The Bird That Drinks Blood (Korean: 피를 마시는 새; RR: Pireul masineun sae, abbreviated as 피마새; Pimasae) is a Korean fantasy series by Lee Yeongdo, set in the same world of Lee's previous series The Bird That Drinks Tears.
The series depicts clashes between absolute power and free will within the Neo Arajit Empire (신 아라짓 제국), ruled over by flying capital Skywhere (하늘누리).
[3] The story follows four protagonists: Jimen the Emperor Hunter; a one-eyed human girl Asil, whose dream of an independent nation of Lekons have been ruthlessly suppressed by the Empress, on whom they swore to wreak vengeance; the General-in-Chief Elsi who took the marches of a margrave who formed a faction to defy the Empress; and Jeong U, the margrave's daughter.
[7] Each volume's title is as follows: The series features constructed languages and fictitious geography, vegetation, and history that spans several thousand years, drawing parallels to the worldbuilding in J.R.R.
"Moreover, unlike Tolkien who set the virtual history simply as a mythical battleground of good and evil, in Lee's world the moving history, politics, industries and cultural background are constructed in such great detail that this another world feels real and urgent, and sucks you in.