List of The Legend of the Condor Heroes characters

Main characters

• Guo Jing
• Huang Rong
• Yang Kang
• Mu Nianci

  Guo Jing and Yang Kang's parents

• Guo Xiaotian is Guo Jing's father. He made an agreement with his sworn brother, Yang Tiexin, for their children to become either sworn siblings or a married couple. He is killed by Duan Tiande's men.
• Li Ping is Guo Xiaotian's wife and Guo Jing's mother. She survived the raid on Niu Family Village but was captured by Duan Tiande. She manages to escape and settle down in Mongolia, where she gives birth to her son. She remains in Mongolia for the rest of her life and never returns home. She commits suicide to remind her son of his heritage when Genghis Khan tries to force Guo Jing to help him conquer the Song Empire.
• Yang Tiexin is Yang Kang's father. He specialises in the martial art 'Yang Family Spear', which has been passed down for generations in his family. He survived the attack on Niu Family Village, renames himself Mu Yi, and adopts Mu Nianci as his daughter. He is reunited with his family later but his son refuses to acknowledge him. He commits suicide with his wife after being cornered by Wanyan Honglie and his men.
• Bao Xiruo is Yang Tiexin's wife and Yang Kang's mother. She is soft-hearted and empathetic, as implied by her name "Xiruo". She survives the raid on Niu Family Village and is saved by Wanyan Honglie, who brings her back to the Jin Empire and marries her. Her love for Yang Tiexin never fades. She commits suicide to join Yang Tiexin when they are cornered.

  Freaks of Jiangnan

• Ke Zhen'e, nicknamed "Flying Bat" Even though he is blind, he is highly skilled in using the staff and dart-throwing.
• Zhu Cong, nicknamed "Marvellous-Handed Scholar", is the wisest among the seven. He specialises in thieving and pickpocketing.
• Han Baoju, nicknamed "Horse Deity", specialises in horse-riding.
• Nan Xiren, nicknamed "Southern Hill Woodcutter", is a shy individual who taught Guo Jing to use the saber.
• Zhang Asheng, nicknamed "Laughing Buddha", is Han Xiaoying's lover. He is a big monk, well over 100kg in the novel. He is slain by Mei Chaofeng.
• Quan Jinfa, nicknamed "Hidden Hero in the Busy City", specialises in using the spear or lance.
• Han Xiaoying, nicknamed "Yue Maiden Sword", is Zhang Asheng's lover and the only female among the seven. She taught Guo Jing to use the sword.

  Five Greats

• Huang Yaoshi
• Hong Qigong
• Ouyang Feng
• Reverend Yideng
• Wang Chongyang

  Mongol Empire

• Temüjin is an ambitious warlord who unites all the Mongol tribes under his rule and becomes Genghis Khan. He raised Guo Jing and treats the boy like a son. At the end of the novel, before his death, he debates with Guo on what constitutes a hero.
• Genghis Khan's children:
• * Jochi is the eldest son.
• * Chagatai is the second son.
• * Ögedei is the third son.
• * Tolui is the fourth son. He becomes anda with Guo Jing in their childhood.
• * Huazheng is Genghis Khan's daughter. She was Guo Jing's childhood playmate and has a crush on him but Guo regards her as a younger sister. Her father betroths her to Guo but they are not married eventually. When she discovers that Guo is planning to disobey her father's order to attack the Song Empire, she secretly reports Guo to her father in the hope that Guo will be forced to remain in Mongolia. However, in doing so, she unknowingly brings big trouble to Guo and indirectly causes his mother to commit suicide. Overwhelmed by guilt over what happened to Guo's mother, she leaves home and became a recluse for the rest of her life. Before leaving, she warns Guo that the Mongols are planning to attack Xiangyang.
• Genghis Khan's followers:
• * Jebe is an expert archer from a rival tribe who later becomes one of Genghis Khan's most trusted men. He taught Guo Jing archery. In his adolescent years, Guo impressed everyone with his archery skill when he once shot down two eagles in the sky with a single arrow.
• * Muqali
• * Chilaun
• * Huduhu
• * Jelme
• * Borokhula returns to save Hong Qigong, Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Huazheng and others when they were trapped by Yang Kang and Ouyang Feng.
• Genghis Khan's rivals:
• * Jamukha is Genghis Khan's anda and ally who becomes his rival later.
• * Wang Khan was the anda of Genghis Khan's father and a former ally of Genghis Khan and Jamukha. He sides with Jamukha in the war against Genghis Khan later.
• * Sangkun is Wang Khan's son.
• * Dushi is Sangkun's son and Huazheng's original fiancé.

