Madam Lin is a powerful woman. Although her family was poor, she worked her way up through her profession (prostitution), determined to lift herself and her family out of poverty. Along the way, she found that she had a skill for encouraging people to share their secrets; a talent which also helped her meteoric rise through the ranks to become a famous courtesan and then, Madam, with high-class flower girl houses in each of the major treaty ports, as well as the capital, Peking.
Description: slightly taller than the average Chinese woman, with a good figure for a lady of her age. Her dark hair is elaborately styled, and she dresses in traditional clothing. She always wears a jade brooch of a swallow (a play on the literal translation of her name “swallow jade”).
Traits: cunning, intelligent, determined.
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