Aunt Wu's
The staff of a new dim sum restaurant in the valley, they take in a severely wounded Tai Lung and secretly nurse him back to health.
Wu Lien
Dalang
- Chef of Iron
- Family Eye Resemblance: Has his mother's eyes.
Yu Su Lin
Mei Xing
The Jiao Clan
A clan of Amur tigers and Dalang's birth family who have terrorized the empire for years, and now have their eyes set on the Valley of Peace.
Jiao Shen
- Abusive Parent: Turned his sons, whom he saw nothing more than valued soldiers in his army, into ruthless killers.
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His late wife Ming Hua.
- The Patriarch
Jiao Shang
- The Berserker: The Dragon Rage.
- Big Brother Instinct: Toward Dalang .
- The Casanova: Has at least twenty children scattered around the empire, including Hu Quon.
- Family Eye Resemblance: Has his mother's eyes.
- Token Good Teammate
Jiao Xiang
- The Berserker: Thanks to Koshchei, he started drinking, then using drugs.
- Cool Big Bro: According to Dalang, Xiang used to be this until Koshchei turned him into a drug addict.
Jiao Huang
- Beard of Evil: Sports a goatee.
- Eyepatch of Power
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Has a vial of his own poison smashed in his face.
- Master Poisoner
- Would Hurt a Child: Threatens a baby rabbit in front of the Valley to announce his family's impending invasion.
Jiao Feng
- Outliving One's Offspring: According to "The Present Shuffles", Feng had sired a child with his lover. He had planned to do the honorable thing by marrying her, but the pregnant girl committed suicide out of fear of shaming her parents.
- Poisoned Weapons: Uses some of Huang's poison on his arrows after Huang's death.
Jiao Chang and Jiao Ang
- Trickster Twins: According to Dalang's recollections of them.
- Posthumous Character: Killed by the Valley guards offscreen.
Ming Hua
Others
Sonam
- Black Cloak: As part of his assassin disguise.
- Eyepatch of Power: One of the many scars he has includes a missing eye.
- Papa Wolf: Nearly died getting his son to safety from the Jiao.
- Scars Are Forever: Jiao Shen sure did a number on him.
Nima
- Combat Hand Fan: Just like her mentor, Aunt Wu.
- Panthera Awesome
- Posthumous Character: Died when Tai Lung was a baby, but continues to watch out for him as a spirit.
From the sequel
Asmodei Koshchei
- Panthera Awesome: An Amur leopard
Lang
The Half Dozen
Six wolves who join Koshchei after he kills their previous employer.- Genius Bruiser: Tan Lan is apparently pretty good at using math for combat purposes.
Captain Zang Deshi
Cadet Hu Quon
- Meaningful Name: Hu means "tiger" in Mandarin.
- Tell Me About My Father: He is Jiao Shang's illegitimate son.
The Wu Sisters
Captain Altai
Master Sun Bear
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Dies taking down a regiment of soldiers to protect Tai Lung.
- Old Master: Over a thousand years old, abbot of the Phoenix Temple and can kick anyone's ass, any time.
- Really 700 Years Old: Drank from a spring of "longer-lasting life" - he may be old, but he's still mortal.
Little Brother
- The Silent Bob: The death of his family traumatized him so much he refuses to speak and only uses pantomime.