Enforcer84 Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 I came up with this cheeky fellow the other day. He's kind of a mix of the Mandarin and a Crotchety Master. Essentially, this is a Video Game style martial arts master with exceptional Ch'i based powers as well as a Genius intellect on several sciences - he's over 100 years old and looks it. Working title is Master Winter Mostly a joke about his age Looks possibly like Sifu Dōngtiān but naming conventions are not my strong suit. he's been active for more than a century - he fought against mystery men of the 20's, was sent into hiding by the Communists and has an Island base. His agents are thugs, his lieutenants range from kung fu specialists to mutated thugs to Robots. Plots of Master Winter include appropriating technology for his benefit, sending giant robots or ecological disasters to places that upste him, and kidnapping interesting people. He's not a dark villain - Bond style villainy in a superhuman package. Personality wise, he's a power hungry, crude, lecherous, hater of communists and anyone who tries to keep him from doing what he wants. He doesn't so much want to rule the world as punish those who have wronged him throughout his long life. He enjoys the trappings of wealth and throwing his weight around, but he's not (nor does he wish to be) a great Administrator. Powerwise he's a martial artist with Ch'i power attacks. His devices are un-focused. His technology is very difficult to keep from him. Nano-implants etc. he has a gravity based force field, ch'i perfection for exotic defenses, implanted sensors, and video game style movement and combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm thinking that "Khan" should be in his name somewhere--he reminds me a bit of Shiwan Khan from The Shadow movie with Alec Baldwin. And like in that movie his subordinates should call him "my Khan" when addressing him or receiving their orders, i.e. "As you command, my Khan." Possible names-- Gorgon Khan Chou-Zhan Khan Tatsujin Khan Fu-Zhan Khan Vhau-Jongg Khan These were chosen because they sound good, not for my command of the Chinese language. Perhaps someone who understands Chinese can come up with something better. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 I had forgotten Khan as an honorific. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Keep in mind that if ethnicity is an issue, "khan" is a Mongol title, not Chinese. I don't think a self-respecting Chinese mastermind would use it. Considering his looks and his skills, the first thing that came to my mind was "White Crane." Having "dragon" in one's name or title is a signifier of power and prestige in China. How about Shang Lung, "Rising Dragon." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Fu Manchu Jnr The Once and Future Emporer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 `The Kung Fuhrer. Coldfinger More seriously The Shadow Emperor (maybe in Chinese) Ebon Dragon Emperor White Grandfather The Esteemed Ancient (part title, part name, no one knows his true name and he likes it that way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I came up with this cheeky fellow the other day. He's kind of a mix of the Mandarin and a Crotchety Master. Essentially, this is a Video Game style martial arts master with exceptional Ch'i based powers as well as a Genius intellect on several sciences - he's over 100 years old and looks it. Working title is Master Winter Mostly a joke about his age Looks possibly like Sifu Dōngtiān but naming conventions are not my strong suit. he's been active for more than a century - he fought against mystery men of the 20's, was sent into hiding by the Communists and has an Island base. His agents are thugs, his lieutenants range from kung fu specialists to mutated thugs to Robots. Plots of Master Winter include appropriating technology for his benefit, sending giant robots or ecological disasters to places that upste him, and kidnapping interesting people. He's not a dark villain - Bond style villainy in a superhuman package. Personality wise, he's a power hungry, crude, lecherous, hater of communists and anyone who tries to keep him from doing what he wants. He doesn't so much want to rule the world as punish those who have wronged him throughout his long life. He enjoys the trappings of wealth and throwing his weight around, but he's not (nor does he wish to be) a great Administrator. Powerwise he's a martial artist with Ch'i power attacks. His devices are un-focused. His technology is very difficult to keep from him. Nano-implants etc. he has a gravity based force field, ch'i perfection for exotic defenses, implanted sensors, and video game style movement and combat. Cold Front His minions are known as Snowstorm Troopers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Of course, if we're going to get picky, Mongols don't pronounce the 'k' in khan, and some Chinese (and Japanese!) claim that Genghis (Chinggis) was their nationality. Also note that Inner Mongolia is a province of China, and there is a separate nation of Mongolia. In short, the honorific Khan could work, and can indicate a broader lordship than emperor. Ovol (Mongol: Winter) Khan is an interesting name- for Ovol, stress the first vowel, barely pronounce the v. He could call his island base The Winter Palace, sort of his snowbird idea for a warm retreat. Ovol Khan's two-story stone Winter Palace contains an overflowing cornucopia of material connected with his life and times; his sumptuous robes and hats; the elaborately decorated thrones of the Khan and his (deceased?) wife; the richly ornamented sleeping chambers where they spent their nights; the music box given to him by Baron Roman von Sternberg, which plays a variety of classical tunes, and the silver vase and platter given to him as a token of respect from Tsar Nicholas II. There is a huge wooden chair in the middle room of the second floor. This throne-like seat, glazed with what looks like black enamel and decorated with floridly painted panels and semi-precious stones, a relic from the High Saint Zanabazar. Also on the second floor is Khan’s immense fur cloak made of eighty black fox furs, a gift from the Manchurian King Enkh-Amgalan. Its wide collar is decorated with sixty-one coral flowers and 800 pearls. The complex includes eight temples, located in a walled compound just to the west of the Winter Palace. In front of the complex is a wall of blue bricks known as the Yampai, or Spirit Shield, a standard feature of northern temples which is supposed to deter malignant influences from entering the temple grounds. Just behind this wall is the Three Open Gates, three wooden gateways which remained permanently open in order to allow all good influences to enter the temple compound. The Khan and his advisors always entered the compound via the central gate, nobles and foreign guests via the East Gate, and guards, musicians, and hoi-polloi through the West Gate. Just behind the Three Open Gates are two long cha-gan, or flag posts. One on the west flies the imperial flag of China and the one on the east the yellow flag of Buddhism. Behind the flag poles is the Andimen, or Peace Gate. This elaborate wooden structure was built for the Khan to commemorate his impending ascension to Monarch of Pan-Asia. The gate was built at a cost of over 385 pounds of silver donated by Khan’s followers. The wooden structure does not contain a single nail but was instead constructed with 108 different kinds of interlocking wooden joints. Topped by a seven-tiered canopy, the gate was lavishly decorated with depictions of Buddhist legends. The walled Summer Prayer Temples compound is entered via the Makhranz Temple, which contains the traditional four temple guardians. The first two temples to the left and right after passing through the Makhranz are used once used by the Khan’s staff and advisors and by artists engaged in making embroidered silk thangkas and clothes for the Emperor and his family. Of special interest here is the visually intricate thangka ”Meditations of the Emperor Gaozu ” in the temple to the right. In the center of this thangka is a depiction of dark blue thirty-four armed Yamataka in the yab-yum position with his consort. Just above Yamataka is depicted Khan wearing a hat surmounted by a dorje, and just below is shown the Emperor Gaozu. Just above Ovol Khan’s shoulders are White Tara and Green Tara, and above them the Buddhas of the Three Times (Past, Present, and Future), Kashvapa, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya. The Naidan Temple (Temple of Faith in Learning) forms an entranceway to the last courtyard. The two Jotkhan temples on the left and right in this courtyard contain, among many other items, some especially outstanding examples of Buddhist art. Lavrin Temple The Green Lavrin Temple, the main temple of the complex, is used as a meditation retreat. It hosts Ovol Khan’s thirty-inch high Green Tara, one of his great works. The above is derived from the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan (God Emperor), in Ulan Batar (Red Hero); capital of the nation of Mongolia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 the deadly one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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