Name: Mei-feng
Allegiance: Cerina/Arcadian Knights
Some live to serve. Some serve to live. Some serve a higher power, and some serve…. something else. Mei-feng falls into that latter, less defined category. No one can recall how she came to be in the service of Princess Cerina, and like most things in Cerina’s orbit, Mei-feng is a mystery.
Displaying a fervent and unwavering loyalty to Cerina that borders on dogmatic, even a lifelong soldier like Aelita is taken aback by the strange stoic-zealotry Mei-feng shows her “Mistress”.
Though her official title is “Hand Maiden,” Mei-feng seems more comfortable holding a sword in each of her four hands than a broom. In fact, as far as anyone can remember, she’s acted more in the capacity of a bodyguard—and a vicious one at that. Blades and bolt-guns bring a brutal and efficient end to anyone who threatens Cerina.
Unused to being among peers in skill and ability, suddenly being thrust into such an intimate situation with Cassie, Aelita, Flora, Decibelle, and Gizelle—who with their own unique skills can at least match her—puts cracks in Mei-feng’s previously impenetrable shell of dry, impassive control.
As Mei-feng’s true, deeper nature and impetus begin to show, though glimpses and foggy foretastes, an unnerving miasma settles around her, as everyone, including Cerina, begins to realize that her motivations may have more facets than her compound eyes.
Her intent is layered, her purpose is veiled, and even her most ardent devotion obscures a secret in a smokescreen. Mei-feng may be a moth, but without caution, it will be those around her drawn into the flame.