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♡﹍ᵎ ᶠᴬᴺᵀᴬˢᵞ, ˢᵁᴾᴱᴿᴺᴬᵀᵁᴿᴬᴸ, ᴱᵀᶜ.

♡﹍ᵎ ᴰᴬᵀᴱ ˢᵀᴬᴿᵀᴱᴰ :   12 • 22 • 22

♡﹍ᵎ ᴰᴬᵀᴱ ᶠᴵᴺᴵˢᴴᴱᴰ :    12 • 28 • 22

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-ˋˏ ༻♡༺ ˎˊ-ㅤ

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...ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ...

无题 - 网剧《山河令》插曲

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                  ┊         ┊       ┊   ┊   ˚★⋆｡˚ ⋆

                  ┊         ┊       ┊   ⋆

                  ┊         ┊       ★⋆

                  ┊ ◦

                  ★⋆       ┊ . ˚.

                             ˚★

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字字凋零 东风也无力

❝ 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓯𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂; 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼.

一杯酒 邀明月 无双成影

𝓘𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓮, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻, 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓪 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔀.

痴言醉语 誓言怎可信

𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓾𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼,

𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓿𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝓫𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓭? ❞

# 22AOCC 1st Place

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           ┆ ─❏ ℑ𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

           ┆ ─❏ 𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 ℑ𝔫𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

            ┆ ─❏ 𝔄𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢

           ┆ ─❏ 𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶

           ┆ ─❏ 𝔅𝔦𝔬𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔥𝔶

           ┆ ─❏ ℭ𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔰  

            ╰˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚❀ ┄┄─┄ ° ﾟ ˖*ೃ . ⋆

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                  ┊         ┊       ┊   ┊   ˚★⋆｡˚ ⋆

                  ┊         ┊       ┊   ⋆

                  ┊         ┊       ★⋆ ↷ ⋯ ♡⌇ ˣᴵᴬᴼ ᵀᴬᴼᴴᵁᴬ ★ ↴

                  ┊ ◦.       ❝ 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓶 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂,

                   ★⋆      ┊ . ˚. 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓪𝓵𝓵.

                              ˚★. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱,

                           ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩ 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓸𝓵𝓭. ❞

         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊   𝕴𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓

        ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

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☪ . ˚

˚✩

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔯﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

There are themes present within this oc’s wiki, personality, and backstory that entail dark, depressing, and heavy subject matters. Much of what is covered in this wiki I have meticulously researched, thought out, wrote, to be as blunt or on the nose as possible. While much of it I have watered-down, the various mentioned themes are very clear.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔗𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

If any of the listed warnings may affect or harm you please do not read any further, thank you.

✦ Mentions of Self Harm

✦ Mentions of War & Famine

✦ Descriptions of Violence

✦ Mentions of Blood & Gore

✦ Descriptions of Body Horror

✦ Mentions of Self Sacrifice

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔗𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢𝔯 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

放不下所有的回憶都像 一場孤夢

❝ 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈,

  𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝒻,

  𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. ❞

Taohua awakes with a start. He’s been having nightmares again. The first rays of sun haven’t even begun to shine into the mouth of the cave. Well, not so much a cave, he recalls. He’s in an inn. Thin silk curtains hang from the eaves of the ceiling, framing the sides of the bed. He feels around beside him, in the mess of blankets, for his beloved. Finding nothing there, he frowns. His dearest is a man of few words, and of fewer actions. Taohua blows a small puff of air out of his mouth and smiles to himself. In the cold air his breath resembles smoke. He flings the blankets off himself and flings his legs off the side of the bed. His bare feet touch the cold stone floor, the shock sends him fleeing back into the safety of the warm covers.

