Hong Lu-Heishou Affair

Appearance: Hong Lu is of average height and build, with a pale complexion and raven black hair. His hair is very long, and tied into a high ponytail with a cyan hair tie, which he wears in most of his Identities. Notably, he has heterochromia: his right eye is black, and his left eye is a bright cyan. He wears an intricate black hanfu with red ornaments as a trim, with a red striped pattern down the front left section, beneath the woven rope acting as a sash. He wears a long coat as his uppermost layer, draping to the ground, overtop which is a red scarf with a snakeskin pattern. Beneath his robes, he wears a matching pair of pants and dark boots, which feature thick red laces fastened into a ribbon, his jade eye is covered with a blood red bandage, it was because his family used to use it as a camera so they could watch the suffering of the outside world from his eye for their amusment, the eye also dampens his emtions keeping him calm and docile

In combat, he wields a long staff that is decorated in talismans, with another layer of brown wrappings underneath.

Personality: Hong Lu is an exceptionally curious person with a rather ditzy demeanor and friendly attitude. He exhibits a potent, almost childlike indiscriminate curiosity and wonder, to the point of baffling the people around him. he has also lived a pretty sheltered life, a closer inspection into Hong Lu's life will reveal that he grew up in a difficult family full of danger, betrayal, and lofty expectations. Hong Lu speaks casually of attempted murder and abuse against him in a similar way to how he approaches the hardships of the City, almost as if it has nothing to do with him. He has a tendency to give off the impression that he doesn't have particularly strong feelings about anything, regardless of the severity of the topic. While sometimes jarring, this trait primarily serves to make Hong Lu come off as amusingly easygoing and absentminded.

Hong Lu also appears to lack inherent social tact, leading to excessively oblivious statements and questions when something inevitably catches his eye. While this does earn him some disapproval, he does not grow angry or depressed when others give him a difficult time. Hong Lu will either playfully disregard words of scorn, or is altogether too oblivious to be hurt by them, at least outwardly. Although some matters may lead to him growing more obedient or solemn, Hong Lu will consistently let anything and everything slide right off of his back without complaint or meaningful retort. This lends to the impression that Hong Lu is denying himself the chance to experience his true feelings, which is later shown to be the case. He can be strict firm and stern at times since he is the lord of hongyuan

Hong lu servant Xiren: Xiren is a woman with brown hair, with bangs parted down the center and hair tied into two small buns on the back of her head. She wears a gray hanfu with white sleeves, and dark red accents along the hems and center, beneath a similarly red sash. While her left arm is typical, her right arm has a green, plant-like, appearance, and her feet have been reshaped into hooves.

Hong Lu's trusted maidservant and caretaker through his childhood, Xiren always had a calm and collected personality, being always mindful of her young master's feelings. Xiren cared deeply for Hong Lu, and always attempted to shield him as best as she could from the cruel realities of Daguanyuan. Growing up, Hong Lu admired Xiren for her intelligence, as she seemed to always have an answer to everything; Jia Mu similarly comments on it after Xiren's attempt to discuss what she had been doing to her grandchild. Jia Mu also points out her naivety for not knowing her place, and believing she would be able to protect Hong Lu.