Name: Sun Wukong, Sun, King of the Monkeys, Nuisance of Heaven
Age: Immeasurable. The guy is two days older than dirt and it's not quite certain just how old he really is.
Birthday: Unknown
Gender: Male
Category: Citizen
Class: N/A
Appearance Description:
Sun stands at five feet, four inches and weighs in at one hundred and fifty pounds. The increased weight is only present because of the clothing that he wears. Both his eyebrows and body hair are bleach blonde in color. His eyes are icey blue. Sun's skin is a little lighter as compared to some of his simian cousins in nature.
The body armor he wears brandishes various symbols of Taoism and Buddhism. Most of his armor, located on his shoulders, chest, back and parts of the lower leggings are gold in color and are in shapes of dragons, tigers and various entities. This armor is important because it depicts much of the personality of the Monkey King. On the left shoulder his armor comes in the form of a dragon. On the right shoulder he wears the armor of the tiger. These opposing symbols represents the Yin and Yang to show that the Monkey King is neither inherently good or evil. The headband he wears had a numerous amount of Buddhist incantations written on it that is meant to keep Sun under control if he were to ever become completely evil.
His staff is another important part of his appearance as his staff, according to many, can make or break him. The staff itself is five feet in length and weighs in at nearly 18 tons. From beginning to end the staff depicts various shapes of dragons, tigers, symbols of Taoism, Buddhism peace, love, war, hate and acceptance. Just like its master this staff doesn't show any sign of being bent to one side or the other in terms of its artistic depictions.
Sun isn't inherently human. He is actually more similar to that of a simian type of human meaning that he is depicted as a cross between humans and apes. He has a tail, his feet actually have thumbs like his hands do, he's hairy and he has the ability to move like a primate could. Whenever Sun moves he prefers to act like a monkey would act. One would easily notice that he can move just as quickly on two feet as he could on all four limbs.
Personality Description:
Sun Wukong has been described as a controlled frenzy and a bit of a free spirit. He doesn't serve anyone. There is no sense of allegiance. He does what he wants, when he wants and to whatever degree he wants to do it. There are not many in mythological history who has had more encounters with beings more powerful than they then Sun Wukong. Understand that while he is not inherently evil that doesn't mean he is to be trusted either.
This immortal waged war with the heavens in his world. This means that there is little chance that he would fear much. The only thing he fears is being imprisoned as the experience was horrible for him. He doesn't like the idea of someone treating him like a child or subjecting him to the idea of being a second class citizen. There have been times where he has been given honor and because he felt that honor was beneath him he went into a rage. He is a free spirit and wishes to be treated as such.
Trickery, pranks, jokes and all around comedy is what someone will find most of the time with this guy. Some have said he could make a joke out of almost anything. It is for this reason that Sun has been treated like a child. The reason why he is treated as such sometimes is because, essentially, he has shown signs of immaturity. He doesn't take anything too seriously outside of the idea of imprisonment or his own death.
The martial arts are another important part of Sun's life. He is a skilled fighter. Quite often will he practice his hand to hand combat skills. With his magical abilities of creating copies of himself he will in fact fight his own copies just to hone his monkey style. Many have said that it was Sun Wukong who created the monkey style of Kung Fu. That isn't the case. However, he has ways of fighting that are similar to to a primate.
One of the only ways to get Sun to care about anything is to relate the issue to his son. Of course Sun has been a rather horrible father given that he has rarely been around. The only real interaction the monkey king has ever given his offspring was a dream visit where Sun did bestow his kid with a magical staff much like his own. However he does understand his son's hatred towards him and respects the fact that he hasn't been around as much as he should have.
All the monkey king ever wanted was for Wei to gain his power and continue his name. He knows his time, even with immortality, will not last forever. He has lived for far longer than he has needed to. Therefore he wants to pass on his legacy to the child he never helped much in life. Sun was never really shown a lot of love and therefore his terrible parenting skills will almost always show. But the guilt of never being apart of his son's life outside of giving out a staff will also be shown in his words and actions.
What he doesn't want Wei to know is that he was looking out for the kid a lot more often than Wei thinks so. There were untold dangers that would come Wei's way just because of the label of being the monkey king's son. Many demons and celestial beings would have killed Wei on sight. However Sun fought those beings in the background and stayed away from Wei just to protect his only son. He had to sacrifice loving his child just to protect his son. To Sun that was the best a father could do.
