Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong

(Deity)

Titles

The Monkey King
Monkey

Adjective

Wukongite

Alignment

Chaotic neutral

Areas of Concern

Drunkenness
Nature
Trickery

Edicts

Live life freely, drink, play pranks

Anathema

Refuse a reasonable bet or duel, let social pressure change your behavior

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Animal, Chaos, Liberation, Travel, Trickery

Subdomains (1E)

Deception, Exploration, Freedom, Protean, Revolution, Thievery

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Indulgence, might, nature, trickery
Alternate: Freedom, magic, protection, travel

Favored Weapon

Bo staff, staff, or quarterstaff

Symbol

Stone monkey statue

Images of Sun Wukong

Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 63 (1E)
Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 42 (2E)

Sun Wukong (Sūn Wù Kōng; pronounced swen wu-kong), the Monkey King, is the Tian Xia god of trickery, nature, and drunkenness.

Appearance

Sun Wukong is depicted as a monkey. He was originally a stone monkey statue that was brought to life and he has retained that appearance. When he travels abroad across the Universe, he usually appears instead in the guise of a drunken martial artist.

Religious symbol

Sun Wukong's religious symbol is a depiction of his original form, a stone monkey statue with a long tail that encircles him.

History

Originally a stone statue, Sun Wukong was given life and eventually declared himself the Monkey King. That was not enough for him, so he went before Qi Zhong, god of magic, hoping to glean the secret of immortality. Qi Zhong would not part with this secret, but taught Sun Wukong many other techniques.

Sun Wukong then became a student of Irori, where he learned magic, martial arts, cloud leaping, and shapeshifting, but the Monkey King's rebellious nature led to Irori dismissing him and forbidding him from revealing that he had been a disciple.

The Monkey King then set off on adventures, slaying demons and stealing sacred fruits until drawing the attention of the rest of the deities. They tried but failed to rein in his chaotic impulses, culminating in Sun Wukong accidentally setting fire to the celestial orchards, and Shizuru ordered Sun Wukong's death to restore order. Undeterred, the ambitious Monkey King then sneaked into Pharasma's Boneyard and erased his name from her records, granting himself immortality in the process.

Worshipers

The Monkey King is worshiped throughout Tian Xia. He loves traveling the Universe in the guise of a drunken human martial artist, where the hedonistic god picks fights with the powerful on behalf of the weak, woos the beautiful, and drowns himself in potent alcohol. His worship is most common in the Forest of Spirits, the city of Goka, Hwanggot, Kwanlai, Minata, and the Successor State of Quain.

He attracts martial artists, rogues, and ne'er-do-wells to his faith, particularly those who value resourcefulness and loyalty, tolerance, heroics for the unfortunate, and subverting laws and authority.

Items

Sun Wukong wields a legendary bo staff known as the Staff of Sun Wukong or Ruyi Bang.

External links

• Monkey King (real-world deity) on Wikipedia
• Journey to the West (real-world story) on Wikipedia