Hēifēng Guài
CHARACTER
A black bear demon in the Journey to the West. He steals Xuanzang's robe and Sun Wukong needs the aid of Guanyin to help reclaim it.


Overview

Hēifēng Guài, (黑風怪), often translated to "Black Wind Demon", is a black bear demon that resides in a cave on Black Wind Mountain. He first encounters Sun Wukong (Character) while in the middle of a conversation with his friends Báiyī Xiùshì the snake demon and Líng Xūzi the wolfdemon, He escapes, only for Wukong and Xuanzang (Character) to end up staying the night at a Guanyin temple that was hosted by Jinchi Elder (Character), another friend of Hēifēng Guài's. The Elder set fire to the temple in an effort to kill Xuanzang and steal his robes, but Hēifēng Guài got them first, and the Elder perished in the fire, looking for the robe in vain. Wukong chases after Hēifēng Guài to recover the robe but he keeps giving the Monkey King the slip. Wukong summons Guanyin herself to help, and she gets Hēifēng Guài to surrender. She forces an enchanted bauble on the demon that is similar to Wukong's headband, to cause him to serve as the guardian of the mount from then on.

In video games

Hēifēng Guài appears in Black Myth: Wukong as both his human guise and true bear form. In the English version, these forms are labeled "Black Wind King" and "Black Bear Guai", respectively.