Lěi WěiSheng (Lěi Míng)

Lei Ming has always felt a deep sympathy for humanity. While his people are gifted with the knowledge of the Universe, there has always been one rule. To look over the humans and watch from above to ensure the correct flow of our timeline.

When a civil war, the largest Lei Ming had ever expirienced, wrecked havoc on the lands, tens of thousands of people perished in the slaughter. Both sides saw themselves as the heroes, as having the right of the fight. Lei Ming, burdened with the knowledge, slaved over the idea that with just a little guidance, humanity would be able to overcome their differences with a new perspective.

Descending to the surface world and meddling with the affairs of mortals is strictly prohibited. But as the war raged on, bringing grand cities down to nothing but ash and rubble, Lei Ming could do nothing but watch in depair. Until he started to think. What, exactly, was stopping him from aiding them? What punishment could be worse than watching the suffering of mortals for eternity? And so, he made his descision. He would seek the council of his peers, and demand to leave.

Lei Ming's demands were scrutinised by the glaring eyes of the council, and they all sneered. After days and days of debating, he stood his ground the entire time, until the moment his efforts would prevail. And prevail, he did.

He was granted the permission he sought, but at a price. He was to be punished, in front of every one of his peers, by being whipped by WuLian, a three-tassled whip which curses the victim with permanently burning scars. The price of helping humanity was eternal agony. And he accepted his fate. Lei Ming new it would be worth it in the end, to be burdened with the pain of his people so that they would not suffer any longer.

Dropping to the floor, he kneeled and bowed towards the crowd, removing his outer and inner robes, bare for all to see. A flurry of lashes cast down upon him, hit after hit, until a total of sixty lashes laid across his bare body. Lei Ming rose to his knees despite the suffering of the torture, and stared mutely towards the deity who held WuLian in his grasp, and smiled. As a one last act of hatred, the deity gripped WuLian a final time, and struck Lei Ming a final time across his face. As his vision turned to black, a single tear of relief escaped from his eye, before he passed out.

Lei Ming awoke soon after, in a strange place he's only ever seen from above. The glaring rays of the sun crashed down onto his form in ways he's only ever been able to imagine. In the distance, he could hear a deafening explosion, followed by yelling and screaming so loud it sounded as though an entire kingdom shouted in unison. Soaking in his newfound senses, a smile rushed to his face. Ignoring the searing pain rapidly spreading across his form, he rose to his feet, and headed towards the sound. His excitement overpwered the pain, because finally, he could do the only thing he's ever wanted to do. Impart his wisdoms to all who willingly listen, and save humanity.