Teenage Wei Wuxian is energetic and mischievous. Doesn't care for rules, which is going to be a bit of a problem. 

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He's also very intelligent and inventive, despite his seemingly easy-going attitude.

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In the Unclean Realm, he shares his idea of using their piece of the Yin Iron to make a weapon that could fight against Wen Ruohan's pieces. This idea wasn't received well. 

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He's devoted to his martial siblings, Jiang Cheng and Yanli, who he'd do anything for. 

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A rogue cultivator currently working with the Wen clan. He’s known for his charming smile and inhumane deeds. 

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He seems to know the location of a piece of Yin Iron. He has some kind of grudge against the Cheng clan. 

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Younger brother of the Qinghe Nie clan leader, who he is almost the exact opposite of.

He has a playful but rather nervous demeanor, and has zero interest in cultivating or sword work.

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The younger son of Wen Ruohan, he’s arrogant and sadistic.

 

He thinks it’s only natural for everyone else to recognize the power of the Wen clan, and by extension, himself. Despite this, he’s fairly incompetent personally, relying on others to get things done.

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The youngest of the Yunmeng siblings; he and Wei Wuxian are martial brothers; Lanyi is his biological sister. Heir to the Yunmeng Jiang sect. He's trying very hard to learn the skills he needs to be a good leader in the future.

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While he's concerned that Wei Wuxian's antics are going to get them all intro trouble and he seems a bit jealous of him at times, he really loves him like a brother. 

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Known in the cultivation world as "bright moon and gentle breeze". While he values justice, he has a kind heart. 

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He and Song Lan are "close" and share a dream of starting a sect that values shared ideals rather than blood-ties. He's a "rogue" cultivator in that he has no clan or sect he belongs to. 

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His famous sword is named Shuanghua ("frost flower") and can detect corpse energy. 

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He is Baoshan Saren's former disciple, making him Wei Wuxian’s martial uncle. He left the mountain in order to help others; he can never return.

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Nie Mingjue's right hand-man. He often plays interference between the two polar-opposite Nie brothers. 

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He and Lan Xichen were immediately attracted to each other when they met at Cloud Recesses. 

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A bastard son of the Jin clan leader, and half-brother of Jin Zixuan.

His mother was a prostitute, and he is sensitive to people making comments about his parentage.

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Wen Chao's bodyguard. Known as "Core-melting hand" thanks to his terrifying ability to destroy cultivators' golden cores.

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Younger brother of the Gusu Lan clan leader. Together they’re the famed Twin Jades of Gusu (though his brother is a few years older)

As a teenager he's known for being an amazingly skilled cultivator, but also for his stubborn adherence to the many, many rules of the Lan clan, and  his taciturn demeanor. Looks up to his brother, Xichen.

His sword is named Bichen, and he is very skilled with the guqin. Almost always dresses in white. 

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Also known as the "distant snow and cold frost".

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Practices cultivation at Baixue Temple. Known for being a very upright and determined. 

He and Xiao Xingchen are "close" and share a dream of starting a sect that values shared ideals rather than blood-ties.

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His sword is named Fuxue, and its name is engraved on the blade. (Netflix translates this as "snow flick" - fu means "to brush away" and xue is "snow")

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Title: Chifeng Zun (Red Blade Master)

 

Leader of the Nie clan, and older brother of Nie Huaisang. Owner of Baxia ("to be ruled by force").

Friends with Lan Xichen.

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Known for his temper and black-and-white view of morality. 

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