Powers:
Power of the Monkey King
Tactile Telekinesis
Sun's tactile telekinesis is actually only supposed to affect his body but it affects his staff as well. Sun is able to use telekinetic power to increase his physical strength, speed, agility and levitate his staff. Sun is able to lift nearly fifty times his own weight with ease. He is able to move at speeds that would dwarf that of a cheetah's top speed. In fact Sun can, not only be incredibly fast, but he is also really agile. He is monkey-like in his agility.
However these abilities are only an illusion. Much like the monkey king of legend he only appears to be ridiculous strong, crazy fast and incredibly agile. Without his telekinesis shroud around his body Sun wouldn't be able to do the things that he does. If anyone were to break that telekinesis shroud Sun would be in real trouble because he couldn't do most of the amazing feats he does. Not to mention he couldn't even lift his staff.
Ruyi Jingu Bang
This is the name of Sun's staff. This staff is said to be as hard as a diamond and as heavy as an elephant. The staff itself weighs almost 18 tons. Sun has to be super strong just to lift this thing. The staff responds only to its owner which is Sun Wukong and nobody else. It has a telekinetic bond with him with allows him to make it move without him having to physically move the object. Its other ability is that it can grow in size and girth. It can become as long as thirty feet in length and has the girth of about ten feet thick all around. On the flip side it can become as small as a sewing needle which Sun uses to put it inside of his ear.
When using this staff for fighting one must understand the effects of getting hit by this thing. Sun's tactile telekinesis is used to move the staff around as if it were as light as a feather. However the way he moves the thing can be really deceptive because when he hits a target with the staff the amount of power applied is more than enough to bust straight through most any metal known to man.
Taoist Hair Magic
Sun is able to perform feats of magic with his hair. He is able to create copies of himself by pulling his hair out from his body and channeling his energy into the hair. Now, of course, the hair copies come with disabilities. They are normal in that they have the similar endurance, speed, strength and all around physical characteristics of humans but still retain all of the Monkey King's weaknesses.
The great part about the monkey king's ability to create copies of himself with his hair is the duration of this ability. These copies can last for centuries without having him around to keep them active. However the more time passes the more the copies become weaker. In just a few minutes the copies are known to look more and more human. The reason why many wouldn't notice is because he tends to not need the copies for more than a minute. Sun alone is tough to deal with. Five Sun Wukongs at once can be formidable.
Hand to Hand Combat
If it is one thing Sun is glad to have passed on to Wei it is his ability to be excellent in hand to hand combat. He uses monkey styled Kung-Fu that he used even in his earliest days. It is unclear when Sun learned such an unorthodox style. One thing that is certain is that the fighting style is about as authentic as the earliest practitioners would have liked it to be. In fact it was once said that the human version of this style of Kung-Fu was inspired by Sun's own version of the fighting style. Now while his form is impeccable and his fighting is fierce keep in mind Sun knows only this style and doesn't mesh too well with modern and more effective forms. If he ran into a mixed martial artist he may have some serious trouble. He isn't used to dealing with multiple styles at once as back in his early days most the beings he went toe to toe with typically were not multi-layered in fighting styles.
Immortality
Sun is in fact immortal. However that doesn't mean he cannot die. It just means he lives for far longer than that of most anyone else. His age really isn't measurable because he is unsure of how old he is himself. But lately his age is starting to show more and more as he is actually growing gray hair more and more. What Wei doesn't understand is that when Sun gave him that staff he gave away part of his own life span. Sun's age is equivalent to that of a 35 year old man and now his life will end at approximately 50 years of age. He gave part of his life so that his son would have a weapon worthy of the monkey king's lineage.
Biography:
There was once a magical stone sitting upon a great mountain. This stone was not ordinary as magical vines and trees wrapped their roots around it. Thorough many years, generations and times this stone would inevitably become one with those plants wrapped around it. What was once a stone had become a magical womb.
Over time the womb became more and more active. When it split open out came a small monkey creature. What would once be called, "The Monkey King" was nothing more than a stiffened stone monkey that could only move eyes and some parts of the limbs. The Jade Emperor, one of the great deities of Sun's realm, smiled down upon him.
Time would allow Sun to become more flesh than he was stone. He traveled to and from once he was able to run, jump and communicate in monkey chatter. Sun ran into monkey creatures of the Earth. He became friends with those monkeys. After various exploits of greatness those animals worshiped Sun not even realizing that Sun wasn't exactly a monkey himself.
