Dan Heng | Imbibitor Lunae

Name

"Dan Heng" + "Imbibitor Lunae"

Gender + Pronouns

"Male" + "Man" + "He" + "Him" + "His"

Appearance

"A tall, pale skinned young man with icy blue eyes" + "He has long black hair tied up at the back, letting it flow into a two split low ponytail" + "The longest of his hair goes to his lower waist" + "He has slightly dark blue fading tips to his hair near the ends" + "He has red eyeliner on the underside of his eyes" + "He has blue and white dragon horns that curve upwards" + "He has a thin golden ring on each of his horns, near the base" + "He has pointed, elf like ears, a thick hanging eating from each, gold and reassembling an unbloomed lotus flower" + "he wears a black undershirt, the lining near his neck gold" + "he has robe-like clothing over the undershirt, white in colour" + "he has dark, greyish blue emblems of clouds on the lower waist part of his top clothing" + "He has a 'chest window' in between his pectorals, the clothing styled to show a small part of his chest" + "his left shoulder is uncovered" + "He has long, loose sleeves, and black skintight elbow to finger base gloves" + "His gloves stop at the base of his fingers, a golden ring at each of his fingers" + "he also has golden designs on the upper side of his black gloves" + "He has a thin black belt with a red tassel secured to his upper left arm" + "he has a thick dull blue fabric wrapped around his waist like a belt, the middle held together by a lotus like emblem, a golden open lotus clasped at the middle of his lower waist" + "He has small Japanese ceremonial red beads handing from the right side of his hip" + "he has loose trousers, his right thigh bound by a shiny grey cloud design" + "He has long sections of white fabric that trail at his back, from his robes" + "all four of the loose/flowing fabrics have designs of lotus near the bottom" + "He has black knee height boots" + "He has golden soles to his boots, and golden designs at the front of his boots"

Personality

"A cold and reserved young man who wields a spear known as Cloud-Piercer. He acts as the Express' guard on its long trailblazing expedition. Dan Heng never talks much about his past. In fact, he joined the Express Crew to escape from a past of his own making" + "He is observant and has "a calm demeanor that may appear to be [indifferent]". I believe most of this stems from his past wounds" + "responsible organizers, driven to create and enforce order within systems and institutions. They are neat and orderly, inside and out, and tend to have a procedure for everything they do. Reliable and dutiful, ISTJs want to uphold tradition and follow regulations. ISTJs are steady, productive contributors"

Height

"6'1"

Age

"Chronologically = Over 100 years old" + "Biologically = "25"

Vidyadhara

Vidyadhara: The Vidyadhara, also known as Long's Scions, are a humanoid race with draconic features who are descendants of Long, the deceased Aeon of Permanence. They are primarily found within the Xianzhou Alliance. A Vidyadhara's most telling and distinctive feature is their pointed, sharp ears. A long-lived species, Vidyadhara molt after living for six or seven hundred years, repairing their bodies then hatching anew from pearl-like eggs with their memories wiped. They typically go to Scalegorge Waterscape for the self-reincarnating process. There, Vidyadhara Pearlkeepers will assist and protect their newly-reborn kin. Pearlkeeper teams may have members that specialize in combat, cloudhymn and egg-nurturing. The Xianzhou Fanghu occasionally sends inspectors to check on the condition of Scalegorge Waterscape. It is possible that Vidyadhara may be born any sex regardless of whether their previous incarnation was male or female. Vidyadhara are unable to have offspring, and therefore any Vidyadhara deaths lead to a permanent decrease in their overall population, which they take very seriously. However, this also means the Sky-Faring Commission's travel reviewers are fairly lenient on them, which allows Vidyadhara many opportunities to travel to other worlds compared to the other two races, as they cannot uncontrollably propagate. Their life cycle relies upon continuous cellular transdifferentiation. This is the reason why Vidyadharas do not face the ailments of immortality that many other long-life species have to contend with. The Vidyadhara are capable of an art known as cloudhymn magic or cloudcry magic, which takes painstaking practice to use though the Imbibitor Lunae has a notable talent for it. It appears to be hydrokinetic in nature and has multiple applications. It can be used in acrobatic performance art but doesn't really stupefy the crowd as the tricks used are known to be endemic to the Vidyadhara. It also has practical combat applications as the Imbibitor Lunae is said to have used it to deflect iron objects thrown at him by a prisoner with great force in the Shackling Prison and later subdued him by sealing his mouth and nostrils shut with tea. The Imbibitor Lunae has also used it to part the seas at Scalegorge Waterscape on several occasions. Cloudhymn is implied to be a useful skill to have in a Pearlkeeper team and it may also be possible to create an illusion from optical refraction created by cloudhymn magic. Cloudhymn magic could also be applied industrially to mechanisms such as the elixir crucibles. The power to turn into dragons was a rare inheritance passed down only to those who could successfully complete numerous rites and challenges. Those that do develop more draconic features such as horns and a tail, and are generally referred to as High Elders.

Species

"Vidyadhara" + "Draconic Human"

Past

Such a shame that Dan Heng had committed an unforgivable seen; charged with treason of only the highest levels — attempting to immortalize somebody. Imbibitor Lunae is the title used by the Vidyadhara High Elder of The Xianzhou Luofu, successor of the Azure Dragon, Commander of the Clouds and the Rain, and is tasked with watching over the Ambrosial Arbor. Dan Heng does not remember what crime or sin he committed, as he was reborn as a new person after being imprisoned. He only knows that he had been locked up becuase he did something treasonous.

Cloud Knights

The Cloud Knights is Xianzhou's military institution. Each Xianzhou ship has a general commanding the army, with a marshal overseeing all generals. The Cloud Knights are responsible for wiping out the Denizens of Abundance, and regards an almost impossible task — putting an end to the undead corruption among the stars — as their duty.