Tessenjutsu Shen Yuan. [masterpost]
could be demon Shen Yuan could be rogue cultivator Shen Yuan but if cultivator then either beast tamer or "demonic"/ghost path(following in Wei Wuxian's footsteps♥︎) but the point is that most of the time he has something fighting for him that he's leading.
he doesn't specialise in swordplay he might not even have a sword what he does have is a metal fan and tessenjutsu! not the videogame bladed-edge fan kind the real one.
i like the idea of him having taken classes in his past life (chronically ill SY my beloved but idk if it works here) and kept up learning into the next.
just imagine someone finally getting close enough through his beasts/ghouls thinking it's gonna be easier now, the man doesn't even have a sword! he does however have a metal fan which he uses to first catch your blade, to wrench it out of your hand, then slap you across the face, before jabbing you with the closed fan, that- reminder is made of metal
probably charged with qi too since he can.
