Sandbox / Taeyang Kochi

Gohae Daeso (Taeyang)

A Human Hexblade Warlock and noble from the naval-oriented Gohae clan of Jikyeo. He is not merely a noble, but the heir to the small empire itself, though as an adventurer he presents himself as a retainer of, well, his noble wife-to-be.

• Amazon Chaser: He was attracted to Kochi before she sculpted her body into a more "glorious" state, but he sure likes the results and her resulting power and attitude.
• Appeal to Tradition: Defied entirely. While he has a healthy respect for Jikyeo's traditions, he has a plan to simplify the nation and to give people more flexibility in their lives, because he too longs to do what he wishes rather than what is expected of him.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: He may be the prince and capable of mustering retainers and soldiers to do what he wishes at any time, but despite his none-too-physical fighting style, he has a strong array of magic that is so useful in combat that he might as well be swinging a sword - and he garnered a reputation as a badass for helping to prevent an attack on Jikyeo on the sea.
• Battle Couple: With Kochi, having trained together to the point where he can avoid blasting her with his magic from even close range.
• Childhood Friend Romance: He met Kochi when they were quite young and their close relationship led to his giving her her nickname. Needless to say, they became inseparable from that point on, despite the complications of their family's stations.
• Cool Sword: Wields a Hexblade in the form of a jingum, essentially a Korean-styled katana, that has extremely extravagant decorations on it and a sharp blade with a dark tint. When he draws the blade, it is an event in and of itself, considering its main purpose is to fuel him with mysterious powers and magical energies passed down from one of Jikyeo's goddesses.
• Defector from Decadence: Left Jikyeo, where he had enjoyed twenty-plus years of access to every comfort, due to a vague message in a dream from the being that gave him his inherited Hexblade and necklace because he feels it is tied to a greater purpose... and he loves the thought of adventure, having been descended from a family of near-pirates who still love the sea.
• Divine Right of Kings: His Hexblade and necklace that mark him as a member of the Gohae clan to those in Jikyeo. They are both provided by a specific goddess among those that favor Jikyeo, and in his case, he received his from an unknown creature that serves the Hidden Pinnacle, the Goddess of Midnight, Jag-eun.
• Flirtatious Smack on the Ass: Frequently shared with Kochi, when one or the other of them does something impressive.
• The Good Chancellor: What he strives to be. Sometimes Taeyang thinks he knows better than the people since they do not know a life absent of the traditions that have governed Jikyeo for centuries, but his interests are in benefitting them.
• Guile Hero: Uses his brain, his words, and his growing understanding of the magic provided through his Hexblade to overcome situations rather than through physical might. This puts him in stark contrast to the rest of the men of his clan.
• Hand Gagging: Playfully done to Kochi when they were younger to sneak up on her and quickly became an entirely different kind of playful as it was necessary for her to stay quiet when they... snuck off together.
• The Insomniac: Downplayed. Just prefers to have some wine before bed when he's stressed to make it easier to sleep.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Downplayed. Taeyang often lampshades how he didn't actually pay attention to many of his studies. While he's not as dumb as he claims, he truly did slack off when it came to many of his studies and has a lazy streak when something does not capture his direct attention.
• Modest Royalty: Downplayed. While he has many ideas, ideals, and ambitions that he believes the common people would not fully understand and that they may not need to understand, that does not mean he thinks they are below him in the slightest; he will converse with commoners and tends to be fairly friendly with them.
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: He and Kochi are entangled in one, but considering they loved each other before they were fully aware of the arrangement, there were obviously no complaints.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: What Taeyang would like to be. Jikyeo does not have a long history of bad leadership, but its rules and traditions tend to be stodgy and restricting. He would rather make the obvious changes to very old rules in order to make everyone's lives easier rather than place Honor Before Reason.
• Red Baron:
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Kochi's red. He prefers to respond to situations more like a Guile Hero even though he likes a good fight, too, much like his more Hot-Blooded family.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's a royal who would rather do something than sit around making policy or... doing whatever royals do to pass the time. He likes adventure, sailing, fighting.
• Samurai Ponytail: Wears his hair in a loose, lazy one.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts: He and Kochi can be pretty upfront about their admiration for each other and have little shame.
• Solar and Lunar: The Cycle, the name of the group of goddesses that have given Taeyang's family its divine right, represent aspects of day and night in relation to the various stages of life. Taeyang was specifically granted his "royal weaponry" by a creature that represents the Goddess of Midnight, the Hidden Pinnacle, Jag-eun, and his magic has lunar aspects to it, ranging from starry effects to illusions to control of water, in contrast to Kochi who draws power from the Midday goddess and has a solar theme to her powers.
• The Strategist: At least on the sea. Taeyang comes from a clan that was once essentially pirates and remains skilled naval officers, and between his tutelage in naval combat and his own ingenuity, he is an excellent naval strategist.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's not basically the image of a deity walking the earth like his wife-to-be, but Taeyang has many fans among the noblewomen of Jikyeo for his looks and height.
• Walking the Earth: Taeyang's desire for many years, and he was finally given an excuse when the patron creature who serves the goddess who favors him provided him with a dream filled with locations that he has never seen before. He would prefer if this was sailing the earth, however.
• Warrior Prince: Zig-Zagging Trope. Though he wields a Hexblade, he rarely draws it or uses it, though if needed he is certainly skilled with it, having trained with blades for many years. The blade is mainly a channel for his Warlock powers, passed to him by a servant of one of Jikyeo's goddesses, so he spends much of his time in battle casting spells.

