Hsien-Ko

Hsien-Ko is one of the main heroes that was first introduced in Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge along with her sister, Mei-Ling.

Her character is based off the Chinese hopping vampire, also known as a Jiang Shi (also known as a Kyonshi in Japanese) of Asian myths. She has appeared in many cameos such as Ken's party from the Street Fighter series, and many Capcom and Namco games such as Pocket Fighter, Project X Zone, Namco X Capcom, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

In the Heroes Coalition fics, Hsien-ko is a member of the Heroes Coalition and is an honorary member of the Squad of Excellence.

Appearance
Hsien-ko has a light-bluish skin tone, a short blue hair and has red eyes. She wears a pinkish-red uniform coat-like robe with an open cleavage and a yellow sash tied around her waist, a dark-blue dress shirt with a large oversized long-sleeves with claws, a dark-blue baggy pants, pink slip shoes, a pink & yellow round-tall top rimmed hat with a talisman dangling on it.

Personality
Hsien-Ko is a respectful, goodhearted, and honorable person who opposes evil from a supernatural being. She has an intimate interest in men who seek to improve themselves and help others. This is often the reason why she does not have feelings for Lord Raptor.

She is very protective when it comes to her family and the relationships she makes with others and dislike those who disregard their own humanity in search for absolute power. There is however a darker side to Hsien-Ko, as she holds a personal grudge to demons and those that hurt innocent people, and is afraid of the Jiang Shi trying to consume her mind.

In moments she doesn't need to fight or in not-so-tense moments she seems to be somewhat clumsy, accidentally leaving a lot of her weapons to fall unexpectally, or hitting people heads with some of her enormous gadgets without intention.

Mei-Ling, being the older sister, is a kind, humble, funny woman who is smart in the field of weaponry, like their mother, she is respectful to those who are at peace with themselves and not by what others think of them.

Abilities
Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling have many supernatural powers such as the ability to see the souls of people and other supernatural beings, fly in the air, change their skin color to match the area they are at, and even teleport to different areas and travel in daylight. They also have the ability to switch time and space.

Hsien-Ko can make her eyes glow a yellow aura when using her power and can turn her nails into claws, and she is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat due to her amazing strength, and her proficiency with weapons such as kunai, knives, saw blades, weights, spiked balls, daggers, shurikens, and axes.

Her sister can turn herself into a talisman and is also good with combat and weapony, such as swords, boomerangs, bombs, rocks, chains, claws, as well as bonsai tree plants.

Weakness
Hsien-Ko can lose herself if she has a taste of blood; her personality traits will be heightened to the point of insanity.

Trivia

 * Hsien-Ko's Chinese name Hé Xiān Gū comes from one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon.
 * Hsien-Ko was planned to be in Tatsunoko Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes as a playable character but was dropped.
 * Lord Raptor has romantic feelings for Hsien-Ko due to him being a fellow supernatural being, as demonstrated by his special intro towards her, but she does not seem to share this interest in him. In Namco × Capcom, Raptor constantly attempts to go on a date with her, but she wants nothing to do with him. She also mentions her dislike of Raptor in the Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, saying her opponent was annoying, but not nearly as annoying as Lord Raptor.
 * Xiao Lon from KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A" also seems inspired by Hsien-Ko in terms of appearance and especially fighting style.
 * Taokaka from the BlazBlue series may also be a reference, having large sleeves with metal claws and saws in them.
 * Hsien-Ko was announced in Project × Zone along with fellow Capcom character Frank West, who is ironically a man who fights zombies.
 * Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling are mostly likely fraternal twins, as neither of them look similar (Hsien-Ko has spiky purple hair, and Mei-Ling has straight brown hair).
 * Hsien-Ko has had the same voice actress in nearly all of her video games appearances up to Namco × Capcom: Michiko Neya (the exception being Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, where Kae Araki took over). As of Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds she is now voiced by Saori Hayami.
 * In Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire, Mei-Ling is also voiced by Michiko Neya via reverb and in Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (Pocket Fighter) using an unregulated voice. Despite this she is voiced by actresses different from those of Hsien-Ko in all other appearances in Japanese media as well as all English appearances.
 * In the Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge OVA, Hsien-Ko's design looks like Chun-Li from the Street Fighter series in her human form, this is due to the characters being drawn by the same artist
 * Furthering this resemblance is the fact that her Japanese OVA voice, Yūko Miyamura, voiced Chun-Li in most of her video game appearances in the mid-to-late '90s.
 * Her first appearances in both Namco × Capcom and Project × Zone have several things in common. She first appears in the fifth prologue chapter of the game. Both levels take place on a boat. She meets the representatives of Resident Evil in this stage. Also, she is called by Lord Raptor who greets her with the words "My sweetheart! Hsien-Kohhhh (Lei-Lei-chan)!!" in both games.
 * In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, most of the English-speaking actors, including the announcer, cannot properly pronounce her name, instead saying it as "shin-ko", "sen-ko", "sheng-ko", and "hee-sen-ko". The correct way is in fact "syen-ko", as heard in Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix.
 * According to concept art, Hsien-Ko's many weapons are stored in carrying devices she holds onto, while her claw weapons are in fact chained directly to her scapulas.
 * Hsien-Ko is the only character in the series to transform into more than one person when hit by Demitri's Midnight Bliss.
 * Hsien-Ko keeps a statue of Akuma made of clay that she carries.
 * Unlike Anita, whose Japanese name became her defacto English name (from Amanda), her sister's English name varied. Pre-Vampire Savior, it was Mei-Ling, until the game used the Japanese name for her sister, Lin-Lin. As of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, her sister's name is once again Mei-Ling, and she even calls her Mei as a nickname.