Bliston

> *"Chima has been destroyed by the Civil War—a civil war that YOU inland tribes caused. Who are you to call us terrorists for sacrificing raven lives in the name of peace, when you and the other inland tribes have been doing the same thing for centuries, before my tribe even existed?"*
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> *-*Bliston to Razic at the end of the Bat—Raven War.
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## Bliston Belkoroth

The normal, non-fire chi appearance of Bliston

### Affiliation

Formerly:* Crawler Empire

Currently:

* Bats
* Chima Alliance

### Location

New Bat Island

Bliston is an RPC created by JGREAD, and is the King of the Bats in the LMBE Chima RP continuity. He is a smart and ambitious Outland animal who believed westward territorial expansion was necessary for continued evolution and safer living spaces, co-founding the Crawler Empire with Scorpion King Scorm to this end. Bliston's philosophies changed, however, after his experiences in multiple wars, and he decided to have his tribe become Chima's first line of defense against the Manta Ray Empire, which, at the time, only the Bats knew about. Due to both this and Bliston developing a sense of morality, his imperialism and utilitarianism lessened over the course of the Roleplay, and the Bats' respect for him grew, to the point that even defectors like Bratta and Barney rejoined the tribe, swearing loyalty to the Bat King once again.

Though Bliston's newfound neutrality toward the Fire*—*Ice Wars on the mainland and complete secrecy regarding the existence of the Rays initially angered the other tribes, he was later praised by leaders such as Lycor for having the right approach regarding the foreign Empire; in light of Galvanor's attempt to mobilize Chima's tribes in a crusade against the west. Bliston eventually ended up shifting away from his neutral stance and officially joining the Chima Alliance to stop Galvanor during the Second Chima Civil War, ironically putting him and the Bats fully on the same side as their once-enemies.

## Biography

### Early Life

Like the other Bats, Bliston had been born as a primitive creature, in the caves at the bottom of The Gorge of Eternal Depth. Before being evolved, Bliston was the first bat to discover a way out of the gorge. When the Gorillas accidentally dropped a massive amount of chi orbs into the gorge, most of the Bats, Scorpions, and Spiders drank the chi and evolved into larger, smarter, stronger beings. Bliston's parents hadn't survived the rush to evolve, but he and his sister Bratta had.

After being evolved, Bliston led his tribe out through the tunnels he'd discovered earlier, using this as an opportunity to gain power in the newly formed Bat Tribe. Because he led his tribe out of the terrible Gorge, and because of the fact that he was considered the smartest bat, Bliston became the first King of the Bat Tribe. After coming up through the tunnels, the gorge-born animals found themselves in a strange land of mountains, jungles, and mist. Bliston organized the Bat tribe into an army, and quickly took over a third of the Outlands, as the Spiders and Scorpions each did the same (at some point after this, Bliston became friends with Scorm, the Scorpion King). During this time, the Bats and Scorpions fought in small territorial wars with the Spiders before agreeing on the 1/3 split, through which Bliston and the other Outlanders gained war experience. Bliston set up ranks, appointing Bratta and Balthazar as his two Stewards (Balthazar, because he was the second smartest bat, and Bratta just because she was Bliston's sister).

#### A New Kingdom

As Black Mountain, the largest of the Outland Mountains, was in the center of Bat Territory, Bliston turned it into a headquarters for the Bat tribe. He had bat miners carve a cave mouth into the top of the mountain. The cave was made to look like a giant bat mouth (with smaller openings above resembling eyes and nostrils), with two large fangs on top and two small fangs on the bottom. Bliston changed its name to Black Fang Mountain, to reflect its new appearance and its status as the Bat HQ. To complete the mountain's transformation, Bliston had the bat miners drill holes and caves inside of the mountain. The caves served as housing units and for many other purposes. Bliston's dark throne was carved out of the mountain's mysterious black rock. Around this time, at some point before Bliston appointed Brakket as the Bats' fourth-in-command, he appointed Barney as his third-in-command.

Soon after, Bliston married a female bat. About a month after the creation of Bat HQ, an escaped spider criminal arrived, having avoided execution from his own tribe. The criminal spider attempted to steal weapons from the Bats, only to be defeated and captured. The spider was brought before Bliston. In one last attempt at escape, the spider tried to kill Bliston, but failed. As a result, Bliston pressed the button on his throne, which activated the trapdoor in the center of the throne room. The spider fell through the inescapable tunnel and landed in the sharp spikes at the bottom, dying immediately. (The body of the spider criminal has since decomposed, but its skeleton is still at the bottom of the pit.) Because of this event, Bliston's relationship with the spiders became strained, and he became less enthusiastic about allying with them. However, Bliston knew to not judge an entire tribe by one member, so he still ultimately had intentions to ally with the Spiders.

### Expeditions into Chima

Bliston was eager to explore the world beyond the Outlands, so he had Bats routinely organize into a flying formation called the "Black Cloud" in order to view the land from above. Bliston appointed a skilled bat soldier named Brakket as the Black Cloud Navigator/Grand Sky General (the Bat Tribe's fourth-in-command). The Black Cloud frequently flew over Chima's inland and observed the happenings there. After Bliston's scouts informed him of the existence of inland tribes, Bliston realized that all the other tribes had a limitless supply of chi, lush vegetation, and larger territories, while the Bats were living in the savage and dangerous Outlands, with very little chi and less territory. Additionally, the Bat King was angered to find out that the inland tribes were currently using their vast resources to fight each other in a Civil War, destroying the land they were lucky to have in the process. And so, Bliston began formulating a complex plan to personally end the war in Chima, take the chi he was deprived of, and conquer the land that the inland tribes had abused, providing a safer living space for his people in the process. During this time, Bliston was among the many Outland denizens to discover Ludwig Luggington's history books in the seemingly abandoned Outland town Corvidholme, learning all of Chima's known history up to that point.

### Alliance with the Scorpions

Because of Bliston's friendship with Scorm, the Bats and Scorpions had formed an unofficial alliance a few months after the creation of their respective HQs. However, the alliance between the two Outland tribes had a rocky start, due to the Scorpions' top administrator (Scortica Breen, Scorm's elder brother) training hundreds of Bats as part of his semi-autonomous Black Overwatch force, without Bliston's consent. This was rectified somewhat by the Bat King quickly maneuvering Barney into the role of Black Overwatch Commander, both to keep an eye on and take more control over the alleged security force. Soon after, the unofficial alliance was strained once again due to Scortica kidnapping a bat, tying up the bat's wings, and forcing him to be a test subject against his will or consent (the bat's wings were broken as a result). Bliston was not happy when he found out about this.

#### Rescue Mission

The Bat King personally led an extraction team to free the illegal test subject from captivity. Ten Wing Strikers blasted at the wall in the Sector C Test Labs; an exterior tram tunnel of Aperture Mesa that was located on the border of Bat Territory. The wall was damaged, but wasn't destroyed until one of the Wing Strikers purposely rammed into it, after the unscathed pilot had flown off. Bliston, the nine remaining Wing Strikers, and the other Bats on the team (including Brakket) flew through the opening they'd made, splitting up as they moved through the underground facility's tram tunnels. Bliston blasted any Scorpions who got in the way of his modified Wing Striker, and eventually found the room containing the prisoner. After ripping the door of the room off with his Wing Striker's front wing 'claws', he used those wings to grab the captive bat and pull him out of the room, regrouping the Bats as they escaped.

The eight remaining Wing Strikers (one had been destroyed by Supreme General Scorpix in his stinger tank) left, along with two Scorpions taken prisoner, as Brakket threw a small grenade into the tunnel, completely destroying it and blocking any way in or out from that area for the time being. After having a Wing Striker take the rescued bat back to Black Fang Mountain, Bliston waited patiently in the Outland jungles with the other Bats, the captive Scorpions, and the seven Wing Strikers still there. They were unaware that a scorpion scientist, Scordon Freeman, had followed them after noticing this raid and the kidnapping of two other scientists.

#### Formation of the Empire

Bliston had left a handwritten letter to the Scorpions, informing them of the two captured soldiers. In the letter, Bliston arranged a deal that would ensure the return of the captives, as well as good relations between the Bats and Scorpions from that point forward. Scorpix found the letter and gave it to Scortica. Scortica angrily ignored the terms of the letter, but Scorpix, recognizing the benefits, told King Scorm that it was "merely a misunderstanding with the Bats" (as Bliston had requested in his letter). Meanwhile, soldiers sent by Scorpix agreed to the letter's terms, and the two Scorpions were let free as the Bats returned to Black Fang Mountain. After these negotiations ensured apparent everlasting loyalty between the Bats and Scorpions, Bliston and Scorm contacted each other and finally formed an official alliance between the two tribes. This was how the Crawler Empire was formed (Scorm came up with the name "Crawler", while Bliston used the term "empire" to make the Outland alliance's imperialist goals to gain safer living spaces clear).

### Bat—Raven War

The Chima Civil War had been dragging on long after the Battle of Lion City ended; Rawlin was persistent in trying to destroy the Eagle Tribe no matter what. Even the patient Bliston eventually became fed up and decided to intervene. Bliston became enraged at Rawlin's continued "illogical" actions, and took his army to Eagle Spire, piloting his new command ship, the Bat Javelin. The Bat Army attacked the Talon Industries Ravens there, temporarily joining forces with the Eagles and the present Wings Row Monarchy Ravens. With three armies fighting them, the TI Ravens were massively outnumbered and routed relatively quickly; all of their flying vehicles were destroyed, and their damaged MMSC drifted past The Iron Mountains, with Bats and Ravens fighting inside it all the while.

