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1. #1Yuan Shao

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   Appearance: Yuan Shao stands tall and has a regal and commanding appearance, befitting his noble lineage. His features include sharp gray eyes, a strong jawline and a neatly groomed mustache, reflecting his dignified demeanor. His long, silver hair is often styled elegantly, tied back in a way that highlights his aristocratic aura. His armor is usually in shades of gold and yellow, with a flowing purple cape. In combat he typically wears a helmet with a feathered helmet.

   Personality: Yuan Shao is an honorable and proud man that staunchly supports the Han, though he can be arrogant and pretentious about his noble title. He is known to make passionate and inspirational speeches about justice and valor, gaining the love of the people for his impeccable image. He speaks with a flamboyant and high-and-mighty attitude, but this somewhat benefits him and his charisma makes him surprisingly popular with the people, alongside his noble name. He has issues with indecisiveness, and struggles to listen to his retainers more often than not. While the people around him acknowledge his arrogance and haughtiness as flaws, he’s still a well respected and powerful man with the capacity to lead.

   Yuan Shao is old childhood friends and hunting buddies with Cao Cao, who is of a lower rank-- Yuan Shao in particular deems his friend to be of inferior rank and considers his friend to be a rude upstart. Cao Cao in turn criticizes him as a man who relies too much on his family past and is too inept to survive in the land's wars. Despite their butting heads, they are friends and do understand each other, even if they fight more often than not. Yuan Shao would genuinely feel sorrow if he and Cao Cao were to clash in battle. Yuan Shu has a younger half-brother, Yuan Shu-- who's a rather arrogant, spiteful, and overly lavish person. The two brothers really don’t get along, but begrudgingly work together when they must. Yuan Shao has three teenage sons-- Yuan Tan (brave but impulsive and violent), Yuan Xi (intelligent but weak and indecisive), and Yuan Shang (strong and handsome, but arrogant). He tends to favor Yuan Shang.

2. #2Meng Huo

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   Name: Meng Huo

   Age: 38 (Born 187)

   Appearance: Meng Huo is an extremely tall and large man, with a very muscular and imposing build and a ridiculous amount of physical strength. He has dark eyes and long dark hair, often worse loose and curly, or in dreadlocks. He’s typically seen in tribal clothing and face paint-- with exposed skin, animal hides, animal teeth, beadwork, and feathers due to Nanzhong’s hot climate. He’s got a big bushy beard, a bright, toothy grin, and is prone to boisterous laughter.

   Personality: Meng Huo is a sweet but short tempered man. He has a very strong relationship with his troops and officers, and all consider themselves a close family with an unbreakable spirit. Although Meng Huo is the "Great King" and technically the leader of the Nanzhong people, he is shown to be completely submissive to his beautiful and fiery wife, Zhurong, who is far more intelligent and aggressive than Meng Huo. He is slightly short-witted, but very loyal, and is a modest and kind ruler. He is a fun-loving but sincere man who loves his wife dearly (he calls her “sweetheart” and she calls him “my dear”), and is willing to make peace with others around him if he enjoys their company while being willing to put behind past grievances. He adores Zhurong’s cooking (roasted snake is his favorite) and while he has a lot of pride, he sees no shame in forming alliances.

   Meng Huo’s weapon of choice is a pair of large gauntlets/gloves with claws, but he’s also ridiculously strong and has no issue picking up giant pillars to hit enemies with. He’s on friendly terms with a fair amount of the Shu generals, and has no problem helping when he’s called for reinforcements. Meng Huo is free to govern his people as he sees fit, as Zhuge Liang more or less let him maintain full control over the land as long as they were loyal to Shu. Meng Huo has a red ox he rides into battle, and also rides elephants into battle. He’s a fierce warrior on the battlefield and an imposing (but kind) king to his subjects.

3. #3Zhurong

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   Appearance: Zhurong is a tall and beautiful, dark-skinned woman. She has an ‘amazonian warrior’ type of appearance-- muscular, fierce, and proud. She has long, messy blonde hair, and is often wearing her tribal clothing-- animal skins and hides, beadwork, and light clothing due to the hot climate of Nanzhong.

