Zhaowen
Zhaowen · AR-034
Role: lost name inspector
Homeland: Ghost Town Registration Hall
Weapon: Branded Shining Sword
Power: Cut off seals whose conditions do not match the original oath.
Limitations: You must search for all conditions and witnesses. The sharp edge of the sword will not help those who refuse to listen to the facts.
Year joined: 20
Testimony of the person who was deleted
Zhaowen loves letters because they allow those who have passed away to speak to future generations. He began his work in the marginal city registration hall with simple intentions. That is, write the name of the contact person correctly. Don't let someone's accent or old clothes make them waste their entire day just to prove their existence.
When the city was classified as a closed zone behind the rift The authority ordered the removal of some names from the central register. Zhaowen protested before agreeing to act because the order stated that it was a temporary move. He kept a private copy. They thought that was enough to maintain their integrity without losing their position that supported their family.
One woman returned every month to claim her husband's medicine. The system responded that the name was not found. Zhaowen secretly gave money But I didn't dare return the record. When her husband died She asks for verification documents to manage the house. The system responded that it could not record the death of a person who did not exist. Zhaowen looked at the hidden copy and knew that the truth that had never left the drawer had not helped her at all.
He opened the archives for the community to read and was locked in the seal room. There was an old oath seal that required the keeper to keep his name honestly. The current use of power is contrary to that condition. Zhaowen brought the dormitory ceremonial sword to inspect the seals layer by layer. Don't cut with the belief that you are always right. But gather witnesses until the sharp edge of the sword responds to the contradictions that can be proven.
He could only cut out the part of the seal that the conditions were wrong. Other parts are still strong. Zhaowen must find a way out with the key and the help of a warden who listens to reason. New powers do not replace the work of searching for evidence. But it allows work that was previously viewed as just paperwork to have real impact on the door in front of you.
Year Twentieth, Yanzhen and Netdao arrived with a list of missing persons. Zhaowen found the same name in the copy he had hidden. He revealed both the information and the role he played in getting people erased. They do not claim that keeping a copy exonerates them from wrongdoing. Restoring names uses testimonies from neighbors, debt books, paintings, and the little things life leaves behind. It does not depend on the official seal alone.
When officials burned the dormitory to destroy evidence Zhaowen chooses to help people sort out documents before the original file. He lost hundreds of pages. But the community that used to be called the Unregistered stood together to tell their names that they remembered. Zhaowen wrote according to his voice until dawn. Understand that people existed before paper. And paper should serve them.
He joins the Arun Alliance to remove the seal that binds people to unrighteous orders. Set up multiple copies and allow data owners to edit their names. The sword always shines next to the brush. If you still don't know the conditions He would continue searching instead of slashing first and hoping that his courage would produce the right results.
Before leaving, the woman who had asked for her husband's documents came to pick up a revised copy. She read it slowly and said her middle name was misspelled. Zhaowen apologized and corrected immediately. Justice that day did not sound like a drum. Only one woman was given the right to tell how her family's story should be written. And the brush-bearer agreed to listen without making her come back another month.