Yan Shoumei
Yan Shoumei is an emissary of the Dreadgod cult that follows the Dreadgod first to wake in the Cradle series, The Bleeding Phoenix. She has a Blood Shadow she calls Crusher.
Yan Shoumei
- A girl with black hair in her eyes, wearing the colors of Redmoon Hall, red and black
- Has an attitude
- Feels no bond with the Sage of Red Faith or his cult, Redmoon Hall
- Striving to advance because she needs the power to protect her city
- Appears to care about kids and helpless citizens (but that’s hard to swallow)
Blood Shadow
Her Blood Shadow is terrifying. Named Crusher. He showed his stuff when he fed on a fellow cultist in the 18th Uncrowned King Tournament
Yan Shoumei stood there, wounded and panting, her red robes exposed but her Blood Shadow no longer visible. It was eating Blacksword. Little Blue squeaked and covered her eyes. The Shadow had swollen into a monstrous form, fifteen feet tall and built like a cross between a heavily muscled man and a bear. Its fingers were unnaturally long, with sharp claws on the end, and it had the ears of a rabbit and the maw of a wolf. It was covered in the suggestion of fur, but spines rose in a row from along its back. Every inch of it was blood-red. It dug into Blacksword’s chest with its muzzle, feasting. In the center of a bowl-shaped crater that covered two-thirds of the arena floor. (Wintersteel ch 5)