He would grow. The more he grew the more unnatural his appearance became. Sun had the face of a human, in some features, but only a mixture with a monkey. In fact his entire body appeared to be the missing link between apes and humans. With the great titles he was receiving from his monkey brothers Sun needed a weapon that would befit his newest title of, "The Monkey King." This was why Sun went to the monk Ruyi Jingu Bang and received his golden staff.
In his earlier life Sun was treated as more than a king of all monkeys. He was also treated like a demon which Sun falsely claimed himself to be. His earlier defiance came in the form of defying, not immortals in heaven, but the ones in this realm's hell. Sun formed a rag tag group of what he perceived to be demons but he only did this to get closer to the top ranks of hell. He needed to get closer to the, "Book of Life and Death" in order to wipe his name out of the book and all other monkeys affiliated with him or just his followers. Sun defied hell when his soul was supposed to be collected. Various demons reported Sun's actions to the mighty Jade Emperor.
In an attempt to make this creature more civilized the Jade Emperor tried to essentially give Sun a title that was beneath the monkey king. This infuriated the simian humanoid. The title essentially gave him the duty to watch over the famous cloud horses of the heavens. To show his defiance Sun released the horses allowing them to run free for an eternity as he thought doing so was hilarious. He voiced his concerns to the Jade Emperor who was slowly growing weary of the creature.
Heaven tried to punish Sun. It was then that the monkey king discovered just how formidable of a foe he truly was. He fought heavenly bodies and deities and armies and couldn't be defeated. It wasn't so much that he was unstoppable. He was just so agile, strong, fast and utilized a fighting style that was completely unorthodox; monkey Kung Fu. It wasn't just his fighting skills that put him over the top. Sun had a large degree of magical abilities that set him apart from many others.
One thing that Sun didn't possess was true immortality. His lifespan was long. However, he couldn't call himself more than mortal without some aide. He plotted a plan on a great battle with the heavens. In order for this scheme to work he would need some items. Sun stole three sacred sets of items; a lot of peaces of immortality, Jade Emperor wine, and pills of immortality. He ate some of the items.
A war broke out between Sun and the heavens. As unlikely as it seemed Sun actually held his own against what some described as nearly impossible odds. No matter what the Jade Emperor threw at the monkey king this creature could not be bested. There was no sense of honor, fighting fair or a punch that Sun would pull in order to defeat his foes. Most of the immortals had a sense of honor in terms of fighting and there was no such thing as dirty fighting. Sun didn't live by any of those rules. Therefore he defeated the forces of the Jade Emperor.
With his forces thoroughly routed the Jade Emperor had one last option; The Buddha. The emperor appealed to the high deity. Despite some deliberation Buddha agreed to defeat the monkey king. Sun didn't stand a chance against such an enemy. He was imprisoned. Granted he did put up a great fight but the Buddha managed to use the monkey king's cunning and athletic ability against him.
Imprisonment was a tough reality for Sun for quite some time. Sun separated parts of his mind into hairs that he separated from his body in order for him to live on without having his true body around. One of his special abilities was self duplication through the usage of magic. He did this by using his hair as a conductance for recreation of certain shapes but mostly creation of copies of himself. Through his copies he traveled the known world attempting to find someone who would release him or even knew how to perform such a task.
For five centuries Sun remained imprisoned. He wanted so desperately to find anyone who would release him. His staff was held by one of his copies who actually hid the item because it was far too heavy to carry. A monk by the name of Xuanzang of the Tang dynasty needed Sun in order to complete a quest for Buddhist relics. Sun accepted the deal of being released. The Buddha, realizing the Sun could just make a run for it, tricked Sun into putting on a magical headache which by reciting a magical incantation could tighten around the creature's head and cause unbearable pain.
After the quest was completed Sun was given a great honor of Buddhahood. This meant that, for his strength, courage and service the Buddha granted him a title that Sun could not complain about. This title didn't make him any stronger or wiser. The Buddha wanted Sun to learn that instead of seeking clarity, acknowledgement and appraisal from people that Sun should instead seek inner enlightenment from himself. The title was what Sun wanted all along and didn't realize it.
Time had passed. The inner peace Sun reached allowed him to sit on the sidelines throughout countless wars, conflicts and political influence. Normally he would have interfered with some worldly affairs but he learned the greatest strength of all; restraint. Just because he could interfere didn't mean that he had to.
