Dragon Long

## Appearance

Long is a muscular young man with long black hair, dark green eyes, and peach colored skin. His Dragon Armor features several shades of green, a dragon's head on the chest plate, dragon claws on the shoulder pauldrons, and an incredibly durable shield on his left bracer.

## Personality

Long is a stoic man, rarely making small talk with others, but is still very much connected to those he loves. Long is a man of focus, dignity, and restraint, seldom making use of his powers unless absolutely necessary, detesting the posturing and brashness of his fellow Bronze Knights, refusing to even don his armor until his fight with Seiya.

Upon forming a team with Magnus, Seiya, and Shaun, he becomes a stalwart and steadfast companion.

He admires great men like his master, and shows respect to those who have earned it, such as when Seiya risked his life to restart his heart.

### Early years

Little is known about Shiryu's childhood but at some point he was adopted by Mitsumasa Kido and under the care of the Graad Foundation, he was trained with 99 other orphans. After a few years there was eventually a raffle that would reveal where each of the 100 children would be sent to receive further training in order to earn an cloth and become a saint.

In Shiryu's drawing of the raffle, he was sent to train at the Five Ancient Peaks of Lushan, China, where he would be trained by the Gold Saint Dohko. Also known as the Old Master. After six years of intense training, Shiryu finally managed to pass the final test of reversing the waterfall of the Five Peaks and earn the Dragon Cloth.

### Galaxian Wars

Shiryu returns to Japan to participate in the Galaxian Wars, having as his first opponent be Pegasus Seiya. Shiryu attempts to end the battle as quickly as possible, but Seiya even after receiving his attacks continued to rise to his feet. The fight goes on with Shiryu standing out. The strength of his fists is was strong enough to damage Pegasus Armor and the shield of dragon armor blocks Pegasus Meteor attacks. Seiya, however, manages to change turn the tide of the fight by tricking Shiryu into destroying the Dragon Armor fist and shield.

As the fight progressed Seiya discovered an weak point in Shiryu's signature technique which leaves his heart exposed for a millisecond and attacks him causing his heart to stop. The image of dragon that appears on Shiryu's back began to disappear and he is considered dead. However, Seiya managed to strike a blow to his back, striking his heart from behind to start it again thus saving Shiryu's life.

At the hospital, Shiryu reveals to Seiya his suspicions of someone watching the fights, an enemy - which is confirmed to be Phoenix Nero who teals the Sagittarius Cloth. Battles take place. Shaun and the others Knights are quickly knocked down by Nero. Shiryu eventually get back on his feets with the other bronze saints.

Eventually the Bronze Knights confront Nero who defeats them all with the exception of Seiya (who had alredy been defeated by a Black Knight; Black Knight who turns out to be Cassios). Shiryu, even unconscious, assists the Pegasus Knight by lending him, his indestructible shield, enabling Seiya to win. At the conclusion of the battle there is an Earthquakes shakes Mount Fuji. Nero disappears, but Shiryu, Seiya, Magnus and Shaun, as well as the Black Knights, are saved by Mu (Aries Mu; a gold knight).

### Silver Saint Arc

Shiryu appears next to Hyoga and Shun just as Ikki faced Cerberus Dante and Perseus Algol. Ikki decides to leave. Shun and Hyoga are defeated by Algol who turns them both into stone. Shiryu faces then face the Silver Knight with some difficulty in being incapable of looking at directly at him. Shiryu covers his eyes with a headband, but ultimately ends up having his right leg petrified. As a last resort, Shiryu pierces his own eyes to avoid the effects of the Perseus's Shield and is thus able to eventually defeat Algol resulting in his friends being freed from the being petrified.

Shiryu undergoes a medical examination in which he is informed that he would never see again.