Living as something of a charlatan, he proclaimed himself “the Monkey King” and often challenged mortals to duels, or games of cunning. He would seek out people with a better sense of humor. Realizing he had fooled them, and with their patience finally at an end, the Shimon named him outcast. For countless years, they endured his pranks… until the day he arrived in a panic, insisting that a great elemental dragon was coming to burn their woodland home.īut Kong only chuckled as his tribe began to flee. Impulsive, clever, and easily bored, young Kong never had much in common with other Shimon. A cautious people, they see life as an evolutionary climb to wisdom-upon death, they believe they become stones, returning to the soil to begin the climb of life anew. Within Ionia’s magical forests dwells a tribe of vastaya known as the Shimon. Armed with an enchanted staff, Wukong seeks to prevent Ionia from falling to ruin. After finding a lifelong friend in the warrior known as Master Yi, Wukong became the last student of the ancient martial art known as Wuju.
Wukong is a vastayan trickster who uses his strength, agility, and intelligence to confuse his opponents and gain the upper hand.
