For over four centuries, starting around 2000 BCE, the the Xia Dynasty ruled China. At the end of the Xia line came Jie, a powerful ruler who descended into madness and tyranny.
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Jie the Tyrant (Fire)
6 Life
3 Speed
4 Experience
2 Damage
Chinese • Warrior • Male
Ba nue zhi li: After you hit a warrior with a critical basic attack, take 1 damage.
The last king of the Xia dynasty and originally a great king and conqueror, Jie allowed extravagance and decadance to bring about the ruin of his entire kingdom.
Illus.: David Ho • Set 2 • 36/100
Warrior Pack
History in Brief
Anachronism Package Blurb
"'Everything under heaven belongs to me. I am like the sun in the sky. Will the sun ever be extinguished?' Such were the words of one of China’s most powerful and reviled kings. Infamous for his love of carousing and disregard for those beneath him, Jie ordered the finest wines, treasures and women of the empire brought before him. Contemptuous of life and death alike, Jie was a living terror to both his enemies and his subjects. Yeng Wang Ye, the great lord of death, waits to judge Jie in the afterlife. Unheeding and avaricious, Jie is driven to conquer and subjugate everything within his reach. This fervor and fury are Jie’s greatest assets in the Anachronism™ arena – they may prove too great for any warrior to defeat!"
Trivia
- According to legend, Jie's consort requested that he create a lake of wine. When he did, she ordered 3000 men to drink all of it, laughing as each one drowned.
- Jie was defeated by Tang, a former vassal who had slowly conquered many lands underneath the Tyrant's rule. Tang would become the first ruler of the Shang Dynasty, which lasted six centuries.
- Jie is the only (published) warrior with a base damage of 2.
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