Library File: "Jianhong Cheng"

Full Name: Jianhong Cheng
Birthday:
Other Aliases:
Nationality: Chinese
Sex: Male
Has relic (No):
Royal Guard (Yes): Field Agent/Scout/Master

Bio:

Jianhong (better known as "Johnny") Cheng is a master of soul energy, currently working in the Scout Division, and, occasionally, as a Field Agent in Vincent's crew.  

Jianhong grew up in Tampa, Florida - with his mother, Xinyue Cheng, and his step-father, John Gilmore, a Light-born. Jianhong's biological father died from a heart attack when he was four years old. That, however, never stopped him from forming a strong bond with John. When he was seventeen, he would come to witness the brutal murder of his step-father committed by his mother - who had seen the true skin of her husband and mistook him for some kind of demonic creature.

With his step-father dead and his mother in jail, Jianhong was sent to live with his grandparents in New York. After a short while, He left to uncover the secrets of the underworld of magic. Due to him discovering a natural talent for it, he became a drug dealer with hopes of getting enough money for even more expensive tomes. Obsessed with knowledge, it didn't take long for him to become a master.  

At nineteen years old, Jianhong was already a known drug-dealer in the overworld and a powerful wizard in the underworld. His status led him to become very popular with women, which eventually led him to get caught with the wrong one, in the wrong bed. Having sexual relationships with the daughter of a famous bounty hunter legend earned him a million dollars for his head. Always being on the run with an increasingly high body-count, he was found by Vincent and Fiona. After a fight between the three, he was recruited to be a Scout for the Royal Guard, which he accepted.  

Jianhong is one of the few people in the world capable of using drawn-magic as a lethal weapon. His signature ability (and weapon of choice) is a powerful spell based on the magic-drinking properties of the Dark Realm. Using his soul energy as a siphon, he can absorb the abilities of any relic user and magnify its power. Although Jianhong tried teaching this spell several times, no one ever mastered it due to its nature of drawing energy from the Ethereal Realm.  

Jianhong is known to be (for a lack of better words) an asshole. But has proven to have a heart of gold (at times). In the words of Fiona Westley: "[...]You either hate him, or you love him and want to kill him."

He was also known to be a flirt before meeting his girlfriend, Maria.

Jianhong has a mother under a life sentence and two grandparents whom he visits from time to time.  

A few extra facts:

-Jianhong is one of the two known people able to draw magic from the Ethereal Realm. The other one being Siegmund himself.

-He is the second member in the inner circle of the Royal Guard with the highest victim rescue "score" on raids (716), losing only to Vincent(1553).

-He developed his siphon spell on his own.  

-Being on the Scout Division, he is able to travel through dimensions using his own drawn-magic.  

-He is arachnophobic.  

-No one actually calls him Jianhong. It's either "Cheng" or, less commonly, "Johnny".  It is unclear whether he adopted "Johnny" because of his step-father.

-He can't swim.

Cut from Nova's selfie with Jianhong and Omar. Date unknown.