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Qin Shi Ming Yue Character Profile
[2]Gai Nie Thirty years old, a longitudinarian, the Guigu school, the longitudinal sword sword heir, temperament calm, calm, known as the strongest swordsman in Qin, in the jianghu enjoys the name of "sword saint", because of the late entrusted to protect the Tianming, defected from the Qin country, and took Tianming to the end of the world. His sword skills are excellent, and he wears the sword "Yuan Hong" (formerly known as the "Rainbow Sword", which was once worn by Jing Ke). He was given the sword by Ying Zheng for protecting the Emperor. He is also in love with Duanmu Rong, who is the second most famous sword of the Ten Famous Swords. Yuanhong is the second most famous sword among the Ten Famous Swords (it was broken in the battle with Wei Zhuang). The wooden sword is used for the time being.
Gao Yue (surnamed Ji Ru word Chitaki) twelve years old Mojia (later because of the need to escape into the Mojia forbidden land, and the Mojia disciples are not allowed to enter the forbidden land, in the heat of the moment by Duanmu Rong expelled from the Mojia). Innocent and lovely, gentle and graceful. She is the princess of the deceased Yan Kingdom (with the title of Gao Yue). She lives a normal life like an ordinary person, but has an inherent noble temperament in her speech and demeanor. She is proficient in pharmacology and is Duanmu Rong's right-hand man, and does not have any martial arts skills for the time being, but she has an extraordinary talent in yin and yang sorcery. She and Tian Ming are in love with each other. Because of his great talent in yin and yang, he was taken away by the Moon God of the Yin-Yang family, and was told his real name, Ji Ru, with the character Qian Taki, by the Emperor of the East. Has a great relationship with the Yin-Yang Clan. In the third installment, he was taken into the Mirage by the Moon God.
Xiang Shao Yu Fourteen years old Soldier family The animation shows Xiang Yu as a teenager (official sources say he has great potential), grandson of Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu, and son of Xiang Chao, he is gifted with the power of a thousand-pound plucking tripod. He is both wise and brave, and has a delicate mind. Although he is small in age, he already has the style of a great general in the battlefield. He is a good friend of Tianming and focuses on righteousness, and in "Nights of the End of Tianming", he got the Formation-Breaking Overlord Gun in the forbidden land of the Mo Clan.
Mojia
All the world is white, but I am the only black one, not attacking the Mojia, and loving all people. The five leaders of the Mo family: Thief Plantar, Duanmu Rong, Gao Jianli, Snow Maiden, and the Great Iron Hammer
Duanmu Rong is twenty-four years old, elegant and elegant, with a temperament as clear and cold as frost, and with an excellent appearance, as light as a cloud shading the moon, and as gentle as a flowing wind returning to the snow. The medical skill is high, the Mo family medical fairy, one of the five chiefs of the Mo family, living alone in the beautiful scenery of the Mirror Lake Pharmacy, "Mirror Lake Medical Fairy", the weapon is a silver needle, the best skill is the rain of silver needles. He was strongly hostile to Gainie from Qin, but after in-depth contact, as a healer, he gradually fell in love with Gainie. Afterward, he was seriously injured in the hall of the Mozi family in order to save Gai Nie, and was being treated by Xunzi. Gao Jianli
Twenty-seven years old, the second master of the Mo Clan, his martial arts skill is second to the giant son of the Mo Clan (Yan Tai Zidan). He was the first of the Five Chiefs of the Mo Clan. Called "Little Gao" by the Mo Clan. His temperament is melancholic and elegant. His percussion piece "Yangchun" and Snow Maiden's xiao sound "Baixue" together are called "Yangchun Baixue", which is one of the best in Yan. They became confidants, and later sang a song by the banks of the Yishui River, "The wind is Xiao Xiao and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return." The use of weapons for the famous sword water cold, the sword score of the seventh, the killing technique for easy water cold. And the snow lady life and death, deep feelings extremely respect big brother Jing Ke.