The sound of an amused chuckle coaxes him out from under the blankets. He shifts into a half seated position. His limber legs are bent with one underneath him and the other stacked upon it. His dark hair is loose and spills over the juncture of his shoulder and the curve of his back. His lover stands in the doorframe with an almost awestruck look on his face. The awed expression melts into a playful and predatory gaze that is then fixed upon Taohua. The other male lets out a soft laugh before jumping onto the bed to pepper kisses upon his face. He pulls away from the kisses. He brings one of his hands up to hold the side of Taohua’s face. “What is my willowy blossom doing awake at this unforgiving hour?” he asks. His thumb glides against pale skin, soothing Taohua like he’s a skittish and small creature.

Taohua pulls away from the other male’s hold, averting his eyes from the understanding gaze of his beloved. “You don’t think I’m a spoiled whelp born from an even more spoiled bitch, do you?” he asks, his voice cracks at the end of his sentence. He blinks his dark eyes, tears have already begun to glimmer in his eyes. His lover has that fond, adoring, gentle smile on his face. The very smile that had convinced Taohua to let the man break down his walls in the first place. His lover tsks, “I wouldn’t know, some say I’m quite spoiled myself,” he replies. The other male brings his hand to Taohua’s forehead and lightly flicks. “But the past few months have shown me there is more to you than what other people think or say, Ah xue.”

Like all dreams, this one ends without cause or warning. He sits up from where he had been sleeping. Taohua glances to his side in the snow, touching his hand down into the flurries that have settled in the ground. A wail escapes his throat as he claws at the frozen ground. The tips of his fingers turn pink and red as the cold burns him. “No, no, no! Come back!” he cries helplessly. Taohua rocks back and forth, grasping his shoulders as hard as he possibly can. Once he manages to settle himself, he pulls himself up from the ground. He takes hold of one of the large exposed roots of the peach tree he’d fallen asleep under. He feels fatigued and unwell after crying so long. The cold air begins to lick at his tears, and Taohua is forced to wipe them away. He lets out a shaky breath, the cold clings to it like a ghost. “There’s more to me than others think,” he repeats with a soft nod.

“I’ll prove that everyday just for you, my dearest.”

         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊   𝕲𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓

        ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

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☪ . ˚

˚✩

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔑𝔞𝔪𝔢/𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

         ᵇⁱʳᵗʰ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ:

The name given to a child at birth. It’s used by family and significant others. Calling someone by their birth name if not close is considered rude. But, sometimes, it could also be used by incredibly close friends.

✦ 曉 雪 | Xiao Xue

✦ shi • ow | shweh

“ Snow of the dawn.”

         ᶜᵒᵘʳᵗᵉˢʸ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ:

A name given to someone once they reach adulthood. It’s used by general friends and strangers in place of their birth name.

✦ 曉 桃花 | Xiao Taohua

✦ shi • ow | tow • kwah

“ Peach blossoms of the dawn. “

The surname Xiao from the character 曉 (Xiao) means “Dawn; daybreak”. It was the given surname for most disciples and children of his House or Sect. They called themselves the People of the Sun. It was once said that an eclipse had covered the valley for days on end. It wasn’t until the founder of the clan prayed until he could no longer talk, that the moon finally released the sun from its kiss. His friends and family of that clan have long been lost to war, famine, and time. But, he keeps his surname in hopes that they are still with him, watching, and waiting for his eventual ascension to the next life. His parents surely are awaiting him at the river of forgetfulness, daring not to move on without one last goodbye.

His birth name is derived from the character Xue (雪) which means “Snow”. Although his memories of childhood are hard to grasp or recall, he re the story of his birth quite well. His father would boast of his bravery in faring the blistering cold winds, far from home and civilization, carrying his pregnant wife in his arms. How they found a rundown and broken shrine in the mountains to take shelter within. There would be a glimmer in his mothers eyes. She’d often start crying afterwards and holding her precious winter born child. He misses the feel of her warmth and arms embracing him.