  Quanzhen Sect

• * Zhou Botong

• * Ma Yu, Taoist name Danyangzi. He teaches Guo Jing some basic Quanzhen martial arts and inner energy skills.
• * Tan Chuduan, Taoist name Changzhenzi. He is killed by Ouyang Feng in a fight.
• * Liu Chuxuan, Taoist name Changshengzi.
• * Qiu Chuji, Taoist name Changchunzi. He befriends the Guo and Yang families in the first chapter. He becomes Yang Kang's teacher later.
• * Wang Chuyi, Taoist name Yuyangzi. He befriends Guo Jing after learning that Guo learnt some Quanzhen skills from his senior, Ma Yu, before. Guo helps him recover when he was injured by Lingzhi Shangren.
• * Hao Datong, Taoist name Guangningzi.
• * Sun Bu'er, Taoist name Qingjing Sanren.
• Yin Zhiping is one of Qiu Chuji's apprentices. He goes to Mongolia to remind Guo Jing of his scheduled match with Yang Kang.
• Cheng Yaojia is Sun Bu'er's apprentice. She was almost raped by Ouyang Ke, but Guo Jing and Huang Rong save her. She later marries Lu Guanying under Huang Yaoshi's arrangement. She is actually Wu Mianfeng's daughter and was raised by the Cheng family after they saved her father.

  Peach Blossom Island

Huang Yaoshi's apprentices

• The "Twin Killers in the Dark Wind" are Huang Yaoshi's two most senior apprentices. They eloped, stole their master's copy of the Nine Yin Manual, and fled from Peach Blossom Island. They learn two skills derived from an unorthodox interpretation of the manual: the 'Nine Yin White Bone Claw' and the 'Heart Shattering Palm'. Mei Chaofeng also learns the 'White Boa Whip Skill'. The couple are known for committing heinous crimes and are highly feared in the jianghu. They are:
• * Chen Xuanfeng, nicknamed "Copper Corpse".. He fights with the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" and tries to hold a six-year-old Guo Jing hostage but the boy instinctively stabs him with a dagger and kills him.
• * Mei Chaofeng, original name Mei Ruohua, nicknamed "Iron Corpse". She is blinded by Ke Zhen'e in the fight against the "Seven Freaks". She escapes and trains hard in martial arts to avenge her husband. She meets Huang Yaoshi in Guiyun Manor and he forgives her and tells her to find his other four apprentices. She is killed by Ouyang Feng.
• Qu Lingfeng makes his first appearance as Qu San, a crippled neighbour of Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin. In the day, he pretends to run the inn in Niu Family Village. At night, he disguises himself and steals treasures from the palace. Guo and Yang discover his secret after witnessing him fighting with palace guards. He is killed by Shi Yanming, a palace guard. His skeleton is discovered by Guo Jing and Huang Rong several years later in a secret chamber in the inn.
• Lu Chengfeng settles in Guiyun Manor near Lake Tai and nicknames himself "Handicap of Five Lakes". He once rallied a number of allies in a futile attempt to capture Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng for his master. He shares the same passion for arts as Huang Yaoshi and inherits his master's knowledge of medicine and strategic formations. He also leads a group of pirates who rob the rich and corrupt to help the poor. He moves to Dasheng Pass with his family and followers after his home is destroyed by Ouyang Feng. He died of illness.
• Wu Mianfeng died from illness.
• Feng Mofeng

  Others

• Feng Heng was Huang Yaoshi's wife and Huang Rong's mother. She had eidetic memory and memorised the second volume of the Nine Yin Manual after reading it once. She fell ill after giving birth to Huang Rong and died.
• Shagu is Qu Lingfeng's mentally handicapped daughter. She was first spotted by Guo Jing and Huang Rong in the inn at Niu Family Village. She is accepted by Huang Yaoshi as a grand-apprentice and taken to Peach Blossom Island.
• Lu Guanying is Lu Chengfeng's son and the young master of Guiyun Manor. His father refuses to teach him martial arts without permission from Huang Yaoshi, so he learns from Reverend Kumu instead. He marries Cheng Yaojia after falling in love with her on first sight, with Huang as the matchmaker. Huang later allows him to learn martial arts from his father.

