Ka Ryo Ten

Ka Ryo Ten or just Ten (かりょうてん) is the Strategist of the Hi Shin Unit and one of the best strategists for the state of Qin. She is an orphan and the last descendant of a large mountain tribe known as the Kyuumei that was destroyed in a war by Yo Tan Wa's faction. For this reason, she left the mountains and went to live in Kokuhi Village, a place where she met Shin and Ei Sei and became friends with them.

AppearanceEdit

When first introduced, Ten is a little girl with blue eyes and short hair giving her a tomboyish appearance which was enough for Shin and others to mistake her for a boy. After the Sanyou campaign, she grows taller and her hair has grown longer, her overall appearance is more feminine in which even the Hi Shin Unit pointed out she's a girl to Shin (whom still believed her to be a boy). After the Coalition War, Ten's hair grew to shoulder length and she has become more well endowed.

In the beginning, Ten wears a poncho made out of a straw to hide her gender. Underneath this, she wears a tunic with a zigzag collar and a small curates of chainmail over her tunic to protect herself, She also wears bandages on her feet and legs. By the time Ten meets the Hi Shin Unit, she wears a straw yellow tunic with zigzag hemlines. She also wears two armbands with the same pattern and brown boots.

The only consistent appearance she maintains throughout the series are two strands of hair sticking out from the top of her head and her Kyuumei owl mask connected to her straw poncho.

When she joined the Hi Shin unit, she received the soldier Den Kou as an aide, who is always seen next to her on the battlefield. As the Hi Shin Unit became a 5000-Man Unit, she then started wearing a cape.

PersonalityEdit

Ten is pretty smart to have survived for so long without relatives since she was orphaned at a young age. She has a curious mind fit for her young age. She aspires to be a world-renowned strategist.

From living with the plainsfolk for such a long time, Ten doesn't really consider herself a mountain person anymore and does not think she would be able to fit in if she were ever able to find her relatives.

GoalsEdit

1. To help Shin fulfill his dream.
2. To achieve happiness with Shin.

AbilitiesEdit

Ka Ryo Ten is the Hi Shin Unit strategist and has continually proved quite adept in this role. While training at the academy, her skill as a strategist is on par with Mou Ki, the top student at the best strategist academy in Qin (in tabletop simulations at least). Also alongside Mou Ten, she is one of only two people who received special strategist recognition from their master, Shou Hei Kun. Guiding the positioning of units, helping people regroup, managing communications and logistics, and directing the battle, she also forms the center of the Hi Shin unit's headquarters which allows Shin himself to lead from the front. Ten has limited martial prowess but does possess a blowgun she obtained from an assassin, Muta, allowing her to strike the enemy from a medium-range in an effective manner. She possesses little martial skill however in close quarters combat and hence usually distances herself from major conflict. During the battle, she is accompanied by her aide Den Kou, who informs her of ongoing developments on the battlefield. Outside of battle, she is also adept at treating injuries (mainly Shin's, though).

Ten has also proven herself a bold strategist, entering the fray of battle at crucial times to help rally and reorganize forces, making her also a lynchpin in the Hi Shin Unit leadership, beyond her strategist role. She is also apparently very good at cooking and has extremely good eyesight, being able to make out the words on the Zhao army's flags while being positioned a number of miles away.