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Lian Yu

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Lian Yu



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2012



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Earth-41


A blurry figure is dashing through the vast wilderness of the island, the blur is clad in green as it shoves overhanging branches out of its path. It leaps over a gap in the terrain, using the high hanging branch of a tree to swing itself across the obstacle and continues to trek through the dirt.

Leaving the dirt to crawl along the stone boulders that border along the shore, the figure grasps a vantage point and looks out into the ocean to see a small fishing boat near the coast. The jade figure has long flowing blond hair and a beard to match the length, although its main features are hidden underneath the worn and torn green hood it's wearing.

After a brief pause to assess the situation, the figure, now a man, leaps across the stone under his bare feet and launches himself further into the jungle. He eventually reaches a small flat space on the rocky terrain where a green pouch is laid waiting for him, also laying there is a recurve bow which he handles as if it were his oldest friend. He retrieves an arrow from the pouch and strikes it across the stone below him, to which the arrow ignites into flames.

Drawing the now flaming arrow across his bow, the hooded man draws back, waits for no more than five seconds and releases. The arrow sails through the air, staying perfectly on target as it reaches a large, pre-stacked bonfire, which ignites in a large explosion. The flames rose so high it could be seen far and wide.

On the fishing boat, the first mate looks across the island's landscape and sees the flames rising, to which he alerts the captain in their native language.

"The name of the island they found me on is Lian Yu, it's Mandarin, for purgatory"

The two fishermen arrive on the island, as they near the bonfire they pass a half blue, half gold cloth mask that's hung on a stump. The mask has an arrow pierced through its left eye and exiting the bottom of it. The two men move past it and eventually see the jade clad man before them.

 The two men move past it and eventually see the jade clad man before them

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"I've been stranded here for five years. I've dreamt of my rescue every cold, black night since then. For five years I've only had one thought, one goal, survive. Survive and one day return home"

The man kneels on the ground and removes his hood looking at the two men who are his salvation, the man's green eyes are revealed. His face is blank, devoid of emotion, but his eyes show the smallest sliver of hope which shines brightly in contrast to his stoic body.

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The fishermen have returned to the boat with the hooded man joining them, he's wrapped in a cloth blanket and holds a cup of hot tea, given to him by the first mate. He takes a sip and doesn't even flinch at the high temperature of the liquid he's just consumed.

"The island held many dangers, to live I had to make myself more than what I was, to forge myself into a weapon. I am returning, not the boy who was shipwrecked, but the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city"

The man has a look of strong determination and purpose as he stares at the figure of the island retreating as the boat moves through the waves of the cold ocean, away from his exile and returning to the life he once knew.

"My name, is Daniel Queen"

"My name, is Daniel Queen"

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