His courtesy name which he earned, begrudgingly, around the time he was a preteen comes from the characters 桃 and 花. The first character, Tao (桃) means “Peach”. The second character, Hua (花) means “Flower; Blossom”. Once paired together, along with his surname, the characters form the meaning “Peach blossoms of the dawn”. When Taohua was a young man he never thought himself to posses a green thumb. More like, he absolutely did not have the ability to keep a single plant alive. Yet on one fateful day, his senior had given him a handful of peach seeds. They had told him that there were enough seeds to grow a small orchard. In this same span of time, many crops and vegetation alike began to die because of illness that affected only plants. Because of this, the valley was in danger of famine with winter fast approaching. Thinking nothing of it, Taohua decided to plant the seeds. To his surprise, and everyone else’s, the seeds sprouted.

Taohua didn’t know what to make of such a miracle, for he was still young and naive. He still believed wholeheartedly that it was his senior who had given him the peach seeds. He was even silly enough to believe that the trees would protect the valley from famine. The seeds began to grow at a rapid rate, it took the peach seeds less than a month to mature into fully sized peach trees. This puzzled the people of the valley. They began to worry that this blessing may be evil in disguise. On the cusp of the winter season, the trees began to flower. The chilling winds swept blossoms through the air of the valley. Many held onto the hope that the oncoming winter would stifle the growth of the mysterious peach trees. Those hopes were soon crushed when the trees began to bear fruit in the dead of winter. Soon after, tragedy struck. War had come into the once peaceful valley, taking everything it could with it, including the lives of the people.

         ᵃˡⁱᵃˢ:

✦ 苦難之花 | Kunan zhi hua

“ Blossoms of Tribulation “

Too young and too dumb to make a difference, Taohua only had one option: to run, hide, cower. It was at the time of this tragedy that Taohua earned his final name. The fear inducing moniker that he would forever be ed by, “Blossoms of Tribulation”. Taohua fled into the orchard he had planted. He was grievously wounded when he was spotted fleeing. Arrows pierced his flesh, one of which had struck right through him. The point of an arrow stuck out of his side, the body of it still inside his back. His legs could no longer carry him. He leaned against the exposed root of one of the peach trees. Taohua would never tell anyone this, but he had influenced the trees to grow quickly by offering his blood as nourishment. In his naivety he had begged the trees to grow big and strong so that he could protect his valley from famine. And he had promised that if he did not get his selfish wish, that the trees may devour him in one piece.

The chilling winds blew against the branches and flowers of the orchard. In the deafening silence there came the sounds of boots crunching through snow. Taohua huddled against the trunk of the peach tree, making himself as small as possible and shut his eyes. The wind picked up to a roar, flinging branches and swaying the entire orchard. Taohua could hear the sound of anguished screams and cries of the soldiers. He covered his ears, not wanting to hear anymore. A scream is ripped out of him when the root of the tree rips the arrow lodged in his side from his flesh. Replacing it with its roots and delving into the wound, siphoning the blood pouring out. Taohua faints.

When he awakes the next morning, the entire orchard is destroyed. The once proudly blooming trees are snagged, grey, and lifeless. The snow around the trees, himself, and the orchard are dyed crimson. In the gathering pools of blood beneath the trees are the mangled and shriveled bodies of the attacking soldiers. Taohua cannot bear to lay his eyes upon them. He finally manages to stand from where he’d been hiding. The roots of the tree had somehow caged him in while he slept. He finds that it takes very little force to break free. The root that had nestled in his side also breaks off with little force and crumbles to dust in his hand. His wound has all but vanished, leaving only a jagged and raised scar. Beside it he can see a faint outline of a peach blossom.

Taohua may not be smart, but he understands that he was given a chance to take revenge on behalf of his people.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔅𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢 & 𝔄𝔤𝔢 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ 12 • 25 • 192 BC || 2,213 yrs old

世事蹉跎 死生契阔 相见恨晚叹奈何

❝ 𝒜𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓈 𝓊𝓈 𝒷𝓎,

𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽,

𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓉 𝓈𝑜 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒. ❞

There are those who speak of immortality as a gift or blessing. Taohua had once thought the same, that is until he realized that immortality often came with loneliness. He had seen many friends and loved ones eventually depart to the afterlife. After some time it became unbearable to be aware of, so he stopped engaging with those of the mortal world.

