Han Mingxuan

Biodata

Power Progression

Han’s development consists of unlocking his “cheat” and learning new applications rather than advancing through named realms.

Background / History

Arrival on Nostramo

Han was a schoolteacher before being taken from Earth into the Warhammer world. The Emperor was responsible for bringing him there, provoking the Will of Earth’s anger. She forbade genetic alteration of Han and established a blue barrier in the Warp that destroyed attempts to investigate his intentions 12 27.

He awoke on Nostramo in the 30K era with knowledge of his new surroundings. Terrified of the fate awaiting souls in that universe, he attempted suicide in a toxic mining pit even after recognizing the infant Eighth Primarch’s nearby incubation pod. The Will of Earth intervened, and he subsequently awoke in the miners’ dormitory with Curze beside him 1.

Raising Konrad Curze

Han raised Curze as his son, teaching him Chinese, which he called the Old Terra Language of the 2K era. He wrote fairy tales on salvaged materials and used literacy lessons to introduce wisdom, courage, moral responsibility, and the practical use of knowledge 1.

Curze’s destructive visions remained a persistent concern. Han taught him to observe frightening thoughts without following them, comparing an unengaged thought to a thief finding nothing to steal in an empty house 2.

When Curze began attacking Mining Hive Three’s administrators, Han endured questioning by the Adeptus Mechanicus and continued waiting for his return. At their reunion, he gave Curze a handmade copy of The Art of War, expressed confidence in him, and declined to accompany him immediately 4.

Reforming Quintus Hive City

After Curze established himself in Quintus, Han directed him toward internal administration and investigated the city’s accounts. His first confrontation with corrupt nobles was exceptionally violent: he ordered executions for screaming and vomiting, ultimately having roughly a third of those present beheaded. Shen’s willingness to object drew his attention and earned the young man a place among those who called him uncle 7.

Han subsequently rejected the nobles’ demand to govern through Imperial law. Over three months, he recited historical Chinese legal works—including the Classic of Law, Han Feizi, the Book of Lord Shang, and successive imperial codes—while Curze adapted and improved their provisions for Nostramo 14 15.

At the confrontation over the resulting Evernight Code, Han insisted that legal protections could not be separated from responsibilities. He forced the nobles to surrender their privileges, threatened lethal force against resistance, and ultimately spared their lives while imposing 95-percent fines and taxes 20 22.

Building a Family Around the Legion

Han treated Curze’s closest companions as family rather than merely his son’s subordinates. He cooked for Curze, Sevatar, Shen, Talos, Cyrion, and Agrid, then corrected their excessive formality by explaining that his invitation to call him uncle was sincere 9.

Concerned that Curze might relapse into madness after his own death, Han cultivated Sevatar and Shen as future sources of guidance. He helped Sevatar reconcile compassion with the need for law, but deliberately allowed him to reach his own conclusions 12 13.

He also answered the anguished letter signed “Lemur Solus,” later confirmed to have been written by the Night Haunter. Han accepted this older Curze from a parallel world as another son, rejected his claim to be inhuman, and asked him to help guide the younger Curze 17 18 40.

Recovering the Brush and Meeting Trazyn

An Underhive disturbance brought Han to Mills Tarry and the Thunder Warrior captain Kamon. Kamon returned the brush that had calmed his brothers’ madness and eventually written Han’s name. Han offered the warriors peaceful rest and brought fifty of them into the Upper Hive before withdrawing to study his now-complete cheat 25 26.

Trazyn the Infinite later attempted to collect Han and Nostramo. The brush disrupted the encounter, striking Trazyn and subsequently pinning him to the floor. During this crisis, the Will of Earth explained that Han’s soul projection was buried beneath the Warp: he would have to uncover it himself before she could take him home 34.

Han’s offer to restore Necron souls initially enraged Trazyn. Facing death, he demonstrated his ability by producing a soul seed. Trazyn experienced genuine feeling, apologized, and left Han protective gifts. Their later cooperation restored Trazyn to a living body and developed into a friendship 35 36 41 44.

Securing a New Home

Han challenged Curze and the Night Haunter after discovering that they had concealed plans to relocate Nostramo’s population using its moon, Tenebor. His anger centered on their secrecy and renewed identification as demigods rather than people. He promised to find another solution 39 40.

Rejecting travel through the Warp, Han turned to Trazyn. He supplied an Earth-inspired design for a habitable system, which Trazyn’s Crypteks completed within two weeks. Han named it the Peaceful Star System and received its master control device. He also asked Trazyn to destroy or collect the sector if it ever became a hellscape 41 46 47.

As the Emperor approached, Han completed more than a year’s work on five thousand enchanted equipment sets for the Legion’s original members. He instructed them to receive the Emperor respectfully, but standing rather than kneeling 50.

Appearance

• Youthful appearance: Quintus’s nobles are startled by how young Curze’s father looks; Curze likewise rejects Han’s description of himself as an “old bag of bones” 7 15.
• Early clothing: Wears a miner’s uniform while teaching Curze near the mining barracks 1.
• Formal dress: Dresses formally alongside Curze for their meeting with the nobles over Quintus’s government 20.

Personality

Han regards teaching as a profession requiring conscience. His priorities are raising people who can think and act responsibly, not simply producing powerful followers. He praises Curze’s personal growth rather than his conquests and gives his students room to work through difficult moral questions themselves 9 12 13 42.