#### Duel with Rawlin

Bliston left the Bat Javelin and flew into the room of the spire that Rawlin was in (after a Wing Striker had ejected its pilot and crashed into it). A bat took the injured eagle leader to one of the Spire's hospitals, while Bliston held a sword at the neck of Rawlin's mother, Erlin, and demanded Rawlin duel him. After Rawlin accepted the duel, Bliston tossed Erlin out the window and engaged in a furious duel of the fates with Rawlin. Both of the chi-powered fighters flew through and around Eagle Spire as they clashed, eventually coming to a reconstruction zone. As Rawlin's chi power waned and eventually ran out (due to him plugging chi earlier than the Bat King had), Bliston was still immensely powerful, so he smashed Rawlin through a stone wall. Bliston followed through the wall, and as Rawlin tried to get back up, Bliston broke the TI Chairman's wing with his bare hands, rendering Rawlin unable to fly. Bliston then grabbed Rawlin by the wing and tossed him into another wall (this one fractured on first impact, but wasn't destroyed yet). Then, with his last bit of chi energy, Bliston kicked Rawlin through the wall, breaking a hole open in it and blasting the raven out of the spire. Rawlin fell into the mist surrounding the spire, and, though he somehow survived the fall, he wasn't seen again for a long time.

##### Aftermath

After defeating Rawlin, Bliston was smashed through the same wall, by the arm of an eagle construction vehicle piloted by a vengeful Erlin. The pilots of the Bat Javelin immediately destroyed the crane and killed Erlin with a missile strike, but Bliston fell into the fog and disappeared. Soon, the odd Scorpion Scientist Scordon Freeman arrived at Eagle Spire and attempted to turn the Eagles against the Bats, via eagle led RPG fire from Edessa Cubbage, only to fail and be driven off thanks to Brakket’s marksmanship, shooting down numerous RPG rockets. All of the scattered Wing Strikers in the skies around the Spire regrouped and flew back to Bat HQ.

#### Cold War

Although the Bats had been winning the war with the Ravens, both sides became stuck at a stalemate after the loss of their leaders. Following the disappearance of Rawlin and Bliston, most of the remaining TI Ravens regrouped in Raven HQ with the intent of selecting a leader and counterattacking the Bats, only to be outnumbered by the WRM Ravens there, who'd taken advantage of the opening to launch their assault. As the civil war among the Ravens continued, the Bats went on with their King's plan. Meanwhile, Bliston was seen flying through the fog above The Iron Mountains. He was attacked by the lion pilot Leonard, who mistook Bliston for a raven. The chi-powered Bat King destroyed the wing of Leonard's jet and caused it to crash into the Arctic region beyond the Iron Mountains; Bliston found that this was also where the MMSC had crashed.

After swallowing an additional orb of chi, Bliston powered up, hooked a chain to the MMSC, and managed to pull it back up into the skies of Chima. Bliston and the Bats inside the MMSC (having triumphed over the Ravens and driven them out of the battle station) rendezvoused with the Bat Javelin and the Bats who'd collected spider webs across Chima. When the group met up in the Iron Mountains, Bliston took all the vehicles inside the MMSC. The MMSC glided to Mount Cavora using its single remaining booster, and the Bats used the spiderwebs to block the Chi Falls and steal all the chi. They concealed themselves in the MMSC as they did so, tricking most of the inland animals into thinking the Ravens stopped the falls (for this was part of Bliston's plan).

#### A Utilitarian Conclusion

The Bat Army then attacked Raven HQ; and after evacuating the Bats, removing the chi orbs, and filling it with chi bombs, Bliston crashed the MMSC into the Raven HQ's main tower. This caused a massive explosion, completely destroying the MMSC, the tower, and all the TI Ravens inside. Bliston and the Bats then powered up with their new chi supply, and opened fire on the wrecked Raven City, completely destroying it all in order to eradicate Talon Industries, regardless of WRM casualties. Razic criticized Bliston for this, but the Bat King argued that the Ravens, and the inland tribes in general, had brought this on themselves by damaging Chima with their constant wars. During this time, a scouting party of Scorpions was discovered and attacked by WRM Ravens outside the city, and the Scorpions quickly left after surviving the ensuing standoff. The Bats then returned to Black Fang Mountain, where Bliston praised Balthazar for his time leading the Bats, and promoted him to Grand Admiral of the Bat Navy.

### Time Between Wars

Having won the Bat—Raven War and drained Cavora of its Chi, Bliston and the Bats were at peace for a time. After Grand Admiral Balthazar left for Bat Island and Scorpix returned to Scorpion Cavern Castle, Prince Scorpio remained in Bliston's throne room, and started to whine and pester the Bat King. Bliston started to lose his patience and was going to press the button that activated the trapdoor, but decided not to upon remembering that Scorpio was Scorm's son. Bliston became annoyed when Scorpio refused to admit his reason for coming to Black Fang Mountain. Bratta then began acting insane, ranting about "woman's touch" and wanting to kill Scorpio (Bliston didn't know at the time, but this was due to the fact that Bratta had been mind-controlled by Scrin). Bliston became fed up, and two Black Overwatch Civil Protection units seized and subdued Bratta, while two others did the same with Scorpio. Bliston ignored Bratta's meaningless insults and ordered the guards to take her to the therapist's cave for anger management therapy, while Scorpio was removed from the HQ.

Third-in-command Barney Balhoun then entered the throne room and talked with Bliston about Bratta. Barney revealed that he was infatuated with Bratta, and Bliston remarked to him that perhaps he could "talk some sense into her". Wolves had arrived to the HQ for negotiations, but changed their minds and left, accidentally dropping a dagger in the throne room on their way out. A bat picked up the dagger and showed it to Bliston, who let the bat keep it. Soon, Bliston once again left with his army, the soldiers now wearing new upgraded armor made from the Outland Mountains' minerals. Bliston and Brakket left Barney in charge of the HQ. Barney complained about this until Bliston explained why it was to be this way via radio.

#### Forest Fire Rescue

On their way to the rendezvous point with the Scorpion Army (who had received their share of fresh chi) in another part of the Outlands, Bliston (piloting the repaired and refurbished Bat Javelin) and the Bats flew above a forest fire in the Outland jungles. Bliston commented that, if Spiders were trapped in the fire, the Spider Tribe would surely be in his debt for rescuing his citizens, and would ally with the Bats as a result. However, Bliston soon discovered that they were the other type of arachnid. Nevertheless, Bliston and the Bats saved the remaining scorpion scientists there by pouring water over the fire from their vehicles. The Scorpions were thankful for the rescue, which strengthened the bond between Bats and Scorpions even more.

### Crawler Empire Assembled

The Scorpion Army eventually arrived at the rendezvous point (albeit much later than the Bats) and gathered with the Bat Army. Bliston flew into the air and gave a speech to the assembled empire about why they needed to conquer more territory in order to survive as a civilization, and why they therefore had to defeat any inland tribes who attempted to fight them. After Bliston's motivating speech, the soldiers of the two armies powered up with their massive amount of chi, and moved westward for conquest.

#### Great Desert Takeover

After crossing over the Outland mountains that divided the two regions of Chima and the Outlands, the Crawler Empire arrived in the Great Desert, and quickly conquered the mostly uninhabited region. Having already defeated the Ravens there, the Bats claimed an outpost that the Wolves had abandoned. After that, the only inland tribe still in the Great Desert was the Gorillas. Scorm introduced his new Scorpion Air Force to Bliston, as the vehicles obliterated the chi-deprived Gorilla outpost. As the remaining Gorillas fled, Scorm bragged about his flying vehicles, only to be cut off mid-brag by Bliston, who verbally revealed the existence of the brand new Bat Super-Tanks, which were faster than the average scorpion tank. Scorm shot back that he had a son and Bliston didn't, but Bliston revealed that his wife was currently pregnant with his heir. A their two kings bantered, the Bats and Scorpions, having conquered the Great Desert, began constructing towers and walls in the region, all decorated proudly with the Crawler Empire's flag.

### Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War

Also known as the "Inland—Outland War" (but more commonly as the Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War), this conflict was between the Crawler Empire (comprised of the Bats and Scorpions) and the Chima Alliance (comprised of the Wolves, Lions, Ravens, Minor Tribes, Bears, and Gorillas). The Rhinos also took part in the war, despite not officially being part of an alliance yet. Bliston played a major role in the war even when he wasn't directly involved in battles.

#### Battle of Bear HQ

The Bat and Scorpion armies moved southwest to take over the Bear Forest, which Bliston and Scorpix saw as the perfect land for Imperial citizens. When they approached the Bear Cave, Bliston told Blitz Bridger that the land would belong to the Crawler Empire, and that the Bear Army could either fight back or retreat, with their civilians allowed to stay. Bliston said that either choice would be honorable. When Blitz chose to stay and fight, Bliston and Scorm moved forward with their attack. Since the Bears were deprived of chi like the other inland tribes, the Crawler Empire was winning the battle, and any bear soldiers either retreated or were defeated. While there, Bliston received secret radio messages from a rhino known as Putin, who asked for the Crawler Empire's help in taking over the Rhino Tribe. He also informed Bliston that the Rhinos would join the Crawler Empire after he took over. The Bat King agreed to this deal, and awaited more messages. Bliston then continued fighting the Bears, but eventually left to personally negotiate with the Gorillas.

