History Characters / DynastyWarriorsJinKingdom

* HeroesPreferSwords: His WeaponOfChoice is broadsword in ''7''. In ''8'', his weapon is called as "striking sword," to differentiate it from similar movesets.

* {{BFG}}: His WeaponOfChoice is an arm cannon which is a giant, studded tonfa with a bayonet on one end that also serves as a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] and rocket launcher, though it fires arrows instead of bullets.

* RazorFloss: Inherited Sima Yi's weapon set from ''6'' as her own WeaponOfChoice in ''8''.

* WhipSword: He WeaponOfChoice in ''9'' which seems to fit her relationship dynamics with [[HenpeckedHusband her husband]].

* JavelinThrower: His WeaponOfChoice is the javelin. He usually throws it with charge attacks.

* WeaponOfChoice: He uses a RoyalRapier in ''7'' which changed in ''7: Empires'' into the "Swift Thunder Sword" (AKA Lightning Sword), a large, long-bladed rapier-like weapon. Notably, some of its attacks have been re-colored to be black and red to match Sima Shi's connection to the "Slay" element.

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* WeaponOfChoice: He wields a {{BFS}} from his debut until ''7: Empires'', he switches out to a "siege spear", a two-handed mechanical contraption with [[PileBunker a sharp stake with built-in jets]], which must be activated by pulling back on a lever.

* WeaponOfChoice: He wields two throwing axes, which contrasts somewhat with his [[{{Bishonen}} appearance]]. In ''9'', he uses the two shooting spears.

* PoisonousFriend: An unusually sympathetic example. His role is to do Sima Zhao's dirty work so Zhao doesn't have to, and to push Zhao to be the type of harsh ruler needed to end the chaos.

* WeaponOfChoice: He had a variety of weapons used through out the games but the most commonly used weapon is CombatHandFan. He also use s RazorFloss in ''6'', which has the strings emerge from his fingers. As a likely CallBack, he uses these in his Musou Attacks in ''7''. Then in ''8'', he is given [[WhipItGood a horsehair whip]] (the feather fan being naturally associated with Zhuge Liang).

* WeaponOfChoice: His first weapon from ''7'' is a CombatHandFan similar to Zhuge Liang's except it's red, and in ''8'', he wields a sword-sized baton and a number of martial arts moves to emulate a law-enforcement fighting style. ''9'' sees him get his fan back.

* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler:If Guo Huai is saved at Mt. Tielong and the historical route is taken in ''8'', he's the only character whose fate remains unchanged. He's still alive when Sima Zhao marches on Chengdu, but barely. But knowing what happens after Shu is conquered by Wei if know your research, played ''7: Xtreme Legends'', or read the novel, you know this is possibly a very depressing ending]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Since ''7'' until ''8'', Zhong Hui's main weapon is five ''flying'' swords.

* MindOverMatter: How he moves his weapons.

* ShesGotLegs: Her default outfit emphasizes on her legs. Even her DLC costumes show off more of her legs.

* KnifeNut: Wields throwing daggers as WeaponOfChoice, folded into an [[CombatHandFan unique fan]].

* MsFanservice: With the outfit that includes AbsoluteCleavage and SexyBacklessOutfit, it's inevitable.

* NiceHat: One for every game. They seem to get taller, too.

* TookALevelInJerkass: It's easy to forget that Sima Yi was, at worst, an aloof ally in 2, 3 & 4; he certainly was inclined to a little brusqueness against his enemies (and one in particular), but he was otherwise a fairly level-headed character with a cool demeanor. Cue 5, where he's a hair short of being an ObviouslyEvil SmugSnake, with all of his negative qualities in prior installments jacked UpToEleven.

* TheUnfettered: Takes the pragmatic approach of the Cao clan UpToEleven.

* {{Biseinen}}: His sons were even fortunate enough to inherit his good looks.

* SkunkStripe: Two of them, in fact. May or may not be a result of DiseaseBleach.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: In her debut, she wears a very short skirt that reveals [[ShesGotLegs her slender legs]]. She does wear [[ProperTightsWithASkirt tights]] underneath it, though, as seen in the picture on the right.

* BashBrothers: with Guo Jia in ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi 3'', both being an IllBoy and all.

