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* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Vibiana learns that her father was a supporter of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the rebellion was crushed, [[ShellShockedVeteran he struggled to readjust to civilian life]] and eventually committed suicide.]]
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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The girl on the train. [[spoiler:She comes back after Bao let her go and avenges her brother by murdering Bao's. This convinces Bao that sparing his enemies is "weakness."]]
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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The girl on the train. [[spoiler:She comes back after Bao let her go and avenges her brother father by murdering Bao's.Bao's brother. This convinces Bao that sparing his enemies is "weakness."]]
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* EyesDoNotBelongThere: In Vibiana's last vision, the wounds on Jesus' palms open to reveal eyes.
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* GoodShepherd: Father Bey is a realistic example. He genuinely means well, unlike many of the other Westerners, and he is both brave and peaceful in the defense of his faithful, but he is also capable of being harsh, judgmental, condescending, and ignorant.
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* GoodShepherd: Father Bey is a realistic downplayed example. He genuinely means well, unlike many of the other Westerners, and he is both brave and peaceful in the defense of his faithful, but he is a realistically complex person who is also capable of being harsh, judgmental, condescending, and ignorant.
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* MonkeyKingLite: Chao Sun-sun's Opera God form is the Monkey King Sun Wu-kong himself (which is reflected in the different head shape he and his father, the Constable, are drawn with compared with the other characters). Unlike the original, he has an equal (and perhaps even inferior) martial skill as his fellow gods [[spoiler:and is likewise as mortal as the rest of them]].
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* MonkeyKingLite: Chao Sun-sun's Opera God form is the Monkey King Sun Wu-kong himself (which is reflected in the different head shape he and his father, the Constable, are drawn with compared with the other characters). Unlike the original, he has an equal (and perhaps even inferior) martial skill as to his fellow gods with none of the Monkey King's famous powers [[spoiler:and is likewise as mortal as the rest of them]].
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* TheQuisling: Lu Pai the Imperial Magistrate. First appearing as an Imperial servent who is perfectly willing to kill the Boxers at the behest of the Europeans, he [[DirtyCoward begs for mercy]] when defeated and wins it by demonizing all of the Society's enemies. Bao finds his tall tales of his former bosses' various evils (obviously false as they may be) to be useful in riling up supporters and convincing them to perform increasingly heinous acts.
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** Vibiana starts out as a self-professed devil but slowly becomes this. [[spoiler:At the moment of her death, she sees a vision of Jesus (illustrated in a similar style to Guan Yin in the companion book) instructing her to be mindful of others as he has been mindful of her, and decides to tell Bao how to pray before he kills her. While this act seems senseless even to her, this act of sacrificial and peaceful love for an enemy saves Bao's lifesome time later.]]
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** Vibiana starts out as a self-professed devil but slowly becomes this. [[spoiler:At the moment of her death, she sees a vision of Jesus (illustrated in a similar style to Guan Yin in the companion book) instructing her to be mindful of others as he has been mindful of her, and decides to tell Bao how to pray before he kills her. While this act seems senseless even to her, this act of sacrificial and peaceful love for an enemy saves Bao's lifesome life some time later.]]