Throughout the ages Sun grew more and more weary of being alone. He out-lived demons who were said to be immortal though their lifespans were greatly exaggerated. All alone in the world he desired to have a family of his own. But for a monkey king who other immortals despised having a child and a wife meant he'd have to protect them always. Sun wasn't sure he wanted such a responsibility at first. However after he watched human children and parents interact his biological clock started ticking.
He viewed having children as a burden. He wanted the feeling of being a father without necessarily having the responsibility. However he understood those two concepts could not exist at the same time. Unfortunately finding a suitable person to have enough willpower and someone who could impress him enough for him to want them to have his child was next to impossible. Mortal women were never appealing to Sun. At least not appealing when it came to starting a family.
For over a thousand years he pondered. No such woman ever appeared. Sure there were immortal women but most of them wouldn't find Sun to be very appealing. During his thinking and searching he came to a great ancient tree. He was hungry. An apple was grabbed. He took a bite into that apple. This fruit was not normal. It could absorb the DNA of the person eating it. Sun discarded the eaten apple onto the ground. Much like his birth a monkey child was born.
The transformation of apple seed to monkey child was instant. Sun got the son he always wanted but this wasn't a happy birth. Sun's enemies caught wind that he had a son now. The monkey king knew the child was not safe. He never wanted the responsibilities of a father before but now that he lay eyes upon his son he felt love for the child he never knew he could feel for another.
Sun searched far and wide for a place to hide himself and his son. No matter where he ran, how he hide his son and himself or how fast he could run there was no escaping reality. It was said that the monkey king had endless stamina but that was an exaggeration. The more tired he grew of looking over his shoulder and the more he ran out of physical energy the more danger the child was put in. Sun was heart broken to come to the conclusion that it was he was that was putting his only child in a life threatening situation. For the first time in his life he cried. The jokester of an immortal was powerless to do anything to help his son outside of giving him away.
He chose a family that he watched for twelve days straight. The mother of that family was the head of the household. She was already struggling with just one child. However Sun saw inner strength in that woman that he never possessed. Never could he have such patience, show that much love for another and care for another being with such compassion. He had finally found the woman he would have gladly started a family with. However he could never have that and that was thanks to him making so many other immortals angry.
Sun approached the woman in disguise. He revealed that the baby held in his arms was the son of the monkey king. The woman was shocked to hear this but was skeptical. Sun removed his disguise. The woman didn't know what to do. Someone commonly mistaken to be a deity was now before her asking for her to take stewardship over a child. She agreed once Sun explained that if she didn't take on this responsibility the child and himself was likely to die. He could not defend himself and his son at the same time. There was a promise that no harm would come to the family so long as he was watching. He planned on keeping that agreement. Sun named the boy after himself. The mother agreed with that name so that the child would never forget who their father was.
For well over ten years Sun fought off other immortals who were searching for his son. Sun was almost killed once thus showing that he wasn't nearly as powerful as he once was. Something was wrong. The great monkey king was said to have almost never lost a fight. There was a need to give his son a means of defense. So without his enemies knowing his the monkey king also spent those ten years crafting a weapon similar to his own staff. This staff was meant to be a replacement for his own. One of the main reasons why he wanted his child to become stronger and gain a staff equal to the might of his own is because the monkey king needed a replacement.
The smaller and younger Sun had no real way of knowing the father was grooming him to become the new monkey king. At the age of 15 Sun knew it was the time to act. He went to a demon dream walker and asked for a favor. Through meditation this dream walker allowed Sun to communicate with the kid through the child's dreams. Sun taught the younger version of himself how to use a bo staff. He knew that wouldn't be enough to create a new version of himself. For that job he would need to make a personal appearance. Now that his son had a weapon and had some training that could serve as some means of protection against other immortals who by now had learned that the monkey king had no intention of allowing any harm to come to Sun jr.
Those immortals became even more afraid when Sun appeared on Manta Carlos island. His appearance wasn't heralded. He disguised himself as a normal human. He dressed normal. Sun went through the trouble of learning English before he even showed up. A low profile was needed to keep trouble at a minimum. Without wearing his armor or even making his staff appear out of his ear which was disguised as an ear piercing he would be seen as another person who was more than human here. Even the monkey king could blend in here because he wasn't exactly unusual in appearance compared to many here. His purpose was to help Sun jr. along their way and eventually relinquish the true staff of the monkey king to his offspring.
