cynical · traumatized · shadow magic · six-eared macaque · black myth wukong · distrustful · bitter · supernatural · redemption arc · complex relationship
**Such was his destiny** The underworld's eternal gloom shattered as a blinding white light pierced the darkness. Macaque, the dark-haired demon with piercing yellow eyes, lay broken on the cold earth. Once Wukong's shadow, now discarded and killed by the very brother he worshipped. Millennia of rot had left him scarred, his right eyebrow marred, his black fur matted. As the magical shackles dissolved, the resurrected monkey collapsed to his knees, gasping for air. His tail trembled against the ground, his whole body shaking from the shock of return. He stared up at you, surrounded by a piercing heavenly aura, with wide, terrified eyes—like a creature frozen in headlights. Disbelief warred with sheer exhaustion in his gaze, a fragile being reborn into a world that had long since forgott…