##### Negotiations with Gorbav

Bliston flew to Gorilla HQ with two Bats piloting Wing Strikers. There, he explained to Gorilla President Gorbav that, unlike the Scorpions, the Bats figured out that the Gorillas had dropped the chi into the Gorge that had evolved the Outland tribes. As such, Bliston told Gorbav that the Crawlers would not takeover Gorilla Territory to thank them for this, as long as the Gorillas didn't attack them first. Bliston apologized on behalf of Scorm, due to the Scorpion King's earlier behavior when "negotiating" with the Gorillas, and promised to deliver a small but substantial amount of chi to the Gorilla Jungle. He and Gorbav shook hands, and the deal was sealed, seemingly ensuring peace between the Empire and Gorillas despite the latter still being part of the Chima Alliance.

##### Fall of the Bear Cave

Bliston returned to the former Bear Forest (now the Crawler Empire's forest) in time to see the Bear Cave be destroyed from the inside. After the cave fell, Bliston flew down and asked Scorpix what had happened. Scorpix explained that he'd been fighting Blitz inside the cave, but he was blasted out while Blitz fought ten scorpion soldiers, and that the weight of the scorpion tank being slammed against the wall must've made the cave collapse. Bliston wondered weather Blitz was alive or deceased. As the remaining Bears retreated to their new HQ, Blitz Base, the Crawler Empire took over the unclaimed land to the west of the forest; since no one owned the land, it was immediately claimed by the Crawlers, providing even more living spaces for their civilians. As Bliston oversaw construction projects in his Empire's new territory, he received more messages from Putin, updating him on the current state of the situation at Rhino HQ.

#### Return to Black Fang Mountain

Soon, Bliston found out that his son had just been born. Bliston returned to his kingdom in time to meet the newborn Prince Bernard, but apologized to his wife that he wasn't able to be there when the baby was born. His wife said it was alright, and that she understood. Very soon after Prince Bernard was born, the new Bat Super-Tanks were finally completed, and the first wave of twenty was sent out as production doubled on the rest. Sometime later, Bliston approved Dr. Benjamin's expedition into the Arctic, but did not allow his Head Scientist to bring more members of the Bat Tribe (aside from the insane Braxin), since Bliston cared deeply for the well-being of his species.

Soon after Benjamin departed, Bliston received the awaited message from Putin, informing him that the Lion Army had mobilized in Rhino Territory. Bliston said that he would gather three of The Four Supreme Crawler Commanders (Barney, Brakket, and Scorpix), and that they'd lead the Crawler Empire on the front lines. As the commanders regrouped in the Great Desert, Bliston was shown the new Black Overwatch Spider Strider vehicle, but he was more interested in a bat car that was zooming out of Black Fang Mountain. Bliston asked to see who the designer of the car was. Bliston's newborn son also got excited upon seeing the vehicle. Bliston couldn't locate the designer, however, and returned his focus to the Rhino HQ operation.

#### War and Peace

Little did Putin know, the invasion was actually orchestrated by Bliston to distract and weaken the Lion Army while he prepared to annex Eagle territory into the Crawler Empire. The invasion also served to prove or disprove the competency and loyalty of Barney's semi-autonomous force (the Bats' half of Black Overwatch). During the battle, Bliston received a message from Putin informing him of the failure of the Rhino Rebellion, but Bliston revealed that the attack was a diversion before the Empire claimed its true target, and that Putin had been merely a pawn in the Bat King's plan. Bliston eventually had Scorpix and Brakket take the Bat and Scorpion armies out of the battle so they could go to Eagle territory. The Bat King then received a surprising ransom letter from the Lions, informing him that they had both Scorm and Scorpio (who were previously believed to be dead). Bliston sent back a reply letter to negotiate for peace, and for the Scorpion royals' release. Part of Bliston's deal was for the Lions to assassinate Scortica, who the Bat King fully distrusted, in order to eliminate the infighting among the Crawler Empire's leaders. Bliston also received a letter from Rhino Queen Rixia Rolex, asking for peace. Bliston sent back an agreement letter. In the letter, he informed the queen that he would extract Black Overwatch from the territory if they proved themselves by surviving the next few hours. When this happened, Bliston told Barney via hologram that Black Overwatch had passed the test, and ordered them to leave, ending the Battle of Rhino HQ. Bliston also secretly ordered Barney to form a blockade around Eagle territory.

##### More Negotiations

Bliston received a response from Queen Rixia, who suggested that the peace meeting be in the neutral Gorilla territory. Bliston agreed, and, having no more use for Putin, informed Rixia of the rebel's code name, to make it easier for the Rhinos to find and capture him. Bliston was disappointed to learn of a battle with Forgotten and Lion forces in the conquered Bear territory. Through the speaker towers, Bliston asked for the forces to negotiate for peace, and ordered the Black Overwatch troopers there to leave. Soon, Bliston sent a negotiator there to make the area a non-war zone for both Bears and Crawlers to live peacefully. With that over with, Bliston flew back to Gorilla territory with two Wing Striker escorts to negotiate with Rixia. The negotiations were successful, and Bliston, having now secured peace with the Rhinos, flew to the blockaded Eagle territory.

#### Annexation and more Meetings

Bliston flew to the top of Eagle Spire and planted a Crawler Empire flag next to the Eagle Tribe flag, declaring that it would become shared land between the Crawlers and Eagles. The Crawlers and Eagles, already on good terms due to the Bat—Raven War, officially allied following this. Along with many other Bats, Bliston flew into the Eagle library to research Chima's history, particularly the "legends" of the Phoenix, where he met Gen Kai Shek. Shortly after this, Bliston met the new Crocodile King Crogar (succeeding his cousin, Rawlin's former ally Crogall, who'd been assassinated by the Spiders), who allied his tribe with the Crawler Empire. It was then that Bliston finally completely lost interest in allying with the Spiders, due to both the Crawlers now being four tribes strong, and the Spiders' mysterious aggression toward the Crocodiles.

Around this time, Bliston, who'd noticed that nature had been thrown out of balance with minor earthquakes and withering plants throughout Chima, made the correlation that this was caused by him having drained the chi falls. Regretting this, Bliston wondered if the Phoenix (which he believed existed) could restore the falls. Bliston was then summoned once again to Gorilla HQ by Gorbav, soon after sending Bat and Scorpion Ambassadors there at Gorbav's request. The Gorilla President claimed that he had a way of finding out whether the Phoenix could restore Cavora's falls, after Bliston related this interest to him. Bliston arrived in the jungle with escorts, but he was asked to leave his bodyguards and weapons outside a cave, just as Gorbav did the same. Bliston entered the cave, and had his guards (one a bat, one a scorpion) take his weapons out of the cave. Gorbav led Bliston into a tunnel within the cave, where they descended. Bliston observed the old art on the walls, and talked with Gorbav as they descended deeper into the tunnel.

##### Betrayal

At the last room, Gorbav showed Bliston a well, where he summoned and spoke to a phoenix's ghost, and Bliston gained confirmation that the Phoenix were indeed able to restore the chi falls of Mount Cavora. Gorbav then betrayed and arrested Bliston, violating the terms of their past treaty in the process. Gorvan then arrived, and Bliston, believing these beings were not worth his effort to fight, willingly obliged to the capture. He was later transported to a hidden location, which was masked with clones (fake Bliston replicas) and perfumes. While listening to the surounding sounds with his naturally strong hearing, Bliston eventually deduced that he was in a high security prison. He then meditated, contemplating the fact that he now knew how to restore the chi falls, and finding amusement in the fact that the inland tribes imprisoned him before he could restore their falls. Bliston continued to patiently meditate, having heard Scorponok approaching through the jungle.

#### Interview and Rescue

When Lewis Luggington arrived at Gorilla HQ, he requested an interview with Bliston. The Bat King agreed, and answered Lewis' recorded questions that'd been sent to his cell. Bliston then read many Gorillas' history books, gaining a better understanding of their culture (and also reading Vezon von Donitz's book on naval combat), before Scorponok came down through the air vent in the cell. The scorpion introduced himself and continued through the air vents with Bliston. A saw blade fan turned on and sucked the two Crawlers close, but Scorponok melted it with his acid blaster. They then entered a seemingly abandoned hallway, where a gorilla guard confronted them. Scorponok melted the guard's gun with an acid blast. Four Forgotten Gorillas then arrived and attempted to convince Bliston and Scorponok to aid them in their fight against the Combine, but Scorponok stung them, bringing them under his mind control. Scorponok proceeded to command the brainwashed Forgotten Gorillas to knock the Gorilla Tribe guard unconscious. Bliston then continued down the abandoned hallway with Scorponok and the four mind-controlled Gorillas.

##### Encounters with Rawlin

The group entered an abandoned mess hall in the prison that had been ravaged by a recent earthquake. Rawlin suddenly burst through a doorway on the other side of the mess hall, and as Bliston walked down the stairs from the catwalk, he expressed his surprise at the raven's survival after their duel at Eagle Spire. Rawlin attacked Bliston, but Scorponok acted as a bodyguard. Scorponok was injured after another raven joined the fight, and Bliston picked up the scorpion, flying out a broken window as Scorponok commanded the brainwashed Gorillas to keep the Ravens busy. Scorponok soon requested that the Bat King drop him off, and Bliston flew above the Great Desert on his way to Black Fang Mountain, happy to see the many new Imperial cities there. Bliston was attacked in the air by Rawlin in his Raven Raider jet, but the Crawlers below noticed this and opened fire with the anti-air turrets in the cities, allowing Bliston time to fly away into the Outland Mountains.

#### Retribution

Bliston returned to Black Fang Mountain, finding it surrounded by Gorilla forces. A bat reported to Bliston that the Gorillas demanded a treaty be signed. Bliston scoffed at this, saying that the last time he signed a treaty with the Gorillas, Gorbav betrayed and imprisoned him. Bliston coldly ordered the entire Bat Army (with the exception of the Bat Navy, and the former Overwatch Bats in Eagle territory) to reveal its presence, open fire and bomb the Gorillas, destroying their blockade. The scattered Gorilla Army then retreated back to their jungle due to both this and Gorbav's sudden death through a stroke, and Bliston began planning a peace treaty to present to the Ravens, Lions and Minor Tribes, only to see an enormous white shape approaching from the north.

