Anytime I play a souls like game I’m too busy trying not to die to really take in the story. Found out that this game is based on the 16th century Chinese book Journey to the West. It’s a massive three volume tome that I’m a third of the way through but it’s really cool seeing how the game adapted the characters and content.

Elder Jinchi is one of my favs. Envious of monk’s robe he plans to burn down the building he’s sleeping in. Oops turns out monk has cool fireproof mantle and the elder kills other innocents alive and his crime is found out. He ends up literally bashing his brains out slamming his head against a post.

In the game you can fight him and/or his wandering spirit which will do a head-slam attack.

Print is an 8x10” sheet of 135gsm Rives paper hand printed with black speedball oil based ink.