The Snow Maiden is twenty-four years old
The Snow Maiden is one of the five chiefs of the Mojia family. She has a beautiful face and is proficient in xiao skills and Zhao dance. Her "White Snow" music is elegant and dynamic, and when she plays it, snow will fly in the sky. Her dance is unique in the world, and her skill "Flying Swallow" is called the "Legend of Yan Capital" by Yan Chunjun. She was Gao Jianli's confidante and beloved. She swore that she would never marry again. Xu Fu Zi (徐夫子), 68 years old, a withered old man, a famous sword maker, proficient in sword smelting technique of extracting five financial resources and bronze, and the Water Cold Sword, which is ranked seventh in the list of swords, comes from his hand. The "Remnant Rainbow" (the predecessor of the Rainbow of the Abyss) was the work of his mother (historically a male named Mrs. Xu), while the "Shark's Tooth" was the work of his father, both of them are famous sword makers. He has always longed to create a divine weapon that surpasses the Rainbow in his lifetime.
The Thieving Metatarsal (盗跖), 20 years old, was originally known as Zhan Xiong (展雄), also known as Liu Xiazatarsal (柳下跖), and was the leader of the slave revolts during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. In the play, he is one of the five leaders of the Mozi family. He is the first thief in the world, with a slim figure, excellent lightness, and a slippery nature. When suffering from epilepsy, he was saved by Duanmu Rong. He is in love with Duanmu Rong. Although his mouth is not clean, he will never run away from the battlefield in times of danger. He hates Confucius and Confucianism, and he has a masterstroke, "Electricity and Light".
Sledgehammer 35 years old, unusually strong, the most impatient and explosive personality of the Mozi family, one of the five chiefs of the Mozi family. Using a giant sledgehammer with a chain, he was originally a lower-ranking officer in Yan, and was repeatedly persecuted because of his temperament, which made it difficult for him to get along with his superiors. He was nearly sacrificed as bait on the battlefield, but was rescued by the giant son of the Mo Clan, and has followed him ever since with his heart and soul.
Master Ban is fifty years old, non-life, organ art. Carpenter by birth. Due to an accident at a young age resulting in the loss of an arm, he has since begun to study and create various kinds of organs. His first successful work was to build a machine arm for himself. His wish is to be able to create a kind of organ bird that can fly in the air for a day and a night, he has done a lot of experiments, but it has always ended in failure, the sledgehammer likes to make fun of him about this, but he is very patient.
Mojia Juzi (Yan Prince Dan) Refers to the previous Mojia Juzi who passed on to Tianming. He is the crown prince of Yan and Yue's father.
Butcher is the owner of the Mo Clan's secret stronghold, the "Inn", and later taught Tianming the art of the Ox Knife. Too many words have been transferred Jing Ke middle-aged Jing Tianming's father. Gao Jianli's best friend. At the end of the Warring States period, the people of Wei, like reading and fencing, righteousness and boldness, and know a lot of heroes and righteous people. He was entrusted by Prince Dan of Yan to assassinate the King of Qin, but failed and was killed by Wei Zhuang. On his deathbed, he entrusted Tianming to Gainie.
Gong Lu Jia (Bullying Organ Technique)
Gong Lu Qiu Forty-eight years old, the new generation master of Bullying Organ Technique. It is rumored that his proficiency in organ art is close to the Grandmaster of the Gongfu Family - Master Gongfu Pan (Lu Ban). He is a devious and cunning person, and has built a snake-shaped organ beast. Gongfu Qiu had extremely intensified the offensive part of the organ's killing power, which was the so-called hegemonic organ art.
Chu (Xiang Clan)
Fan Zeng (Fan Zeng), an old man in his seventies, was Xiang Shao Yu's teacher of military tactics, and an important strategist who would later assist him in his career as a hegemonist. He was a man of deep foresight, judging the times and situations, and had a keen insight, and could be considered a rare military strategist at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Xiang Liang Xiang Liang was a member of the Xiang clan of the Chu state and Xiang Yu's uncle. He was a man of boldness and valor. After the destruction of Chu, with his former prestige in Wuzhong, he recruited many wise men, secretly recruited soldiers and horses, and trained his children, laying a crucial foundation for the Xiang family's future endeavors and achievements. Xiang Chao (项超) Shaoyu's father, killed by Qin's chaotic army. Long and ("and" pronounced as jū) is designed by Mr. Tang Hongning, the first fierce general under Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han struggle, grew up with Xiang Yu as a brother and sister since childhood, and is also a domineering and beautiful young man, who appeared in the fourth part of the series, mainly with the story of Shaoyu's growth.
