Deep into the night, the curved moon hung in the sky, like a brow, like a hook.
Rest eluded the people.
In the Golden Hall, the dim yellow light by the windowsill cast a burly silhouette.
Startled out of his meditation by a sudden rush of blood, Yi Chen woke, his mind vexed by puzzles without solutions. He approached the window to peruse the recent intelligence reports from various parts of the Demon Realm, hoping to find some clues.
The sight of the reports instantly amused him.
One of the documents detailed a recent uprising in the Eastern Demon Kingdom. Slaves, craving 'fairness' and ordinary demonkin, holding the "Fair Demon Code," had sparked a riot which eventually evolved into a 'non-violent protest' in the form of a sit-in.