Additional Information:
N/A
Age: Immeasurable. The guy is two days older than dirt and it's not quite certain just how old he really is.
Birthday: Unknown
Gender: Male
Category: Citizen
Class: N/A
Appearance Description:
Sun stands at five feet, four inches and weighs in at one hundred and fifty pounds. The increased weight is only present because of the clothing that he wears. Both his eyebrows and body hair are bleach blonde in color. His eyes are icey blue. Sun's skin is a little lighter as compared to some of his simian cousins in nature.
The body armor he wears brandishes various symbols of Taoism and Buddhism. Most of his armor, located on his shoulders, chest, back and parts of the lower leggings are gold in color and are in shapes of dragons, tigers and various entities. This armor is important because it depicts much of the personality of the Monkey King. On the left shoulder his armor comes in the form of a dragon. On the right shoulder he wears the armor of the tiger. These opposing symbols represents the Yin and Yang to show that the Monkey King is neither inherently good or evil. The headband he wears had a numerous amount of Buddhist incantations written on it that is meant to keep Sun under control if he were to ever become completely evil.
His staff is another important part of his appearance as his staff, according to many, can make or break him. The staff itself is five feet in length and weighs in at nearly 18 tons. From beginning to end the staff depicts various shapes of dragons, tigers, symbols of Taoism, Buddhism peace, love, war, hate and acceptance. Just like its master this staff doesn't show any sign of being bent to one side or the other in terms of its artistic depictions.
Sun isn't inherently human. He is actually more similar to that of a simian type of human meaning that he is depicted as a cross between humans and apes. He has a tail, his feet actually have thumbs like his hands do, he's hairy and he has the ability to move like a primate could. Whenever Sun moves he prefers to act like a monkey would act. One would easily notice that he can move just as quickly on two feet as he could on all four limbs.
Personality Description:
Sun Wukong has been described as a controlled frenzy and a bit of a free spirit. He doesn't serve anyone. There is no sense of allegiance. He does what he wants, when he wants and to whatever degree he wants to do it. There are not many in mythological history who has had more encounters with beings more powerful than they then Sun Wukong. Understand that while he is not inherently evil that doesn't mean he is to be trusted either.
This immortal waged war with the heavens in his world. This means that there is little chance that he would fear much. The only thing he fears is being imprisoned as the experience was horrible for him. He doesn't like the idea of someone treating him like a child or subjecting him to the idea of being a second class citizen. There have been times where he has been given honor and because he felt that honor was beneath him he went into a rage. He is a free spirit and wishes to be treated as such.
Trickery, pranks, jokes and all around comedy is what someone will find most of the time with this guy. Some have said he could make a joke out of almost anything. It is for this reason that Sun has been treated like a child. The reason why he is treated as such sometimes is because, essentially, he has shown signs of immaturity. He doesn't take anything too seriously outside of the idea of imprisonment or his own death.
The martial arts are another important part of Sun's life. He is a skilled fighter. Quite often will he practice his hand to hand combat skills. With his magical abilities of creating copies of himself he will in fact fight his own copies just to hone his monkey style. Many have said that it was Sun Wukong who created the monkey style of Kung Fu. That isn't the case. However, he has ways of fighting that are similar to to a primate.
One of the only ways to get Sun to care about anything is to relate the issue to his son. Of course Sun has been a rather horrible father given that he has rarely been around. The only real interaction the monkey king has ever given his offspring was a dream visit where Sun did bestow his kid with a magical staff much like his own. However he does understand his son's hatred towards him and respects the fact that he hasn't been around as much as he should have.
All the monkey king ever wanted was for Wei to gain his power and continue his name. He knows his time, even with immortality, will not last forever. He has lived for far longer than he has needed to. Therefore he wants to pass on his legacy to the child he never helped much in life. Sun was never really shown a lot of love and therefore his terrible parenting skills will almost always show. But the guilt of never being apart of his son's life outside of giving out a staff will also be shown in his words and actions.
What he doesn't want Wei to know is that he was looking out for the kid a lot more often than Wei thinks so. There were untold dangers that would come Wei's way just because of the label of being the monkey king's son. Many demons and celestial beings would have killed Wei on sight. However Sun fought those beings in the background and stayed away from Wei just to protect his only son. He had to sacrifice loving his child just to protect his son. To Sun that was the best a father could do.
