Xiao Qiao | Wu

Name: Xiao Qiao

Age: 19 (Born 179 AD)

Appearance: Xiao Qiao is a small and slender young woman, standing at 5’3”. She’s got beautiful, youthful facial features and bright gray eyes. Her hair is a light brown, and she prefers to wear it up in a high side ponytail. She can usually be seen in brightly colored clothes with long sleeves and short pants and short skirts, so her legs are free to move and run.

Personality: Xiao Qiao is a carefree, cheerful young woman who is more gutsy than her older sister, Da Qiao. She takes a straightforward approach in battle, but her lack of restraint often leads to trouble. She's vocal about her thoughts and opinions, often talking aloud to herself. Her blunt, childish behavior earns her sister's chiding. She’s especially close with her older sister, and sees Sun Ce, her sister’s husband, as well as Sun Quan, Sun Ce’s younger brother, as brothers. Xiao Qiao adores animals, especially pandas.

She adores her husband's attention and tries her hardest to impress him. She loves Zhou Yu dearly, and cares little for the attention of any other men. If anyone else flirts with her, she’ll dismiss them as a creep and say they’re not her type. She calls her husband "Lord Zhou Yu", but she additionally calls him all sorts of pet-names, such as “darling” and “dear”. Her favorite flowers are peach blossoms, and she’s fond of the colors pink and orange.

Despite her cheerful, carefree, and sometimes childish nature, she’s not an idiot-- she has an understanding of the severity of combat and war, and chooses to smile through it and cheer up the people around her in such grim circumstances. She tries hard to understand, study, and explore the world around her, despite being a bit sheltered by her husband and older sister. She cares little for the norms established for women at the time-- she wants to support her husband, and if that means getting into fights, she will. She’s friendly with Sun Shangxiang for that reason.

Xiao Qiao’s weapon of choice is a pair of iron fans-- they’re blunt, sturdy, and prettily decorated, just how she likes them. She fights using an acrobatic style that takes advantage of wind gusts. She dislikes being referred to as a “little girl” and will gladly try to beat up anyone who does, to prove herself.

Background: Xiaoqiao and her sister are from Wan County. They grew up with their loving father Qiao Xuan, and were widely known for their beauty, even from a young age. Xiao Qiao’s mother died early in her life. Determined to find themselves husbands that were worthy of their beauty and hearts, the two sisters learned to fight, as well as picking up the skills of music, dance, and poetry. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce eventually fought for their hands in marriage, winning by a narrow margin, and the sisters, impressed, agreed to marry them. Xiao Qiao married Zhou Yu when she was 18 and he was 22-- a young marriage, but one she has no problems with. She’s just happy to have a handsome husband who loves her.