Yae-Won

Yae-Won Gwanju
Gender	Female
Professional Status
Affiliation	Murim Martial Arts Alliance Artists' Society
Occupation	Artists' Society Munju
Personal Status
Student	Kang Sae-Ra Yu Sa-Ah Lee Shi-Woon (Former)
Status	Active
Martial Arts
School	Artists' Society
Fighting Style	Artists' Society
Rank	Real Master
First Appearance
Manhwa Debut	Chapter 43 (The Breaker) Chapter 39 (NW)

Yae-Won Gwanju is one of the elders of the Martial Arts Alliance and is the master in the ways of the Artists' Society. She is also the master of Kang Sae-Ra.

Appearance

Yae-Won is an old woman who is very short in stature, dresses in a han-bok and is usually seen with a cane.

Personality

She is shown to be a kind and considerate person as she was willing to to teach Shi-Woon despite the fact that he was Goomoonryong's former disciple and hasn't shown any negative feelings towards him. Yae-won also seems to have a mischievous side as when she teased Kang Sae-Ra about Shi-Woon being her type embarrassing both Sae-Ra and Shi-Woon. She isn't easily impressed and the only one who has only impressed her is Shi-Woon.

Within Martial Arts Alliance only she and Kang-Sung were able to understand the tragedy that Goomoonryong has endured. This speaks to a great level of empathy and self-control as Yae-Won still professed to hate him. 

History

The Breaker

Death Fight...!! A firm commitment for someone special!

In the meeting of Martial Arts Alliance Munju's. Discussing the topic of capturing Goomoonryong's disciple. Yae-Won mentions it's been five hours since the first parameter was set up and the fact he hasn't been caught means he's no ordinary foe.

When the Alliance Chief accuses the Munju's of there being a traitor in the alliance. She questions about there being a traitor. When a report of the hq entrance being attacked is delivered. The Alliance Chief and Munju's move to the security room and witness footage of Goomoonryong's attack.

The Breaker New Waves

Lee Shi-Woon Starts a New Training...!!

Yae-Won appears entering the room before Kang Sae-Ra , as Sae-Ra bows before her. Yae-Won laughs and claims it has been a while. Sae-Ra introduces her to Lee Shi-Woon. Kneeling down around the table, she asks for Shi-Woon's hand. She claims she’d heard everything from Sae-Ra. She tells Shi-Woon she’s here to show him a way to train himself. Yae-Won explains to him, he’s about to learn the Outer Body Training Method and explains it. Asking if he wants to learns it, Shi-Woon says he wants to learn it. She nods and claims it's good. Yae-Won tells Sae-Ra that from here on she’s in charge of his training. So, she may leave them. Shi-Woon asks her what he should do first. She tells him why don't they start by stripping him down and orders her assistants to strip him.

Kneeling down Yae-Won begins to pant as she tries to stand up. She begins to lose her balance. Her assistant panics, but Yae-Won tells her she's fine and asks for Shi-Woon to be layed straight and massaged. Leaving the room, she notices Sae-Ra. Sae-Ra bows before her and Yae-Won laughs, questioning if she was waiting for her outside. Sae-Ra asks her if she's over doing it working all night on her very first day. She denies it as it was alot of fun for her. Laughing she tells Sae-Ra, what an amazing kid he is. Sae-Ra says this is the first time she's seen her praise someone so much. Sae-Ra mentions she was worried at first that she'd refuse her request. Yae-Won says she was shocked when she first heard her request but now she understands why. She wants to give back to that child his Martial Arts, no matter what.

The next day, sat down with Shi-Woon she mentions she heard that he suffered an injury. She asks to see his hand, he shows his hand to her and she asks is it from earlier in the day, Shi-Woon confirms and mentions his body heals faster after learning martial arts. She wonders if its too much and could be Goomoonryong hid some sort of secert inside of him.

Sat down with her hands pressed against his back. She asks him how is it and if he can handle more just nod, he nods and she says they'll go further. As she tells him to meditate when he's ready, all the Ki she sends into him is absorbed instantly. Mentioning if he can feel the Ki in his body, she explains the next step. Outside Sae-Ra asks if he's finished his training. She denies it and he's mentions entered Irncate Illusion State, as Sae-Ra asks how he's entered it so easily. She mentions Goomoonryong expanded his Meridians to large size and mentions if he matured accords to his plans she can't imagine what sort of monster he would have become.

Techniques & Abilities

Abilities

Real Master Martial Artist (Artists' Society Style): She was called "one of the old monsters" by Chun-Woo. As she is one of the Martial Arts Alliance's top Munju's it can be assumed that she is not only a real master level artist but an exceptionally skilled real master at that. This is shown by her ability to surprise Goomoonryong and even score a hit on him. She can easily throw Han Chun-Woo without him realizing that he was thrown.

Techniques

• Ki-Whirlwind Technique: Uses the opponent's external force to send them flying.

• Outer Body Training Method : A method of training based on meditation. The user enters a state of meditation where they train using his/her Ki to create an image of themself and using the memory of enemies to create them and fight with them in that state of meditation.
  • Abyssal Insight: A technique of the Outer Body Training Method. It allows the user to memorize any technique that he has seen even once, regardless of the martial arts style, and make it his own.
  • Triple Blossom Meditation: A form of the Outer Body Training Method. During its use the user is in a state of mind that causes three flower blossoms to appear on top of his head.

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