#generalliu

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Wukong’s four generals in Ming Dynasty armor and kind of a ref sheet. I have some WIPS of Tang Dynasty Armor for them

I made these like 6 months ago? Roughly???

🟣 note: I put pre-burn just because I did not draw their scars/burns after Heaven’s Wrath.

lore/hc under the cut

When Heaven scorched Mt. Huaguo and Wukong was locked away, the residents of Mt. Huaguo were left severely injured and mostly defenseless. Especially the four generals, who had ruined the banquet alongside Wukong but were not facing the same consequences and still essentially had their asses whooped in the following battle.

The reputation of Mt. Huaguo was also damaged and making it prone to smaller scale attacks from both demons and mortals who managed to get through the Great Waterfall Curtain.

So, in order to restore their former glory and identity as a formidable force, they attempted to assimilate and mimic the outside’s militia (mostly through making similar armor and creating more similar structures). This also opened Mt. Huaguo to more influences later down the line.

This would also later benefit them as a safe haven for monkeys and pacifistic entities (who could handle the structure) from around the globe.

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Mount Huaguo’s/FFM’s Generals

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also some of Wukong’s closest allies, the four generals watch and ‘rule’ over the Mountain while Wukong is away. Each a drastically different individual, they are very close with each other when they’re not butting heads.

In order:

Ma (top left)

Ba (top right)

Liu (bottom left)

Beng (bottom right)

I’ll post character sheets sometime soon 🤞

*note: this is pre-burn and Heaven’s wrath.

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do you have any ideas on personality for the four generals? and!! it shifts so much from adaptation to adaptation, so do you see your wukong as more on the humored or serious side?

Thank you for the ask!! Hopefully I answered you properly!! 🙈🫶

*For Beng it’s supposed to say: “She also has a family outside of being a general…” 🧍‍♀️ idk how I messed it up that bad.

Click for full images/quality! Sorry it’s so text heavy, I wanted to make sure I explained myself as best as possible.

The four generals can tend to be more reserved within their group, having to tend to the mountain in Wukong’s absence. Even more so after Heaven’s Wrath and other demon attacks. Wukong does have a close relationship with each of his generals, but there’s just some things that he isn’t in the loop on either.

The generals also love their king, but also they are just on edge that he’s already pretty busy, he could be gone the next day, or after what happened with Mihou/Six-Eared Macaque.

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flamingos of mt. huaguo

(w/ and w/o foreground bamboo cause yeah)

I mostly wanted to explore what other animals would reside on the Mt. besides just primates. Mount Huaguo is massive and in order to home a living, loud society - there has to be a good foundation and ecosystem for them to live on.

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what do they do all day? NOTHING 👹

just kidding, it’s just Wukong and his generals waiting for Beng as she finishes her prayers.