* DifficultButAwesome: Some of his moves have LONG after-animations (coughing, tripping over himself, etc.) as part of GameplayAndStoryIntegration of his IllBoy state, whilst his other moves have nonsensical mechanics or have openings bigger than a warehouse sale. Get used to them, however, and you have a reliable character at close to medium range with great Musou buildup.

* IllBoy: It actually affects him in gameplay. This is basically a {{Flanderization}} by the devs themselves, and historically Guo Huai was only ill for 2 major events: the campaign at Mt. Dingjun and Cao Pi's coronation ceremony as aforementioned.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Chousokabe Motochika]] in appearance and personality. Given both characters are voiced by the same person in Japanese, this is probably not a coincidence.
** Of Alucard from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', also voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu. The fact his portrait in ''8'' is drawn by ''Castlevania'' artist Ayami Kojima lends credence to this.

* {{Expy}}: If his hairstyle, weapons, and Musou attacks are any indication, Zhao is basically an alternate universe version of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]] whose (comparatively much more minor) daddy issues don't drive him to {{Wangst}}.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Kain Highwind.]]

Jin, introduced to the series in ''[=DW7=]'', is essentially Wei in its later years, as led by the Sima Clan (Sima Yi and later his sons, Sima Shi and Zhao). As by this point, Wei is slowly but surely hitting a downward spiral, Sima Yi drives his forces to restore it to its former glory and shape a new world for the talented to rule at the top. On the surface, they come off as a group of extremely talented officers with an incredible arrogant streak...but as with every faction, it's more than that. They ultimately work towards stopping the fighting from going on any further and are, ultimately, the ones who succeed. Although driven by conquest, they are not quite fueled by the same ambitions of Cao Cao and his original force; they're driven to prove that they are taking over because as they see it, they deserve to rule as everyone else is too stupid to do it right. (At this point of time in the Three Kingdoms era, they're not entirely wrong; most of the best officers from all the Kingdoms are long dead by then.) Arguably, they have the most varied group of officers with very distinct weaponry. Their faction color is a teal blue and the qilin/kirin appears to be their symbol.

One of Wei's greatest strategists, Sima Yi planted the seeds for the founding of the Jin Kingdom from the ashes of Wei. He served under Cao Cao and his successor Cao Pi. While loyal to Wei, his ambition was to one day establish his own kingdom.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: In his ending in ''9'', he supposedly turns his head 180 degrees to look behind him which freaked out his sons. This is a homage from the novel which signifies his watchfulness by giving him, essentially, eyes in the back of his head. [[note]]Incredibly, his biography in the ''Book of Jin'' also had a similar ancedote, with ''Cao Cao'' being the person who wanted to see it for himself. [[/note]]

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Historically, he's close friends with Cao Pi and aided him several times, particularly with the latter's struggle against his brother, Cao Zhi, over the position as their father's heir. In turn, Cao Pi swiftly defended him against criticisms. In the games, the two have a loosely trusting relationship, though they're not genuinely close friends.

* AntiVillain: Despite being frequently presented as an EvilOverlord and being spectacularly arrogant, Sima Yi actually has very benevolent philosophies. He dislikes social constructs like divine right to lead or blood succession of rulers, scorns the idea of hiring based on noble standing, and believes in maintaining order by having those with the right talent in power.

* {{Bishonen}}: A bit older than a typical example but it still counts, helped by his [[OlderThanTheyLook physical appearance]]. It helps that his sons inherited his good looks.

* CrutchCharacter: In ''8'', he starts the Jin story at a higher level than the other characters, but is only playable in three stages before he retires. Although he does come out of retirement on the hypothetical route, that’s much later, by which point, everyone else has more than caught up.
* DecoyProtagonist: Despite being the main face of Jin, he bows out of the storyline fairly early. It's his son Zhao who's the real focus of the game.

* EnergyWeapon: Except in ''8'' and his horsehair whip. Instead he has {{Sword Beam}}s.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: ''Evil'' being relative as Sima Yi's villainy has been progressively downplayed over the course of the series. Regardless of his portrayal Sima Yi is a firm believer in hiring based on talent and skill regardless of class or social standing, and he greatly dislikes hereditary rule that doesn't take into account the incompetence of potential heirs.

