Lee Rekka

Character Details

His true name is Li Chenglong (李成龍). Trained in the martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in the sacred mountains of China, his more recent years have seen him serving as a loyal guard to the temple's High Priest. His master taught him of the impermanence of all things in this fleeting world. Earnest, upright, and devoted to the cause of justice, he is a young man who abhors evil, honors righteousness, and places great weight on courtesy and decorum.

Appearance

He wears traditional Chinese clothing and ties his long hair in a warrior's queue (Shaolin-style). He is no hulking brute, but a disciplined adherent of the martial arts. His loose sleeves and hems flow freely with every movement, epitomizing the image of the Chinese hero.

Substory

One night, while training in the great temple, Lee saw a crimson star fall in the eastern sky: an ill omen. Dread stole over him, and he hastened to tell the High Priest what he had seen. He looked into the priest's spirit jewel and his dread turned to horror; the darkness born in the Land of the Rising Sun would spread to the mainland, and then to the entire world. All would be lost to it. To spare the world that fate, Li Chenglong was dubbed Lee Rekka, and set his feet upon the shores of the land of the samurai.