
Nina, bride of Landon Lu, Grand General of the South. Lu family framed, exiled, she empties Treasury, supplies. She quells landslides, cures Landon Lu (crippled by Pulse-Locking Needles), kills assassins. At Southern Reaches, Nina leads reclamation, annihilates pirates. Civil unrest in Capital. Landon Lu gathers subordinates. Couple establishes independent foundation in Southern Reaches, breaking away from Great Yong.