The Yin-Yang Family
The East Emperor Taichi, the highest leader of the Yin-Yang Family. Unpredictable martial arts, enigmatic character, always wearing a black mask in front of people, covered in a black robe. Lunar God The most trusted Yin-Yang family sorcerer of Emperor Qin Shi Huang. She is an expert in divination and has the power of premonition, as well as the ability to control the minds of others and unknowable destructive power, and has placed a yin-yang spell on Tianming. She shares the same surname as Ji Ru (sealed as Princess Takayuki, character Chitaki).
Dasimin A mysterious master of the yin and yang family, one of the messengers of death who hunts down and kills rebels or dissidents, she has a sultry appearance, and that touch of bangs when she first appeared in the scene showed her bewitching charm. But the means of vicious and poisonous, good at using illusions to confuse the enemy, her hands due to years of practice yin and yang secret art - yin and yang hand seal, and become like a flame like red, and showed a strange silver pattern, nails black as ink, bizarre to the extreme. The former giant son of the Mozi family, Yan Taizi Dan, died under this man's Six Souls Dread Spell.
Shao Siming (少司命) is one of the most feared messengers of death in the Yin-Yang Clan. He is a cold-hearted person with a high level of martial arts skills that do not match his age. She always wears a veil to cover her face. Legend has it that she is as beautiful as a fairy, but no one in the world has ever seen her true face underneath the veil. Star Soul A legendary figure of the Yin-Yang family who is a young genius, whether in martial arts or in the art of Yin-Yang counting, he has reached a height that ordinary people cannot reach even after a lifetime of hard work, so he already has a very high status at a young age, alongside the Moon God as one of the Empire's two major protector of the state mages.
Chunan Gong (楚南公) In the subtitle of episode 25 of the Hundred Schools of Thought (诸子百家), Chu Nan Gong (楚南公) is the elder of the Yin-Yang Clan (阴阳家), and the protégé of Li Si.
Gathering and Dispersing Quicksand (Assassin Organization)
Weizhuang Thirty-one years old Gai Nie's fellow disciple, the same Ghost Valley Sect's vertical and horizontal sword method of horizontal sword heir, and Gathering and Dispersing Quicksand's leader. The Ghost Valley Sect is a strange and mysterious sect that accepts only two disciples in each generation, and these two disciples are rivals from the very beginning, and there must be a winner and a loser among them, and only one of them can stay in the end. His body is full of evil and domineering spirit, his martial arts skills are unfathomable, and his biggest goal is to defeat Gainie and inherit the Ghost Valley's mastery. The weapon he uses is the demon sword Shark's Tooth. He met with Zhang Liang in the last episode of "The Hundred Schools of Thought", and the situation of the two of them is unknown.
Chile Twenty-four years old Second in the ranking of the Four Heavenly Kings under Wei Zhuang. She is in love with Wei Zhuang. Charming and enchanting, she is proficient in all kinds of poisonous arts and can control all kinds of poisonous snakes, while her sexiness is often more dangerous than poison, and her Fire Charming Art can confuse those who see her pupils and make them hallucinate. Her weapon is a chain snake soft sword coiled around her waist. White Phoenix
[3] White Phoenix (白凤) Eighteen years old The leader of the Four Heavenly Kings under the young Wei Zhuang. Mysterious and beautiful man. Often flying through the sky on a white giant bird, excellent in lightness and able to soar through the sky with the help of feathers. Can control birds and even talk to them. Attacks people with his feathers, or controls birds to attack people, and occasionally uses a feather blade. Her killing technique is the Phoenix Dance of Six Illusions.
