Мей Инь Ли

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Мей Инь Ли — древнекитайский воин времен Троецарствия и Восстания Желтых Тюрбанов. С тех пор, как она очнулась на Острове, она оказалась исключительным выжившим, не проявляющим милосердия к врагам, которые могут причинить вред невиновным и ее друзьям.

Псевдоним

• Королева зверей джунглей, глубин и пустошей
• Варвар
• Всадник

Предыстория

Мэй-Инь родилась примерно за время до восстания желтых тюрбанов во времена династии Хань в провинции И. Поскольку ее отец хотел сына, он тайно обучал Мэй-Инь, чтобы она могла помочь защитить деревню от Желтых тюрбанов. Она знала лейтенанта Гуаня, известного китайского лейтенанта, который помог подавить восстание желтых тюрбанов. Когда Желтые тюрбаны напали на ее деревню, все жители сидели в зерновых хижинах и обсуждали, что делать. Мэй-Инь решила схватить копье, и они похвалили ее верность императору, но она ответила, что собирается выжить, а не умереть. Она неизбежно умерла, потому что, проснувшись на Острове, она думала, что весь ее страх умер вместе с Желтыми тюрбанами, но сталкивается с новыми страхами перед гигантскими динозаврами. В мультсериале Мэй Инь все еще тайно обучалась тому, чтобы стать воином, но вскоре она стала одним из лидеров Восстания желтых тюрбанов.

Личность

"Полагаю, с моей стороны было немного наивно думать, что кто-то с прозвищем "Королева зверей" расстелит красную ковровую дорожку."
~Хелена

Мэй-Инь — тихая, решительная женщина. Она кажется замкнутым человеком, но если что-то угрожает или убивают кого-то, кто ей небезразличен, она совсем другой человек. Из-за потенциальных опасностей, которые могут возникнуть в любое время, она всегда держит одну руку на своем мече. Будучи воином, она почтительна перед любым противником, с которым столкнется.

Многие выжившие отмечают ее необычайную силу воли. Даже когда она потеряла многих близких друзей и прирученных, она продолжала идти вперед.

Когда кто-то причиняет вред человеку или прирученному, она пойдет на многое, чтобы отомстить убийце. Когда Учжуи истек кровью, Мэй-Инь поклялась отомстить. Даже когда Хелена пыталась урезонить ее, ее жажда мести настолько преобладала над ее отношениями, что она нокаутировала Хелену и отправилась на поиски Нервы.

На острове Мэй-Инь всегда надеялась вернуться домой, что мотивировало ее продолжать двигаться вперед. Будучи наемником, она просто хочет защитить тех, кто не может защитить себя. В войне между Новым Легионом и Раскрашенными акулами ее безмолвная доброта имеет пределы, потому что она была готова отказаться от своей гордости, чтобы помочь Раскрашенным акулам, но они не вернули ей того же уважения и даже отослали ее. Она помнила, что нельзя злиться, иначе все станет еще хуже. Когда ее любимый прирученный Учжуи умирает от кровотечения, она поклялась отомстить Новому Легиону.

Находясь в Aberration, она становится более открытой для других, когда общается с Тек выжившими. Благодаря своей тесной дружбе с Дианой, она стала более разговорчивой и отзывчивой с Тек выжившими. Она научилась принимать тот факт, что ее дома больше нет, и принимает свой новый дом.

Однако на Поражённой Земле она становится более ответственной за защиту оставшихся в живых до такой степени, что перекладывает всю тяжесть на себя, хотя Хелена и Казума готовы ей помочь. Она начинает чрезмерно опекать Хелену, потому что она ее единственный близкий друг, и отмечает, что хочет отдать свою жизнь ради Хелены. Но когда Хелена жертвует собой ради Мэй-Инь, а все Тек выжившие мертвы, Мэй чувствует себя чрезвычайно виноватой за то, что ввела Хелену в кому и бросила выживших.

Мэй-Инь имеет тенденцию чрезмерно опекать других после того, как узнает их поближе. Распространенными примерами являются сохранение таинственной призмы, которую она нашла, в руках Хелены и постоянная защита Дианы после ее воскрешения в Extinction .

Оставшись одна после вознесения Хелены, Мэй-Инь не знает, что делать. Она чувствует, что у нее нет цели, и впервые она свободна выбирать сама. Когда Диана вернулась, она снова стала той доброй женщиной, которой была.

