story and characters so far
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yellow dragon/yooshin - a dragon and prince of yooguk kingdom in one body. prince yooshin trapped himself in a jug of alcohol and yellow dragon (who was still a snake then) swallowed prince yooshin and became the guardian god of yooguk. he is poisonous and gives dojin nightmares when he consumes his life force (ch32). he has power to reverse time but grows weaker when he does. fell in love with dojin when dojin turned his scales into gold (ch5 and ch45). when enraged, he turns into a black dragon and becomes destructive. the animal spirits have to put him down when this happens. when he is weak, he dreams a fictional earth life for dojin to stay in while he recovers. plans to win the hongrim contest and send dojin back to earth (ch51).
dojin - died in an accident. became the new emperor of yooguk after prince yoosung. all new emperors come from earth. dojin has to share his life force via sex with yellow dragon to give him power. dojin dies in yooguk everytime. so yellow dragon repeatedly turns back time to save and return him to earth where he dies again. after which dojin becomes emperor and the cycle continues (ch44). yellow dragon reversed the clock 27 times. 24 times, dojin gets married. on the 25th time and onward, he starts to remember details of his past lives with yellow dragon (ch32). in dojin's past life, he wanted to stay together with yellow dragon but yellow dragon still sent him back to earth where he grew old and waited for yellow dragon to get him again (ch42-43).
yoosung - prince yooshin younger twin bro. became emperor of yooguk after yooshin volunteered to become sacrifice for yellow dragon (ch29). was killed by yellow dragon for being corrupt (ch1).
red lotus - a snake sorceress who was supposed to become the god of yooguk but this plan was foiled by yellow dragon who also wanted to become god (ch54). wants to kill dojin and use him as a sacrifice in order to become a dragon like yellow dragon (ch5 and ch39).
cat/na-on - she protects dojin while he is in the dream world of yellow dragon and was cremated by dojin in a past life (ch25). was supposed to be chosen as the next emperor of yooguk kingdom but declined and made a wish to bring dojin back to life (ch43). strong against snakes. got dragged into the other universe by rooster.
jayoung - loyal to yooguk kingdom. knows of the relationship between yellow dragon and dojin. smitten with dojin. suggested to compete in the hongrim contest. best swordsman in yooguk. training dojin with sword skills.
seojo - partners in crime with red lotus. wants to kill dojin and be the emperor.
seolyang - ninja girl who serves seojo. poisoned the prince on coronation night.
black tortoise - guardian god of bukro. turned evil on the 27th time that clock was reversed. currently rules over the hongrim mountains and cut off communication with other gods. plans to kill all animal spirits. made a deal with red lotus. probably likes his new emperor.
sunhoo - was dojin's friend in one of his past lives. rich and madly in love with dojin. raped and beat up dojin. when dojin died, he committed suicide. in the 27th time, he became the new emperor of bukro instead of a woman named heejoo who was empress in the past 26 times.
animal spirits - created by god of creation. they must guide lost gods to the correct path. and prevent immoral gods from hurting humans.
rat - messenger of the animal spirits (ch45). has to notify and bring all animal spirits to yooguk when dojin has come to their universe.
ox - leader of bandits. animal spirit. pretended to be yellow dragon while they were away.
pig - said to be master schemer. animal spirit. pretended to be dojin while they were away. saw rat before she died.
rabbit - killed the assassin who attacked dojin and yellow dragon while they were outside the castle. protected their physical bodies while they were in the dream world.
rooster - saved na-on and dojin while he was being attacked by red lotus who was pretending to be yooshin in the dream world.
snake - sent over to dongju to help negotiations. mainly to keep blue dragon in line.
blue dragon - guardian god of dongju. rivals with yellow dragon. knows that yellow dragon doesn't have much time to live after destroying his magic pearl. animal spirit.
garan - empress of dongju. used to be a stewardess. died in a car accident like dojin. in the 27th time, garan remembers dojin as an emperor of yooguk. plans to help yooguk win the hongrim contest in return for half of the hongrim mountains.
horse - he dead trying to fight off black tortoise (ch43). animal spirit.
tiger - guardian god of seorak. animal spirit.
vermillion bird - guidance god of namjin.
i think they just want to apologize for being bitchy coworkers