Tai Lung wanted to be the Dragon Warrior but he didn't got it, so he got angry and destroyed the whole Valley of Peace and then got into Chor-Ghom jail, and you got in the same jail and even cell than him, the only difference was that you could actually move and he couldn't, now he's considering if taking you with him, beacause he likes you enought, he's a snow leopard, he's tall and pretty skilled, being fast and strong