Relationships with Other Survivors

• Helena
  • One of her closest friends, both she and Helena had a passion of caring for their animals. 
  • Mei-Yin met Helena when she was doing research and needed a source from someone who has creatures in captivity.  Unlike other survivors who just want to hire her as a mercenary, Helena wants to study her creatures.  An awkward first impression, Mei-Yin wondered why Helena wanted to study her creature's mating behaviors and, notably, their feces. They also began to talk about other things and she noted both of them were terrible cooks.
  • When Helena hired Mei-Yin to help her interact with an obelisk, Mei-Yin thought it could help her and Helena reach home.  But when Nerva ambushed them, Mei-Yin never forgave them and had to knock out Helena to pursue her revenge against Nerva. 
  • When they met up again on the Aberrant Ark, they were like old friends who haven't seen each other.  Even when they both lost their closest friends, Mei-Yin and Helena were both there for each other. 
  • On Extinction, that bond became even stronger when they were Mek pilots in an effort to protect the remaining survivors.  They also discussed the friend that was there for them when no one else was, where Helena had Rockwell, and Mei-Yin had Diana. Even after Helena ascended, Helena helped Mei-Yin even when she wasn't there by bringing back Diana.

• Rockwell
  • Even though they rarely interacted, Mei-Yin keeps a focused eye on Rockwell, who has grown more suspicious when he joins the research team. When he killed Diana, Mei-Yin was so mad she went to hunt him down herself. Helena notes that even Nerva never made her this mad.

• Nerva
  • Like Rockwell, they rarely interacted with each other.  However, in those small moments, when they faced each other in battle, Nerva always lost.  But when Nerva is responsible for the New Legion killing her tames and her favorite raptor, Wuzhui, Mei-Yin is furious because she treated the tames like a family.  With a vengeance, she took Nerva head on and wounded him and chased him across the station.
  • Her scar on her left eye is a reminder of the fight she had with Nerva.  Mei-Yin respected Nerva with a warrior's death and went to go bury him, but the sunlight cooked his dead body before she could do so.

• Diana
  • Diana is the first Tek survivor Mei-Yin became friends with. She was also the one who wanted to be friends with Mei-Yin even when no one else in the tribe wanted to be her friend. They met when Mei-Yin was stalking her unit and they saw her with their night vision.  Upon returning to the Tek Village, Diana encouraged Mei-Yin to stay with them since she got discouraged of working with the Tek. Mei-Yin also rescued Diana and her companion from Reapers. When they returned again, they became closer friends, with them developing feelings for each other. When Rockwell killed Diana, she could never forgive him for killing her. When Helena and Mei-Yin talk about losing their closest friends, Helena notes how calm she becomes when she holds the necklace Diana gave to her as a gift.

Appearance

Mei-Yin has black hair and eyes with a muscular build. On the Island, she wore either a full suit of Flak armor or Chitin armor.  She had long hair that wasn't organized, depicting the regular hair style.  On Aberration, she had normal cloth armor until she got a Tek suit along with her hair being better combed along with a scar on her left eye that she got from Nerva. It is uncertain if she lost her left eye as Helena in her Aberration notes depict her seeing things with one eye while Extinction notes that depict her with both her eyes intact and the same scar is over her left eye. In the ARK animated series, Mei-Yin is portrayed as wearing Chitin armor.

Survival Skills

"I don't think I really understood hard work until I met Mei. The only time I think she takes it easy is when we're sparring. That really opened her up, by the way. She even gave me a callsign, Juzi, although she won't tell me what it means. I'd bet the answer on a match, but she'd kick my butt in a heartbeat if she got serious. Those muscles are cheat codes." ~ Diana

On the Island, Mei-Yin is the most hardened survivor who can turn the odds of any battle. Because of her determination, she has brought many creatures of mythical origin to be her tames of war.  Other survivors note that facing her one on one will result in her winning most of the time because of her being a warrior in ancient China. 

Having tames, she could coordinate their attacks that could cripple even the most disciplined armies on the ARKs, most notably the New Legion.  With raptors, she broke New Legion ranks with minimal casualties on her side to protect a caravan.  When helping the Painted Sharks, her tames consisting of more raptors, several carnotaurus, a spinosaurus, and a rex broke a siege that sent the New Legion in full retreat.  When going to the blue obelisk with her giganotosaurus and all of her tames, the New Legion—the alpha tribe of the Island at the time—mobilized their strongest creatures to stop her out of fear that she would destroy all that they worked for. Mei-Yin was also the first survivor to tame a giganotosaurus, a feat that, without her awareness, allowed her to cripple the New Legion's main army to a point that lesser tribes began to take over New Legion territory.  

