Maï Lin

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Princess Maï Lin is the youngest daughter of the King of Linf-Ame Lun Lao. The capitol, situated on the planes of Zhang Ho, where the palace is, is called the City of the five Destinies. The city seems friendly from a distance and so does the land. But the years in which Maï Lin lives are dark ages in which evil creatures and dark forces still can be summoned from the debts of fiery hell and pitch dark blackness. In fact the lands are inhabited not only by people, but also by many inhuman creatures. 
Obviously Maï Lin was destined to get married by somebody chosen by her parents. And again obviously, Maï Lin resented that thought. She often went secretly to the taverns in the back streets  of the town and one day she met a young Katan, a barbarian prince named Sarok Khan. They fell for each other, they fought in little fights side by side and they knew they lived in two different worlds where she was a princess and he was just a barbarian. Even when he proves to be a real hero and saves the land from great danger, he is denied his reward, denied the hand of Maï Lin. Filled with anger and hatred he leaves the town, searching for revenge and making a lot of enemies.
Maï Lin leaves town too, searching for her hero. She meets a band of female warriors who are fighting for there own cause. They tell Maï Lin that Sarok is killed by forest demons, their enemies too. Or rather their prey. And that they are pursuing the murderers. Maï Lin obviously joins them. She learns a great many skills from these women and cannot wait to one day revenge her Sarok.
But no action stands alone, as we all know. The leaving of Maï Lin had terrible implications for both the girl that helped her flee as we’ll as the girl that was given to the son of Larkh. One cannot move in this world without stirring the events in its vicinity. A war broke out between Larkh and the city of the five Destinations, a whole army went after Maï Lin and her parents were killed. Maï became a fearless and extremely skillful Amazon warrior, but in each victim she killed she saw the face of her loved one and each breath of air reminded her of the scent of her Sarok. She was unbeaten in war but beaten in her heart. Worst of all was that Sarok was not dead at all. If she had gone after him, she might have found him. But luckily for her she didn't know that.
She committed suicide with her own sword eventually. She died with the lover she never had in her mind
Series Lotus de jade, © Nucléa 2000
Dutch edition De Jaden Lotus, © Uitgeverij Farao-Talent 2004
Artwork taken from volume 1, Sarok Khan en volume 2, Kaï Sekh
Writer: Philippe Jacquot. Artwork: Naïts. Coloring: Jim D.
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