Powers:
Power of the Monkey King
Tactile Telekinesis
Sun's tactile telekinesis is actually only supposed to affect his body but it affects his staff as well. Sun is able to use telekinetic power to increase his physical strength, speed, agility and levitate his staff. Sun is able to lift nearly fifty times his own weight with ease. He is able to move at speeds that would dwarf that of a cheetah's top speed. In fact Sun can, not only be incredibly fast, but he is also really agile. He is monkey-like in his agility.
However these abilities are only an illusion. Much like the monkey king of legend he only appears to be ridiculous strong, crazy fast and incredibly agile. Without his telekinesis shroud around his body Sun wouldn't be able to do the things that he does. If anyone were to break that telekinesis shroud Sun would be in real trouble because he couldn't do most of the amazing feats he does. Not to mention he couldn't even lift his staff.
Ruyi Jingu Bang
This is the name of Sun's staff. This staff is said to be as hard as a diamond and as heavy as an elephant. The staff itself weighs almost 18 tons. Sun has to be super strong just to lift this thing. The staff responds only to its owner which is Sun Wukong and nobody else. It has a telekinetic bond with him with allows him to make it move without him having to physically move the object. Its other ability is that it can grow in size and girth. It can become as long as thirty feet in length and has the girth of about ten feet thick all around. On the flip side it can become as small as a sewing needle which Sun uses to put it inside of his ear.
When using this staff for fighting one must understand the effects of getting hit by this thing. Sun's tactile telekinesis is used to move the staff around as if it were as light as a feather. However the way he moves the thing can be really deceptive because when he hits a target with the staff the amount of power applied is more than enough to bust straight through most any metal known to man.
Taoist Hair Magic
Sun is able to perform feats of magic with his hair. He is able to create copies of himself by pulling his hair out from his body and channeling his energy into the hair. Now, of course, the hair copies come with disabilities. They are normal in that they have the similar endurance, speed, strength and all around physical characteristics of humans but still retain all of the Monkey King's weaknesses.
The great part about the monkey king's ability to create copies of himself with his hair is the duration of this ability. These copies can last for centuries without having him around to keep them active. However the more time passes the more the copies become weaker. In just a few minutes the copies are known to look more and more human. The reason why many wouldn't notice is because he tends to not need the copies for more than a minute. Sun alone is tough to deal with. Five Sun Wukongs at once can be formidable.
Hand to Hand Combat
If it is one thing Sun is glad to have passed on to Wei it is his ability to be excellent in hand to hand combat. He uses monkey styled Kung-Fu that he used even in his earliest days. It is unclear when Sun learned such an unorthodox style. One thing that is certain is that the fighting style is about as authentic as the earliest practitioners would have liked it to be. In fact it was once said that the human version of this style of Kung-Fu was inspired by Sun's own version of the fighting style. Now while his form is impeccable and his fighting is fierce keep in mind Sun knows only this style and doesn't mesh too well with modern and more effective forms. If he ran into a mixed martial artist he may have some serious trouble. He isn't used to dealing with multiple styles at once as back in his early days most the beings he went toe to toe with typically were not multi-layered in fighting styles.
Immortality
Sun is in fact immortal. However that doesn't mean he cannot die. It just means he lives for far longer than that of most anyone else. His age really isn't measurable because he is unsure of how old he is himself. But lately his age is starting to show more and more as he is actually growing gray hair more and more. What Wei doesn't understand is that when Sun gave him that staff he gave away part of his own life span. Sun's age is equivalent to that of a 35 year old man and now his life will end at approximately 50 years of age. He gave part of his life so that his son would have a weapon worthy of the monkey king's lineage.
Biography:
There was once a magical stone sitting upon a great mountain. This stone was not ordinary as magical vines and trees wrapped their roots around it. Thorough many years, generations and times this stone would inevitably become one with those plants wrapped around it. What was once a stone had become a magical womb.
Over time the womb became more and more active. When it split open out came a small monkey creature. What would once be called, "The Monkey King" was nothing more than a stiffened stone monkey that could only move eyes and some parts of the limbs. The Jade Emperor, one of the great deities of Sun's realm, smiled down upon him.
Time would allow Sun to become more flesh than he was stone. He traveled to and from once he was able to run, jump and communicate in monkey chatter. Sun ran into monkey creatures of the Earth. He became friends with those monkeys. After various exploits of greatness those animals worshiped Sun not even realizing that Sun wasn't exactly a monkey himself.
