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There was nothing left of the village except for smoking huts and a dead dog in the street. The squad of Khmer Rouge agents poked their way through the village hoping to find bodies, but there were none to be found. The superior officer was getting angry. He shouted abuse at his men and they searched harder. Someone would be punished if the body count wasn't confirmed, and the superior knew all too well that it would be him.

The men came to a small cave on the outskirts on the village. There was light coming from deep within and they assembled again at the entrance, weapons primed. As they walked down the slightly declining passageway they heard the whimpers of small children. Smiles cracked their solemn faces. The superior was pleased he would have at least some little brats to show those back at headquarters.

As they drew closer to the source of the light, the men began to feel uneasy. They heard whispers from the walls of the cavern. At first they blamed the noises on echoing sounds from further on, but as they drew closer the noises were unmistakable. Pain, suffering... the men had heard them before. But this time it seemed as if the voices were punishing them, pounding at them from within their skulls.

And then they saw the old man at the very centre of the light.

He was small. Almost insignificant except for the brightness which surrounded him. His eyes were blank and white, and then men thought he may have been blind. He raised his hands slowly and then the light seemed to coil around his body before exploding forth, ripping through the men with their guns. They grabbed at their eyes as they went blind, some fell to their knees. And while they tried to gather their wits, the sounds in their heads intensified, condemning them for the blood on their hands.

The voices overpowered some of the men, plunging them into unconsciousness; but others managed to stagger to their feet and shake off the effects of the light. When they could see again, the man was floating in the air and looking at them with what seemed to be pity.

The superior fired his rifle, but the bullets were deflected just before they reached the man. More bullets were fired.

And then the floating man opened his hands, palms upward.

He spoke to the men, bypassing their ears, directly into their minds. He spoke a simple command. Go. And they were compelled to leave, to run as fast as they could, as if their lives depended on it.

Elder Sunrise floated to the men who had fallen to the ground. For them, the voices had given them a second chance. When they woke he offered them sanctuary from the Khmer Rouge and most of them accepted, tearfully. The Khmer Rouge was faltering and the people had no idea of what lay ahead for them. Elder Sunrise offered them a place to live without fear.

He established his centre for refuge on the site of the burned village and has remained there ever since, outlasting the Khmer Rouge. His centre is well known across Cambodia and draws hundreds of visitors each month. Some come to see the man who has been blessed by the light, while others come because they have nowhere else to go.

He is able to focus his inner-spirit in such a way as to make it almost a separate being to his physical body. Elder Sunrise has used this spirit-form to heal the sick, imbuing them with his own life-force; as well as for a variety of other effects such as possessing the bodies of others, creating life-force blasts of energy, entering the astral plane and creating protective energy fields. His signature power, however, is to flare his spirit self which causes a bright flash of light. Elder Sunrise is able to manipulate this flash to only affect those he chooses.

In addition to his mastery of the spirit form, Elder Sunrise is also a telekinetic and can fly through the air, move objects with his mind and surround himself with a protective force field.

Elder Sunrise is constantly surrounded by a halo of light which he cannot shut off. It draws people to him in a physical and spiritual way, but also makes it difficult for him to walk around unnoticed.

Elder Sunrise produces a calming, ambient light which surrounds him with a halo effect. His features are always calm and he wears a traditional orange Buddhist robe.  While he is an old man, he still maintains his physical prowess and has not aged in the past decade