Genbu The Black Tortoise of The North

Genbu the Black Tortoise of The North is the fourth member of the chinese guardian beasts that first appeared in the book The Autistic Hero 2: Worlds Clashing. Genbu is also known as Xuanwu and is technically a chimera, It is both a Tortoise looking like a mix of Archelon the sea turtle and the Alligator Snapping Turtle and also a snake which is either a King Cobra or a Saw Scaled Viper. Much like the others it was possessed and sent the winter winds and water into a crazed state until Xenith Stephenson, Michael the Slugorogon, Tony the Octopus, and rather unexpectedly Brutus the Brutal who is ready to help the heroes. Genbu is eventually freed from both its minds slavery and this marks the final beast to save before dealing with the new threat.

## Appearance

Genbu's appearance is a weird one. It resembles an upright standing alligator snapping turtle with the flippers of the Archelon only these have sharp claws behind them. These arm flippers are used as hard shields which it uses to block incoming damage. Genbu's design is overall similar to Gamera only its tail is very much more of that of the Saw Scaled Viper being very thick and sturdy. The Deity has a gem on its very ridged and armored shield which is able to allow it to dodge attacks from above easier. The snake half of Genbu is actually transparent for now, The snake is actually comprised of Darkness as Genbu has control over it and creates the snake as an intangible being that encircles its shell and gives its underside of its shell a blackish veil look. The snake head is similar to the saw scaled viper's head as well as having the hood of the king cobra and having the exact constellation it is drawn out from under it and the underside of its shell. The deity stands at a height of 135 meters tall and a shell width of 140 meters.

## Lore

Genbu was actually originally just the snake created by the Yellow Emperor Dragon but then his father Orochiuchus actually gave him the suggestion of using a dragon turtle and fusing the 2. This was a good decision because both the shadow serpent and the material tortoise got along like siblings. It was very much a good warrior duo and they were very much the most charismatic of the guardian constellations. However Genbu was actually unable to get a disciple for a long time because it didn't know if getting 2 was allowed. Eventually Huanglong allowed both the serpent and the tortoise to train 2 disciples. The disciples names were Zhanshi nanhai and Ying She who coincidentally where also twins. Zhangshi nanhai and Ying She got along the same way that The snake and turtle did so it was only natural that they were perfect for this. Zhangshi Nanhai was taught Dragon Style or a variant called Warrior's Water style and Ying She was taught Snake Style or Shadow's Wanderer style which was the first time 2 new secret styles were taught to two individuals. However much like with the other guardians Genbu was sealed away by the Christian God making the twin disciples grief stricken because their masters were now sealed. The twins were angry too and thus began to bring curses upon the Christians of this book in the form of dark dreams and also giving rise to humans fear of snakes since Ying She was a big snake fan. It wasn't known if these 2 did any more to humans but did help the Galapagos tortoise to flourish as it reminded them of their master. Then in 4051 much like the others, Genbu woke up from the seal and was possessed but interestingly it was the snake head that got possessed first and then infected the turtle with the fury virus by biting him. of course the twins went to Tiankong and the others for help and they immediately suggested them go find The Happy Time Fun Squad. The twins do eventually find Xenith Stephenson but this is during his fight with The Hydra from greek mythology. They end up saving his life by encasing the hydra in a dome of inwards facing dark blades before stabbing all of its heads off and then from the explosion Xenith sneezes and the fireball blows up the hydra torso. The 2 twins fight to ask him help their masters and eventually they both teach Xenith their respective styles but it takes 2 weeks and after Sunday of the second week he was able to learn both and confronted the beast. He would have lost if Piercerhadn't help return his decapitated head and also brought Brutus the Brutal who manages to actually create a chink in its shell which reveals its gem and then Xenith is able to crack it with a Sky Spear Smash. after it is returned to normal, Genbu is thankful and reunites with his disciples as well as reuniting with the other guardians but now Xenith realizes that there are only four here. He knows the fifth will eventually rise.

## Abilities

Ebony Shield: Genbu's shell and arm flippers are so tough and durable they are immune to bludgeoning and most projectile attacks, in fact they were so dangerous they actually chopped off Xenith Stephenson's head and his body took nearly 30 minutes to find and re attach his head.

Ambient Energy Manipulation

Directional Lordship-North

Kheimokinesis: The user is able to tap and induce the winter and the powers/forces it represents: snow and ice, cold, death and solitude. It is also time of endurance and survival with any means possible, waiting, reflection and preparation for the upcoming growth season.

Transcendent Element Manipulation

Achluokinesis: Genbu can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. By itself, darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but by accessing a dimension of dark energy it can be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs and weapons, teleport one's self through massive distances via shadows, etc. This also includes using the powers of its snake head to unleash these attacks on a longer range. This is used to give Genbu a Black Blade made from the shadows of the citizens of Hailar and this was able to combat Xenith's Lightblade.

Hydrokinesis: Genbu can create, shape, and manipulate water, inorganic compound with liquid, gas (steam, water vapor), and solid (ice) states, including changing them from one state to others. More Skilled and powerful users can use water-related weather such as blizzards and rainstorms. Some users are able to completely control the temperature of the water at will. This allowed Genbu a similar method of attack to The Rainbow Serpent only its a bit weaker.

Dragon Scream: Since Genbu is technically a Dragon Turtle, It has the ability of Dragon Scream much like Qinglong does.

Amphibiousness: Genbu is able to swim underwater for major periods of time in fact forever if it wants.

## Trivia

Genbu's turtle design is based off of Gamera which is fitting because gamera is also based off genbu from myth.