The Great Desert

Dramatis Personae

by Athena 

Title Character

• Chu LiuXiang: the hero of this novel, he's charming, handsome, elegant. A true gentleman and a true friend. In this novel he goes to the desert in search for Su RongRong, Li HongXiu and Song TianEr.

Other Characters (in alphabetical order)

• Du Huan: aka the merciless killer, he is infamous for his high rate of killings and he loves when people fear him. He too was hired by the king.
• General Min: he is a traitor to the king and is working for the new pretender to the throne.
• Hong XianGong: a big merchant in these parts. He is in cahoots with The Stone Avalokitesvara and the treacherous ministers that are behind the usurpation of the throne of the Kingdom 'QiuCi.'
• Hu TieHua: one of Chu's best friends, he loves wine and women. He is rather grand and heroic and has good martial arts. He is willing to sacrifice his life for his closest friends.
• Hua Mei Niao (The Trush): a mysterious killer that helped Chu LiuXiang a few times. But Chu hasn't the foggiest idea who this person could be.
• HuangFu Gao: aka the righteous swordman also the head of The 7 Swords of HuaShan. He hasn't been heard of for almost 20 years.
• Ji BingYan: another close friend of Chu LiuXiang, he is very wealthy and acquired a lot of wealth via trading with small border countries. He doesn't like to talk much but is very willing to give up his life for Chu or Hu. He has very good martial arts and he uses the so-called "judges brush" as weapon.
• Liu YanFei: aka 'The Little Divine Dragon Swordsman'. He is besides The 7 Swords of HuaShan, a famous HuaShan School disciple. He is also missing for almost 20 years.
• Princess PiPa: princess of the border country 'QiuCi.' Her father's throne is usurped and she and her father took refuge in a small castle in an oasis. She is very pretty and she has a crush on Chu LiuXiang. She also knows martial arts.
• Qu WuRong: a disciple of The Stone Avalokitesvara. Her face is mutilated like Qiu LingSu. She and Yi DianHong will fall in love with each other.
• Shi Tuo (Stone camel): a camel driver hired by Ji BingYan. He doesn't talk at all and his skin is all dried up. All he does is communicate with animals.
• SiTu LiuXing: also another expert hired by the king. He is a famous robber.
• Sun Kong: aka the black monkey. He is a feared and respected martial arts expert. But he is rather afraid of Chu LiuXiang mainly because Chu helped him out once.
• The King of 'QiuCi': a seemingly fatuous king, he is afraid of people trying to assassinate him and has hired a lot martial arts expert to protect him.
• The Stone Avalokitesvara: a mysterious martial arts expert. She supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the world and dwells in these parts. Some people say she IS THE BEST martial arts expert of her time.
• Wang Chong: also hired by the king. He looks sickly and doesn't appear to have any special abilities. No one has heard of him before.
• Wu brothers (Wu QingTian and Wu BaiYun): 2 martial arts experts hired by the king. Their technique is called 'The Touring Dragon Swordsmanship.'
• Wu JuXuan: a Chinese scholar with martial arts who is also working with the traitors to the throne and The Stone Avalokitesvara. He has a wretched appearance.
• Yi DianHong: a professional killer. Also a good friend of Chu LiuXiang, he is not the cold-blooded murderer as he was before thanks to Chu LiuXiang.