While Taohua may be more than a handful of decades old, he still acts very much like the lithe young man he once was. His aging slowed down significantly around the time of his mid-twenties. He takes great pride in his appearance in his day to day life. With his now quadruple digit age he gained new wisdom, if he is to live forever, he should at least help others live to their fullest. He never lets himself forget to allow himself to have fun either.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 & 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Cis Male || He • Him

Taohua is and has always identified as male. He doesn’t recall having any thoughts or feelings of being any different. He prefers to be referred to by the pronouns he and him. Taohua is quite secure in his masculinity and identity. If others did call him by the incorrect pronouns he wouldn’t really care. He’s aware of how his slender frame and long hair make him appear otherwise to the poorly sighted. There are some points where he may decide to express himself as androgynous in his other forms, but make no mistake, at his core he will always be a man.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Peach Tree God - Calamity

The young man is not entirely sure of what he is. Given his immortality and immense power he feels that it’s safe to assume that he is a God. He has the ability to manipulate plants and the like, but most notably, he has the ability to manipulate peach trees. He can generate the limbs, seeds, blooms, and other such things of peach trees out of his body. While he has not tested his abilities further than necessary, he theorizes that he may also be able to manipulate the force of life as a whole.

In the winter months, regardless of where he may be, peach trees often grow, bloom, and fruit. This mysterious occurrence has become an omen of sorts. For wherever and whenever this phenomenon occurs, disaster and tragedy will soon occur. Wether the disaster is caused by Taohua or some other factor, no one can predict the outcomes for certain. The young man often uses his abilities to harm those that he believes to be evil-doers or worse.

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原来天地之大 俗尘渺渺 无我也无你

❝ 𝓘𝓽 𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓫𝓲𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾.

谁自由来去 嫁祸给宿命

𝓦𝓱𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓾𝓽𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓮?

原来梦境之小 岁月潇潇 迷失了自己

𝓘𝓽 𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓵, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘’𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯. ❞

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         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊    𝕬𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊

         ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╭ .˚ ༘ ℌ𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 & 𝔴𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ 6’ 1” || 167 lbs

Taohua is a tall, lean, and graceful man. Standing at an average 6’ 1”, he is usually described as towing above all others. While his height is not very impressive compared to most other’s, his beauty makes up for it. His body-type is what some would call a mesomorph. He has a medium frame, develops and keeps muscle definition quite easily, and is considered both strong and solid. He keeps an upright posture that exudes confidence and charisma.

╭ .˚ ༘ ℌ𝔞𝔦𝔯 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Tail-bone length, fine, raven black hair.

His black inkwell colored hair spills from the crown of his head, to his shoulders, and lower. Fine black locks spill into the small of his back and end at the tip of were his tailbone would be. He often wears his hair in various updos to keep it from interfering with his sight and daily tasks. His hair is sometimes more than he can put up with, he cannot bear to cut it, much less part with it. Although it is sometimes a thorn in his side to maintain, he takes great pride in it. The dark and silky locks are always soft to the touch. Try to take hold of it or lay your hands on it, you may end up losing your arm as a whole.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔈𝔶𝔢𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Dark brown, hooded, almond shaped eyes.

He has had a lifelong habit of using his eyes to communicate. He has bright and expressive hooded eyes. His eyes are a deep rich dark brown, which makes them almost black in color in certain types of light. The lid and crease are not too visible when his eyes are open. All the more to convey his intense emotions with. Within them the glimmer of mischief, malicious intent, or calculation is very hard to miss.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔖𝔨𝔦𝔫 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Pale, porcelain, almost alabaster.

