Line #94 Characters/ThunderboltFantasyTheSwordOfLifeAndDeath


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7	'''WARNING:''' [-'''Beside the film, additional spoilers from ''The Episode of Sha Wu Sheng'' novel will also be present, please beware if you’re not caught up with the novel. Various tropes here contains major plot spoilers!''' If you are also planning to watch the film, we strongly urge you to refrain from lifting spoiler tags.-]
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12	[[header: ''The Episode of Sha Wu Sheng'']]
13	[[folder:Sha Wu Sheng]]
14	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/02_8.jpg]]
15	->'''Name:''' 殺無生 ''Shā Wú Shēng'' (ZH) / ''Setsu Mu Shou'' (JA) / [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Eradicator of Life]] (EN)
16	->'''Title:''' 鳴鳳決殺 ''Míng Fèng Jué Shā'' (ZH) / ''Meihou Kessatsu'' (JA) / Screaming Phoenix Killer (EN)[[note]]This is Crunchyroll's translation. A direct translation would be "Screaming Phoenix Execution".[[/note]]
17	->'''Discipline / Position:''' [[DualWielding Dual Sword]] [[ProfessionalKiller Assassin]]
18	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JA)
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21	A professional assassin hired to ensure the safety of the notorious thief Lin Xue Ya.
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23	For more insight, see [[Characters/ThunderboltFantasySeason1 Sha Wu Sheng]].
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26	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:He thought entering the Sword Art Assembly would help redeem himself and reconcile his teacher, but it was all a trap set by Lin Xue Ya. This only makes his situation worse after Lin Xue Ya framed him for foul play and hiring the archer for injured/killed the other participants, no one will believe him anymore.]]
27	* AbusiveParents: His father wasn't intended to be one at the first place, but Sha Wu Sheng's birth pushed a downward domino effect so horrifically, he eventually became this way to Sha Wu Sheng.
28	* AccidentalMurder: He unintentionally killed [[spoiler:his former master, Tie Di Xian.]]
29	* AffectionateNickname: He calls Lin Xue Ya "Gale", shorthand for his art name "Enigmatic Gale". According to Lin Xue Ya, Sha Wu Sheng used to call him by "HeyYou" for about 3 years to reach this current state of name-calling.
30	* BodyguardingABadass: Sha Wu Sheng was on his 3rd year hired under Lin Xue Ya, and understood he is a notorious thief with a bad reputation. But he doesn't know Lin Xue Ya's true target is [[spoiler: Sha Wu Sheng himself, (and by extension,) Tie Di Xian.]]
31	* CoolMask: In the novel, Sha Wu Sheng recalled his wired mask was originally [[spoiler: a cast to set his entire fractured skull back into place to heal his injury caused by his birth father]]. Since he worn it since birth, this became his [[SecurityBlanket security item]]. As he healed, and grew out of it, he fashioned it into a facial accessory to wear everyday.
32	* DespairEventHorizon: The moment when Lin Xue Ya reveals his true intentions to him.
33	* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a scar on his left side of his forehead which he received when he was an infant after [[spoiler:his father tried to kill him.]] It is hardly noticeable since his bangs conceal it.
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35	* IJustWantToBeNormal: He doesn’t want to be feared or hated by anyone he encounters for working as an assassin. His inner monologue revealed he was sincere with the above intentions, and was conflicted on how to live with normal civilians peacefullly if he were to continue this type of career. So he’s shown to have thoughts of quitting on being an assassin to live a normal life, or at least, use his talents under a brighter light if this were to continue to damage people’s impression of him. [[spoiler: [[LackOfEmpathy And Lin Xue Ya took this chance away from him]].]]
36	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The reason why Sha Wu Sheng is talkative despite his cold demeanor was that he is a man who truly wanted to socialize with people. His anti-socialness was mainly the result from working as an assassin; as people were too afraid to befriend him, he himself became hesitant to open up his deeper feelings with others. Lin Xue Ya was the first person to approach him in a friendly matter.
37	* MeaningfulName: [[NamesToRunFromReallyFast As scary as his name implies on the outside]], the real horror was by how he got his name to begin with. [[spoiler: It turns out this name was given by his father as a curse (and note) begging Tie Di Xian to "slaughter his son" for him.]]
38	** His art name on the other hand, [[spoiler: was originally intended to be a name with the positive aspect of "[[MartialPacifist only ending someone's life when he has no other choice.]]" As "the phoenix rarely lets out his calls, it's only by when the phoenix performs a call that he makes an execution."]]
