Liu Ye

Portrayed By	Chen Kun
Sex	Male
Status	Unregistered Evolved
Ability	Hydrokinesis
Age	26
Date of Birth	April 16th, 1982
Occupation	Triad Leader
Family	Chang Ye (Father; Deceased), Zhang Ye (Mother; Deceased), Song Ye (Sister, Deceased)
Significant Other(s)	None
First Appearance	Art Crawl!
Last Appearance	...And All Hell Broke Loose

Liu Ye is an up and coming member of the New York Triad group known as the Flying Dragons, the city's largest Chinese crime syndicate. As an Evolved, Liu has gained great renown and fear among his peers, however a single and constant thorn in his side has stunted any further career growth.

Character History:

Originally a region boss for a Heroin trafficing ring, Liu Ye served beneath the Flying Dragons' leader Johnny Eng until the late 1990s when End was imprisoned during a raid on their heroin ring. Liu's father came to become the right hand of the next boss of the Flying Dragons, a young man named Kim Yeoh. However, during the events of the 2006 Bomb, Kim suffered from massive radiation poisoning and was hospitalized, leaving Liu's father Chang in charge of the group in the interim.

When Kim finally passed away in late 2008, Chang ascended to take control of the Flying Dragons in the wake of the Civella family's criminal empire collapsing under the weight of the NYPD and the Linderman group. While Liu is loyal to his father, he and his sister both have an agenda for the Flying Dragons, and feel that in order to truly be successful in the new world that the Evolved have created, the Evolved must be the ones in control.

Evolved Human Ability (Hydrokinesis)

Liu Ye has the ability to manipulate many forms of fluids independantly of their own natural flow. He can change the shape (but not the volume) of any substance classified as a liquid within a certain viscocity. Beer, water, even blood are within his optimal range of manipulation. The thicker the substance the harder Liu must work to manipulate the fluid, substances such as crude oil and honey prove to be slow moving and difficult to manipulate, and semi-solids such as a gel are impossible to command.

Liu can manipulate fluids to take different shapes and forms not bound by the constraints of gravity, such as water taking on a serpentine and slithering quality through the air like a snake, or darts of needle-sharp droplets of water directed at a foe. As long as he has enough volume to manipulate the fluid, he can shape and bend it to any form he wishes.

Liu's power is often utilized to augment or enhance his sister Song's cryokinesis.

Timeline:

2008
09/13	Art Crawl!	A drunken Liu and his boys run afoul of PARIAH during a graffiti mission. Tempers flare as some of them recognize Helena, and a lot of broken bones are to be had.
11/29	Light on Water, Part II	Liu's attempt at revenge runs foul of Helena Dean yet again.
12/13	The Devil's Due, Part III	Kain comes to Song and Liu looking for information, and instead he has to make a bargain.
2009
01/22	Like Violent Strippers	Liu and Song appreciate the fine talents of Flint Gordon and Alexander Knight in their search for fighters at the Pancratium.
02/09	Sanguine	Spending time in the Happy Dagger, Song and Liu share an awkward moment with Kain Zarek and his associates.
02/17	Antipode	Isabelle tracks Song and Liu to the Rookery, in search of the Brill paintings.
02/20	Spiral	Isabelle uncovers the first of the missing five Brill Paintings.
03/09	Dead or Alive	The Triads up the bounty on Tyler Case's head, and change the rules of the game.
03/16	Just Be...	The hunt for Tyler Case comes to a messy close.
05/23	Shadow on Water, Part I	The criminal element of Staten Island is introduced to a shadow of different times.
06/13	Cardinal Desires	In the search for revenge against John Logan, Xiulan meets with the new leadership of the Flying Dragons, and discovers that all things come with a price. Some more disturbing than others.
07/28	The Blue Glow	Adam comes to the Triad with a business offer regarding the drug Refrain.
07/31	As Clear As Smoke	Ling Chao is brought before Liu Ye to be tested.
07/31	Message In A Bullet	Richard Cardinal pays a visit to Liu Ye at Xiulan Song's request, and the criminal and the crime lord discover they have many things in common.
08/12	Thin Ice	Fragile and delicate, thin ice is also a metaphor for traversing dangerous terrain.
08/23	Nothing Before His Eyes	Sprung from prison, Cole Wright finds solace at the end of a gun's barrel, and an assignment from the Linderman Group meaning an ultimate escalation in the violence of the Triads.