Lin She

Lin She was born into the family of a highly respected general of the Zhao Kingdom. The general’s wife was pregnant, but she was struck by an illness that threatened to claim both her life and that of her unborn child. No healer could help, and in desperation, the general allowed a shaman from the half-serpent folk into his palace. The shaman truly managed to save his wife, and soon afterward she gave birth to a daughter.

However, their daughter was born with eyes like those of a serpent and scales scattered across her skin in various places. Courtiers whispered that the girl was cursed and should be put to death. Fearing for Lin She’s life, the mother, with a heavy heart, asked a maidservant to secretly find someone from the half-serpent folk and persuade them to take the child and raise her so that she might survive.

The maidservant fulfilled the request and indeed located the half-serpent folk, entrusting Lin She to them without her father’s knowledge. From that moment on, Lin She was raised among the half-serpent people.

Twenty-one years later, whispers began to circulate at the court of the Qin Dynasty about a new, enigmatic apothecary to the ruler—a woman who gets along remarkably well with snakes and wears strange ornaments resembling serpentine scales, unaware that these are not ornaments at all.

Having mastered the half-serpent folk’s knowledge of herbs, poisons, healing, and shamanic arts, Lin She managed to gain the trust of a ruler she sees as promising. Yet her intentions are far from malicious; on the contrary, she works tirelessly to elevate her position.

She knows she is different from others and understands that she may not truly belong among ordinary humans. Still, she aspires to become such a significant figure in the world that, when she finally reveals her true nature, she can prove to humanity that their hatred of anything different is nothing more than ignorance.

(I use AI translation because I'm not too good at English.)