39	* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: His father attempted to kill him at his birth due to a lingering superstition, but failed. Therefore, his father left him at the doorstep of Tie Di Xian's mansion leaving a note to "ask him to kill off his son for him."]]
40	* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died while giving birth to him, while his father on the other hand, [[spoiler: attempted to [[OffingTheOffspring kill him]] due to superstition, but failed. Therefore, he]] left Sha Wu Sheng to Tie Di Xian.
41	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After Sha Wu Sheng is betrayed by Lin Xue Ya, while blinded by rage, he uncontrollably and brutally slaughters every officer from the Sword Art tournament who gets in the way of killing Lin Xue Ya. After he fails to kill Lin Xue Ya, he makes a vow to kill anyone who knows him.]]
42	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Honestly speaking, [[ChildrenAreInnocent he doesn't have an ounce of bad in him to begin with.]] It was entirely his midwives' ''and'' father's fault for being superstitious upon his birth; [[spoiler: where Sha Wu Sheng became the subject of suspicion for causing his mother to die upon his birth, leading to his midwives [[BlameGame killing each other to avoid fault]] of his mother's death, resulting in his father to abandon him out of [[DespairEventHorizon despair]]]].
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45	[[folder:Lin Xue Ya]]
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47	[-'''Important Note:''' Most of his characteristics are revealed in Season One, please list only the tropes fit for this part of the storyline.-]
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49	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/01_024.jpg]]
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51	->'''Name:''' 凜雪鴉 ''Lǐn Xuě Yā'' (ZH) / ''Rin Setsu A'' (JA) / Austere Snow Crow (EN)
52	->'''Title:''' 掠風竊塵 ''Lüè Fēng Qiè Chén'' (ZH) / ''Ryoufuu Setsujin'' (JA) / Enigmatic Gale (EN)[[note]]This is Crunchyroll's translation. A direct translation would be "Thief of the Wind Dust".[[/note]]
53	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeToriumi (JA)
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56	A beautiful, yet notorious phantom thief who hires Sha Wu Sheng as his personal body guard to protect himself against anyone who's out to hunt him.
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58	For more insight, see [[Characters/ThunderboltFantasyProtagonists his main character listing]].
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61	* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Because he spreads stories about the exploits of Shang Bu Huan; an officer of TheEmpire, a member of TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, and a FieryRedhead are now mobilizing to his location.
62	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He didn't have to ruin Sha Wu Sheng for him to have a HeelFaceTurn. But he did it anyways... because [[ItAmusedMe he loves tormenting people]].
63	** He also betrays Shang Bu Huan by spreading stories of him defeating the Xuan Gui Zong. Shang wants to remain hidden because he's being chased down by individuals who would steal the forbidden weapons he carries. However Lin ''wants'' him to encounter those pursuers. In short, he's stolen Shang's anonymity because [[ItAmusedMe it amuses him]].
64	* ForGreatJustice: He rationalizes all of the [[LackOfEmpathy actions]] he performs on his targets are karmic retributions for that person's misdeeds... or at least that's the statement he's sticking to when people call him out for being a {{Jerkass}}. There's a lot of GreyAndGrayMorality involved. [[CycleOfRevenge A whole lot]].
65	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: What he stole from Sha Wu Sheng [[spoiler:were the opportunities for [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]], reconciliation with his master, regaining his honor, living a life other than murderous bloodshed, and lastly, Sha Wu Sheng's trust in building a [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]] with a man named, "Ryou"]].
66	* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't care for HeelFaceTurn, nor redemption. All he desires is to witness people who've committed sins, [[GreyAndGrayMorality regardless of depth]], fall into despair. The reasons why someone commits the sin is irrelevant, and it's solely to serve his own [[ForGreatJustice sense of justice]].
67	* ManipulativeBastard: He excels at making others dance to the destiny he desires for them.
68	* ToxicFriendInfluence: While it's true Sha Wu Sheng made his choices, Lin Xue Ya set the stage and planted the seeds. Sha Wu Sheng ''trusted'' Lin Xue Ya, and that was his downfall. The greatest piece of evidence that could prove Sha Wu Sheng's innocence, the assassin's arrow, was removed by Lin Xue Ya. He also lied to Sha Wu Sheng that the tournament was still continuing and insinuated he may have told a few lies to everyone involved. [[spoiler:Plus he was the person who hired the assassin to begin with]].
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73	[[folder:Tie Di Xian]]
74	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04_31.jpg]]
75	->'''Name:''' 鐵笛仙 ''Tiě Dí Xiān'' (ZH) / ''Tekkisen'' (JA) / Iron Flute Hermit (EN)
76	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IsshinChiba (JA)
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79	The Sword Master [[spoiler: and foster father]] of Sha Wu Sheng.
