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| By King Bumis Heir | Part of the Avatar: Civil Strife continuity. |
Duyan Ling is a spirit of sloth. He is a minor character that appears in Chapter 6: The Shipment.
History[]
The Duyan Ling is an ancient spirit has been around for a long time, he is known to offer the most slothful of individuals to turn their lives around in a span of three days. If they refuse he turns them to stone where they will remain anchored and petrified for eternity. The Duyan Ling is summoned by the cries of those who seek help. It is known the spirit is unseen by anyone he doesn't want to see him only his victims.
The King of Stone story that involves the 20th Earth King Shitou of Han, is about a slothful young king who refused to completely his daily king duties. Instead spent his time wining and dining, sleeping, and having a great time with his concubines. Duyan Ling offered him to change his life around or be turned in stone. Of which Shitou was not interested in, he instead turned away to take his nap on his throne.
Three days later, the Duyan Ling returned to find that Shitou remained unchanged in his ways. The spirit revealed himself to the Earth King, which frightened him. But it was too late for Shitou to change himself in that moment, the concubine that rested on his lap told him there was no one in front of them. But seconds later, she found herself sitting on the statue-like form of the Earth King.
There have been stories told that the Duyan Ling has the power to unpetrify his victims but such stories also have no evidence as the existence of the Duyan Ling may be entirely fictional.
Abilities[]
The Duyan Ling is able to turn his victims into stone, however, the Duyan Ling is not a malevolent spirit. He's mostly summoned when people seek a solution to someone in their lives that has done evil or nothing at all.
Trivia[]
- Duyan Ling means "one-eyed spirit" in Chinese.
- The Duyan Ling resembles a person from the mythological Yimu Kingdom in Chinese mythology.
- Inspired by both trolls of Middle-earth, and the people of the Yimu Kingdom, who were said to have an eye in the center of their face.
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