Table of Contents:
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- Cultural Expressions
- Cultivation
- Characters
- Locations
- Items
Cultural Expressions:
Calling someone ‘little (name)’ is an expression of endearment to an inferior, such as a friend, younger sibling, or just someone that is liked by the speaker, such as a boss to a subordinate.
Ge – ‘older brother’, also a way of expressing kinship and superiority.
Jie – ‘older sister’, also a way of expressing kinship and superiority.
Cultivation:
There are ranks within each realm of elites. The key to expanding power is by acquiring a Mental State through meditating and training. Some realms may be broken into through forbidden medicine.
Ultra Elites – currently the highest level of cultivation known; have cleared not only their meridians but also their Acupoints. Have a coat of protective True Qi on their bodies.
1st-Tier Elites – a realm of elites; have cleared all the meridians of their bodies.
2nd-Tier Elites – a realm of elites inferior to 1st-tier;
3rd-Tier Elites – a realm of elites inferior to all others; they have only cleared the rudimentary parts of their meridians. Possess superhuman strength that would stun ordinary people. Requires extremely harsh training to reach.
Characters:
Main Cast:
Xu Yun – name means ‘cloud’. A former special forces operative and powerful elite, who has gone wandering to convalesce his mysterious past.
Ruan QingShuang – name means ‘pure frost’. A run-away from a forced marriage, and has bad relations with her family.
Feng GuoGuo – name means ‘fruit’. A young genius who gets adopted by Ruan QingShuang.
Qiu Yan – name means ‘beauty’. Wields the Long Ruan Blade, a flexible jian sword (also known as the Chinese straight sword or double edged sword, think Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’s sword), which translates into the Dragon Abyssal Blade.
Qin Wan’er – name means ‘graceful’.
Supporting Cast:
QiangZi – name means ‘strong one’. Xu Yun’s lackey, and leads a small group of thugs.
Xiao Fei – name means ‘flight’, I guess it can be poetically translated as ‘soaring’. QiangZi’s lackey.
Liu GuangMing – the Superintendent of WenHui District and Qin Wan’er’s direct superior.
Chen Wei – the chief of the police bureau in HeDong City.
Little Wu – name means ‘five’, and is the ass-kisser in HeDong’s police station.
South City Tiger Trio (SCTT) – consists of Kong Zhong, Shan HongNing, Lu Feng
Kong Zhong – smoother and subtler of the SCTT, owns a sandpit that uses a dredging ship on the river to mine silt, and often smiles.
Shan HongNing – gruff tough guy of the SCTT, owns Hong Kong/Macau style hotpot restaurants.
Lu Feng – gruffest of the SCTT, owns construction businesses
Other Cast:
Su YanQing – female leader of the Might Heroes Triad. Has gone into hiding since the fall of Fan NanJie.
Qi YiShan – ‘nephew’ of Jin Biao, corrupt Superintendent of police in Steep Mountain District.
Liu HuaZi – cold hearted gangster under Jin Biao.
Zhao San – trigger-happy lieutenant under Jin Biao.
Xia Lei – northeast in origin, gang leader under Jin Biao.
Deputy Superintendent Ma – Qin Wan’er’s superior at WenHui District.
Wang Yi – Lieutenant General of Dragon Fury, a widely renowned and powerful Ultra Elite, and Xu Yun’s master, addressed as ‘honored master’.
Lu Bao – brother of the man Ruan QingShuang was scheduled for an arranged marriage with; compulsive gambler.
Yin Long -a codename for Xu Yun’s former friend who is deceased.
Feng GuoMing – also known as Millenium Feng, the godfather of Suzhou’s Underworld. Has gone missing after a severe defeat by Blue Ghost. Qiu Yan was his top expert.
Leopard – the first antagonistic elite to appear. 2nd-tier and serves Blue Ghost. Associated with Wang ShunXi.
Hyena – also known as Zuo Leng, a 2nd-tier elite who is hiding with Jin Biao. Tall and thin and incorporates biting in his fighting style.
Qin Hu – Underworld faction under Blue Ghost. Moniker is “Devil Beast”, uses a tiger style.
Gong You – Underworld faction under Blue Ghost. Moniker is “Goshawk”, uses a custom-developed Mantis style.
Fan Shuang’er – a 1st-tier elite with Dragon Fury, as well as a rookie. Uses Bagua Swimming Dragon, and is also referenced as ‘Ponytail’.
