Wenren Yixuan

**Wenren Yixuan** *(Chinese: 闻人翊悬 Pinyin: Wénrén Yìxuán),* commonly referred to as "**Xuan**," is a human and member of the Wenren Clan of Fog Hill. He is the former Fire Envoy *(Chinese: 火行 Pinyin: Huǒxíng Lit: Fire Path)*, and the older brother of the current one Wenren Jingxuan. He is the Main Protagonist of Fog Hill of Five Elements, seeking to return the Qilin's son in exchange for his mother Lin and Shentu Ziye's sister, Shentu Yuanshu.

## Appearance

Xuan appears as a man in his early 20s with brown, shoulder-length hair and charcoal grey eyes. He has a large vertical scar over his left eye given to him in his bout with the Qilin.

In Season 1, in contrast to the rest of his clan, Xuan foregoes red clothing, wearing a loose-fitting black shirt with a gold trim with thin gold bands on the sleeves. His right arm was fully covered in a black sleeve with gold bands and he wore a black bracer embossed with gold plating on his left. His boots match his shirt including the gold trim around his knees, shins, and the blades of his feet. His pants are dark gray and tucked into his boots.  He wears a pale-yellow undershirt, and a gold belt where he keeps the five emblems where Huo Huan is summoned from.

Following his battle with Chen Shou, Xuan replaced his lost clothing. He now wears a black and red undershirt, an outer shirt with tan on the left side and inner sleeve with a wave pattern near the trim. His black sleeve is now replaced with a billowing tan one tucked into a new black, red, and gold bracer that he uses to carry Huo Huan's emblems. His belt is replaced with a new red, black, and gold one reminiscent of a coral snake.

## Personality

Xuan is a kind, and positive man exemplifying joy, ownership, and optimism. Compared to his fellow Envoys, he is far more mellow, and casual with his interactions with Zhang and Su Xiao'an showing his wit and playful side. However, he still takes his roles as an Envoy and a member of Wenren Clan seriously, showing a great level of responsibility, character, and familial devotion even as young boy.

While good-natured and caring, Xuan also negative aspects of desire and hatred. While born with unrivaled talent and power, he lacked understanding of his limits and control over his power. This led to several events fueled by his or others good intentions that nearly got him killed or worse, starting with his perilous journey to find Yanzi stones to help his brother Jingxuan, nearly killing Shentu Yuanshu and his mother Lin during a sealing effort, and then getting them captured when he recklessly opened the Shen Dun Shield to the Qilin’s realm to find a cure for Lin. Xuan’s self-hatred born from the latter events fueled his determination to seek the Qilin’s son and save Yuanshu and Lin, even while the likelihood of success was minimal.

Following his banishment and the subsequent three years of searching, Xuan’s recklessness subsided, and he matured into a more focused and pensive man. He also still carries on his duties as the former Fire Envoy, protecting humans whenever they’re attacked by Demons and fighting them without remorse or hesitation. However, his sense of self-ownership is still strong and now acts a source of desperation, causing his reckless nature to resurface. He also now adamantly refuses to let anyone solve his problems for him, especially returning the Qilin's son.

## Images

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## Plot

Xuan is first seen opening the Great Seal, which releases the Qilin. The two speak for a brief moment before Xuan attacks, but to no avail. He is quickly overwhelmed by the speed difference, and is sent flying by the Qilin's initial attack rush. Xuan then resorts to using 'Phoenix Burst' to increase his power, and begins to use the environment to attempt to land an attack but is easily pushed back once more. As Xuan and the Qilin clash, Shen Tu arrives and freezes the Xuan and the Qilin in place. The other elements then make themselves present, and Len notices the child of the Qilin leaving. Xuan then ignites once more, but is easily dispatched by the Qilin as it reverts to a more draconic form and kidnaps Yuan Shu and Lin. Shen Tu attempts to halt the Qilin, but his attacks are dispelled with one hand, and he is knocked back. The Qilin states that the Demon Realm is now in chaos, and that he will return both Lin and Yuan Shu if his Son is returned. Due to his recklessness Xuan is then stripped of his title as the firenvoy, and is replaced.

