Scorpion King

Scorpion King (蠍王 xiē wáng) played by Li Dai Kun 李岱昆 is the Leader of the Scorpions. He is a professional assassin from an unnamed faraway land and the adoptive son of Zhao Jing. He is one of the main antagonists of the Word of Honor (山河令) live action series.

Appearance
Portrayed by Li Dai Kun 李岱昆, Scorpion is shown as handsome young man with dark eyes and seven jeweled braids tying his hair back in a half ponytail. He is often shown wearing dark colours and various leather overcoats during missions and outside of Zhao Jing's circle, favours wide split robes with wide sleeves under which he can be seen wearing dark vambraces. One of his consistent pieces is a large silver ring decorated with green, blue and silver orbs, and a matching hair ornament.

While in Zhao Jing's company, Scorpion is shown wearing lighter colours, and more jewelry, favouring light blues and decorative metal hems, which he pairs with a silver hair ornament to match.

Zhao Jing
He is the adoptive father of Scorpion King (Xie'er, as Zhao Jing refers to him). The two appear together in Episode 16 after Gao Chong's death where it is revealed that Zhao Jing planned everything. Seemingly having raised, or looked after Xie'er for a long time, Zhao Jing uses Scorpion King's talents to his advantage, instructing him to build the Scorpion Sect and help him plan his revenge. Soon after Gao Chong's death, Scorpion King begins to become insistent that Zhao Jing recognize Scorpion as his son in front of the world, an action that Zhao Jing refuses and gaslights Scorpion about, going as far as to physically harm him, only to cry about it the next episode. He becomes hostile after learning Zhao Jing plans to kill him, and plots with Wen Kexing to take him down and in doing so, spares Zhao Jing's life and forces him to become a mute cripple.

Scorpion Sect
The Scorpion Sect is one of two well known Assassin Sects in the martial arts world, alongside Window of Heaven. While the full abilities of a single assassin from the sect unknown, it is a well known fact that the Scorpions can be bought for any number of jobs, including espionage, assassinations, and suicide missions. It is noted that while no one knows the extent of the Sect, they will continue to send out any number of Scorpions in order to fulfill a contract until it is complete. They are known to favour weapons made in the shape of hooks, using poison to often finish their fights for them as well.

The Four Assassins
Evil Bodhisattva / Du Pasa - She is one of the Assassins that Scorpion King is closer to. In Episode Five she exclaims excitement in being able to kill her fellow Assassins for her Master if he orders it, happy with staying in line while her coworkers do not. Due to her loyalty, Du Pasa and Scorpion are often seen together and are comfortable with one another, enough that Scorpion King has no trouble walking in on Du Pasa reuniting with an old lover of hers, while they are together. She is also seen stepping between Scorpion King and Zhao Jing during Episode 30 without Scorpion King saying anything of it.

Pretty Arhat / Qiao Luohan - When confronted with the sight of her fellow Assassin injured from Magic Sound Backfire, Pretty Arhat is quick to plan a retaliation, though it is unclear if it is out of principle or kinship to her co-worker, and subsequently break her Masters wishes.

Personality
He is shown as an intelligent young man, who is unperturbed by his plans going sideways or being challenged by opponents. When first facing Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing, he proposes a bet for their fight despite knowing who Zhou Zishu and Wen Kexing are. He commands the Four Assassin's and his intelligence network with ease, having no problem sending out disciples on deadly missions. He is seen to be thoughtful and rational even against his enemies and potential allies, healing The Tragicomic Ghost to get Liu Qian Qiao on his side. In front of Zhao Jing, Scorpion becomes filial and acts younger than seen with his commanders, seeking praise and affection from his godfather. Often he is seen looking after and praising his godfather in numerous ways, and is eager to carry out any plans Zhao Jing has for him. Due to this, he does not act against his godfather until forced to, even to the point of silliness as regarded by Pretty Arhat. Despite his godfathers abusive actions, and gaslighting, Scorpion does not see himself as weak or worthless, stating in a rage that Zhao Jing was the only person to see him that way.

Abilities
Martial Arts - Though his martial arts are not seen in the show, it is presumed he has some practice given his position within the Scorpion Sect and Zhao Jing. He favours a weapon named Iron Hook, which is seen when he kills Song Huairen, which he does while the latter's back is turned to him.

Assassination/Poison - As the leader of the Scorpion Sect, Scorpion is expected to have several ways to kill someone, though his favourite seems to be with his Iron Hook which has fatal poison on it (which implies a talent for such poisons).

Intelligence Gathering - Despite the Scorpion Sect being an assassination group, others such as Zhou Zishu have regarded to sect for it's contracts that can be bought for any number of reasons, only stating that prices run extravagantly high for some actions. With this large network of intelligence, Scorpion is seen gathering information for plans, adjusting them to fit, or beginning a new plan entirely.