Character from Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
A mortal engineer in a world of cultivators — his meridians were shattered, his knee was crippled, and he responded by inventing steam technology because if he can't cultivate, he'll industrialize.
Bowu was the young master of Misty Lake Sect until a cultivator shattered his meridians and crippled his knee. In a world where cultivation is everything, he became nothing — ostracized, pitied, dismissed. His response was not despair but redirection: if the spiritual path was closed, he'd take the technological one. Jin recognized immediately what Bowu was: an engineer born into a world that didn't have the concept. He mentored Bowu toward steam technology, and Bowu ran with it — inventing a steam-powered harvester, creating his sister's Steam Furnace combat artifact, and designing practical industrial applications that no cultivator had ever considered because why would you build a machine when you can punch through a mountain? Bowu's ambition is immortality through legacy. He can't cultivate, so he'll be remembered. He apprentices under Yao Che at Fa Ram and approaches every problem with the systematic thinking of someone who has been forced to solve things the hard way.
A young man who moves with the careful gait of someone managing a permanent knee injury. His hands are perpetually stained with grease and soot from his engineering work. Despite his disability, his eyes are sharp and constantly evaluating — the look of someone who sees the world in terms of mechanisms and solutions.
Also known as: Young Master of Misty Lake, Misty Boy