Editing Bow of the Prophet (section)

===Jade Kings (Tomb Kings)===
Chinese empire whose leader, terrified of death, learned the arts of unlife and denied death to all in Cathay. Armies include terracotta warriors as well as mummies and skeletons. Large jade statues take the place of Ushabti and Sphinxes

The Jade Kings are undead kings and emperors of ancient Cathay, roused from their tombs to serve the capricious whims of the ambitious lich, Emperor Qin Huangsi. A nation formed from a dozen rich kingdoms that rose long before the Empire, Cathay experienced a golden age under an unbroken dynasty stretching for centuries. Wealth flowed into the Kingdom, and its people experienced a standard of living where even the poorest live like a noble by the standards of the Empire. But as all things it wasn't too last. The gods, for reasons no one remembers, took back their blessings, and Cathay fell into a state of strife that would see new kingdoms rise, only to fall in a continuous conflict of dominance.

Then came the one who would later become Emperor Qin. Ambitious as he was ruthless, he brought the warring kingdoms back into a single nation under his iron fist. Yet still he feared his own death, for it would mean the fall of his Empire. And worse still, he feared what waited for him after death. Rather than face judgement, he chose to delve into necromancy further than anyone ever had or will. Cathay became a land of the Dead, he became its undying Emperor. With his powers, he raised, the undead monarchs before him, the Jade Kings, named for their mummified bodies covered by an interwoven mesh of jade tablets, rose to serve him and his ever growing army for the rest of time. The time of the Dead is now.