Lin Lie
Lin Lie is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Lin Lie (Chinese: 林烈)
Sword Master
Agents of Atlas
After his training, Lie took on the name Sword Master and embarked on his quest to find his family and fight Chiyou's demons. Lie later joined the new Agents of Atlas during the War of the Realms. He stayed with the team while continuing to look for his family. (War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1 #1)
It was later revealed that Atlantis' dragon had been captured by the Big Nguyen Company, who had been harvesting her scales to power Pan's portals. Upon this discovery, an enraged Namor launched an invasion of Pan to reclaim his stolen dragon. (Agents of Atlas v3 #5)
Sword Master and the other New Agents of Atlas were summoned by Brawn during his confrontation with Namor, who warned the group to return Atlantis' dragon in a day or else face the wrath of Atlantis before retreating. Sword Master and the other New Agents were subsequently introduced to the original Agents of Atlas by Woo. When Woo sent Namora, Venus, Aero, and Wave to Atlantis for a diplomatic mission, Brawn discretely ordered Shang-Chi and Sword Master to spy on Namora, due to her familial ties with Namor. The dragon was eventually released from captivity, but upon arriving home she unexpectedly went berserk and attacked the underwater kingdom. Witnessing the destruction caused by the dragon, Shang-Chi and Sword Master relayed to Amadeus that Atlantis' scientists discovered an implant embedded in the dragon's scales to be the source of her behavior and that Namor believed Amadeus to be behind the sabotage, prompting the king to resume his attack on Pan. (Atlantis Attacks v1 #2) When Amadeus was forcibly transformed into the Hulk and put under Nguyen's control with Sirena tech in a last ditch effort to destroy Atlantis, Sword Master helped Shang-Chi remove the device from Amadeus, freeing him from Nguyen's control and reverting him back into Brawn. (Atlantis Attacks v1 #5)
During the invasion of the symbiote god Knull on Earth, Lin Lie learned that symbiote dragons were attacking Shanghai and travelled there assuming they were minions of Chiyou. Upon learning from his Atlas teammate Aero that the symbiote dragons were servants of a different dark god, Knull, Lie was disappointed and stubbornly refused to assist in repelling the invasion, arguing that the Sword of Fu Xi had a proud will of its own and was meant to be wielded against Chiyou alone. Angered by the boy's arrogance and hubris, the Sword of Fu Xi left him for Dane Whitman, the Black Knight, who had been stranded in Shanghai after a symbiote-dragon. Attacked by a symbiote dragon, the Black Knight lapsed into a berserk state - the Sword of Fu Xi belatedly realizing he wasn't a noble warrior and attempting to return to Lie. Lin and Dane's struggle over the blade was interrupted when the symbiote-dragon latched onto them with tendrils to mentally connect them to Knull; the Sword of Fu Xi setting Dane's hand ablaze with divine flames to force him to relinquish it before returning to Lie. With Knull desiring to claim both the Ebony Blade and the Sword of Fu Xi for himself, Lie wielded the divine sword alongside Aero and the Black Knight in order to vanquish Knull's avatar. (King in Black: Black Knight v1 #1)
When the death of Doctor Strange prompted legions of demons to invade parts of the world, Sword Master and Wave drove off an invasion in Cebu. Afterwards, Sword Master was sent to Seoul by Woo to assist his teammate White Fox with taking down a demonic Kumiho that had been terrorizing the South Korean countryside. While fighting the Kumiho, the Sword of Fu Xi was destroyed by a bite from the beast's jaws. When a shocked Lie wondered how that was possible, the demon claimed that the sword recognized how weak he was and proceeded to throw him into a ravine. Despite the best efforts of the Agents of Atlas and Tiger Division Lie was unable to be found, with only a shard of his sword recovered by White Fox. (Death of Doctor Strange: White Fox v1 #1)
Iron Fist
An unconscious and gravely wounded Lin Lie was washed ashore outside K'un-Lun, just as Shou-Lao hatched from his egg. The dragon bestowed his chi onto Lie, saving his life and granting him the power and title of the Iron Fist. Lie was saved by Mei Min, who took him home to her family. With several of the Sword's shards embedded in his hands, Lie aspired to recover the remaining shards and reforge the Sword to prevent Chiyou from escaping his seal. Several months later on a Tuesday, Lie tracked down a large piece of the sword in a Chinese antique shop in Flushing, where he met his predecessor Danny Rand, who helped him recover the piece from several of Chiyou's minions. Danny attempted to ask Lie about his background but Lie brushed him off and fled through a portal to K'un-Lun in the subway. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After taking the Sword of Fu Xi, he came to be known as the Sword Master. (Warriors of Three Sovereigns v1 #2) He would later assume the mantle of the new Iron Fist. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Lie's father was a man named Professor Lin was an accomplished archaeologist specialised in Chinese history. (Sword Master v1 #1)
