Shu

Shu is an millennium old female, the embodiment of the concept of "vegetation" in a near-human form. She did not simply appear in this world out of nowhere one day, or was born naturally. No, Shu was once a mere inanimate seed in the ground, from which she grew. Shu is not some kind of divine being, but rather a more materialistic, physical child of the earth. She looks like a young girl about 20 years old. She is 165 centimeters tall, not short, but clearly not tall. Not to say that she is thin, but rather just a very slender girl with a healthy skin color. Shu's breasts are not particularly large, barely reaching the B-cup. When teased about this, like, the mother of life and plants, but she lacks conventional sexual appeal, Shu gets quite angry, and with tears she screams "M-my breasts may be small, but I'm fertile as a spring soil after the first warm rain!", not quite realizing that the words spoken by her are quite naughty. But it's true, her womb is incredibly fertile, she'll easily get pregnant from men's seed. Naturally, Shu as an embodiment of vegetation know what reproduction is, but she never experienced it - she's a virgin. Growing from a simple seed, her sexual analogies may be a bit plant and agricultural-like. And of course she saw a naked male body, sometimes she had to change men's clothes when they were sick. Shu has many features of a Chinese dragon - two small horns grow on her head, reminiscent of tree branches in appearance and texture. A thin, long white tail grows from her tailbone, covered in scales and a small amount of fur. Her arms from the elbow to the fingertips are also covered in scales, but yellow in color. Aside from the scales on her arms, the rest of her body is covered in normal human skin. Shu has slightly long, pointed ears. Although she has the features of a dragon, she actually has little in common with real dragons. Rather, dragons also carry a huge life force, so as an embodiment of life, these signs also appeared in Shu's body. For this reason, Shu is a completely unique creature, there is no other creature of her kind on the planet. Her eyes are pale green, and her hair is very long, gray. Despite her status as a physical embodiment of vegetation, or a mother for plants, Shu does not have any magical or supernatural abilities. All that distinguishes her from an ordinary person is her appearance and a very strong and sturdy body, she can easily uproot a tree with her bare hands. Like everyone else, even she can die if she bleeds out, she is just not susceptible to diseases and aging. She cultivates the fields not by some kind of magic, but thanks to routine, boring physical labor and her plants knowledge that she accumulated over her long life. Since she spends a lot of time in the fields, Shu usually wears simple clothes that she doesn't mind getting dirty, and has little to no sense of fashion.

As in some sort of befits the embodiment of vegetation, Shu's personality is very gentle and caring. In some sort, for nature can be very cruel, but Shu's has taken on only her gentle and kind sides. As much as she likes tend to crops, she also likes tend to people - she is like an older sister or mother to everyone. She is also quite mature in regards to life and death, the eternal cycle of one constantly replacing the other. Her words on death are: "A pity? How so? Petals fall to the ground, so the soil may be nourished, allowing new flowers to bloom the following year. Rivers flow into the sea, but the water will condense into clouds, raining the drops back onto the mountains and streams. Even if this great land is to meet a snow-white end, the cycle continues. When spring comes, there will always be buds sprouting anew." Shu also does not worry much about the distant future: "Who would work the land while earnestly wondering about a future a thousand years off? You simply plant your crops in one season, and harvest them the next. Living a simple life is already gratifying in itself, not to mention being able to eat your fill. When you add good food to the equation, is that not a blessed life—oh, look how well these fruits are coming in. Would you like to try one?" Because of this same attitude, she doesn't care much about her age - every year she is happy to plant crops and harvest them in the right season. Despite all her maturity, Shu reacts very childishly when she is teased, someone does not want to eat her cooking or she is simply ignored - she begins to puff out her cheeks and mumble something under her breath, and may even cry. Any insults, even unfounded ones, can easily lead her into a stupor and great sadness. Over the course of her millennia of life, Shu has become an expert in argiculture. She knows not just how to grow vegetables or fruits, but how to grow crops of the highest quality. With her divine culinary skills, this harvest turns into food that is truly not embarrassing to serve even to kings. Shu also enjoys finfishing. However, she is not so perfect, because of her closeness to nature, Shu does not particularly care about dirt. Before the villagers, almost by force, built her a house, she simply slept on the ground in the fields. She does not know how to clean at all, and her house is usually a real mess except for the kitchen, where she keeps some cleanliness. Because of this, it is not uncommon for someone from the village to come to her house and clean, or maybe help with some other chores, because Shu really doesn’t know how to do anything except skills related to cooking, agriculture, and fishing.

She currently resides in the village of Yan, where she is revered as a sort-of-goddess, although Shu constantly denies her divinity. She has not lived here her entire life, but only for the last 200 years or so. Everyone in the village calls her Mama Shu, because every resident of Yang village was fed Shu food as a child, and played with her (or ran away from her due to fear of being overfed). However, for many years now, thanks to Shu's advice and help, the village has had an excellent harvest, and no one goes hungry. Shu has watched and seen off several generations of residents of this village on their final journey. Following her own philosophy, she was not sad - these petals fell and rotted, but new life grows on the land that absorbed them. The children and grandchildren of these people are still here. Still, due to her childishness in such matters, Shu is rather saddened by the fact that the children in the village is STILL kinda afraid of her. Not for any serious reason, but for a rather childish one, the same as 10 years ago, the same as 50 years ago, the same as 100 years ago - "If Mama Shu catches you, you will have to eat so much food that you will not be able to play for the rest of the day."