Sunni/Rahu Wukong

Wukong, in a typical state of inebriation

Sunni/Rahu Wukong was an adventurer who formed part of the prominent group Geornan's Fabulous Adventuring Group.

## Biography

> "“You, my inebriated friend, belong to an ancient and holy order. But your surety in the stability of your monastery must now be questioned. Your order has fallen under new leadership in your absence, and I can see that without intervention, your once proud way of life may not survive.”
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> Brahan the Sage

#### *Early Life*

At a young age, Sunni discovered he could easily make people laugh.  He was the class joker while at school, and soon developed a reputation as a lovable little rogue - constantly getting himself and others into trouble. Sunni also sported an insatiable hunger for fun and exploration. When not in class he would spend the majority of his day avoiding his chores in the family home and exploring the rivers, canyons and peaks of the Naimah mountain range, also known as the Land of a Thousand Waterfalls. As soon as he could write he began to document everything he discovered and became an accomplished cartographer and artist.

On his 18th birthday, Sunni was near his village documenting a new type of butterfly he'd uncovered.  Despite the deafening roar of the nearby Thunder Falls, he heard a distant explosion.  He knew immediately it was the village mine.  He ran to the mine entrance to offer his assistance only to discover it completely deserted.  A second explosion revealed that the mine was intact, but the village was not. Sunni returned to the village to find it completely consumed by a gaping, burning chasm in the ground. There were no survivors.

Sunni was later told by the Royal Engineering Corps that the miners had clearly opened an ancient but gas-filled section of the mine.  Sunni didn’t tell the engineers of the beasts he had seen dragging the village into the ground, he barely believed it himself.  The fires of the former village burned for a decade, fuelled by the gas pockets in the mines they suspected to be the cause of the disaster. When they subsided, the King ordered the mine sealed and all valley passes to what was once the village of Shinto blocked and removed from the maps.

Sunni was taken to the capital city of Notus where within days he had numbed the pain and visions in the bars, taverns and weed dens of Notus black markets.  A bloody beating from the city guard saw Sunni dragged in front of the Magistrates' Court charged with desecrating a shrine and vagrancy.  Taking pity on Sunni and aware of his recent trauma the Magistrate ordered Sunni be sent to the Temple of the Fermented Garden, run by an order of worshippers of the god Yi-Ti who first brought alcohol to the world.  The monks were renowned for their understanding of addiction and their mysterious martial art the Way of the Drunken Master.

With the help of the monks, Sunni was healed, returning his thirst for life and harnessing his thirst for beer and wine.  Sunny quickly became known as the Laughing Monk, loved by all his fellow monks and his sensei Master Rayuen. The day he set forth on his mission to discover Yi-Ti’s gift, he promised his master he would never forget his vow: to see the wonder in all living things, find joy in even the darkest places, defend the vulnerable and drink everything he can.