Zhang Wei

Zhang Wei, also known as The Plague Doctor, is the main antagonist of The Asylum, the assistant to Mohel Skinberg who helps with his plan on taking over the world and creating a new world order. He is a calm, collected and cunning owl who remains enigmatic through most of the series' run time, having a mysterious background and motives.
He acts as the 'royal advisor' to The Nether and seemingly the second-in-command of Mohels Cult, he watches over The Nether to make sure everything is in order and he has the power to elect the leader of The Nether. When speaking with Mohel, he dresses as a Plague Doctor (although it is not yet known why) and provides updates on the situations they have been encountering.
His reason for working for Mohel is explained later on. He wants to unleash a currently unknown being named Moloch that will presumably destroy the Earth.
== History ==
Zhang Weis backstory is revealed in Episode 4: Condemned for Sinners (Part 4) 3/3, given by Methuselah. Zhang was once an 'executive architect' and resided in the kingdom of Owl Seterra. As a young boy, he was trained by his mentor to 'learn the logic of other realms', which may mean that he would study other realms and how they work in order for the kingdom to learn from these other realms and perhaps use what they've learned to benefit themselves.
One day, his mentor returned to him with red glowing eyes and brought him to another realm where his mentor then killed him. The mentor then requested two henchman to take Zhang Weis body into a cave, they were hesitant at first as they asked if Moloch would even approve of what they were doing but the mentor instructed them to do as he asked. Zhang Wei was then laid on a table and Moloch himself arrived. Moloch ressurrected Zhang Wei and gave him new powers that in turn made him evil, Zhang Wei would then reign terror upon Owl Seterra.
== The Asylum ==
=== Episode 1: The Madness Begins ===
After Samuel Attias has beaten up DeadSkullable and is about to finish him off, Zhang Wei steps in dressed as the Plague Doctor and rips out a piece of wood from Samuels ribs. Samuel asks why he stopped him and Zhang explains that they need to keep DeadSkullable alive until they inform Mohel, he instructs Samuel to lock him up and explains that DeadSkullabls blood is the key to giving the cult what they want. DeadSkullable catches a quick glimpse of Zhang dressed as The Plague Doctor before fading out of consciousness. 
=== Episode 2: Skullman's Creed ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Zhang, dressed as the Plague Doctor, appears in the throne room where he berates Gumdrop for letting DeadSkullable get away along with Chef Joseph and Jade. Gumdrop begs for forgiveness and asks for a second chance, and after a while, Zhang Wei agrees and allows him another chance, but states that he cannot fail again. Then, Mohel calls out to Zhang Wei, referring to him as 'my son', Zhang looks over at Mohel before the scene fades to black.
==== (Part 2) ====
After Stefan Loncar has had a talk with Mune, Zhang Wei enters in his normal uniform and proceeds to speak with Stefan about Mune. Zhang Wei cats doubt that Mune is going to be able to do her job properly due to her emotional baggage, but Stefan is certain that she'll be able to pull through. At the end, Zhang makes a comment that perhaps Mune might start asking about her father which suddenly makes Stefan become angry and grab Zhang Wei by the scruff of his collar, threatening him to not tell her. Zhang Wei assures him that he won't and says that he expects it to be Stefan who will have to tell her eventually.
=== Episode 3: Voodoo Luck ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Samuel is visited by Salad Fingers which makes him go into a fit of rage and toss a hatchet in Salad Fingers' direction, however he instead strikes Zhang Weis fingers and cuts them off. Zhang Wei insults him whilst he grows his fingers back. Samuel doesn't recognise Zhang Wei as he is not dressed as the Plague Doctor, he asks who he is. Zhang Wei explains that is the royal advisor to Stefan Loncar, who Samuel had freed from prison, and that he was the one who ordered Samuel to break Stefan out. Zhang Wei then suddenly reveals that he knows Samuels name which brings back memories for Samuel of who he once was.
Zhang Wei states that he knows everything about Samuel and then proceeds to use his powers to make Samuels blood drain out from the pores in his skin, which causes Samuel a great deal of pain and sends him onto his knees. Zhang Wei then berates Samuel for letting DeadSkullable escape and as he does so, he dresses up as the Plague Doctor and reveals that he came to visit Samuel to punish him.
Later on, Zhang Wei visits Mohel whilst dressed as the Plague Doctor. He informs Mohel of DeadSkullable and Jades escape much to Mohels disappointment. He angrily demands Zhang Wei to bring Jade back to him.
==== (Part 2) ====
Zhang Wei shows up at Baron Samedi's hut whilst he is in the middle of preparing some kind of potion. Baron tells Zhang Wei that he is trespassing and has no right to be there, Zhang Wei states that he would like Baron to work with him since Baron has experience fighting DeadSkullable. Zhang claims that he has an idea on how to defeat DeadSkullable once and for all as an attempt to entice Baron into joining him, he places a drawing of a voodoo doll bearing a resemblance to Chef Joseph and says that he would like Baron to make the doll so that he can take control of Joseph and kill everyone in the train, including DeadSkullable except for Jade.
