Luo Huánglóng

> "Hit people before they speak, makes them a lot easier to deal with."
>
> ~ Lucy expressing his impatience with people with a proud thumbs up.

**Luo** **Huánglóng**, preferring the name **Lucy**, is a main character, and a founding member of New Heart City's **I.M.P's**. Lucy is a practitioner of **Huánglóng Kung Fu**, with a strong distaste for people in positions of power over him. For that reason he sees his leader **Izaiah** as another obstacle getting in the way of his dreams. Lucy is out to create a world of absolute freedom, and is working tooth and nail to achieve this goal. Out of the group, Lucy is very clearly the older brother figure, keeping the I.M.P.S in line, but also helping and protecting them when he can.

## **Biography**

### Slum Life

Han lived a small section of his life in what most would consider just disgusting living conditions, surviving in cramped up alleyways with a multitude of other families at the same time, while being forced to beg and live off scraps of those who may have been passing by once every fortnight. His mother had died during his birth - not that uncommon in the area - leaving him to be left with only his father to take care of the poor new-born, and he certainly did his best. Han was showered by warmth and love in the presence of his father, but no matter how much love was poured into him, it wouldn’t change the reality of the filth they were forced into. The slums were like a warzone, survival of the fittest; everyone wanted their share of bread and dirty grapes, but there was never enough to go around. That’s where his first fight to live sparked. He would claw, scream, bite and spit to get any food he could, but he was weak. He couldn’t let his father take on the fighter mantle, he was already a husk of a man. All this fighting never amounted to anything but passing the time. That was until his ‘mother’ arrived. People on that day would’ve considered her a torch in a cave, a being that outshone every ounce of filth and grub, with everyone flocking to her like moths to a flame. But it was Han, he was the one picked by this angel descended from the skies. Without the energy to cry, Han and his father parted ways, leaving the slums now as Luo. While Han promised to return to save his father as soon as he could, Luo never saw that man again. With the department of family, came the loss of the love and warmth he felt in his life.

### A Lavish Life

Soon after departure, he was introduced to a new life of luxury, being taken into the Temple as the new son of the Huánglóng family. With this new life came an intense pressure, and intense training. Day and night he was trained in the art of Huánglóng Kung Fu (HKF). With a lack of family blood running through his veins, hope was low for the boy, expectations constantly piling onto him. But beyond these expectations lay a boy who was desperate to live, so he did. He did what he knew best and dug himself out of the murky expectations held by many, grasping at anything he could and tearing it apart to reach the high standards slammed down on him; but it was never enough to the one he wanted to impress most - mother. Mother stood stoic, a torch so distant that it seemed like but a flicker that he couldn’t fan. She was a watcher, an onlooker, no matter how many boards he shattered, no matter how many opponents he beat, the only result was deprivation of the love he so desired. An empty void was all he knew now, it was a strange realization that, the filth he lived in, no matter how pitiful he’d see it now, was something he craved so much. He wanted to feel cared for, loved, but the only parent to achieve those goals was a man who could barely feed himself. Who was that man anyway? A faceless figure Luo could no longer remember, a gentle breeze in a berating storm. It no longer mattered. All he knew now was the art of the fist, so he’d at least try to make his ‘parents’ proud. Years upon years passed, Luo now desperate to leave after being put under so much pressure for far too long, a desire he felt stronger than none other before this. Now, almost as if the stars aligned, a golden soul lit the temple in a brazen flame, panic throughout the temple ensuing as the whole temple began evacuating, while his family had left him there to die, a strange feeling of glee came over him, maybe this was what it was like to be free. Trapped, alone and surrounded by an ever burning flame, Luo was all alone, rubble crushing the air around the boy before everything suddenly stopped. At just 14, Luo had died; but Lucy came back.

### The First Gang

A great power pumped through his veins, his eyes reeling open as his muscles felt light, yet unbelievably tense. It was that moment that saved him, the fresh energy bellowing out of his body showed off his location to the people who started the flames in the first place, the group retrieving him and pulling him out of the mess, and ending up taking the boy under their wing out of pity and curiosity. [WIP]

### Departure

Two years later, his time with the gang had come to an unfortunate end. Although they gave him a remnant of that familial love he lost all those years ago, they had to part, he simply couldn’t stay much longer. While it was sad, he was placed into the care of ‘Scrapman Bose', an old chunk of a man who seemed relatively nice, however it was still against Lucy’s wishes. With a shameful goodbye, Lucy waved them off, staying with Bose, working and learning discipline for a multitude of months till he became acquainted with Izaiah. [WIP]

### TL:DR

Lucy lived in the slums with the name Han, and got taken away by his new mother Mei, and was dubbed Luo. He was trained furiously in the art of Huánglóng Kung Fu, until the temple was set ablaze by a gang, almost killing Luo. Luo awakened, which alerted the gang of his presence, causing them to take him under their wing. After two years Lucy had to leave and was given to 'Scrapman Bose', who also eventually chucked him to Izaiah, causing Lucy to join the I.M.P's.

## Personality

### Early-Mid Teenage Years

During his time at the temple, Luo developed a fondness for his position of power, viewing it as an escape from a harsh reality that went on behind closed doors. As a result, Luo found himself becoming a bit of a control freak, a way for him to take back the free-thinking he lost. Although he managed to escape from the burning temple, memories of a past life clung to him like glue, still etching its brand on the man he is today.

Throughout his life, Lucy had learned how to read people, it was all he could do back in the temple, watch and learn. Doing this allows him to get people to do what he wants, subtly adding in gestures or ideas that trigger people to act in a certain way all to help achieve his goal. He cannot help but see the world as a hierarchical structure, believing that now the top of the food chain - his parents - are gone, he is the one that rightfully deserves the throne. This causes him to inadvertently have a very fragile ego, putting his defences at an all time high when people question his ideas and beliefs, seeing it as a direct challenge to his position. And even when the other side is right, he’ll simply stonewall himself off as a way to try and ignore the distaste at failing while in his self imposed position of power.

Lucy's upbringing of combat and beatings instilled within him a strong belief that fists will always solve a problem faster, easier and better than words ever will. As a result, he is more than willing to fight off against any and every challenger placed in front of him; not only to ensure his place at the top of the chain, but also because since being a child, it has been ingrained that he is special, he is chosen. Despite obvious mismatches, he will go out of his way to confront opponents well out of his league, all because he can’t accept that he’s not as strong as he thinks he is.

## Powers and Abilities

### Huánglóng Kung Fu

Lucy has trained near all of his life in the art of Huánglóng Kung Fu, it being his primary way of combat. Lucy is incredibly proficient in this form of combat as a result of the 11 years of being taught directly, and the remaining 2 years after the temple accident having been self-taught. Even though he has no teacher currently, he still has books - while rather charred - that he held onto during the blaze, which he reads day in and day out in order to help keep up his training and allow him to teach himself the art of the Renjian Stance.

### Raw Karma

While Lucy hasn't awakened his Aspect yet, he has become mildly proficient in using Raw Karma Energy in tandem with his martial arts skills, allowing him to fight on par with those that do have an Aspect.

## Weaknesses

Lucy has no way of attacking people from long range, so he can only defend himself and try to get closer as he does. Otherwise he's pretty useless against sniper-style fighters.

Lucy has no Aspect, which means it's very hard to create surprise factor in battle as after fighting with Lucy long enough, it will become pretty clear that martial arts is all he has.