Taohua has skin as bright as winter, much like the cold season he detests and is so fond of. In contrast to his moon-like complexion he has a killer pout that is tinted in a similar shade to the peach blossoms that appear whenever he is around. His skin has a peach or rosy undertone that shows through when the winter air kisses his flesh, or when he drinks, and when he is flustered and shy. Aside from the few scars that litter his body, and the beauty markings he was born with, his body is a near perfect canvas of blemish-less skin.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔇𝔢𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Birthmarks.

They say that beauty marks are the places that a lover from a past life has kissed you. Which strikes Taohua as odd because most of his marks are on his hands, arms, nape, shoulders, and one just upon his cheek under his left eye. He finds it flattering that he was so loved in his past life, and greatly hopes he’ll be loved so much more in this life. So that in his next eventual one, his body will host more, to the point that the night sky is envious.

✦ Scars.

Taohua has many scars that linger upon his entire frame. Few are in visible places, and most others span the entirety of his back. The most visible few are on the tips of his fingers and palms. These scars are from when he was a young and naive child. He had been feeding his blood to peach seeds his senior had given to him. The remaining scars that litter the span of his back are from punishments he faced for delving into such an “evil” art.

✦ Peach Blossom Mark.

The final distinguishing feature to be discussed is the ever mysterious peach blossom shaped scar on his side, just beneath the juncture of his right ribcage. The place where an arrow struck to kill him, and the place where the branch of the mysterious trees he planted, had delved inside to feast on his blood. The scar is a pathetic star-shaped dot, in which the arms extend outwards to meet in the middle. The raised lines give it an unmistakable blossom shape.

         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊    𝕻𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞

        ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔐𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔄𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ Neutral Evil.

Taohua is what you’d call neutral evil. He does whatever he wishes to, regardless of the consequences, regardless of the feelings of others. He sheds no tears for those he harms or kills. He has no real desire to uphold order, structure, or codes. While he may be harming and maiming other evil doer’s make no mistake, at his core he is not a good person. Unlike other evil alignments, Taohua does not have the restless nature or love for conflict that the other evils do. He holds evilness as an ideal because he enjoys committing heinous deeds and letting others believe that he’s some vigilante.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔗𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔱𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

ᴳᴼᴼᴰ ᵀᴿᴬᴵᵀˢ ⋆                    

✓ Bold

✓ Perceptive

✓ Rational

Taohua is often full of life, energy, and confidence. While being a fairly cruel and evil type of brat, he possesses many traits one would consider good. Many people may view him as a bold and outgoing type of person. There’s no greater joy for him than to push past his limits and discover new things and ideas. He also enjoys doing anything that comes to mind, regardless of what the challenge may be. Taohua is also a relatively social person and almost never falters to something as silly as shyness.

When faced with different situations, Taohua is quite perceptive. His ability to anticipate or notice even the most subtle of changes is unmatched. Things such as small shifts in habits and appearance stick out to him quite a lot. Observations such as this help him to create and maintain connection with others. He often uses this ability to analyze people and their intentions. Sometimes he even uses this ability to flirt with others.

While Taohua is prone to emotional outbursts here and there, surprisingly, he still manages to be quite a rational person. He prefers to make most decisions based upon the pillars of logic, rather than what he feels. Although he is a risk taker by heart, he weighs the risk and reward before giving into an impulse. This makes him out to be cautious and calculative when he needs to be.

                                      ᴮᴬᴰ ᵀᴿᴬᴵᵀˢ ⋆

                                     ✗ Defiant

                                     ✗ Reactive

                                     ✗ Insensitive

With his good and agreeable traits, there comes the bad traits as well. Taohua doesn’t like to feel boxed in, he prefers to be like wind through the leaves. Repetition, rules, and the like are not how he wants to live his life at all. He despises being lectured at like he’s a child, and will often turn to violence if he feels like he’s being spoken down to. He is an action-oriented and hands-on type of person. If he feels like he has been idle or held back from something for too long by another he will do all he can to remedy it. By force or vanishing if necessary.