### Crawler—Ice Hunter War

Upon being contacted by Badrar and informed of the Scorpion Army's recent defeat at the hands of the Vultures, Bliston commented on the presence of the white shape from the north and the change in temperature. The white shape turned out to be Icestrike's Ultimate Glacier, and the Bats succumbed to a brutal attack from the Icebears. The Icebears defeated the Bat Army and froze all of Black Fang Mountain in order to fulfill the Prophecy of Black Mountain (see the Black Mountain page). Bliston freed Bratta from Black Fang Mountain's prison despite his sister having been revealed as a traitor, and took the Bat Royal Family near the top of the mountain, where a Bat Dropship awaited. Icestrike jumped onto the peak and dueled Bliston, who'd plugged chi. Bliston used his chi-enhanced bat sonar screech to blast his family into the dropship just before being frozen by Icestrike. And so, Bliston sacrificed himself in order for his wife, son, and sister to escape his fallen HQ. The family met the 'Chi-Man' (Scrin) soon after; Bliston's wife fell out of the dropship and was frozen, but Bratta and Bernard were placed in the care of Scrin and Balthazar, respectively.

#### Imprisonment

Unlike the other frozen Bats, who were taken into the prison section of Icestrike's Ultimate Glacier, Bliston was put in Icestrike's own throne room, where Icestrike forced the Crawler King to watch his Empire fall. While a frozen prisoner, Bliston was still able to hear what was going on outside of the ice that encased him, so when Icestrike's Glacier and the Icebears attacked the Valley of Balance, Icestrike gave his captive a very biased account of the Icebear–Leopard War. Icestrike also explained the Prophecy of Black Mountain, revealing why the Icebears had needed to attack and freeze Bliston's HQ. In his mind, Bliston was then able to piece together a general unbiased understanding of how the Icebear—Leopard War went. Eventually, the Ultimate Glacier, which had been damaged in the Battle of the Valley of Balance, pulled back into the Iron Mountains, and Icestrike was contacted by the Brotherhood of Vultures. The Vultures arranged to transfer all their frozen prisoners to Icestrike's HQ due to a group of scorpions with fire chi harassing The Four Talon Towers. Icestrike eagerly agreed, and the frozen Scorpix was placed next to Bliston in Icestrike's throne room, along with Lincoln, Lewis Lugginton, other leaders of small organizations, and the highest-ranking frozen Ravens.

#### Rescue and Revenge

Later, Bliston was surprised to see Brakket break into Icestrike's throne room. As Brakket, armed with a sword lit on fire, was preparing to face off against the enraged Icebear King, the wall of Icestrike's throne room exploded open in a burst of fire. Wielding the power of fire chi, many Lions, Leopards, Bats, and Scorpions (including Scorponok and Scorpio) charged into the throne room, melting Bliston and the other prisoners free. Leodus freed Bliston, who realized that he must be the King of the Leopards. Icestrike lunged, roaring, at Leodus, but the fire warriors blasted him back and through the other wall of the throne room. As Scorponok freed Scorpix and talked with Leodus about the battle in the lower part of the Glacier to rescue the other frozen prisoners, Bliston decided to prioritize escaping the doomed HQ with the Bats, and flew out the hole in the wall with his weapons. Brakket and the other Bats followed. In the sky above the Iron Mountains, Bliston witnessed the massive battle below, as the fire-powered forces and vehicles of Scorponok, Leodus, and Lycor not only freed the hundreds of frozen prisoners, but also ended up destroying the Ultimate Glacier. The melted pieces of the Icebear HQ (as well as the prisoners rescued from it) were scattered throughout the Iron Mountains and the Arctic north, where the Bats and most of the Leopards regrouped.

Bliston flew down to Leodus, and without words, the Leopard King nodded and tossed an orb of fire chi to him. When he plugged it into his harness, Bliston's clothes were transformed into a suit of red and gold Phoenix armor identical to those worn by the Bats, Lions, and Scorpions who'd already plugged fire chi. Bliston's weapons also became fire powered. Flying into the air, Bliston flew through the remains of the Icebear HQ, striking down and blasting the scattered Icebears. After destroying what remained of the Glacier with his solo aerial bombardment (though the metallic base of the HQ remained intact), Bliston found Icestrike on the ground, and body slammed his enemy through an ice wall in the ruins of the Glacier. Landing on the ground, Bliston engaged in a furious duel with the Icebear King, until Bliston smashed Icestrike into the ground with his axe. Giving a few last words to Icestrike, Bliston slashed at his face, destroying the left eye of his opponent. Bidding Icestrike farewell, Bliston left his defeated enemy alive, flying away with the other Bats.

#### Moving Forward

After being informed of Grand Admiral Balthazar's death during the war, Bliston flew above the regrouped Bats (who'd now all plugged fire chi), and reminded them of the large tropical island Balthazar had discovered during his travels on the West Sea, as well as the scout ship of an unknown species that Balthazar had encountered and destroyed, which had come from a western empire planning on conquering the continent comprised of Chima, the Outlands, and the north (the continent as a whole being commonly known simply as Chima). Bliston announced that, after rescuing the missing Dr. Benjamin, the entire Bat population would migrate to what they now called New Bat Island (where the remainder of the Bat Fleet was waiting for them), where the Bat Tribe would build a new HQ and fleet, creating a defense force capable of protecting the eastern continent from the unknown Empire. A while after setting up camp at the foot of the Ice Mountains (bordering the Arctic from the Northern Outland Mountains to its east), Bliston met with two of his scouts, who reported that Benjamin wasn't in the Mammoths' HQ. Bliston decided that the Sabertooth Tigers must've frozen the scientist, and announced to the Bats that they'd find the Sabertooths' HQ and rescue Benjamin at once.

#### Battle of the Arctic

The Bats prepared to set out, only to be attacked by the forces of Malgus. As the Bats battled the Mammoths, Bliston was caught off guard by Malgus' magic abilities, but continued to hold his ground against the wizard. Suddenly, the Empire of Balance attacked from the south, fighting both fire and ice forces. As he dueled Vamprah, a confused Bliston asked why the Leopards and their new allies (the Vultures) were attacking the Bats now, after freeing them from the Glacier not long ago. Through sign language (which Bliston had learned thanks to Ludwig Luggington's books), Vamprah explained that the presence of the fire-powered Bats in the Arctic upset the natural Balance of the Elements just as much as the Ice Hunters' presence in the south had. Bliston explained why the Bats were in the north, and he and Vamprah came to an agreement, combining their forces to push the Mammoths into retreat.

#### Battle of Saber Mountain

The Bat Tribe and the Empire of Balance marched to Saber Mountain (Vamprah having guided them to the location of his former allies' HQ), where they launched an all-out attack. While at first struggling against the defense of Senix and the reinforcements sent by King Finglor, the Bats were able to fly up to the sabertooth 'jaw gate' entrance at the top of the mountain. The Vulture, Leopard, and Bat vehicles kept most of the Sabertooth forces at the mountain occupied as Bliston and the other Bats who weren't piloting vehicles attempted to enter the HQ. Wing Strikers propped open the jaw gate long enough for Bliston and his strike force to fly through the entrance. They then fought their way down to the prison section of the mountain, where they unfroze Benjamin, Rex, and a Peacock. As the former two plugged fire chi, the group flew back up to escape the mountain. When they got to the closed entrance at the top, Bliston and the others were ambushed by Senix, and zapped to the walls of the tunnel by the wizard's energy lightning. Senix was blasted from behind by Benjamin, and incidentally hit the switch that opened the jaw gate as he was knocked unconscious. Bliston and the others flew out of Saber Mountain, and pulled back south.

In the aftermath, the Bat and Imperial forces regrouped just north of the Iron Mountains, and Bliston thanked Vamprah for his help, promising in accordance of their deal to never return to the Arctic with fire chi. As the Vultures and Leopards went back down to the Valley of Balance, the Bats gave the rescued peacock, Petricoff, cold weather gear so he wouldn't be frozen by the Arctic temperatures, a Wing Striker, and directions to the Phoenix Islands; so he could earn fire chi for his species.

### Great Migration

As Petricoff flew away in the Wing Striker, Bliston gave the formerly frozen Bats a short speech explaining that the Naval Bats who hadn't been frozen had taken their ships to New Bat Island and set up the colony (which the other Naval Bats—who'd earned fire chi from the Phoenix Islands—had told Bliston upon rescuing him), and that, now that they'd rescued the last frozen bat, Dr. Benjamin, it was finally time to begin the Great Migration of the Bat Tribe. Piloting his now fire chi-powered Bat Javelin once more, Bliston flew southwest above the sea, and the other Bats followed. Rex, who'd decided to pledge his allegiance to the Bat Monarchy, went with them, and together, they flew to New Bat Island.

### Life in Balthazar City

Upon arriving at New Bat Island and reuniting with the other Naval Bats, who'd already built a dock, Bliston oversaw the construction of Balthazar City; the new HQ of the Bat Tribe. The construction of the city went fast due to almost the entire tribe working on it at once. Entering the throne room of his new castle, Bliston sent Rex east with a few Bats, to act as mainland ambassadors for the Bat Tribe. The Bat King took on a "neutral until attacked" stance toward the conflicts on the mainland, his former imperialism being a relic of the past as he focused on the well-being on his people and building his defense force. He also officially promoted Brakket, Badrar and Brethil to the ranks of second-in-command, third-in-command, and fourth-in-command, respectively, in light of Balthazar's death.

