Yeling Mah

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The Devil's Flames
Mah Ye Ling (Tidalflame)
Player: Darwin
Basic Data
Class Focus:	N/A
R & D:	N/A
Level:	A+ Class (As Tidalflame CI Recruit) S Class (As Tidalflame Squad Four Operative) SS Class (Post Urca Capture Op) D Class (Yon Arc) B Class (Arii Arc) A Class (Hinokami and Shenlong Unlocked) S~ Class (Stage Two Hinokami and Shenlong) SSS Class (Akuma Dogma Hunter Arc) Omega Class (Yeling vs. Aelienne Arc) Beyond Omega Class (Stage Four Hinokami)
Occupation:	Drifter Adventurer Contingency Initiative Operative (Formerly)
Personal Data
Real Name:	Mah Ye Ling
Known Aliases:	Nagumo, The Devil's Flames, Tidalflame, The Chinese Terrorist, Mister Stage Two Arsonist, Old Guy, Freeloader
Identity:
Species:	Devil Contracted Human
Age:	18 (Part I) 22 (Part II and III) 23 (Part IV)
Height:	175 cm
Weight:	150 lb
Eye Color:	Cyan Green (When using Shenlong's power) Brown (Before Hinokami and Start of Part II)
Hair Color:	None, Black (Before Level 2 Dogma Exchange)
Blood Type:	N/A
Biographical Data
Birthplace:	China
Birthdate:	N/A
Nationality:	New Ulyssian, Chinese (Technically Cananite, but politically Chinese)
Current Residence:	None (Drifter)
Religion/Faith:	Buddhist (Formerly)
Sexual Orientation:	Straight
Marital Status:	Single
Known Languages
Canan, English
Known Relatives
Mah Wen Siu (Father, deceased), Mah Yuen Kee (Mother, deceased), Mah Ha Kah (Younger Sister, deceased)
Known Powers
Dogma of Equivalent Exchange: Level 1 Hinokami, Level 1 Stage Two, Level 1 Stage Three, Level 1 Stage Four, Level 2 Intangibility Rain God Shenlong (formerly) Rain Style
Training / Abilities
Numerous Rain Style Martial Arts Techniques, Bilingual, Trained Pain Tolerance, Emotional Resistance
Equipment
Tidalflame Mask, Magical Hair Disguise, Tatsu, Chain Blade
Footnotes

"The opportunity to eliminate them from the world. Yeling Mah. Join me, and you will become one to engulf this world in flames. Like a tsunami. Like an unstoppable torrent of vengeance. Like a tide."

- Taras Pax giving Yeling his Contingency Initiative Codename

Mah Ye Ling (Chinese Translation: 馬 易 玲) also known as Yeling "The Tidalflame" Mah, or just Yeling is a the thirteenth Dogma Holder for Hinokami, the God of Fire, a spectral entity that made up the flames of The Great Akuma. Originally a terrorist serving the Contingency Initiative under Matthew "The Mirage" Lam and Squad Four, Yeling left his life behind to become an adventurer with Shia Megumi, Inoko the Berserker, and Rain God Shenlong until he failed a test from Celestial Dragon Tianlong. This led to Yeling being tempted by the Dogma to do his bidding, and become The Champion of the Dogma. Challenging and testing other Level 1 Akuma Grade Dogma holders to see if they were fit for the ritual to revive The Great Akuma. After going against the Dogma's advice and challenging Aelienne, the First Hinokami Holder, Yeling became a Drifter. Eventually, Yeling reunited with Shia, Inoko, and Shen, and after adjusting, would return to adventuring with the party to acquire more strength and defeat Yuyan "Danny" Zheng, the Transplant, who was an old classmate of Yeling's he had slaughtered out of rage for their apparent neglect during his time in university.

Appearance

Part I

Yeling is a young man with a somewhat short stature (standing at 5 foot 7 inches). According to Marcela Greene, Yeling's face is average for a Chinese male, neither attractive nor unattractive, however he possesses unnaturally bright blue eyes, similar to topaz, which glow in the dark, and glow in the light whenever Yeling uses his powers. Yeling is bald, and does not have any hair on his head, but prior to initiating his Level 2 Dogma Bargain, Yeling had short black hair in the form of a fade.

One of the most defining features of Yeling's appearance, which has caused him to be extremely self conscious about, is his severe facial deformity on the right side of his face and head. In a flashback, it is revealed that this deformity was his exchange when he initiated his Level 2 Dogma Bargain for Intangibility, in which half of his face caught on fire, leaving behind scorched flesh in the process. Yeling describes his right side as "hideous", and consisting of scarred darkened cracked tissue. As with the rest of his right side, Yeling's right eye is constantly bloodshot. Yeling covers his right side with a black wig, giving him an angsty teenager appearance whenever he is in disguise. Yeling wore the wig during the first few weeks Marcela stayed with Squad Four, for fear that his appearance would frighten her. Eventually, Marcela discovered Yeling's right side, and Yeling stopped wearing the wig whenever she was around.

Running down the left side of his face, all the way to his left palm, are numerous angular navy blue tattoos denoting his Level 1 HInokami Dogma Bargain. In finer detail, these tattoos actually consist of runic demonic lettering representing the Dogma Bargain. After unlocking Hinokami Stage Two, the tattoos became even more complex, branching off and giving an appearance somewhat resembling that of circuitry.

