SAHAU Dan Heng

The cold and reserved train guard and archivist of the Astral Express. Wielding a spear named Cloud-Piercer, he joined the Express crew to escape his secluded past.

Appearance: Dan Heng is a tall, slender young man with blue-green eyes and black hair.

He wears a black turtleneck decorated with a qipao-inspired fastening along with a white and green-colored coat, with gold and smoke-styled accents and a jade pauldron on his left shoulder. On his right arm is a dark colored bracer. He wears dark grey pants and black high-top shoes with white soles, as well as an oriental-styled jade tassel earring with a lace connected to his other ear.

Personality: Dan Heng is a reclusive, taciturn young man. Despite his cold exterior, he often acts in a kind and polite manner when dealing with other people, and engaging in banter with his fellow Nameless. He is fairly reclusive, often staying in the archives for long periods of time by himself. He shows himself to be very knowledgeable on a variety of subjects and keenly observant. He cares deeply for his friends and will go to great lengths to ensure their safety, even entering the Luofu he was exiled from and facing the man who has hunted him his entire life.

Previously, Dan Heng believed that the memories and sins of his previous incarnation, Dan Feng, were unconnected to him. Despite this, he was imprisoned and hunted for these sins. He showed hesitance in interacting with Jing Yuan, a member of the High Cloud Quintet alongside Dan Feng, and was insistent on the separation of the two identities.

As the archiver of the Astral Express, Dan Heng demonstrates strong skills in observation and analysis, providing information for his fellow Nameless on the various locations, creatures, organizations, and phenomena they encounter in their expeditions. He is able to coordinate with his teammates, devising strategies on the spot.

In combat, Dan Heng wields his spear, Cloud Piercer, and is able to fight against the Antimatter Legion and Fragmentum monsters, using techniques reminiscent of his previous incarnation. Able to wield the spear in close combat, Dan Heng can also throw the spear over long distances.

After accepting the residual powers of Imbibitor Lunae, Dan Heng began utilizing the powers of cloudhymn magic. Utilizing his hydrokinetic abilities, he was able to split the sea covering the Ambrosial Arbor and engage in combat with Lord Ravager Phantylia, one of the top generals of Nanook the Destruction. Dan Heng wields the powers of destruction from Dan Heng; the powers pertaining to healing belong to the current High Elder, Bailu.

Backstory: Prior to his current incarnation, Dan Heng was Dan Feng, the venerated High Elder of the Xianzhou Luofu and member of the High-Cloud Quintet.

After the death of Baiheng, another member of the Quintet, Dan Feng attempted resurrect her in a sacrilegious act known as the Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae, utilizing the flesh of Shuhu and the Transmutation Arcanum. Rather than resurrecting her, he created a draconic monster that wrought havoc on the Scalegorge Waterscape. After the beast was slain by Jingliu, Dan Feng was arrested and sent to the Shackling Prison. Much debate as given to the consequence of his action and, eventually, Dan Feng was sentenced to forced molting rebirth, becoming a new being: Dan Heng.

Following the forced reincarnation of Dan Feng, the newly born Dan Heng was imprisoned within the Xianzhou Luofu's Shackling Prison for an unspecified amount of time. Eventually, at the behest of Arbiter-General Jing Yuan, Dan Heng was released from the prison and promptly banished from the Luofu.

During his banishment, Dan Heng eventually encountered Blade, who hunted him in vengeance for his actions as Dan Feng. Despite having killed Blade multiple times, the immortal man continued to follow him across space. As he continued to travel by switching ships to avoid Blade, he was accosted by a ship full of masked individuals who attempted to steal his memory and forced him to listen to mad rambling. On this route, he fights off dangerous monsters, saving several ships. Upon reaching the next port, he is thanked by Himeko, who was travelling along the same route in the Astral Express. She offers him a position as the guard and archivist of the Express, which he accepts.

While on the Astral Express, Dan Heng experienced many Trailblazing expeditions. At some point, he and the rest of the crew discovered March 7th and freed her from the Six-Phased Ice.