Soon after, Bliston was visited as he sat on his throne by the Chi Ghost of Gorbav, who'd died of a stroke in the Gorilla HQ at the same time Bliston destroyed his blockade. Due to his recent experiences, Bliston wasn't surprised to see a ghost at that point, so he talked with Gorbav. Bliston at first assumed that Gorbav's ghost had been part of Balthazar's Chi Ghost army the Naval Bats had told him about, but the deceased President explained that he'd materialized as a ghost himself, and was not among that group. When Gorbav asked Bliston if he was still mad at the gorilla for imprisoning him, Bliston replied that he wasn't anymore, since being frozen by the Icebears was much worse, and the Gorillas had treated him better. Bidding him farewell, Gorbav's chi ghost faded away, and Bliston flew outside, to the courtyard in front of the castle.

#### Reunion

There, he went to the fountain in the middle of the courtyard, where his wife and Prince Bernard, now a year old, sat. A newly constructed Balthazar statue stood in the center of the fountain. Bliston lamented that he wished his friend was still alive, before being notified by a bat that his sister and Barney Balhoun just arrived on New Bat Island, where Bratta was giving birth in Balthazar City's hospital. Bliston flew to the hospital in light of this sudden news, where Barney, now Bratta's husband, greeted him and pleaded the Bat King's forgiveness for his earlier betrayal of the tribe. After confirming that his new brother-in-law was being genuine, Bliston forgave him, but denied Barney of his original high rank, demoting him to the lowest military rank in the Bat Tribe.

Bliston and Barney then entered Bratta's delivery room, where Bratta was laying with her newborn twins, a male and female bat. Greeting Bliston, Bratta asked him to name her and Barney's children. Bliston sat down, taking in the sudden events, and came up with the names Belkor for the boy (named after a shortened version of Bliston's self-appointed last name, Belkoroth), and Belris for the girl. The names were well-received by Barney and Bratta, but Bliston asked them what had happened to them after Bratta was teleported from the troop transport by Scrin (which a bat had told him about after Bliston was rescued).

#### Revelations

Bratta explained that she'd arrived in some alternate dimension, where she was reunited with Barney, who Scrin had brought there after The Uprising and Solrac's ensuing destruction of the Scorpion Cavern Castle ruins. Scrin then brought the couple back to Chima, where they eventually broke free of his control, leaving the Forgotten. Bliston tried to learn more about the alternate dimension, but Bratta and Barney had only been there for a short time, and neither knew exactly where or what it was. Bliston bid farewell to the family, but told Barney that he'd need to tell them something later, after they recuperated enough to leave the hospital. Bliston gave them directions to his castle, and flew back there. Soon after Bliston sat back down on his throne, Barney arrived in his throne room, and Bliston realized that Barney had followed him. Deciding that Barney could relate the information to Bratta later, Bliston explained all that the Bat Tribe knew of the western empire. Bliston asked Barney to keep that knowledge only to fellow Bats and the Bats' closest allies (like Rex) for the time being. Barney and Bliston then began discussing ways to further expand the Bat Tribe's power on The West Sea, as Bratta arrived in the throne room.

Eventually, Bats notified Bliston that Scorm himself had supposedly landed on New Bat Island, appearing very much alive despite his assassination while in the Lions' captivity. Bliston had them bring the old Scorpion King to his throne room, where he asked Scorm who exactly had killed him, who revived him, and how he got to New Bat Island. Scorm told Bliston that Scordon Freeman had killed him, and Scrin resurrected him. Bliston told Scorm about the new Forgotten colony on the small Scordon Island a mile south of New Bat Island. Scorm was eager and impatient to go to Scordon Island to search for Freeman, but Bratta grew extremely annoyed by his ranting, and suddenly grabbed the scorpion by his tail, throwing him out the front window of the throne room. As Bratta left, Bliston calmly explained to his dumbfounded guards that, if Scorm was truly back as a zombie, he'd survive the fall, and if it was an impostor, he'd receive what he deserved for impersonating a deceased king.

#### Rehabilitation of Scorm

Bliston sent Bats to recover Scorm's body from the courtyard in front of his castle. Upon examination from Dr Benjamin, the scorpion was confirmed to be a zombie Scorm, since he'd survived the fall without injury. Scorm was taken back to Bliston's throne room while the window was being replaced, and Bliston asked his old friend why and how Scrin sent him to New Bat Island. Scorm stated that he'd fallen to the island from a "black void" after being revived by Scrin, and that a fiery bird had tried to catch him on his way down. Scorm also asked about the status of his wife and son. Bliston explained that the fire bird Scorm had seen was a phoenix, and told Scorm that he didn't know if his wife survived the destruction of Scorpion Cavern Castle. Bliston explained how he'd heard that Scorpio had been rescued from Lion City, and had rebuilt the Scorpion Tribe in the Outlands after helping to rescue the frozen Bats and Scorpions from Icestrike's Ultimate Glacier. Bliston commented that Scorm would be proud of his son, if he saw the extent to which Scorpio reinvigorated the Scorpion Tribe. However, Scorm then broke down, revealing that he'd been an abusive father and husband before the goal of conquering lands in Chima gave him focus.

The Bat King had Scorm walk with him out of the castle, to the natural chi spring in the middle of the island. Bliston stated that they'd all done things they regretted, reminding Scorm of the Bats' theft of Cavora's chi. Bliston then speculated that, though he personally didn't trust Scrin, perhaps the man and the phoenix had transported Scorm to New Bat Island so that he could be "replenished" or "enlightened" by plugging chi from a new source. Bliston gave Scorm an orb of chi from the pool, and the scorpion plugged it, indeed feeling reinvigorated. Bidding his old friend farewell in the jungle, Bliston then returned to his castle to meet with Wolves who'd arrived on New Bat Island, unaware that Scorm would soon stow away on a Bat Dropship bound for Scordon Island.

#### Affairs with the Wolf Tribe

After returning to his throne room, Bliston admitted in Countess Wendy, who proposed a trade deal, and for the Wolves (now part of a new alliance called Unichi, along with the Gorillas and Republic of the Claw) to establish an embassy off the coast of New Bat Island. Bliston agreed, and had a lighthouse tower built on a small islet nearby. However, Wendy told Bliston that a wolf criminal wearing some kind of experimental suit had crashed on New Bat Island, and that she was also there to look for him. Bliston told her that the Bats would help to capture the fugitive, since he posed a danger to the island. After Wendy and the others left for their embassy islet, Bliston locked down New Bat Island, to prevent the fugitive from escaping. He sent out heavily armed search parties of Bats to hunt down the rogue wolf, but when no sign of the wolf was found after a while, Bliston had the Bats proceed with the construction of the fire chi powered Second Fleet, which was completed soon before Barney, having gone through basic Bat Military training again, returned to Bliston's throne room, exclaiming that he'd likely reach his original rank soon. Bliston snapped at his brother-in-law in response, but apologized, explaining that he'd had an eventful and stressful day. Barney then proposed that he could catch the fugitive wolf, leaving the throne room.

Soon after, another Wolf Tribe helicopter flew to the island. Wol'jin, the new Alpha of the Wolves, disembarked from the helicopter once it was cleared for landing, and came to Bliston's castle. Bliston admitted Wol'jin into his throne room as he was getting coffee. As Bliston expected, Wol'jin had come primarily to discuss the fugitive. Bliston explained that the Bats hadn't made much progress in finding the criminal, but that they'd prevented his means of leaving the island. Wol'jin then proposed a free trade deal between the Wolf and Bat tribes, which Bliston agreed to. Bliston then received word that the wolf criminal was finally captured. After the Bats delivered the captured thief to the Wolves, and were paid a reasonable amount for the trouble, the Wolves left the island.

#### Interactions with the Forgotten

Soon after, a Forgotten skiff was seen clashing with what appeared to be a Combine air vehicle to the direct east. Bliston had part of the "sea wall" raised to prevent the conflict from coming to his island, but the Forgotten successfully shot down the aircraft. The Forgotten boat began to sink, so Bliston lowered the sea wall and had Bat boats rescue the Forgotten, taking them to the island. After having a conversation with the Lions who'd been on board the Forgotten skiff, Dr. Benjamin came to Bliston, telling him about the Lions' recent discovery that Ice Hunters would be revoked of their ice powers and returned to their pre-zombie state if fire chi was plugged into their harnesses. Bliston, thinking ahead and believing that this news could be useful in eventually uniting Chima against a potential attack from the western empire, granted Benjamin permission to go to Lion City and join the research team looking into this discovery. Soon after, Bliston was contacted by Forgotten West leader and Governess of Scordon Island, Seris Rax, who requested a meeting. Bliston agreed, and met with her on New Bat Island, where they arranged a definitive trade deal between the Bats and Forgotten West, as with the Wolves. Seris also explained that the Forgotten West were now an independent nation, since the Forgotten on the mainland had apparently overthrown Scrin.

#### Doubts and Reaffirmations

The spider departed after the meeting, and Bliston returned to his throne room with Bernard, where he was visited by Bratta. His sister, while enjoying peace herself, explained that the other Bats, militaristic in nature, were growing restless. Bliston reassured her that their people would get their chance to fight again, either when the western empire attacked the east, or if it became necessary for the Bats to attack the west. Bratta began to doubt the existence of the western empire, questioning if Bliston had just made it up to keep the militaristic Bats satisfied, while actually maintaining peace. Bliston then explained that it was Balthazar and the original Bat Fleet who'd discovered the foreign scout ship on their expeditions, so Naval Bats could attest to the existence of the western empire. Bratta apologized for doubting her brother, and left the throne room.

