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Player Info

⬢ Name: Yana
⬢ Over 18? yes
⬢ Contact PM/@vinea.plurk
⬢ Characters Currently In Game: N/A

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Character Info

⬢ Name: Yan Qing 燕青
⬢ Canon: Fate/Grand Order
⬢ Canon Point: before Lostbelt 5, Atlantis/Olympus

⬢ History: The basics are in his profile in the Fate/Grand Order materials, so you can skip most of this and read the last paragraph for the game-relevant parts.

Yan Qing is from the classic Chinese novel Water Margin (a.k.a. Suikoden), a picaresque novel about the outlaws of Liangshan Marsh. Each of these outlaws were the 108 Stars of Destiny: demons reincarnated as humans to find redemption and glory as heroes of Song dynasty China, a land with corruption found at every turn.

One of these outlaws was Yan Qing, the Skillful Star. He was a young orphan taken in by the rich and influential Lu Junyi, who he came to serve under. It was Lu Junyi who paid a tattooist to decorate his skin at an early age. As Lu Junyi's servant, Yan Qing grew up a handsome, witty and charismatic jack-of-all-trades. He was good at anything you could think of, but he was most known for his talents in martial arts, music, and persuasion.

However, Lu Junyi's naivete and refusal to listen to Yan Qing's advice eventually led to their joining the outlaws of Mt. Liang. When Lu Junyi was tricked by the bandits and persuaded to go to Mt. Liang, Yan Qing was thrown out of the house by Lu Junyi's other servant Li Gu, who was having an affair with his master's wife. When Yan Qing informed Lu Junyi of this upon his return, Yan Qing earned the ire of his master and was cast aside. Despite this, the loyal Yan Qing saved his master, who was accused by his wife of a crime he did not commit, and killed his would-be executioners. Branded as criminals, both master and servant had no choice but to join the Liangshan outlaws in the mountains. Lu Junyi was made second-in-command, while Yan Qing was ranked 36th of the 108 Stars.

Yan Qing was an active participant during his time with the outlaws of Mt. Liang, accompanying their leader Song Jiang and their companions on many missions as a scout, messenger and spy. He is often joined by his friend Li Kui, who is his opposite in every way, disguising themselves to help others. Yan Qing's notable feats include winning against a giant in a wrestling match, never missing a mark with his triple-arrowed crossbow, and persuading the courtesan Li Shishi to help him ask the emperor to give the outlaws amnesty.

The outlaws became a special of the emperor's and were sent on missions to defeat invaders and rebels that threatened China. However, trouble was brewing at the capital. Corrupt officials such as their longtime enemy Gao Qiu were plotting to take revenge against the Liangshan outlaws. After the outlaws' successful campaign against the rebel Fang La, Yan Qing foresaw this and tearfully begged his former master Lu Junyi to run away with him. Ignoring Yan Qing’s words once more, Lu Junyi eventually died at the hands of Gao Qiu.

Yan Qing successfully slipped away from the bandits before they reached the capital. No one knows what happened to him after that. Despite the many chapters dedicated to his character, no one ever knew what he truly wanted.

In the Shinjuku singularity, Yan Qing was one of the Servants summoned by Baal and the Archer of Shinjuku, James Moriarty, to aid him in his quest to fight against his meta narrative and successfully destroy the world (for once!). However, a fictional character like Yan Qing can't be summoned normally. Thus, he was fused with the doppelganger, a phantom that eats at his identity, which put him at odds with Moriarty. Yan Qing was the unpredictable leader of a militant group called the Hornets who amassed wealth and power by subjugating the people of lawless Shinjuku with fear and violence. He transformed into Hassan of the Cursed Arm to kill the protagonist, Ritsuka Fujimaru, but ended up kidnapping them on a whim. He was an obstacle to Ritsuka but his plans were ultimately stopped with the help of Saber Alter, Jeanne Alter, Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty (it's complicated).

As Ritsuka's Servant in Chaldea, Yan Qing is a good-humored and loyal servant who does his best to earn his master's trust and his place in the organization.

A summary of his interlude, which is like a side story focused on him! It's in English on Youtube, if you want to make sure of the details here. I'm just lazy.

