Quote:West, if my memory of Fushigi Yuugi is to be trusted.
As for the redeemable rakshasi dark general... Hmm. There's the choice between something hindu based for her name, or a variation on Byakko, the white tiger of... one of the cardinal directions... from Japanese tradition.
Hmm. Generals...
Lujiaolong An Liu - Lord of the East, has a water motif. Cold calculating ruthless bastard type. As we've noted, he's half Antler-dragon, and the other half is, of course, Han Chinese.
(south african name) - Fire user, personally a coward, but clever with plans and very popular with his troops due to a large degree of mutual loyalty. Associated with the South. Natural form is, well, an ostrich, and human form is short, slightly overweight, and unimpressive even -with- the snappy business suit - like your favorite uncle from Johannesburg.
Maeve (intoxicating) Kerr (boggy or swampy area) - A nice girl in a nasty business, who comes from the West and specialises in magics related to earth, stone, and growing things. Her human form looks like a Japanese stereotype of an American girl - or an American stereotype of a Swedish one, I understand that the two images are much the same - and her natural form is somewhere between Aisha Clanclan and Felicia.
(russian name) - Wind master, thug, rapist, all-around bastard. Surprisingly ordinary looking as a human, but bears a remarkable resemblance to a certain video-game villian as a Rakshasa. Heavy Russian accent, claims to be from Arkhangelsk.
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