  Iron Palm Sect

• Qiu Qianren is the leader of the Iron Palm Sect and an apprentice of Shangguan Jiannan, who was a former subordinate of the Song general Han Shizhong. He is one of the more powerful fighters in the jianghu after the Five Greats, and is nicknamed "Iron Palm Skimming on Water" for his prowess in martial arts and qinggong. He committed various heinous crimes, including killing Yinggu's infant son and collaborating with Jin soldiers to terrorise Song citizens. Qiu's actions has tarnished his late-master's name; Shangguan was well-known in the wulin for his heroism and associations with Han Shizhong and Yue Fei. He is saved by Reverend Yideng after he almost killed himself and repents. He is renamed to Ci'en and becomes Yideng's apprentice. Later, he would become the lead monk as Yideng left.
• Qiu Qianzhang is Qiu Qianren's twin brother. He is inferior to his brother in terms of moral character and martial arts prowess, and relies on impersonating his brother to con and deceive others for a living. He falls to his death from Iron Palm Peak.
• Yashaogong
• Stronghold chiefs:
• * Chief Qiao
• * Chief He
• * Chief Shi

  Dali Kingdom

• Liu Ying, also known as Yinggu, is nicknamed "Divine Mathematician". She was Duan Zhixing's concubine when he was still the emperor of Dali. However, he neglected her due to his obsession with martial arts, so she had a secret affair with Zhou Botong and bore him a son. After the infant was severely injured by a masked attacker, she pleaded with Duan to save her son but he refused and the infant died. Since then, she has been leading a reclusive life in the Black Swamp while plotting revenge on Duan and searching for Zhou Botong and her son's killer. During this time, she self-learns mathematics and martial arts and becomes a formidable fighter.
• Yideng's aides:
• * Chu Dongshan, nicknamed "Reclusive Fisherman of Diancang", disguised as a fisherman, was previously a naval admiral in Dali.
• * Zhang Shaoshou, disguised as a woodcutter, was previously an army general in Dali.
• * Wu Santong, disguised as a farmer, was previously the chief of the palace guard.
• * Zhu Ziliu, disguised as a scholar, was previously the premier of Dali.
• The Indian Monk is Yideng's junior, and an expert in medicine and healing. He translates for Guo Jing and Huang Rong the part of the Nine Yin Manual that was written in Sanskrit.

  Beggars' Sect

• The Four Great Elders of the sect are:
• * Lu Youjiao. He befriends Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
• * Elder Peng is a lecherous fiend who lusts for Mu Nianci. He betrays the sect and joins the Mongols eventually.
• * Elder Jian
• * Elder Liang
• Li Sheng is a brave member of the sect who fights with Ouyang Ke to rescue Ouyang's victims, even though he knows he cannot win Ouyang. Guo Jing and Huang Rong show up to help him and he recognises them as Hong Qigong's apprentices. Hong taught him one stance of the 'Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms' before. He refuses to kill Guo and Huang when Yang Kang orders him to do so, and chooses to commit suicide instead.
• Yu Zhaoxing

