One of the few Chinese Overmen about whom many details are known, the Dragon King appeared in 1900, after several years of increasing anti-foreign feeling and many natural disasters when an anti-foreign uprising began in the city of Shantung, staged by a group known as the I-ho ch'uan (who became known as the Boxers in the West). They are led by the Longwang (Dragon King), who in addition to his other powers was capable of imbuing his followers with superhuman toughness. Convinced of the Boxers invulnerability, the Dowager Empress gave her support to the uprising. At first, the Boxers made heavy inroads into the foreign forces in China, in addition causing furious destruction of all things foreign. However, the great powers soon called in their respective Overmen groups, and these, combined with the great powers greater firepower and technological advantage drove back and crushed the Boxers. The last group of Boxers, along with the Longwang died in a last stand in the city of Sian.