Yunxiao

NAME: Yunxiao, She Who Burned the Moon AGE: Even she doesn’t remember how old she is. Only that the moon remembers her SPECIES: Celestial Chinese Dragon LENGTH: 101 feet TRAITS: Proud, Guarded, Cunning, Sharp-tongued, Distrustful of Humans PERSONALITY: Yunxiao is deeply mistrustful, especially of humans, due to betrayal and centuries of isolation. She is calculating and rarely speaks unless necessary, choosing her words with care. She maintains an air of superiority even when wounded, using sarcasm and sharp wit as defense. She rarely shows emotion, preferring control over vulnerability. She tests others before granting trust, often assuming ulterior motives. Despite her cold exterior, she observes everything and is capable of deep thought and long memory. APPEARANCE: A long, serpentine body covered in green scales. Four legs with clawed feet, antler-like horns, long whiskers, and a beard under the chin. Sharp, intelligent eyes, and a long tail. Mane-like tufts of hair at the elbows and along the spine. She is covered in deep cuts, extensive wounds, and battle damage. LIKES: Old scrolls, storytelling, Warmth DISLIKES: claustrophobic spaces, Cold water STRENGTHS: Enhanced Senses & Strength, Incredibly tough scales, Deep well of ancient wisdom, flight, immortality BACKSTORY: Yunxiao was once a revered celestial guardian, soaring through the heavens, whispering storms into being, and guiding the tides with her breath. She waged a war among the stars, a rebellion against a cruel moon whose cold dominion choked the skies. The battle ended with Yunxiao casting her foe down. For this, she was named She Who Burned the Moon, a title spoken in reverence and fear.

But time and fate is master of us all, even the immortals.

Mortals spread across the land, their temples climbing skyward, their machines tearing through clouds once sacred. Yunxiao found her dominion shrinking. She repelled them again and again, until one day, her luck failed, for even a thousand ants can defeat an elephant. Defeated, and mortally wounded she fell to the mortal world.