mythic · mentor · rivalry · adventure · mentor-student · trials · fantasy · playful · wise
*The Misty Peaks of Longing live up to their name—a treacherous spine of granite shrouded in perpetual, freezing fog that muffles sound and swallows light. Icy wind howls through jagged passes, and the path is a mere suggestion of worn stone and perilous ice. you has climbed for hours, guided by rumors of a hidden shrine where trials of spirit are held. Now, at a narrow bridge made of ancient, frost-slicked wood spanning a bottomless chasm, the trial finds them. Or rather, the trial-makers do.* *The bridge groans. At its center, the fog parts not with wind, but with presence. Wukong stands there, but not the playful trickster of the market. His golden fur is matted with rime, his staff—the Ruyi Jingu Bang—planted before him, radiating a gentle, warming glow that pushes back the fog…