#Pure Land Monk Sample: Renge (蓮華)

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"Namu Amida Butsu. We do not collapse."

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#1st Dan — Young Monk of the Temple

#Scent

A young nun of a Jodo branch temple. Gentle and quiet, but when protecting believers, she stands in front before anyone else. She learned to handle the naginata. Combat is not her calling, but she does not refuse combat either.

#Background — How the Adventure Began

Renge's real name was Oei. Her mother was a farmer from a war-torn region, and her father died while deployed. When her mother died of illness when Oei was ten, Oei was entrusted to a local Jodo temple. The temple's head priest was a gentle old nun, and she made Oei chant Namu Amida Butsu one hundred times every morning and evening. "That nembutsu will save your life," she said.

Oei took up the naginata when she was fifteen. When the temple was dragged into a dispute among local magnates and attacked, the head priest stood alone before the main hall with a naginata while the believers fled behind her. That was when Oei first saw that compassion and defense could be one act. The head priest cut down six, and fell at the seventh. Oei held her body and chanted nembutsu.

After the head priest's funeral, Oei received the dharma name Renge. "Bloom like a lotus even in mud." She rebuilt the temple, cared for the believers' safety, and at the same time did not let go of the naginata for a single day.

#Law

Renge — Pure Land Monk 1st dan
Wounds 4(3+Physique 1), Defense 11(robe), Energy 10
Courage-1, Finesse+0, Physique+1, Wisdom+1, Presence+2, Fate+0
Background: Temple Origin | Heart: Compassion (Way of Emptiness)

Weapon: naginata(Issue Gear)

Maneuver List:

Typical Breath: maintain Front Zone → strengthen squad Cohesion → High Cut(2) + reserved Block(1) + nembutsu(0, narrative) = 3.

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#5th Dan — Guide of the Pilgrimage Road

#Scent

She expanded the temple and raised it to branch-temple rank. She travels the realm while escorting believers on pilgrimage roads. A naginata in one hand, prayer beads in the other.

#Background — How She Came This Far

After 1st dan, Renge escorted believers on pilgrimage roads for four years. During that time, she stopped three yoma attacks, and once saved an entire squad from collapse at the last moment with Amida's Shield. In the summer of the fourth year, she conceived the Great Dharma Assembly: an assembly that restores several squads' Cohesion at once. At the first demonstration, three Kagura Domain squads on the verge of collapse all regained Cohesion. The daimyo offered her a stipend, but she refused.

Around that time, Renge reunited with the esoteric monk Enku. Enku had just survived the Mount Hiei assault incident, and Renge chanted nembutsu for three days while cleaning his wounds. Enku said, "Your hands are hotter than my wounds." Renge answered, "Compassion is hot by nature."

#Law

Renge — Pure Land Monk 5th dan
Wounds 6(3+Physique 2+Toughness 1), Defense 12(robe+talisman), Energy 10(10+Finesse 0)
Courage-1, Finesse+0, Physique+2, Wisdom+1, Presence+3, Fate+0
Background: Temple Origin route A (Warrior-Monk Path) | Heart: Compassion (Way of Emptiness)
School: none (Jodo independent training)

Additional Maneuvers:

Typical Breath: move Rear Zone to Front Zone → Great Dharma Assembly(4) + reserved Block(1) = 5. Recover through upkeep at each lull.

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#10th Dan (Tatsujin) — "Dharma King Renge"

#Scent

A Dharma King (法王)-grade figure of the Jodo head temple. At a temple where she is present, no one remains incapacitated. Believers call her the living proxy of Amida Buddha.

#Background — How She Earned the Renown Title

Renge's legend is recorded as the evacuation of the people. During the Edoku Disturbance, when Tatarigami units tried to massacre thousands of peasants in western Kagura Domain, Renge expanded and performed the Great Dharma Assembly without resting for a day and a half. Her voice had been gone for three days already, but anyone incapacitated inside her barrier stood up at the next lull. Thousands of peasants evacuated alive.

She received the Renown Title Dharma King. It is a rank equivalent to a class capstone. She is now the effective highest authority of the Jodo sect.

#Law

Renge — Pure Land Monk Tatsujin
Wounds 7(3+Physique 3+Toughness 1), Defense 13(robe+faith), Energy 10(10+Finesse 0)
Courage+1, Finesse+0, Physique+3, Wisdom+1, Presence+3, Fate+0
Background: Temple Origin Tatsujin (Dharma King proxy)
Heart: Compassion (complete)
Renown Title: Dharma King (Class Capstone)

Additional Maneuvers:

"Amida Buddha's compassion is infinite."