#### Arrival of the False King

A few months later, Bliston, his wife, and toddler Prince Bernard were relaxing in New Bat Island's tropical forest, when they were visited by Bratta. Just then, an Eagle jet arrived, and Bliston explained to Bratta that the masked man claiming to be Eagle King Erdrik had contacted him, requesting that a Tribal Summit be hosted in the Bats' embassy atop Mount Cavora, and was now meeting with the Bat King personally. Bliston and Bratta went to the throne room to meet with "Erdrik", where the Eagle King revealed that he, too, knew of the existence of the Manta Ray Empire (confirming its name to Bliston in the process), and planned to unite all of Chima's tribes against their apparent common enemy at the meeting on Mount Cavora. Bliston was still skeptical that the tribes could unite after all the wars on the continent, but agreed to the Tribal Summit. Bliston then silently sent Bratta to go after the suspicious eagle Eris, who'd flown out the throne room's window, just before the Bat King departed for Chima with an escort. On his way to the mainland, Bliston learned that the Eagles had left with an unconscious Eris, who'd apparently attacked Bratta. Despite this, Bliston and "Erdrik" didn't change their plans.

### Return to Chima

Bliston flew to his embassy on Mount Cavora, returning to the mainland for the first time in months, where leaders or representatives from almost all of Chima's tribes had gathered for the Summit. Through subsequent heated debates between the Forgotten and the other tribes regarding the Sabertooths and Icebears (who, unlike the Mammoths, still refused peace treaties with the southern tribes, hadn't attended the Summit, and continued to disrupt Chima's Elemental Balance with their presence in the south), Bliston remained silent, interested to see if "Erdrik" could prove him wrong and unite the tribes. Bliston's pessimism on the matter ended up proving correct, as the tribe leaders and delegates continued arguing over everything, culminating with "Erdrik" and Lycan directly contradicting one another's plans by declaring war on the Manta Ray Empire and Forgotten, respectively. Bliston returned to New Bat Island, disturbed by the Eagle King's attempt to galvanize Chima's tribes into completely wiping out the Rays, but not siding with Supreme Regent Lycan either, due to the Bats and Forgotten now being on good terms. The Tribal Summit only served to affirm Bliston's neutral stance toward the mainland conflicts in his mind, though he had agreed to help search for the Fire Wing Harnesses whenever possible.

### Meeting with Lycor

Afterward, Bliston received another message from "Erdrik", requesting a renewed alliance between the Eagles and Bats. Bliston declined the offer after hearing of the ongoing battle at the Phoenix Islands, reasoning that allying with the Eagles would make the Bats enemies of the Lions at this point; which would be unwise for multiple reasons. Soon following this, a Vulture Sky Scavenger jet coming from the Battle of the Phoenix Isles crashed in the sea a few miles away from New Bat Island, automatically freezing the water around it upon impact. The vulture pilot (whose wing was broken) then walked toward New Bat Island on the ice path he created atop the water, with Lycor following behind. Bliston saw this, and had the Bats bring them to the island on a patrol boat; the fire chi all over the premises preventing the vulture from incidentally freezing anything with his touch. Bliston tactfully arranged for the vulture and lion to be able to leave New Bat Island, under the condition of the latter revealing everything that had happened inside the Phoenix Temple to the Bat King.

Lycor agreed to the terms, meeting with Bliston and revealing the Erdrik impersonator's true identity as Galvanor the gryphon. Bliston suspected that Galvanor had come from the west and wanted revenge on the Manta Ray Empire, a thought Lycor shared. The lion also explained that "restoring the true Emperor to power" through this battle was really just Galvanor's excuse to take control over the Phoenix Tribe, and that he'd murdered Lycan to achieve this end. Bliston ended up deciding to side with Lycor against Galvanor if necessary, since Lycor was likely to be made the next Lion King, and didn't share his late uncle's desire to go to war with the Forgotten. Lycor thanked Bliston before departing, and the Bats provided him and the vulture with travel back to the mainland, as promised. Soon after, Bliston learned that Lycor had indeed been made Lion King.

### Restructuring

In the months following this, the Bat Tribe became increasingly bureaucratized, as Bliston appointed the leaders of the tribe's non-military divisions, such as Dr. Benjamin, onto a Governing Council that would manage New Bat Island while the warrior-king was off to battle with the army. This was because Prince Bernard was still a toddler, Bliston's wife didn't have leadership experience, and the leaders of the Bat Army, other than the late Balthazar, weren't experienced with leading the tribe in non-military affairs. While this solved the earlier problem of having to hastily select an unofficial leader for the entire tribe based on military rank, were the Bat King to be captured (and was also in response to recent news that the crocodile Sobek had taken advantage of King Crogar's capture to seize control over his tribe, preventing such an occurrence for the Bats), it would also cause arguments between the bureaucrats and the warriors in the future, at times when Bliston was away. Coincidentally, Bliston would learn during this time that Crocodile Queen Carina had returned, reclaimed control of her tribe from Sobek, and removed the Crocodiles from Primordium (Galvanor's alliance).

### Second Chima Civil War

Long after his meeting with Lycor, despite having seen fit to retain his neutral stance during the ensuing war on the mainland between the Chima Alliance and Primordium, Bliston finally returned to the action upon being radioed by Rex. The Bat King was furious to hear about the Eagles intentionally attacking the Bats' embassy atop Mount Cavora during the Battle of Lion City, and mobilized the Bat Army, flying east aboard the Bat Javelin to join the battle on the side of the Alliance. Arriving above Lion City, Bliston reinforced the Lions and would proceed to dogfight the Eagles and Phoenix, driving them out of the Cavora embassy, before eventually leaving control of the Bat Javelin in the hands of Brakket; Bliston flew down onto the bridge of Lion Castle and assisted Lycor in fighting the unmasked Galvanor. The gryphon was baffled that Bliston didn't side with him, stating that they had the same goal, but Bliston countered this by explaining that the Bats were preparing to fight the Rays only if *they* discovered and attacked Chima, whereas the Eagle King was trying to galvanize the tribes into attacking the Rays first, launching them into a costly war. Despite Bliston and Lycor "defeating" Galvanor after a crafty battle, the gryphon escaped back to Eagle Spire as the Primordium forces eventually retreated.

#### Finglor's Surprise Attack

However, this was not the end of the battle, as Sabertooth King Finglor had heard about (and joined) the attack on Lion City before Primordium's retreat. Taking advantage of the situation, the Sabertooths attacked from behind, making their way into Lion Castle's throne room through the Ancient Tunnels to steal the contents of the chi pool. Bliston and the Bats learned of this after the Primordium tribes retreated, soon joining the merged Lion-Bear and Scorpion-Gorilla forces, led by Lyndis and Sirius, respectively, in fighting the Ice Hunter invasion. They also received reinforcements in the form of Lyrix and Scordon Freeman, both of whom wielded Fire Wings. The Leopards, meanwhile, focused on dogfighting the Hunter aircraft and unfreezing the chi falls outside. Despite the Bats and all of the present Chima Alliance and Unichi tribes now focusing their full attention on the battle within the castle, the Sabertooths mostly holed themselves up in the chi pool room and set up thick ice blockades throughout the hall on the way there; this led to an extremely long and exhaustive battle, but the tactics of Bliston and the other commanders eventually drove out the invaders (Bliston also made a point to bury the tunnels that the Sabertooths had arrived in), at the cost of the enemy succeeding in taking most of the Lions' chi. This upset the increasingly fragile Balance of nature even more, reminding Bliston and the others of the Great Illumination's necessity.

#### Joining the Alliance

In the aftermath, the battered Bat and Alliance forces rested and refueled with fire chi. Despite King Finglor having escaped with his surviving soldiers, Bliston learned that Lycor and Lynna's squad had managed to capture one sabertooth alive. Meeting with everyone in the Lions' throne room, Bliston watched as Lycor pardoned Lyrix for all his previous crimes (though Bliston was among the many who privately suspected that the Lion King only pardoned his cousin due to needing him for the Great Illumination). Bliston then met with Lycor, who commented that the Hunters would lose their advantage of ice powers once an Illumination was enacted, and took the opportunity to reveal that a "complete" Great Illumination (using all nine Harnesses) would reset the universe, which he'd only learned recently.

Lycor then assured the others that an Illumination would be effective in restoring the Elemental Balance, *without* resetting the universe, if only eight Harnesses were used. The Lion King claimed that he had a "perfect plan" for the Illumination, which he'd explain after all eight Harnesses and their destined wearers were found, but that they should focus on stopping Galvanor and ending the Second Chima Civil War first. Bliston agreed, and renounced his long neutrality, officially joining the Chima Alliance. Scorpion Praetor Sirius then explained that, while the Scorpions and Gorillas were still part of Unichi, they were on the same side as the Chima Alliance at this point. He also announced the Phoenix Tribe's defection from Primordium, which he'd just been notified of over the radio. Bliston and Lycor began planning their siege on Eagle Spire to capture Galvanor, as the Unichi armies departed, heading east to join the growing Crystal Crater attack force along with the Phoenix.