Wu Shuang Ghost (無双鬼) Twenty-six years old, ranked fourth among the Four Heavenly Kings under Weizhuang. He is a giant with a height of more than ten feet, ferocious and brutal, horrible in shape, born with strange strength, and his skin is as hard as armor, which can't be harmed by ordinary swords and knives. After Wushuang Ghost was killed by Gai Nie in the first part of the Hundred Steps Flying Sword in the Moon of Qin Dynasty, Gongtu Qiu saw that Wushuang Ghost's bones and muscles were exceptionally tough and very suitable for making organs, so he transformed Wushuang Ghost into a cyborg, i.e., Organ Wushuang.
The Cang Wolf King is thirty-five years old, ranking third among the Four Heavenly Kings under Wei Zhuang. All dressed in black, withdrawn and ferocious in nature, wild and stoic, living with wolves ****, preferring to act in the darkness of the night. He always wears a half mask with green eyes and has the same night vision as wolves. He used to serve Ji An (also known as Han An because of the Han clan), the king of Han, but mysteriously disappeared after the fall of Korea, and then joined Wei Zhuang's assassins. He hates humans and is only close to wolves, believing them to be his only friends. Has been killed by Gao Jianli in the second installment.
The Hidden Bat, whose true age is unknown, was originally a native of the Barbarian Borderlands, but was abandoned by his parents and displaced by the chaos of the world, and has been living in seclusion in the Southern Borderlands for ten years, practicing the art of Bat-Blood Technique. Bat blood art is a kind of southern border secret killing art, cultivation need to bat blood into the body to run to the body meridians everywhere. Hidden Bat has been living in a cave with the Southern Border Spearhead Blood Bat for the past ten years, and is now a half-human, half-bat monster.
Mercury Kirin (Black Kirin, Lin'er) The first assassin of the assassin group Against the Flowing Sands (one of the Flowing Sands organizations) under Wei Zhuang. During the Spring and Autumn Period, she was the daughter of a divine recluse, whose whereabouts were unknown and who was rumored to be able to change a thousand faces. She sneaks into all kinds of hidden places, nothing in the world she does not know, nothing she does not know, and no one has ever seen her true face, a thousand changes are also a thousand identities for her, her whereabouts are strange and inscrutable. As the first assassin of the Korean Assassins, Wei Zhuang's appreciation of him is almost unparalleled, and he was once honored as "the world's first assassin". (The name is derived from the titles rumored in the jianghu: Moon Darkness, Wind Cold, Fatal Invisibility, Thousand Changes, and Ink Jade Unicorn.)
The Qin Empire
Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng (秦始皇嬴政) was the first emperor of China to unify the world. China's first emperor to unify the world. Since his accession to the throne at the age of thirteen, and after his coming-of-age coronation at the age of twenty-two, he began his ambitious journey of conquest to annex the six kingdoms and unify the world by adopting the legalistic doctrines of Wei Yang and Han Fei Zi, and also adopting the doctrines of Yin-Yang and Confucianism to help him in his administration. He was not a tall man, but a man of honor, and he made good use of the capable men of all the countries as the important ministers of Qin, and he made a clear distinction between reward and punishment, rewarding the meritorious with generous rewards, and treating the offenders with extreme cruelty and harshness.
Li Si (字通古) Prime Minister of Qin, a member of the School of Law, and a former disciple of Xunzi of Confucianism, who later became disliked by Xunzi because of the death of Han Fei. He was also a disciple of Confucianism, and was later disliked by Xunzi for killing Han Fei. He was capable and prudent. He proposed the strategy of "using Jianghu to fight against Jianghu", which induced Wei Zhuang to come out to deal with Gainie. He is dedicated to assisting the King of Qin to unify the world.
Meng Tien (蒙恬) Meng Tien was a young military general with the surname of Ji ( 姬姓). Outstanding young military general, soldier, both wise and brave, became famous at the age of seventeen, won many war victories, flamboyant personality, like to exaggerate the gorgeous row, under the direct guard are all clear red armor, known as the Golden Fire Cavalry Army. He was known as the Golden Fire Cavalry, and was highly respected by Qin Shi Huangdi for his famous battles in the north and south. He was the leader of the Meng family army.
