Altan Trengsin

Character from The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The last son of Speer — golden-eyed, beautiful, furious, and burning himself alive from the inside out on opium and Phoenix fire because he'd rather die spectacular than live diminished.

Also known as: Altan, Trengsin, The Last Speerly

What They Know

• Channels the Phoenix — his Speerly bloodline gives him an exceptionally strong connection, which he sustains at lethal levels through constant opium use
• Last known survivor of the Speerly genocide — the Federation of Mugen destroyed his entire people because of their shamanic connection to the Phoenix
• Commander of the Cike — the Nikara Empire's shaman special operations unit, leading operatives who channel various Pantheon gods
• Was a child weapon — raised at Sinegard after the fall of Speer, trained specifically to be a military asset rather than a person
• His opium dependency is both shamanic tool and slow suicide — he channels more power than his body can handle and uses opium to keep the connection open
• Sacrificed himself to seal the Phoenix at the end of the First Poppy War, entering the Chuluu Korikh — but this act is more surrender than heroism

Connections

• commands — cike
• channels — the_phoenix
• idolized_by — rin
• serves — nikara
• nemesis_of — mugen
• trained_by — jiang

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