   Personality: Zhurong is an aggressive and beautiful woman who often coerces her husband into action against rival kingdoms. As she finds Meng Huo's laid-back and contented nature a hindrance to the Nanman people, she sees it as her duty to inspire passion and ambition in him. While she may seem to bully him, she loves her husband deeply and would never see him come to harm. Due to Meng Huo's adoration for his wife, and his desire not to upset her ferocious temperament, he will usually wind up doing as she asks with the results often proving positive for the Nanman people. She has a proud and confident demeanor, unafraid to speak her mind or resist those she deems as threats. She has zero tolerance for sexism, and cares little for people that try to talk down to her.

   She encourages the women around her to be more confident and forthright, bonding with others through her exotic cooking (Such as roasted snake, one of her husband’s favorites). Her weapon of choice is a large boomerang, but she can also throw swords and knives. Her horse is reddish, with curly hair. She speaks in a very casual and informal dialect, with lots of passion and playful aggression. Zhurong refers to her husband as “My dear”, and he refers to her as “sweetheart”. She loves to drink and has a very strong alcohol tolerance.

4. #4Lu Lingqi

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   Appearance: Lu Lingqi is a fairly tall, slightly muscular young woman with short silver hair and gray eyes. Her appearance is deceiving of her actual strength. She’s typically seen in armor in shades of black, white, and silver, with a small headdress that has a red-feather accessory, subtly matching her father’s. Lingqi very rarely smiles, often scowling or looking stern.

   Personality: Lu Lingqi is a solitary, courageous woman who shares her father's love for battle. However, she fears being left alone due to being left behind during her father's flight from the capital. She also harbors mixed feelings towards Diaochan, acknowledging the maiden's importance in her father's life yet not fully forgiving her for using him-- her relationship with her stepmother is complicated, but Lingqi does feel a sort of gratitude towards Diaochan for making her father smile.

   Initially resigned to marrying Yuan Shu's son, she is relieved to hear her father calling off the arrangement after learning how much of a fool her fiancé is. While many potential suitors find her attractive, none of them are brave enough to cross Lu Bu whose intimidation keeps Lu Lingqi from gaining much companionship. Nevertheless, she is content to remain by her father's side as a full-fledged warrior.

   Lingqi has a deep-seated fear of abandonment thanks to being left behind by her father-- but tries to not resent it, since she knows her father loves her deeply. She’s a rather lonely young woman, and friendship with other women her age tends to make her flustered. Zhang Liao, Lu Bu’s general, has a friendly relationship with Lingqi, and Lu Bu trusts Zhang Liao to protect Lingqi.

   Lu Lingqi’s weapon of choice is her father’s old crossed-pike-- a large and rather heavy weapon that she can wield with surprising ease. Lingqi is also skilled with a sword and shield.

5. #5Zhang Jiao

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   Appearance: Zhang Jiao is a tall, eccentric man with wild hair and weathered features. He sports a long beard and thick, dramatic eyebrows.As the leader of the Yellow Turbans, he often wears long, elaborate yellow robes.

   Personality: Zhang Jiao portrayed as a magician with a rather ridiculous manner of speech. He is known to frequently mention the word "Heaven" during his over the top speeches. He seeks to remove the Han leadership he views as corrupt and abusive of their positions, who heavily tax and abuse the peasants they have been charged with serving and pushing forth the famed Yellow Turban/Scarf motto of "the Pale Heavens are dead; the Yellow Heaven arises".

   He's a manic zealot who takes a paternal attitude toward his followers. Zhang Jiao feels as though he must be the one to light his people's path forward lest no one else is able to.

   Very often however, his eccentric manner often irritates others, and his belief that he is the vassal of the Gods makes him look down on those opposing him while also being heavily offended at those who view his sorcery (or miracles) either as mere parlor tricks or as something for their own amusement.

   Even then, there are times he will see some issues in his vision as his movement progresses, and often considers taking a middle ground rather than be overly-stubborn-- if guided into seeing the error of his ways, Zhang Jiao can be a staunch ally and friend. His weapon of choice is a shaman's rod.

6. #6Chen Gong

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   Appearance: Chen Gong stands at 5’5”. He has dark, shady eyes and long black hair, usually partially tied up with a nice hat on top, with a light mustache and goatee. Chen Gong is rarely seen without his usual confident, smarmy smile and confident smirk. He’s usually seen in shades of black, purple, and red, befitting his mixed loyalties and background to Lu Bu.