Wang Jian (王翦) The name of his family is Jian (繼姓,王氏). His name was Jian. He belonged to the military family and was an outstanding military man in the Qin Dynasty. He and his son Wang Ben were instrumental in helping Qin Shi Huang unify the six kingdoms, which were all destroyed by Wang Jian and his son, except for Han. Shaoyu's grandfather Xiang Yan was also beheaded by him (one said Xiang Yan committed suicide).
Fusu (扶苏) The eldest son of Emperor Qin Shi Huang ( 秦始皇), his surname was Ying (嬴), and his name was Fusu. He was a political visionary among the rulers of the Qin Dynasty. He was targeted by bandits on his way to the mountains, and was helped by Tian Ming and Xun Zi, who happened to be passing by. He made a clear distinction between grudges and favors, and even though he had not been told his benefactor's name, he still had a heart to repay him.
The Duke of Chunan (楚南公), who was once the first sage of Chu, once said, "Even though there are three households in Chu, the death of Qin will be Chu," at the time of the fall of the state of Chu. But now, for some reason, he has changed into a disciple of Li Si, who seems to be at odds with the Star Soul.
Zhao Gao (赵高), a character who appeared in the fourth installment of "The Great Wall" and for whom the Lohan Assassins work.
Yan
Yan Crown Princess The mother of Gao Yue, the consort of Yan Crown Prince Dan, beautiful and noble, with great connections to the Yin-Yang family. Yan Chun Jun (雁春君) The surname of 姬 ( 姬). He is very concerned about his appearance and style, and is extremely luxurious and rich, and has always done whatever he wants with his power and position. Legend has it that no one who offended him had a good ending, even Gao Jianli was beaten up by his subordinate Jie Ying. He once gave a pair of bracelets to the Snow Maiden. In the end, he was killed by the Snow Maiden's "Flying Swallow".
Yan Yi (晏懿) was a general of the state of Yan. Yan Yi was a treacherous and cunning general, who was a bully and oppressor of the people because of his high position and power. His character is frivolous and arrogant. He is also a bully and is not afraid of others. He died under the sword of Gao Jianli. A Gang Too many words have been transferred
Ghost Valley Sect (Zong Heng Family)
The world is a place where people are poisoned, and there are only a handful of schools of thought, but only the Zong Heng Family Ghost Valley Sect (Ghost Valley Sect) The Jiangshan Northern Leader of the martial arts world, the master of Gai Nie (Zhen Zhen) and Weizhuang (Heng Zhan), and the last head of the Zong Heng Family. He is known as "Guigu Zi" (鬼谷子) because of his seclusion in the Guigu Valley (鬼谷). He was well versed in the art of vertical and horizontal, and had extensive experience in the art of war, qimen bagua, astronomy and geography.
Medicine
Nian Duan Duanmu Rong master, female, the second part of the character, appeared in the memories of Duanmu Rong, seems to have died.
Daoists
Pine Bar Zi (official game setting) Taoist Heavenly Sect master, strength, wisdom, and movements are deeper than Easy Zi
Easy Zi Taoist Family Sect master, movements are erratic, the dragon can not be seen and not seen. His sword is Xueji, the sixth of the ten most famous swords.
Confucianism
Fu Nian The head of the Confucianism sect, who promotes the King's Way to rule the country and creates the Saint King's Sword Technique, is elegant in appearance and extraordinary in temperament, with great depth and connotation. He has a strong sense of mission towards Confucianism and world affairs, and has been striving to promote Confucianism and its thinking. He is upright and upright, with the demeanor of a great general, and wears the sword Tai'a, the third of the ten most famous swords.
Yan Lu (颜路) The second master of Confucianism, together with his elder brother Fu Nian (伏念) and younger brother Zhang Liang (张良), are known as the Three Masters of Qilu. Since he was a child, he has been living under the bright light of Fu Nian, but fortunately, he does not have a strong desire to fight and win, and he has no desire to compare himself with others, and he has the qualities inherited from Confucius. Yan Lu agreed to help the Mozi family with the persuasion and entreaty of his senior brother Zhang Liang, and from then on an endless struggle began ......
