attacking the small young girl for the second time -- Sanzo recites his binding spell which binds Kongo in place. After Kongo leaves and Sanzoh ends up being taken away to a neighboring mountain - to be used as a meal - Sanzoh expresses a level of regret towards his previous sayings to Kongo. Runlay (White Dragon Horse) Runlay is a dragon spirit that serves as a principal character in the series who accompanies Kongo and Sanzoh on their journey west. She is the daughter of a dragon king, and possess great supernatural abilities to disguise her appearance and conjure storms through the use of her dragon globe, a magical orb that serves as the source of her magic. Runlay is first featured in episode 12 as a servant to Slim Lord, a demonic being who forces Runlay to abduct Sanzo and have her bring him to his lair to become a meal. Prior to becoming a slave to Slim lord, Runlay lived peacefully in a swamp, using her powers to torment villages by causing floods and terrible storms. Eventually, Runlay was punished by the Guardian for her cruelty and was banished to a mountain. In the mountain, her dragon globe was stolen by the Slime Lord and Runlay was forced to be his slave. Runlay is eventually freed from the Slime Lord's bondage after Kongo manages to retrieve her dragon globe, enabling Runlay to defeat the Slime Lord in a duel. Afterwards, Runlay joins Sanzo and Kongo on their journey west, serving Sanzo as his trusted steed. Subordinate characters Master Subodye (Subhuti) The master of Kongo very early on in the series. "The Master" is first shown within episode 2, where he had been playing go with another of his friends. He had pointed to his monastery atop a mountain for Kongo to go to, in which the master did not tell Kongo that he had been the celestial master that he was looking many months for. After Kongo becomes one of his students of his monastery, Master tells Kongo that he must attend to many tasks such as regularly mopping and cleaning the halls of the monastery along with regularly taking care of laundry and food. The master had also at one time recited a few words that allowed for him to create many clones of himself to the surprise of his disciples, which explained how he had