LEI, qiang

雷 強 Lei Qiang

19

Male

Chinese (Hong Kong)

Xing is 5'5", has brown hair, brown eyes and a well-built physique. In the real world, he looks like this.

The user will hold his weapon diagonally at his side, its tip pointed to the ground and its edge up. Once the target is close to striking distance, the weapon will have a faint white glow. The user will then slash twice at his target.

The user will duck and hold his fist to his side. Once the target is close to striking distance, his fist will have a faint blue glow. The user will then unleash an attack that has an extended range (+2 feet).

The Good:

• Brave
  
• Chivalrous
  
• Honest
  
• Just
  
• Righteous

The Bad:

• Moody
  
• Obstinate
  
• Over-analytical
  
• Ruthless
  
• Vengeful

Xing's interests include martial arts, particularly Taijiquan (t'aichi) which he uses with a jian (double-edged straight sword); motorcycle racing, especially road racing; and watching Chinese opera.

Born to American-born Chinese parents, Qiang led a healthy, happy life when he was a child. His father was a business man who was part of a prosperous medium-sized company. They relocated from California and settled in Macau so that the business could expand to the land of their ancestors. Qiang had everything that he needed and his modest parents did not spoil him. They taught him the value of thriftiness, of friendship, of kindness, and of protecting those who were weaker or less fortunate than him. He grew up in a household where women were notably physically weak, thus the men had to protect them; but the strength of a woman's heart was also pointed out to him, so he never thought of women as the weaker sex. As he grew up, he saw them as powerful allies who could turn the tide in a battle if provided the right conditions.

Qiang's teenage years were so different from his childhood days. A week after his fourteenth birthday, he came home from school and found that their house had been ransacked by a local gang; his parents, dead. But Qiang learned the strength of his mother's heart and inherited the strength of his father's body. With no relatives in Macau, Qiang ran away to Hong Kong and decided to take the direction of his life in his own hands. Soon, he found people who had the same ideals as him; ironically, they were members of a gang. It was not the same gang which killed his parents, but the irony was still there. Until the age of eighteen, he was a part of that gang and eventually, he was given power over a branch of their "family". On his nineteenth birthday, he was given a special gift by his boss: Sword Art Online. Having lost most of his teenage years to the violence of the streets, his boss thought that SAO would be a good pastime for the young man.

“ Hmf. “

Qiang merely grunted when he heard the announcement. He'd been circling the town for hours, not knowing what to do with the game, not knowing what MMORPGs even were. Out of courtesy, he dove into SAO which was a gift from his boss. He had no idea what to do and the announcement just made things worse. In real life, he wore a star which was the symbol of his father's company thus he took on the ingame name "Xing". But he felt anything but a star in SAO; he felt lost in the crowd. Even though it was just a computer game, he knew that his predicament was a test if he was worthy of his real name "Qiang" which meant "strength". He resolved that he would live up to his parents' teachings and expectations by remaining true to his principles, even in the game.