Guo Jing

==Summary==
Guo Jing (郭靖) is the main protagonist of the Hong Kong wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and a supporting character in the second part of the Condor Trilogy, "The Return of the Condor Heroes". His mother, who was still pregnant with him, fled to Mongolia to escape enemies that killed his father.
At the age of six, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan found him and taught him martial arts. He encountered Taoist Ma Yu who taught him internal power. At the age of 16, he returned to China. He would eventually learn more martial arts from Hong Qigong and Zhou Botong, and become one of the most powerful martial artists in China.
After marrying Huang Rong and conceiving 3 children, he ultimately perished at the defeat of Xiangyang, on January 31, 1273.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher after training with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan | At least | | At least | At least , likely far higher | At least , possibly 
Key: At the beginning of LotCH | After learning internal arts | After learning the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms | After learning Jiu Yin Zhen Jing | At the beginning of RotCH | North Hero
Name: Guo Jing, North Hero
Origin: The Condor Trilogy
Gender: Male
Age: In his 50s at the time of his death
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Archery, Weapon Mastery, Durability Negation with Pressure Points | Same as before, plus Chi Manipulation and Regeneration to an unknown degree (Can likely heal minor injuries with chi) | Same as before, plus Superhuman Physical Characteristics | Same as before, plus Regeneration (Mid-Low over-time. Healed from being stabbed by Yang Kong) | Same as before | Same as before
Attack Potency: Unknown (Killed Chen Xuanfeng, though it should be noted that he did it with an extremely sharp sword. Is an accomplished warrior at Mongolian wrestling), higher after training with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan (Should be capable of basic martial arts). Can negate durability with Pressure Points (Although he has not fully mastered it at this point) | At least Street level (Fought the 4 Ghosts of the Yellow River at once. Should be far superior to the likes of Yang Tiexin, who could one-shot regular soldiers). Can negate durability with Pressure Points and Chi Manipulation attacks. | Wall level (Can knock down trees with his palm strikes. Held his own against Mei Chaofeng, who could push her fingers into skulls). Can negate durability with Pressure Points and Chi Manipulation attacks. | At least Wall level (Grew immensely more powerful after learning the left-right technique, Big Dipper formation and Jiu Yin Zhen Jing. Was able to fight Huang Yaoshi, who could fight all seven of the Quanzhen at once, and Hong Qigong). Can negate durability with Pressure Points and Chi Manipulation attacks. | At least Wall level, likely far higher (Grew stronger than before. Now equally matched with the likes of Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng, who also grew stronger). Can negate durability with Pressure Points and Chi Manipulation attacks. | At least Small Building level+, possibly City Block level (Comparable to Yang Guo). Can negate durability with Pressure Points and Chi Manipulation attacks.
Speed: Unknown | Peak Human. Superhuman travel speed with his horse | Peak Human. Superhuman travel speed with his horse | Subsonic (Kept up with Huang Yaoshi, who was said to be a green blur when fighting). Superhuman travel speed with his horse | Superhuman travel speed (Superior to Golden Wheel Monk who could outrun a horse with Qing Gong) with Transonic combat speed and reactions (At least comparable to Huang Rong who reacted to sonic boom attacks). Superhuman travel speed with his horse | Supersonic+ (Comparable to Yang Guo who ran to the horizon in seconds. Comparable to Xiao Long Nu who broke the sound barrier). Superhuman travel speed with his horse, at least Hypersonic combat speed and Hypersonic+ reactions (Comparable to Yang Guo)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Athletic Human (Lifted Yang Kang off the ground) | At least Class 5 (Comparable to Mei Chaofeng who is far superior to Zhang Asheng who wrestled with oxen) | At least Class 5, likely higher | Class 50 (Fought Golden Wheel Monk with 70% of his chi, who was as strong as nine oxen) | At least Class 50
Striking Strength: Unknown, higher after training with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan | At least Street level | Wall level | At least Wall level | At least Wall level, likely far higher | At least Small Building level+, possibly City Block level
Durability: Unknown, higher after training with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan | At least Street level | Wall level | At least Wall level | At least Wall level, likely far higher | At least Small Building level+, possibly City Block level
Stamina: High
Range: Standard melee range, extended melee range with weapons
Standard Equipment: Short sword, bow and arrow
Intelligence: Below Average (Was said to be stupid), but is a skilled combatant and archer.
Weaknesses: Unknown
Notable Attacks/Techniques: 
*Archery: Guo Jing was among the finest archers in the Mongol Empire, trained by the greatest Mongolian archer of his era and military leader Jebe for over a decade. Guo Jing famously shot down two condors with a single arrow during his youth in Mongolia.
