Editing Sun Wukong (section)

== Warhammer ==
For many years before the announce of [[Total War: WARHAMMER|Total War Warhammer III]], [[Cathay]] and its lore were shrouded in mystery, as [[Games Workshop|GeeDubs]] refused to do anything with Eastern human nations. Small details about the Celestial Empire were still present though, mostly in novels and other literature from [[Black Library]], but also in rulebooks of some playable factions (like [[Ogre Kingdoms]] or [[Skaven]]). And here the Monkey King comes in.

The Monkey King is first mentioned in [[Genevieve Sandrine du Pointe du Lac Dieudonné|Genevieve Dieudonné]] novel, ''Beasts in Velvet'', in which he is described as the ruler of Cathay who managed to trick elementals into fighting when he was still a young prince. The Monkey King is tied to the plot despite not appearing in the book, as he is the guy who expelled [[Tzeentch|Tzeentchian]] cultist Dien Ch'ing, causing him to eventually kill the Cathayan ambassador, take his place and join the plot to overthrow the Western Emperor.

He is later described in the Second Edition [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] as the young nobody who was assisted by the tricky rat-things in taking over Cathay, much like Sultan Jaffar from [[Araby|the other forgotten human realm]]. The Monkey King went in a different direction however, and instead of trying to fuck over the [[Old World]] he installed a warlord of [[Clan Eshin]] as his advisor and started trade with the Under-Empire.

For many years these mentions were the only lore about the Monkey King. With the announcement of Total Warhammer III, he was theorised by many to be one of the starting legendary lords but with the reveal of [[Miao Ying]] and [[Zhao Ming]] he was once again set aside. Until the new lore dropped, in which he was revealed as a major player in Cathay, who took over the country when Big D was absent, and an enemy of the Dragon siblings, who is still alive and resides in Mountains of Heaven in a similar way how [[Farsight]] can't be destroyed by [[Tau]] without their enemies destroying them both. His warriors also sometimes serve as mercenaries.

The Monkey King's race and appearance is still debated. He may be a [[Beastmen|Beastman]] related to those apemen-things from the [[Southlands]] or something completely different. Hopefully future updates to TWW3 will tell us more.

Fans are hoping he'll be a choice for a potential Cathay themed Legendary Lord to not only break up the inevitable tide of Dragon Siblings but also to show one of the few consistent bits of Cathay lore that's still around. That and monkey units!