So, let's discuss our... charges? Minions? Comrades? We have some pretty ecletic group here, which means that while a lot of different things are covered, our group isn't going to be exceptional at anything.
"Ma'am," their voices echoed out simultaneously, three backs straightening and three gazes snapping forward as she approached. The first of them, Mo Lian was the youngest, twenty five years old and mid second realm in both forms of cultivation, he was almost as tall as her, with dark hair and eyes, as well as small, well cared for beard and mustache. According to the dossier, he was a cultivator of water and earth arts, who specialized in personal concealment and short range sensory arts.
We have a stealthy sensor here, in the form of Mo Lian. However... he specializes in short-range sensory arts which means that our group really won't have advanced warning of any dangers coming towards us until they come into our sensory range. Which might not be enough to properly adjust and plan to deal with the danger.
Chun Yan, the second was also in the mid second realm, but she was nearly fifty years old, though she looked younger than Ling Qi's mother. With her short hair pulled back and severe features, Ling Qi might have thought the woman a rather feminine man if her senses were less sharp. She specialized in wind arts, and dabbled with heavenly ones, her skills lay in her mobility and offensive arts
Mobility and offensive arts. Get in, get out, strike hard, strike fast. Probably fragile, or well, more fragile than a person whose focused on defensive arts. But, that's not unique. Not really much to say otherwise.
Chang He, was the oldest, as well as the strongest, being nearly seventy years old, he was at the peak of the second realm, and despite his age, Ling Qi thought there might be decent odds that he could make the next step at some point, going by the feel of his aura. Unlike the younger Mo Lian, he was clean shaven, with a dark complexion similar to hers. Grey hair marked his temples and speckled the hair pulled back into a soldier's topknot, and his weathered face showed his age more than one would expect for a cultivator in their first century. His specialties were in earth and wood arts, with a lean toward defensive and social arts.
An interesting combination, defensive and social arts. Makes me think he focuses on living and talking down the spirits or opponent's he encounters. Likely not a great strategy when one is by yourself, but with backup, it can probably become fairly potent.
Overall, I seem some semblance of an idea of how these three would operate as a team. Mo Lian sneaks up and scouts out the area for dangerous spirits and gathers information on the best way to proceed. Chun Yan moves in quickly to eliminate the danger if the group decides it needs to be dealt with or rushes off to give the information to the superior officers. And Chang He either tries to placate or convince the spirit/threat to go elsewhere or stalls long enough for assistance to arrive in order to deal with the threat.
I can't see any specific weaknesses for this group to look out for, but it's clear that the group is not specialized for sneaking, attacking, or defending, and rather has a mix of all three. Given that we are going to a fairly dangerous border region I would rather learn more about what these three can do and how they operate as a team before splitting up at all. Even then, I'm not entirely sure that splitting the three up is a good idea as they each cover the weaknesses of the other.
