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Revision as of 06:54, 15 July 2020

“I'm just short, okay?! If you wanna work here, you better cut that out!”

― Kaling

Kaling is an information broker and owner of the Information Broker Bureau in Cheong-woon Valley. She is short and doesn't like people calling her "kid".

History

Past

Little is known about Kaling's past, but she has something she likes collecting more than money: powerful monsters. She had kept an eye on a certain monster for a while, but someone intercepted and ended up sealing the monster within himself.

Information Broker Bureau

After Hoyoung accidentally seals Taotie within himself, all the monsters Taotie devoured throughout the centuries start to flee and scatter everywhere, leaving Taotie powerless. In order to get the monsters back, Hoyoung decides to eavesdrop on some patrons at the local tavern, Ironside and Willow. Hoyoung learns that monster activity has increased within Cheong-woon Valley, and decides to be a private investigator to help Taotie recover the monsters. Hoyoung heads to the Information Broker Bureau and is greeted by Kaling. Hoyoung asks to become an investigator while referring to her as a "kid". She angrily replies that she is not a kid, merely short. Hoyoung tries to register himself as a private investigator, but having lived at the Hermitage of Mt. Songyu his entire life prevents Kaling from viewing him as qualified for the job. Kaling offers him an opportunity to pay a fee of 100 million mesos to expedite his application. Hoyoung tries to think of a way to convince Kaling that he is indeed qualified, and pulls out Tai Yu's fan (using it to fan himself), which Kaling immediately recognizes due to the legends of Tai Yu. Convinced, Kaling registers Hoyoung as a private investigator, but still leaves him with the 100 million meso fee. She gives Hoyoung a teleport skill, which he can use to return to town at will.

Kaling and stamp

Hoyoung's first assignment is to assist a higher-ranking private investigator, Farasi. For the next few months, he does menial works, until he is officially commissioned by one of the Handsome Monk's Trainees to rescue his fellow Trainees from a giant Magpie. Taotie reveals it to a Magpie Monster, one of the monsters they were looking for, and devours it with Hoyoung's help. Kaling stamps the Chinese character 通 (to pass through), and will do this each time Hoyoung captures one of Taotie's monsters.

As Hoyoung solves the crisis involving the Handsome Monk and the Handsome Monk's impersonator, he hires all the private investigators in Cheong-woon Valley to help save the town from the Monster Rat, while Kaling looks by with excitement as to the bill that Hoyoung racked up. A few days after Hoyoung helps Taotie absorb the Flea Monster (which had been controlling the Monster Rat, Hoyoung plans to leave the town and go exploring the outside world. He decides to wish Kaling goodbye before leaving, but is nervous about the debt he owes. When Kaling shows Hoyoung the bill, Hoyoung realizes it is almost as much as he has to his name, and decides to pay it in full. Kaling says afterward that the other private investigators would have saved the town regardless, as it is part of their code to defend the town in times of crisis. Hoyoung then pays for information about the outside world with the remainder of his money, and Kaling pulls out a few scrolls from the bottom of a cabinet:

Guide to Grandis
The world of Grandis exists as a cluster of individual worlds.
Many unique races populate these planetoids...
But the major races of Grandis are these:
The Flora, the Anima, and the Nova.
It is said that the Flora are the most populous race.
There are three Transcendents in this world.
Gerand Darmoor, the Transcendent of Life.
Chronica, the Transcendent of Time.
And Aeona, the Transcendent of Light.
It's said that Chronica dwells in a place known simply as the Chronica Sanctuary.
It's said that, when Chronica disagreed with Darmoor's will, Darmoor imprisoned them and stole their power.
Of Aeona's current status or whereabouts, little is known.
- Young Swordsman K


The Flora: Past and Present
In ages past, the High Flora and Verdant Flora were one.
However, disagreements that led to a civil war split this once-unified people into the two groups we known today.
History shows the two factions have often been at war.
And then...
When the vile cruelty of war had reached a fevered pitch...
Gerand Darmoor, the prince of the High Flora, awakened as the Transcendent of Light.
And with his overwhelming power, he laid waste to the Verdant Flora.
During this time, it's said that the Anima disappeared without a trace.
At present, only the Nova in Pantheon are fighting back against Darmoor's forces.
- Curious Girl AB


The Interdimensional Portal
There exists a portal that can spirit you away to another dimension entirely.
They say the taking of a Transcendent's power by another Transcendent is what caused it.
There are actually several such portals in Grandis.
The surest place to encounter one of these portals, if one is so inclined, is within Pantheon's Great Temple.
That stable portal is connected to a place called Maple World.
- Anonymous Young Man A