*Mongolian Wrestling: Guo Jing was an accomplished wrestler in the Mongolian style of wrestling, a style of combat that would later help him in battle. During a contest with Ouyang Ke, he managed to use Mongolian wrestling skills to propel himself back up when he and Ouyang Ke were both falling towards the ground (the first one who falls to the ground loses).
*The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan Martial Arts: Guo Jing's first taste of Chinese martial arts came from the The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan. These seven martial artists located Guo Jing at the age of six and trained him in their various martial arts because of a bet they had with Quanzhen Taoist Qiu Chuji where once Guo Jing turned eighteen years old, he would compete against Yang Kang, who would be trained by Quanzhen Taoist Qiu Chuji, to see who were the superior teachers. The Seven Freaks of Jiangnan weren't elite martial artists and their teachings confused Guo Jing due to the seven of them contradicting each others' teachings, but their early training provided Guo Jing good crash course on basic martial arts.
*Quanzhen Internal Arts: Quanzhen Sect elder Ma Yu, and later also Qiu Chuji and Wang Chuyi, each taught Guo Jing various aspects of the Quanzhen Sect's martial arts. However, they mainly taught the Quanzhen Internal Cultivation techniques, a superior form of internal cultivation due to its limitless growth. External arts weren't actually taught, but the external arts Guo Jing already possessed were greatly enhanced by his Quanzhen internal power base.
*18 Dragon Subduing Palms: The 18 Dragon Subduing Palms are one of the most famous, most powerful, and hardest Palm Arts in the Wulin one of the top level martial arts of the Beggars' Sect. The palms were taught to Guo Jing by one of the Five Greats North Beggar Hong Qigong. The 18 Dragon Subduing Palms became Guo Jing's most powerful skill and his default fighting technique. Guo Jing was able to knock down trees within a short period of time after learning this technique. He would later use the Jiu Yin theories to further improve on the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms, including creating more variations, thirteen different power levels, and adding softness to the palms styles.
*Vacant Fist: The Vacant Fist was taught to Guo Jing by his sworn brother Old Mischief Zhou Botong at Peach Blossom Island. Vacant Fist gave Guo Jing a soft style offensive skill to use, a vastly different style to the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms, one of the hardest style palms (before Guo Jing improved on the technique) in existence.
*Left/Right Technique: The Left/Right Technique was a skill taught by Zhou Botong who mastered fighting with himself with separate hands as if different martial artists when being shut in a cave for 15 years due to boredom. This technique allows the practitioner to use two different arts at the same time, enabling Guo Jing to simultaneously use a different martial art with each arm, often bewildering and overwhelming his enemies in the process. Guo Jing would often use the Left/Right Technique to use the 18 Dragon Subduing Palms and Vacant Fist at the same time. This combination allowed him to even last 300 stances with his teacher North Beggar Hong Qigong at the second Hua Shan Tournament.
*Jiu Yin Zhen Jing: The most coveted martial art of his era, Guo Jing would find the second volume when Mei Chaofeng dropped it. Not knowing what he had in his possession, Guo Jing would memorize both the first and second volume (minus sanskrit portion) at Peach Blossom Island when Old Mischief Zhou Botong, who had a copy of the first volume, tricked him into. Guo Jing would learn several of the arts in Jiu Yin from Zhou Botong during their time at Peach Blossom Island and later learn the sanskrit portion when the Monk Yi Deng translated it for him. The internal portions of Jiu Yin would greatly increase his power, bringing Guo Jing to a level not too far from the Greats by the second Huashan Tournament at around the age of 20. Guo Jing would continue to learn the Jiu Yin arts throughout The Legend of the Condor Heroes and is believed to have mastered them by the beginning of The Return of the Condor Heroes.
*Big Dipper Formation: Guo Jing learned one of Quanzhen's top arts, The Big Dipper Formation after witnessing the Seven Quanzhen Elders fight against Huang Yaoshi, by only looking at the stars. Guo Jing's ability to achieve this act however, was due to his knowledge of the Jiu Yin Zhen Jing, which shared many of the same ideas as Quanzhen martial arts. While the formation was intended for the Seven Quanzhen Elders to use together to counter powerful opponents such as Huang Yaoshi and Ouyang Feng, but Guo Jing was able to use it individually to fight off crowds of beggars during a misunderstanding.
*Peach Blossom Island Martial Arts: After his marriage to Huang Rong, Guo Jing also learned the martial arts of his father-in-law, East Heretic Huang Yaoshi. It is uncertain whether Guo Jing learned his father-in-law's complete set of martial arts, as Guo Jing was only shown to know Huang Yaoshi's finest art: the Divine Finger Flick.
*Shang Tian Ti mobility: Can leap up several feet in the air.
==Notable Matchups==
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