Sun Wukong (Prime Earth)

Sun Wukong is the Monkey King of Chinese folklore and the "father" of Monkey Prince.

History

Sun Wukong is a magic monkey who hatched fully grown from a rock on the peak of Flower-Fruit Mountain that had absorbed heavenly essences for millennia. He became ruler of all monkeys and wild beasts from far and wide came to pay him homage. However, despite his glory he was terrified of death, and so stole the Peaches of Immortality from the Heavenly Realm to become immortal. Now seemingly unable to die he became powerful and arrogant, even taking the mighty staff Riyu Jingu Bang from Aoguang, the Dragon King of the East.

He was feared by all and revelled in his reputation but was eventually humbled by the Buddha, who buried him under a mountain of rock. He was freed only to accompany Tripitaka on his pilgrimage to India, where he first met Pigsy. On the journey he overcame his fear of death and achieved enlightenment.^[2][3]

Centuries later, Monkey King fought in the war between the Gods of China and Darkseid, creating an army of clones to battle against the armies of Apokolips.^[4] The forces of Apokolips were driven back but during the final battle Monkey King was hit with Darkseid's Omega Beams and he and the clones disappeared.^[5] As he was assumed to be immortal, his allies believed that the beams had banished him from reality. In fact, Monkey King was fatally injured and fled to the Phantom Zone to prevent himself from dying.^[6] In the Zone, the Monkey King ordered his clones to revert to hairs, but unbeknownst to him, one slipped away and hid from him inside a rock, taking the form of a human baby.^[7]

Fifteen years ago, the Ultra-Humanite opened a portal to the Zone, planning to pull the Monkey King from the zone and enslave him. Sun Wukong hurled boulders through the portal to prevent the Ultra-Humanite from taking him to Earth 0, where he would die. Unbeknownst to him, one of the boulders contained the renegade clone, who in the intervening time had forgotten his true nature and believed he was a mere infant. The baby was recovered from the rock by the Ultra-Humanite's henchpeople Laura and Winston Shugel-Shen, who adopted him and named him Marcus.^[6] Sun Wukong's old friend Pigsy eventually tracked Marcus down and recruited him to be the Monkey Prince.^[8]

In the present day, the Ultra-Humanite again opened a portal, and Marcus crossed through. Marcus told Sun Wukong that he was his son but the Monkey King refused to believe it, even as Marcus demonstrated powers similar to his. Monkey King used his magic to create an "unadorned " duplicate of Marcus which told them both how Marcus hatched from the rock but did not reveal that he was a clone. Marcus, who also did not know the full truth, claimed this proved he was Sun Wukong's son, but he still refused to accept that.

Marcus told him that there was a crisis on Earth caused by his old friend Nezha, who had returned to his evil ways, and a demon lord known as King Fire Bull. He asked Monkey King for his help, but Sun Wukong told Marcus that he would die if he left the Zone. Monkey King told Marcus that if he was truly his son, he would be able to stop them alone, and told him to find Tripitaka when the crisis was over. Marcus left the Zone, but first asked Monkey King to teach him to master the Hair-Into-Clones discipline.^[6]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Godly Physiology:
  • Aerokinesis^[4]
    • Flight^[4]
  • Bio-Fission: Monkey King is able to create clones of himself from his own hairs.^[4]
    • Retrocognition: Monkey King can also create clones of other people from his hairs. The clones possess all the original person's memories, including the ones they have forgotten, and cannot lie; allowing Monkey King to learn their secrets.^[6]
  • Longevity: Sun Wukong ate the fabled Peaches of Immortality and supposedly became immortal.^[5] He has lived for hundreds of years, however, he claims that he can die.^[6]
  • Metamorphosis: Monkey King was a master of the "72 Transformations".^[9]
    • Size Alteration^[9]
  • Superhuman Strength^[4]

Abilities

• Charisma^[4]
• Stick Fighting^[4]
• Thievery^[5]
  

Paraphernalia

Weapons

• Jingu Bang

Notes

• This character or object is an adaptation of Monkey King, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.

Related

• 9 Appearances of Sun Wukong (Prime Earth)
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Footnotes