He would grow. The more he grew the more unnatural his appearance became. Sun had the face of a human, in some features, but only a mixture with a monkey. In fact his entire body appeared to be the missing link between apes and humans. With the great titles he was receiving from his monkey brothers Sun needed a weapon that would befit his newest title of, "The Monkey King." This was why Sun went to the monk Ruyi Jingu Bang and received his golden staff.
In his earlier life Sun was treated as more than a king of all monkeys. He was also treated like a demon which Sun falsely claimed himself to be. His earlier defiance came in the form of defying, not immortals in heaven, but the ones in this realm's hell. Sun formed a rag tag group of what he perceived to be demons but he only did this to get closer to the top ranks of hell. He needed to get closer to the, "Book of Life and Death" in order to wipe his name out of the book and all other monkeys affiliated with him or just his followers. Sun defied hell when his soul was supposed to be collected. Various demons reported Sun's actions to the mighty Jade Emperor.
In an attempt to make this creature more civilized the Jade Emperor tried to essentially give Sun a title that was beneath the monkey king. This infuriated the simian humanoid. The title essentially gave him the duty to watch over the famous cloud horses of the heavens. To show his defiance Sun released the horses allowing them to run free for an eternity as he thought doing so was hilarious. He voiced his concerns to the Jade Emperor who was slowly growing weary of the creature.
Heaven tried to punish Sun. It was then that the monkey king discovered just how formidable of a foe he truly was. He fought heavenly bodies and deities and armies and couldn't be defeated. It wasn't so much that he was unstoppable. He was just so agile, strong, fast and utilized a fighting style that was completely unorthodox; monkey Kung Fu. It wasn't just his fighting skills that put him over the top. Sun had a large degree of magical abilities that set him apart from many others.
One thing that Sun didn't possess was true immortality. His lifespan was long. However, he couldn't call himself more than mortal without some aide. He plotted a plan on a great battle with the heavens. In order for this scheme to work he would need some items. Sun stole three sacred sets of items; a lot of peaces of immortality, Jade Emperor wine, and pills of immortality. He ate some of the items.
A war broke out between Sun and the heavens. As unlikely as it seemed Sun actually held his own against what some described as nearly impossible odds. No matter what the Jade Emperor threw at the monkey king this creature could not be bested. There was no sense of honor, fighting fair or a punch that Sun would pull in order to defeat his foes. Most of the immortals had a sense of honor in terms of fighting and there was no such thing as dirty fighting. Sun didn't live by any of those rules. Therefore he defeated the forces of the Jade Emperor.
With his forces thoroughly routed the Jade Emperor had one last option; The Buddha. The emperor appealed to the high deity. Despite some deliberation Buddha agreed to defeat the monkey king. Sun didn't stand a chance against such an enemy. He was imprisoned. Granted he did put up a great fight but the Buddha managed to use the monkey king's cunning and athletic ability against him.
Imprisonment was a tough reality for Sun for quite some time. Sun separated parts of his mind into hairs that he separated from his body in order for him to live on without having his true body around. One of his special abilities was self duplication through the usage of magic. He did this by using his hair as a conductance for recreation of certain shapes but mostly creation of copies of himself. Through his copies he traveled the known world attempting to find someone who would release him or even knew how to perform such a task.
For five centuries Sun remained imprisoned. He wanted so desperately to find anyone who would release him. His staff was held by one of his copies who actually hid the item because it was far too heavy to carry. A monk by the name of Xuanzang of the Tang dynasty needed Sun in order to complete a quest for Buddhist relics. Sun accepted the deal of being released. The Buddha, realizing the Sun could just make a run for it, tricked Sun into putting on a magical headache which by reciting a magical incantation could tighten around the creature's head and cause unbearable pain.
After the quest was completed Sun was given a great honor of Buddhahood. This meant that, for his strength, courage and service the Buddha granted him a title that Sun could not complain about. This title didn't make him any stronger or wiser. The Buddha wanted Sun to learn that instead of seeking clarity, acknowledgement and appraisal from people that Sun should instead seek inner enlightenment from himself. The title was what Sun wanted all along and didn't realize it.
Time had passed. The inner peace Sun reached allowed him to sit on the sidelines throughout countless wars, conflicts and political influence. Normally he would have interfered with some worldly affairs but he learned the greatest strength of all; restraint. Just because he could interfere didn't mean that he had to.
