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Liu Bei’s Army

A gathering of itinerant warriors, scholars and oddballs who flock to the mysterious Han loyalist roaming across the land, gathering support against Cao Cao. Liu Bei is quite the enigma and despite officially holding no land, rank or title, his charisma is quite resounding and he emerges wherever Cao Cao’s influence wavers with legions at his back.

(Back Row) Guan Yu, Zhang Fei

(Upper Row) Zong Deyan, Deng Fang, Shamoke, Yi Ji, Du Pu

(Middle Row) Pang Tong, Jian Yong, Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying, Liu Weishuo

Liu Yao’s Army ‘The Yang Alliance’

(Left to Right)

Top Row

Xu Gong, Taishi Ci, Ze Rong

Upper Middle Row

Lu Kang, Yan Baihu, Yan Yu

Lower Middle Row

Liu Xun, Zhou Xin, Zhu Hao, Sheng Xian

Bottom Row

Hua Xin, Liu Yao, Wang Lang

A motley collection of scholars, warriors, eccentrics and opportunists.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei

Needs no introduction really.

Guan Yu is a warrior of exceptional skill and unwavering resolution. Wielding the Moon Dragon Glaive as though he was born holding it, Guan Yu is a terrifying force to behold, hard as steel, swift as the wind, death itself on the battlefield. Though possessed of a firm sense of honour, he is ruthless and arrogant and shows little respect for those outside of Liu Bei and those he admires. As such, he stands beside Liu Bei at almost all times, unquestioning, a biting glare fixed on his red, rocky features. Zhang Fei, meanwhile, is a warrior of a very different ilk. Carrying gourds of explosive and flammable material at his belt, he attacks with tricks and terror. In his hand he wields the Viper's Tongue Spear, a weapon that guards him at every angle as he cuts through any he encounters, wielding it almost lazily with one hand free to sow more confusion. While outwardly approachable and eloquent, Zhang Fei hides a sinister nature. Unsuitable as bodyguard material, Zhang Fei serves as a spy and guerrilla officer for Liu Bei and, far away from his conscientious master, exercises his personal pleasure upon any who cross his path. For none could suspect the servant of so virtuous a master of such truly evil crimes, surely? A look at how I'm portraying Shu Han. Guan Yu is fairly accurate to his common portrayal. Although not a superhuman, he's certainly formidable and gives even Cao Cao's best a run for their money. Zhang Fei meanwhile is very different. Far from the boisterous drunken buffoon he's often portrayed as, this Zhang Fei is quiet, calculating...and utterly cruel.

Xiliang Alliance Army

When Cao Cao’s conquest of the north and various gains and losses in the south reach the ears of those who still consider themselves independent (When it suits them), a coalition of western warlords in Liang Province band together, a surge of misguided nationalism masking their own personal ideals and interests. Led by the brutish Ma Teng, the sly Han Sui and the mysterious Zhang Lu, they intend to march upon Chang’an, sowing fear in Han and Wei, few forgetting how many were lost the first time Liang Province fell to lawlessness.

(From Left To Right)

(Top Row)

Cheng Yin, Ma Wan, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng

(Upper-Middle Row)

Cheng Yi, Yang Kiu, Han Sui, Hou Xuan, Li Kan

(Middle Row)

Agui, Ma Teng, Zhang Lu

(Lower-Middle Row)

Yan Xing, Yan Pu

(Bottom Row)

Yuan Shao Officers

The Conquerors of the North

(From Top, Left To Right)

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Shen Pei

Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Ju Shou

Guo Yuan, Zhang He, Qian Zhao

Gao Gan, Chunyu Qiong, Xin Pi, Qu Yi

Xu You, Yuan Tan, Lady Liu, Yuan Shao, Lady Gao, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, Lady Zhen

I’m quite pleased with how Yan Liang and Wen Chou came out. I’m always irritated by RoTK media that portrays every man who loses a duel to the main characters as ‘Beta-Lu Bu’s. So I changed their method. Instead of being an ‘Officer-Slayer’, Yan Liang’s more like a Commando Leader while Wen Chou demonstrates aptitude in tactics and leadership as well as strength, speaking with Guan Yu and Zhang Liao and trying to encourage them to join Yuan Shao.

Xu You is another curious individual. An unprincipled social-climber and churlish blackmailer. He’s the sort of guy who’d put ‘Honest’ before his name, profiting off the venomous intrigue between Yuan Shao and his half-brother and then between Yuan Shao’s sons, keeping and selling secrets in exchange for elevation. Cao Cao knows him already and the games he plays.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion Officers

Through these characters, I aim to examine how a rebellion can become its own antithesis as high ideals give way to the grim realities of conflict and that a tide of angry, desperate men ends up becoming the greatest threat to the very same impoverished peasantry they came from in the first place.

(From Left To Right)

(Top Row)

Zhang Bao, Zhang Jue, Nanhua (Behind), Zhang Liang

(Upper-Middle Row)

Bo Cai, Guan Hai, Zhang Mancheng, Bu Si, Guo Xiantai

(Lower-Middle Row)

Liu Pi, Peng Tuo

(Bottom Row)

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