* EvilCounterpart: Played up for all it's worth to [[TheRival Zhuge Liang]], even if they historically had little to do with each other. [[note]]The pair only butted heads a couple of times during Shu's campaign against Wei, which occurred in the twilight years of Zhuge's career. I, and it was Cao Zhen who dealt with Zhuge Liang most of the time.[[/note]]

* HenpeckedHusband: His wife is perhaps the only thing he fears. In-game, non-playable characters often have whispered conversations about how Chunhua is the real man of the Sima house. [[note]]Historically, Chunhua once murdered one of their maids as the poor girl had spotted Yi being active while he was faking paralysis to avoid Cao Cao. In another incident, Chunhua went on hunger strike along with Shi and Zhao as a form of protest. Although Yi went on record claiming that he relented and apologized because of his sons, one can easily draw other conclusions...[[/note]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Sima Yi was historically noted to regularly express sympathy and concern for the suffering of the people during the chaos of the Three Kingdoms era. It's present but often downplayed in his ''Warriors'' counterpart even as his characterization has evolved to be less of an EvilOverlord. Of course, this is mostly carryover from the novel that vilified him and depicted him as a villain (granted, that happened to most of the Wei officers in the novel, anyway). Historically, Sima Yi was more complicated like most leaders at the time, he's either WellIntentionedExtremist at best or NecessarilyEvil at worst. [[note]]It is worth noting that he served three generations of the Cao family loyally before he decided that perhaps, his clan may have a decent shot at the throne, given that he was about 60 when Cao Rui died, Shi was about 30, Zhao was about 28 and grandson Yan was 2-3 years old.[[/note]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: {{Deconstructed}} in the first part of Jin's Story Mode, where he laments that Wei would be governed by fools while his talents would go wasted. Sima Zhao's report of Cao Shuang's [[GeneralFailure performance in the battle against Shu did not help]]. This is the reason why he decided to start a coup d'etat and take power for the Sima clan. This would prove to be prescient historically; after his grandson Sima Yan's death the Sima clan would collapse due to infighting of incompetent leaders, pluging China into another era of chaos.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: He looked about right for his age when he was first introduced, but since then, he's stayed the same physically to the point where he looks younger than his own ''sons''.
* ObviouslyEvil: Parodied. In the crossover characters like Hisahide Matsunaga welcome what they see is another "evil-looking" comrade, prompting Sima Yi to actually get offended.

* PyrrhicVictory: ''7'' and to a lesser degree ''8'' hype him up as the true victor amongst the Three Kingdoms era. Unfortunately, it's all for naught; just thirty years after his grandson establishes the Jin Dynasty, it collapses and leaves China in strife for centuries. Most ironically was how many ''imbeciles'' wound up fighting for the throne as a result.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In ''Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends'', Sima Yi NEVER appears in any of the new stages, and is only a mention in one of Jin's alternate hypothetical stage. This is because, at the time, Sima Yi's voice actor, Tsuyoshi Takishita, had passed away, and he didn't receive a new voice actor until ''Empires''.

** In fact, in earlier ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' titles, Sima Yi just joined the Orochi side willy-nilly to 'prove his genius' and happily betrays the Wei kingdom for that. Of course, he suddenly took a 180 turn in ''3'' and becomes the more sympathetic self as in ''7'' and forward. Nobody called him out for that.

* TookALevelInJerkass: It's easy to forget that Sima Yi was, at worst, an aloof ally in 2, 3 & 4; he certainly inclined to a little brusqueness with his enemies (and one in particular), but he was otherwise a fairly level-headed character with a cool demeanor. Cue 5, where he's a hair short of being an ObviouslyEvil SmugSnake, with all of his negative qualities in prior installments jacked UpToEleven.
* TookALevelInKindness: More recent games have focused more on his relationship with his family, and while Yi's not the owner of a "China's #1 Father" coffee mug, these interactions certainly do show a more sympathetic side to him.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: An unusual example, given that the trope is expressed through his name (no other character in DW is addressed using their childhood name). He's also this trope on a meta level. [[note]] He's so young that Chen Shou, the historian who compiled ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'', was five years his senior. Sima Yan, Yi's grandson and first Jin emperor, was two years his senior. Along with Jia Chong, he's also one of only 2 playable characters to actually live to see the land united again.[[/note]]

