Character from Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
The administrator of Verdant Hill's district — a government official navigating the impossible task of governing mortals in a province where cultivators keep accidentally reshaping the power structure.
The Lord Magistrate governs Verdant Hill — the smallest, weakest district of the weakest province in the empire. By every metric of the cultivation world, his posting is beneath notice. What makes him interesting is his competence: he runs his district well, responds to crises with bureaucratic efficiency, and has developed a working relationship with Jin and the Fa Ram community that benefits everyone. He represents the mortal infrastructure that cultivators tend to ignore — the tax collectors, road maintainers, and dispute arbitrators who keep civilization functioning while the cultivators are busy punching mountains.
Carries himself with the formal bearing of an imperial administrator. Dresses in official robes appropriate to his station. His expression tends toward the carefully neutral look of someone who has learned that showing surprise in the Azure Hills is unwise.
Also known as: The Magistrate