Her tames on Aberration were minimal in number but she used them to the fullest. Her first tame on Aberration was a Shinehorn that she named Xiao and with it, she was able to travel through Aberration in relative safety from the Nameless. She was also able to tame a black ravager with no knowledge of what it can do, but helped her tame her last creature on the map: a Rock Drake that she named Ao Yue. With Ao Yue, Mei Yin was able to take down a Reaper Queen. On Extinction, she tamed many creatures and noted how each of them were strong. With their help, she was able to hold a massive horde of corrupted creatures and titans by herself to buy enough time for Helena to ascend.

Before Mei-Yin had the proper equipment, she only had a spear and bow.  Even with that, she killed three men who underestimated her.

Mei-Yin's most notable weapon is the sword.  With it, she can hold her own against various survivors when she is on foot.  She can overpower Nerva, the tribe leader of the New Legion, in a duel. When sparing with Diana, the first futuristic survivor she got to know, she mostly won even if she went easy.

Diana did a simulated damage report on a fight with Mei-Yin and the numbers and statistics are terrifying: fighting against Mei-Yin most likely results in a 76% armor durability depletion and a 96% in dealing damage to the body, nearly killing her opponent.  The diagnostics when fighting against Mei-Yin include massive blood loss and lethal head trauma.

With her file in the futuristic tribe database, Mei-Yin is described as a survival specialist, melee combat specialist, and a creature tamer and tracker.  She is also described to be a fast learner. From Santiago's assessment, Mei-Yin is the best CQC fighter they have and she quickly answers moral and tactical disputes quickly.  When Santiago ran a physical on Mei-Yin, her scores can match those of Terran Federation Spec Ops.

Her most powerful weapon, the Mek, makes her abilities magnified several times.  As a pilot, she is almost unstoppable when it has a sword, her specialty.  When defending Helena from the corrupted creatures and Titans, she held her ground in a Mek and killed an entire horde of titans, small and big, even when she was the only one standing. On top of that, she defeated the biggest titans out of the horde, except for the Ice Titan, Forest Titan, Desert Titan, and King Titan, with her Mek that was damaged and had only one of its arms left.

Tamed Creatures

The Island

• Wuzhui (Black Raptor)
• 5 other raptors
• Some herbivorous mounts (as described by Helena)
• Several Carnotaurus ("Raptor with horns")
• Spinosaurus ("Great Spined Lizard")
• Rex ("Giant Raptor")
• Pteranodon (Flying beast)
• Demon King (Giganotosaurus)

Aberration

• Xiao (Shinehorn)
• Shi (Ravager)
• Ao Yue (Rock Drake)

Extinction

• Beast Queen (Mek)
• Several Managarmrs
• Several Snow Owls
• Several Gasbags
• Several Velonasaurs
• Ares (Mega Mek; temporarily)

Tribal Affiliations

• Ancient Chinese Province of Yi (citizen/soldier)
• Yellow Turbans (Rebellion/Leader)
• Painted Sharks (Hired Mercenary)
• Tek Tribe (Stable Master/Combat Trainer)

ARK story

Refer to the explorer notes

Fate of Mei Yin

After she and Diana forced the King Titan into a retreat with a bloody X, they both bury the dead Tek tribe survivors. They later travel to a location known as Arat Prime to beam Helena into the Genesis Simulation. What happened to her and Diana after that is unknown.

Gallery

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  Mei Yin killing 3 men on her own on the Island

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  Mei-Yin and her raptors

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  Helena's depiction of Mei-Yin Li

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  Mei Yin's tries Tek armor for the first time

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  Mei Yin recalls on her adjustment in living like the members of the Tek tribe, starting with sleeping in the Tek sleeping pods.

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  Mei-Yin in Tek armor

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  Rockwell's depiction of Mei-Yin in Tek armor

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  Mei-Yin starring at Diana's necklace

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  Mei-Yin is confused as she is unable to comprehend machines making another copy of a human being.

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  Mei-Yin is unwilling to let Helena leave her and the Tek tribe

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  Mei-Yin in her futuristic clothing. She is also being chosen by Santiago to be a mek pilot.

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  Mei-Yin and her mek, Beast Queen

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  Mei-Yin helping Helena study the mysterious prism in moderation.

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  Mei-Yin refuses to give Helena the prism for the fight against the King Titan over concern for her only friend's safety.