Charlie felt a great deal of irony for his name being a Vietnamese man in Seattle during Vietnam. He took it in stride and became the local minister despite rampant hate at the time. He is actually the descendant of the legendary Buddhist monk whose life-story became the Journey to The West. As it turns out, the Journey was more than just a trek across India and Charlie inherited certain gifts along with his True Faith. But most of the time, he’s just the guy who gives people peace.