Yang Xiong was from Henan, and served as a jailer and executioner there. Yang was good-looking, and had flowery tattoos all over his body. He had thick eyebrows, phoenix-like eyes and a few strands of beard. He resembled Guan Suo, the 3rd son of Guan Yu, but was paler in complexion than Guan Suo so his was nicknamed the 'Sick Guan Suo' (病关索).
