- Aqing (阿青 – Aqīng) – a shepherdess who mastered a strange but formidable swordplay technique from a white ape.
- Fan Li (范蠡 – Fànlǐ) – a dafu, scholar official, in the Yue court and a trusted adviser of King Goujian.
- Goujian (勾践 – Gōujiàn) – the King of Yue who plots vengeance for his humiliating imprisonment by the King of Wu.
- Xi Shi (西施 – Xī Shī) – Fan Li’s lover and a great beauty who King Goujian gifts as tribute to the King of Wu to seduce the latter.
- Grandpa Bai (白爷爷 – Báiyéye) – a white ape that enjoys playing with Aqing using bamboo sticks, and is considered the one who teaches Aqing her swordsmanship.
- Wenzhong (文仲 – Wénzhòng) – a dafu in the Yue court, a trusted adviser to the King of Goujian, and Fan Li’s close friend and colleague.
