Protagonists
- Di Yun (狄云 – Dí Yún) – Protagonist who learns Divine Light Skill in prison, seeks truth and revenge while maintaining principles
- Ding Dian (丁典 – Dīng Diǎn) – Di Yun’s fellow prisoner who possesses the Liancheng Swordplay manual
- Qi Fang (戚芳 – Qī Fāng) – Qi Zhangfa’s daughter, Di Yun’s first love
- Shui Sheng (水笙 – Shuǐ Shēng) – Shui Dai’s daughter, Di Yun’s second love interest
Key antagonists
- Qi Zhangfa (戚长发 – Qī Zhǎngfā) – Di Yun’s master, Mei Niansheng’s second apprentice
- Wan Zhenshan (万震山 – Wàn Zhènshān) – Mei Niansheng’s first apprentice
- Yan Daping (言达平 – Yán Dápíng) – Mei Niansheng’s third apprentice
Wan Zhenshan’s associates
- Wan Gui (万圭 – Wàn Guī) – Wan Zhenshan’s son, Qi Fang’s husband
Wan Zhenshan’s apprentices
- Lu Kun (鲁坤 – Lǔ Kūn)
- Zhou Yin (周圻 – Zhōu Yín)
- Sun Jun (孙均 – Sūn Jūn)
- Bu Yuan (卜垣 – Bǔ Yuán)
- Wu Kan (吴坎 – Wú Kǎn)
- Feng Tan (冯坦 – Féng Tǎn)
- Shen Cheng (沈城 – Shěn Chéng)
Blood Sabre School
- Grandmaster Xuedao (血刀老祖 – Xuědāo Láozǔ) the Blood Sabre Elder – School leader
- Baoxiang (宝象 – Bǎoxiàng) – Xuedao’s apprentice
- Shanyong (善勇 – Shànyǒng) – Xuedao’s apprentice
- Shengdi (胜谛 – Shèngdì) – Xuedao’s apprentice
Luohua Liushui
- Lu Tianshu (陆天抒 – Lù Tiānshū) – Group elder
- Hua Tiegan (花铁杆 – Huā Tiěgān) – Scheming martial artist
- Liu Chengfeng (刘乘风 – Líu Chéngfēng)
- Shui Dai (水岱 – Shuǐ Dài) – Shui Sheng’s father
Other characters
- Mei Niansheng (梅念笙 – Méi Niànshēng) – Original owner of Liancheng Swordplay manual
- Kongxincai (空心菜 – Kōngxīncài) – Wan Gui and Qi Fang’s daughter
- Wang Xiaofeng (汪啸风 – Wāng Xiàofēng) – Shui Sheng’s cousin, one of the Twin Sword Heroes
- Ling Tuisi (凌退思 – Líng Tuìsī) – Cruel magistrate
- Ling Shuanghua (凌霜华 – Líng Shuānghuá) – Ling Tuisi’s daughter, Ding Dian’s lover
- Juyou (菊友 – Júyǒu) – Ling Shuanghua’s maid
- Lü Tong (吕通 – Lǚ Tōng) – Taihang Mountains bandit chief
- Taohong (桃红 – Táohóng) – Wan Zhenshan’s concubine
- Ma Daming (马大鸣 – Mǎ Dàmíng) – Ten Thousand Victories Sabre School member
- Geng Tianba (耿天霸 – Gěng Tiānbà) – Martial artist
- Shui Fu (水福 – Shuǐ Fú) – Shui family servant
See also
- Jin Yong characters
- A Deadly Secret martial arts
- A Deadly Secret locations
- A Deadly Secret translation
Follow a route
- Read: the translation archive and A Deadly Secret translation
- Explore: Jin Yong, A Deadly Secret, and its characters
- Understand: wuxia, martial arts, and the translation method
- Watch: wuxia adaptations
- Write: story elements in wuxia fiction