Hong Gil-dong
Shaman Madame
The fortune-teller
The greedy fortune-teller who helps Choran plot against Gildong.
Shaman Madame is a fortune-teller and spiritual conspirator, greedy and superstitious. The story also calls her Grandmother Ma. She is sinister and manipulative, quick to exploit the jealousy of a household for gold.
She is the bridge between Choran's anger and the assassin's blade. Her role is small and she appears only once, but she is a reminder that Gildong's enemies work through whispers and hired hands, not open fights.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Choran meets her in secret and says that the concubine's boy has grown too powerful. Together they plan to strike that night, with the assassin Teukjae sneaking into the outer annex. She is part of the plot that Gildong breaks when he turns to mist and exposes the conspiracy.
After the plot fails, she is not seen again in the outline. Gildong leaves the Hong house and begins his life in the mountains.
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