His warmth coexists with intimidation, corporal punishment, and calculated brutality. He offers family dinners, reassurance, and second chances, yet also uses exemplary executions and threats to break noble resistance. His insistence on equality does not prevent him from treating violence as the practical foundation of political power on Nostramo 7 9 18 22 39.

He is deeply wary of the Warp and initially longs for safety or a return to Earth. Recovering his brush changes his willingness to intervene: instead of retiring after Nostramo joins the Imperium, he decides to make active use of his abilities 14 27 28 34.

Abilities & Skills

Teaching and Moral Guidance

Han combines literacy, stories, questioning, and personal example to educate Curze and the Legion’s members 1 6 12.

• Teaches reading and writing even to former gang members such as Sevatar 6.
• Uses benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness as moral standards 13.
• Helps Curze manage prophetic distress through observation without mental engagement 2.
• Encourages Sevatar to distinguish compassion from indiscriminate leniency and to recognize the need for education, reform, and punishment 12 13.
• Signs five thousand copies of the Evernight Code and personally answers legionnaires’ messages 16.

Knowledge Repository and Memory

The book in Han’s mind acts as a repository of knowledge and strengthens his memory 15 16 26.

• Can retain practically everything after reading it once 15.
• Recalls extensive legal texts for Curze to adapt to Nostramo 15.
• Remembers the names attached to all five thousand books he signs 16.

Soul Creation and Restoration

Han can use his soul power and brush to provide the beginnings of a new soul 35 36.

• Successfully gives Trazyn a soul seed and later stabilizes his living body 36 44.
• Initially has a maximum of three recipients; after helping Trazyn, he reports capacity for two more 35 46.
• Uses blood for Trazyn’s soul edict, although he states that plain water would normally suffice 42.
• Explains that Trazyn’s emerging golden cane-shaped mark proves his soul exists; its full manifestation will indicate that the soul is sound 45.

Forging and Enchantment

Han studies forging under Priest Herbert and later combines craftsmanship with supernatural inscriptions 31 50.

• Hand-adjusts details across five thousand armor-and-weapon sets 50.
• Copies the Evernight Code onto the equipment to protect its users against mental erosion by the Warp 50.
• Remains physically mortal and relies on Trazyn for the young men’s combat training 46.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mysterious writing brush — The key to his cheat. Previously calmed the Thunder Warriors’ madness; later strikes Trazyn, pins him down, resists spatial displacement, and survives a phase dagger without damage 26 34.
• Book within his mind — Knowledge repository responsible for his increasingly powerful memory 15 16 26.
• Blackstone ring — Gift from Trazyn’s private collection, described as completely blocking the Warp’s influence 36.
• Phase-teleportation pendant — Allows Trazyn to sense Han’s condition and location 36.
• Time-crystal watch — Shield generator granting immunity to temporal attacks and the ability to reverse time twice 36.
• Peaceful Star System control device — Master control incorporating a dead-hand system capable of destroying the system 47.
• Handmade educational materials — Includes scrap-bound fairy tales, Curze’s virtue-inscribed ore bracelet, and an engraved copy of The Art of War 1 3 4.

Relationships

• Konrad Curze — Adoptive son and pupil, whom Han treats as his own child. He trusts Curze’s abilities but insists that strength and Primarch status must not replace his humanity 1 9 39 40.
• Night Haunter — Older Curze from a parallel world, accepted as another son. Han offers him a fresh start and entrusts him with helping his younger counterpart 18 40.
• Sevatar — Student and eldest nephew. Han calls him his best student and hopes he will help safeguard Curze’s judgment 12 13 45.
• Shen — Clearheaded nephew whose objection to the noble executions impresses Han. Alongside Sevatar, he is part of Han’s plan to keep Curze from madness 7 12 45.
• Talos, Cyrion, and Agrid — Members of Curze’s inner circle whom Han welcomes as nephews at his family dinner 9.
• Will of Earth — Protective parental figure who rescues him, shields him from interference, and explains the conditions for returning home 1 27 34 35.
• Trazyn the Infinite — Would-be captor turned friend and beneficiary. Han restores his capacity for life and feeling; Trazyn supplies protection, training, and a new home for Nostramo’s people 34 36 44 45 46 47.
• Priest Herbert — Forging instructor, whom Han invites to address him as Old Han rather than Father of Night 31.
• Kamon and the Thunder Warriors — Returns Han’s missing brush; Han recognizes their personhood and arranges for their care and peaceful rest 26.
• Pationa — Public supporter whom Han regards with suspicion. He secretly orders Sevatar to kill her if she drives him toward perfectionism or extremes, even authorizing Sevatar to attack him if he interferes 22 25.
• The Emperor — Responsible for Han’s arrival in this universe. Han acknowledges his position as Master of Mankind while teaching his family to meet him without servility 27 38 50.

Notable Quotes

“Let the thought arise, but do not follow it. Like a thief entering an empty house, it will find nothing to steal and leave of its own accord.” 2

“A new world has a new future. That goes for this world, and it goes for you too.” 18

“I’m a teacher. Do you understand what a teacher is? … It’s a profession that demands a conscience.” 42

“Stand up. No kneeling! Understood?!” 50