   Personality: Shrewd, intelligent, and with questionable loyalties, Chen Gong is someone who is confident in his strategies, and that with the right master, he would be able to achieve fame throughout history. Initially serving Cao Cao, believing that his ambition would prove beneficial, he sees no shame in turning against the warlord after seeing the might of the physically stronger Lu Bu. During his time with Lu Bu, he shows his true colors as someone with ambition equal to or greater than his master's. He often repeats things said once for emphasis in regards to current situations. He’s a bit of a miscreant, and is prone to snark every time Lu Bu is reckless.

   His eventual strain in relationship with Cao Cao comes both from the strategist's own ego of possessing superior vision from his master and by his belief of being constantly underutilized by the warlord. He’s also a bit on edge about Cao Cao, due to Cao Cao killing Lu Boshe (A sworn brother of Cao Cao’s father) because of his paranoid tendencies.

   Despite having debatable loyalty, he hopes to be known throughout history as someone who served a great leader, and shows a great amount of faith in Lu Bu's might… Even if Chen Gong is often exasperated at trying to reel in Lu Bu’s impulsive blood-knight tendencies. He wields a chain and sickle in battle, though has been known to make use of a heavy scroll as a weapon. He’s very fond of wine.

7. #7Dong Zhuo

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   Appearance: Dong Zhuo is a large fat man (Standing at 6 feet) with a long bushy beard and ugly, crude features, with bushy brows and a large nose. He is usually dressed in fine robes displaying his splendor and greed.

   Personality: Dong Zhuo is a supremely callous, egotistical and ruthless tyrant who has a penchant for labeling those who oppose him as "insects", "vermin", and "bugs" that should be squashed. He relies heavily on his most capable officers, such as Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, and Zhang Liao, and will not personally enter a battle unless he is left with little choice. Bad tempered and rude, he loves to lavish himself in luxury with fine wine, treasure, and women. The only exception to this is his relation with his granddaughter, Dong Bai, in which he refers to her as "princess", showing his more kinder side. He is fond of his beautiful concubine Diaochan and treats her as his property to be used, unaware she’s manipulating him.

   He's also somewhat pampered and helpless, and unwilling to fight for himself. Despite this, there are times where he can be a clever force to be reckoned with if he's forced to use his wits in just a few situations. Dong Zhuo has his own plans to create his Grand Paradise once he rules the land. His dreams for his Paradise consist of Dong Zhuo being surrounded by all the beautiful women of China, as well as all the gold in the land. He likes throwing lavish banquets during which he tortures captured enemies by severing limbs, removing tongues and eyeballs, or burning them alive, and watching their faces as they die. He has very lecherous and crude behavior towards women. In battle, he wields a serrated sword.

8. #8Lu Bu

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   Appearance: Lu Bu is an extremely massive (6’10”) man with a large frame and copious amounts of muscle. He has long dark hair pulled into a high ponytail, and dark, menacing eyes. His facial features are sharp and fierce, with a near-permanent scowl. Lu Bu is typically seen heavily armored in gold and black, with his signature two-feathered red pheasant headdress.

   Personality: Lu Bu is an extremely aggressive, brutish, and bloodthirsty warrior who fights for the sole purpose of finding an opponent capable of providing him with a challenge. He believes himself to be the "Mightiest Man Alive" and believes that the only true justice in the world is not found in any court, but when one fights for one's life on the battlefield, where the strong survive and the weak are crushed. More of a man of action than talk, he disregards strategy and politics as a waste of his time, much to the chagrin of his allies.

   In spite of his repeated betrayals, Lu Bu is brutally honest and has little faith in or respect for politicians, bureaucrats, or any cowards who use deceit to gain power. For this same reason, Lu Bu despises sycophants and suck-ups and resents being Dong Zhuo's lackey. Lu Bu also acknowledges strength in other aspects, even in concepts that don't regard battle. Lu Bu wields a large halberd in battle. His horse is the legendary Red Hare-- a large horse with incredible speed, given as a gift by Dong Zhuo.

   Lu Bu considers Dong Zhuo an arrogant pig and a repulsive coward who is undeserving of his wealth and status, and only joins him because of the opportunity to fight all the enemies that Dong Zhuo makes. His hatred is further inflamed when Diaochan advises him to kill his benefactor. The closest thing he has to a friend is Zhang Liao; he treats him with more respect than the other soldiers in his army and has barely berated him for any of his actions in the open, even when Zhang Liao once insisted on joining Lu Bu in a battle that he wanted to fight alone.

