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Grade
Characters
193
King Yuri
유리왕
琉璃王
·
Goguryeo
½
#e07a5f
King Muyeol
●
김춘추
金春秋
·
Silla
King Muyeol, 29th of Silla
#D8258C
King Euija
●
부여의자
扶餘義慈
·
Baekje
King Euija, 31st Eraha of Baekje
#e08a2e
Yeon Gesomun
●
연개소문
淵蓋蘇文
·
Goguryeo
Supreme Commander (대막리지) of Goguryeo
#d0362f
Kim Yushin
김유신
金庾信
·
Silla
Marshal of Silla
#2A5FB8
Gyebek
계백
階伯
·
Baekje
General of Baekje
#d9b13a
Bidam
비담
毗曇
·
Silla
High Councillor (상대등) of Silla
#141C2E
Kim Seohyun
김서현
金舒玄
·
Silla
#3E8EF0
King Munmu
문무왕
文武王
·
Silla
30th sovereign of Silla
#C41E3A
Kim Muryuk
김무력
金武力
·
Gaya
#8B5CF6
The Second Emperor
이세민
李世民
·
Tang
Second Emperor of Tang (Taizong)
#c97a2e
Sadaham
사다함
斯多含
·
Silla
God of the Hwarang
#6fa8ff
Munhee
김문희
金文姬
·
Silla
Queen Munmyung
#E07FA8
Queen Sunduk
선덕여왕
善德女王
·
Silla
27th sovereign of Silla
#E8552B
King Suro
수로왕
首露王
·
Gaya
Founder of Golden Gaya
#e0a33c
Sosuno
소서노
召西奴
·
Baekje
#e8a04a
Alchun
알천
閼川
·
Silla
Councillor (대등) of Silla
#8fb3e0
Manmyung
만명부인
萬明夫人
·
Silla
#c98bb9
Yeon Namseng
연남생
淵男生
·
Goguryeo
#c25a4e
Gulgul
걸걸
乞乞
·
Goguryeo
Warden of the northern border
#8b3a3a
Gotaso
김고타소
金古陀炤
·
Silla
#F0A3C0
Kim Jukji
김죽지
金竹旨
·
Silla
First Premier (중시) of the Royal Secretariat
#6a9e7a
Seok Talhae
석탈해
昔脫解
·
Silla
4th sovereign of Silla
#5a7fa8
King Dongcheon
동천왕
東川王
·
Goguryeo
#8b4040
Gumil
검일
黔日
·
Silla
#6b7f9e
Dosuryu
도수류
·
Goguryeo
Chancellor (대대로) under the Supreme Commander
#c98578
Kim Pumsuk
김품석
金品釋
·
Silla
Guardian of Daeya Fortress
#7EB8F0
Sima Yi
사마의
司馬懿
·
—
Grand Commandant of Wei
#4a4f63
Yeon Namgun
연남건
淵男建
·
Goguryeo
#9e3b32
Prince Pung
부여풍
扶餘豐
·
Baekje
King Pungjang of the Baekje Restoration Army
#e6c76a
Yuri Dora
유리도라
·
Tamla
#ff9a3d
Xue Rengui
설인귀
薛仁貴
·
Tang
White Tiger II
#e8e3d5
The Guardian
안시성주
·
Goguryeo
Guardian of Ansi Fortress
#e05a3c
Elder Satek
사택적덕
沙宅積德
·
Baekje
Senior Minister (좌평) — the house elder
#b8933f
Elder Yunbi
연비문진
燕比文進
·
Baekje
Senior Minister — coast road and salt quiet
#7f9b6b
Gwishil Boksin
귀실복신
鬼室福信
·
Baekje
#a8781f
Satek Chunbok
사택천복
·
Baekje
#d4a94e
The Court Maids
궁녀
·
Baekje
Euija’s household
#c9a0a8
Black Tortoise
유인궤
劉仁軌
·
Tang
The Black Tortoise
#3d4a48
Maehwa
매화
·
Silla
#8AAFA0
Queen Jinduk
진덕여왕
眞德女王
·
Silla
28th sovereign of Silla
#9d7bd0
The Third Emperor
이치
李治
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Tang
Third Emperor of Tang (Gaozong)
#b8935a
Sungchung
성충
成忠
·
Baekje
Jwapyeong (좌평)
#c9a24d
Heungsu
흥수
興首
·
Baekje
Jwapyeong (좌평)
#b98f33
Queen Eungo
은고왕후
恩古
·
Baekje
#c9a0a8
Yeon Tabal
연타발
延陀勃
·
Jolbon
Chieftain of Jolbon
#a97c4a
Queen Heo
허황옥
許黃玉
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Gaya
First queen of Golden Gaya
#d98fa8
King Ijinasi
이진아시왕
伊珍阿豉王
·
Gaya
Founder of Great Gaya
#c084fc
Mugwan
무관랑
武官郎
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Silla
Hwarang of the First Class
#7aa0c8
King Mu
무왕
武王
·
Baekje
30th Eraha of Baekje
#b8862c
Prince Yung
부여융
扶餘隆
·
Baekje
#d4b45a
King Guhae
구해왕
仇亥王
·
Gaya
Last king of Golden Gaya
#8b5cf6
Kim Sukhuljong
김숙흘종
·
Silla
#6b5b4b
King Jinheung
진흥왕
眞興王
·
Silla
24th sovereign of Silla
#2f6fd4
Red Fowl
소정방
蘇定方
·
Tang
The Red Fowl
#d95f4b
Chu Suiliang
저수량
褚遂良
·
Tang
#b45309
Yumjong
염종
染宗
·
Silla
#8a68c9
The Herald
전령
·
—
#8d8d95
The Jinmo Boy
진모 도령
·
Baekje
#FFCB51
Prince Hyo
부여효
扶餘孝
·
Baekje
#c9a86a
King Youngryu
영류왕
榮留王
·
Goguryeo
27th sovereign of Goguryeo
#a83b34
Lady of Wisdom
총명부인
·
Tamla
Mother of Big Star and Little Star
#c9b18f
Ye Sikjin
예식진
禰寔進
·
Baekje
#a3813d
Hogong
호공
·
Silla
#a8894a
Wu Zetian
무측천
武則天
·
Tang
Empress of Tang
#e879a6
Echi no Takutsu
에치노 다쿠쓰
·
Yamato
#b05575
Heukchi Sangji
흑치상지
黑齒常之
·
Baekje
#8a6b1f
Yeon Gusesa
연구세사
·
Goguryeo
High Commander (막리지) of Goguryeo
#b2554a
Kim Alji
김알지
金閼智
·
Silla
#d4b86a
Kim Murim
김무림
金無林
·
Silla
#8a7a6a
King Beopheung
법흥왕
法興王
·
Silla
23rd sovereign of Silla
#3E79E4
Yunchung
윤충
允忠
·
Baekje
#c9932a
Jahee
김자희
金慈儀
·
Silla
Queen Jayi
#e8a0bf
Onjo
온조
溫祚
·
Baekje
#f0c04a
Minister Satek
사택지적
沙宅智積
·
Baekje
Prime Minister (상좌평) — the political Satek
#c2a24a
Dae Joyoung
대조영
大祚榮
·
Goguryeo
Founder of Balhae
#c45a4a
Kim Suljong
김술종
金述宗
·
Silla
#8a6a7a
Biryu
비류
·
Baekje
#d8b276
Blue Dragon
이세적
李世勣
·
Tang
The Blue Dragon
#4b78c9
Go Yeonsu
고연수
高延壽
·
Goguryeo
Commander of the relief army
#C30000
Oi
오이
烏伊
·
Goguryeo
#7a6b5a
Alpyung
알평
閼平
·
Silla
Chief of Alcheon Yangsan-chon · Geupnyang-bu
#7a9e6b
Mochuk
모척
·
Silla
#7d8a99
Yeon Taejo
연태조
淵太祚
·
Goguryeo
High Commander (막리지), then Eastern Commander (대가)
#8f3a2e
Kim Inmun
김인문
金仁問
·
Silla
#6fb0d8
Daeso
대소
帶素
·
Buyeo
#9b8f6a
Yeon Namsan
연남산
淵男産
·
Goguryeo
#d4776a
Gate Guard
문지기
·
Goguryeo
#b07068
White Tiger
방효태
龐孝泰
·
Tang
The White Tiger
#c9c9c9
Bohee
보희
·
Silla
Elder sister of Munhee
#c98fc0
Lady Ye
예씨부인
·
Buyeo
#d98fa8
Abe no Hirafu
아베노 히라부
阿倍比羅夫
·
Yamato
#c8463c
Junior Guard
병졸
·
Goguryeo
#9a5c55
Seon Dohae
선도해
先道解
·
Goguryeo
Favourite of King Bojang
#5f7fa6
King Geumwa
금와왕
金蛙王
·
Buyeo
#a89a72
Daeto
대토
大吐
·
Silla
#8a8f9e
Dochim
도침
道琛
·
Baekje
#a06a28
Son Daeha
손대하
·
Goguryeo
Southern Commander
#c46b3a
Ulchi Munduk
을지문덕
乙支文德
·
Goguryeo
“The Defender”
#e0503f
Prince Tae
부여태
扶餘泰
·
Baekje
#cbb06a
Aejin
아진의선
阿珍義先
·
Silla
#3E79E4
Go Heumsong
고흠송
·
Goguryeo
Western Commander
#7a6b8a
Gongsun Yuan
공손연
公孫淵
·
—
King of Yan
#a08040
The Divers
해녀
·
Tamla
The women who work the seafloor of Tamla
#6fa8a0
Kim Seonpum
김선품
金善品
·
Silla
Pajinchan — Councillor of Ocean Trade (파진찬)
#7c6bb5
Kim Pumil
김품일
金品日
·
Silla
General (장군)
#6a8ab8
Munhee’s Maids
문희의 몸종들
·
Silla
#e0a8c0
Satek Sangya
사택상여
沙宅相如
·
Baekje
#b8933f
The Shaman
무당
·
Baekje
Reader of the nine signs
#9f1239
Dodo
도도
·
Silla
#7f96b5
Kim Imjong
김임종
金琳宗
·
Silla
#7a8a7a
Kim Punghun
김풍훈
金風訓
·
Silla
#7a8fb0
King Geunchogo
근초고왕
近肖古王
·
Baekje
#eec052
King Seong
성왕
聖王
·
Baekje
#e5b83a
Shinsung
신성
·
Goguryeo
#8f7b70
Sobuldori
소벌도리
蘇伐都利
·
Silla
Chief of Dolsan Goheo-chon · Saryang-bu
#5a8fc4
Sumyung Jangja
수명장자
·
Tamla
The scoundrel
#8a7a3a
King Bojang
보장왕
寶藏王
·
Goguryeo
28th and last sovereign of Goguryeo
#8f4a44
Princess Chunmyung
천명공주
·
Silla
#d8a0e8
Kim Yongsu
김용수
金龍樹
·
Silla
Son of King Jinji
#6a7cb0
King Ugeo
우거왕
·
Joseon
#918878
On Gunhae
온군해
溫君解
·
Silla
Attendant of Kim Chunchu — posthumous Daeachan
#8a6240
Ye Gun
예군
禰軍
·
Baekje
#FFCB51
Yeon's Wife
연씨부인
·
Goguryeo
