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{{Character
|Image = Ming_liu.gif
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|Image = Xin Rong Fool for Love.png
 
|First = "[[Fool for Love]]"
 
|First = "[[Fool for Love]]"
|Last = ''[[Auld Lang Syne]]''
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|Last = ''[[Finale]]'' (vision)
|Name = Xin Rong
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|Died = 1900
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|Name = Xin Rong<ref>''[[Spike and Dru: All's Fair]]''</ref>
 
|Status = Deceased
 
|Status = Deceased
|Classification = [[Slayer]]
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|Classification = [[Human]]<br />[[Slayer]]
 
|Known relatives = Unidentified mother
 
|Known relatives = Unidentified mother
|Powers = See [[Slayer]]
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|Powers = The common powers of the Slayer, further enhanced through training and experience.
|Actor = [[Ming Liu]]
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|Actor = [[Ming Qiu]]
 
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{{Quote|Tell my mother I'm sorry.|Xin Rong|Fool for Love}}
   
'''Xin Rong''' was a [[Slayer]] active in China before and during the Boxer Rebellion.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the [[Slayer]] active during the Boxer Rebellion. She was killed by the [[vampire]] [[Spike]] in 1900.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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{{Quote|Become a vampire, there's nothing to fear. Nothing but one girl. That's you, honey. Back then… It was her.|Spike|Fool for Love}}
Xin Rong was active as the [[Slayer]] in the year 1900. She was a skilled Slayer who was very close to her family, and knew of her destiny. On June 18, 1900, the [[vampires]] [[Angelus]], [[Darla]], [[Spike]], and [[Drusilla]] came to Peking (now transcribed in English as Beijing), China during the Boxer Rebellion. The Slayer fought Spike in a Buddhist temple and managed to physically scar him over his left eyebrow with her sword despite his vampiric healing factor. She had Spike pinned up against a wall, ready to stake him but an explosion outside rocked the building and she lost control of the situation. In the end, Spike won. Before he killed her, her last words were, "Tell my mother I'm sorry," (trad. 告訴我媽媽對不起 simp. 告诉我妈妈对不起) in Chinese, to which Spike replies, "Sorry love, I don't speak Chinese." He then drained her of her blood, leaving her in the temple to burn after feeding some of her blood to his lover [[Drusilla]].
 
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On June 18, 1900, [[the Whirlwind]] were in Peking (Beijing), China during the Boxer Rebellion; Spike would later state he was obsessed with Slayers, and sought Xin Rong out to fight her. She and Spike fought in a Buddhist temple, and Xin Rong managed to give him a permanent scar over his left eyebrow with her sword.<ref name=":0" />
   
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Highly skilled in armed combat, the Slayer had the vampire pinned up against a wall, ready to [[stake]] him, but an explosion outside the temple rocked the building and she lost control of the situation. Spike was able to knock her stake from her hand, catch her, and bite her neck. When [[Buffy Summers]] questioned him how he killed Xin Rong, he explained: "Lesson the first: a Slayer must always reach for her weapon. I've already got mine."<ref name=":0">"[[Fool for Love]]"</ref>
Decades later, in 1933, some relatives of the Chinese Slayer attempt to assassinate Spike and Drusilla as revenge for killing Xin Rong.
 
   
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Xin Rong's last dying words were, in Chinese: "Tell my mother I'm sorry." (trad. 告訴我媽媽對不起 simp. 告诉我妈妈对不起), to which Spike replied: "Sorry love, I don't speak Chinese." He threw her in the ground and left her body in the temple,<ref name=":0" /> having killed the first of two Slayers that would give him notoriety as a Slayer hunter.<ref>"[[School Hard]]"</ref>
== Behind the Scenes ==
 
*She was portrayed by [[Ming Liu]].
 
   
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In 2004, when Spike fought the psychotic Slayer [[Dana]], she initially addressed him in Chinese, as her Slayer knowledge had "filled in the blanks" of her traumatized mind. She drawn on Xin Rong's memories of her fight with Spike, causing him to initially assume that Dana was possessed by a Chinese demon, until [[Angel]] discovered the truth.<ref>"[[Damage]]"</ref>
== Appearances ==
 
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==Powers and abilities==
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As the Slayer, Xin Rong presented enhanced powers for a [[human]] (strength, speed, reflexes, healing, stamina) and the psychic connection with the Slayer line. She also demonstrated notable combat skills with the use of a sword, as well as unarmed martial arts in a lesser degree.
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==Behind the scenes==
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*She was portrayed by [[Ming Qiu]], the actress and stuntwoman who also portrayed a newly activated Slayer in the series finale "[[Chosen]]".
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*The Slayer's name was never addressed, except in the dubious [[canon]] comic ''[[Spike and Dru: All's Fair]]'', which identified her as Xin Rong. In the episode "[[Fool for Love]]", she's simply credited as "Chinese Slayer".
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==Appearances==
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===Canonical===
 