During missions, Yeling dons the standard Contingency Initiative robes, which consists of a black and crimson trench coat, that covers his arms and most of his body. Underneath the coat, Yeling wears a black t-shirt and black cargo pants. On his neck, is a jade necklace. When in mission, Yeling also wears a black kevlar Contingency Initiative combat mask, which covers the right side of his face, and his mouth. The mask is decorated with grey contours of a skull, with the skull teeth lining the padding where his mouth would be. The mask also possesses some swirling contours near the back of his head, which transitions into flame patterns, which represents his codename.

When outside, Yeling wears more casual streetwear, consisting of trousers and a light coloured hoodie. Yeling's necklace is concealed within his shirt, but the strings that attach the jade are visible around his neck. In addition to the wig that covers the right side of his face, Yeling also wears contact lenses that change the colour of his irises back to their original brown from before Yeling unlocked Hinokami. Yeling describes his casual outfit and disguise as "emo", but claims that the appearance is the way it is to prevent him from being recognized as Tidalflame when in public.

Part II and III

After Yeling's first battle against Danny, his right hand was severed, his power was reduced, and he lost his connection to the Dogma. This resulted in Yeling's right half to be healed, and his hair to grow out during the four year time skip. However, after failing a test from Tianlong, Yeling's original appearance returned. At this point, Yeling, now in his early twenties, showed signs of maturation, including a more chiseled face, and toned muscles.

Part IV

Following Yeling's second battle against Danny, Yeling's right eye was slashed out, and the ring finger on his left arm was crushed, forcing him to amputate it off.

When in his magical disguise after the time skip, Yeling is depicted to have long black hair reaching his shoulders and eyes similar to his mother, a chiseled face similar to his father. Yeling also donned a black leather jacket with a light coloured fur at the collar on top of a grey t-shirt, and dark grey jeans. A pair of fingerless gloves are fitted on his hands to allow him to wield his weapons. On his back is Tatsu, Aelienne's longsword, and around his right forearm is his Chainblade, which is a long chain with a blade attached at the end.

Personality

Before Time Skip

Yeling's personality has been described to be very self-victimizing by a number of people who knew him prior to becoming a Hinokami Vessel. A recurring theme behind Yeling's actions have been an act of vengeance from what he perceives as the world being against him. Yeling's belief stems from his inability to find a niche which welcomes him, due to being a foreigner in New Ulysses, Yeling constantly suffered racial discrimination, both to him and his loved ones, leaving him extremely bitter about the social system around him.

It is revealed that Yeling possessed some semblance of diligence, as shown when Yeling had spent his freshmen year enrolled in college, however, due to his depression, the heavy course load proved too much for him, causing his mental health to further deteriorate. Unable to meet deadlines, Yeling found himself constantly in conflict with his peers, who claimed his mental illness was not an excuse to get anything done. As a result, by the time Yeling had reached his final months of freshmen year, his thoughts of depression quickly spiralled into thoughts of self harm and self destruction.

When Yeling unlocked Hinokami, his powers went out of control, and unintentionally killed his entire family. The horrific accident left a long and painful impact on Yeling through the form of PTSD and a number of other psychological problems which would manifest in the form of mass killing and terrorist acts. In addition to his inability to forgive others, when Squad Four was assigned the Elimination Op of his old university, Yeling was the first to accept, and found joy in slaughtering his old classmates in cold blood.

Despite being a mass murderer, Yeling possessed some degree of sympathy and remorse, after realizing that while he had killed almost all of his old classmates, there were some students who were probably in the same place as he did, which was proof that Yeling still had some degree of humanity left behind. Additionally, Yeling has had lapses of second thoughts during his missions, something that his Squad Leader, Mirage would scold him for. Even so, Yeling has fully accepted his role as an operative to the Contingency Initiative, believing that to kill meant to advance the Second War, and all the blood on his hands are ultimately justified.

To Yeling, Squad Four acts as his surrogate family, seemingly replacing the original one he lost. However, it is noted that Yeling still holds fond memories of his time spent with his mother, father, and little sister.

Out of everybody in Squad Four, Yeling is ironically the most reluctant to take lives, with the exception of Marcela Greene.

Due to his inability to socialize, Yeling has multiple times been called out for being socially awkward, and is unable to speak to girls. Additionally, because of this inexperience, Yeling has admitted that he is attracted to practically every girl who is nice to him.

After Time Skip

After the four year time skip, Yeling's personality becomes noticeably more mature. Although he still harbours deep hatred for people, Yeling recognizes that this hatred was in fact out of envy and jealousy. Yeling retains his hot bloodedness, especially when he must deal with Shenlong's antics, however, he does keep a responsible mindset, especially when it comes to Shia, who he sees as a little kid.

Yeling is uncomfortable with children, rarely ever interacting with them, and frequently refers to them as "brats".

Following his adventures with Shia, Inoko, and Shenlong, Yeling developed feelings for Inoko. However, after discovering that Inoko did not reciprocate these feelings, Yeling became very depressed. During this time, the words that Lewis had told him four years ago resurfaced, claiming that due to Yeling's horrific sins as a mass murderer, his burnt right side, and his personality would lead to him being unable to find love. Believing he would be alone forever, Yeling fell into despair, and was tempted by the Dogma to return to him and be his champion.

Even during the events of Part IV, Yeling's overwhelming feelings of loneliness takes a noticeable toll on his mental health, to the point where his jealousy and envy cause him to lash out whenever people speak about their soulmates and partners. As shown when Yeling and Aelienne spoke in the Hinokami Plane, Yeling angrily revealed to Aelienne that he hated it whenever she talked about her husband and children, believing that they were purposely looking down on him for being alone and unloved.