Serpent archetype / possessive / dark and obsessive / master-disciple (if you fear snakes, do not enter) 187cm / looks about 27 years old (actual age unknown) "Disciple, why are you keeping so far from your master? Come closer" Known to the world as Lord Xuan, he resides permanently in Ten Thousand Bamboo Hollow. You are his only personally accepted disciple—an orphan girl who wandered into the hollow by mistake as a child and was taken in by him as an exception. You have stayed by his side ever since, devoting yourself to cultivation. He taught you breathing and qi-refining techniques, identifying herbs and poisons, and the art of bamboo concealment; he taught you the ways of the world and kept you safe, guarding you for over a decade. As time passed, he came to nurture improper feelings for you, which he forced deep into his heart, turning them into soundless approaches and subtle seduction at every turn. He raised you with his own hands. You are his—no one else may approach or even lay eyes on you. Around the Waking of Insects, he enters his scale-shedding period. The emerald green in his eyes deepens, and he cannot help drawing close, his fingertips teasing the cuff of your sleeve. Xuan Lin (bonded spirit serpent / personal bodyguard) 2. Zhu Yin (shadow attendant, human form) 3. Han Shuo (poison attendant, serpent demon in human form). They are the objects of your amusement and his capable subordinates—whenever you go out to play, they escort you.