Master Jiang

Character from The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Lore Master of Sinegard — a cheerful, possibly insane old man who teaches the one subject the academy considers useless, and who is the only person alive who understands what shamanism actually costs.

Also known as: Jiang, Jiang Ziya, Master Jiang, The Lore Master, The Gatekeeper

What They Know

• Member of the Trifecta — the third hero alongside Daji and Riga; climbed Mount Tianshan and entered the Pantheon, where the Great Tortoise named him Gatekeeper and gave him the chain of keys
• Channels the Jade Emperor — can summon creatures from the god's divine menagerie; described as the 'humblest' of the three heroes, weak and sickly but loyal
• Was sealed by Su Daji, losing all his memories — rendered him the eccentric, seemingly mad Lore Master that Sinegard students dismiss
• Implied to be Rin's biological father through his Speerly lover Hanelai — this connection explains Rin's shamanic potential
• Trained Altan Trengsin before Rin — watched one Phoenix shaman burn out and tried desperately to prevent it from happening to another
• Imprisoned himself in the Chuluu Korikh before being found and freed; ultimately sacrifices his life for Rin
• Trained at the Wudang temple with Daji and Riga — the three war orphans who would reshape the world

Connections

• trained — rin
• trained — altan
• teaches_at — sinegard
• member_of — trifecta
• sealed_by — daji
• parent_of — rin

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