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Soon Kim was a Paladin member of the Order of the Scribble, a group dedicated to sealing the rifts created in the Snarl's prison.

Biography

Start of Darkness

66 years before the the Order of the Stick entered the Dungeon of Dorukan, he and his wife Mijung investigated a strange planar rift in the Elven Lands while on a diplomatic mission. Mijung was killed by the Snarl. Because of the Snarl's divine nature, her soul was destroyed, making resurrection or afterlife impossible. Soon met up with Lirian the Elf Druid and the two resolved to investigate the rifts.

Soon and Lirian were joined by Serini Toormuck, Girard Draketooth, Kraagor and finally Dorukan. The party discovered five rifts throughout the planet, and deduced their divine nature. Dorukan and Lirian built gates to keep the rifts permanently sealed, becoming romantically involved as they did.

While the Order of the Scribble sealed the last gate thus succeeding in their quest, the death of Kraagor brought the group's emotions to a boiling point, leading to Girard and Soon becoming increasingly unable to work together, with Girard, who already seems to have disliked the paladin due to his own distrust of authority figures, blaming Soon for Kraagor's death. The party broke up and Serini formed the plan that each of them would guard one of the gates without any interference from the others.

After the Order disbanded Soon Kim chose the rift in the south to guard. This was the smallest of the 5 rifts; so small Soon and The Sapphire Guard were capable of using a single gemstone to seal it. The castle of the lord of the city was built to protect the gate, with the castle's throne being built around the gem. Due to his paladin honor, he upheld the oath he swore and refused to speak to Serini Toormuck when she came to ask for help with her own gate. As he grew old, he passed on leadership of the Guard and the city which grew around the castle to Ronjo. Soon died shortly afterwards in his late fifties^[1], and remained there as a deathless oathspirit to guard his Gate.

War and XPs

The Battle of Azure City

“	Arise my children. Only the honor of a paladin is unbreakable— —even by death itself. Ghost-martyrs of the Sapphire Guard—ATTACK!	”
	— Soon Kim

During the Battle of Azure City, Soon's spirit returned with an army of dead paladins to fight against Xykon who broke in the throne room.^[2] Soon was on the verge of killing both Xykon and Redcloak, but right then, Miko entered and destroyed the Gate, not knowing that the battle was over. This resulted in a devastating explosion that destroyed not only the throne room, but the entire castle. Since the Gate was no more, Soon's spirit lost its anchor and went to the afterlife. He both comforted Miko and was honest with her as she died.^[3]

Powers and Abilities

• Paladin Abilities: Having been a Paladin for most of his life and the founder of the Sapphire Guard, Soon Kim was a very powerful Paladin by the time of his death. He had achieved "low epic" levels.^[4]
  • Smite Evil: As a Paladin, Soon Kim was entitled to the Smite Evil power. As a high-level paladin, his own smite was much more powerful than normal, and it was used to devastating effect during the Battle of Azure City against Xykon and Redcloak, the oathspirit being the one who came the closest to defeating them before the interference of Miko Miyazaki.
  • Aura of Courage: As a Paladin, Soon Kim was immune to fear, even when he was facing down the Snarl itself through one of the rifts.
• Flight: As an oathspirit, he was capable of flying on his own power during the Battle of Azure City.

Weapons and Equipment

• Enchanted Armor
• Katana

References

Gallery

Sapphire Guard
Soon Kim • Lord Shojo • Hinjo • Miko Miyazaki • O-Chul • Lien • Ho Thanh • Ronjo • Jiaya • Yunji • Argent • Windstriker • Razor

The Order of the Scribble
Soon Kim • Lirian • Serini Toormuck • Kraagor • Girard Draketooth • Dorukan

Appearances
196, 275, 276, 277, 449, 459, 461, 462, 464, 1290