Li-Ming (The Servant)

Li-Ming, the Rebellious Wizard, is a powerful female wizard and one of the nephalem. It’s a generally agreed upon fact of life among the denizens of Sanctuary that wizards and magical mayhem are never far apart. Although she understands people’s concerns, Li-Ming is entirely unapologetic for the destruction in her wake. She delights in unleashing devastating spells on her foes from afar, then teleporting away to frustrate her enemies’ attempts at striking back. Small minds may fear this kind of power, but Li-Ming wields the arcane forces of the universe with confidence and unmatched skill.

Biography
Li-Ming was born in Xiansai c. 1266 and was brought to the Yshari Sanctum by Isendra at the age of seven. Valthek took her training under his personal control after he has caught her looking into the forbidden archives and studying forbidden spells. From the first days, Isendra believed that a prophecy was actually talking about Li-Ming, even though everyone except the two of them had been quite skeptical.

Like Isendra herself, Li-Ming dismissed most of the warnings, and refused to ignore the needs of people around Caldeum. At the age of 16, she saved the city of Lut Bahadur from drought by bringing water back. However, the Mage Clans' attention was focused on Isendra — they believed that she was influencing Li-Ming. Li-Ming discovered Isendra's mangled body shortly after the Sorceress was assassinated in the eastern desert. Questioning Valthek, she concluded that Isendra died unnaturally, and eventually confronted him about this. Even though he tried to stop Li-Ming, she left the Sanctum after besting him in combat (with relative ease, due to the secrets she uncovered).

After Isendra's death, Li-Ming (now age 20) ventured to New Tristram, pursuing a sighting of a fallen star. Valthek dispatched an Assassin to eliminate her, despite his misgivings. As she left, Li-Ming sensed that strange things were afoot in Caldeum. Li-Ming would go on to fight with the other gathered nephalem against the Prime Evils, even helping to defeat Diablo.

Following this, Li-Ming continued to travel on her own, learning and mastering her magical talents. However, she one met the mysterious Servant, and was connected with the other Guardians of Sanctuary. When the forces of Hell emerged from Tristram, Li-Ming fought with her allies against them, and also set about uniting the fractured Mage Clans, creating the more permentant Yshari Conclave.

During the conflict with the Burning Hells, many of the mages were seduced by the powers of Hell, and in one terrible night the Yshari Sancteum was attacked by a horde of demons. The Yshari mages were able to fight off the demons, with Li-Ming partcipating, but much of the leadership of the Conclave were killed, including the leader Archmage Valthek. With his dying breath he ordered Li-Ming to take up his position, which she reluctantly did.Li-Ming became the leader of the Yshari Conclave, and protected her home of Xianshi from several demon invasions, earning her the title of Archon. She participated at the Battle of Westmarch, leading the mages of Sanctuary agaisnt the demonic hordes.

When the forces of the Burning Hells were defeated once and for all, Li-Ming found herself as the new leader of the remaining mages and wizards on Sanctuary. Accepting her place in the new age, Li-Ming remains the Archmage of the Yshari Sancteum, which has brought the many different wizarding organizations under one banner. Under her guise more mages are being found and accepted into the order, sorceresses and wizards are once more a common sight across Sanctuary, working their magic for the good of the people.

Personality and Traits
Li-Ming is extremely sure of herself and frequently boasts of her superior power and skill when in battle. The term "Wizard" is often given to Mages with rebellious attitudes or an obsession with power. Li-Ming displays a little of both and she's hardly ashamed of it, though she has become known to be tempered by the responsibility she has and the leadership role she had taken on.

During her time as a student, she often showed disobedience, studying the arcane arts much for herself, without guidance (or permission) from her superiors, being particularly interested in magic of time and space distortion. Many teachers told her that she was full of herself. By the end of her training, she was able to single-handedly beat the magisters in combat. Many other students were fascinated by Li-Ming. Delsere even swore that she would one day wear his masterpieces. She was fond of Deckard Cain.

Magic has always come easily to Li-Ming. She was prone to experimentation with magic and even Valthek agreed that she was a genius (though he denied ever admitting it). Li-Ming has mentored and taught many students, but always seeks the open road and her own path. Her skills as an mage are what earned her the title of Archon and she serves as one of the first lines of defense against otherworldly threats.