陈情令 | The Untamed Guide
The Clans: 16 years ago
Yunmeng Jiang
Gusu Lan
Qishan Wen
Qinghe Nie
Lanling Jin
Others
Yunmeng Jiang Clan
Location: Lotus Pier, Yunmeng
Motto: Attempt the impossible
Symbol: 9 petal lotus
Color(s): Purple
江 (jiāng) means "river"
concept art of Lotus Pier
Founded by a rogue cultivator, the Jiang Clan grew to become one of the five great clans. Its members are known for their honesty and being unrestrained.
Jiang Fengmian
Current leader.
Married to Yu Ziyuan.
Father of Jiang Yanli and Jiang Cheng. Raised Wei Wuxian; rumored to be his biological father
Wei Wuxian
Wei Ying
Taken in at a young age by Jiang Fengmian after the deaths of his parents, Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren.
Marital brother to Jiang Cheng and Yanli.
Yu Ziyuan
Married to Jiang Fengmian.
Mother of Jiang Yanli and Jiang Cheng.
Owner of Zidian.
Jinzhu & Yinzhu
Yu Ziyuan's trusted handmaids, she trained them in combat.
Jiang Cheng
Jiang Wanyin
Clan heir.
Youngest child of Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan.
Brother of Jiang Yanli; martial brother of Wei Wuxian.
Wei Changze
Deceased, killed during a night hunt
Servant of the Jiang clan and friend of Jiang Fengmian. Eloped with Cangse Sanren. Father of Wei Wuxian.
Jiang Yanli
Eldest child of Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan.
Sister of Jiang Cheng and martial sister to Wei Wuxian.
Engaged to Jin Zixuan.
Items and locations
Zidian
"Purple lightening"
A spiritual weapon and tool that produces a purple electrical current. It can be used to bind someone, or as an offensive weapon.
It also has to ability to cast out a spirit that has possessed an unwilling host.
Lotus Pier
The residence of the Jiang clan, it is surrounded by lakes.
As a result, most Jiang clan members are strong swimmers, and used to fighting water spirits.
Uniforms
The disciples wear teal and purple
Gusu Lan
Location: Cloud Recesses, Gusu
Motto: Be righteous
Symbol: Clouds
Color(s): Blue and white
蓝 (lán) means "blue"
The Gusu Lan clan was founded by a former monk who chose to use music to cultivate, which has continued to be a hallmark of the Lans' skills. They are known for their discipline and their many rules that disciples are expected to follow.
concept art of Cloud Recesses
Lan Xichen
Title: Zuwu Jun
Clan leader.
Brother of Lan Wangji; nephew of Lan Qiren.
Lan Yi
Former leader, centuries ago.
Eager to prove herself a capable and skilled leader, used innovate techniques, but also took great risks like involving herself with the Yin Iron. Close with Boshan Sanren.
Lan Wangji
Lan Zhan
Younger brother of Lan Xichen.
Lan Brother's Father
Recently deceased; Lan Qiren is anxious his sons not repeat their father's mistakes
Lan Qiren
Paternal uncle of Lan Xichen and Wangji.
Known for strictly educating young cultivators.
Su She
Periphery disciple eager to prove himself
Items and skills
Musical Cultivation
A hallmark of the Lan clan.
Can be used in combat both offensively and defensively, as well as to communicate with spirits, and to influence the spiritual energy of the living, typically for healing and stability purposes.
Cord Assassination
Created by Lan Yi, it involves using guqin strings as a garrote.
Uniform
Disciples wear white robes with an embroidered cloud pattern. The outer robes feature incarnations stitched into the fabric that protect the wearer from spiritual attacks.
Inquiry
Uses the guqin to communicate with spirits. Practitioners must learn the language of the guqin in order to both ask questions and interpret the responses. This language is a secret skill of the Lan clan.
Spirits are unable to lie in their answers when they are communicating with a skilled practitioner.
Forehead ribbons
Members of the Lan bloodline wear a scared white band with a cloud motif. They represent self-regulation, and are not permitted to be taken off at will, nor touched by anyone other than their "fated person".
Silence Spell
A Lan clan exclusive spell, it's typically used as a form of discipline, making the receiver unable to speak by sealing their lips together for about half an hour. Can be broken by force.
Rules
The Lan clan is known for its many, many rules, as phsyscially represented by the Wall of Discipline. There are 3,000 rules when Wei Wuxian is studying at Cloud Recesses.
For a list of known rules, see here
Qishan Wen
Location: Buyetian Cheng (Nightless City/Nevernight), Qishan
Symbol: Sun / Two eagles
Color: Red
Motto: Every kindness should be returned
温 (wen) means "warm"
Founded by Wen Mao, the Wen clan was the first cultivation clan to focus on bloodlines rather than a school-type system. Formerly, the Wen clan was known for its grandeur and was the most respected of the great cultivation clans. However, under the leadership of Wen Ruohan it became increasingly known for its tyrannical behavior. Its clan leader, Wen Ruohan, is the current Chief Cultivator.
