Characters
Bridge of Birds has an extremely large cast of characters.
- Number Ten Ox (Lu-Yu): As an orphaned child raised by his aunt and uncle, Ox becomes a strong man. He joins Li Kao on a journey to cure the children from Ku-poison, overcoming many obstacles and defeating numerous monsters. With the help of Li, they find all the Roots of Power and eventually set the children free from the Ku-poisoning.
- Li Kao (Master Li): A slightly flawed wise man from Peking, who joins Ox on the quest to cure the children of Ku-poisoning. After escaping many deadly encounters, he and Ox find the cure to the Ku-poisoning.
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“There are characters which are continually creating collisions and nodes for themselves in dramas which nobody is prepared to act with them. Their susceptibilities will clash against objects that remain innocently quiet.”
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“Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.”
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