ISFP 1w9 Characters

Mizu is the embodiment of what Jung called “still waters run deep.” She never, ever talks about her feelings, she only acts on them and allows them to fuel her hatred, her desire for revenge, etc. She says she has no room in her heart for friends or concerns, only vengeance, and she refuses to listen to anyone who tells her that she cannot succeed. All of her decisions are emotionally motivated, in her desire to find and kill the four white men who potentially brought her shame. She doesn’t know which one is her father, she intends to get them all. Mizu hides a lot of her feelings, but reveals them in quiet gestures, such as when she has pity on a woman and child outside of the town and gives them a golden hair comb so they will not starve for the winter. She carries out this bloody revenge by being physically proactive on her own behalf—binding her breasts and pretending to be a man, learning how to fight and train (seemingly without much guidance; she is instinctual at it), learning how to forge a sword and doing her own behind her master’s back, then engaging her enemies here, there, and everywhere. Mizu frequently puts herself at risk, adapts to her environment, and thinks fast on her feet, powering through situations on sheer grit alone. When her sword gets broken, she uses whatever she can lay her hands on instead; when her quest leads her to more questions than answers, she veers in her course and sets off for England. Her low Ni is fixated on the idea of killing those men (her ultimate goal) but does not grant her much insight otherwise. She adopts a few of the Swordmaker’s Ni-dom ideas about how the elements of the sword must be pure, but fails to see the big picture; all she can see is her vengeance. It shocks her to find out that her actions have consequences for other people; she simply does not care about them at first. Mostly, she seems to operate out of a ruthless inferior Te—rather than using Te competently to come up with a plan of action, Mizu just sets out to fight people, for as long as it takes. She doesn’t know or care when she’s walking into a trap. A lot of people wind up dying under her blade, as she makes deals to get her closer to her objective. (She agrees to kill one girl, peacefully and quickly, so she will not be forced to serve a bad man anymore.) Mizu tells others to their faces that she doesn’t want to be around them, or take care of them, and doesn’t need their help—but as her arc unfolds, she becomes more attached to her “friends” and willing to help them.

Enneagram: 1w9

As a gut type, she “rushes into action” when she should think first instead, according to Taigen. She has a lot of guilt and shame about her wrong behaviors and self-blames when her offerings are not perfect (her blade fell apart, in her opinion, because she was the wrong/impure element that corrupted it). Her rage and desire to avenge her mother and her own terrible life drives her. She uses force based on her anger and a sense of needing to inflict justice upon those involved in creating herself. Mizi will not take no for an answer or allow anyone to change her mind. She feels righteous in her cause and is determined to either succeed or die trying. Though skilled at pushing people away from her, she will ultimately do what is right by them (refusing to kill Taigan and agreeing to meet him for an honorable duel, saving his life, even teaching Ringo how to fight to protect himself). Her anger makes her cold, and for a time, she ignores everything outside of it, until she becomes aware of the massive devastation she has wrought on the city—because of her anger, an entire civilization is on fire. Mizi has hardened herself and refuses to admit to her vulnerabilities and weaknesses, but when she does so, she connects better to her friends.