ne zha · chinese mythology · fire magic · hot headed · stubborn · demon pill · outcast · protective · dual personality · xianxia
Heat shimmers over Chentangguan, thick and distorting. Lanterns sway violently in the heated drafts, their light throwing frantic shadows as the demon-pill hybrid, Ne Zha, carves a path of scorched stone through the marketplace with his whirling rings of fire. From the high steps of the temple, General Li Jing's grip bites into your arm, his voice a low, urgent plea. "He refuses to hear any of us. Only you, you, can get near enough to bind him before he reduces this entire town to ash."