He prides himself on being able to think logically, he also happens to be a reactive person. When he feels stressed, angry, or hurt he tends to react impulsively in accordance with the emotion in question. In such situations his perception is often very narrow or out of control. As a result, Taohua often carries the belief that the world is against him. When he is in a bad mood he often shifts any and all blame to someone or something else. Because of this trait he’s often regarded as having a short fuse and a tendency to hold grudges.

Taohua regards himself as a rational person, but to many that may as well be code for heartless. Feelings and emotion come second to facts and “reality” for him. Emotionally charged situations make him feel awkward, uncomfortable, and trapped. He tries his best to give others comfort but often comes off as too blunt for his own good and mildly insensitive. Rather than being an empathic listener, he will try to give the other person advice or solutions to their problem.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔒𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔴 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ ESTP-A: Assertive Entrepreneur, Extroverted.

Confidence is a key trait in regards to Taohua, he knows what he wants and has the boldness to pursue it, regardless of what it may be. Although he considers himself to be a brave and determined person, there are times when he reminds himself to be cautious; calculative. He likes a challenge, but he’s also very prone to impatience.

Despite being an extroverted personality, he is often regarded as a lone-wolf type. While he likes to think of himself as a man of few and quiet emotions, the emotions that he does feel are often expressed with wild abandon. He is often surprised by the intensity of his expressions, and usually needs a lot of time to compose himself afterwards.

His confidence allows him to believe that he can manage any spontaneous situation. He knows that he can often rely on his competence to face any given situation. Taohua’s greatest strength is being able to remain calm and respond quickly in distressing situations. Sometimes his overconfidence can sometimes cause him to make impulsive and ill-considered decisions.

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若倦鸟无心 不如归去 两岸莺啼 人无语

❝ 𝓘𝓯 𝔀𝓮𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓮𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓻, 𝔀𝓱𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮? 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓷 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓴𝓼; 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽.

一川烟波 淹没了 眼睛 云万里 无名无姓

𝓐 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓽-𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓯𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼.

𝓣𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓭𝓼, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓷𝓸 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝔂.

也无风雨也无晴 一骑红尘 无路行

𝓝𝓮𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓭, 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷, 𝓷𝓸𝓻 𝓼𝓾𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮.

𝓐 𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓭𝓾𝓼𝓽, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓸 𝓸𝓷. ❞

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         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊      𝕭𝖎𝖔𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖕𝖍𝖞

        ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╭ .˚ ༘ ℭ𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔡 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

Taohua’s life began much like anyone else’s. He was born to two loving parents in the Xiao sect, who called themselves the People of the Dawn. Memories of his childhood are hard to grasp or recall, but what he does is very faint. His parents often told him the story of his birth in the mountains. His father had carried his pregnant and in labor wife through treacherous snowfall. The cold winds whipping all around them until they had found shelter in a rundown shrine.

His childhood was likely spent playing outside with the other children of his sect or learning the most basic skills and information about the world around him. The most common area of teaching in their sect was agriculture. Taohua was not very good at growing plants our crops. Provably because he never paid attention to the instructions that were given by his seniors. Instead he would spend the entire time daydreaming about playing in the ponds and harassing the fish within them.

He was born to a higher ranking family, so he often skipped lectures entirely and went to play instead. This made most other children and some bitter adults of the sect very jealous. They would often call him the “no good son of a spoiled bitch.” His mother was often not around but when she was, she would often bring him gifts and shining trinkets. His father would usually buy them the finest dishes to be brought to their home as well.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔗𝔢𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔜𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

The most notable memory he possesses of his venture into teen-hood is when a senior of the sect had given him a handful of peach seeds. They had a wide grin and had told him that with these seeds he could grow his own orchard. Now that he thinks of it, this person was likely not his senior at all, they were probably an evil thing wishing on his downfall. Taohua wanted the approval of his senior and his parents, so he planted the seeds. When they didn’t grow he grew anxious. So he had foolishly offered his blood to the plants. The trees sprouted into full mature peach trees within the span of a less than a month.

