Shang Liu

Shang Liu

**Shang Liu** is a character played by BaRKy.

## Description

A figure supposedly hailing from Shenzhen, China.

He has an spade tattoo under his left eye, a self-drawn fish on his neck, and is rarely ever seen without his signature circular glasses on, fully believing that they look cool. He wears prayer beads around his neck.

He has a thick east Chinese accent, yet claims to never hear it unless someone makes fun of him for it, in which case he may swear in Cantonese at them.

## Personality

Shang is a captivating mix of both complexity and simplicity, depending on what's at hand. He's got this funny way of being kind of into himself, but it's all in good fun. He's driven to make a lot of money really fast and doesn't mind taking risks to get there, though will still shy away from violence whenever possible. His humour shines through in everything, and he's like a quick-change artist when it comes to emotions – he can switch them up in a flash, even when things get tough. This skill helps him wriggle out of tight spots, even though his lack of seriousness lands him in hot water often.

Being friendly is Shang's default mode, though he's not a big fan of the police. Still, he's open to making friends with pretty much anyone who wants to connect. He wastes little time attempting to trust anyone, preferring to wing it and hope for the best, another trait of his that lands him in hot water fairly often.

Oddly enough, even though Shang is all about the money, he's got his own sort of honour code, even if it's a bit unconventional. Shang will rarely, if ever, resort to violence in any confrontation.

## History

Seemingly preferring to make up his history on the spot, Shang has thus far given a recorded twenty-seven different origin stories for his life whenever asked about it, stating that if his history was a test he'd prefer it to be multiple choice.

* Born to Atlantean mer-people, on an island comprised of wrecked ships. They were all beautiful, and, apparently, Swedish models that fell in love with him.
* Was created as a cyborg when scientists wanted to recreate Pacman in real life.
* Created when the US government mixed up a coyote's blood with South African boomslang venom, making him half Chinese, half coyote, half snake-venom.
* Was working on the docks in Shenzhen when he knocked his head and fell into a shipping container full of Nintendo's. For three months he survived purely by consuming the Nintendo game consoles and eventually woke up in America, claims to be at least 20% 'Nintendo'.
* Was the snake in the Garden of Eden but didn't like the taste of apples so he only took one bite (and Eve was a Swedish runway model and his girlfriend).
* Was a secret child of John Wayne and the 'lady from Grease'. His father wanted to name him 'Jong Wang' in honour of it but chose not to. This story makes no sense.

So far it's unclear if any of these are in anyway factual.

Shang is relatively secretive when it comes to his actual past. Nuggets of information have been revealed, but rarely have they been expanded on. Confirmed pieces of information include -

* It is heavily hinted that Shang's past work life has been that of a professional driver, most likely under dubious legality. On two separate occasions Shang has mentioned that he used to work as a 'transporter' and that he 'had to elude the twelve often', slang for police. He's also shown himself to be a capable getaway driver, having yet to be caught by police during a chase, usually resulting in him getting bored and turning himself in. - This is no longer the case as of 08/21, where Shang was finally apprehended in chase by Officer Riley Burton and four other police units.
* It's been hinted that Shang's mother is sick with some sort of cancer, hence why he commits the crimes he does. Mentioned once while speaking to Biggs, once when speaking to Burton in passing, and then finally when his notebook was seized by police. The notebook had many pages dedicated to his mother, her condition, and the cost of the medication. Also a small guide on using a coin attached to a string to use payphones for free.
* Hints have shown that Shang may not have left China willingly, but was coerced into doing so. The reasons for this are unclear.
* Shang has an uncle who owns a noodle shop in Little Seoul.