As his two sons both have violent and unstable tendencies, the other cultivation clans are hopeful that Wen Ruohan will appoint Wen Qing as his successor.
concept art of Buyetian Cheng
Fire-based Spells
The Wen clan is known for using fire-based spells; their spells are typically red in color
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Burial Mounds
Located near Yiling, it was originally the location of Xue Chonghai's palace. Due to the mass amount of deaths that occurred, it became a mass grave and is filled with resentful energy. When attempts to suppress the spirits proved unsuccessful, the Wen clan sealed it off.
Yin Iron
Wen Ruohan is obsessed with collecting the remain shards of the Yin Iron, in order to use its heavy resentful energy to ensure the continue supremacy of the Wen clan.
Puppets
Wen Ruohan is using the immense resentful energy of the Yin Iron to create "puppets" out of cultivators, turning them into nearly indestructible fighters
Yiling
Relatively close to Yunmeng, it becomes a supervisory office run by Wen Qing.
Wen Ruohan
Clan leader, and Chief Cultivator
Xue Yang
Guest disciple; possible descent of Xue Chonghai.
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Granny Wen
A relative of Wen Qing and Wen Ning.
Originally from the Dafan Mountains.
Wen Qing
Distant cousin and favorite of Wen Ruohan. Older sister of Wen Ning.
Wang Lingjiao
Wen Chao's mistress; a servant.
Wen Yuan
A relative of Wen Qing and Wen Ning.
Wen Ning
Younger brother of Wen Qing. He and his sister were taken in as children by Wen Ruohan.
Wen Zhuliu
Title: Core-melting Hand
Wen Chao's bodyguard.
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Fourth Uncle
Originally among the Wen branch family that lived in the Dafan Mountains.
Wen Chao
Younger son of Wen Ruohan
Wen Zu
Older son of Wen Ruohan
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Wen Mao
Founder of the Wen clan, and originator of the blood-line clan system.
Involved in the fight against Xue Chonghai, founder of Demonic Cultivation and creator of the Yin Iron.
Skills, items and places
Qinghe Nie
Location: Bujing Shi (Unclean Realm), Qinghe
Symbol: Beast head
Color: Grey
The Qinghe Nie clan is known for their strength and ferocity in battle, and of their unique use of dao (blades) in their cultivation. Geographically, they are the closest to the Wen Clan in Qishan.
concept art of Bujing Shi
Nie Mingjue
Title: Chifeng-Zun (Red Blade Master)
Leader of the Nie clan.
Brother of Nie Huaisang. Friends with Lan Xichen.
Owner of Baxia
Nie Huaisang
Younger half-brother of Nie Mingjue; clan heir
Meng Yao
Right-hand man to Nie Mingjue
(not an official member of the clan)
Nie Brother's Father
Deceased; died after his blade was broken by Wen Ruohan. His son Mingjue holds a grudge against the Wen Clan because of this.
Baxia
Nie Mingjue's blade.
It has a very strong killing intent.
Blade Cultivation
The Nie clan uniquely use blades in their cultivation. However, every clan member who has used this form of cultivation has ultimately died of a qi deviation, due to the blades' strong killing intent.
Note: the use of "blade" or "saber" to translate dao varies between translations. It refers to a one-sided blade (compared to a sword- jian - which is dual-sided)
Items and Skills
Lanling Jin
Location: Jinlin Tai (Carp or Koi Tower), Lanling
Symbol: White peony
Color: Gold
金 (jin) means "gold"
The richest of the five great cultivation clans. The male members wear a zhushazhi- a cinnabar mark between their eyebrows to symbolize both their wealth and their pursuit of knowledge.
concept art of Jinlin Tai
Jin Guangshan
Clan leader.
Father of Jin Zixuan, Meng Yao, and Mo Xuanyu
Close friends with Jiang Fengmian.
Jin Zixun
Cousin of Jin Zixuan.
Jin Zixuan
Clan heir and only legitimate child of Jin Guangshan.
Engaged to Jiang Yanli
Jin Furen
Wife of Jin Guangshan, mother of Jin Zixuan. Close friends with Yu Ziyuan.
("furen" is her title, her name is unknown)
Mian Mian
Luo Qingyang
Jin Clan disciple, friend of Jin Zixuan
Meng Yao
Illegitimate son of Jin Guangshan
Other Cultivators
Xiao Xingchen
Former disciple of Boshan Sanren; martial bother to Cangse Sanren.
Close with Song Lan
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Clan Leader Yao
Leader of one of the smaller cultivation clans that relies on the protection of the great clans.
Song Lan
Song Zichen
From Baixue Temple; close with Xiao Xingchen
Clan Leader Ouyang
Leader of the Biling Ouyang clan, one of the smaller cultivation clans that relies on the protection of the great clans.
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Cangse Sanren
Deceased; killed during a night hunt along with her husband Wei Changze.
Mother of Wei Wuxian, former discple of Boshan Sanren.
Xue Chonghai
Deceased
Inventor of demonic cultivation and creator of the Yin Iron.
His former palace is now the Burial Mounds.
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Boshan Sanren
An immortal leader of the last remaining school-style sect; several hundred years old.
Her disciples are all abandoned children, who she trains in cultivation with the rule that should they chose to her celestial mountain, they can never return.
Her former disciples include Xiao Xingchen and Cangse Sanren