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82	* AnimalMotifs: Dragons. He has a dragon design on his headgear.
83	* ArrogantKungfuGuy: He holds the title of "Sword Saint" for decades with zero defeats. It has gotten to the point were he's made the highest judge of the competition and only competes in the final and only ''if'' he deems the semi-finalist is even [[WorthyOpponent worthy of a fight against him.]]
84	* CallingYourAttacks: When performing a Finishing Move of his swordsmanship style.
85	** ''Black Sky Gem Clatter'' was used against [[spoiler:Sha Wu Sheng]].
86	** ''Song of the Mountain: Rhapsody of Blades'' was used against [[spoiler:Sha Wu Sheng]].
87	* DyingDeclarationOfHate: [[spoiler:Tie Di Xian's last words to Sha Wu Sheng before he dies.]]
88	-->[[spoiler:"I should have never taught you how to wield a sword. I should have waited for you to die! And if you refused to die... I should have killed you myself!"]]
89	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He was tragically killed by Sha Wu Sheng, who did ''not'' want to end his master's life; at the very least, not in the way how it played out.]]
90	* OneHeadTaller: Tie Di Xian by far, is the largest puppet of the entire ''TBF'' roster. Mainly to display his [[RankScalesWithAsskicking authority]] over Sha Wu Sheng.
91	* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: As to how he views his student, Sha Wu Sheng. [[spoiler: Unknowingly to Tie Di Xian, Sha Wu Sheng intended to to reconcile their relationship and his old ways of living, but Tie Di Xian wouldn't give him a chance to explain himself, ''nor'' listen to him.]]
92	* ShowyInvincibleHero: Continuing the ArrogantKungfuGuy above, he has ''zero defeats'' on record for as long as he attended the Sword Saint Competition. It got [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in story as in the competitors are only competing for "[[AlwaysSecondBest The Sword Noble]]" title rather than "Sword Saint."
93	%%* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Of Lin Xue Ya.]]
94	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: [[spoiler: "To become a true swordsman is to understand it's powers and set it's boundaries." This was the core lesson that he wanted Sha Wu Sheng to learn while he was growing up and learning from him. But Sha Wu Sheng's failure in understanding him, along with Tie Di Xian's own lack of sensibility towards Sha Wu Sheng's questioning was what drives their relationship apart. Lin Xue Ya [[UnwittingPawn made sure to make full usage of that point.]]]]
95	* WorfHadTheFlu: He lost the duel because [[spoiler:Shou Yun Xiao fired an arrow through his leg]] after executing his FinishingMove. It's also what finalized his belief that Sha Wu Sheng cheated the entire tournament.
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98	[[folder:Other Characters]]
99	!!Can Xiong
100	->'''Name:''' 殘凶 ''Cán Xiōng'' (ZH) / ''Zan Kyou'' (JA) / Vicious (EN)
101	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (JA)
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104	For more insight, see [[Characters/ThunderboltFantasySeason1 Can Xiong]].
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106	* DualWielding: According to him, he can wield two weapons just like Sha Wu Sheng.
107	* ImpaledPalm: Can Xiong's right hand was badly injured from one of [[spoiler: Shin Sen Shu's arrows.]]
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109	!!Shen Jian Shou--The Magnificent Archer
110	->'''Name:''' 神箭手 ''Shén Jiàn Shǒu'' (ZH) / ''Shin Sen Shu'' (JA) / Magnificent Archer (EN)
111	->'''Discipline / Position:''' Archer
112	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JA)
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114	For more insight, see [[spoiler:[[Characters/ThunderboltFantasySeason1 his listing under Shou Yun Xiao]].]]
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116	* CoolMask: He wears one to conceal his true identify at the Sword Art Assembly.
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120	[[header: ''The Episode of Shang Bu Huan'']]
121	[[folder:Shang Bu Huan's impostor]]
122	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/06_02_5.jpg]]
123	->'''Voiced by:''' Satoshi Tsuruoka (JA)
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126	A man pretending to be a legendary hero who's widely spread to be the person who took down the Xuan Gui Zong.
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128	* ArrogantKungfuGuy: Has laid the foundation of taking this kind of identity.
129	* FakeUltimateHero: He's nowhere near as awesome as he claims to be.
130	* HilarityEnsues: His whole entire bluff story. Let’s just leave it at that.
131	* NoNameGiven: He is nameless and never given an identify of his own, since the [[spoiler:Xuan Gui Zong took him in when he was an infant and trained him as a nameless {{Mook}}.]]
