Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers

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Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers
Age	70
Sex	Female
Race	Human
Affiliation	Grim Seeker
Occupation	Nen Master Grim Seeker Branch Leader - Chest Town Sect
Alias	Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers White Flower Mandarin Foreign Names: 백화 만다린 雪之华曼达林
Location	Basement of Pain
Foreign Name(s)	N/A
Likeability	N/A

Mandarin (a.k.a. Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers) is a renowned Suju Nen Master and one of the seven branch leaders for the Grim Seekers located in Chest Town. She is also the Second in Command after Prophet Ezra.

Lore

Character Biography:

Female/Age 70.
A renowned Nen Master from Suju and one of the seven founders of the Grim Seekers. She is called the 'White Flower' due to being well-known for her blossoming white nen flowers.

In the past, during the time of the Screaming Cavern Incident, she coincidentally embraced the spirit of Sirocco while on her way to the Screaming Cavern through the Red Forest on the border between Suju and Elvenguard.
Afterwards, she witnessed the Prophecy of Destruction from Sirocco's memory, and was drawn to six other individuals, and together they established the Grim Seeker organization.
After its establishment, she held the position of high priest, and serves as the second-in-command under the high priest, Prophet Ezra.
With a great personality and soft charisma, she highly respected among the seven founders of the Grim Seekers.
Additionally, she is an important figure who receives high praise from the Grim Seeker followers, and when she headed toward Los Chest for the sake of the mission, many followers volunteered to follow suit.
Her star pupil is Awakened Wujo.

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Conversation between Mandarin & Rosenberg:

"... So, I'd like to ask you two to take care of the Dark Side branch."
It was the Prophet who spoke, but Mandarin turned toward Rosenberg, examining the look on his face.
The Prophet was asking them to kill themselves for the sake of their plans.
Rosenberg just stood there, looking as expressionless as always.

"Are you ready, Rosenberg?"
Mandarin tried to sound playful when she asked.
She'd lived long enough and wasn't really afraid of dying, but...

"I'm not afraid to die, but it's a shame that I won't be able to see the new world after the advent of Extinction."
Rosenberg's calm voice impressed Mandarin.
The snotty little kid had grown into this man.

The Prophet gazed into space and stayed quiet for a while, unable to find words to say.
"Thank you. Your sacrifices will save a great many lives."
Mandarin clenched her hands under her robe,
promising to herself again that she would do everything in her power for the success of the Ritual.

As an Enemy

Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers

Type

Mandarin makes her appearance as the end boss in Basement of Pain. She will fight with her own variations of different Nen skills.

Move Set

• Melee: Mandarin at close range can perform a triple attack along with creating afterimages of herself.
• Scattering Nen Flowers: Mandarin from either side launches out 5 or 6 Nen Petals going in a down to up direction.
• Exploding Nen Shot: A variation of  Energy Shield where she'll fire out a nearly identical projectile similar to that of Energy Release: Swift which explodes and splits into three nen beads spinning around for a few seconds, then they'll split into more beads before exploding again.
• Howling Nen Lion: A variation of Male Nen's  Lion of Suju where she'll summons two Nen Lions to appear from both left and right sides of the room to have them launch out a  Lion's Roar before fading away.
•  Nen Flower: Mandarin moves to the right side and starts to twirl around to the left as she plants four Nen Flower buds on the ground that instantly bloom. Then she will come back over to the right side and detonates each flower one by one each.
• Shield Rush: Mandarin hops over to the right side forming a  Nen Guard around herself as she begins to rush at the player. There are two outcomes to this pattern -- If the player manages to destroy Mandarin's shield by using multi-hits, it will break and she'll enter a mini-groggy state for a few seconds. Failure to meet the requirements has her drop down in the middle and launches a shockwave on both sides of the ground except reaching towards it's near edge.

• Berserk
  • White Flower Heavenly Vajra Wave: Mandarin teleports to the middle and gets into a meditation posture as she levitates in the air. The pattern's setup is quite identical to  Brilliant Nen except with three Nen beads spinning around her, then Mandarin sends out two energy waves forward from left to right, next she will gather up Nen to stop time for a few seconds and fires out two larger waves on both sides. Afterwards, she'll enter her groggy state for 15 seconds while recovering power from the altar.

Quotes

Encounter

• 「이 앞으론 나아갈 수 없다네.」

"You may not proceed any further."

• 「태산을 쓰러뜨리는 힘은 무엇인가.」 (넨마스터 조우 시)

"What is the power to topple mountains?" (Nen Master Encounter)

Nen Lion Summon

• 「울부짖는 넨수여!」

"Howling Nen Lion!"

Nen Flower

• 「만개해!」

"Full bloom!"

Scattering Nen Flowers

• 「흩날려라!」

"Scatter!"

Shield Rush

• 「뚫어보시게!」

"Try and dodge this!"

• 「넨이 쇄도한다!」 (충격파 발사 시)

"The Nen is overflowing!" (Upon Shockwave Launch)

Exploding Nen Shot

• 「이건 피하기 힘들걸세!」

"This will be difficult to avoid!"

Berserk

• 「넨의 흐름이 느껴지는가?」

"Can you feel the flow of Nen?"

• 「태산을 쓰러뜨리는 힘은 무엇인가.」

"What is the power to topple mountains?"

• 「백화 천세금강파!!」 (白华天勢金刚破!!)

"White Flower Heavenly Vajra Wave!!"

Groggy

• *Grunts*
• 「몸이.. 비명을 지르는군...」

"My body... is screaming..."

Death

• 「소멸이 가까워졌다...」

"Extinction... shall descend..."

Gallery

Trivia

• Her name likely comes from the same orange-like fruit.
• Mandarin's character is inspired from The Ancient One who appears in the live action Doctor Strange film.
• Her fighting techniques are very similar to that of Toki's from Fist of the North Star as the White Flower Heavenly Vajra Wave heavily resembles Hokuto Ujo Hagan Ken.
• If playing as either Male or Female Nen Master, Mandarin has special dialogue for them.
• In the DFOG version, her name is mistranslated as the 'Mandarin of a Hundred Flowers'. In the Korean version, her name is '백화 만다린' (baekwa mandarin) which literally translates into 'White Flower Mandarin'. This mistranslation is most likely due to '백' also meaning 'hundred' in Korean.
  • In her character biography, it claims she gained her moniker due to her "하얀 넨화를 피우는 것으로" which translates to 'blossoming white nen flowers'.