Soon after, tragedy struck the valley of the Xiao sect. War began to tear its way through Taohua’s beloved home and valle, taking everything it could with it, including the lives of the people. He was too young and weak to fight or make a difference. All he could do was run away, hide, and cower. When he was running away from the fires set to the homes of the Xiao sect he was fired upon by arrows. One of those arrows hit him in the side. The point tore through his body and exited the opposite side of his back.

When his legs refused to carry him any further he hid himself against the trunk of one of the peach trees he had cultivated. The chilling winds of winter rattled the branches, shaking the colorful blossoms loose. At the sound of footfalls crunching in the thick snow, the wind picked up to a howl. Taohua covered his ears at the sound of screaming soldiers as the orchard came to life and enacted revenge. The root of the tree he had hid against tore out the arrow in his side then buried itself in his wound. He fainted afterwards. When he awoke the next morning, he was covered in snow and the once flourishing trees had turned bare and lifeless.

Taohua then lived out his days as a teenager by punishing those who brought war with them. These evil-doers as he came them were no more than a scourge on this plane. He would never let them bring the same pain and tragedy upon others. Since then, regardless of where he may be, peach trees will bloom and fruit in any season. This phenomenon has become the omen that announces his arrival and the eventual justice he will selfishly enact upon those he feels deserve it.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔄𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔡 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

He calmed down somewhat in his adult years. This was brought on by the helpless realization that all his efforts were in vain. It seemed that humanity was not built for peace, but for war and destruction. This pessimistic outlook put him on the path of becoming a wanderer. He no longer worried about enacting revenge on behalf of those who wouldn’t even recall his name. His delusions of being a vigilante or hero were all but gone. He decided to abandon his grudge against those who carried war on their backs, and decided to put his time into living the remainder of his life to the fullest.

It was around this time that he made a reputation for himself as a playboy. He learned to make others desire him, fall in love with him, and learned to break their hearts. He had never felt so carefree and lively. That is until he met another man, Zhang Haoran, who seemed impervious to his charms and mystique. This man shared a similar outlook on the world which enamored him. They both despised the wars but had given up trying to change the courses of them. Getting to know this man even a little bit was tough, for the man was a self appointed misandrist, and Taohua was very much a man.

By some miracle, relentless pursuit, and awful flirtation the two men eventually fell in love.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔓𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔇𝔞𝔶 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

To be decided.

         ╭┈ ˋ .*ೃ✧₊ ˚ ༘♡

        ┊      𝕮𝖗𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖘

        ╰➢ ꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷ ·˚꒰🦇꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔉𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔪 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

.°• ੈ✦₊˚•. ᴳᴼᴺᴳ ᴶᵁᴺ

.°• ੈ✦₊˚•. ᵂᴱᴺ ᴷᴱˣᴵᴺᴳ, ᵂᴼᴿᴰ ᴼᶠ ᴴᴼᴺᴼᴿ

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔄𝔲𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔰 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

✦ I hope you all adore him just as much as I do, because I am absolutely obsessed. He’s adorable and hides his cruelty behind that, he’s just so perfect! :heart_eyes: I think he may end up becoming a new main oc.

✦ While this character was heavily inspired by the song, he was mostly inspired by the background‘s of scenes in Word of Honor. In many scenes there were what I assume to be peach trees.

╭ .˚ ༘ 𝔗𝔢𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔟𝔶 ﹏₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

╰ ꒷꒥꒥꒷꒥꒷꒷꒥꒷꒥꒷

:¨·.·¨:

`·. ★ 𝒱𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊 𝒯𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖘 ★

-ˋˏ ༻♡༺ ˎˊ-

°.✩┈┈∘*┈┈*∘┈┈✩.°

♡﹍ᵎ 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝒴𝑜𝓊

♡﹍ᵎ 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔

♡﹍ᵎ 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝐹𝒶𝓇 :heart:

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