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| “ | So sad, so sad. Your Highness, look at yourself, look what they've done to you. | ” |
— Bai Wuxiang
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White No-Face (白无相, Bái Wúxiàng), titled as the White-Clothed Calamity (白衣祸世, Bái Yīhuò Shì), is the eldest and most powerful of the Four Great Calamities. Centuries ago, he was responsible for orchestrating the fall of the Xianle kingdom.
Appearance[]
White No-Face is a tall youth and appears to be seventeen or eighteen years old.[1] He is donned in a white funeral garb with wide sleeves and a white mask showing a half-laughing, half-crying face.[2][3] He also carries a Spirit Calling cloth flag in his hand.[4] His voice is crisp and bright, seemingly belonging to a young man.[1]
Underneath however, White No-Face hides a face marred with the Human Face Disease, being infected by the spirits of his three vassals whom he murdered by throwing them into The Kiln. The design of half-crying half-laughing was inspired by the expressions of the vassals that linger on his face.[5]
Personality[]
White No-Face possesses a taunting, manipulative personality, best examined through his repeated emotional abuse of Xie Lian. He is incredibly obsessive and controlling, but also intelligent.[6]
With the power to orchestrate events and knowing what strings to pull to terrorize someone mentally, he pursues his goal of making Xie Lian realize that ones heart cannot remain pure and uncorrupted after suffering. Even though he himself isn't actively doing much whenever he appears, he is able to leave a traumatizing impact through his mocking and haunting nature.[2][3][6]
He's quick to use the mental instability and vulnerability of others to his own advantage. For example when he comforted Xie Lian when he was in a miserable and sorrowful state. He used the moment to reinforce the idea that everyone else in the world wants to do him harm and is against Xie Lian.[7] Another case would be when he was able to persuade the people in the temple to continuously stab Xie Lian, using their fear and his eloquence to fulfill his desires.[8]
Despite how he portrays himself as caring towards Xie Lian, he's a vicious and cruel person. He languishes in the pain of others, even being playful with their trauma and fears as he is seen cackling, laughing and even transforming into different people as a further way to ridicule and manipulate.[2][3][1]
Beneath his cunning and intimidating exterior however, he's an extremely sensitive man who is quickly angered when told off or when things do not go his way.[9][10] His entire being was born due to a short phrase that personally offended him, making his own deep emotional and psychological troubles evident.[11]
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