Guo Jing
Guo Jing is described in the story as having thick eyebrows and large eyes,
of sturdy and strong stature, and a complexion that is somewhere between dark and fair. He is frequently described as "dumb", "slow", and inarticulate, thereby the complete opposite of his love interest, the clever and witty Huang Rong.His most distinguishing feature, apart from his slowness, is his constant strife for moral rectitude. From the simple young Mongolian-raised Han boy in the Legend of the Condor Heroes who considered personal loyalty to be the highest virtues, he gradually learnt the importance of the sworn word, and then eventually compassion and the nature of violence.
Guo Jing is described in the story as having thick eyebrows and large eyes,
of sturdy and strong stature, and a complexion that is somewhere between dark and fair. He is frequently described as "dumb", "slow", and inarticulate, thereby the complete opposite of his love interest, the clever and witty Huang Rong.His most distinguishing feature, apart from his slowness, is his constant strife for moral rectitude. From the simple young Mongolian-raised Han boy in the Legend of the Condor Heroes who considered personal loyalty to be the highest virtues, he gradually learnt the importance of the sworn word, and then eventually compassion and the nature of violence.Huang Rong
Huang Rong ran away from her home in Peach Blossom Island after an argument with her father, the Dong Xie Island Master Huang Yaoshi. She dressed herself in filthy rags and roamed Jiang Hu as a young beggar boy. She first met Guo Jing in an inn where she was causing some trouble. Feeling sorry for her pitiful state (he believed she was really a beggar), Guo Jing offered to pay for her food and even gave her some of his gold ingots (from Genghis Khan).Huang Rong immediately saw that Guo Jing was a simple lad with an innocent heart, especially when he offered her his prized horse, a rare Mongolian breed, Han Xie Bao Ma. She decided to secretly help him against the Four Fiends of the Yellow River and their martial arts uncle Hou Tonghai by tying them to a tree by the river. In addition, she more or less fell in love with him.Huang Rong later met Guo Jing by that same tree after his duel with Yang Kang in the "Contest for a Spouse" staged by Mu Yi (actually Yang Tiexin) and his foster daughter, Mu Nianci.In the beginning, Huang Rong's martial arts were more sophisticated than that of Guo Jing, who despite his raw strength was a slow learner. Huang Rong
managed to get the great martial arts expert, Bei Gai Hong Qigong to train Guo Jing. Hong Qigong at first refused, having learned that Huang Rong was the daughter of his rival Huang Yaoshi. But Huang Rong enticed him with her outstanding cooking and delicious foods, which was Hong's greatest weakness, to teach Guo Jing each stroke of Xianglong Shiba Zhang (18 Dragon-Subduing Palms) (降龍十八掌) with each day of food.Later, Hong Qigong bequeathed his techniques to Huang Rong herself, and she competed with other Beggar Sect members for the position of Chief and Hong Qigong's successor. To win the match, she used some elements of the Jiu Yin Zhen Jing, which she managed to procure with Guo Jing's help.She had an indirect hand in the death of Yang Kang at Iron Spear Temple.The novel ended with her father's final consent to the marriage between her and Guo Jing.
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