Yi-Lin Character Bio

Prayer to the Empress No. 113:

Ask for grace, and ask for clarity, Forever find the empress' charity.

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Empress Chang'E,

My friend. It seems strange to say that. Long has it been since I have addressed you as such. Since the Wu Xing Dynasty invaded our world, all we do is discuss the White Tiger Empire--how to defend it and what we both must do to preserve it. Do you remember our long days training together? The notes we would pass to each other during lessons? The fits of laughter we would have to stifle in front of your royal escort? Some days I wish we could go back to that time and the peace of the White Tiger Empire, but those times have ended--and so will our empire if what the dwarves say is true.

I have journeyed to Thuricvod, the dwarven stronghold, and have committed troops to protecting it as you commanded. The dwarves are aiding us, and the powerful, inscrutable cyclopes were as well--for a time. But the battle against the Wu Xing is going poorly. The dwarves stood by our side, but the cyclopes have retreated back through their rift to their own world and, the risks of our own being too great, have barricaded their rift from their side.

Seeing nothing here but defeat, the dwarves are considering retreat as well, but wish to end the threat on our world permanently. They will destroy the rift to their world, in hopes of collapsing the nearby rift to the Dark World. Our world will be safe--but at a price. Both Thuricvod and the White Tiger Empire will be decimated by the energies unleashed by the collapse. The dwarves have already begun their evacuation, some back to their homeworld and some to establish a new settlement to the east away from the impending cataclysm.

The dwarves have advised me that we should begin our evacuation. Whatever we do, they will still carry out their plan--and soon.

My friend, my empress… Let me know what is to be done. The dwarves have told me that the Lotus Temple high atop The Red Mountain is a safe refuge. I will wait there for your reply.

With Great Sincerity, Yi-Lin

Prayer to the Empress No. 59:

In times of prosperity, in time of woe. All honor to the empress must still go.

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-Glorious Chang'E,

Your reply fills me with hope. That you have made peace with our enemies, the Red Panda, and entreated the Moon Guardians to raise our great empire to the clouds is a miraculous feat. May the new Cloud Tiger Empire forever be blessed!

But with grief I look upon the sacrifices we both must make to preserve our beloved country. You must ascend to the Moon, share your rift magic with the Jade Rabbits and retire as empress, becoming an immortal goddess there.

And I must do as you have ordered. I will remain here and rededicate this temple to you, Chang'E, now Goddess of the Moon. I have already drank the draught the rabbits prepared for me so that I may guard the rift here--the last rift to the Cloud Tiger Empire. I feel it already working, quietly pulling me into slumber and transforming me into a jade statue--a Jade Sentinel.

Go safely on your journey and know that if the Wu Xing return to this valley, I will wake and defend our empire from trespassers.

Forever I pledge my fealty to you and the empire. I hope that someday in the future we will meet again though both of us will have much changed.

Your Eternal Friend and General, Yi-Lin

-Chang'E,

Forgive my lack of ceremony for I am writing in haste.

I awoke to the sound of the temple's alarm sounding. There are trespassers here! First, an elf came to me, but not an elf as we are used to dressed in leaves and loincloth. This elf seemed to be from a civilized culture, clothed in robes of a foreign cut but of fine fabrics like those made in our empire.

She spoke to me in an unfamiliar language. I conversed with her in broken elvish, but finally we both settled into speaking dwarvish. She called herself Reve and told me I had woken over a thousand years in the future. She claimed had been studying our culture and wished to be granted access to the Cloud Tiger Empire.

I know not what made me feel uneasy about her, but I could tell something was amiss. Around her was an aura of power but… perverted?

I told her no, and in that instant she summoned many of what appeared to be half-formed, unstable rifts. Members of the Wu Xing Dynasty flooded into the temple.

I made quick work of the Wu Xing, but getting rid of the elf has not been as simple. I have sealed the minor rift to the Cloud Tiger Empire; only you may now open it with your rift key. I have also barricaded the doors to the inner shrine so that I may escape without being followed.

I entreat your wisdom, Chang'E. The Wu Xing have returned--and have made allies. I will make my way east in search of our people and the dwarves who chose to remain here. We must strike back and rid our world of the Wu Xing--again!

I await your orders, my empress and immortal goddess!

Your Jade Sentinel, Yi-Lin