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Yandi Shennong

“Ask a temple which one it worships and the incense will answer: yes.”

A Cinnabar immortal of The Syncretic

3 known connections · an open question

The living story

The story so far

Yandi × Shennong. Two culture heroes, one flame-crowned farmer: the Flame Emperor who tamed fire and the Divine Farmer who tasted the hundred herbs, spoken in a single breath for two thousand years until the breath became the name. Ask a temple which one it worships and the incense will answer: yes.

Happening now

He is in the fields right now — flame-crown banked, crystal belly catching the light — tasting a new herb while the grain ripens around him. Two names, one pair of hands. The hands are busy.

What may come

When the last field is harvested and the temples finally have to choose a name for the tablet, the incense will rise, and the answer will still be yes — and the two heroes will look at each other across two thousand years and nod. They were always one farmer. The breath knew.

Connected

The Syncretic

Figures written in two ledgers at once: the Divine Farmer who is also the Flame Emperor, the door gods on every New Year’s door, the two gods of wealth, the scholar-star. Where the temples agreed, the names braided together.

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At a glance — details & stats
Element
Cinnabar
Court
The Syncretic — twice-written
Rarity
Syncretic
Personality
Yandi Shennong — Yandi × Shennong. Two culture heroes, one flame-crowned farmer: the Flame Emperor who tamed fire and the Divine Farmer who tasted the hundred herbs, spoken in a single breath for two thousand years until the breath became the name.
Edition
One of 50
Stats
power 88 · speed 60 · charm 86
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