Here are the chapter titles that refer to Lin Chong:
- The Leopard Headed unwittingly enters The Hall of White Tigers.
- Lin Chong is branded and sent into exile.
- Lin Chong overcomes Captain Hung with his staff.
- Through wind and snow Lin Chong goes to The Temple Of The Mountain God.
- Lin Chong on a snowy night ascends the mountain of the robbers’ lair.
- Lin Chong becomes a robber in the Great Lair.
- Lin Chong kills a comrade in the robbers’ lair.
Together with the fuller description of Lin Chong from his wikipedia article, we should have enough information to select Lin Chong’s forms. Attractive options include:
- unwittingly (so honorable that he’s often fooled by trickery);
- through wind and snow, on a snowy night;
- in the robbers’ lair;
- with his staff (he also frequently shown with a spear);
- with authority (he’s one of the five “tiger generals”);
- with honor (due to his background as a loyal military instructor);
So, if I end up going with six forms per character, there’s Lin Chong right there. I still want to figure out, though, why Lin Chong is generally depicted with a wine bottle tied to the end of his spear (as in the cutout above). I don’t remember that part of the story. Perhaps he is more drunken than I recall?