# Ning — Kai Lung’s Golden Hours character guide

> Ning in Kai Lung’s Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ning - lo

**First appearance:** 0001-kai-lung-s-golden-hours

## Snapshot

A maiden of the worthy line of Lo, dwelling beneath the emblem of a Sprouting Aloe, whose early adoption was contrived to deceive a spectral vampire.

## Who they are

Ning belongs to a respectable household that Chang Tao's grandfather names as a suitable match, yet her past is shadowed by a vampire's malign influence and the strange adoption it forced upon her. That blend of propriety and hidden affliction makes her both an eligible prospect and an object of unease. In the marriage deliberations that open Chang Tao's tale, she stands as the intriguing alternative to the dreaded eleven spinsters of the house of Tung.

## Relationships

### [Tian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/tian)

_family_

Ning and Tian are siblings, bound by familial duty and affection.

### [Hia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/hia)

_friendship_

Hia and Ning are close friends, often seen together in leisure or trouble.

### [Tian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/tian)

_family_

Ning and Tian are siblings, bound by familial duty and affection.

### [Tian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/tian)

_family_

Ning and Tian are siblings, bound by familial duty and affection.

## In the story

### [The Story of Ning, the Captive God, and the Dreams That Mark His Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/the-story-of-ning-the-captive-god-and-the-dreams-that-mark-his-race)

A better-class deity, voluptuous but well-meaning, who is targeted by the demon Leou and later discovers his son Tian.

### [I: The Malice of the Demon, Leou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/i-the-malice-of-the-demon-leou)

A better-class deity, voluptuous but well-meaning, targeted by Leou's scheme.

### [The Part Played by the Slave-Girl, Hia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/ii-the-part-played-by-the-slave-girl-hia)

A deity who is deceived by Hia into removing his nail-sheaths, losing his divine status and becoming a slave.

### [The Incoming of the Youth, Tian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/iii-the-incoming-of-the-youth-tian)

Formerly a god, now a deposed laborer in Sun Wei's fields; encounters and recognizes his son Tian.

### [Events Round Walled Ti-Foo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/iv-events-round-walled-ti-foo)

Tian's father; receives the magic sheaths but is projected into the Outer Upper Paths after using them.

### [The Message from the Outer Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/ii-the-message-from-the-outer-land)

The aged Ning, mentioned as having recounted stories of Emperor Kwong's charity.

## Links

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