Background
Shan Tinggui dons a squarish helmet with a black feather at its peak and a suit of black armour. He rides on a black stallion and is armed with a black spear and a bow and arrows. He is an accomplished military general and strategist and serves the imperial court as a drill instructor in his hometown of Lingzhou (凌州; present-day Ling County, Dezhou, Shandong) together with Wei Dingguo. He specialises in using water-based attacks on enemies. He knows how to use the force of nature to flood and drown entire armies. As such, he is nicknamed "General of Sacred Water".
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