#c4787a
Lady Liu
유씨
柳氏
·
Tang
#c4a484
Jibekho
지백호
支伯忽
·
Silla
Chief of Chuisan Jinji-chon · Bonpi-bu
#8b7aa8
Jukjuk
죽죽
竹竹
·
Silla
#3f9b6e
Sul Gedu
설계두
薛罽頭
·
Silla
Captain of the Left Militant Guard
#a8743a
Yuri Isageum
유리 이사금
儒理尼師今
·
Silla
3rd sovereign of Silla
#3E79E4
Gwanchang
관창
官昌
·
Silla
Hwarang of Yellow Mountain
#79b6f2
Bangul
반굴
盤屈
·
Silla
Yushin's nephew · Hwarang
#5e9dd8
King Namhae
남해 차차웅
南解次次雄
·
Silla
2nd sovereign of Silla
#3E79E4
White Dragon
계필하력
契苾何力
·
Tang
The White Dragon
#d8d4c8
Cheongwan
천관
天官
·
Silla
Courtesan of Seorabeol
#c9a0b4
Galsa
갈사
曷斯
·
Buyeo
#6b8f4a
Go Ul
고울
·
Goguryeo
Northern Commander
#6a8f6e
Gwanggaeto the Great
광개토대왕
廣開土大王
·
Goguryeo
#e0442e
King Kōtoku
고토쿠 천황
孝德
·
Yamato
#e89ab0
King Michu
미추 이사금
味鄒尼師今
·
Silla
13th sovereign of Silla
#3E79E4
Lee Gaesa
이가사
·
Goguryeo
#C30000
Mari
마리
摩離
·
Goguryeo
#5c6b6e
Prince Jang Hang
장항
長降
·
Joseon
Son of King Ugeo
#1a4d6d
Son Sukwon
손숙원
孫淑遠
·
Silla
Musan hall — Bidam’s father
#3d4654
The Eastern Empress
사이메이 천황
·
Yamato
#f090b0
The Eastern Prince
덴지 천황
·
Yamato
#e06a95
Prince Yun
부여연
扶餘演
·
Baekje
#b8a86a
Yeon Jungto
연정토
淵淨土
·
Goguryeo
#ad6157
Black Dragon
장손무기
長孫無忌
·
Tang
The Black Dragon
#2f2f36
Haesang
해상
·
Silla
Silla merchant of the southern roads
#c4a35a
The Eastern Scholar
다카무코노 구로마로
·
Yamato
#c77ba0
The Imperial Minister
위징
魏徵
·
Tang
#9a7b4f
King Jinpyung
진평왕
眞平王
·
Silla
#5a86d6
Choi
최
最
·
Joseon
Son of Noin
#1a4d6d
Hyupbo
협보
陜父
·
Goguryeo
#4a5548
Old Soldier
늙은 병사
·
Silla
#8a7a5a
Queen Satek
사택왕후
·
Baekje
Queen consort — Euija’s mother
#d9b45e
Go Hyejin
고혜진
高惠眞
·
Goguryeo
Commander of the relief army
#C30000
Kim Supum
김수품
金水品
·
Silla
High Councillor (상대등) of the Harmony Council
#7f9fd0
Red Dragon
아사나사이
阿史那社爾
·
Tang
The Red Dragon
#c45a38
Lady Yunbi
연비한아
燕比翰娥
·
Baekje
#6f8f5c
Satek Sondeung
사택손등
沙宅孫登
·
Baekje
#a8842f
Yeon Sooyoung
연수영
·
Goguryeo
#b8787a
Buyeo Jashin
부여자신
扶餘子申
·
Buyeo
#9b2d2d
Buyeo Munsa
부여문사
扶餘文思
·
Baekje
Son of Crown Prince Yung
#FFCB51
Cow Ka
우가
牛加
·
Jolbon
Cow-ka chieftain of Jolbon
#c45a2a
Daeya Garrison Man
대야 병사
·
Silla
#a16207
Daeya Wall Guard
대야 수비
·
Silla
#92744a
Dog Ka
구가
狗加
·
Jolbon
Dog-ka chieftain of Jolbon
#c8d0d4
Euljé
을제
·
Silla
High Councillor (상대등) of the Harmony Council
#7f9fd0
Gung Ye
궁예
弓裔
·
Goguryeo
#4a7c6f
Gurema
구례마
仇禮摩
·
Silla
Chief of Musan Daesu-chon · Jeomnyang-bu
#4a5568
Hojin
호진
戶珍
·
Silla
Chief of Myeonghwalsan Goya-chon · Seupbi-bu
#9aabb8
Horse Ka
마가
馬加
·
Jolbon
Horse-ka chieftain of Jolbon
#2c2c30
Imja
임자
任子
·
Baekje
Jwapyeong of Baekje
#b08d5a
Jita
지타
支陀
·
Silla
Chief of Geumsan Gari-chon · Hangi-bu
#c9a86a
Jomi-gon
조미곤
·
Silla
Servant, prisoner, and the quietest weapon in the war
#8f9c8f
Kim Yumjang
김염장
金染璋
·
Silla
#7a7a9a
King Jinji
진지왕
眞智王
·
Silla
25th sovereign of Silla
#3d5fa8
King Jomei
조메이 천황
·
Yamato
#f2a0bb
Kyun Hwon
견훤
甄萱
·
Baekje
#caa53d
Lady Satek
사택한아
沙宅翰娥
·
Baekje
#d9b45e
Minister Yunbi
연비지적
燕比智積
·
Baekje
Prime Minister (상좌평) — the political Yunbi
#7f9b6b
Noin
노인
路人
·
Joseon
Minister of Joseon
#1a4d6d
Pig Ka
저가
豬加
·
Jolbon
Pig-ka chieftain of Jolbon
#6b4a32
Princess Sunhwa
선화공주
善花公主
·
Silla
#eeb8d2
Sam
니계상 삼
尼谿相參
·
Joseon
Minister of Nigye
#1a4d6d
Song Yang
송양
松讓
·
Jolbon
King of the Pine Kingdom
#c4a35a
The Fearful Councillor
두려워하는 대등
·
Silla
#5c6b7a
The Old Councillor
늙은 대등
·
Silla
#7a6a58
The Stern Councillor
엄한 대등
·
Silla
#6b5b4a
Wang Geon
왕건
王建
·
Joseon
#d16a5a
Wang Qi
왕기
王頎
·
—
#6b8fa3
Yomyo
요묘
·
Goguryeo
#a3564a
Gods
36
Hwanin
환인
桓因
·
Joseon
S
Heaven · above the Three Realms
· 하늘나라 · 삼계 위
Creator · Lord of Heaven · King of Kings
#F4F1E8
Little Star
소별왕
·
Tamla
I
Land of the Living
· 이승
Ruler of the Land of the Living
#C94040
Big Star
대별왕
·
Land of the Dead
I
Land of the Dead
· 저승
Ruler of the Land of the Dead
#3B6FBF
Heaven–Earth King
천지왕
·
Tamla
I
Heaven–Earth (retired)
· 천지 · 은퇴
Retired Class I — once ruled living and dead under Hwanin
#C30000
#3E79E4
Hallakgungi
할락궁이
·
—
I
Western Flower Field
· 서천꽃밭
Master of the Western Flower Field
#8FBF8A
Saradoryeong
사라도령
·
—
I
Western Flower Field (retired)
· 서천꽃밭 · 은퇴
Retired Class I — former master of the Western Flower Field
#8a8a94
Haemosu
해모수
解慕漱
·
Goguryeo
II
Sun
· 태양
God of the sun
#f0b429
Yumla
염라대왕
閻羅大王
·
Land of the Dead
II
Judgment · Siwang Court
· 시왕국 · 심판
Judge of the Underworld
#7c3aed
Hwanung
환웅
桓雄
·
Joseon
II
Heaven’s descent
· 천강
Son of Heaven
#d4b86a
Samsin
삼신녀
·
—
II
Life · birth
· 생명 · 출산
Midwife goddess · life under 이승
#e8b4c8
Ibiga
이비가
·
Gaya
II
Sky
· 하늘
God of the sky
#1e4d9c
Kangrim
강림
·
Land of the Dead
III
Reaper roads
· 저승길
Reaper · escort of judgment
#4a4a58
Lady Yuhwa
유화부인
柳花夫人
·
Goguryeo
III
Moon
· 달
River nymph · Habek’s youngest daughter
#8fc4e0
Golhwa
골화
骨火
·
Silla
III
Steam Cavern
· 증기 동굴
Youngest of the steam cavern
#e86820
Narim
나림
奈林
·
Silla
III
Steam Cavern
· 증기 동굴
Eldest of the steam cavern
#3d9e52
Haewonmek
해원맥
·
Land of the Dead
III
Reaper roads
· 저승길
Reaper · second escort of judgment
#6b5b6e
Ungnyeo
웅녀
熊女
·
Joseon
III
Sandalwood ordeal
· 신단수
The Bear-Woman
#c9b18f
Hyullé
혈레
穴禮
·
Silla
III
Steam Cavern
· 증기 동굴
Quiet sister of the steam cavern
#2eb8c4
Jacheongbi
자청비
·
Tamla
III
Five grains
· 오곡
Goddess of the five grains
#e879a6
Lady of the Right View
정견모주
正見母主
·
Gaya
III
Mountain ridge
· 산
Goddess of the mountain
#c084fc
Habek
하백
河伯
·
Goguryeo
III
Amnok River
· 압록강
God of the Amnok River
#2f8f7a
Sulmun
설문대할망
·
Tamla
III
Tamla · island-making
· 탐라 · 섬
Class III · Tamla — the Great Lady who made the island
#7f9c8b
Mun Doryeong
문도령
·
Tamla
III
Sky-born match
· 하늘 도령
The boy from the sky
#7dd3fc
Sanbangduk
산방덕
·
Tamla
III
Sanbang cliff
· 산방
The rock-goddess of Sanbang
#8fb3a8
Hwahye
화혜
·
Goguryeo
III
River-daughter · eldest
#8a62c4
Wihye
위혜
·
Goguryeo
III
River-daughter · second
#4fad72
Baekjuto
백주또
·
Tamla
III
Songdang farming
· 송당
Goddess of farming, of the Songdang shrine
#c084fc
Gameunjang-agi
가믄장아기
·
Tamla
III
Fortune
· 운
Goddess of fortune
#e0a33c
Socheon-guk
소천국
·
Tamla
III
Hunt
· 사냥
God of the hunt
#a16207
Jumong
주몽
朱蒙
·
Goguryeo
½
Jolbon founding
· 졸본
Demigod founder of Goryeo
#e8563f
Lady Alyoung
알영부인
閼英夫人
·
Silla
½
First queen of Seorabeol
#a8c8f0
Hyukgosé
박혁거세
朴赫居世
·
Silla
½
#6f9fe8
Dangun
단군
檀君
·
Joseon
½
Old Joseon
· 고조선
Grandson of Heaven · god-king of Asadal
#b8956a
Prince Bu
부을나
夫乙那
·
Tamla