He had an older brother named Lin Feng who often looked after Lie whilst their father was away. As he grew older, Feng accompanied their father during some of his expeditions until the day they both disappeared. (Sword Master v1 #10)
Lin Lie was a descendant of Fu Xi who was the legendary leader of the Fu Xi tribe of ancient China and thus one of the Three Sovereigns. (Sword Master v1 #4)
A friend of Lie was Ah Cheng who was his roommate that repeatedly tried cheering him up over the disappearance of Lie's father and brother. (Sword Master v1 #1)
Early in his adventures, he became acquainted with Ji Shuangshuang who was a demon hunter and descendant of Nuwa. (Sword Master v1 #2)
After being badly injured, Lin Lie found himself in K'un-Lun where he was found by a young woman named Mei Min. She came to rescue him and took him to her home village in K'un-Lun where her family helped nurse him back to health. They came to see that he had been saved by the recently hatched Shou-Lao the Undying and went about helping him train to be the next Iron Fist. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Powers and abilities
According to Knull, the sword was a divine star-forged weapon with the potential to destroy worlds, though its true power could not be comprehended or unlocked by a mortal wielder. (King in Black: Black Knight v1 #1) As one of the three sacred weapons of the Three Sovereigns, the Sword of Fu Xi is wielded by the descendants of Fu Xi to destroy Chiyou and Tribe Jiu Li. When activated, the Sword projects mystical green flames which can be fired as a projectile and increases the cutting power and range of the Sword. (Sword Master v1 #4) Due to its ability to move on its own, the Sword is capable of allowing its user to fly at short distances. (Sword Master v1 #8)
After the sword was shattered, several of its shards became embedded within Lin Lie's hands, allowing him to use the sword's mystical energy through his fists. Lin Lie can still generate and project the mystic energy of the Sword of Fu Xi through his hands. Lin Lie's strikes from his hands are much stronger when encased in the sword's aura and are still effective against Chiyou's demons. Lin Lie can channel the energy of the shards in his hands into weapons such as swords, increasing their cutting power and destructibility. From the shards embedded in his forearms, Lin Lie can generate blades of the Sword of Fu Xi that protrude from his right hand. Using slashing motions, Lin Lie can project the Sword's mystic energy as projectiles, greatly increasing the Sword's range. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Like every Iron Fist before him, Lin Lie is able to summon his chi and focus it into his hands, drawing upon the superhuman energy derived from the heart of Shou-Lao and make his fists inhumanly powerful. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Due to the shards of the Sword of Fu Xi being embedded in his arms, Lin Lie suffers from constant pain and agony. (Iron Fist v6 #1)
Notes
- The Sword Master was created by Shuizhu and Gunji where he made his first appearance in Warriors of Three Sovereigns v1 #1 (May, 2018).
- The character made his debut in Earth-616 in War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1 #1 (May, 2019).
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Future Fight, Lin Lie as the Sword Master appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the mobile video game. When he was young, Lin Lie enjoyed solving puzzles and studying history. However, after being attacked by the demonic forces of Chiyou, the special magic sword left by his missing father activated in order to protect him. Now the Sword Master, he delves into the mystery surrounding his father's disappearance and protects the world with Fuxi Sword.
- In Marvel Rivals, Lin Lie as the Iron Fist appeared as a playable champion in the setting of the hero shooter video game where he was voiced by actor Stephen Fu. Lin Lie inherited the legendary Sword of Fu Xi, becoming the hero known as Sword Master. But that was only the beginning of his epic journey. Eventually, he found himself in the mystical city of K'un Lun, where the dragon Shou-Lao blessed him with the power of the immortal Iron Fist. The Timestream Entanglement has caused great upheaval in a number of magical realms. As wars between the gods begin to rage, Lin Lie must protect the sanctuary of K'un Lun from those who seek to tarnish its majestic splendor.
Appearances
- Warriors of Three Sovereigns v1: (2018)
- Sword Master v1:
- War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1: (2019)
- Agents of Atlas v3:
- Atlantis Attacks v1:
- King in Black: Black Knight v1:
- Death of Doctor Strange: White Fox v1:
- Timeless v1:
- Iron Fist v6:
- A.X.E.: Iron Fist v1:
- Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special v1:
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