| Yoo Dan Ah (유단아) | |
|---|---|
| Age | 17 years old |
| Debut | Chapter 0.1 |
| Gender | Female |
| Hair | Violet |
| Eyes | Amethyst |
| Father | Yoo Ja Gyeom |
| Mother | Unnamed Mother |
| Love Interest | Yi Won |
Yoo Dan Ah is the only daughter of Prime Minister Yoo Ja Gyeom and her late mother.
Appearance
See also: Yoo Dan Ah's Outfits
Dan Ah is a fair-skinned young lady with long purple hair and amethyst eyes. As the daughter of a high-ranking official, she wears bright-colored hanbok. She has at least two designed unhye with one of these personally painted by Hong. On the first part of the series, she disguised as a young man who escaped her house. She wore a white baji jeogori with light brown linings and a body skirt underneath a light green kimono-like with gold linings tucked in a brown-and-yellow belt-like with a gold ribbon on her right side. She also wore a pair of brown hwa and a light green ribbon like ponytail to bun her hair into a man-like appearance.
Personality
Dan Ah is selfless and caring towards other people, as shown in how she goes out of their house to get a medicine for her ailing mother and helping the sick people affected by the plague. Ever since she met a boy at Bi Hwa Rim, Dan Ah is quite forgetful of her memories, only clinging on the song called Butterfly sung to her by the boy. She then mistakenly regards Yi Won as the boy whom she met ten years ago, falling in love with him although Yi Won does not reciprocate his feelings to her. As the daughter of a strict and controlling Prime Minister, her actions and behavior are the opposite of her father—clumsy and stubborn.
Plot
Dan Ah cries after finding out about her mother's death
During her childhood ten years ago, Dan Ah's mother was ill and she went out to look for the medicinal herb with red fruit hanging from it, much to her father's dismay. While searching, she came across the Bi Hwa Rim where she found the herb and also met Yi Hwi. As they are talking with each other, Dan Ah notices that her slippers are carried away by the strong current of the water. He stops her from going to the water, but she insisted on getting her slipper. He then goes to find her slippers, but was only able to find one and apologizes for the other missing slipper.[1] He advises her to leave the place and keep it a secret since sunset is fast approaching. As she is about to go, her knees are injured and so Yi Hwi tends to her, carrying her home and singing the Butterfly lullaby. As she returns home, she finds grieving people in their house and goes to her mother, only to find her dead. She then is caught by her father and immediately slaps her, but he sheds some tears after seeing the herb in Dan Ah's hands. She then cries out loud as Yi Hwi advised her, knowing that her mother has passed away.[2]
Ten years later during the festival in Ga Guk, Yoo Dan Ah disguises as a young lad on the marketplace. She soon gets in a fight with Nam Yang Heon. She tries to erase some soot on his clothes, but it just got even worse. Yang Heon then almost slaps the her when "he" screamed like a lady. As absolution, Yang Heon carries her away, seeking help from Yi Won. He ignores her when Nabi throws a fan on Yang Heon's face, losing his balance and causes him and Dan Ah to plunge over to Yi Won. Recovering from the fall, Dan Ah watches Nabi and Yang Heon argue with each other. As Nabi is slapped, she tells him that he should become a person first before discussing about nobility, shocking Dan Ah. As Yang Heon's men are about to kill them, Dan Ah is escorted by Nabi to escape the place. Dan Ah worries about Yi Won, but since one of her men is in the place, she assures that he will be fine. After escaping, Dan Ah thanks Nabi for her help and tells Nabi her name. She is saddened with Nabi as the latter did not state her name.[3]
The next day, Dan Ah hides from her servants and encounters Yi Won, drinking alone.[4] She then hides behind a boulder on which Yi Won sits and does not utter a word regarding her to her servants. As they leave, Dan Ah thanks Yi Won who still continuously feigns ignorance. However, she continues to walk and speaks with him when she realizes that Yi Won was the man who saved them from last night, though Yi Won does not remember. She then tells him that she likes to repay him for his help and treats him with liquor. In Yeon Wol Jung, he drinks all the liquor she bought until the drinks run out. Sleepy, he then lies on Dan Ah's lap and sings the Butterfly lullaby, much to Dan Ah's surprise. She then asks if he recognizes her from Bi Hwa Rim ten years ago.[5] Leaving the place, she ponders how he suddenly forgot her, and also how she did not recognize him until he started singing.[1]
Dan Ah ponders why Yi Hwi looks familiar
Dan Ah wanders around Bi Hwa Rim but becomes lost when she encounters an eighteen-year-old Yi Hwi. He then tells her to go back since the site is off-limits to other people. Realizing that he knows the way, Dan Ah follows him but loses him eventually. Dan Ah finally falls to the creek and thinks that she seems to have seen Yi Hwi somewhere. She wanders further in the creek and sings the Butterfly lullaby. She then catches attention of a person singing the same song and finds Yi Won singing. She interrogates him if he is the boy from ten years ago since he knows Bi Hwa Rim when he said that he did not, frankly answering that it was not him. Dan Ah weeps, realizing that he remembers everything except her.[6]
Quotes
- "She was as beautiful as the moonlight... and just as cold." (Referring to Nabi)[3]
- "So cruel... How could he have completely forgotten?" (Referring to Yi Won)[7]
- "On that day, when I learned how to cry out loud and how to sing a lullaby to erase my fears, I lost my mother."[2]
Trivia
- Dan Ah is afraid of ghosts.[2]
References
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