Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain features a focused cast gathered on Jade Brush Peak on a single day, centred on the century-old feud between the Hu and Miao families and the descendants of Li Zicheng’s four bodyguards.
Protagonists
- Hu Fei (胡斐 – Hú Fěi) the Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain – The protagonist, son of Hu Yidao, who comes to Jade Brush Peak to settle an old account with Du Ximeng
- Hu Yidao (胡一刀 – Hú Yīdāo) – Hu Fei’s father, of Liaodong, a descendant of Li Zicheng’s bodyguard Hu, killed in his duel with Miao Renfeng at Cangzhou
- Miao Renfeng (苗人凤 – Miáo Rénfèng) the Golden-Faced Buddha, also He Who Has Fought All Under Heaven and Found No Equal – A descendant of the Miao bodyguard and Miao Ruolan’s father
- Miao Ruolan (苗若兰 – Miáo Ruòlán) – Miao Renfeng’s daughter and Hu Fei’s love interest
Antagonists
- Tian Guinong (田归农 – Tián Guīnóng) – The late head of the Tianlong School’s Northern Branch and a descendant of the Tian bodyguard; his scheme led to Hu Yidao’s death, and he took his own life before the story opens
- Baoshu (宝树 – Bǎoshù) – A monk who leads the company up Jade Brush Peak; he is the bone-setter Yan Ji, who smeared the poison on Hu Yidao’s and Miao Renfeng’s weapons
- Guild Chief Fan (范帮主 – Fàn Bāngzhǔ) – Head of the Xinghan Beggars’ Guild and a descendant of the Fan bodyguard; flattered by Commander Sai into his plot against Miao Renfeng
- Commander Sai (赛总管 – Sài Zǒngguǎn) – Saihetu, Commander of the Imperial Guard, who comes to Jade Brush Peak to capture Miao Renfeng
Supporting characters
- Ping Asi (平阿四 – Píng Āsì) – The inn boy at Cangzhou who rescued the infant Hu Fei from Yan Ji and raised him; Hu Fei calls him Fourth Uncle
- Nan Lan (南兰 – Nán Lán) – Miao Renfeng’s wife, from an official’s family; she eloped with Tian Guinong, leaving Miao Ruolan behind (named in Side Story of the Flying Fox; in this novel she is Miao Ruolan’s mother)
- Du Ximeng (杜希孟 – Dù Xīmèng) – Owner of the Du Family Manor on Jade Brush Peak, a cousin of Hu Fei’s mother who kept her belongings; he gathers helpers against Hu Fei
- Tao Baisui (陶百岁 – Táo Bǎisuì) Terror of Guandong – Chief of the Yinma Creek Stockade; with his son he digs up the iron box holding Li Zicheng’s Treasured Dao
- Tao Zian (陶子安 – Táo Zǐ’ān) – Tao Baisui’s son, betrothed to Tian Qingwen
- Tian Qingwen (田青文 – Tián Qīngwén) – Tian Guinong’s daughter
- Xiong Yuanxian (熊元献 – Xióng Yuánxiàn) – Chief escort of the Pingtong Armed Escort in Beijing
- Liu Yuanhe (刘元鹤 – Liú Yuánhè) – Xiong Yuanxian’s shixiong and one of the eighteen masters of the Imperial Guard
- Ruan Shizhong (阮士中 – Ruǎn Shìzhōng) Seven-Star Hand – Uncle-master of the Tianlong School’s Northern Branch and its strongest fighter
- Cao Yunqi (曹云奇 – Cáo Yúnqí) Soaring Dragon Jian – The newly installed head of the Tianlong School’s Northern Branch
- Zhou Yunyang (周云阳 – Zhōu Yúnyáng) Returning Dragon Jian – Cao Yunqi’s shidi in the Northern Branch
- Yin Ji (殷吉 – Yīn Jí) – Head of the Tianlong School’s Southern Branch