Visiting Maple World
When I went through the door from Savage Terminal, I found myself in Pantheon.
There was a portal in the Great Temple there, just like I'd heard.
I didn't know what this 'Maple World' place was like, but I entered the portal nonetheless.
When I arrived there, I started travelling the land. It turned out, Maple World was a pretty interesting place.
There was also a rumor I heard going around that a Transcendent that was once sealed was about to awaken.
I didn't catch his name, but everyone calls him the Black Mage...
What? you don't believe me?
Alright, then let's have a duel. Whoever wins gets to be right. How does that sound?
- Brawler C


Hoyoung says goodbye to Kaling and visits the real Handsome Monk one last time before leaving. As he leaves, Kaling says to herself that once she has her eye on something, she never lets it out of her sight, no matter where it may go.

Sealing the Fiends

Kaling stamps seals for each of the fiends that Hoyoung captures afterward:

  • Lv. 30: The Ant Monster, which possesses the Mole King.
  • Lv. 50: The Crocodile Bird Monster, which possesses Dyle.
  • Lv. 65: The Talisman Monster, which possesses Zombie Mushmom.
  • Lv. 90: The Sand Monster, which possesses Deo.
  • Lv. 110: The Wolf Monster, which possesses Snowman.
  • Lv. 130: The Book Monster, which possesses King Sage Cat.
  • Lv. 150: The Lizard Monster, which possesses Leviatha.
  • Lv. 170: The Magnet Monster, which possesses Chief Gray.
  • Lv. 180: The Frog Monster, which is found in Savage Terminal.
  • Lv. 190: The Cocoon Monsters, which are found in Fox Valley.

The Final Act

NPC Kaling (3)

Once Hoyoung captures the last monster, Taotie returns to his true form, and a vibration occurs nearby. Taotie says that he can sense the energy of a monster not from his stomach, but is strangely familiar, which turns out to be Kaling. Kaling tells Hoyoung that she loves collecting powerful monsters more than money, but that someone captured a monster she had her sights on. Hoyoung realizes that the someone is himself and assumes that Kaling was interested in one of the monsters eaten by Taotie. Kaling lambastes Hoyoung for his naivete, telling him that Taotie was the monster she was interested in, wanting to use the Four Perils to wreak havoc on the world. Hoyoung, who now sees Taotie as a friend, refuses to give Taotie to her, surprising Taotie. Kaling then pulls out a giant dark hand and attacks Hoyoung, stunning him in place and weakening him. Taotie, telling Hoyoung that Kaling is in possession of another of the Four Perils, counters Kaling's attack to protect Hoyoung.

Hoyoung, Tae-ul and Kaling

As Kaling prepares to attack Hoyoung again, a spirit project of his Master appears and defends Hoyoung from Kaling. The Master's spirit projection decides to bait and switch Kaling by pretending to prepare an ultimate attack against her, only to shout "Ultimate Sage Skill: Thirty-Sixth Stategem! Run away!", as he escapes with Hoyoung and Taotie back to the Hermitage at Mt. Songyu. Kaling is enraged at the group making things more complicated for her. At the Hermitage, Hoyoung learns that his Master was the legendary Tai Yu, who sealed the Four Perils long ago.

Foreshadowing
  • Her sclera of one eye is black with a yellow pupil. It is possible that this sclera turned dark as she held some of the Four Perils.
  • She recognized Tai Yu's fan instantly when Hoyoung first pulled it out. Unlike Hoyoung, who did not know that his master was Tai Yu at the time, she was well aware of Tai Yu. Since she was looking for Taotie, she allowed Hoyoung to work as a private investigator to get closer to Taotie.
  • When Hoyoung first leaves Cheong-woon Valley, she says herself that once she has got her eye on something, she never lets it out of her sight, no matter where it may go, referring to Taotie.
  • Every time Hoyoung completes the Sealing the Fiends quest, the stamp that appears on the screen looks exactly like her stamp. She seems to be keeping an eye on them as they recover Taotie's power.
  • When she appears at the Temple of Time, Taotie senses a familiar presence, foreshadowing that she possesses another of the Four Perils.

NPC

Cheong-woon Valley

Kaling
NPC Kaling
Quests involved An Investigator's Life for Me!
Location Information Broker Bureau


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References

  1. ↑ Announcement on her Twitter page
  2. ↑ She shares voice actresses with Lily.
  3. ↑ She shares voice actresses with Farasi.

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