   When dealing with his strategist, Lu Bu shows considerable amounts of trust in him during actual battle; but Lu Bu has very little regard for Chen Gong's battle tactics and rushes in, often forcing the strategist to make concessions and coercions just to make the general follow.

   If Lu Bu has any weakness, it's his often absentminded devotion for the women he loves. Diaochan is everything to him and he is always willing to do whatever she wants; he rarely suspects or accuses her of any sort of deception even when she admits it. He frequently worries about her getting hurt on the battlefield. Should his lover come to any harm, he instantly flies into a rage and becomes almost unstoppable. He displays this same protectiveness towards his daughter Lu Lingqi, as he states that since he himself knows nothing but the concepts of war, he wants his daughter to not blindly follow his path. Lu Bu is against Lu Lingqi entering battle, but cannot speak against her insistence to continue joining him regardless. Though he never admits it openly, Lu Bu also puts his daughter above himself, especially in scenarios regarding her marriage and safety.

9. #9Wang Diaochan

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   Appearance: Diaochan is a graceful and pretty woman, well endowed and slender. She stands at 5'6", with smooth, pale skin and gentle features. She has beautiful long, dark hair and blue eyes. A traditional Chinese beauty in every sense, and athletic due to her dancing.

   Personality: Diaochan is an elegant and patient woman who displays her cunning with her charms. Normally a kind and benevolent individual, she painfully conceals her true feelings for her father's scheme. She does not enjoy violence yet finds that battle is inevitable in the times she lives in. A talented dancer and singer, she equates each encounter she fights as a dance.

   Her feelings for Lu Bu are complicated-- there are times where she seems to be merely manipulating him, while at other times she does love and care for him, referring to him as "Lord Lu Bu". She despises Dong Zhuo, but keeps it silent due to her role in the plot to remove Dong Zhuo from power, and will flirt with and charm the tyrant if she must. While she sides with Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, she ultimately stays true to her own set of beliefs as she manipulates the men to do her bidding.

   Though she does not exhibit these behaviors to others, Diaochan is a highly intelligent and manipulative woman. She doesn't enjoy the manipulation-- but feels beholden to and loves her adoptive father Wang Yun, as well as truly wishing to see Dong Zhuo's downfall.

   She has a friendship with Cai Wenji, the musical and poetic daughter of Cai Yong. They are kindred spirits, being daughters who deeply love their fathers and music.

   Diaochan is very careful to keep her true emotions and feelings in check, always wearing an expression of grace and able to cry on command when needed. Even to her close companions, she will not divulge her true feelings. In battle, she wields a chain whip, her combat akin to dance.

10. #10Hua Xiong

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    Appearance: Hua Xiong is incredibly muscular, tall, and powerfully built. His arms are massive, his chest is broad, and his overall physique suggests immense strength. He has dark eyes and black hair that is styled in a somewhat spiky, upward fashion. He's often got a wide grin or a fierce expression, conveying confidence and aggression. His features are strong and masculine. Hua Xiong’ armor is typically in shades of dark pink, purple, and gold, matching the color scheme of Dong Zhuo’s forces. He wears a helmet with a pink plume on top. His arms are usually bare in combat, showing off his muscles.

    Personality: Hua Xiong prides himself in (in his opinion) possessing the mantle of the mightiest warrior within Dong Zhuo's army, and shares a fierce rivalry with Lu Bu because of it. He typically expresses his desire to one day settle the matter of which of the two is stronger on the field of battle. He is also very simple-minded, he only thinks of battle and fails to understand flirting. Even Lu Bu finds him truly inscrutable. Dong Bai, Dong Zhuo’s granddaughter, is surprisingly fond of his simple nature and the two share an odd camaraderie with one another, though she typically displays it in snark, arrogance, and belittling him. Hua Xiong’s weapon of choice is a giant club.

11. #11Zuo Ci

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    Appearance: Zuo Ci, who is 220 years old, takes the appearance of an elderly mystic with long, white hair, a striking long white mustache and goatee, and a prominent dark tattoo over his right eye, which may or may not be blind, depending on who you ask. He is typically clad in layered robes—a light-colored outer garment with dark trim over a rich purple inner layer, cinched by a dark sash, decorated with various taoist symbols. He dons a tall, white ceremonial headdress and wields an ornate staff alongside his talisman cards.