½
Divine prince of Samseonghyeol · Bu line
#d4894a
Prince Go
고을나
高乙那
·
Tamla
½
Divine prince of Samseonghyeol · Go line
#e8a060
Prince Yang
양을나
良乙那
·
Tamla
½
Divine prince of Samseonghyeol · Yang line
#f0c078
Animals
22
Hanseul
한슬
·
Silla
Kim Yushin’s last horse
The last horse Yushin names — white against Gyebek’s black, and the blood on the lips at Mount Gain.
Saluzi
삽로자
颯露紫
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s most loyal warrior
The most loyal warrior the emperor ever had — never held office, never asked for anything, and was a horse.
Bisamun
비사문
毘沙門
·
Silla
Bidam’s war horse
Named for the guardian king of the north; will not be led by anyone else.
Gomanari
고마나리
·
Baekje
Gyebek’s war horse
The fastest horse in Samhan, and the one thing Gyebek owns that the Tang cannot sell in a slave market.
Hangyul
한결
·
Silla
Kim Yushin’s war horse
The spare from the royal stable that took the Nangbi trench in one jump.
Hadong
하동
夏冬
·
Silla
Kim Chunchu’s road horse
A diplomat’s horse, named for summer and winter — it has to stand in both.
한
Hanbyul
한별
·
Silla
Kim Yushin’s first horse
Yushin’s first horse; took a sleeping rider where he always went, and lost its head for it.
Baitiwu
백제오
白蹄烏
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s horse in the west
Ran two hundred li in one night and put a twenty-year-old prince at a warlord’s gate by dawn.
Chunma
천마
天馬
·
Silla
Heavenly horse of Najeong
Knelt and wept beside a purple egg at Najeong, then rose into the sky.
Qingzhui
청추
青騅
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s horse at Hulao
Five arrows at Hulao — every one from behind.
Quanmaogua
권모왜
拳毛騧
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s horse at the Ming River
Nine arrows, six in front and three behind; stood until the fighting was done.
Sinrok
신록
神鹿
·
Baekje
Guardian deer of Baekje
The guardian deer that led Onjo and Biryu south — and stayed with Onjo.
Damul
다물
多勿
·
Goguryeo
Yeon Gesomun’s war stallion
Gesomun’s war stallion — named for winning back the lost land.
Gom
곰
熊
·
Joseon
Great bear of Old Joseon
The shape Ungnyeo left in the cave, and the beast that walked beside her son.
Gonyeon
곤연
鯤淵
·
Buyeo
Brown horse of Buyeo
The horse that wept at a boulder and found Buyeo a king underneath it.
Gwahama
과하마
果下馬
·
Tamla
Jeju pony of Tamla
The horse small enough to ride under the fruit trees, and rude enough to eat the fruit.
Huanglong
황룡
黃龍
·
Tang
Yellow dragon of the Tang throne
The beast at the centre of the five directions, and the only one the emperor wears.
Kinshi
금치
金鵄
·
Yamato
Golden kite of Yamato
The kite that landed on the first emperor’s bow, and flew ahead of the ships to the White River.
Samjogo
삼족오
三足烏
·
Goguryeo
Three-legged crow, guardian of Goguryeo
The three-legged crow that flew ahead to show Jumong the way.
Shifachi
십벌적
什伐赤
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s horse of two pretenders
Finished the charge with five arrows in the hindquarters, bristling like a hedgehog.
Sun-Fox
해여우
·
Goguryeo
Haemosu’s heat on foot
Haemosu’s heat on foot — it walked Yuhwa down the exile road.
Telebiao
특륵표
特勒驃
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s horse at Taiyuan
Eight engagements in one day, and not one complaint.
Cities
41
Surabol
서라벌 (경주)
徐羅伐
·
Silla
City / Fortress
Capital of the Divine Country. Queen Sunduk is crowned here in 632, Bidam rebels at its Fortress of Radiance in 647, and Munmu is proclaimed King of Samhan here in 676.
Pyongyang
평양성
平壤城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
Red Sun’s capital — Goguryeo’s seat. Yeon Gesomun butchers the court here in 642; the walls hold every siege until they are opened from inside in 668.
Sabi
사비 (부여)
泗沘
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Capital of the Heavenly Deer. Euija seats forty-one of his own sons in the Assembly here in 655, and the city falls to the Silla–Tang army in 660.
Chang’an
장안
長安
·
Tang
City / Fortress
The Tang capital, largest city on earth. Chunchu wins his alliance here in 648; Euija dies here a prisoner in 660.
Daeya
대야성 (합천)
大耶城
·
Silla
City / Fortress
The border fortress lost in the eighth month of 642. Chunchu’s daughter Gotaso died here, and the war that ends three kingdoms starts from it.
Ansi
안시성
安市城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The wall that stopped an emperor. Its commander — unnamed in the histories — held out through the summer of 645 and handed Taizong the first defeat of his life.
Bear Fortress
웅진성 (공주)
熊津城
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Ungjin. Euija fled here when Sabi fell, and its guardian Ye Sikjin handed him to the Tang.
대
Great Gaya
대가야 (고령)
大加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
The last Gaya kingdom, taken by Jinheung and the young Hwarang Sadaham in 562.
Yodong
요동성
遼東城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The great western fortress guarding the Liao. Taizong storms it in the fifth month of 645.
낭
Nangbi Fortress
낭비성
娘臂城
·
Silla
City / Fortress
Where a young Kim Yushin rides into the Goguryeo line alone, three times, in 629. The horse under him that day carries him for eighteen years.
아
Ara Gaya
아라가야 (함안)
阿羅加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
The horse Gaya on the bend of the Nam River, whose riders armoured their horses before most of Samhan armoured its men.
금
Golden Gaya
금관가야 (김해)
金官加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
Founded in 42 by Suro, who hatched from one of six eggs. Its last prince surrendered to Silla in 532 — his grandson was Kim Yushin.
성
Seongsan Gaya
성산가야 (성주)
星山加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
The Gaya nearest the eastern neighbours, and the first to watch them over the wall.
Radiance Fortress
명활성
明活城
·
Silla
City / Fortress
The mountain fort just east of Surabol, close enough to see the palace roofs. In 647 Bidam raises his banners on its wall, and the capital watches him do it.
소
Little Gaya
소가야 (고성)
小加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
A bay full of boats on the southern sea, trading with the islands and the Wa across the strait.
매
Maeso
매소성 (연천)
買肖城
·
Silla
City / Fortress
Maeso Fortress. In the ninth month of 675 Silla broke a Tang army here and turned the Silla–Tang war.
