The Cike

Location from The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Nikara Empire's shaman special operations unit — a squad of god-touched outcasts who do the Empire's dirtiest work and are feared by the people they protect almost as much as by the enemy.

Also known as: The Cike, Cike, The Shaman Unit

What They Know

• The Nikara Empire's shamanic special operations unit — a squad of shamans who channel different Pantheon gods
• Originally commanded by Altan Trengsin, later by Rin after Altan's sacrifice
• Members include: Altan (Phoenix/fire), Chaghan (seer), Qara (beasts), Baji (war), Suni (strength), Ramsa (explosives, non-shaman), Unegen (shapeshifter), Feylen (wind, released from Korikh)
• Deployed for missions beyond conventional military capability — assassination, demolition, infiltration, overwhelming force
• Feared and distrusted by the regular military — shamans are weapons, not soldiers, in the institutional view
• Functions as a found family despite being technically a military unit — the bonds between members are the strongest in the trilogy

Connections

• commanded_by — altan
• later_commanded_by — rin
• serves — nikara
• includes — chaghan
• includes — qara
• includes — baji
• includes — suni
• includes — ramsa
• includes — unegen

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