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Little is known about Ling's past. He is the heir to his clan and as such, was constantly the target of assassination attempts. Because of this, he learned to 'fight dirty' in order to survive. Although Ling is untrained in alkahestry, he has significant martial arts and sword training and is able to sense chi. Ling has two loyal bodyguards, Fu and Lan Fan, that care deeply for him.

Being trained from a young age in his country of Xing's unique style of combat, Ling is a very proficient martial artist and acrobat, but an even better swordsman. With his weapon of choice being a Chinese dao, he is one of the very few to cross swords with the Führer (Wrath) and live to tell the tale. Wrath himself noted that Ling would have a fairly good chance against him if Ling wasn't splitting his attention watching over Lan Fan, whom he was carrying at the time. Ling Yao is also physically fit, in contrast to his rather frail build, being able to lift a captive Gluttony with his bare hands, also later showing his strength allowed him to punch Gluttony through a tree and jump out of a building several stories tall. He is also a rather skilled tactician, able to quickly perceive his opponent's weaknesses and effectively exploit them.

Since becoming one with Greed, Ling also has found a mastered balance between attack and defense correspondingly of his swordsmanship and Greed's Ultimate Shield. He supposedly loses this ability, as Greed is no longer with him.

-Wikipedia.org-

Current Residence: Central City
Shell of choice: An immortal one.