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["The Vermilion Bird was born from the power of the stars and stands alongside the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise as one of the Four Divine Beasts. For ages, she has guarded the turning of the seasons. She rules the south, often appearing as a girl in red, wielding a flame-forged feather fan and commanding the purest fire, as well as the seven southern constellations.","The Vermilion Bird Deity appears bright and lively, often mistaken for easygoing. In truth, her temperament burns fierce and unyielding. When summer arrives, she becomes the sun itself, driving away all gloom. When evil stirs, a single wave of her feather fan reduces it to ash.","Though she accompanied the Azure Dragon for millennia, the Vermilion Bird never accepted its position as the foremost of the Four Divine Beasts. Each summer solstice, when yang energy peaks, she challenges the Azure Dragon to combat. Their battles often rage from the highest heavens to the vast seas, and during one fierce clash, their true forms were revealed—crimson wings entwined with an azure dragon's shadow, mistaken by mortals as the omen of \"dragon and phoenix in harmony.\" In the end, the Vermilion Bird narrowly lost, a past she least wishes to be remembered.","Though quick-tempered, the Vermilion Bird never wavers in her resolve to protect the mortal world. She favors wise rulers, and when a virtuous emperor rises, her silhouette appears among the southern stars, crimson light stretching for thousands of miles. She often manifests to help righteous kings quell calamities, leaving countless legends of her guidance throughout history.","After attaining enlightenment, the Vermilion Bird found herself at Phantasia Mountain. The land was steeped in both purity and corruption, bearing omens of a wise ruler's rise and signs of looming destruction. She chose to remain. After long observation, she discovered traces of the Azure Dragon and others, and realized that all things were bound by destiny."]