Liu Feng

Liu Feng (`PRONOUNCED:`/ljuːˈfʌŋ/ lee-you FONG) was a human paladin and a member of the Heroes of the Night. She was portrayed by Punikon.

## Liu Feng

Liu Feng in action, wielding her Bounty Hunter's Mauler

## Description

### Appearance

Feng was a 6 feet tall, muscular human woman, with dark blue hair and olive skin. She wore casual, loose clothes, over which she wore plate armour when in battle. She wielded magical greatswords, of which she possessed several. In the final weeks of 1152 A.T., she cut her hair short, which was previously waist length, and grew to shoulder length over the next few months.

### Personality

Feng was direct, energetic, and optimistic. She did not overthink and spoke her mind, which could lead her to awkward situations. She was not very nuanced, often taking words at face value, which sometimes led to misunderstandings. She was not very good at being secretive, often blurting out information at the wrong place and time, oftentimes to the dismay of her fellow party members in the Heroes of the Night.

She cared greatly about her family and friends, often going above and beyond to protect and help them. For example, she sent her family large sums of money on a regular basis, which stemmed from her sense of responsibility to provide for her family, as well as ignorance to how much gold a family of her status would need to survive.

She was open-minded and supportive when it came to those she cared about, which could be seen in her willingness to assist in her friends' personal affairs, such as the mystery of Lillian's memory and the rescue of Corvus' sister Adila.

Feng's laid-back attitude made her not hold any grudges and forgive the mistakes of her friends and family easily, which also led to her getting blindsided to their flaws at times. She often jumped to their defence, without much thought of who was in the right or wrong. But this also had its limits, such as when Silver teleported her pet displacer beast Shifter into a group of enemies without telling Feng, thus putting Shifter in potential danger. This conflict was soon resolved with a quick talk however, in which Feng stated that she did not want Silver to do such a thing again.

While she came across as very masculine and blunt to strangers, she had a surprisingly soft and feminine side as well. She liked animals, most notably cats, and enjoyed getting her make-up done and dressing up in fancy clothes for the first time on the Day of Birds.

### Pets

Due to her love for animals, Feng adopted various pets throughout her time in the Heroes of the Night:

* **Miss Tabby**, a grey tabby cat, bought in Port Telluria;

* **Patches**, a black cat, bought in Port Telluria;

* **Shifter**, a female displacer beast, bought in Karador in the Feywild;

* **Blink**, a male blink dog, bought in Karador in the Feywild (in her family's possession);

* **Bud**, a sporeling, bought in Karador in the Feywild;

* **Robert**, a Sylweni parrot, bought in Port Telluria;

* **Montgomery**, a falcon, bought in Port Telluria.

## Biography

### Background

Feng was born in a small village called Taedmorden, which was located at the edge of the dukedom of Aynor, bordering Caldwen. Her parents Liu Zhen and Liu Mei lived a simple life, keeping themselves fed through their farm and Zhen's carpenter work. When Mei got pregnant, they hoped for a son to help them with their farmwork and chores. Despite being born a girl, Feng still tried her best to help her parents out wherever she could, be that on the farm, with house chores, or learning carpentry from her father. The heavy expectations her parents had for her made her step up and feel responsible from a young age, which carried on into adulthood. She tried her hardest to compensate and prove herself to her family and others that she was just as capable as any boy. Thus, she never allowed herself to act and express herself like the other girls in the village, wanting to be treated like a boy herself. This caused her to be more brazen, bold, and daring, but also brave, valiant, and heroic; traits that only blossomed when she left her village as an adult. Because she had to help her parents daily, she had little time to play and enjoy her childhood, causing her to have few friends as well.

When Feng was 5 years old, her parents had another child, a boy named Bai. Even though her parents were overjoyed at finally being blessed with a boy, Feng was already filling that role by the time Bai was able to walk. They lived a peaceful life together, until Feng left her home in her early twenties to travel and make a name for herself.

Shortly afterwards she ended up in Port Telluria and teamed up with Lillian, Silver, Corvus, Krevaz, and Alistair to form the Heroes of the Night.

## Character information

### Goals

Feng left her home village because of her wanderlust, but also to leave her mark on the world and to make her name known.

### Proficiencies

Athletics, Animal Handling, Survival, Persuasion

### Notable items

#### Magic items

* Shamebringer

* Bounty Hunter's Mauler (attuned)

* Javelin of Lightning

* Ring of Animal Friendship

* Ioun Stone of Leadership (attuned)

* Badge of the Watch (attuned)

* Plate armor (+2)

#### Mundane items

* Greatsword

* Gold Badge (Vanguard)

* 'Lillian Swears' shirt

* 'Girls Night's shirt

* Miss Tabby plush

* Raven Cane

### Abilities

#### Feats

* Slasher

* Great Weapon Master

#### Paladin abilities

As an Oath of Glory paladin, Feng could...

## Trivia

* Her name, 'Feng', was a traditionally male name, and was given to her by her parents because they wanted a son.

* Feng gave her blink dog Blink to her family as a guard dog, but also because she believed that blink dogs and displacer beasts do not get along.

* Feng's favorite animals were cats.

* Feng's kitten Patches, contrary to his name, had only black fur. She named him Patches because she thought it was funny.

* Feng used her Ring of Animal Friendship to talk to her cats and birds sometimes.

* Feng did not have the best luck when it came to summoned steeds, either because they didn't want to be here, or because she summoned them in inconvenient situations.

* Feng got easily influenced by her friends and family. For example, her mother's letters about sending more money made Feng believe they were desperate for more coin, even though her monetary support had elevated her family to the financial status of low nobility.

* Feng often checked for new mail from her family, even when it would have been physically impossible for a new letter to have arrived yet.

* Feng was very oblivious to other people's advances. For example, she was oblivious of both Mareena's and a dwarf's romantic advances towards her, and to the fact that Silver had a crush on her.

* Feng displayed a surprising bout of intelligence and insight at times. This was mostly done in a joking/'Out Of Context' manner, as it was often paired with metagame knowledge.

* Feng did not care much for her own birthday, and was prone to forgetting it.

* Feng had no qualms with murder if she believed it to be the right thing, which was seen in the short time she was deployed at the warfront, where she had no apprehension brutally killing enemy soldiers.