Yunskei Seung (Kochi)

A Human Glory Paladin and noble courtier from the small empire of Jikyeo, the head of the Yunskei clan. One of the family's few survivors after a planned coup was discovered and they were nearly wiped out save for her. Presents herself as a retainer of her husband-to-be.

• Action Girl: A beautiful and high-energy woman who can often be found on the front line of a fight wielding a glaive/naginata with ease while wearing incredibly red lipstick; par for the course with a Glory Paladin. Somewhere between this and a Lady of War.
• Amazonian Beauty: Amazonian in terms of her lithe and toned Statuesque Stunner figure, and as a Glory Paladin, she is highly aware of having her long dark hair, makeup, and her general appearance on point, even while sweaty.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: She is a skillful, beautiful, and powerful Paladin employing the eastern martial art of the naginata who is well aware of her looks and talents and has not yet been beaten in a straight, serious fight.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: Kochi may not have much of a clan left, but she is a clan leader and the empress-to-be yet prefers to spend most of her time fighting and engaging in various competitions to prove her worth and make a legend for herself.
• Badass Cape: A long red one.
• Battle Couple: With Taeyang, to the point that she doesn't flinch when he is flinging magic all over the field around her.
• Childhood Friend Romance: She became attached to Taeyang as a child and he provided her nickname and consoled her during the time of her clan's near-destruction. Their companionship promptly blossomed into a romance once they were teens.
• Flirtatious Smack on the Ass: Frequently shared with Taeyang, when one or the other of them does something impressive.
• Genocide Survivor: As she knows it, her entire clan save for her was wiped out due to her father's plan to overthrow the ruling clan of Jikyeo by means of a coup rather than through the longstanding traditions set forth by emperors and empresses of old. She was spared so that the clan could continue, and she and her ancestors would not have to be punished for the actions of one generation of traitors.
• Glory Seeker: Par for the course as a Glory Paladin, and also because she believes that she has a lot to prove after what happened with her clan.
• Head-Turning Beauty: Kochi is such a knockout that the consensus opinion is the most beautiful of Jikyeo's goddesses, the Goddess of Midday, blessed her with her face, hair, and body. There are few people in Jikyeo who would deny this is could be the case if they see her up close because she is a sight to behold.
• Hot Consort: See Head-Turning Beauty and she's the empress-to-be. About as hot as consorts come, to boot, being some kind of Miss Universe in Jikyeo.
• Kinky Cuffs: Appears to be one of Kochi's favored ways to "pass the time" with Taeyang at night, seemingly because her strength can make her quite hard to catch - which, of course, makes for a fun and thrilling game.
• Lady of War: Resides somewhere between this and Action Girl. Kochi learned a highly graceful fighting style from a highly graceful woman in Anae and moves fluidly and with a practiced dignity in battle, but she's a little too intense to be as traditionally dignified as expected of this trope.
• Last of His Kind: See Genocide Survivor. Kochi is likely the last surviving member of the Yunskei clan which was one of the three or four strongest families in all of Jikyeo until her father and several other clan members decided that this was not good enough for him.
• Murderous Thighs: Kochi has the muscular, toned legs of an Olympic athlete that she can use to crush people whether fighting with or without her naginata. Taeyang has been on the receiving end many times, to both his pleasure and plight.
• Naginatas Are Feminine: The naginata is her preferred weapon.
• Parental Substitute: Two, in the form of royal retainers Wihan and Anae, a married couple with no children of their own. She simply refers to them as her parents after her clan's near-destruction because of how good they have been to her.
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: She and Taeyang already loved each other before they became fully aware of this arrangement, so they had no complaints when it was decided it was a more-than-suitable match.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Possesses the combination of pale skin and black hair considered the pinnacle of beauty in Jikyeo, to go along with all of her other sexually attractive features.
• Red Baron: Known as the "Phoenix of PLACE" partially due to her resilience but also because she seems to be blessed by Cheonje, the Brilliant Zenith, who counts the possibly-but-also-possibly-not mythical creatures among her children.
• Red Is Heroic: She is a Glory Paladin who heroically dives into the frontline like a beautiful female Achilles, and she prefers to wear a red cape, red lipstick, and red decorations in her headpiece and armor.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Taeyang's blue. She responds to challenges with far more intensity and action than he does, due to her search for worthy ways to enhance her legend.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Like Taeyang, she prefers to do something rather than waste away her days living lavishly; in fact, she feels she has much to prove as the last of her clan and wants to restore their legend through her mighty deeds.
• Sickeningly Sweethearts: She and Taeyang can get pretty sweet on each other in public.
• Solar and Lunar: The Cycle, the name of the group of goddesses that oversee and favor Jikyeo, represents aspects of day and night in relation to the various stages of life. Kochi primarily serves Cheonje, the Goddess of Midday, the Brilliant Zenith, and thus has bright solar aspects to her powers, in contrast to Taeyang's more lunar-oriented gifts.
• Statuesque Stunner: Qualifies at 5'11" and is very beautiful.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: What Kochi lapsed into after she became the last of her clan. She would not eat nor drink, simply staring out the window toward what had been her home. Taeyang helped her snap out of it by telling her of the future he wanted to design alongside her that would make it so no one would have to suffer as she did.
• Tomboy with a Girly Streak: While her interests are primarily physical, Kochi styles her hair, wears lipstick, dresses to the nines, and generally likes to look gorgeous and glorious whenever possible and, importantly, let people see the woman tearing across the battlefield, wrestling down opponents, or performing other feats of physical prowess and valor.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Kochi does not want anyone touching Taeyang, and she will cast herself into combat to ensure enemies think twice before bypassing her and attacking him.