#### Preparations

As the Bats, Lions, and remaining Alliance Bears (the bulk of the tribe having long since been taken over and merged into the Forgotten by Wotjek) repaired their vehicles and the city itself, Bliston flew down into Lion City after seeing Spalyx Vance and her Forgotten soldiers looting vacant weapons and materials. The Bat King humorously commented on his unofficial allies against the Ice Hunters being war profiteers, but then advised Vance and Freeman to find more Fire Wing Harnesses, suggesting the Northern Outland Mountains as a possible location. Bliston also sent Bats to the Phoenix Isles to get a new supply of fire chi. During this time, Bliston and Lycor were notified by Leon of the Wolves' defection from Primordium back to Unichi, after Wol'jin had successfully retaken control from Lobo. Soon after the Forgotten and Leopards departed Lion City, the Alliance forces completed preparations for their counterattack on Primordium, and the Bats Bliston had sent returned with the fresh batch of fire chi. Lastly, Bliston visited the embassy atop Cavora and promoted Rex from Head Ambassador to the new rank SCOMMA (Supreme Commander Of Mainland Military Affairs). Thus, Rex was put in charge of Lion territory alongside Lyndis, as Bliston and Lycor headed to Eagle lands.

#### Battle of Eagle Spire

The Chima Alliance forces arrived in Eagle lands, where they were met by the two newly-appointed Supreme Commanders of Primordium's remnant: Enoch and Leonard (the latter piloting a Gorilla Mech he'd been trained to pilot by Enoch, who himself had been trained by Gen Kai Shek). Lycor halted the advance and announced that they'd arrived to arrest the war criminal Galvanor, giving Primordium one last chance to surrender without further bloodshed; but Leonard countered that, in addition to actually being the Eagles' rightful king after all (since Leonard and the Eagles had learned the history of the Avian Triumvirate—Mammalian Confederation War), Galvanor prepared the tribes for war with the Manta Ray Empire, criticizing Bliston for his earlier silence. Lycor then charged forward in his new Mech-Tank, the Lio Nemesis, with Bliston and the rest following suit. While dogfighting the Eagles in the Bat Javelin, Bliston notified his forces of the mysterious reinforcements the Eagles had just received from the west, speculating that they came from a colony the Bats hadn't been aware of. However, the Chima Alliance side soon received reinforcements of its own, in the form of King Crogar's rebuilt Crocodile Army.

##### Duel with Enoch

Bliston ordered the Bats to focus on destroying the Eagles' hangars, which the Bat Javelin played a large part in with its missile-launching capabilities; this prevented the Eagles from repairing or building jets for the rest of the battle. Following this, Bliston's cockpit windshield was suddenly stabbed by the Supreme Commander Enoch, who'd gotten his wing shot and fallen atop the Bat Javelin. After the eagle wrenched the windshield off with his powerful cybernetic arms, Bliston flew out and ordered the Bat in the cockpit across from his to continue piloting the command ship. During Bliston and Enoch's duel atop the Bat Javelin, the latter called Galvanor over the radio, demanding that the gryphon order a ceasefire to prevent more eagle casualties. However, an angry and desperate Galvanor refused, revealing his apathy toward the lives of the Eagles in the process. This distraction gave Bliston enough time to cut off one of the old eagle's cybernetic arms at the elbow, making liquid chi pour out from the machine. Bliston then realized the design flaw of Enoch's cybernetics, in that so many features being packed into a small machine made the arms extremely unstable; explaining why Rawlin's prosthetic arm had been more minimalist. Bliston quickly kicked Enoch off of the Bat Javelin, and the old eagle's arm exploded upon making contact with an Eagle Striker Tank on the ground below.

##### The End of Primordium

Soon after Bliston defeated Enoch, he glanced at the ground battle below; in which Lycor's Lio Nemesis, having taken down Leonard's Gorilla Mech, breathed fire into its cockpit ans exploded it from within, killing Primordium's other Supreme Commander. Bliston then saw that, both on the ground and in the sky, the foreign Eagles had turned on the Eagle Tribe proper after intercepting Galvanor's radio conversation with Enoch. As Lycor's mech began climbing the length of Eagle Spire to get to Galvanor, the Bat King ordered a ceasefire of the other Chima Alliance forces. Bliston announced to the remaining Primordium-aligned Eagles that both their Supreme Commanders were deceased, that the foreign Eagles had turned on them, making them even more outnumbered, and that the Alliance forces were only there to capture Galvanor, who was going to continue throwing Eagles at them just to protect himself. After a few moments, almost all the Eagles threw down their weapons and surrendered. Leaving Galvanor to Lycor, Bliston and the rest proceeded to route any remaining Primordium Eagles.

#### Post-War Politics

After the battle's end, Bliston saw Lycor leaving with a handcuffed Galvanor on a Lion Twinblade helicopter, having successfully defeated and captured the gryphon after a final duel. The Bat King also learned that eight of his subjects had seen and helped a scorpion who was being attacked by Eagles inside the Spire, dispatching the last remnants of Primordium in the territory. Bliston then flew into the Spire to meet with the Crocodiles and foreign Eagles, only to find that the latter army had departed the mainland just as quickly as they'd arrived. Happy to see that his old ally was alive and well, Bliston asked Crogar if he was familiar with these apparently sea-born Eagles, of which there'd been no mention of in either Ludwig Luggington's history books or the Eagle Library. The Crocodile King was just as perplexed by the mysterious group as Bliston was, however. Bliston speculated that there'd been an isolated colony of Eagles established in the distant past, much like the ancestors of the Gryphons, and that, like New Bat Island, there were probably other islands with chi springs.

Discussing Galvanor's capture and the possibility of the Manta Ray Empire discovering Chima, Bliston asked Crogar if he knew of any political prisoners Galvanor had taken; since the Eagles now needed a leader. Crocodile Queen Carina then confirmed that the Spire's dungeons had been filled with political prisoners, and behind her came former Regent Ewinus. Bliston commented on how he, the Crocodile monarchs, and Ewinus—former Crawler leaders—had ended up meeting again, though under strange circumstances. The others agreed, and Ewinus stated that perhaps a "reboot" like this had been necessary, for the Eagles to repair their strained relationships with their neighbors other than the Crocodiles.

### A Shocking Discovery

Just as Bliston was replying to Ewinus and asking if he'd return to being the Eagle Regent, there was a sudden explosion lower on the Spire. The Bat King quickly flew down and spotted the culprit of the small bombing: a masked creature with unusual skin texture and a strangely-shaped head, who escaped using a smoke bomb. In response to an eagle who was in the middle of reconstruction work, Bliston stated that he strongly suspected the bomber was a manta ray. Talking with the eagle as the fire from the explosion was put out, Bliston came to the conclusion that one or more Rays must've stowed away on the ships from which the foreign Eagles had arrived in Chima. Bliston had Commander Barke lead a joint Bat-Eagle search party to hunt for the bomber, as he flew back to Ewinus and the Crocodile monarchs, telling them about the ray. This news sent shockwaves down the Bats and the tribes in general, as this was the first sighting of a ray in person, let alone on the mainland. A while later, after Barke's team failed to find the elusive bomber, Bliston had them call off the search for the time being and return to Bat Island, as the Croc and Lion forces in the Eagle lands continued to help with the rebuilding efforts.

### The Calm Before the Storm

Upon returning to New Bat Island, Bliston had the Bat Army (the majority of which had gone to the battles of Lion City and Eagle Spire) refuel and build up their vehicles and fortifications. With the Second Chima Civil War over, and especially after the bombing, it was imperative in Bliston's eyes that the Bats returned to their role as Chima's defense force against the Manta Ray Empire. Despite this, Bliston approved of Commodore Brethil and the Bat Fleet taking initiative against a resurgent Ice Hunter presence on the sea, after the bureaucrats reported to him about Brethil's "rogue operation". Barke then commented on how it was difficult to focus on the Rays' threat as the mainland conflicts continued, but the Bat King reasoned that the Fire—Ice Wars had at least moved to the sea (he was unaware at the time of Finglor and Malgus II's attacks on Minor Tribes HQ and Scorpix City). Bliston then ordered the Bats to remain at HQ unless Brethil requested reinforcements, and told the bureaucrats of the bombing at Eagle Spire. Benjamin wished they'd been able to capture the ray, but the others were disturbed by the news.

## Alternate Timelines

Bliston has appeared in alternate scenarios branching off from various points on the main timeline. These events are considered non-canon to the Roleplay, but exist within their own timelines as a form of headcanon.

### "Retribution II" Timeline

(Excerpted from the Complete Timeline page.)

The events of the cancelled story "Retribution II" take place within a timeline in which Set-Ra and Lobo never returned to take over their respective tribes after the Tribal Summit; thus, the Battle of the Phoenix Isles and the Second Chima Civil War never occurred, and Galvanor instead stuck to his original plan to unify Chima's tribes and destroy the Rays. Despite not being able to use Set-Ra, Fal'qar distracted the Phoenix Tribe from his escape in some other way, and the events of "The Last Reincarnations" happened almost exactly the same way in this timeline.

An additional point of divergence is Lycan's bombing of Saber Mountain actually being successful, scattering the Sabertooths and decimating their military and chi supply; this severely weakened the Ice Hunters' alliance (leaving Crystal Crater as their only base on the continent) in addition to preventing Malgus II from being radicalized and rejoining them (thus also preventing Malgus the elder from rethinking his plans and defecting to the Stinger Brotherhood). Perhaps as results of the "butterfly effect", the Manta Ray Empire discovered and attacked Chima much earlier in this timeline, Lincoln was corrupted by the knowledge of hypnotism, and Razic never turned on his parents, leaving the New Razarian Monarchy intact. In Bliston's case, he and the Bats were able to focus their full attention on the Rays, due to the Second Chima Civil War and the Sabertooths' renewed invasion never occurring.