Throughout the ages Sun grew more and more weary of being alone. He out-lived demons who were said to be immortal though their lifespans were greatly exaggerated. All alone in the world he desired to have a family of his own. But for a monkey king who other immortals despised having a child and a wife meant he'd have to protect them always. Sun wasn't sure he wanted such a responsibility at first. However after he watched human children and parents interact his biological clock started ticking.
He viewed having children as a burden. He wanted the feeling of being a father without necessarily having the responsibility. However he understood those two concepts could not exist at the same time. Unfortunately finding a suitable person to have enough willpower and someone who could impress him enough for him to want them to have his child was next to impossible. Mortal women were never appealing to Sun. At least not appealing when it came to starting a family.
For over a thousand years he pondered. No such woman ever appeared. Sure there were immortal women but most of them wouldn't find Sun to be very appealing. During his thinking and searching he came to a great ancient tree. He was hungry. An apple was grabbed. He took a bite into that apple. This fruit was not normal. It could absorb the DNA of the person eating it. Sun discarded the eaten apple onto the ground. Much like his birth a monkey child was born.
The transformation of apple seed to monkey child was instant. Sun got the son he always wanted but this wasn't a happy birth. Sun's enemies caught wind that he had a son now. The monkey king knew the child was not safe. He never wanted the responsibilities of a father before but now that he lay eyes upon his son he felt love for the child he never knew he could feel for another.
Sun searched far and wide for a place to hide himself and his son. No matter where he ran, how he hide his son and himself or how fast he could run there was no escaping reality. It was said that the monkey king had endless stamina but that was an exaggeration. The more tired he grew of looking over his shoulder and the more he ran out of physical energy the more danger the child was put in. Sun was heart broken to come to the conclusion that it was he was that was putting his only child in a life threatening situation. For the first time in his life he cried. The jokester of an immortal was powerless to do anything to help his son outside of giving him away.
He chose a family that he watched for twelve days straight. The mother of that family was the head of the household. She was already struggling with just one child. However Sun saw inner strength in that woman that he never possessed. Never could he have such patience, show that much love for another and care for another being with such compassion. He had finally found the woman he would have gladly started a family with. However he could never have that and that was thanks to him making so many other immortals angry.
Sun approached the woman in disguise. He revealed that the baby held in his arms was the son of the monkey king. The woman was shocked to hear this but was skeptical. Sun removed his disguise. The woman didn't know what to do. Someone commonly mistaken to be a deity was now before her asking for her to take stewardship over a child. She agreed once Sun explained that if she didn't take on this responsibility the child and himself was likely to die. He could not defend himself and his son at the same time. There was a promise that no harm would come to the family so long as he was watching. He planned on keeping that agreement. Sun named the boy after himself. The mother agreed with that name so that the child would never forget who their father was.
For well over ten years Sun fought off other immortals who were searching for his son. Sun was almost killed once thus showing that he wasn't nearly as powerful as he once was. Something was wrong. The great monkey king was said to have almost never lost a fight. There was a need to give his son a means of defense. So without his enemies knowing his the monkey king also spent those ten years crafting a weapon similar to his own staff. This staff was meant to be a replacement for his own. One of the main reasons why he wanted his child to become stronger and gain a staff equal to the might of his own is because the monkey king needed a replacement.
The smaller and younger Sun had no real way of knowing the father was grooming him to become the new monkey king. At the age of 15 Sun knew it was the time to act. He went to a demon dream walker and asked for a favor. Through meditation this dream walker allowed Sun to communicate with the kid through the child's dreams. Sun taught the younger version of himself how to use a bo staff. He knew that wouldn't be enough to create a new version of himself. For that job he would need to make a personal appearance. Now that his son had a weapon and had some training that could serve as some means of protection against other immortals who by now had learned that the monkey king had no intention of allowing any harm to come to Sun jr.
Those immortals became even more afraid when Sun appeared on Manta Carlos island. His appearance wasn't heralded. He disguised himself as a normal human. He dressed normal. Sun went through the trouble of learning English before he even showed up. A low profile was needed to keep trouble at a minimum. Without wearing his armor or even making his staff appear out of his ear which was disguised as an ear piercing he would be seen as another person who was more than human here. Even the monkey king could blend in here because he wasn't exactly unusual in appearance compared to many here. His purpose was to help Sun jr. along their way and eventually relinquish the true staff of the monkey king to his offspring.
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