Claiming:Broken Covenant/Shen Jian - Accepted

Name: Shen Jian

Gender: Male

God Parent: Bia

Mortal Parent: Unknown

Appearance:

Personality: Patient, Wise, Cool-headed

History: During the Han Dynasty, The Goddess Bia sought to create a demigod who would dwell in the East who would be able to raise the influence of Bia and her fellow winged hunters. She could think of no better way to accomplish this then to bear a child that would be gifted with both powers inherited from her and training received in the Wudan Mountains. To accomplish this goal she went down to earth and disguised as a beautiful woman she seduced a local Beijing Fisherman and once the baby was born left the fisherman to raise the baby on his own. The fisherman was poor but had wealthy family who lived nearby so he was able to provide for the baby as he grew up. His father decided to name him Shen Jian which proved to be a fitting name as he showed aptitude early on for martial arts and bladed combat in particular.

As Shen got better and better, he trained and fought in more and more high profile venues until when he was 13 years old he was given an invitation to train his skills in the Wudan Mountains amongst all of China's greatest warriors. The night before he was set to leave, his mother Bia visited him and revealed to him who he was and confided in him her plan to increase her sphere of influence with his help. Young, impressionable and eager, Shen immediately agreed to help her and vowed to train hard at Wudan and honor his mother. He was never faced with the threat of monster attacks as many of the masters at Wudan were demigods themselves and others had become so disciplined through spiritual practice that they were able to see through the mist and combated and defeated all monsters that came near the mountains. Over the next seven years Shen trained at Wudan and survived the harsh world of Jiang Hu and became a warrior of great fame.

When Shen reached the age of 20 years old Bia appeared to him once more and told him he was ready to fulfill his destiny of aiding her in spreading her influence. But Shen was no longer as impressionable and willing as he had been at age 13. Years of living in the rough world of Jiang Hu and spiritual guidance from the monks at Wudan had morphed him into an independent spirit and he had no desire to be his mother's puppet. When he boldly informed him of this she became furious and sought the aid of her contemporary Hypnos who begrudgingly agreed to put the demigod into a state of prolonged sleep in exchange for a favor Bia had once done for him. Bia then cursed Shen with immortality and erased his memory and for almost 3000 years he slept.

Then in the year 2013 Bia decided it was time to try again and so she released him from sleep and began refreshing his memories. Bia was careful only to refresh those memories that would be useful in him following her command and kept all memories of Wudan from him. Naive and impressionable once more, Shen agreed to obey her every command. Bia was pleased and told him that she had to return to Olympus for 2 months for some important business with her fellow Winged Enforcers but when she returned they would carry out her plans. Bia had done a sufficient job of bringing him up to speed with the modern world but he still felt somewhat rusty as far as combat and training so he decided to attend a Kung Fu class that had a first lesson free guarantee. The instructor was a very elderly man who possessed an ancient Jian Sword that had been forged at Wudan. Intrigued, Shen asked to look at it and when he touched it, the sword triggered into him all his memories of Wudan and the other memories that Bia had kept from him. Feeling betrayed, Shen once again had no desire to aid his mother and instead wanted vengeance on her and the other gods who he felt were manipulative and cowardly.

Using an ID and money Bia had given him before she left, Shen boarded a plane to New York from Shanghai as he knew that New York was where the seat of the Gods' power now lay. On the plane, he and another man he was sitting next to were attacked by two empousai. Both he and the man were able to easily dispatch the two empousai and when the fight was over Shen asked the man if he was going to the camp Bia had briefly told him about for demigods. The man shook his head in disgust and told Shen that he was return to the Sanctuary, a place where enemies of the gods known as the Broken Covenant gathered. Intrigued, Shen asked to accompany the man and he agreed and took Shen to the sanctuary. During his time at the sanctuary, Shen has struck up a fast friendship with the Opus leader Dante Lejos and he considers him a trusted companion.

Desired Faction: Shen desires to join Opus Superum because he is sick of all the manipulation and cowardice shown by the so-called Gods and he feels that the power Demigods wield as well as their penchant for independent thought and spirituality makes for much worthier rulers over the mortals and the earth then the Gods.

 "No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere."    -Wind