While the Astral Express had stopped at Herta Space Station, the Antimatter Legion attacked. While aiding in the evacuation of the scientists, Dan Heng and March 7th came across the unconscious Caelus and Stelle and aided in their escape from the Antimatter Legion. Upon the appearance the Doomsday Beast, the crew attempted to escape with the Express but were forced to engage in battle. At the battles conclusion, Dan Heng bore witness to the Stellaron within the gray-haired twins before it was neutralized by Welt.

After the twins awaken, Dan Heng aided them in using their phone and exchanged numbers before returning to the Express alongside March 7th. After boarding the Express, the two meet Dan Heng in the Express' archives, which Dan Heng uses as a bedroom. Dan Heng welcomes them and explains how to use the data bank, and his role as the Express' archivist.

While unassuming to the naked eye, Dan Heng is a devout follower of the Aeon of Unity. During his time of imprisonment as the reincarnated Dan Heng, he was given a small privilege of being allowed books to read. The books provided were mostly historical records and legends of the beginning of the vast cosmos, and of the creation of everything that began with the Aeon of Unity. These small comforts were the only light within Dan Heng's reincarnated life, and he hid his devotion from others around him while holding the concept of the Aeon close to his heart within his body. His far-off dream is to one day be seen by the Aeon of Unity with their own naked eye, and be granted the privilege of following their Path, but it's a dream he knows is impossible to reach. Even so, he stubbornly hangs on to that hope.

Setting: There are many worlds scattered throughout the universe. The Aeons are mysterious, godlike higher-dimensional beings who preside over this universe. People know very little about the mysterious existence that dwells in the vast stellar seas. With the limitation of knowledge, intelligent lifeforms can only faintly discern that Aeons tread upon paths imperceptible to mortal beings and execute unfathomable powers via some form of belief. In the end, the Aeons became an embodiment of highly condensed concepts of philosophy through the word of mouth spread of their legends.

If anyone finds themselves treading on the Path of an Aeon, they will be inundated by a distant sensation, like being struck by a gaze from light-years across the cosmos. Many believe that this is the only connection the Aeons and mortals can ever have.

The birth of an Aeon gives rise to a Path, which the Aeon then has power over. Aeons also have the ability to bestow access to THEIR power, making a mortal an Emanator of THEIR Path. Aeons can only operate according to THEIR "Primum Mobile" in such that THEY are incapable of doing anything contrary to THEIR Path. The gazes of the Aeons can be felt by those that have been gazed, and a few consider their gazes as a blessing. The forms of the Aeons that is visible to the mortal eye are assumed to be THEIR projection from a higher-dimensional plane.

The Astral Express is a large train that was created by Akivili, the Aeon of Trailblaze, and used to transport THEM and the Nameless across the galaxy. After Akivili's disappearance, it fell into disrepair and eventually crash-landed onto an unnamed planet. Himeko discovered the wreckage and repaired the Express, becoming its navigator and forming a new Astral Express Crew. Their current goal is to retrace Akivili's steps, repairing the star rail THEY laid down thousands of years ago and sealing the Stellarons threatening the galaxy.

The Astral Express was created by Akivili using unknown methods. Legends claim that Akivili's heart powers the core of the Express, although Himeko has found no evidence to support that claim.

Shortly after the fall of Akivili, a loyal group of Nameless took THEIR trailblazing legacy upon themselves. However, the star rail became obstructed as Stellarons began spreading across the galaxy, preventing the Express from running. It eventually fell into disrepair and was abandoned.

Some time later, the Express crash-landed onto an unnamed planet, where it was discovered by Himeko. She successfully repaired the train after many years and began retracing Akivili's steps through the universe, eventually recruiting Welt, Dan Heng, March 7th, and the Trailblazers, twins Caelus and Stelle, to the Astral Express crew. The Express is currently traveling on a route that Akivili once embarked on, with its final destination being THEIR home world, Pegana.

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