Yu Heng

*"**May Lucerna Bless you and me.”***

## Traits

A soft-spoken young man who takes his job seriously. No matter what he always plays as the good cop. It’s quite rare to see this Yuan-ti in the state of anger due to developing his patience after teaching multiple children in his travels, as well as taking care of his siblings for the majority of his life. He’s very dedicated to magic, despite it being the main cause of most of his trauma.

## Goals & Motivation

**Short term:**

Regain their reputation back as a teacher.

**Long term:**

To seek for a cure for his condition

## Physical strength

Yu Heng isn’t too much of a good fighter. He’s dedicated his combat training involving more potions and magic and less punching.

## Speed & Agility

Very quick on his "feet" and has quite good reaction time. He’s learned this all in his days of practicing combat with magic.

## Endurance and Stamina

Yu Heng has great stamina and can run pretty quickly. Although he cannot endure pain as much, he can get hurt easily.

## Charisma & Intelligence

-Yu Heng is very intelligent after spending most of his time studying throughout his years as he had nothing to do. On his travels, he would stop by small towns and villages to teach the youth about magic and potion-making.

-Has been described as a charismatic young man in his village visits. Although he doesn’t believe the comments since he thinks his scales ruin it.

## Combat ability

A marksman. He knows his way with ranged weapons like bows and crossbows.

## Skills

Yu Heng does knitting and cross-stitching in his free time. He’s also learned how to tailor clothes and repair them. He's also great at gathering materials.

## Drawbacks/weaknesses

-As mentioned, Yu Heng has a very bad tolerance for pain. His skin can be easily wounded and it can take some time to heal.

-Easily manipulated, can be mentally broken easily which leads to violent breakdowns

## Early Life

Yu Heng was born into a family of well-known alchemists and sorcerers. His family was constantly showered with praise and fame. Yu Heng was the youngest out of 20 siblings. The elder siblings got more attention overall, making them as selfish and careless as their parents. The kids in between had better things to do. They pursued different things- fighting in wars, training to become scouts, or just cutting off the family over all. While the younger, more frail siblings had to look out for each other, Yu Heng included.

Yu Heng decided to step up to fully take care of the rest of his siblings, making him mature the quickest. At age 13, he took an interest in sorcery, making him the first one in his family who’s genuinely hooked into the topic. It took Yu Heng 4 years to master the topic alone, and in the same year, he went off to travel as a wandering sorcerer, willing to learn more topics in magic and alchemy, all while unexpectedly teaching some other people what he knew. These experiences is what determined him to what he truly wanted to do for a living.

## Recent life events

After 4 years, things have gone south for him. No one was interested in listening to his public classes in every village he visited. All hope was lost, and his goal was no longer at his reach. So he decided to settle in a small village, the Village of Lucermas Light, eventually becoming that village’s medic. They’ve helped countless ill people, from travellers to fellow villagers. From different kinds of species and many more.

Little did Yu Heng know, his efforts were brought up to the light. His contribution to the town was noticed by a man that goes by the name “Luther Lighthammer”. Of course, Yu Heng was ecstatic with the news, knowing how the High paladin himself would notice a simple medic like him. A medic that didn’t even originally come from their village.

“I’d like to offer you whatever you want.” The man said, a soft look on his face. “Anything you desire. You’ve done so much for this small village, young outsider.”

It didn’t take Yu Heng much thought. They knew what they wanted.

“I want to become a teacher.”

## Present life

2 years is what it took for Yu Heng to achieve so much. His dreams of becoming a teacher have finally come to fruition. He taught in an Akademiya. Many adored his knowledge, and it didn’t take him long to teach in an advanced class either. He’s wanted this for his entire life after all. All was well, that’s what he thought.

It was an average day, teaching the advanced students about a topic. Although this topic is something he’s rarely covered. “The Dark Arts”. It was no biggie, they thought. At least they could learn some new information as well. As they simply went along with their lessons, they decided to attempt a live demonstration, due to the suggestions of the students.

It was too late for him to realise attempting to recreate a potion in relation with dark magic could lead to high risks, that moment definitely wasn’t their proudest. One ingredient off was all it took for Yu Heng’s entire world to crash down. It began with a sudden fatigue. His head immensely started to hurt, his peripheral vision went dark, and everything felt so very cold. The Akademiya’s staff burst into the room, only to see everything unfold.

Yu Heng had lost his mind.

Due to Yu Heng’s acts, they were taken to jail with absolutely no treatment to their condition, so they eventually just took it. “Let it be some kind of punishment”, they convinced themself. The more they lingered, however, the worse their condition started to get.

Voices. They started to hear voices. Voices that tell them something bad was about to happen. Voices that screamed and yelled at him that he was going to get hurt.. He just couldn’t stand it much longer.

They begged and cried for their release. Days passed as the voices grew louder and louder, and slowly there was no one guarding the cellars. After years of success he thought he’d never be back into the state of hopelessness, yet here he was, stuck in a jail cell due to the consequences of his actions.

More days pass, and still no signs of guards.

“Was this it..? Is this how my life’s going to meet its end..?” they thought to themselves, slowly drifting into a deep slumber, waiting for things to just happen.

…

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*“What about this one? This one’s half snake? It looks insane… Hilarious!”*

*“..Take it. I’ve heard some stories about this one.”*