Chen Qingjue

A soft-spoken, gentle boy who once knew powerlessness. Stricken with the same illness that took his father's life, Qingjue made do with whatever he had even after his family fell into ruin. The intimacy of two others supported him for an age - his childhood best friend, Wu Jinghua, and Liu Mingyan, an orphan boy who was his longtime helper.

His life had been headed for a quiet end. An ordinary, unremarkable passing.

...Up until the day Jinghua was murdered and her ashes stolen; a tangle of events involving a group of adventurers that would change his fate. Leaving the village with those dear to him, Qingjue now seeks strength to protect others as part of the Sentinel Dawn - the Summer Palace's imperial guard.