The core members of the protagonist group include:
Chu Tianyou (actually Sima Yulong, the leader of the country who visited in private)
Bai Shanshan (daughter of a loyal minister, highly skilled in martial arts, accompanying Chu Tianyou in his search for his mother)
Zhao Yu (Chu Tianyou's bodyguard, highly skilled in martial arts and loyal)
Ding Wuwei (an important comedy character in the play, greedy for money but kind-hearted, good at medicine and fortune-telling, calls himself "Dr. Ding")
