Character profile
Huo Liaoyuan
燎原火Zhao Huo / Zhao Yun / Zilong
Biography
Huo Liaoyuan leads the Sima clan's assassin squad, the Crippled Legion, and is Sima Yi's best friend. A formidable fighter who cannot feel pain, Huo Liaoyuan is regarded as a righteous person who values justice. Although discontented with the life of an assassin, Huo Liaoyuan remains loyal to the clan and committed to treasured comrades.
Story spoilers
Huo Liaoyuan acts as Sima Yi's right-hand man and leaves the Sima clan during Sun Ce's rise to power to search for the missing Xiao Meng. After the Sima clan is wiped out and the Crippled Legion dissolved, Huo begins a final mission ordered by Sima Yi to serve under Liu Bei and fight Cao Cao. When Sima Yi betrays and causes Xiao Meng's death, Huo remains committed to the vow while hatred of Sima Yi grows. A volume 33 side story shows that Huo was originally a beggar boy taken in by Lao Da, the Crippled Legion's first-generation leader.
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