Baron Samedi scoffs and asks how this could possibly make Zhang Weis day better, to which Samuel Attias brings a hatchet to Barons neck and Zhang tells him that if he refuses him, he will be killed. He then continues to convince Baron by talking about how he'll be able to get his revenge against DeadSkullable. Baron gives in and informs Zhang Wei that the doll of Chef Joseph will take a day to make.
Afterwards, Zhang Wei asks Baron if he still has the costume he wore when he fought DeadSkullable, and asks if he will wear it again. To which Baron does.
Later on in the episode during Stefans meeting. Zhang Wei introduces Baron Samedi to the other members of the Nether.
==== (Part 3) 2/3 ====
Zhang Wei teleports onto The Skull Crews train alongside Stefan Loncar after the other members of The Nether have attacked it. Duro and Tanner observe Zhang Wei, Duro tries to read Zhang Weis mind but discovers that it's empty and hollow. Zhang Wei then approaches Gumdrop and asks him where Jade is, but Gumdrop doesn't know which makes Zhang Wei furious and so he proceeds to kill Gumdrop by sucking out his soul.
==== 3/3 ====
Zhang Wei asks Stefan if he should call in 'you know what' and when given permission by Stefan, he teleports away. He appears in front of Jade and speaks to her, explaining what the cult are going to do with her and he tries to convince her to give in so that they can get on with it. When Jade refuses, he orders Mune to take her in to which Mune holds her bladed staff up to Jades neck. Zhang Wei tells Mune to take Jade quietly to The Nethers train but before she can, Zhang Wei is stabbed through the chest by Chef Joseph. 
Zhang Wei falls to the ground and is in complete disbelief as to how Chef Joseph isn't being controlled by Baron Samedi. Joseph tells Zhang Wei that he doesn't take orders from 'an evil owl'. As Joseph proceeds to fight with Mune, Zhang Wei crawls to Jade and threatens her, saying that she will at some point be taken by The Messiah or he will be ordered to kill her himself. He then disappears. 
=== Episode 4: Condemned for Sinners ===
==== (Part 1) ====
Zhang Wei enters the office of Sheridan Coakley and makes a complaint about Baron Samedi who Sheridan apparently recommended to him, saying that Baron 'purposefully' failed his objective. Sheridan doesn't take Zhang Wei complaint seriously and Zhang Wei points out that Sheridan hasn't even looked up from his files to look at him, Sheridan tells him it is because he is reading. Zhang Wei then resorts to capturing Sheridans attention by claiming that DeadSkullable has been confirmed to be SCP-6000.
It works and Sheridan is in complete disbelief, and demands Zhang Wei for proof. Zhang Wei first asks Sheridan if he trusts him before showing him an SCP file created for DeadSkullable off screen.
==== (Part 2) ====
Zhang Wei appears in a modular cube next to hers and speaks to her, Mune is surprised to see him there and Zhang Wei says how he saw Mune with DeadSkullable and Henur outside of the train. Mune is about to ask how he knows and Zhang Wei says that he watched from afar before asking how it felt for Mune to be reunited with Henur. He then says that they don't know where Stefan is and only managed to find Mune. He then asks her why she was with DeadSkullable and before she can reply, he answers his own question and says that it's because she's changed and that she'd rather choose them over her master, Stefan,
Mune then says that Stefan isn't her master anymore and Zhang Wei is confused by this, saying that Stefan raised her like a daughter and that this is how she repays him. He then asks why Mune decided to go against The Nether and work with Henur and DeadSkullable instead. Mune whispers out that Stefan killed her family by Zhang Wei doesn't hear her the first two times and asks her to speak up. She then shouts it louder at him, that Stefan killed her family and that her whole life has been a complete lie that he kept from her.
Zhang Wei then says that he knew of what Stefan had done, and how he had murdered Munes parents and her entire village. He then realises that the green statue he saw with Mune, Henur and DeadSkullable outside of the train was actually Stefan, meaning that he was dead. He calls Stefan a fool and remarks how he thought Stefan would have been more clever, unlike his father. Mune is shocked to know that Zhang Wei knew of what Stefan had done and Zhang Wei tells Mune why Stefan killed her parents in the first place, that Stefan believed Munes father to be behind his own fathers murder. He then reveals that in actuality, he was the one that killed Stefans father and caused the conflict, which angers Mune.
Zhang Wei then reveals that Stefan asked Zhang Wei to kill Mune if she decided to betray them. And so Mune angrily tells Zhang Wei to just kill her and get it over with. However, Zhang Wei instead has the lights turned on in his cage and reveals Henur, sitting unconscious behind him. Mune cries out for Henur and Zhang Wei talks about how Henur was the one that made her change, as everything she did was for him.
