Big Trouble In Prosaic Reality

Two thousand years ago, the first emperor of China, Yin Twung, was challenged by Lo Pan and his armies. Lo Pan was defeated. For his impuedence, the Emperor cursed him. For his failure, he was also cursed by his patron, Ching Dai. The punishment they agreed upon was that of "no flesh": Lo Pan would exist as an incorporeal ghost for eternity.

Yin Twung and the Ching Dai left Lo Pan a way to earn their foregiveness, however. To appease the God of the East, Lo Pan would have to marry a special girl with green eyes. To appease Yin Twung, he had to kill her.

"Two thousand years and he can't find one broad to fit the bill? C'mon, Dave, you must be doing something seriously wrong!"

There is a test to determine the right girl. Lo Pan refers to it as "Embracing the Naked Blade" and if it is successful, the girl is said to have "tamed the savage heart." This is shown in the middle of the film when Lo Pan has Gracie Law and Miao Yin take Rain's swords, levitates them to the cieling, and they touch the white orb there. This causes the eyes of the statue to flicker.

Lo Pan, Bou-Juing of Chinese Business Interests **

(Viceroy to his Imperial Majesty Ching Dai, Imperator of the East, the Three Storms, and Chinese Business Interests)

Attributes

Aspect 1 - Metahuman
Domain 3 - Bou-Juing (Chinese equivalent to Count) **
Realm 3 - Warden

There is an entrance (several, probably) to the chancel of Ching Dai at the Wing-Kong Exchange (Lo Pan's business front in Chinatown). Within the chancel proper, Lo Pan has recreated various of the Chinese Hells. Indeed, the border between the chancel and the Wing-Kong Exchange is a rather fuzzy one ... as Jack Burton and companions discovered in the sewers while approaching it. Incidentally, the Wing-Kong gang is the Chancel's earthly cult and the Lords of Death are errand boys for it (the Three Storms usually deal with the gang). They have a rivalry with the Chang Sings (another Chinatown gang), who work for one of Lo Pan's business competitors.
Spirit 1 - Candleflame

Although Lo Pan can anchor two humans at a time, the only one he presently has bonded is a former minion remembered only as "David". David attempted to extort money out of Lo Pan's business interests, and he was anchored as punishment. His body has been molded into a withered version of Lo Pan himself by the effects of the cursed entity that occasionally inhabits it (as well as age), and the man's will by this point is all but gone; David is little more than a puppet for Lo Pan to inhabit when it is convenient.

The reason Lo Pan does not have more anchors is because the ritual marriage requires him to anchor the green-eyed girl (whether through love or hate) he is to marry, so he was "saving a spot". In order to anchor both Gracie Law and Miao Yin, Lo Pan probably abandoned David, which would have been fine if Lo Pan hadn't been killed.

Allegiance and Code

Lo Pan has a Personal Code based on his agenda:

Make lots of money and use it to rule the world/universe
Find, marry, and kill the green-eyed girl
Not necessarily in that order

Gifts

Mortal sorcery (can be used on corporeal things) - Lo Pan does that "blinding light from the mouth" attack on Jack Burton, levitates Gracie Law and Miao Yin (with the help of the Storms), and so forth.

Limits

"No Flesh" - Limit of both Aspect and Domain, similar to the limit "Dead". One extra MP (each) per story. Until Lo Pan finds and kills the green-eyed girl and lifts the curse, he can only use Ghost Miracles of Aspect and Domain.

Familia

The Power of the East, whoever he or she might be
The Three Storms (The Powers of Thunder, Rain, and Lightning)
Egg Shen (?!) - Well, maybe, maybe not. If not, maybe he's just a rival power, or the anchor of one. Certainly seems to have a history with Lo Pan, though. Lo Pan says "You never could beat me Egg Shen", after their virtual combat results in a draw, for example. Walt Schellin has suggested that Egg Shen is a Bane from Ching Dai's Chancel, which hadn't occurred to me. After rewatching the movie, however, it seems to make sense.

All of this, naturally, is taken from John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China. Much of the detailed info was garnered from the Wing Kong Exchange. Corrections courtesy of "Chunkai Kevin Wang" from the Nobilis list.