Character Relationship Map: Devil Face, Angel Heart

Characters

• Lon / Michael (played by Daniel Wu) — protagonist

  Born with a disfigured face, Long works as an assassin alongside his brother Kwan for the triad leader Dragon. After Long kills Dragon and is betrayed and left for dead, Mei rescues him and helps alte...

• Wendy (played by Gigi Lai Chi) — protagonist

  Wendy is Dragon's girlfriend and is repeatedly abused by him. She urges Long and Kwan to leave Dragon, then promises help from her uncle if they succeed. Later she has a new relationship and criminal...

• Kent (played by Stephen Fung) — supporting

  Kent is a police officer assigned with Dicky to investigate Dragon and his triad. Long and Kwan attack them, and Dicky is killed in the shooting. Later, Michael breaks into Kent's home and deliberatel...

• Kwan (played by Lam Suet) — supporting

  Kwan is Long's brother and works with him as an assassin for Dragon. He accompanies Long on the mission in Taiwan and witnesses Long turn against Dragon. While the brothers wait for Wendy's uncle's dr...

• Mei (played by Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling) — supporting

  Mei is a sex worker Long encounters at a Taiwanese club while he and Kwan are preparing for an assassination. Long spares her, and after he is betrayed and left for dead, she rescues him. She arranges...

• Jimmy (played by Conroy Chan Chi-Chung) — supporting

  Jimmy is Wendy's new boyfriend and criminal partner in Hong Kong after Dragon's men are believed to be dead. When Bull ambushes the leaders at a restaurant, Jimmy is captured while Michael escapes wit...

• Dicky (played by Sam Lee) — minor

  Dicky is a police officer who receives an assignment with Kent to investigate Dragon and his triad. During an attack by Long and Kwan, Dicky is shot in the eye and dies. His death occurs early in the...

• Bull (played by David Lee Wai-Sheung) — minor

  Bull is a criminal client who ambushes the triad leaders at an Italian restaurant, where Michael escapes with Wendy and Jimmy is captured. Bull later demands ransom, mutilates Jimmy, and survives Wend...

• Dragon (played by Philip Keung Ho-Man) — minor

  Dragon is a notorious Hong Kong triad leader involved in numerous crimes, including drugs, firearms, prostitution, and human trafficking. He abuses Wendy and employs Long and Kwan as assassins. During...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dragon → Kwan (Professional Employer) — Dragon employs Kwan as part of his assassination force.

  Kwan works alongside Lon as one of Dragon's assassins during the Taiwan operation.

• Kent → Dicky (Professional Police Partner) — They work together on the police investigation.

  The plot introduces Kent and Dicky as two police officers ordered to investigate Dragon and his triad.

• Wendy → Lon / Michael (Romantic Complicated Lover) — Their attraction develops through shared danger, deception, and shifting identities.

  Wendy warns Lon to leave Dragon, and later Michael seduces Wendy before they spend the night together.

• Wendy → Dragon (Romantic Abusive Girlfriend) — Their relationship is romantic in form but defined by severe abuse.

  Wendy is described as Dragon's girlfriend, while Dragon sexually tortures her in his bedroom.

• Lon / Michael → Dragon (Professional Employer) — Dragon employs Lon as a contract assassin.

  Lon and Kwan work as assassins for Dragon, the Hong Kong triad leader.

• Lon / Michael → Kwan (Family Brother) — They are brothers bound by a shared criminal profession.

  The plot explicitly identifies Kwan as Lon's brother, and they work together as assassins.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Lon / Michael → Bull (Conflict Enemy) — Michael and Bull become opposing criminal forces in the final conflict.

  Michael plans to kill Bull by using Wendy in a poisoned-glass scheme, but Bull survives and exposes the trap.

• Bull → Wendy (Conflict Extortionist) — Bull threatens Wendy through violence and ransom demands.

  Bull demands a ransom for Jimmy and sends Jimmy's severed nose to Wendy after she mocks the demand.

• Bull → Jimmy (Conflict Captor) — Bull uses Jimmy as a hostage and deliberately mutilates him.

  Bull ambushes the crime leaders, captures Jimmy, amputates his nose, and mails it to Wendy.

• Lon / Michael → Dicky (Conflict Killer) — Lon participates in the violent attack that kills Dicky.

  During the police attack, Dicky is shot and dies after Lon and Kwan attack the officers.

• Mei → Lon / Michael (Alliance Rescuer) — Mei saves Lon and helps him begin a new identity.

  Mei rescues Lon after he is rammed into the harbor and arranges surgery for his face.

Story Analysis

A scarred assassin seeks transformation and escape, but violence, desire, and betrayal repeatedly pull him back toward death.

Plot Progression

1. A Promise In The Mansion — Lon and Kwan serve Dragon as assassins while Wendy suffers Dragon's abuse. Wendy urges Lon to escape, and Lon promises to kill Dragon during the Taiwan operation.
2. Blood In Taiwan — The police investigation brings Kent and Dicky into conflict with Lon and Kwan. In Taiwan, Lon spares Mei, kills Dragon, and watches the planned escape collapse into an ambush.
3. A Face Reborn — Mei rescues Lon after the harbor attack and arranges surgery. She trains him and gives him the identity Michael, allowing him to return to Hong Kong.
4. The Price Of Betrayal — Wendy and Jimmy work together after Dragon's apparent fall. Bull captures Jimmy, mutilates him, and uses the ransom demand to provoke Wendy.
5. The Chamber And The Gun — Michael and Wendy attempt to poison Bull, but the plan is revealed as a trap. Police arrest those in the chamber, and Michael later engineers his own shooting by Kent.