( gong li, 56, cis woman, she/her ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that JIN LEIZU is a DESIGNER / PURVEYOR OF FURS that works in SECTOR 10. That must be why they’re CALM and CYNICAL. If you ask me, they remind me of ragged mutant fur shaped into something decadent, diamond bright condensation dripping down an ice cold glass of vodka, and the iridescent carapace of a beetle pinned to a board. They are affiliated with THE DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL.
basic information:
character name: Jin Leizu
nickname (s): Don't.
face claim: Gong Li
mutation status: Human
birthday: jan 2nd
sexuality: undecided
moral alignment: Lawful evil
occupation: Councillor / designer / purveyor of furs
work sector: 10
affiliation: Democratic Council
3 positive traits: Calm, sophisticated, discreet
3 negative traits: Cynical, haughty, vindictive
biography (optional):
tw: insects, animal cruelty
Leizu was born into a family of silk manufacturers, in a settlement quite far from Sol City. She learned to walk among the quiet pupating silk worms, doomed to die before they could ever take wing. A little thing like armageddon wasn't going to stop the Jins, either. Some of their silk worms survived, with fascinating and terrifying mutations. Silk manufacture stopped for nobody.
Her first hobby was lepidoptery, and it is something she does to this day. Her rooms are full of insects pinned to boards, and she has a particular love of mutated insects. Viewing these little life forms through such an analytical lens turned her into a callous little girl, and a callous young woman. Leizu didn't want to inherit an empire, she wanted to build her own.
So she set out, with a gun and a dream! Roamed the wastes shooting and skinning mutated beasts, turning their hides into garments of beauty. What's this, I hear you say? It's too hot in Australia for fur garments? Leizu doesn't care! She'll look fabulous at any cost and thinks you should too. Her cold heart stops her from overheating anyway <3 haha.
When she first came to Sol City with a bundle of furs, she was assigned to work in a textile manufacture factory (insulting). As soon as she could, she made the move to sector 10 where she could pursue her passion for fashion. Fur is her favourite, but she uses other fabrics too because sometimes you have to think a bit practically in order to turn a profit.
One problem was that within the walls of Sol City, it was harder to come by things to shoot. Leizu needed more power to truly build her fur empire, so she set her sights on the council. By that I mean, the previous councillor for sector ten went to a dinner party at hers. Shortly after, he fell mysteriously ill and passed away. Definitely no connection between those two events. With a spot available, Leizu campaigned hard and got voted in. She's continued to get voted in for several decades now : ) if she worries she's not going to get the votes, then the nice thing about being in the luxury business is having enough cash to buy your way.
With her power, she passionately fights for import/export policies. She's not seen her family in decades but she still really wants to crush their textile empire beneath hers. She also tends to convince mutants to go out into the wastes and hunt cool furry beasts for her. She'll do the skinning and stuff! She just needs lackeys to bring back the goods. She's also very bribeable. She's simply a material girl in a (non)material world!
questionnaire:
how do they feel about living in sol city? have they always lived there or did they travel from another settlement?
Loves it! Sol City is her playground, she takes everything she wants from it. It also gives her distance from her parents, and they're so old they probably won't be alive much longer anyway. Why does Leizu have such beef with them, despite them spoiling her rotten? She's just like that. They taught her to crush the competition, and she views everyone as competition.
do they trust the council’s leadership? why or why not?
No. She's on the council, but they don't always agree with her and she is in fact often outvoted on vital matters like upping the export of luxury goods, which is terrible.
if they chose their sector and profession, why did they make that choice? if they didn’t, why not? were they happy with their assignment or not?
She did, and she chose it because all she ever wanted was to tear beasts apart and make beautiful clothes. If you crack a Cruella joke, you won't be the first.
what’s one object that they always keep on their person?
The fang of the first beast she killed out on her own. It is larger than her thumb, yellowed and vicious looking. She drilled a hole through it so that she could thread a chain through it, but she doesn't actually wear it because that would be gaudy. But she likes the idea of it, anyway. There is a groove rubbed into its side from years upon years of Leizu running her thumb across its surface in a repetitive motion that she finds grounding.

















