Lan Wangji

Appearance
Lan Wangji is described as an incomparable beauty, if only his bitter facial expressions didn’t indicate eternal judgement or mourning. In public he dresses pristinely. His long, dark hair is neat and his forehead ribbon always in place. He favors white robes in the style of Gusu Lan Sect. It will take a while to sell him on the idea of dressing in new styles. Lan Wangji has a branding scar beneath his collarbone and whip scars covering his back. Only in private are he or Wei Wuxian allowed to remove his sect ribbon. Wei Wuxian also inspires a softer side to Lan Zhan’s expressions.

Powers
Cultivation techniques include:
 * Communicating with deceased spirits through inquiry.
 * Evoking resentful/demonic energy.
 * Suppressing resentful energy through a song of rest.
 * Vanquishing resentful energy.
 * Chord assassination attack.
 * Silencing spell.
 * Flight via spiritual items.
 * Healing

Talents
Exceptionally high cultivation level, swordsmanship, archery, high passive perception, handstands.

Interests
Meditation, music, studying principles of cultivation/magic, Wei Wuxian, huge soft spot for rabbits and orphans.

History
Lan Wangji and his older brother, Lan Xichen, were the sons of the Gusu Lan sect leader. Their parents' love affair was a great scandal that caused their father to go into seclusion. Their mother, Madam Lan, lived under house arrest and was permitted to see her sons once each month. The boys were raised primarily by their uncle, Lan Qiren. Madam Lan died when Lan Wangji was six. It took months for Lan Wangji to stop sitting outside his mother’s house each month even after he finally understood what it meant that she was ‘gone’.

Cultivators came from far and wide to study in the Cloud Recesses with the Gusu Lan Sect. Lan Wangji was an exemplary student. From a young age he memorized and tried to embody the 3,000 rules of Gusu. Lan Wangji’s pristine facade didn’t earn him many friends. His life was forever changed when Wei Wuxian came to study in the Cloud Recesses.

Lan Wangji was untouchable to everyone except Wei Wuxian. As much as Wei Wuxian infuriated him, his constant teasing stirred Lan Wangji’s stubborn and passionate nature. It would take years of misunderstanding, war, and loss for Lan Wangji to admit that Wei Ying was his soulmate.

Rules exist to regulate one’s life, to teach structure and value, and to protect against lawless destruction. If rules don’t support justice, then they are nothing but words carved in stone.

Within Wall
Lan Wangji arrives in Wall after the end of his canon. He did not expect to follow Wei Wuxian into another world. He’s heartbroken to leave his family in their original world. He sees a terrible irony in disappearing from his adopted son, Sizhui’s, life without a trace. Sizhui is a young man, not a child, so he knows he will be strong and live a good life. That doesn't stop him from missing Sizhui or his brother.

On the other hand, for the first time Lan Wangji can stop fighting and make a new life with the man he loves. Apologies in advance to their neighbors. They won't always remember to put up silencing spells.