North Star

Jian Ci-Lang (健次郎), also known as the North Star, is a character in the MYverse who also fights in the BeatDown tournament. He has been fighting in the tournament for about 3 years since he found out he has powers. Apart from being in the tournament, he is known for possessing the power of Guan Yin through an old and powerful sorcerer who chose him to take over her mantle and be the Light of Guan Yin.

## Biography

### Personality

Ci-Lang is a very shy, curious and outgoing person. During his younger days, he prefers not to show off his martial arts skills for 3 years because he got into a school fight that leads him suspended. But however, he still has a very passionate spirit for martial arts and someday he wants to be the most important fighter in the world, like his idol, Ken, who hails from the same state as himself. He has grown into a more confident and stronger young man after getting the rings that made him the Light of Guan Yin and has shown progress after all.

### Appeareance

Ci-Lang has black hair, brown eyes, a muscular athletic built similar to Bruce Lee's, and he is often seen wearing a black tank top and long pants during the tournament.

## Story

### Background

Throughout his childhood, he practiced martial arts and has a fighting spirit due to idolizing Ken. Until one day in middle school, everything changed. He was bullied, and he was called such words such as "Gangnam Style", "Ching-Chong" and "Kim Jong Un" by several different boys in his grade. His best friend Ling Ling saved him from the bullies that helped him fight back, but eventually, he got suspended for assault and bullying. And this is what makes him a shy and awkward person throughout his teen years, and pre-college years.

When he was 20 years old, he survived an incident in a bus that leads him to the way of the sorceress Feng Rong, he was unexpectedly chosen by her to be the new Light of Guan Yin and holder of the Five Rings. After he became the new Light of Guan Yin, he has gotten stronger, and more confident, and he participates in street fights more often.

Before joining the BeatDown, his first fight, as the Light of Guan Yin, is a fight on a train, against three masked henchmen who goes by the code names Azure Lion, Yellowtooth and the Great Peng, who wants to take the Five Rings away from its current holder. The fight video went viral, and he was contacted by the host of the BeatDown tournament by offering him a job that leads him into being in the tournament.

## Abilities & Powers

### Martial Arts

He is a skilled martial artist and he does Xing Yi Liu He Quan and Jeet Kune Do.

### The Five Rings

While obtaining The Five Rings, the powers would stay forever in his body. The Five Rings' powers consist of immortality, super-strength, energy manipulation, psychokinesis and flow manipulation. With the use of the Five Rings altogether, there is a force created as the Iron Punch, which is similar to Powerfist's punch, but however, it's a little bit different because the Iron Punch can only be done as a special attack with only the rings.

## Trivia

* He is inspired by Kenshiro, from the Fist of the North Star manga series. That's where he got his name from.
* Japanese fans of the BeatDown call him "Kenjiro", and compared his likeness to the said manga and anime character.
* The Five Rings is said to be inspired by Planet Earth and the four seasons.
* Him and his best friend Sunray went to the same middle school, but they did not attend high school together because they went to different schools in the San Francisco area.