⬢ Personality:

Attentive, reliable, talented, and charming to boot — Yan Qing is everything you'd want in a servant. The protagonist sees him as someone they can trust despite his looks. Or maybe... it's because of his looks!? (No.) But he's only a servant because it was his lot in life, and pushed to a life of crime by circumstance. If he had to be anything else, be it hero or villain, he would choose to be free like the wind. Yan Qing is quick-witted, often using words to weasel out of difficult situations. Like a chameleon, he can adapt to any situation at the drop of a hat. Whatever life throws at him, he is optimistic at best...

...and blithe at worst. Others might think that Yan Qing is too carefree but Moriarty observes that his fun, devil-may-care nature is how he does away with his tragic past. Believing kindness to be a weakness, Yan Qing’s selfishness is a learned behavior. He's been burned many times and has since then fended for himself. Whatever damage he causes is only incidental. Choosing freedom and self-preservation above all else, he doesn't care about anything that doesn't immediately concern him or the people important to him. If he is to have a master, he would rather have a good one who will listen to him. And if they aren't, he'll just have to turn them into the kind of master he likes. Now that he's been summoned into the world, he wants to do things for himself and would do anything to achieve them, even if it means he has to lie, steal and cheat.

Yan Qing is an outlaw, after all, and his type can't be trusted. He amicably warns his Master not to get too close to him, but he soon warms up to them as he honors and deeply appreciates the trust placed in him, who was once doubted and abandoned. That is because he is always, always seeking recognition and approval. He works really hard for it, too! He was rarely ever praised when he was alive, so he's the type to shower himself in compliments to the point of obnoxiousness. But what can be mistaken for arrogance is only a cover. In truth, Yan Qing is ashamed of his past. His lot in life was that of an orphan, a servant, and an outlaw. Trust was something rare for him to give and receive. While he was aware of his competence, his sense of self-worth left much to be desired, especially after his master sacrificed himself for the greater good.

Yet he sees the moment he left Lu Junyi as a betrayal. Despite Lu Junyi's incompetence, Yan Qing didn't really hate his former master. He idolized him, killed for him, and even wished he could exact revenge on his master's murderers. One of his greatest regrets is his master's death. He believes he should have stopped his master even if it meant he had to kill him, as that would have been the more honorable action to take. This is nature as a Star of Destiny, hungry for praise and glory — achievements that he can truly be proud of.

Other Heroic Spirits from legends of old like King Arthur and Medusa were said to truly exist in their time. But as with Heroic Spirits like Holmes and Moriarty, Yan Qing is aware that he only exists in books. Knowing this, he wants to change his narrative and be remembered for something great. He would rather die than lose. Unfortunately, the Doppelganger he's fused with constantly seeks other heroes worthy of becoming, placing it at odds with Yan Qing's desire for his own glory and identity, especially during the events of the Shinjuku singularity.

However, the version Ritsuka summons to Chaldea after that gets along with the insecure and repentant Doppelganger within him. Yan Qing is willing to share his body and identity with it so that it can become a great ruffian who fights for the sake of justice, just like him! Even if Yan Qing doesn't truly think much of himself. If Ritsuka trusts him and believes in him to be good, he thinks he can do anything.

Yan Qing is a man of instinct, driven by his innate desire to do what is right no matter the consequences. He is a dangerous and unpredictable storm, as what does is not always good. More often than not, he is self-serving unless it comes to the needs of his master, and self-destructive when he is consumed by his emotions. He will not hesitate to kill when it serves him purpose; his hands might move before he is even aware of them. Nevertheless, he lives by his own personal code and he'll be damned if he breaks it.

⬢ Powers: Here! Let me know if you want a more mobile-friendly version. What's really important (aside from the Servant and contract stuff) is that he has an ability that lets him turn into other people as well as use their powers or assimilate their memories. By default, I will not have him use their powers or assimilate memories unless I have player permission.

He will also try very hard not to destroy the library! Books are his family. But his strength will be nerfed as needed, too.

⬢ Inventory: Just the clothes on his back and a couple vials of mystic spinal fluid. It gives humans the ability to use magic for a short period of time. Feel free to nerf this or take it away as needed?! I am cool with it.

⬢ Sample 1: [Link]
⬢ Sample 2: [Link]