Asadal
아사달
阿斯達
·
—
City / Fortress
Dangun’s city, and later Wanggeom — the capital of Old Joseon, which fell to the Han in 108 BCE.
Asuka
아스카 (왜)
飛鳥
·
Yamato
City / Fortress
Yamato’s court. Chunchu came asking for troops in 647 and was refused; fifteen years later it sent forty thousand men to die for Baekje.
중
Central
중부
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
Seat of the Central Commandery, one of Goguryeo’s Five. High Commander Yeon Gusesa shouts Yeon down from that chair at the High Summit of 634.
고
Goryeong Gaya
고령가야 (함창)
古寧加耶
·
Gaya
City / Fortress
The quiet Gaya, far up the Nakdong. Not the town called Goryeong today; that one was Great Gaya’s.
영
Yingzhou
영주 (유성)
營州
·
Tang
City / Fortress
The empire’s last walled town before the Liao — old Liucheng. Every army out of the West musters here, and every army that comes back limps through it.
Buyeo Fortress
부여성
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
Yeon Gesomun’s home fortress, at the top of the thousand-li wall — snow, stone, one red munru above the cloud sea. As far from Pyongyang as an order can travel and still be obeyed. The steppe is the next thing north.
관
Gwansan Fortress
관산성 (옥천)
管山城
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Where Jinheung’s betrayal ended: King Seong of Baekje was caught riding at night in 554, and a stable-slave named Dodo took his head.
환
Hwando
환도산성
丸都山城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The mountain fort above Gungnae. It burns in 244, after a king picks a fight on ground he had not looked at.
미
Michuhol
미추홀 (인천)
彌鄒忽
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
The salt marshes Biryu chose over his brother’s ground — and regretted.
Mugun
무근 (탐라)
耽羅
·
Tamla
City / Fortress
The seat of Tamla, the island of oranges. Gyebek spent five years exiled here learning its stories, and in 662 the island changed sides.
국
Gungnae Fortress
국내성 (집안)
國內城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The second capital, and the site of the Gwanggaeto Stele. Wei troops sacked it in 244.
주
Juryu Fortress
주류성 (부안)
周留城
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Base of the Baekje restoration. Prince Pung moved off it against advice, had to move back, and executed Boksin here.
신
New Fortress
신성 (무순)
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The wall’s anchor on the northern road. In 645 the emperor’s cousin spends ten days under it and leaves with nothing.
Buyeo
부여
夫餘
·
Buyeo
City / Fortress
The northern kingdom Jumong fled, and where Lady Ye raised his heir alone.
Sabi tournament yard
사비 시합뜰
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Packed earth in front of the palace. Once a year the court chalks a white square; Euija’s five named sons step on in white, and the clans keep score from the hall bar.
Wirye
위례성 (서울)
·
Silla
City / Fortress
Baekje’s first capital, founded by Onjo — and by the 640s the contested Han valley that all three kingdoms had held in turn.
비
Bisa
비사성 (대련)
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The last stone of the wall, on the cape where the land runs out. The Tang fleet comes at it from the sea in 645 and takes it in a month.
개
Gaemo
개모성
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
The next fort down the line. It lasts a little over ten days in 645, and the seven hundred men Yeon sent to hold it ask to serve the emperor instead.
건
Geonan
건안성
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
South of Ansi on the coast road. In 645 the emperor’s generals tell him to take it first. He goes to look at Ansi instead.
금
Geumdol Fortress
금돌성 (상주)
今突城
·
Silla
City / Fortress
The hill fort where King Muyeol stops in 660 and hands the field to his son and Yushin.
회
Huaiyuan
회원진
懷遠鎮
·
Tang
City / Fortress
The middle road over the Liao. The Tang show their banners here in 645 so Goguryeo will watch it; the emperor’s own column crosses the marsh beside it.
임
Imjon Fortress
임존성 (예산)
·
Baekje
City / Fortress
Where Heukchi Sangji rallied thirty thousand within ten days of Sabi’s fall.
오
Ogol
오골성 (봉성)
烏骨城
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
Crow-Bone Fortress, on the mountain road from the Amnok to Ansi. Goguryeo’s relief armies come down this road in 645.
소
Pine Kingdom
소나무 나라
松國
·
Jolbon
Song Yang’s pine roof
Song Yang’s timber country beside Jolbon — pines, packed earth, one giwa hall. Jumong annexed the roof to get Oi, Mari, and Hyupbo back.
백
White Rock
백암성
·
Goguryeo
City / Fortress
A cliff fort east of Yodong. Yeon’s riders break out and put a spear in a Tang general’s waist; the fort’s lord opens the gate anyway.
Places
34
Heaven
하늘나라
天界
·
—
Court of the Creator
Hwanin’s seat above 삼계 — not a peer of the three courts below.
White River
백강 (금강 하구)
白江
·
Sabi
·
Baekje
River
Mouth where four fleets burned — the Baekgang. In the eighth month of 663 Tang, Silla, Baekje and Yamato fought here — the first time all four met in one battle — and four hundred eastern ships burned.
Yellow Mountain
황산벌 (논산)
黃山伐
·
Sabi
·
Baekje
Mountain
Field of the disputed blade — Yellow Mountain, where Hundred-Victories Gyebek met fifty thousand with five thousand in 660, having killed his own family first so nothing could be used against him.
Moon Palace
월궁
·
Surabol
·
Silla
Cavern
Surabol’s moonlit court rooms in chronicle art — Eastern Palace’s night face.
탄
Charcoal Pass
탄현
炭峴
·
Baekje
Mountain
The pass on Baekje’s eastern door. Seongchung begged from prison that it be held; in 660 the Silla army walks through it unopposed.
Amnok River
압록강
鴨綠江
·
Gungnae Fortress
·
Goguryeo
River
Habaek’s river, with three daughters in it. The sun god crosses it on the same hour every day, until the day he looks down.
Snake River
사수
蛇水
·
Pyongyang
·
Goguryeo
River
Where Yeon Gesomun destroyed the White Tiger’s army in the second month of 662 — one of the great victories of Goguryeo’s last decade.
Underworld
저승
冥府
·
Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead
Big Star’s realm — judgment, ledger, and borders no living map admits.
살
Colossal River
살수 (청천강)
薩水
·
Pyongyang
·
Goguryeo
River
The Salsu. Ulchi Munduk drowned an entire Sui host here in 612 — and sent its general a poem about it afterwards.
당
Danghang Fortress
당항성 (화성)
党項城
·
Wirye
·
Silla
Harbour
Silla’s only harbour to Tang, Tianzhu and the western regions. Euija points at it on the map and tells Yeon exactly where to cut.
기
Final Ford
기벌포 (장항)
伎伐浦
·
Surabol
·
Silla
Harbour
Final Ford, at the mouth of the Geum. Seongchung died in prison begging Euija to hold it; in the eleventh month of 676 Silla’s victory here ended the Tang war.
Western Flower Field
서천꽃밭
西天花田
·
—
Hallakgungi’s rows
The Gardener’s realm — resurrection and extinction in the same western rows.
주
Stallion Mountain
주필산
駐蹕山
·
Ansi
·
Goguryeo
Mountain
Stallion Mountain. Taizong destroys a Goguryeo field army here in the sixth month of 645 — and rejoices at gaining a brave general rather than at the victory.
취
Mount Gain
취리산
就利山
·
Bear Fortress
·
Baekje
Mountain
A hill outside Bear Ford. In 665 the empire makes the two men who rule the south swear to be brothers here. The clerks name it the Mountain Where One Goes for Gain.
Mount Halla
한라산
漢拏山
·
Mugun
·
Tamla
Mountain
The island’s sacred peak — Sulmun’s apron-work; oreum holes still mark where earth spilled.
Steam Cavern
김 동굴
蒸洞窟
·
Surabol
·
Silla
Yushin’s cavern lake in the hills
김 — steam and surname in the same breath. A bowl of black water under stone — the only room in Silla where no one asks Kim Yushin for a victory, and where the dead Kims sometimes come back.
Stone Gate
석문
石門
·
Pyongyang
·
Goguryeo
River
Seokmun. Silla’s costly defeat in the eighth month of 672, early in the war to expel the Tang.
Three Realms Pavilion
삼계정자
三界亭子
·
—
The yearly 정자
A small 정자 between 이승, 저승, and 서천꽃밭 — no larger than a fishing shelter, claimed by none of the three courts, where the Class I gods meet once a year.
요
Liao River
요하
·
Yodong
·
Goguryeo
River
Two hundred li of marsh between the empire and the wall. A Sui host once went in up to the knee and came out as a song. In 645 the Tang lay a road across it, then tear the road up behind them.
이
Living World
이승
·
—
Land of the Living
Little Star’s realm — warm, badly governed, and the side he cheated for.
쓰
Tsukushi
쓰쿠시 (나노쓰)
筑紫
·
Yamato
Harbour
Yamato’s harbour on the strait, where the relief fleets for Baekje load in 661–663.
Cheomseongdae
첨성대
瞻星臺
·
Surabol
·
Silla
Observatory of Surabol
Queen Sunduk’s star tower — where the Divine Country reads the sky that argues with Bone Rank.
Deer Rock
정사암
·
Sabi
·
Baekje
Assembly stone of the Eight Clans
Where Baekje’s Great Clans sit and unseat kings — emptied when Euija seats his own sons over them.
Flower Cliff
꽃벼랑
·
Western Flower Field
·
—
Mountain
A cliff-edge inside the Western Flower Field — not the field itself; Hallakgungi’s rows fall away here in story art.
Jolbon
졸본 (환인)
卒本
·
Jolbon
Jumong Cavern — where the holy king prayed
Every northern vow begins in the cave Jumong hollowed out — 국동대혈, where every Goguryeo heir renews the vow before blood.
