Wei Shen

Rift of Emperor Sutoku

Wei Shen is a hotel and casino magnate, and the current leader of the Triads. Relatively young at forty years of age, he built his empire atop his father's (Kenny Shen) already considerable investments. He leads a flashy lifestyle, wearing only the finest garments and jewellery and enjoying every conceivable luxury while entertaining a retinue of gold-digging false friends and business partners. Three years ago, his life of debauchery came to a screeching halt when Wei was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Rather than allowing cancer to kill him, the casino tycoon cut a deal with Death's representative, the Emissary, to pay a stupendous amount of money every month to stay among the living. And so, Wei Shen became a resident of Mictlan. The payments were taking a toll on Wei’s business, dragging down his hospitality and gambling empire. It was going to end badly for him, if not for the caring love of a Rift named Jenny Applebaum, a schoolteacher he met at the hospital where he was diagnosed. Jenny used her special ability to ward off Death’s servants with her song, protecting Wei from his debtors. Eight months ago, Jenny disappeared. Whether she had enough of Wei’s vain lifestyle or she was spirited away by Death’s people remains unknown. Cornered by his angry debtors, Wei Shen had to start paying three times what he had paid before for his continued life. Needless to say, his business could hardly withstand the hit and he has been desperately searching for a way out ever since.