Wu Ling Shan

山 無陵

Daughter of the Shan merchant clan, and betrothed (later wife) of Sima Yi. Regarded as Sima Yi's perfect match, Shan Wu Ling possesses genius-level cunnings and ruthlessness, as well as a drive to gain profits for her clan's business with little respect for ethical standards. Thus, similar to Sima Yi, she holds the post of the clan's strategist and the advisor-commander of its private assassin squad, the Defeated Generals, and is respected as such by the clan elders. ~! Under her leadership, the Shan clan pursues a different policy from the rival Sima clan: they seek to associate with prominent warlords, such as Cao Cao and Sun Jian, to expand their influence, and the Sima's estrangement with such affiliation to preserve wealth is looked down upon as unambitious miserliness. As such, Shan Wu Ling didn't hold Sima Yi in very high regards, and secretly aimed to take over the Sima clan once they married. During their chance meeting in the course of a mission to aid Sun Ce back to the Eastern region, she unwittingly leaked her intents to a Sima Yi in disguise, and he barely escaped death by neck-strangling thanks to his peculiar 'wolfneck' physical feature. Despite this, when they w