Mune tells Zhang Wei to stop making her feel guilty and says that Zhang Wei doesn't understand the love they have because he's evil. Zhang Wei says that he understands humans and how cruel they can be, and says that Mune will just miss out on the new world order that The Nether will inevitably establish. Mune asks who he really is, Zhang Wei vaguely answers by saying that he has many names and she'll learn soon enough before disappearing.
==== (Part 3) 1/2 ====
Zhang Wei enters The Nether as the group are discussing what they are going to do now that Stefan is gone. He is wearing his plague doctor outfit without the mask, meaning that he had spoken to Mohel. Zhang Wei says that their plan failed and Iggy says that he knew it would fail from the beginning, Zhang Wei stares at him threateningly with red eyes which makes Iggy go quiet. Zhang Wei then asks everyone if they have any ideas on how to get Jade to which Baron comes in saying that he has an idea.
Zhang Wei becomes angry and uses his dark magic to pin Baron up against the wall. Zhang Wei blames Baron for the plan failing and tells Baron to stay out of it. Baron tries to explain that it wasn't his fault but Zhang Wei doesn't want to hear it. He then threatens to kill Baron if he can't help them but Baron teleports out of Zhang Weis grip. Baron tells Zhang Wei that he needs him and that he has a plan on getting DeadSkullables blood and helping The Nether as a whole. Zhang Wei gives in and allows Baron another chance, Baron promises that he won't regret it.
==== 2/2 ====
Zhang Wei enters the home of The Firefighter, who asks if he's the one that Baron sent to him. Zhang Wei confirms that he is and asks Firefighter to call him 'sir' from now on, since he is going to be working for him. Zhang Wei explains why he's here and explains that he is part of a cult and are aiming to bring power to their Messiah Mohel Skinberg who will become a god and give them whatever they desire, trying to tempt Firefighter to join by saying that he will have as much money as he wants if he helps them.
Firefighter says that he is not religious and so isn't convinced to join. Zhang Wei then tosses a photo of DeadSkullable onto the ground to once again tempt Firefighter who responds by burning the photo out of anger. Zhang Wei asks again if Firefighter would like to join but he says no and that Zhang Wei will have to ask his brother, Clownface, who appears from the shadows. Clownface runs over to attack Zhang Wei with his chainsaw but he is protected by Samuel Attias who tosses Clownface away and knocks him out.
Zhang Wei then presents Firefighter with no choice, saying that if he doesn't join then he'll just be killed which makes Firefighter give in.
==== (Part 4) 3/3 ====
Zhang Wei appears in the interrogation room after Sheridan has revealed his identity to the poisoned DeadSkullable. Zhang Wei tells DeadSkullable who he is but DeadSkullable is almost completely out of it after being injected by the syringe. Zhang Wei explains that he's here to take his blood to which DeadSkullable recognises him as the Plague Doctor that he saw at BellStone Asylum. DeadSkullable asks why Zhang Wei wants to kill him but Zhang Wei says that they don't, pointing out that DeadSkullable is immortal much like his father, but he is much more superior than his father.
Zhang Wei then uses his dark magic to grab DeadSkullable which makes him scream out in pain. Zhang Wei does this in an attempt to take DeadSkullables blood. But before he can continue, the lights are shut off. Once Terri enters the room and turns the light back on, they find that DeadSkullable is gone. However, Zhang Wei notices a small pool of DeadSkullables blood on the floor and orders Sheridan to take some of it.
== Personality ==
Zhang Wei presents himself as being a calm and collected individual, even when faced with those who are angry at him or want to kill him, he shows little in the way of emotion. It is only until he has been physically injured or wronged in some way that his mask starts to slip and he loses his patience, screaming out in anger at people who he deems responsible and becoming frustrated when things don't go to plan. He will often blame others for their inability to capture DeadSkullable or Jade, and holds a deep resentment for those around him. Even having little respect for Stefan Loncar after his death, despite Stefan once being the person in charge of the Nether. He is a major control freak who dislikes when things do not go his way.
Despite how emotional he can become when things go wrong, he is shown to be very calculating and intelligent. When he has regained his patience, he is able to manipulate people into aiding his larger plan and threatening people into doing his bidding.
== Powers & abilities ==
* Dark magic - Zhang Wei can create some kind of dark cloud that can be used to levitate himself in the air, restrain or cause pain to others and 
** Teleportation - Zhang Wei can use the dark magic to dissipate into a cloud and fly away.
* Soul sucking
* Regenerative healing
* Immortality
* Shape-shifting - He can take the form of anyone he pleases, as seen when he disguised himself as Jades teacher.
== Trivia ==
* It could be possible that Zhang Wei based his plague doctor outfit off of Haselhurst, who is also a plague doctor. Although this is unconfirmed, it may serve as some kind of explanation as to why Zhang Wei wears the outfit in the first place, but even with this theory, the exact details remain unclear.
* Zhang Wei is a name of Chinese origin, meaning that Zhang Wei could possibly be of Chinese descent.
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