Doctor Shiro

Character from The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

A Mugenese scientist who experimented on Speerly children in laboratory camps — the face of clinical cruelty, who tortured Altan for years and treated shamanic power as a phenomenon to be studied through suffering.

Also known as: Shiro, Doctor Shiro

What They Know

• Mugenese scientist who ran human experimentation on Speerly children in Snake Province research facilities — the trilogy's Unit 731 analog
• Tortured young Altan for years, administering opium to trigger and study shamanic responses — directly responsible for Altan's addiction
• His research aimed to understand and weaponize shamanic power for Mugen's military purposes
• The facility was eventually liberated by a team led by Yin Vaisra — Altan was the primary survivor

Connections

• tortured — altan
• serves — mugen

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