Seiryuu

### Aliases

Seiryuu, Qinglong, Cheongryong, Thanh Long, the Azure Dragon, the Blue Dragon, the Green Dragon, Ao Guang, the King of Dragons, King of the Eastern Sea, the East

## Physical Description

### Spirit of

The East, Spring, Wood, Dawn, the color Turquoise, Dragons, Water, Clouds

## Relatives

### Consorts

Ling-guang

**Seiryuu** is the Azure Dragon of the Four Auspicious Beasts, representing the East.

## Overview

Seiryuu is a being prolific among ancient Chinese culture, spreading to many other religions of the area. Similar to the other Auspicious Beats Seiryuu represents a portion of the Yin-Yang, specifically the 'young Yang'.

Aside from its position in the Auspicious Beasts Seiryuu is also sometimes believed to be the King of Dragons as seen in Sun Wukong's exploits in the Journey to the West.

## Appearance

Seiryuu's original appearance is that of a eastern blue dragon with deific horns. Often times Seiryuu is depicted as being wrapped in clouds or submerged in water.

As a dragon Seiryuu is able to shapeshift into the form of a human.

## Personality

Originally Seiryuu in his younger days was quite mischievous, often times causing trouble for the Jade Emperor's heaven for the well being of humans. However as time passed Seiryuu became more focused on respectfully going against what the leaders of heaven dictate, often times using his authority as a direct descendant of Huanglong to get past any bureaucracy troubles. However at his core Seiryuu is still a jovial deity who enjoys seeing prosperity.

## History

After Huanglong Chiseled the universe it created Seiryuu and the rest of the Auspicious Beasts from the shell of the Cosmic Egg to govern Balance throughout the world it had created. Seiryuu was given the task of overseeing the balance within the Seas of the Universe, as well as controlling the oncoming of spring and the warm seasons.

Like the rest of the Auspicious Beasts Seiryuu came to rest on Earth. On Earth Seiryuu created the race of Dragons, divine beings who held great power in the forces of nature. During this time Seiryuu and the other Dragons regularly caused mischief like creating sea storms and rain in order to annoy the Jade emperor after the god forgot to provide aid to humanity after a catastrophic drought.

After his rebellious youth Seiryuu mellowed out a bit, eventually ceasing his incessant annoyance of the Jade Emperor. During this time another being named Sun Wukong came to Seiryuu's abode looking for a strong weapon, seeing the Monkey king as a kindred spirit similar to his youth he shows him every weapon the Dragon king had to offer, but Sun Wukong dismissed every one of the super powered weapons. But eventually a pillar from Seiryuu's treasury calls out to him causing him to pick it up revealing that it too is a magical weapon, happy with the newly found staff Sun Wukong asks Seiryuu to make him a great set of amour, with Seiryuu happily obliging.

## Myths and Legends

The Four Symbols, also known as the Four Auspicious Beasts, are four mythological creatures appearing in the Chinese constellations. They usually represent the cardinal directions.

Ao Guang from the Journey to the west is believed to be a synchronization of Seiryuu.

## Trivia

* Seiryuu is one of the Oldest recorded Auspicious Beasts along with Baihu.