Mt. Paektu
백두산
·
Jolbon
·
Goguryeo
Mountain
The white-headed mountain at the roof of the peninsula — the sacred boundary of the northern world.
Three Princes’ Well
삼성혈
·
Mugun
·
Tamla
Cavern
Where Go, Yang, and Bu rose from the ground — Tamla’s founding hole, not Gaya’s eggs.
성
Chengshan
성산
成山
·
Tang
Harbour
The easternmost cape of Shandong, where the land points at Samhan. Su Dingfang’s fleet pushes off from it in 660.
천
Cheon Fortress
천성
泉城
·
Silla
Harbour
A beach where the Imjin meets the Han. Xue Rengui lands his horses here in the ninth month of 675, and Munhun waits until the boats are empty.
등
Dengzhou
등주
登州
·
Tang
Harbour
The harbour on the tip of Shandong where Silla envoys step ashore for the long road to Chang’an.
덕
Deokmul Island
덕물도 (덕적도)
德物島
·
Silla
Harbour
A small island off the Han estuary. In the sixth month of 660 the Tang fleet anchors here, and a Silla prince is rowed out to be told the date.
내
Laizhou
내주 (동래)
萊州
·
Tang
Harbour
Donglai, the Shandong port the fleets sail from. The Sui put to sea here in 612, the Tang with five hundred hulls in 645.
만
The Eastern March
만주 동부
·
Central
·
Goguryeo
Mountain
Yeon Gesomun’s frontier command — the snowbound outposts where he made the Eastern Commandery the safest in the kingdom, and the capital hated him for it.
통
Tongding
통정진
通定鎮
·
Tang
River
A garrison on the upper Liao with an unwatched ford. In the fourth month of 645 the Blue Dragon turns north in the night and crosses here.
Nations
10
Silla
신라
新羅
·
Silla
The Divine Country
#3E79E4
The Divine Country — smallest of the three, and the one left standing.
Baekje
백제
百濟
·
Baekje
Land of the Heavenly Deer
#FFCB51
Land of the Heavenly Deer — most refined of the three, teacher of the East.
Goguryeo
고구려
高句麗
·
Goguryeo
Kingdom of Jumong
#C30000
People of Jumong — five commanderies that were five animal tribes, and the wall that stalled two empires.
Tang
당
唐
·
Tang
The empire of the west
#b45309
The superpower next door — cosmopolitan, insatiable, and very patient.
Gaya
가야
加耶
·
Gaya
The iron confederacy
#8b5cf6
Not one crown — a league of iron harbours and hill courts, until Silla took the map.
Yamato
야마토
大和
·
Yamato
The eastern court across the strait
#ec4899
Rising sun, cherry weather, and sea lanes that learn from the west.
Tamla
탐라
耽羅
·
Tamla
The orange island
#f97316
Island of three princes, five grains, and the myths that name the Three Realms.
졸
Jolbon
졸본
卒本
·
Jolbon
Five roofs under pine
#4a6741
Tabal’s packed-earth country — crow largest among five animal tribes, until they vote a king.
조
Joseon
조선
朝鮮
·
Joseon
The first name of the mandate
#1a4d6d
Old Joseon — Asadal’s court, and the word later ages keep borrowing.
부
Buyeo
부여
扶餘
·
Buyeo
The northern river-capital
#7a2430
Geumwa’s timber yard — the roof that sheltered Yuhwa’s egg and hunted the boy it raised.
Phrases
26
진
True Bone
진골
眞骨
·
Silla
Idiom — privileged elite just under the crown
High enough to rule the room — barred, for a while, from the throne.
성
Sacred Bone
성골
聖骨
·
Silla
Idiom — blood so high it needs no petition
The top of the top — privilege that thinks it is weather.
반
Defiant Woman
반항하는 여자
·
Tang
Idiom — equality worn as a face
Look any man in the face and see an equal — conquer worlds with a glance.
낙
Flower Cliffs
낙화암
落花巖
·
Baekje
Idiom — a beautiful mass death
When the court chooses the cliff over the conqueror’s hands.
알
Loved Before Known
알기 전에 사랑하다
·
Gaya
Idiom — loyalty sworn for a life not yet lived
Surrender a kingdom for a grandson you have not met — and mean it.
침
Silence Is Power
침묵이 권력이다
·
Tang
Idiom — the quiet that rules the room
Not submission — the true mark of power in an emperor’s court.
백
The One Hundred and Eight
백팔
·
Silla
Idiom — a rivalry that will not resolve
Tied forever — and neither will let the other stay ahead.
너
You Are Kim Yushin
너는 김유신이다
·
Silla
Idiom — the name that outranks every title
Sword of Silla. Last Prince of Gaya. And still — more than both.
알
Alchun's Counsel
알천의 간언
·
Silla
Idiom — the hard sentence spoken to both walls
Admonish the loyalist and the rebel with the same mouth — and stand in neither camp.
안
Ansi Fortress
안시성
安市城
·
Goguryeo
Idiom — last holdout against an onslaught
The wall that will not open — even when the empire is outside.
비
Bidam's Kite
비담의 연
·
Silla
Idiom — a forged sign from heaven
Claim heaven’s vote with fire on a string — and hope nobody looks up closely.
장
Chang'an Coat
장안의 옷
·
Tang
Idiom — becoming what the empire wants
Wear the capital’s cut — and wonder what still fits when you go home.
부
Chives and Garlic
부추와 마늘
·
Joseon
Idiom — an endurance trial meant to test someone
An arduous wait designed to see who stays — and who leaves on day twenty-one.
대
Daeya Incident
대야의 변
·
Silla
Idiom — a catastrophe that changes everything
The private wound that redraws the map — before and after, nothing is the same.
근
Geunchogo
근초고
近肖古
·
Baekje
Idiom — a golden age everyone is trying to go back to
The reign people chant when the present is not enough.
관
Gwanchang's Second Ride
관창의 재출전
·
Silla
Idiom — going back when you already know you will die
Released once. Rode back. That is the whole virtue — and the whole waste.
계
Gyebek's Five Thousand
계백의 오천
階伯五千
·
Baekje
Idiom — elite squad prepared for death
An elite force that marches knowing it will not return.
화
Harmony Veto
화백의 거부
·
Silla
Idiom — one hand that stops everything
Unanimity or nothing — a single objection freezes a kingdom.
강
Kangrim's Question
강림의 물음
·
Land of the Dead
Idiom — the life-reflection asked at the end
One question at the threshold — then the walk.
임
Never Retreat
임전무퇴
臨戰無退
·
Silla
Idiom — the order that spends lives cleanly
The Five Principles line that turns boys into deadlines.
사
Satek Clan
사택씨
沙宅氏
·
Baekje
Idiom — an influential family near power
Holds the sleeve of the king — and sometimes the arm.
서
Surabol
서라벌
徐羅伐
·
Silla
Idiom — the center of everything in a country
Where the roads decide they have arrived — Mecca, Rome, the capital that is also a gravity.
빈
The Empty Road
빈 길
·
Silla
Idiom — waiting for someone who will not return
The gate where a boy learns the sister is not coming home.
백
White River
백강
白江
·
Baekje
Idiom — where four fleets burn
The naval catastrophe that ends a restoration.
연
Yeon Gesomun Method
연개소문식
·
Goguryeo
Idiom — bulldozing through bureaucracy
Skip the committee. Break the room. Keep the country.
연
Yeon's Banquet
연개소문의 연회
·
Goguryeo
Idiom — the coup that clears the room
Invite the court. End the court. Keep the swords.
Organizations
14
국선
Marshal
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
화랑
Hwarang
낭도
낭도
낭도
낭도
6 화랑 · 24 낭도
The Hwarang
화랑
花郎
·
Silla
The Flowering Knights
Boarding hall and officer factory of Silla’s noblemen — the class you slept in is the class you later vote with.
3:3
hung
✓
대등
✓
상대등
✓
대등
✕
대등
✕
대등
✕
대등
초투표
initial vote
숙고
deliberation
최종 투표
final vote
The Harmony Council
화백회의
和白會議
·
Silla
Silla’s unanimous council of Councillors
Six Councillors (대등) under a High Councillor (상대등) — initial vote, deliberation, final vote.
졸본
five roofs
까마귀
East
우가
West
저가
South
구가
North
마가
Central
오부족 · later the five commanderies
The Five Tribes
오부족
五部族
·
Jolbon
Five animal roofs of Jolbon
The crow and the four ka — horse, cow, pig, dog — the league that votes Jumong king, then becomes Goguryeo’s five commanderies.
영류왕
榮留王
King · last word
중부 · 막리지
中部 莫離支
Central · High Commander
동부 · 까마귀
東部
East · Crow
남부 · 돼지
南部
South · Pig
서부 · 소
西部
West · Cow
북부 · 개
北部
North · Dog
諸加會議 · five commands, the first in the chair, the king outside
The High Summit
제가회의
諸加會議
·
Goguryeo
Goguryeo’s council of Commanders
Commanders (대가) under a High Commander (막리지) — the king keeps the final vote.
왕
王
King
상좌평
上佐平
Prime Minister
달솔
達率
Junior Ministers
좌평
佐平
Senior Ministers
좌평
佐平
Senior Ministers
달솔
達率
Junior Ministers
정사암
政事巖
Rock of Politics
정사암회의 政事巖會議 · The Ministers’ Assembly
The Ministers’ Assembly
정사암회의
政事巖會議
·
Baekje
Baekje’s majority cabinet on Deer Rock
Eight 좌평 four-and-four beside the aisle, eight 달솔 four-and-four on the outer benches — Premier on the aisle, King at the helm.