Qian Feng – name meaning ‘wind’. A 1st-tier elite with Dragon Fury, uses the King of Short Weapons, Autumn Waters and his signature move is the Hell-Thrust. A 5th-rank elite.
Liu TianYi – name meaning ‘heavenly wings’. The son of Liu Sheng. Playboy and sex addict who works at HeDong’s Bilingual International School.
Liu Sheng – the true boss of HeDong, whom all the godfathers fear. Owns HeDong Grand International Hotel.
Crimson Scorpion – the top elite under Blue Ghost. Uses Scorpion Tail Needles which contain lethal toxins. A 1st-tier elite.
Jin Biao – godfather of the East. Has an extremely notorious reputation for violence and force in HeDong.
Jin WenWu – name meaning ‘literary and martial’, that is to say he’s good at being a warrior as well as scholar. Son of Jin Biao and Weng Qing, dressed as a Visual Kei rocker. Is a 3rd-tier elite, and disciple of Hyena.
Weng Qing – wife of Jin Biao, mother of Jin WenWu. Comes from a gangster family.
ShanZi – also known as Liang Shan. His gangster name means “mountain’. Sat in prison for years. Sister worked at Fan NanJie’s bathhouse.
Pang Gang – Xiao Fei’s uncle. Works in construction and lives in the shantytown at the edge of town.
Xu WenYa – the nurse that has a crush on Xu Yun.
Lu WenYi – Lu Feng’s cousin who works at the panacea restaurant as a waitress.
Su XiaoRan – GuoGuo’s teacher at HeDong Bilingual International School. Also childhood friend of Qin Wan’er.
Wang ShunXi – one of the tyrants of WenHui, owns many legitimate businesses including a Tibetan Mastiff kennel, and leads the Four Wolves Gang.
Fan NanJie – a boss of the Blade Axe Crew, based in HongNan District. Also owns the Tropical Rainforest Bath Center.
Wei WeiMing – relative of Fan NanJie and serves as his underling. Big guy and untalented.
Shan JiaHao – younger brother of Shan HongNing, flippant little punk who now works at the panacea restaurant.
Er Hei, San Pao-ge, Wei the 4th, Wei Que, Wang TianGuang – all associated with Wang ShunXi.
Blue Ghost – ultra elite and a power in Suzhou’s Underworld. Wields the 7-Absolute Palm.
Locations:
WenHui District – home base of the characters.
Suzhou – a city a ways away from HeDong. One of the big metropolis of China.
Hangzhou – a city not far from Suzhou and is also a big metropolis of China.
Panacea Restaurant – located in WenHui District, in Yi River Plaza
HeDong’s Southside – includes WenHui District and HongNan District.
HeDong’s Northside – ruled by the godfather Ma PingHai. Consists of North Shoulder, Converging Spring and North Corner Districts.
HeDong’s Eastside – ruled by the godfather Jin Biao, includes Steep Mountain District and Calm Pavilion District
HeDong’s Westside – ruled by the godfather Wu Lei,
Tibetan Mastiff Kennel Base – where Wang ShunXi’s base is.
BoWen Street – where the Sky Wolf Casino is, as well as the red light district.
Tropical Rainforest Bath Center – where Fan NanJie’s brothel is.
Central District – where the Bright Pharmacy is.
Yu Peng Neighborhood – where Su XiaoRan currently lives.
JiNan City – where Su XiaoRan and Qin Wan’er grew up, within HeDong.
Items:
Dragon Abyssal Blade – the sword wielded by Qiu Yan. It is flexible and extremely sharp, and it’s fame identifies Qiu Yan to strangers.
Autumn Waters – the King of Cold Weapons, wielded by Qian Feng.
9 Treasures Revival Pill – also called 9 Revolutions Revival Pill, Xu Yun calls it Powerful Pill. Is extremely valuable medicine but Xu Yun thinks nothing of it.
Red chips – tracking chips used by Blue Ghost
10,000 Poisons Ointment – ointment that can cure 10,000 poisons.
Yin-Yang Pill – forbidden medicine that can forcibly break the user into the next realm; comes at extreme cost and an inferior breakthrough.
Qi-Gathering Pill – Xu Yun’s own invention. Gathers Qi.
ELO! Thanks for this. Helps to remind me when I get lost sometimes you know? :p
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for sure! even we get confused sometimes because there’s so many elements 😛
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