JADE DRAGON
Real Name: Dei Guan
Group Affiliation: Member of 3-Peace, former member of China Force
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #59
Creators: Bill Mantlo & Jim Lee

        Dei Guan was a labourer in a Chinese re-education camp when he was approached by a mysterious being calling himself a "geomancer" - a wizard of the earth. This being talked of how dragons of old once lent their powers to warriors, their wisdom to priests and their ability to heal to physicians. Guan passed out at this point, but later discovered that he had gained the ability to transform into a dragon. He soon came to the attention of the State, and joined the State-run super-human team called China Force.

        Guan was on-duty with the Red Army when they attempted to capture a Buddhist monastery. This monastery was being visited by Puck, who was searching for passage to other dimensions. Instead of Puck travelling to another dimension, however, he instead ended up enabling his friends in Alpha Flight to return from the Dreamqueen's realm. When the Head Llama used magic to return Alpha Flight to Canada, Dei was caught in the effect and taken too. There he became a "guest" of the Canadian government for a while.

        The Chinese government, believing Dei to have defected, sent China Force to get him back. [Hmnn. Shades of Uncanny #109, #120-121, eh? :) - C] After China Force was tricked into fighting Alpha Flight at the West Edmonton Mall, Dei Guan willingly stepped through a portal to China, hoping to prove himself innocent of the defection charges.

        Since returning to China, however, Guan's politics seem to have changed. He has joined the super-human group of dissidents called 3-Peace.

        Dei Guan was mystically granted the ability to transform into a dragon. His secondary form has great strength, toughness, the ability to fly and the ability to shoot fire. Enough said.