王
왕
King
성골
Sacred Bone
진골
True Bone
6두품
Head Rank Six
5두품
Head Rank Five
4두품
Head Rank Four
3두품
Head Rank Three
2두품
Head Rank Two
1두품
Head Rank One
평민 · 노비
commoners & slaves
The Bone Rank System
골품제
骨品制
·
Silla
Silla’s hereditary caste order
Birth decides everything — office, house width, and the colour of your robe.
왕
王
King
상좌평
上佐平
Prime Minister
달솔
達率
Junior Ministers
좌평
佐平
Senior Ministers
좌평
佐平
Senior Ministers
달솔
達率
Junior Ministers
사택 Satek
진모 Jinmo
해 Hae
백 Baek
연비 Yunbi
목리 Mokli
안 Ahn
국 Guk
정사암
政事巖
Rock of Politics
정사암회의 政事巖會議 · The Ministers’ Assembly · 대성팔족 under the senior seats
The Eight Great Clans
대성팔족
大姓八族
·
Baekje
The noble houses of Baekje
Eight families who own the king by owning his sons’ mothers.
왕
King
중시
Premier
Never Enough · 결코 충분하지 않다
집사부
Secretariat
병부
War
창부
Granary
예부
Rites
좌사부
Left Sec.
우사부
Right Sec.
형부
Justice
공부
Works
시부
Markets
화부
Treasury
공주부
Granary II
내관부
Inner
외관부
Outer
태학부
Academy
14 ministries · Tang’s six was never enough
The Royal Secretariat
집사부
執事部
·
Silla
Chunchu’s instrument of direct rule
Never Enough — Tang’s three departments and six ministries, copied and exceeded: fourteen Silla ministries under one 중시.
황제
皇帝
Emperor
중서성
中書省
Legislative
문하성
門下省
Examination
상서성
尚書省
Executive
상서육부
尚書六部 · Six Ministries
이
吏
Personnel
호
戶
Revenue
예
禮
Rites
병
兵
War
형
刑
Justice
공
工
Works
legislative · examination · executive
기안 · 심사 · 집행 — 하나의 기계
The Tang Court
당 조정
唐朝廷
·
Tang
Chang’an’s departments and throne
Emperor above Zhongshu legislative, Menxia examination, Shangshu executive.
환인
Creator
대별왕
Big Star
소별왕
Little Star
할락궁이
Hallakgungi
염라
Yumla
강림
Kangrim
해원맥
Haewonmek
이비가
Ibiga
해모수
Haemosu
삼신녀
Samsin
삼계 · Three Realms under Hwanin
The Three Realms
삼계
·
—
Cosmology — three courts beneath Hwanin’s heaven
Three Realms under the Creator: 이승, 저승, 서천꽃밭 — Heaven is above, not a peer.
왕
King
장군
General
장군
General
장군
General
장군
General
백제부흥군 · Restoration Army
Baekje Restoration Army
백제부흥군
百濟復興軍
·
Baekje
The army that tried to un-fall Baekje
Pungjang’s banner over Juryu — five founding captains: Boksin, Dochim, Sangji, Sangya, and the crown Pung fetched from Yamato.
황제
皇帝
Emperor
중서성
中書省
Legislative
문하성
門下省
Examination
상서성
尚書省
Executive
상서육부
尚書六部 · Six Ministries
이
吏
Personnel
호
戶
Revenue
예
禮
Rites
병
兵
War
형
刑
Justice
공
工
Works
legislative · examination · executive
기안 · 심사 · 집행 — 하나의 기계
Tang Eastern Expedition
당 동정군
唐東征軍
·
Tang
Expeditionary command against Samhan
Su Dingfang’s river fleet, Xue’s white coat, and the road that ends at Maeso.
Hyukgosé
King · egg-born · installed by the six
Alpyung
알천 양산촌 · 급량부 · Surabol Lee
Sobuldori
돌산 고허촌 · 사량부 · Surabol Choi
Jibekho
취산 진지촌 · 본피부 · Surabol Jeong
Gurema
무산 대수촌 · 점량부 · Surabol Son
Jita
금산 가리촌 · 한기부 · Surabol Bae
Hojin
명활산 고야촌 · 습비부 · Surabol Seol
The Founding Six Elders
신라 육촌 시조
新羅六村始祖
·
Silla
The six village chiefs who raised the egg-born king
Alpyung, Sobuldori, Jibekho, Gurema, Jita, Hojin — six hearths, one crown.
Hyukgosé
Founding king · egg-born · Sacred exception
Lady Alyoung
Founding queen · dragon-born · Sacred exception
King Jinheung
성골 · Sacred Bone · conqueror
King Jinji
성골 · Sacred Bone · deposed
Kim Yongsu
진골 · True Bone · Jinji’s son
King Jinpyung
성골 · Sacred Bone · 53-year reign
Queen Sunduk
성골 · Sacred Bone · queen
Queen Jinduk
성골 · Sacred Bone · queen
Princess Chunmyung
성골 · Sacred Bone · Chunchu’s mother
King Muyeol
진골 · True Bone · first True Bone king
Munhee
진골 · True Bone · queen consort
Gotaso
진골 · True Bone · Chunchu’s daughter
King Munmu
진골 · True Bone · King of Samhan
The Silla Royal Family
신라 왕실
新羅王室
·
Silla
Sacred Bone crowns and True Bone heirs of Surabol
Egg-and-dragon founders, exhausted Sacred Bone queens, and the True Bone line that finished Samhan.
Groups
17
제3황제
Third Emperor
백호
White Tiger
방효태
Pang Xiaotai
주작
Red Fowl
소정방
Su Dingfang
청룡
Blue Dragon
이세적
Li Shiji
현무
Black Tortoise
유인궤
Liu Rengui
백호 2세
Xue Rengui
also Four Dragons
after Snake River
사신 · Four Beasts · 661 · White Tiger fallen 662 · Xue succeeds
Blue Dragon Li Shiji is the only man on both rosters from the start
The Four Beasts
사신
四神
·
Tang
The Third Emperor’s beast generals
White Tiger, Red Fowl, Blue Dragon, Black Tortoise — Gaozong’s inherited war machine.
왕
King
장군
General
장군
General
장군
General
장군
General
백제부흥군 · Restoration Army
BRA Founding Captains
부흥군 오장
復興軍五將
·
Baekje
The five who raised the restoration banner
Boksin, Dochim, Sangji, Sangya — and Pungjang’s crown fetched from Yamato.
The Defectors
귀순자들
·
—
The ones who crossed over and stayed
They laid down their arms, took the other country’s rank, and lived out their lives inside it.
영류왕
榮留王
King · last word
중부 · 막리지
中部 莫離支
Central · High Commander
동부 · 까마귀
東部
East · Crow
남부 · 돼지
南部
South · Pig
서부 · 소
西部
West · Cow
북부 · 개
北部
North · Dog
諸加會議 · five commands, the first in the chair, the king outside
The Five Commanders of Goguryeo
고려오대가
·
Goguryeo
Four directional 대가 and the High Commander
Four directional 대가 and the High Commander — the Five Tribes under later names.
The Five Princes of Baekje
백제오자
·
Baekje
Euija’s five important sons
Yung, Tae, Hyo, Yun, Pung — five princes of fifty-odd, and the feud that finished a kingdom.
서토 황제
Second Emperor
백룡
White
계필하력
Qibi Heli
적룡
Red
아사나사이
Ashina She’er
청룡
Blue
이세적
Li Shiji
흑룡
Black
장손무기
Zhangsun Wuji
also Four Beasts
사룡 · Four Dragons · 645 · Blue Dragon Li Shiji alone survives into the beasts
Two Turks, a marshal, and the empress’s brother — the Heavenly Qaghan’s banners
The Four Dragons
사룡
四龍
·
Tang
The Second Emperor’s dragon generals
White, Red, Blue, and Black Dragons — Taizong’s named blades for the Liao roads.
이
The Four Realms
사계
四界
·
—
하늘나라, 이승, 저승, 서천꽃밭
The cosmological courts: Heaven above; Living World, Underworld, and Western Flower Field below.
The Grim Reapers
저승사자
·
Land of the Dead
The fetch-officers of the dead
Kangrim and Haewonmek — the two reapers who walk the living world to collect its dead.
The Life Gods
이승삼신
·
—
Little Star’s retinue in the land of the living
Haemosu, Ibiga, Samsin — sun, sky, and life: the three gods who tend 이승.
The Three Cavern Goddesses
삼성여신
·
Silla
Sisters of the steam cavern
Narim, Golhwa, and Hyullé — three goddesses of the cavern lake who keep only Kims.
The Three Eternal Hwarang
화랑삼웅
·
Silla
The flower knights the age remembers
Yushin, Alchun, and Bidam — Class 51 (오십일기), the three Hwarang whose names outlast the order itself.
The Three Founders
삼대시조
·
—
Founders of the Three Kingdoms
Hyukgosé, Jumong, Onjo — the three founders of Silla, Goguryeo, and Baekje.
The Three Gaya Kims
가야삼김
·
Gaya
Three generations from surrender to sword
Muryuk, Seohyun, Yushin — grandfather, father, son: the Gaya line that became Silla’s blade.
The Three Great Women
삼대성녀
·
—
The founding mothers of the kingdoms
Alyoung, Sosuno, Heo — the three women at the root of Silla, Baekje, and Gaya.
The Three Realm Gods
삼계제신
·
—
Class I — one court each of the Three Realms
Hallakgungi, Big Star, Little Star — the three Class I gods who keep 서천꽃밭, 저승, and 이승.