Zhang Liang (Zifang) was gifted with intelligence and foresight, and he fought against Qin with the Mozi family and the Xiang clan***. According to him Tian Ming would owe him seven favors (the third master of Confucian disciples in the film). Although he was a Confucian disciple, he was in sympathy with the Mozi's teachings of generosity to help the world. Xunzi Too many words have been shifted
Famous family
Gongsun Linglong An articulate heir to the famous family. A descendant of Gongsun Long, he is a huge man, but his speech is pretentious, he likes to cover his face with a mask, he is very confident in his beauty, which often makes people laugh and cry, and he hates to be called fat. He is good at using the sophistry of "white horse is not a horse" to make many academics speechless. Later, he was defeated by Zi Ming's (Tian Ming's) sophistry (Zhang Liang's).
Farmer
Black Swordsman Katsushichi Dark-skinned, this man was captured by the Seven Kingdoms many times, and after being imprisoned, he repeatedly escaped from the executioner by killing him during the execution in the court of law. The jianghu see his people as if they were ghosts and gods. Cold-blooded and cruel, he made it his life goal to defeat all the strongest men, and countless swordsmen have lost to him. Rumor has it that when he was arrested in the Seven Kingdoms, his body was carved with the characters of the Seven Kingdoms and he was captured by Ying Zheng. Later, Ying Zheng listened to Li Si's advice and released him to hunt down Gai Nie and Tian Ming.
Western Han Dynasty
Han Xin (韩信) was a founding minister of the Western Han Dynasty, and one of the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty". Han Xin was a representative figure of the "strategy and war" school of Chinese military thought, and was regarded by later generations as the "Immortal of Soldiers" and the "God of War". "Han Xin was the only one who could perform all the duties of the military. His weapon was the sword.
Other Anti-Qin Forces
Kuang Xiu A famous musician in Qin, he was friends with Jing Ke and Gao Jianli. He is a man who is intoxicated by music and has a straightforward and unworldly character. He was convicted of assisting a rebel general of Qin to escape from the country and became a prisoner. His musical skill is superb, and I am afraid that no one in the world can match him in musical comprehension.
Shushan
[4]Shilan (石兰), a small fellow who works in the inn of Mo's Butcher, is soft and unassuming in appearance but highly skilled in martial arts, with excellent lightness, agility and speed, and knows sorcery and a little bit of yin and yang magic. Fell in tears after seeing the immortal mountain on the sea. Most likely a descendant of the extinguished Shu (Witch Clan).
Six Sword Slaves
(Luo Net Assassins under Zhao Master)
Six Sword Slaves Synopsis: They are a mysterious group of assassins under Zhao Master, and each of them possesses a deadly killing specialty, and each of them also possesses their own unknown past. No one knows when and how they became Zhao Gao's assassins; and even less knows how deep and terrifying their strength really is, because those who have witnessed his or their killing skills have all gone to another world!
Zhen Gang: (third from the right) The leader of the Six Sword Slaves, wearing the sword "Zhen Gang", with fierce sword skills, specializing in frontal attacks, eliminating the target's vital forces within one move.
Turning Prana, Destroying Soul: (1st from left, 1st from right) Twin sisters, wearing the swords "Turning Prana" and "Destroying Soul" respectively. Due to their similar appearance, they are good at confusing and controlling the enemy, and are often killed by the target before the target understands what is going on.
Broken Water: (third from the left) A blindfolded old man who has reached the realm of the mind's eye, the most unfathomable of the six sword slaves, wearing the sword "Broken Water", a planner who makes plans after making decisions, and is good at invisibility, taking people's lives in the form of invisibility.
Chaoshen: (second from right) Just like his sword "Chaoshen", he is a man with an evil aura, he is bloodthirsty and cruel, he does not care to abide by the laws of mankind, and he can do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, so if you are being targeted by this kind of assassin, you won't be surprised by how you will die. Wáng liǎng: (second from the left) A young swordsman who wears two swords, "Wáng liǎng" and "Fén", and specializes in lightness and swiftness. He is a young swordsman who specializes in light and fast swordsmanship. He is unruly and uninhibited, and has become a killer just for the sake of the game of life.
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