Su Daji

Character from The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Vipress — an ancient shaman who has ruled the Nikara Empire for centuries by wearing different faces, manipulating every faction, and keeping the gods sealed away because she knows what happens when they get out.

Also known as: Daji, Su Daji, The Vipress, The Empress

What They Know

• Has ruled the Nikara Empire for centuries through multiple identities — wife, consort, empress-dowager, shadow ruler — always the power behind the throne
• Member of the Trifecta — three ancient shamans (Daji, Riga, Tearza) who sealed the Pantheon gods and established the current system of shamanic control
• Her shamanic ability involves mental manipulation and illusion — she can influence minds, project false appearances, and control perception
• Created and maintains the Chuluu Korikh system — the stone prisons that seal dangerous shamans away from the world and from their gods
• Genuinely believes uncontrolled shamanic power will destroy civilization — her centuries of manipulation are, in her view, the lesser evil
• Trained at Sinegard in its earliest incarnation — she is older than the modern Empire and has shaped its institutions from within

Connections

• rules — nikara
• nemesis_of — rin
• created — chuluu_korikh
• ally_of — jiang
• member_of — trifecta
• enemy_of — vaisra

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