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johntfs:
To a degree. There tend to be more female Yang vampires than female Yin vampires. However, the Jade Court is highly patriarchal and males are a clear majority of both Yin and Yang, especially in roles of authority. Paradoxically, the very sexist nature of the Court means that in general female Jade Court members tend to be more ruthless, competent and dangerous than their male counterparts.
Furthermore, the vast majority of the Jade Court are Asiatic in appearance, and usually Chinese at that. This will probably change as the Court enters new territories, but such change will probably come only very slowly.
Of course, this is all just my view of the Jade Court. Presumably when/if Jim properly introduces the Jade Court into the Dresdenverse, his take on them will doubtless be quite different from mine.
nick012000:
--- Quote from: johntfs on December 29, 2012, 03:08:57 PM ---To a degree. There tend to be more female Yang vampires than female Yin vampires. However, the Jade Court is highly patriarchal and males are a clear majority of both Yin and Yang, especially in roles of authority. Paradoxically, the very sexist nature of the Court means that in general female Jade Court members tend to be more ruthless, competent and dangerous than their male counterparts.
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I'm not sure if you know, but Yin = Female Energy (among other things), and Yang = Male Energy (among other things). To quote Wikipedia,
--- Quote ---Yin is characterized as slow, soft, yielding, diffuse, cold, wet, and passive; and is associated with water, earth, the moon, femininity and nighttime.
Yang, by contrast, is fast, hard, solid, focused, hot, dry, and aggressive; and is associated with fire, sky, the sun, masculinity and daytime.
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johntfs:
Hmm. Well, in that case switch Recovery and Toughness between the Courts. Yang will have Supernatural Toughness while Yin will have Supernatural Recovery.
Still, I figure the male/female ratio will remain as I said. Yang vampires, tending to be more driven and passionate are more likely to recruit a female based on desire or beauty. Yin vampires tend to be far more cool and rational. That said, the Jade Court is old, having been around since the beginning of Chinese civilization at least. As Harry has noted, old things tend to get set in their ways. It's also highly patriarchal and at least a little racist, tending to disdain the capabilities of females and non-Chinese.
Which means that if your characters do run into, say, a black female Jade Court Yin vampire, it's best to be extremely polite or fast on your feet, because she's probably one of the more lethal opponents you could fear to encounter.
Hick Jr:
Hrm. I like this version of the Jade Court, but the writeup is a little hard to read. It's a variation, actually. Most versions of the Jade Court i've seen are based on Jiang-Shi.
johntfs:
In what way is it hard to read? I'm not being sarcastic, I genuinely want to know to make the information more easily accessible.
As for the Jiang-Shi, the whole "hopping vampire" thing struck me as being at least mildly ridiculous. Besides, the Jade Court is a court, an organization or society. That implies a certain level of socialization and intelligence that a "hopped up" zombie seemed unlikely to achieve. I drew inspiration for my Jade Court from dim memories of the Old White Wolf supplement, Kindred of the East.
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