Penangallan akuma of Mikaboshi

Tjun Tjun Afiff grew up despondently poor in Jakarta. Her family sold her to a prostitution house at the age of 12. The brothel was a Scarlet Screen for the Golden Courts, used to gather Chi and flesh to satiate the hunger of the penangallan and their cohorts, so Tjun Tjun was introduced to Kuei-jin society at an early age while she still breathed. She did what she could to survive day after day, nurturing a hatred for men that blossomed into loathing for everyone around her. She used her sexuality as the only weapon and coin she possessed, but eventually her luck ran out. A violent john butchered Tjun Tjun and left her mutilated body lying in an alley. The police tagged her as another random violent death while her soul, leaden with searing rage, sank into the depths of Yomi Wan. She did not abide there long. Tjun Tjun rode her Demon to freedom, savagely tearing through anything in her way, including the Wall between worlds. She pulled her corpse together by no more than force of will, clawing out of her grave and slaking her need for flesh and Chi on some unfortunate passers-by — more random deaths for the police blotter. It didn’t take long for the Golden Courts’ Kuei-jin to track down the new chih-mei, though subduing her proved more difficult. The penangallan were torn between destroying Tjun Tjun and preserving this awesome and savage creature. They chose the latter and taught her what she needed to know. It came as no surprise that she chose the Howl of the Devil-Tiger as her Dharma, or that she devoted herself to the arts of Flesh Shintai. She even returned to her life as a whore, but now her customers became the prey. Tjun Tjun reveled in her newfound power and regularly grew drunk on Yang chi, disdaining the cold, metallic taste of Yin. Her fury and hatred did not abate — they only burned hotter with each passing night. Several times, her elders warned her about her excesses. Although they admired Tjun Tjun’ s grace and power, her restraint left something to be desired, even in the Golden Courts. Finally, she argued with a wu sister and, in a fit of fire soul, devoured her chi. When she realized what she had done, Tjun Tjun knew a long and painful Final Death awaited CHAPTER FIVE: HONORED SHEN 101 her at the hands of the penangallan. She fled Jakarta and sought shelter, which she found among a band of akuma in service to Rangda, the Queen of Pestilence. Once again, Tjun Tjun did what she had to do to survive and pledged herself to the Yama Queen. Tjun Tjun served well for many years, until a vengeful penangallan wiped out her sisters. Tjun Tjun fled again, this time to Hong Kong, where Rangda traded the akuma’ s soul to Mikaboshi, Lord of the Wicked City. He groomed the penangallan akuma in his service before sending her to San Francisco to join the ranks of the Hollow City wu . Tjun Tjun discovered she liked the new city and the opportunities it presented; she also realized her own wicked spirit was well suited to Mikaboshi’s Hell and goals.