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Zhèn
鸩
Zhèn – Bird
Background
Zhèn birds appear in a list of mountain wildlife. This brief passage supplies no further description.
An editorial reading of the card’s subject. Legendary properties belong to the story.
Classical text
Mountains & Seas · Central Mountains
Read the full source paragraph
A further 120 li northeast stands Mount Nǚjǐ [女几]. Above is much jade, below much gold. Its beasts include Bào, Hǔ, Lǘ [閭], Mí, Jīng, and muntjac; its birds include Bái Jiāo [鷮], Dí, and Zhèn [鴆].From the English edition of Mountains & Seas. Open the reader for the Chinese editions and translator’s notes. Linked names follow the card catalogue; hover to see the original wording.
Passage printed on the card
其兽多豹虎，多闾麋、麖麂。其鸟多白鷮，多翟，多鸩。Game card text
Flight, Toxic, Desecrate
If a Character survives damage dealt to them by Zhèn, place enough 🌢 on them to bring their Health to 1.
The game’s adaptation, transcribed from the supplied card file. The image preserves coloured symbols and the printed layout.