    Personality: A quaint yet mysterious individual, Zuo Ci is a wizened Taoist mystic who speaks humbly. He does not care for material wealth or status, defying the times with his focused view on morality and the future. Though seemingly frail, he possesses a great deal of power that excels humans, such as his ability to teleport and transform. Despite his supernatural might, he deeply respects humanity's goodness and wishes to meet one who can end the strife plaguing the land. Zuo Ci is an expert in multilocation, divination, the power of summoning the xingchu "traveling kitchen", and the practice of alchemy. His weapon of choice is a set of floating magical talisman cards, jifu-- he occasionally needs to head back to his mountain retreat to recharge their power.

    Background: Zuo Ci is an eccentric wandering philosopher. He is from Lujiang Commandery, and has been alive for quite some time. He learned his magic and path to longevity from the Taoist sage Feng Heng. He studied on Mount Emei, where he found The Book of Concealing Method, from which he learned to "ascend to the clouds astride the wind, to sail up into the great void itself;" and how "...to pass through mountains and penetrate rocks; ...to float light as vapor, over the seas, to become invisible at will or change his shape, to fling swords and project daggers so as to decapitate a man from a distance. He practiced medicinal alchemy and nourished his vital essence by controlled breathing and Taoist sexual practices. He can live for long periods without eating. He was also learned in the Confucian classics and in astrology.

    At some time before 200, Sun Ce, who was a strict Confucian, wanted to kill Zuo Ci and chased him on horseback. Zuo Ci, unmounted, still managed to escape by seemingly walking slowly.

    Later, Zuo Ci went to Cao Cao, who granted him a pension to continue practicing his magic. Whether Cao Cao was interested in the Taoist approach to longevity, or that the pensions were merely intended to keep magicians and their wild teachings under control, is debatable.

    Zuo Ci performed a number of magical feats at Cao Cao's court, such as catching an exotic fish from an empty copper pan and teleporting far away to buy ginger. On one occasion, Zuo Ci fed an entire court assembly with food and wine. However, Cao Cao soon discovered that Zuo had used his magic to empty every wine shop in the region to achieve this. Furious, Cao Cao attempted to execute Zuo Ci, but Zuo escaped by walking through walls. When someone reported that Zuo Ci had been seen in the market, everyone in the market suddenly took on Zuo’s exact appearance. Another report claimed Zuo Ci had fled to a mountaintop. Cao Cao and his men went there, only to realize that Zuo was concealed among a flock of sheep. Unable to locate him, Cao Cao addressed the flock, declaring that he was merely testing Zuo Ci’s skills and had no intention of killing him. At that moment, a goat stood on its hind legs and spoke. Cao Cao’s men rushed toward it, but soon the rest of the flock also turned into goats that stood and spoke like humans.

12. #12Yuan Shu

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    Name: Yuan Shu

    Age: 42 (Born 155)

    Appearance: Yuan Shu has dark hair (Tied in a traditional topknot) and eyes and epitomizes arrogant nobility, clad in opulent, layered robes of imperial yellow and purple that signal his desperate ambition for the throne. His appearance is defined by a thin, curled mustache and a perpetually smug sneer, often framed by a high collar or an elaborate, beaded headdress characteristic of Chinese royalty. He carries himself with a pompous air of unearned legitimacy and grandiose delusion.

    Personality: Yuan Shu is a lover of extravagance who is obsessed with his wealth and power. He governs poorly and has lost the heart of the people. He is a firm believer in his noble pedigree, even more so than Yuan Shao, and is often at odds with his older half-brother, believing himself to be the superior man between them. His arrogance, however, is significantly more inflated than Yuan Shao's, seeing almost everyone else to be inferior men based on their lesser births, lower rank or lack of talent in his eyes. He does not think too highly of Sun Ce, while seeing the youth as a somewhat useful vassal, but mostly as a vassal that should remain subservient to him. Yuan Shu despises Yuan Shao, thinking of him as lesser because Shao’s mother was simply a maid. Yuan Shu’s favorite foods are mandarin oranges and honeyed water. His weapon of choice is a rapier.

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