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
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*"[[School Hard]]" {{Om}}
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*"[[The Yoko Factor]]" {{Om}}
 
*"[[Fool for Love]]" {{FBO}}
 
*"[[Fool for Love]]" {{FBO}}
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*"[[Checkpoint]]" {{Om}}
*''[[Spike & Dru]]: [[All's Fair]]'' <small>(non-[[canon]])</small>
 
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*"[[Seeing Red]]" {{Om}}
*''[[Auld Lang Syne]]''
 
   
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;''[[Angel (series)|Angel]]''
{{Start box}}
 
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*"[[In the Dark]]" {{Om}}
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*"[[Darla (episode)|Darla]]" {{Om}}
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*"[[Damage]]" {{Om}}
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]''
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*''[[The Chain]]'' {{OV}}
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten]]''
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*''[[Relationship Status: Complicated, Part One]]'' {{FBO}}
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*''[[Relationship Status: Complicated, Part Two]]'' {{FBO}}
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;"[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]"
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*''[[Finale]]'' {{OV}}
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===Other===
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;''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]''
 
*''[[Spike and Dru: All's Fair]]'' {{Om}}
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*[[Lost and Found (one-shot)|''Lost and Found'']] {{FBO}}
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;"[[Auld Lang Syne]]"
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*''[[Auld Lang Syne, Part Two]]'' {{OV}}
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==References==
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{{References}}
 
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|title = '''The [[Slayer]]'''
| years= 1900
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|years = 1900
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|before = Unknown, eventually '''[[Naayéé'neizgháni]]'''
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|after = Unknown, eventually '''[[Unidentified Korean Slayer|unidentified]]'''
'''presumably [[Angelique Hawthorne]]
 
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'''eventually [[Creighton Faust's Slayer]]
 
 
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Revision as of 19:30, 1 January 2020

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Tell my mother I'm sorry.
―Xin Rong[src]

Xin Rong was the Slayer active during the Boxer Rebellion. She was killed by the vampire Spike in 1900.

Biography

Become a vampire, there's nothing to fear. Nothing but one girl. That's you, honey. Back then… It was her.
―Spike[src]

On June 18, 1900, the Whirlwind were in Peking (Beijing), China during the Boxer Rebellion; Spike would later state he was obsessed with Slayers, and sought Xin Rong out to fight her. She and Spike fought in a Buddhist temple, and Xin Rong managed to give him a permanent scar over his left eyebrow with her sword.[2]

Highly skilled in armed combat, the Slayer had the vampire pinned up against a wall, ready to stake him, but an explosion outside the temple rocked the building and she lost control of the situation. Spike was able to knock her stake from her hand, catch her, and bite her neck. When Buffy Summers questioned him how he killed Xin Rong, he explained: "Lesson the first: a Slayer must always reach for her weapon. I've already got mine."[2]

Xin Rong's last dying words were, in Chinese: "Tell my mother I'm sorry." (trad. 告訴我媽媽對不起 simp. 告诉我妈妈对不起), to which Spike replied: "Sorry love, I don't speak Chinese." He threw her in the ground and left her body in the temple,[2] having killed the first of two Slayers that would give him notoriety as a Slayer hunter.[3]

In 2004, when Spike fought the psychotic Slayer Dana, she initially addressed him in Chinese, as her Slayer knowledge had "filled in the blanks" of her traumatized mind. She drawn on Xin Rong's memories of her fight with Spike, causing him to initially assume that Dana was possessed by a Chinese demon, until Angel discovered the truth.[4]

Powers and abilities

As the Slayer, Xin Rong presented enhanced powers for a human (strength, speed, reflexes, healing, stamina) and the psychic connection with the Slayer line. She also demonstrated notable combat skills with the use of a sword, as well as unarmed martial arts in a lesser degree.

Behind the scenes

  • She was portrayed by Ming Qiu, the actress and stuntwoman who also portrayed a newly activated Slayer in the series finale "Chosen".
  • The Slayer's name was never addressed, except in the dubious canon comic Spike and Dru: All's Fair, which identified her as Xin Rong. In the episode "Fool for Love", she's simply credited as "Chinese Slayer".

Appearances

Canonical

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve"

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic
"Auld Lang Syne"

References

Preceded by:
Unknown, eventually Naayéé'neizgháni
The Slayer
1900
Succeeded by:
Unknown, eventually unidentified