132	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He was a former member of the Xuan Gui Zong.]]
133	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The reason why he ran off from the [[spoiler:Xuan Gui Zong it's because he doesn't want to be killed for being weak.]] He did this again when he found out that the surviving members of the Xuan Gui Zong are close by at the tavern.
134	* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:With the remaining member of Xuan Gui Zong killed by the real Shang Bu Huan, he's the sole survivor left.]]
135	* StealingTheCredit: He didn't do any of the things he claims he did, and in fact is taking the credit of actions achieved by ''three'' men.
136	* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:After he left the Xuan Gui Zong a year ago, he kept his mask as a reminder that he was a nameless {{Mook}} in the past.]]
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140	[[folder:Shang Bu Huan]]
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142	[-'''Important Note:''' Most of his characteristics are revealed in Season One, please list only the tropes fit for this part of the storyline.-]
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144	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03_2.jpg]]
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146	->'''Name:''' 殤不患 ''Shāng Bù Huàn'' (ZH) / ''Shou Fu Kan'' (JA) / Unconcerned with Dying Young (EN)
147	->'''Title:''' 刃無鋒 ''Rèn Wú Fēng'' (ZH) / ''Jin Muhou'' (JA) / Edgeless Blade (EN)
148	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JA)
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151	A wondering swordsman who happens to stumble upon his impostor and sits to listen to his tale, with the man unaware that he is the real Shang Bu Huan.
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153	For more insight, see [[Characters/ThunderboltFantasyProtagonists his main character listing]].
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156	* ConfusionFu: Because he's a MultiMeleeMaster and will use an ImprovisedWeapon without pause, his opponents spend as much time trying to get near him as they do trying to hit him.
157	* CurbStompBattle: The remaining survivors of the Xuan Gui Zong realize he's a master of these. They try thinking outside the box and use creative traps to defeat him, but the results are still the same.
158	* DudeWheresMyRespect: Strongly averted. He doesn't care for renown or a title. He even lets his impostor keep being his impostor, then offers several words of advise to being successful at it. Being an unknown wander is enough for him.
159	** He tries to make his imposter give credit to Juan Can Yun being one of the heroes, but is repeatedly shot down for trying.
160	* HiddenInPlainSight: He's the person everyone is talking about and searching for.
161	* HourOfPower: The Xuan Gui Zong survivors have figured out Shang Bu Huan's use of qi without a metal sword tires him out very quickly. Unfortunately for them, he is keenly aware of this limitation and [[CurbStompBattle ends fights quickly]].
162	* ImprovisedWeapon: Shang Bu Huan can kill you with anything around him: dead wood, rocks, logs, vines, swords embedded in the ground, etc.
163	* SpitTake: Not hard to imagine his reaction when witnessing an imposer bluffing right in front of his face.
164	* VineTentacles: He's a MultiMeleeMaster, so it comes as no surprise when he picks up a vine and uses it in ways that would make a [[{{Franchise/Castlevania}} Belmont]] proud.
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168	!!Tavern Owner
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170	* AuthorAvatar: His face is a straight [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing 3D-printed]] copy of Director Jia-Shiang Wang, who was the director of ''[=TBF=]'' Season One. No wonder the details were so realistic.
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172	!!The Xuan Gui Zong
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174	* AvengingTheVillain: The surviving members of the Xuan Gui Zong want to kill Shang Bu Huan because they believe he was the one to kill Mie Tian Hai.
175	* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler: They are willing to drag Shang Bu Huan to hell with them after they learned a deadly technique from a demon that turns their blood into acid in close combat.]]
176	* TooDumbToLive: They could have lived a normal life without the influence of their former master, but instead they will rather waste their life on meaningless revenge against Shang Bu Huan even though they don't stand a chance against him.
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178	!!Qi Tian Di
179	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07_21.jpg]]
180	->'''Name:''' 棄天帝 ''Qì Tiān Dì'' (ZH) / ''Ki Ten Tei'' (JA) / Emperor of Relent (EN)
181	->'''Voiced by:''' Huei-Fung Huang (Min-Nan)
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184	* TheCameo: Qi Tian Di is originally from Pili's 2008-2009 TV series ''Pili Shen Zhou III: The Last Sin''.
185	* FallenAngel: [[spoiler: To summarize his role from his parent show, he's basically [[SatanicArchetype this]]. Take him as Pili Co.'s blend of "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]" and "[[Manga/SaintSeiya Gemini Saga]]" if you will.]]
186	* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Instead of Yao Tu Li, we were welcomed by this guy.]] The [[TargetAudience Taiwanese audience]] instantly recognized him and knew something was up.
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