Only survivor of the massacre of his sect, troubled by an unhealing puncture in his lungs. Melancholy and taciturn, has survived for revenge alone. Has made a name for himself over the years despite his limitations.

• Pale and wan
• Expressionless
• 178cm / 5'10''
• Average build
• Simple robes, simple hair, simple accessories
• Wears whites, greys, blues
• Carved jade hairpin was a gift from his shifu
• Gets cold easily so will wear heavier cloaks in the winter
• Many scars

• Icy
• Extremely strict with himself
• A perfectionist
• Melancholy
• Self-loathing
• Massive survivor's guilt
• Blames himself for his sect's destruction because he offended someone important a few weeks beforehand
• Super traumatized
• Non-verbal 90% of the time
• Communicates mainly via glances and micro-expressions
• High-key suicidal but has to restore Shantian Lou first

• Speedy high level qinggong
• Mastery of wugong in his sect's style
• Perfect sword form
• Finishes fights fast because he has stamina problems
• Martial arts limited by his wounded lung
• Makes excellent tea
• Plays guqin
• Calligraphy
• Painting
• Weiqi

• Born into Shantian Lou
• Had a happy and idyllic childhood training with his shifu and Ma Lingxiao
• A star pupil from early on, raised with high ideals
• Began a romantic relationship with Lingxiao in his teens
• The sect was massacred overnight just before his 18th birthday
• Fought together with Lingxiao but sustainted a serious injury
• Lingxiao shoved him into a secret passageway and blocked the door to save him and lost his own life in the process
• By the time Xueqiao made it to the other end of the tunnel everyone was dead or dying
• Shifu made him promise to restore the sect with his last breath
• Survived with a punctured lung; the exterior wound healed but the internal one did not
• Wandered aimlessly for about a year, recovering slowly
• In that time he broke up and rescued Fu Shuyi from a child trafficking ring and adopted her
• Eventually made a name for himself as he continued to do heroic deeds on his quest to find out what really happened to Shantian Lou

Ma Lingxiao: Deceased first love who died so he could escape.

Fu Shuyi: Adopted baby sister he adores

Zhao Leiyun: Current boyfriend whose less moral tendencies he's trying to curb

Proculverse: Orphaned, but with sect intact. A little less trauma, as a treat