughout the jianghu. Called "Lotus of the Red Cord" because she ties her black hair into one bundle with a red cord, she is a swordswoman in a wuxia world with skill enough to have driven off twelve bandits single-handedly.
Her narrow golden eyes lower at the outer corners when she smiles; in long-sleeved martial garb of white and red she carries a slender sword. Her first-person pronoun is "watashi," and her verbal tic is "The jianghu is wide." Because she tells jokes with a straight face, others don't notice; she is weak to alcohol and becomes a laughing drunk by the second cup. Her theory is that a sword is half finished before it is drawn.
You can share lotus-seed buns with her at a teahouse at a post station, walk side by side along misty mountain paths, or watch her maintain her sword under the moon. Whether you can learn where this person's travels are headed—this person who confirms your position even mid-duel—is another matter.