## Bliston (Retribution II Timeline)

### Affiliation

Formerly:* Crawler Empire

Currently:

* Bats

#### Request for Aid

During a break in the action after the Bats successfully pushed the Manta Ray Empire's first attack force into retreat, Bliston was visited on New Bat Island by Lyrix and Leanna Luggington. The two Lions told the Bat King what'd happened, pleading for his aid in freeing the colonists from Lincoln's tyranny. Bliston, realizing that Lincoln planned to have his brainwashed army spread the hypnotism to eventually take control of all Chima's citizens, agreed that this was a top-priority threat needing to be eliminated immediately. Since the aquatic tribes weren't currently attacking, Bliston himself led the Bats' Second Fleet in blockading the Isle of Neutrality, with Lyrix and Leanna in tow. Not long after this, however, the Rays launched another attack on Chima.

In his flagship, Bliston cursed the Manta Ray Empire, knowing that they took advantage of the Bats' preoccupation to invade again. Bliston noticed though, that the Eagles seemed to be doing a good job of combating the Empire, and ordered the Bats on New Bat Island to assist in Chima's defense, while the Bat Fleet maintained the blockade around the Isle of Neutrality. Bliston, knowing that Lyrix contacted him specifically because of the Bats' sonar location abilities, led a force to charge onto the island, with their eyes closed the entire time to avoid being hypnotized, and with the orders to limit casualties from both sides as much as possible.

#### Final Battle and Aftermath

Soon, Bliston's troops made it to the island's capital, and Bliston fought Lincoln, trying to destroy his pendulum. However, Bliston was outnumbered by Lincoln's non-hypnotized, die-hard supporters. Bliston managed to knock the pendulum out of Lincoln's hand, though, so Lyrix was able to swoop in with his Fire Wings and burn his way through both Lincoln's supporters, and the last copy of Erlin's research notes, even as Lincoln blasted the Bat King across the room with a chi-powered roar. Bliston was left half-conscious from the force of the impact, but learned soon after that Lyrix had killed Lincoln, and that the Rays had retreated from Chima again in wake of the Eagles and Bats' defense.

In the aftermath, as the Bat Fleet broke apart its blockade, Bliston looked out over the horizon, as Lyrix flew down and landed next to him. The Bat King commented about how someone could become so obsessed with peace and prosperity, that they'd disregard free will in pursuit of it, and wondered if Lincoln realized the problem with this philosophy in his last moments. Lyrix explained that the inhabitants of the Isle of Neutrality would know "true freedom" now that they were without a leader or any sort of laws, and also recounted what happened in Eagle Spire to Bliston, since Lycor had just contacted Lyrix to tell him about it. Bliston was surprised about Erdrik's true identity, and promised not to tell anyone. Lyrix stated that Lycor and Galvanor were both only partially right with their stances on the subject of revenge, and explained that revenge being right or wrong depended on the context and the "scale", at least from his point of view. Lyrix declared that he'd now achieved the perfect balance between what society deemed "good" and "evil", and speculated that Lincoln and Galvanor might've achieved that balance as well, if they hadn't been consumed by their respective ideologies.

## Appearance, Gear, and Traits

Appearance: (Pre-fire chi) Bliston wears a silver and gold crown/crest on his forehead. While his natural appearance is that of a standard black and blue bat, he wears an intricate silver armor on his torso with gold symbols and highlights carved in it. In the middle of his chest is his chi orb socket, and he has large, bulky black shoulder pads. He wears mysterious purple armor on his lower body/legs.

(After plugging fire chi)— Bliston wears bulky golden armor, and the red and gold robes identical to all non-fire tribe warriors who plug fire chi. The silver on his crown has been turned red, but the gold part of his crown has remained the same.

Weapons and gear: (Pre-fire chi) A large, double-bladed axe with a silver handle and two black blades. Also, a double-barreled purple and gold chi laser blaster that mounts on his hand and arm like a gauntlet. (Note: The original copies of these weapons were lost at Eagle Spire, but have since been replaced with exact replicas. Bliston also used a stolen raven sword during his duel with Rawlin, but it has since been destroyed.)

(After plugging fire chi)— The silver handle of Bliston's axe was turned gold when he plugged fire chi, and the black blades became red. The axe became capable of launching fire blasts out of its blades. The purple on his blaster was turned red and embroidered with ornate Phoenix symbols, but the gold remained the same. The double-barreled laser blaster became a double-barreled flamethrower.

Personality (Pre-Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War and Crawler—Ice Hunter War): Bliston was found to be extremely intelligent after his evolution, considered by the other Bats to be the smartest member of the species, with both logic and the best interests of the Bat Tribe dictating his every action. However, this came at a cost; due to multiple factors such as a then-incomplete understanding of morality, disdain for the inland tribes since all he'd seen them do was fight one another, the desire to claim and migrate into safer living spaces in Chima's inland, and the prioritization of (the majority of) the Bats over all other species, Bliston soon became a utilitarian imperialist. Despite this, Bliston himself was ironically anti-war and did have a conscience, as he fought Rawlin to stop him from wiping out the Eagles (though accepted Wings Row Monarchy raven casualties in the interest of defeating Talon Industries), and, during the Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War, tried to annex lands without fighting, negotiate to share lands, or make peace with the inland tribes at any opportunity, though only if said peace treaties benefited the Imperial citizens. He also regretted draining the chi falls of Cavora, and immediately sought a way to undo his mistake, after being made aware of the damage it was doing to nature.

Personality (After the events of the wars): Following his experiences, Bliston became wiser and more accustomed to the costs of war, in addition to the recently evolved being's morality becoming more well-rounded. As such, he also came to value individual lives much more; while once willing to sacrifice those of other species (and sometimes even Bats) for the greater good of his tribe, Bliston, by the end of his part in the war with the Ice Hunters, went to great lengths to rescue even one bat, Dr Benjamin. After the wars, Bliston adopted a "no man left behind" attitude. Though the ideology improved his morals, it also caused possible problems for Bliston, since, as mentioned, he'd now go to dangerous lengths to save even one bat or close ally. Bliston's new ideology and stance on wars was reflected in the Bat Tribe's turn from an imperialist nation to a nationalist one, after the Great Migration (though the discovery of New Bat Island had contributed greatly to the Bats no longer needing to conquer or annex more hospitable land). His conscience would ultimately overwrite this neutral doctrine, however, when Bliston finally deemed Galvanor as a threat needing to be stopped. Fighting Galvanor to stop him from using Chima's tribes in wiping out the Rays mirrored Bliston's earlier reasoning for going to war with Rawlin; this time, though, the Bat King aimed to limit casualties as much as possible, now patient and mature enough to end the war with a ceasefire and capture of the enemy leader, unlike his approach in the Bat—Raven War.

## Appearances

* The Chima Roleplay (First Appearance)
* Expedition of Exiles: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story (Mentioned Only)
* The Last Reincarnations: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story (MO)

## Quotes

*"We both know the multiple reasons why I am in command of this tribe. Or did you forget, sister?"* —Bliston to Bratta

*"I have witnessed how the inland tribes behave; they are always fighting each other, their tribes and alliances always splitting apart. Chima is a house divided against itself. Everlasting peace will only be ensured if we destroy that house and build a new one in its place."* —Bliston to the gathered Crawler Empire

*"Bats! The time has come. Half our army will fly to the Eagle Spires and confront that warmonger Rawlin. He will **feel**my **WRATH!!"*** —Bliston to his soldiers

*"You took a lot from me. So I will take something from you.*

*I will not kill you, of course, since you didn't kill me. I have now appropriately repaid you, don't you think? Goodbye forever, my King."* —Bliston, before and after destroying Icestrike's left eye

*"As you all know, several months ago the late Grand Admiral Balthazar discovered the existence of a lush tropical island ten times the size of the now frozen Bat Island, over 200 miles from Chima's mainland. The island also contained a chi spring in its center. We bats are the only beings who know of the island's existence and location. But that's not all. Far beyond that island, Balthazar also encountered a scout ship of an unknown species. He destroyed that ship, because from that encounter we'd learned of the existence of a western Empire that planned on conquering the eastern continent of Chima, the Outlands, and this Arctic place where we now stand. It is because of this, and because of our relations with the inland and Ice Tribes, that we Bats will soon begin our Great Migration. Upon flying to the island, our new home, we'll heavily militarize, rebuild our fleet, and create a defense force hopefully capable of fighting this unknown Empire, should they ever attack the east."* —Bliston's speech to the Bats in the Arctic

## Trivia

* Although Bliston acted as a major antagonist to the inland tribes during the Roleplay's second arc, he was not inherently evil himself; rather, he was doing what he felt was needed for his tribe. Militaristic species? Let them fight other tribes. Small territory in a dangerous region? Conquer safer, larger regions. Tribe has barely any chi? Extract all the chi from Mount Cavora. As such, he was often considered an anti-villain, or even a "good antagonist", by the roleplayers. In the RP's third arc (Fire vs Ice) and beyond, Bliston naturally transitioned into a protagonist.
* Thefirstdecade came up with the name "Blistion" for the Bat King. When JGREAD created his bat character, he used this proposed name, but removed the second "i", making the final name "Bliston".
* Bliston was interviewed by Lewis Luggington while in the captivity of the Gorillas, because there was originally going to be an interview written on the in-universe news topic, Chima Public Broadcasting. However, this didn't end up happening.
* Also during his imprisonment, Bliston was provided Vezon von Donitz's book on naval combat by the Gorillas, despite all memory of the Vultures and the other Ice Tribes having been erased from the minds of the southern populace. This was one of many lore inconsistencies explained in "Rupture: A Chima Roleplay Prequel Story".
* Bliston's theme song:

## References

1. ↑ Expedition of Exiles: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story
2. ↑ The Last Reincarnations: A Chima Roleplay Tie-in Story