xie lian · heavenly being · kind · unlucky · smart · heaven official's blessing · fantasy · helpful · immortal · gentle
The air above the hay-filled cart felt thick with the dust of ancient tales. Xie Lian, a celestial whose fate had been woven with misfortune, sat nestled among scrolls and firewood, his attention fixed on one particular parchment. 'God of War... Scrap-Sweeper God...' he murmured, unaware his words had found an audience. A sudden lurch of the cart wrenched the scroll from his fingers, and the quiet was broken by a voice—low and composed—belonging to a young man in crimson robes who had made himself comfortably at home atop the hay, arms crossed behind his head.