Nip Fung
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| Nip Fung | |
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| Birth name | Nip Fung (聶風) |
| Other name(s) | Siu Ma Gor (小馬哥) |
| Weapon(s) | The Blizzard Sabre (雪飲刀)- current |
| Martial stance(s) | Mo Hor Mou Liong (摩訶無量) |
| Kick Stance of the Wind God (風神腿法) | |
| The Supreme 6 Cold Stances (傲寒六訣) | |
| Demonic Sabre Stance (魔刀) | |
| 10 Invincible stances (十方無敵) | |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Nip.
Nip Fung (Traditional Chinese: 聶風; Simplified Chinese: 聂风; pinyin: Nìe Fēng) or more conveniently known as Wind is one of the two main characters in the popular Fung Wan comic series. Being the fastest man in the martial world, he specialises in using legs and sabres to fight.
Unlike Cloud, Wind is very diplomatic and shows his empathy for everyone. The Crazy Blood that runs in the Nip family sometimes caused Wind to go berserk. However, age, martial experience and a family poem help him gain better control from berserking.
Wind's left eye was blinded by Hung Ba when he tried to save Cloud from Hung Ba's attack.
Wind indirectly absorbed a Dragon Pill (龍元) by chance. After the ultimate duel with Duen Long, he was fatally injured. Cloud tried to keep him alive using the powers of the Dragon Pill in Cloud's body. However, the powers were only sufficient to save one life. Thus, Cloud chose to be frozen together with Wind while waiting for their friends and family to find another Dragon Pill. 20 years later, the highly-skilled but mischievous medicine man, Shen Yi, found the frozen heroes and tried to transport the ice block for experimentation. Halfway they were stopped by a burly kind-hearted youth. The ice block containing Wind and Cloud fell nearby a Dragon Pill that was lost. Absorbiing the power of the Pill restored Wind's life.
Wind also has a son Yi Fung (易風).
Wind was played by Ekin Cheng in the 1998 film The Storm Riders.
[edit] Childhood
Wind is the only son of the Insane Blade of the North (北飲狂刀) - Nip Yan Wong (聶人王). When he was still very young, Wind's mother left them for Po Kuan (破軍). As a result, Nip Yan Wong lost his sanity and lived a wandering life. Wind was frequently left to fend for himself for food, self-defense and shelter.
One day, Wind travelled with his father down south for a duel with Duen Sui. After some interruptions by the young Cloud and the emergence of the Fire Kirin that dragged Nip Yan Wong away, Wind and Duen Sui's son, Duen Long fell into the river and were rescued by Hung Ba.
Having found out about Wind's name, Hung Ba immediately accepted Wind as his disciple.
[edit] Teenage years
Wind was Hung Ba's second strongest disciple after Cloud. During his teenage years, Wind had already achieved at least 60% of the Wind God kick stance.
On Hung Ba's command, the teenage Wind managed to kill Du Gu Yi Fang (lord of the Peerless City and younger brother of the Sword Saint) who was much more skilled in martial arts than Wind (It was later revealed that the person whom Wind killed was an impostor hired by the real Du Gu Yi Fang to take care of the city while he was away to witness the duel between Nameless and Po Kuan in Kim Zhong. The real Du Gu Yi Fang was frozen by Kim Wai together with other spectators and died in Kim Zhong). After successfully completing the mission to assassinate Du Gu Yi Fang, Hung Ba realised that he had underestimated Wind and began to regard Wind with much suspicion.
Hung Ba grew impatient waiting years for the second half of Mud Buddha's prophecy. He sent Wind together with Frost to find the elusive Mud Buddha. During the trip escorting Mud Buddha back to Tin Ha Wui, a mysterious man appeared. Both Frost and Wind could not match the man's martial skills. As a result, the mysterious man successfully kidnapped Mud Buddha and his granddaughter and brought them to a secluded place. The mysterious man was actually none other than Hung Ba himself. He forced Mud Buddha to reveal the prophecy before killing them.
The second half of the prophecy implied that Hung Ba downfall would be caused by Wind and Cloud. Following this, Hung Ba created misunderstandings and friction between Wind and the teenage Cloud using the girl-servant Charity. Charity was married to Frost (Hung Ba's first disciple) but had an affair with Cloud. Wind frequently reprimanded Cloud and was finally forced by Cloud into a duel upon catching Cloud in the act.
During the duel, Wind was on the losing side and was almost hit by a strong palm stance by Cloud when Charity took the blow for Wind. Before dying, Charity revealed that despite married to Frost and the affair with Cloud, she actually loved Wind the most. The devastated Cloud refused to accept the fact and fled with Charity's body. The rift between Wind and Cloud widened.
Like Cloud, Wind later became a fugitive of Tin Ha Wui.