The Three Sacred Bones
성골삼녀
·
Silla
The last women of the Sacred Bone
Dukman, Seungman, Chunmyung — the three Sacred Bone women who closed the holy line.
The Traitors
배신자들
·
—
The men who opened the door from inside
Every kingdom in this chronicle fell, or nearly fell, through a door someone inside unlocked.
Clans
20
Surabol Kim
경주 김씨
徐羅伐 金氏
·
Silla
Royal Kim line of Surabol (Alji)
Buyeo
부여
扶餘
·
Baekje
Royal house of Baekje
Yeon
연씨
淵氏
·
Goguryeo
Clan of Yeon Tabal → Gesomun
Satek
사택
沙宅
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Gaya Kim
김해 김씨 · 금관 김씨
加耶 金氏
·
Gaya
Kim line from Golden Gaya (Suro)
Go
횡성 고씨 · 橫城 高氏
高氏
·
Goguryeo
Royal Go house of Goguryeo
Surabol Son
경주 손씨
徐羅伐 孫氏
·
Silla
Son line of Musan · Jeomnyang-bu
Yunbi
연비
燕比
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Jinmo
진모
眞牟
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Surabol Choi
경주 최씨
徐羅伐 崔氏
·
Silla
Choi line of Dolsan · Saryang-bu
Hae
해
解
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Mokli
목리
木刕
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Gwishil
귀실
鬼室
·
Baekje
House of Gwishil Boksin
Surabol Bae
경주 배씨
徐羅伐 裴氏
·
Silla
Bae line of Geumsan · Hangi-bu
Surabol Jeong
경주 정씨
徐羅伐 鄭氏
·
Silla
Jeong line of Chuisan · Bonpi-bu
Surabol Lee
경주 이씨
徐羅伐 李氏
·
Silla
Lee line of Alcheon · Geupnyang-bu
Surabol Seol
경주 설씨
徐羅伐 薛氏
·
Silla
Seol line of Myeonghwalsan · Seupbi-bu
백
Baek
백
苩
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
국
Guk
국
國
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
안
Ahn
안
安
·
Baekje
One of the Eight Great Clans
Concepts
7
격
Gyuku
격구
擊毬
·
Silla
The horse-ball ranking
Jangsi, mogu, gumun — Surabol’s scoreboard with horses.
오
The Crow Blades
오도
烏刀
·
Goguryeo
Four cardinal blades and the High Commander Blade
A set of named Goguryeo swords — never one weapon.
세
The Five Principles
세속오계
世俗五戒
·
Silla
The Hwarang code
Loyalty, filial duty, faith between friends, no retreat, and mercy in killing.
나
The Silla–Tang Alliance
나당연합
羅唐同盟
·
—
The bargain that unified Samhan
The alliance that destroyed two kingdoms, then had to be destroyed itself.
설
Fairy Tales
설화
說話
·
—
Origin myths told as wonder-tales
Eggs, bears, aprons of earth — the chronicle’s Disney register, before the war rooms.
연
Romance
연애담
·
—
The chronicle’s love stories
Rain on ledgers, steam on stone, a tide table kept by two — K-drama without the helplessness.
고
The Great Heroes of Goguryeo
고구려 영웅
·
Goguryeo
The defenders in the Hall of Heroes
The short list of men who stopped an empire at the Liao.
Swords
15
Death blade
저승검
·
Land of the Dead
Ring-pommel blade
Black iron death blade — ring pommel cold as red-book ink; drawn only as far as a cord needs.
Death blade
저승검
·
Land of the Dead
Ring-pommel blade
Black iron death blade — ring pommel cold as last words; drawn only as far as a cord needs.
Eastern Crow Blade
동방 오도
東方烏刀
·
Goguryeo
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel Eastern Crow Blade — three-legged crow on the stamp; the march sword of the Eastern Commander.
Fish sword
어검
·
Silla
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel fish sword — Gaya fish on the pommel, Silla blue in the fuller.
Heavenly-horse sword
천마검
·
Silla
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel heavenly-horse sword — white horse rearing on the pommel, old-hall steel.
High Commander Blade
막리지검
莫離支劍
·
Goguryeo
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel High Commander Blade — haetae carved beneath the crow stamp; the 막리지검 of the Summit’s first chair.
Imugi court sword
이무기검
·
Silla
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel court sword — imugi coiled on the grip; drawn rarely, remembered always.
Northern Crow Blade
북방 오도
北方烏刀
·
Goguryeo
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel Northern Crow Blade — Mohe-frost nicks in the edge; 북방 오도 of the northern 대가.
Phoenix blade
봉검
·
Baekje
Ring-pommel blade
Single-edged phoenix blade — straight, held backwards along the forearm, phoenix on the ring pommel; one side only, as he is.
Posting ring
유배환두
·
Baekje
Ring-pommel blade
Baekje court 환두대도 — hollow ring worn smooth on a posting road.
Sea-dragon sword
해룡검
海龍劍
·
Silla
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel sea-dragon sword — forged for a king who asked to become a dragon in the strait.
Southern Crow Blade
남방 오도
南方烏刀
·
Goguryeo
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel Southern Crow Blade — grip worn smooth against Yushin’s passes; 남방 오도 of the southern 대가.
Tide-table ring
물때환두
·
Baekje
Ring-pommel blade
Baekje court 환두대도 — hollow ring that hangs on a prison post after the belt is taken.
Western Crow Blade
서방 오도
西方烏刀
·
Goguryeo
Ring-pommel blade
Ring-pommel Western Crow Blade — Liao timber-oil in the scabbard; 서방 오도 of the western 대가.
방
Fangtian ji
방천화극
方天畫戟
·
Tang
Ring-pommel blade
No ring pommel at all — the fangtian ji, the storytellers’ heaven-halberd; the white coat is his crest.
Instruments
7
Bipa
비파
琵琶
·
Tang
Pear-bodied lute
The Tang court’s lute; Silla built its own five-string cousin and counted it among the three strings.
Daegeum
대금
大笒
·
Silla
Great bamboo flute of Silla
The largest of Silla’s three bamboos — and, in the legend, the flute that calms ten thousand waves.
Gayageum
가야금
伽倻琴
·
Gaya
Twelve-string zither of Gaya
Gaya’s twelve strings, one for each month — the country did not outlast its instrument.
Geomungo
거문고
玄琴
·
Goguryeo
Six-string black crane zither of Goguryeo
Built from a Chinese qin nobody could play, and named for the black crane that came to dance.
Gonghu
공후
箜篌
·
Baekje
Dragon-headed harp of Baekje
The harp Yamato called the Baekje zither — and the one instrument Euija is quiet for.
Haegeum
해금
奚琴
·
—
Two-string fiddle
The fiddle that has not reached the peninsula yet — in this chronicle, only the soundtrack plays it.
Wolgeum
월금
月琴
·
Goguryeo
Round moon lute
A full moon on a stick — painted on the walls of Goguryeo tombs and played in the dark of Silla halls.
Relationships
81
강
Kangrim & Haewonmek
강림 · 해원맥
·
Land of the Dead
The two reapers
One office in the street — two names who argue at every door.
Bupmin & Jahee
법민 · 자희
·
Silla
Harbour ledgers, rain, a queen
She corrected his sums. He kept her tide. The series’ most successful romance.
Chunchu & Euija
춘추 · 의자
·
Silla
Revenge
One private injury; eighteen years; a king made to pour wine.
Chunchu & Gotaso
춘추 · 고타소
·
Silla
Girl Dad
He made Pumsuk swear; he spent eighteen years collecting the debt.
Chunchu & Munhee
춘추 · 문희
·
Silla
Yearning
She bought a drowned capital and sewed her way into a dynasty.
Chunchu & Yushin
춘추 · 유신
·
Silla
Eternal Friends
Politics and the sword — one house, two careers.
Euija & Gyebek
의자 · 계백
·
Baekje
Loyalty
He gave a commoner a name — and ten thousand men at Yellow Mountain.
Gotaso & Pumsuk
고타소 · 품석
·
Silla
First Love
She named their children before he proposed. Then the fortress.
Ibiga & the Lady of the Right View
이비가 · 정견모주
·
Gaya
Heaven on the ridge
Sky came down to touch the mountain — and stayed until morning.
Jumong & Sosuno
주몽 · 소서노
·
Goguryeo
Tsundere Royals
She priced the marriage; he could not count grain for looking at her.
King Mu & Euija
무왕 · 의자
·
Baekje
Learn their names anyway
The old king says the clan names first. His son would rather not learn them.
Pumsuk & Maehwa
품석 · 매화
·
Silla
The feast that burns three kingdoms
A capital boy meets a woman who already knows what he wants.
Seohyun & Yushin
서현 · 유신
·
Silla
Your helmet’s crooked
A Gaya father who proved belonging by service, and a son who wanted him to say so.
Sunduk & Bidam
선덕 · 비담
·
Silla
The rebellion of the star
He read an omen against a queen; Yushin read it back.
Sunduk & Chunmyung
선덕 · 천명
·
Silla
The sister who chose love
One took the throne; one took Chunchu’s father.
Suro & Queen Heo
수로 · 허황옥
·
Gaya
The red-sailed ship
He walked down himself — and could barely keep his hands away.
Taizong & Gaozong
태종 · 고종
·
Tang
Big Shoes to Fill
One fails at Ansi; one finishes Baekje and Goguryeo.
Taizong & Xue Rengui
태종 · 설인귀
·
Tang
Loyal Warrior
“I am less happy about gaining Liaodong than about gaining you.”
Xue Rengui & Lady Liu
설인귀 · 유씨
·
Tang
Farmer’s Wife
Talent needs its hour. She named the hour.
