[ **up: [[! TKA Bible|TKA Bible]] — [[Characters]] | [[Glory Players]] | [[Striker (Sub-class)|Strikers]] | [[ESports Home]]** ] --- # Chang Xian Chang Xian is a young [[Journalists vs. Reporters|reporter]] employed by [[ESports Home|ESports Home]].[^1] He brings “youthful energy” to his daily work, and becomes a committed fan (and reporter) of [[Team Happy|Team Happy]] while Team Happy are still engaged in the [[Challenger League]].[^1] --- ## Physical description Clearly attractive: > In the eyes of outsiders, he seemed like a shameless pretty boy who refused to stop clinging to [[Chen Guo|Chen Guo]].[^2] --- ## Personality & physical habits > Chang Xian had been a reporter for a year. He was clever. He immediately understood that this was Chen Guo handing giving him a way out of the awkward situation between him and Mo Fan. He seized the opportunity, taking the water and thanking Qiao Yifan, while politely responding to Chen Guo.[^3] --- > busily working.[^1] > busily working early in the morning.[^1] > youthful energy.[^1] > Before he could get closer, Chang Xian saw him from the reflection of his monitor and hastily got up to give him a greeting: “Morning, brother Cao! You’re up!”[^1] > excitedly said.[^1] > nodded his head enthusiastically.[^1] > Chang Xian scratched his head, smiling in embarrassment.[^4] --- ## Glory > Chang Xian wasn’t just an eSports reporter. He was also a fan of Glory. His work revolved around Glory. Outside of work, he spent most of his free time on Glory too.[^3] In the [[Heavenly Domain]], Chang Xian has a [[Striker (Sub-class)|Striker]] account ([[Death Reaper (Account)]].[^3] --- Chang Xian rides an electric bicycle when commuting from his apartment to [[Happy Internet Cafe]] (and, previously, [[Club Excellent Era]]).[^4] However, he’s really quite bad at it—bad enough that Excellent Era’s manager, [[Cui Li]], will cheerfully tease him about it.[^4] (Seriously, he’s bad. Quotes include: > Suddenly, an \[electric bike] passed by precariously, and came to a stop after some struggle. [^4] --- ## Employment In [[Season 9]], Chang Xian is a “new graduate last year”.[^1] (AKA, he graduated during the GPA’s [[Season 8]].) Upon being employed by eSports Home, he was “directly sent to City H’s news station” where, as a very new hire, he was left to work with [[Cao Guangcheng]], alone, following [[Excellent Era]]’s Season 8 relegation.[^1] Note: Excellent Era’s Manager, [[Cui Li|Cui Li]], refers to Chang Xian as an intern.[^4] ### Glory—mostly, but not solely > Cui Li knew that though Glory was the hottest topic in eSports, there were other games as well. Esports Home was a comprehensive esports media, so they also reported happenings in these other games, but since Glory was the main focus, the interview station in City H was placed close to the only club in City H, Excellent Era.[^4] --- ## Living situation Chang Xian lives and works in a company-provided apartment in [[City H]].[^1] He lives with his senior colleague, [[Cao Guangcheng|Cao Guangcheng]]; they share the living space, but each has their own bedroom.[^1] > Their news station was really just them living in City H and being close by to interview the team on a moment’s notice. The company would provide the reporters with an apartment. Their everyday life consisted of going over to interview the team and then writing a draft. They didn’t need to a specific office location. If you insisted on it, then his his bedroom and living room could be considered his workplace. > > When Cao Guangcheng went out of his bedroom, he passed by the living room and saw the other person, Chang Xian, staying in City H with him. He was currently on his laptop, busy typing.[^1] - Chang Xian addresses Cao Guangcheng as “Brother Cao”.[^1] + Cao Guangcheng “had written news stories on four finals”, and therefore is likely (a minimum of) four years older than Chang Xian… actually, he’s probably at least eight years older, minimum, since we then get: “Cao Guangcheng had been with Team Excellent for eight years, yet he had only been able to get a total of three interviews across those eight years.”[^1] --- ## Relationships ### Terms of Address | Name | Called by whom | Notes | Source | | ------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | | Little Chang | [[Cao Guangcheng]] | CX calls him “Brother Cao”. | [^1][^5]<br> | | Little Chang | [[Cui Li\|Cui Li]] | CX calls him “Manager Cui”. | [^4] | | Little Chang | [[Chen Guo\|Chen Guo]] | CX calls her “Boss Chen” (upon meeting her). | [^6] | | | | Note: by the time [[Team Happy\|Team Happy]] have reached the offline portion of the [[Challenger League]], CX is calling Chen Guo “Sis Chen”. | chp. 959 | --- ### Chang Xian & Qiao Yifan > “This is Qiao Yifan,” Chen Guo was just introducing them by who she saw first, “Little Qiao was originally from Team Tiny Herb. After his contract expired, he came over. He plays the Ghostblade, One Inch Ash.” > > “What?!” Chang Xian, who had been waiting for a chance to take pictures of the two attractive ladies, suddenly heard Chen Guo introducing the next person. He was instantly thunderstruck. > > Team Tiny Herb! A member from a team that had been two time champions had joined Team Happy? What was this? > > Chang Xian stared in shock. Information on One Inch Ash was rare. He only knew that it was an account for the tenth server and the second under max level character to reach the Heavenly Domain in the tenth server, after Lord Grim. He hadn’t appeared much during the time where Happy was accepting challengers, but in yesterday’s match against Everlasting, he had won them their first point, giving a calm and mature impression. He hadn’t thought this person would be from the Pro League, and Tiny Herb too! > > Chang Xian didn’t hide the shock on his face as he gazed at Qiao Yifan. Qiao Yifan became nervous with all the staring. He had been someone without presence in Team Tiny Herb, and wouldn’t had never had the chance to be interviewed. Now, seeing Chang Xian’s shocked gaze, Qiao Yifan was also a little startled. “I… I…” he stuttered for a while before suddenly blurting out, “I’ll go pour some water,” and fleeing.[^6] --- ## Adaptations ![[TKA-s01e02-00022.png]] Chang Xian in the [[The King’s Avatar (TV Drama)|Live Action]] (Episode 2). In the live action, Chang Xian plays a [[Blade Master (Sub-class)|Blade Master]] (Episode 2). ![[TKA-s01e02-00030.png]] ![[TKA-s01e02-00031.png]] [^1]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar*, trans. Nomyummi et al. (Webnovel, 2017), ‘[[Chapter 825 – City H Interview Station|Chapter 825: City H Interview Station]]’. [^2]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar*, ‘[[Chapter 1385 – Playoffs Special Issue|Chapter 1385: Playoffs Special Issue]]’ [^3]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar*, ‘[[Chapter 828 – I Once Had a Friend|Chapter 828: I Once Had a Friend]]’. [^4]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar*, ‘[[Chapter 826 – Interviewing Happy|Chapter 826: Interviewing Happy]]’. [^5]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar,* ‘[[Chapter 962 – Real and Fake Identity|Chapter 962: Real and Fake Identity]]’. [^6]: Butterfly Blue, *The King’s Avatar*, ‘[[Chapter 827 – All Rather Impressive|Chapter 827: All Rather Impressive]]’.