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waterscrollThe Rebel Leader was the leader of a group of Dixing rebels and the antagonist against whom the Alliance of Humans, Yashou and Shen Wei’s Dixing forces united in the Allliance-era flashbacks. He kidnapped Ye Zun and abused him for many years while convincing him that Shen Wei abandoned him and stoking his anger against his brother. His Dixing power is mind control and when Ye Zun ate him he gained that power. He appears in episodes 1, 35 and 40 of the drama.
In the first few minutes of episode 1, in the opening infodump, we’re told that when the meteor depleted Dixing’s resources Dixingians escaped to the surface and some of the most ambitious of them invaded Haixing and Yashou lands, leading to a war in which the Haixing people defeated the Dixingians with the help of the Hallows. This makes it sound like a war between Haixing and Dixing and we don’t find out until later that there were Dixingians on both sides.
In episode 35 we see Ye Zun giving the Hallows, which he stole, to the Rebel Leader, who berates, insults and kicks him. The Rebel Leader has no idea how to use the Hallows and asks Ye Zun to figure it out. Ye Zun convinces him to use his own dark energy to activate the Hallows but it doesn’t work, so the Rebel Leader berates and abuses Ye Zun some more and talks about how he’s going to kill Shen Wei. When he’s choking Ye Zun, Ye Zun’s Dixing power finally awakens and he eats the Rebel Leader.
How do these Hallows work and how can I conquer the world with them?
In episode 40 we get the flashback to how the Rebel Leader kidnapped Ye Zun by throwing Shen Wei off a cliff and then convincing Ye Zun that his brother abandoned him.
I find the Rebel Leader interesting because he’s the one who starts all the problems, but we’re given very little insight into his character. We’re mostly shown him as Ye Zun’s abuser but he was clearly enough of a leader to be a very serious threat.
Fanworks:
The Rebel Leader often appears briefly as an antagonist in YOHE-era fics but is usually untagged. Here are two Ye Zun-centric fics in which he abuses Ye Zun in different ways:
Two by circumference (cn: emotional manipulation)
Bruises Rage-Red byextrapenguin (cn: gang rape, E-rated)
Any other fics featuring the Rebel Leader that you’d like to recommend?
Some questions for discussion:
1. What do you think made him so powerful that it took an alliance of Humans, Yashou and Dixingians to defeat him?
2. What proportion of Dixingians do you think supported him vs. Shen Wei? How large do you think his army was? Was it only Dixingians?
3. Do you think the people who followed him were all mind-controlled or did some choose to follow him? Why?
4. Why do you think he wanted the Hallows? What did he intend to do with them?
5. Why do you think he took Ye Zun? What do you think that relationship was like? (Other than: terrible and extremely abusive)
6. He’s presented in canon as someone entirely destructive. Do you think it is possible to read him as well-intentioned in any way or wanting the best for Dixingians at least? Or do you like having a villain at the start of things who is straightforwardly villainous?
The Rebel Leader is a drama-only character.
In the first few minutes of episode 1, in the opening infodump, we’re told that when the meteor depleted Dixing’s resources Dixingians escaped to the surface and some of the most ambitious of them invaded Haixing and Yashou lands, leading to a war in which the Haixing people defeated the Dixingians with the help of the Hallows. This makes it sound like a war between Haixing and Dixing and we don’t find out until later that there were Dixingians on both sides.
In episode 35 we see Ye Zun giving the Hallows, which he stole, to the Rebel Leader, who berates, insults and kicks him. The Rebel Leader has no idea how to use the Hallows and asks Ye Zun to figure it out. Ye Zun convinces him to use his own dark energy to activate the Hallows but it doesn’t work, so the Rebel Leader berates and abuses Ye Zun some more and talks about how he’s going to kill Shen Wei. When he’s choking Ye Zun, Ye Zun’s Dixing power finally awakens and he eats the Rebel Leader.
How do these Hallows work and how can I conquer the world with them?
In episode 40 we get the flashback to how the Rebel Leader kidnapped Ye Zun by throwing Shen Wei off a cliff and then convincing Ye Zun that his brother abandoned him.
I find the Rebel Leader interesting because he’s the one who starts all the problems, but we’re given very little insight into his character. We’re mostly shown him as Ye Zun’s abuser but he was clearly enough of a leader to be a very serious threat.
Fanworks:
The Rebel Leader often appears briefly as an antagonist in YOHE-era fics but is usually untagged. Here are two Ye Zun-centric fics in which he abuses Ye Zun in different ways:
Two by circumference (cn: emotional manipulation)
Bruises Rage-Red by
extrapenguin (cn: gang rape, E-rated)Any other fics featuring the Rebel Leader that you’d like to recommend?
Some questions for discussion:
1. What do you think made him so powerful that it took an alliance of Humans, Yashou and Dixingians to defeat him?
2. What proportion of Dixingians do you think supported him vs. Shen Wei? How large do you think his army was? Was it only Dixingians?
3. Do you think the people who followed him were all mind-controlled or did some choose to follow him? Why?
4. Why do you think he wanted the Hallows? What did he intend to do with them?
5. Why do you think he took Ye Zun? What do you think that relationship was like? (Other than: terrible and extremely abusive)
6. He’s presented in canon as someone entirely destructive. Do you think it is possible to read him as well-intentioned in any way or wanting the best for Dixingians at least? Or do you like having a villain at the start of things who is straightforwardly villainous?
The Rebel Leader is a drama-only character.
