Ping and Long Danzi

Ping and Long Danzi are the protagonists of the Dragon Keeper trilogy.



Abilities:
Qi: Using the force of the universe itself, both Ping and Long Danzi can use qi for a great variety of purposes.

Shape Shifting: Long Danzi can transform into a old man, a snake, or a bronze hoe (The garden implement) to confuse his foes.

Telekenisis: Both Ping and Danzi are skilled with telekinesis, using their inherent qi power.

Second Sight: Ping can actually see the near future, and predict danger. She can also find objects without seeing them, by concentrating.

Flight: Danzi can fly at relatively high speeds, although he is quite vulnerable to wind.

Weather Manipulation: Although this is very limited, Danzi can cause clouds to begin to rain.

Healing: Ping can accelerate the healing of others wounds and her own using qi. This is still a rather slow process.

Combat Skill: Danzi is a dragon, and is skilled with the use of his claws, teeth, and tail in combat. Ping has quite a bit of experiance using the bronze knife she carries as a weapon.

Intelegence: Both Danzi and Ping are quite clever, with Danzi posessing hundreds of years of experiance, and Ping being quite above average in the brains department.

Feats:

 * Danzi was able to fly even after being stuck in a underground cell for over 10 years.
 * The two of them were clever enough to trek across almost all of China with hunters on their trail the whole time, almost without incident.
 * Ping managed to effortlessly throw normal people around using qi.

Weaknesses:
Brace yourself, this is gonna be a long section.
 * Danzi, like all dragons, is weak to iron the way werewolves are weak to silver. Iron burns his skin and cuts it like butter, and wounds inflicted by iron take much longer to heal.
 * Danzi's wings are extremely weak, and can be damaged quite easily. He has little to no control in the air, and the wind blows him around like a peice of paper.
 * Ping may be clever, but she is still a 12 year old girl, and is inexperianced and naive.
 * Danzi is badly aged, and his reactions are slowed.
 * Any use of qi rapidly drains their reserves of the energy, and leaves them exhausted after it is used for too long.
 * Danzi is much longer than he is tall, and can't always keep track of both sides of him, occasionally leaving his back and tail vulnerable.