Wenren is later discovered by, Su Xiao An as he is bathing. Su Xiao An is startled by seeing someone down in the basin, and falls. As she falls, Wenren rescues his duck that is falling instead. As a show of goodwill, he offers to show Su Xiao An the way to Zhang the drunk, in order to pick up the pot she was sent to retrieve. It is then revealed that Xuan makes pots quite often. The two then depart back down the mountain, only to find the village under attack. After watching as two of the strongest fighters are dispatched, Xuan steps in and kills two of the bird demons before facing off with the third. Xuan begins his battle with the Peacock Demon, but is slowly overwhelmed. After a brief battle, Xuan ignites his flames and exchanges a few more blows before staggering the Peacock Demon. Using this to his advantage, Xuan lands a heavy blow and sends the Peacock Demon flying. The Peacock Demon then flees.

The Peacock Demon appears to the village survivors, planning on killing them. Xuan then appears, stopping the Peacock Demon and getting wounded in the process. The Peacock then uses his tail feathers to turn many of the villagers (those who used the Qilin baby's Panacea) into demons, causing them to go mad and kill others against their own will. As the Peacock Demon absorbs the essence of those who used the Panacea, and becomes the Beast of Wrath, a more humanoid appearance, Xuan prepares to engage in battle, donning a half mask and converting to a form reminiscent of the power he used against the Qilin. In their battle, the Beast of Wrath drags Xuan across a large wall at the top of a hill, before tossing him to the bottom.

The Beast of Wrath proceeds to attach his aura to Xuan in order to draw him back after each hit. Xuan grabs onto the Beast of Wrath, only for the demon to send him flying up the mountain with a charged attack. Xuan is revealed to be standing atop the mountain, relatively unharmed, however he appears to have ascended to an even more powerful form, with a flaming glowing aura. Xuan's strength and speed are enhanced massively, as he chases The Beast of Wrath around the battlefield, using flame whips to grab and kick him into a mountain. Xuan then uses those same whips to grab onto the falling mountain boulders and uses it to attack the Beast of Wrath. However, Wrath recovers, breaks free of the boulder and furiously charges at Xuan, with the latter in hot pursuit.

The battle escalates, with Xuan using the debris of the destroyed mountain to attack. Eventually, the Beast of Wrath uses all of his scattered feathers to create a massive drill-like attack. Xuan attempts to stop it, but fails. As the tip of the attack begins to cut into Xuan's throat, he reaches deep within his power and rips the attack in half. Xuan then approaches the Beast of Wrath, striking the demon in the chest and causing the latter's heart to combust. Xuan proceeds to strike down the Beast of Wrath with a mad barrage of blows before smashing the demon into the ground. As the dust settles, the Beast of Wrath is seen to have converted back into the Peacock Demon, becoming all white after the damage sustained in the battle. After speaking for a moment, the Peacock Demon sends out a feather that gains sentience.

It is after the battle that one of the Brothers arrives, only to spill his Panacea. Xuan picks up the strange pill and sniffs it, quickly realizing its source. Xuan discovers the Qilin's son in a cage crying, who was captured and used to make Panacea drugs. Xuan picks up the Qilin and prepares to leave, with the Peacock Demon saying that humans must atone for their sins. Meanwhile, the Peacock's sentient feather collects one of the Panacea pills, and tranforms into a bird, delivering the pill to the bowels of the earth, where the demons reside, to the Beast of Insanity, the supposed demon leader. The Bird tells Chi Shou (the Beast of Insanity) of Chen Shou's death, and that Xuan has the baby Qilin and is on his way to return it to Fog Hill mountain to it's father.

With the Panacea's power, Chi Shou breaks the seal holding the demons captive, and command 3 of their servant demons, Jiao Wei, Jue Ying, and Shan Zhu, to find Xuan, and retrieve the baby Qilin, so they can have enough power to slay the 5 elemental Envoys, and kill the humans. Meanwhile, the Elder brothers have the same plan, to find the baby Qilin. It is a battle of Greed, Desire, and hatred.

