Black Crow King
THE BLACK CROW KING[edit]
Zhen Zhou City from above:
We soar above the magnificence of the Middle City, its´ billion lights tiny pinpricks as we zoom past the highest skyscrapers with blinding speed, the layers of urbania almost peeling away from the screen in front of us as we accelerate to -
- one lone skyscraper. In the night, it looks like a dark monolith, a slab of obsidian. No light escapes from its´ toned windows, but we pass through them effortlessly and into the top floor...
- into a HIGH-CEILING TUBULAR ROOM, rising high from its´ circular base. All along the walls, small alcoves of undefined light illuminate the rows and rows of script in the very same style as the clay tablet in Ping´s limo. Arranged neatly in chapters, each sutra aligning with the others like the coils of a mighty dragon, only one spot is empty - all the more apparent because of the restrained beauty of the near-perfect arrangement.
On a platform in the middle of the room stands... well, a shape, really - a man, with black hair spilling back over his shoulders, a beautiful pinestripe suit adorning his body like the vestments of an emperor. We do not see his face, standing with his back to us like he is, but there is no mistaking the sheer power contained within this one. You could imagine the walls of the room shifting slightly when he breathes, such is the command he carries over his surroundings (underscored by the dramatic FROM-BELOW ANGLE in which he is filmed).
- ZHB S01E06: The Weapons of the Gods
At the present time, precious little is known about the mysterious warlord and manipulator that calls himself the Black Crow King - save that he (if it is indeed a man, as the title implies) has managed to sow chaos and destruction across Zhen Zhou City, to have built a powerbase in silence and then carved his name into the map in one fell swoop as his enemies desperately tried to recover.
Some say that he is connected to the Hell Clan, but no one knows for sure - and they aren´t talking.
It is apparent that he has plans for the Wulin Schools of the city, but so far it is anyone´s guess just what he wants. He acts mostly through The Black Crow Brigade, his own posse of kung fu students who have jumped ship to serve a higher power, who in their turn gets their orders from The Black Crow King´s Lieutenants.
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