Yeon & Bojang
연개소문 · 보장
·
Goguryeo
Puppet crown, real sword
He seats a king so the Summit will still have a smile to finalise.
Yeon & Chunchu
연개소문 · 춘추
·
Goguryeo
Prisoner and host
He locked Chunchu up — then let him go to Tang.
Yushin & Bidam
유신 · 비담
·
Silla
Eternal Rivals
Tied forever in the yard — until Radiance makes the count blood.
Yushin & Gyebek
유신 · 계백
·
Baekje
Top 2
Fifty thousand against five thousand — four assaults, one afternoon.
Yushin & Sunduk
유신 · 선덕
·
Silla
Forbidden Lovers
He would have burned the country for her. She stops him herself.
대
Big Star & Little Star
대별왕 · 소별왕
·
Tamla
Twin division of the worlds
Father retired; one cheated for the living world; one kept the orderly dark.
대
Big Star & Yumla
대별왕 · 염라
·
Land of the Dead
Ruler and judge
Big Star keeps 저승; Yumla keeps the sentence.
법
Bupmin & Gotaso
법민 · 고타소
·
Silla
Not racing — following
She shouted faster. He insisted he wasn’t racing.
춘
Chunchu & Bupmin
춘추 · 법민
·
Silla
Father and the stolen sentence
“A king for all” — the boy took the words; the father cleared the road.
춘
Chunchu & On Gunhae
춘추 · 온군해
·
Silla
The coat and the small boat
One sat in the high cap. One went home.
천
Chunmyung & Chunchu
천명 · 춘추
·
Silla
Still bigger than you in this hall
She gave up a crown for his father and never mentioned it. She mentions very little.
적
Elder Satek & Elder Yunbi
적덕 · 문진
·
Baekje
Sleeve versus arm
Four generations — harbours, writs, and lantern-festival dead.
의
Euija & Hyo
의자 · 효
·
Baekje
Father and the replacement crown
Eungo’s son — chosen because he was not Satek’s.
의
Euija & Prince Yun
의자 · 부여연
·
Baekje
Father and the Hae fourth
Prince Yun / Buyeo Yun — not Yeon Gesomun, not Yung, not Yunbi.
의
Euija & Pung
의자 · 풍
·
Baekje
Father and the restoration prince
Fifth of the five — Mokli berth, then Yamato, then a crown of leftovers.
의
Euija & Queen Eungo
의자 · 웅고
·
Baekje
King and the mother of Hyo
She names the fear he already has — Yung belongs to Satek.
의
Euija & Queen Satek
의자 · 사택왕후
·
Baekje
Mother of the Eraha
Satek blood on the throne — and on the veto that made him.
의
Euija & Tae
의자 · 태
·
Baekje
Father and the Jinmo second
Second son, second house — counted, rarely crowned.
의
Euija & the Court Maids
의자 · 궁녀
·
Baekje
Two, then hundreds, then the cliffs
They never stop suggesting. By the end he stops refusing.
의
Euija & Yung
의자 · 융
·
Baekje
Father and the demoted eldest
Satek made him inevitable; Euija made him former.
개
Gesomun & Jungto
개소문 · 정토
·
Goguryeo
The strict brother and the soft
One house, two roofs — the drill hall and the supper hall.
개
Gesomun & Sooyoung
개소문 · 수영
·
Goguryeo
The Supreme Commander’s sister
He fed the heir rules; she fed the younger two supper.
고
Go & Bu
고 · 부
·
Tamla
Princes of the hollow
Third and first of the surname lines — same breath from the well.
고
Go & Yang
고 · 양
·
Tamla
Princes of the hollow
Two of three who rose from Samseonghyeol — not from an egg.
하
Habek & Yuhwa
하백 · 유화
·
Goguryeo
River father, exiled daughter
He rules the Amnok; she pays for loving the sun.
해
Haemosu & Habek
해모수 · 하백
·
Goguryeo
Sun and river court
One stops the chariot; one casts out a daughter.
해
Haemosu & Haewonmek
해모수 · 해원맥
·
—
Same 해, split roads
One 해 drives the sun’s chariot; the younger took the night-road.
해
Haemosu & Yuhwa
해모수 · 유화
·
Goguryeo
Heaven stops the chariot
She bathed naked in the Ubal; he came down the same afternoon — and came again for her soul.
할
Hallakgungi & Jacheongbi
할락궁이 · 자청비
·
Tamla
Flower warden and the girl who walked west
She borrowed resurrection — and later, ruin.
천
Heaven–Earth King & the Lady of Wisdom
천지왕 · 총명부인
·
Tamla
Retired prior and the mother of the twins
He kept both ledgers; she kept the house that later split.
흥
Heungsu & Gyebek
흥수 · 계백
·
Baekje
The posting and the name
Hold the river, or there will be no Sabi left to be loyal to.
환
Hwanin & Hwanung
환인 · 환웅
·
Joseon
Heaven sends a son
Lord of Heaven commissions; Son of Heaven descends.
환
Hwanung & Dangun
환웅 · 단군
·
Joseon
Son of Heaven and Grandson of Heaven
The mandate descends one generation, then stays to found a capital.
환
Hwanung & Ungnyeo
환웅 · 웅녀
·
Joseon
Garlic, mugwort, and the sacred tree
She stood on his path. He lost the seal under her head.
자
Jacheongbi & Mun Doryeong
자청비 · 문도령
·
Tamla
Three years at the same desk
She cut her hair to study beside him — then made him look.
주
Jumong & Yuhwa
주몽 · 유화
·
Goguryeo
Mother and the egg
Cast out for loving the sun; she raises the archer who founds a kingdom.
주
Jumong & Yuri
주몽 · 유리
·
Goguryeo
First wife’s son
The heir from Buyeo who costs Sosuno a kingdom.
정
Jungto & Sooyoung
정토 · 수영
·
Goguryeo
The softer Yeon roof
Brother and sister who raised Yeon Namgun and Yeon Namsan — not the heir.
한
Lady Yunbi & the Sateks
한아 · 사택
·
Baekje
Wharf feud, personal volume
She keeps score; he climbs walls; both call it house honour.
문
Munhee & Bohee
문희 · 보희
·
Silla
Sisters and a drowned capital
One dream, one silk skirt, one dynasty.
온
Onjo & Sosuno
온조 · 소서노
·
Baekje
Mother of Baekje
She walked south when Goguryeo chose another heir.
서
Seohyun & Manmyung
서현 · 만명
·
Silla
Scandal
A king’s niece picked the Gaya boy off the road. Her father picked a lock.
성
Seongchung & Heungsu
성충 · 흥수
·
Baekje
The same ground twice
One wrote Tanhyeon and Final Ford. The other said: same as Seongchung.
선
Seonpum & Jahee
선품 · 자희
·
Silla
Harbour father, tide daughter
Ocean Trade raises the girl who corrects a prince’s sums.
숙
Sukwon & Bidam
숙원 · 비담
·
Silla
The higher teaching
An old-hall father who sent his son to the yard with one question and a tight headband.
선
Sunduk & Chunchu
선덕 · 춘추
·
Silla
The aunt he asks first
He brings her the plan. She comes down the steps to hear it.
선
Sunduk & Jinduk
선덕 · 진덕
·
Silla
Two queens, one house
Sister crowns; one dies in the crisis, one finishes the sentence.
수
Suro & Ijinasi
수로 · 이진아시
·
Gaya
Two eggs, two valleys
Brothers from the ridge night — Golden Gaya and Great Gaya.
태
Tae & Hyo
태 · 효
·
Baekje
Skipped second and sudden third
The mark jumped the aisle — one brother watched, one wore it.
태
Tae & Prince Yun
태 · 부여연
·
Baekje
Second and fourth
Jinmo ledger and Hae salt — Prince Yun is Buyeo Yun, not Yeon Gesomun.
양
Yang & Bu
양 · 부
·
Tamla
Princes of the hollow
Well-brothers who learned farming from a drifting box.
연
Yeon & Gulgul
연개소문 · 걸걸
·
Goguryeo
The Mohe boy from the snow
Rescued young; raised in Pyongyang; sent north.
연
Yeon & Namseng
연개소문 · 남생
·
Goguryeo
Eldest of the three
Heir to the High Commander Blade — and to a house that eats its own.
연
Yeon & the Guardian of Ansi
연개소문 · 안시성주
·
Goguryeo
Supreme Commander and Ansi’s wall
One remakes the court; one proves the wall still works.
연
Yeon & Yeongnyu
연개소문 · 영류
·
Goguryeo
Banquet and the emptied summit
The king kept the final vote; the nephew took the blades.
연
Yeon Namseng & Yeon Namgun
연남생 · 연남건
·
Goguryeo
Brothers after the blades
One opens the gate to Tang; one stays to lose the city.
용
Yongsu & Chunchu
용수 · 춘추
·
Silla
The night bridge
A strange, brilliant father who talked to the dark, and the son who carried the lamp.
염
Yumla & Kangrim
염라 · 강림
·
Land of the Dead
Judge and reaper
Heaven sent an arrest; the court kept a messenger.
융
Yung & Hyo
융 · 효
·
Baekje
Crown-prince swap
Eldest stripped; younger crowned — brothers become factions.
융
Yung & Pung
융 · 풍
·
Baekje
Opposite banks at Baekgang
One kneels into Tang’s ledger; one sails a restoration into fire.
유
Yushin & Bupmin
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Marshal and flower youth
Uncle by marriage; head of the Hwarang by oath.
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Yushin & Munhee
유신 · 문희
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Silla
Brother and the dream-buyer
He gives the marshal’s house a queen’s sister-in-law.
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