Xuan, along with the other five elemental Envoys (inclusing his younger brother, Jingxuan,) witness the breaking of the demon's seal, and watch as they realize the gravity of the situation. Xuan is the main cause of this chaos, so his main goal is to return the baby Qilin as soon as possible.

Thus leading into Chapter 2 of Fog Hill of the Five Elements.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Abilities:** As one of the Five Envoys and hailed as an exceptionally powerful fire-wielder, Xuan possesses speed, strength, endurance, and elemental control unrivaled by many of his clan members. Like the other Envoys, he possesses the ability to amplify his elemental and physical powers through Divine Manifestation, tapping into power that rivals and potentially exceeds even the most powerful of Demons.

**Red Flames** *(Chinese: 赤焰 Pinyin: Chìyàn):* One of the Wenren Clan’s elemental abilities with an emphasis on fluid and shapeless flames, and Xuan's specialty. Xuan possesses the ability to generate massive amounts fire and wield in a wide variety of ways, ranging from concentrated bursts of flames for propulsion or offense, to even as a semi-tangible substance as seen in his battle with Chen Shou.

* Huo Huan ribbon form
* Huo Huan ensnaring Shan Zhu
* Sword Form
* Cutting through Shan Zhu's crystal
* Xuan channeling flames through Huo Huan
1/5**Huo Huan** *(Chinese: 火浣 Pinyin: Huǒhuàn):* A powerful fire spirit that supports Xuan in the form of orange ribbons. During his journey to retrieve the Yianzi for his brother, Xuan faced Huo Huan and defeated him. Discovering that Xuan possessed the potential to be the Son of Yin and Yang, he professed his loyalty and transformed into his ribbon form for Xuan to use in battle. These bands carry several abilities for offense (cutting, burning, and ensnaring), and passive recovery (splinting bones and healing severed tendons). To use some of the abilities, Xuan will invoke the spirit by saying its name.

**Divine Manifestation** *(Chinese: 昭神 Pinyin: Zhāoshén):* A power shared amongst the Envoys, Xuan is able to enter into a powerful state that amplifies his abilities and grants him telekinesis. In this state, his skin turns black, while his sclera and irises turn yellow. Uniquely, his hair changes to look like orange flames rather than just change in color and flames flow from his shoulders.

**Yin-Yang State:** During his battle with Shan Zhu, Xuan gained the ability to tap into another transformation after seeing Jingxuan get severely injured. In this state, his skin turns black, with yellow energy flowing in subtle vein-like patterns across his body. His flaming hair is now a mixture of gold and purple, with the same flames flowing from his shoulders, while his sclera turn violet with his pupils now replaced by violet-and-orange ying-yang symbols. In this form, Xuan's power distorts the world around him into black and white and his flames turn gold and purple.

**Techniques**

* **Flame Beheader** *(Chinese: 火枭 Pinyin: Huǒ Xiāo)*: In his Yin-Yang State, Xuan strikes an opponent in the chest multiple times with one hand that has the index, middle finger, and thumb extended, leaving behind several golden imprints where he struck before a massive blast of purple and gold flames erupts from his hand. The flames are hot enough to melt mountains and disintegrate Shan Zhu's entire arm.

* **Flaming Dome** *(Chinese: 炎穹 Pinyin: Yán Qióng)*: In his Yin-Yang State, Xuan waves his hand in the air, summoning a massive collection of fire in the sky above his target. He then slams thrusts his hand down open-palm, channeling the flames to slam down as a massive column onto the target. Xuan used this technique to defeat Shan Zhu and decimated the mountain beneath the Demon in the process.

## Trivia

* The characters that make up Xuan's name:
	+ *Wén (闻):* Hear; smell; make known; news
	+ *Rén (人):* Man; people; mankind; someone else
		- These two characters together creates **Wénrén** *(闻人)* and translates to "**famous person**."
	+ *Yì (翊):* Assist; ready to fly; respect
	+ *Xuán (悬):* To hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation
* Xuan is the only character to never use honorifics, referring to his mother by her first name and never uses titles when talking to his elders.