  Wanyan Honglie and associates

• Wanyan Honglie is the sixth prince of the Jin Empire. He bribes Duan Tiande to lead soldiers to kill Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin so that he can seize Yang's wife, Bao Xiruo. He marries her and raises Yang Kang as his own son. He is obsessed with finding the Book of Wumu as he intends to use the knowledge acquired from the book to eliminate the Jin Empire's enemies and become a hero of his people. His plans are foiled by Guo Jing and Huang Rong, who obtain the book instead. He later travels to Samarkand to form an alliance between the Jin Empire and Khwarezm Empire as part of a last-ditch effort to counter the Mongols. He is eventually captured by Mongol forces and meets his end.
• Wanyan Hongxi is Wanyan Honglie's brother. He and his brother are sent to Mongolia as envoys to meet Genghis Khan.
• Ouyang Ke is Ouyang Feng's nephew who later turns out to be actually Ouyang Feng's illegitimate son. A lecherous fiend, he enjoys preying on young and beautiful maidens, especially Huang Rong, Mu Nianci and Cheng Yaojia. He initially wanted Guo Jing's Ferghana horse and later becomes Guo's rival in vying for Huang Rong's affection. His attempts on Huang Rong have ended up in failure and shame for himself every time. His legs were crushed by a boulder in a booby trap set by Huang Rong. He is murdered by Yang Kang eventually after attempting to molest Mu Nianci and Cheng Yaojia in Niu Family Village. Another motivation for the murder is that Yang Kang would be the most likely person to become Ouyang Feng's apprentice after Ouyang Ke dies.
• Sha Tongtian is nicknamed "Devil's Gate Dragon King". His left arm is amputated by Peng Lianhu after being infected with poison from a dying Yang Kang. He betrays Wanyan Honglie near the end of the novel.
• The "Four Devils of the Yellow River" are Sha Tongtian's apprentices. They are:
• * Shen Qinggang, nicknamed "Soul-Severing Saber".
• * Wu Qinglie, nicknamed "Life-Chasing Spear".
• * Ma Qingxiong, nicknamed "Soul-Capturing Whip". He is killed by Lu Guanying's pirates.
• * Qian Qingjian, nicknamed "Death's Axe". He is killed by the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" in the Mongol camp when he tries to assassinate Guo Jing.
• Hou Tonghai, nicknamed "Three Headed Dragon", is Sha Tongtian's inept junior.
• Liang Ziweng, nicknamed "Ginseng Immortal Old Demon", is an eccentric martial artist from the Changbai Mountains. 20 years ago he attempted to rape many women but they were saved by Hong Qigong and he suffered a humiliating defeat at Hong's hands. He rears a pet serpent meant to be used for an experiment. The snake nearly kills Guo Jing, who has been immobilised, but Guo bites its neck in self-defence, and kills it and drinks its blood in the process. Since then, Liang has been stalking Guo and wanting to suck his blood, believing that it will make him more powerful. Hong Qigong shows up to help Guo, and Liang shuns away in fear when he recognises Hong. At the end of the novel, Liang loses his footing in a final attempt to kill Guo at Mount Hua and falls to his death.
• Lingzhi Shangren is a Tibetan monk who poisons Wang Chuyi in a fight.
• Peng Lianhu, nicknamed "Thousand Hands Human Butcher", is a notorious mass murderer. He poisons Ma Yu in a fight.

  Song Empire

• :zh:黄裳 |Huang Chang was a book transcriber who lived in the Northern Song dynasty. Emperor Huizong tasked him with transcribing a collection of 5,481 volumes of Taoist texts. As he was commissioned by the emperor, Huang Chang approached his task meticulously and gradually became well-versed in the Taoist classics, which provided him with a strong foundation for mastering powerful martial arts based on Taoist philosophy. Later, acting on Emperor Huizong's order, Huang Chang led imperial forces to attack the Ming Cult, killed many martial arts experts, and made several enemies in the jianghu. His enemies killed his family in revenge. Huang Chang went into hiding for 40 years and spent his time training in martial arts and thinking of ways to counter his enemies' moves. By the time he was done, his enemies were already dead so he lost his chance to avenge his family. By then, he realised that his days were numbered, so he spent his last days compiling his knowledge and experiences into a two-volume martial arts manual, the Nine Yin Manual. After his death, the Nine Yin Manual became the most coveted object in the jianghu for around a century until Wang Chongyang won the first martial arts contest on Mount Hua and claimed the manual as his prize.
• Duan Tiande is a military officer who leads his men to kill Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin. He is actually acting on Wanyan Honglie's orders, as part of Wanyan's plan to win Bao Xiruo's affection. He later reveals the truth unsuspectingly while being held captive in Guiyun Manor, and is eventually slain by Yang Kang.
• Lü Wende is the commander of Xiangyang's military forces. Guo Jing and Huang Rong warn him about the Mongols' invasion at the end of the novel.
• Shi Yanming was a high-ranking palace guard. He and Qu Lingfeng killed each other in a fight in the secret chamber in Qu's inn. His skeleton is discovered many years later by Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
• Wang Daoqian was an official in the Ministry of War. He was killed by Qiu Chuji after the latter discovered his attempt to trade secrets with Wanyan Honglie.
• Jiang Wen is the magistrate of Xiushui County.
• Shi Miyuan
• Ge Yuncong is the prefect of Jiaxing.
• Han Tuozhou

  Xianxia Sect

• Reverend Kumu is the abbot of Yunqi Monastery and a member of the Xianxia Sect. He is Duan Tiande's uncle and Lu Guanying's martial arts master. Duan lies to him that Qiu Chuji is a murderous villain after his life. Kumu believes his nephew and enlists the help of the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" to fight Qiu, resulting in a big misunderstanding.
• Reverend Jiaomu died incidentally during a fight between Qiu Chuji and the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan".

  Others

• Ala ad-Din Muhammad II is the ruler of the Khwarezm Empire. He dies of pleurisy after his empire falls to the Mongols.
• Tang Zude
• Jiang Yuncong