Chia Black Dragon

Chia Black Dragon is the main character of a series of three dark fantasy books by Stephen Marley. They are set in China somewhere around 200-600 AD. The three books are:

Spirit Mirror (1988).
Mortal Mask (1991).
Shadow Sisters (1993).

Tropes used in Chia Black Dragon include:

Action Girl: Chia.
Back From the Dead: Nyak in Mortal Mask.
Black Magician Girl: Chia.
The Chessmaster: Nyak.
Lesbian Vampire: Chia herself. She doesn't get a lot of chances to practice though.
Luke, I Am Your Father: Chia discovers that Nyak is her brother and Glak-i-kakthz is her father.
Retroactive Precognition: Chia invents sunglasses and buttons.
Take a Third Option: Chia tries to do this to dodge Nyak's Xanatos Gambits. She does not always succeed.
Our Vampires Are Different.
Unwitting Pawn: Chia in some of the books.