CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

THE MONKEY

• MONKEY: The infamous irrepressible Monkey King, Trickster God, and Great Sage Equal Of Heaven.

• He was high-spirited, egotistical and full of mischievous pranks. He was soon having a wonderful time as King of the Apes. But a niggling worry began to gnaw at him — one which would change his life. The Monkey King feared Death.

THE DRAGON

• In Chinese mythology, the dragon represents courage and creativity, it is an untamed power, capable of the unimaginable. But a dragon is also a hidden, dangerous force, with the power to harm.

YEN-LO-WANG

• The God of Death and Ruler of the Fifth Court of FENG-DU, the Chinese Hell.

• As a God of some importance, YEN-LO-WANG is far more than just a dealer of boiling oil. He rules over the whole of FENG-DU and has a team of deadly assistants. His filing system contains the records of every soul, complete with their allotted death date. MONKEY once paid him a visit and wreaked havoc, but we imagine security has been tightened up since then.