Children killed before they could grow into adults in wuxia fiction?

[Ken Cheng]

In wuxia fiction, there were a few characters who, owing to their heritage, potentially could have been central characters in a wuxia story...if only they hadn't perished during childhood. Two who come to mind are Chow Lim Tung, the illegitimate son of Chow Bak Tung and Ying Goo, and the original Tse Mo Gei, biological son of Golden Haired Lion King Tse Tsun and namesake for Cheung Mo Gei, the protagonist of HSDS.

Both Chow Lim Tung and Tse Mo Gei were slain when they were infants, so it's impossible to know what kind of men they might have grown up to be. What do you imagine they would have been like, however?

Also, what other wuxia characters were killed during childhood before we could see what kind of adults they'd be like?

[PJ]

Here are a few more STE kids: Slain-Too-Early.

-The poor kid in HSDS that the Xuanming Elder and a bunch of other Mongolian soldiers were kicking around as soccer ball.

-The 4 year old kid who never appeared in Outer Story of the Flying Fox, but was told in flashback, whose mother cut his stomach open to prove that he did not eat any stolen goose.

[Dimeron]

In wuxia fiction, there were a few characters who, owing to their heritage, potentially could have been central characters in a wuxia story...if only they hadn't perished during childhood. Two who come to mind are Chow Lim Tung, the illegitimate son of Chow Bak Tung and Ying Goo, and the original Tse Mo Gei, biological son of Golden Haired Lion King Tse Tsun and namesake for Cheung Mo Gei, the protagonist of HSDS.

Both Chow Lim Tung and Tse Mo Gei were slain when they were infants, so it's impossible to know what kind of men they might have grown up to be. What do you imagine they would have been like, however?

Also, what other wuxia characters were killed during childhood before we could see what kind of adults they'd be like?

What about Golden Wheel Monk and his first student. Not a kid but he died really young. It was said the guy had a lot of potential, very loyal, etc.

[dewyloony123]

or poor Qu Feiyan, perchance? If she had followed her grampy's footsteps or had hung around LHC enough, she possibly could have had a chance towards getting quite good in martial arts, or at least could've influenced the plot a lot.

[junzi]

or poor Qu Feiyan, perchance? If she had followed her grampy's footsteps or had hung around LHC enough, she possibly could have had a chance towards getting quite good in martial arts, or at least could've influenced the plot a lot.

Yes I agree with this, Qu Feiyan was cute!