* EveryoneIsRelated: Historically, his children's spouses came from other famous clans of the era. [[note]]To wit: his eldest son Shi married a Xiahou (and supposedly poisoned her after she discovered the Sima clan's plan to usurp Cao Wei), a daughter of Wu Zhi (a Wei general; Shi later divorced Lady Wu) and Yang Huiyu, Yang Hu's sister, a niece of Cai Wenji and Xin Xianying and a sister-in-law to a daughter of Xiahou Ba's. Zhao married Wang Yuanji, whose grandfather and father were respected officials of Cao Wei. Shi's and Zhao's full brother Gan married Man Chong's daughter. The trio's full sister married a grandson of Xun Yu (paternal) and Cao Cao (maternal). His son Zhou married the eldest daughter of Zhuge Dan; Lady Zhuge survived the fallout of her father's rebellion. His younger daughter married Du Yu, a prominent general who led the Jin campaign against Wu.[[/note]]

* EvilCounterpart: Played up for all it's worth to [[TheRival Zhuge Liang]], even if they historically had little to do with each other. [[note]]The pair only butted heads a couple of times during Shu's campaign against Wei, which occurred in the twilight years of Zhuge's career.[[/note]]

* JustTheFirstCitizen: The real power in Later Wei after Shi's death, though he doesn't explicitly take the throne for a while. Even if it means installing a ''new'' puppet emperor after assassinating the last one. TruthInTelevision in that some historical records have stated the real Sima Zhao built up his good image from some sly propaganda. Subverted in that his real intentions were considered widely known to all even as they played along, so much so that a Chinese idiom goes "Sima Zhao's intentions? Even the street pedestrian knows!" (Original: 司马昭之心，路人皆知)

* {{Mukokuseki}}: She provides the series' most blatant example, sporting entirely Western amber eyes and ash-blonde hair.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: An unusual example, given that the trope is expressed through his name (no other character in DW is addressed using their childhood name). He's also this trope on a meta level. [[note]] He's so young that Chen Shou, the historian who compiled ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'', was five years his senior. Sima Yan, Yi's grandson and first Jin emperor, was two years his senior. Along with Jia Chong, he's also one of only 2 player characters to actually live to see the land united again.[[/note]]

* EndOfAnEra: His victory comment bemoans that, by his time, all the great heroes are going away. And, examining the in-game timeline, one can notice that he outlives every playable character in the game. He is the only playable character who served Emperor Hui (Sima Zhong who is Sima Yan's developmentally disabled son) and witnessed the early stage of [[SuccessionCrisis the War of the Eight Princes]] where he is falsely accused of high treason and he and his clan were executed[[note]]Sima Yao, who is Zhuge Dan's grandson, bears a grudge on Wen Yang for being one of the figures responsible for his grandfather's downfall and falsely accuses him for conspiring with the ousted regent, Yang Jun, who is the father of Empress Yang Zhi, Sima Yan's second wife [[ObnoxiousInLaws who never gets along with her daughter-in-law]], Empress Jia Nanfeng, a daughter of Jia Chong[[/note]].

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Before ''7'' his name was wrongly pronounced as See-ma-Yee instead of Suh-ma-Yee. In ''9'', the mispronunciation of his family name came back.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: {{Downplayed}}. Historically, after capturing Cheng Du, Deng Ai started exhibiting great arrogance, notably in his correspondence with Sima Zhao and control of the city.[[note]]Granted, his growing arrogance has JerkassHasAPoint vibe since he was advising Sima Zhao how to invade and conquer Wu right after they managed to conquer Shu so the land can be united as soon as possible. Unfortunately, when Sima Zhao delivered his advice to the Imperial court [[MilitaryMaverick instead of immediately agreeing]], Deng Ai was openly voicing his frustration, which made Sima Zhao wary of Deng Ai's apparently growing arrogance. Zhong Hui used this to his advantage, successfully engineering his arrest and eventual execution, ridding a potential obstacle in his rebellion. If only Sima Zhao gave enough credit to Deng Ai by listening to his advice, Zhong Hui probably had less chance to rebel and they could've conquered Wu earlier. But thanks to the growing distrust between Sima Zhao and Deng Ai, Wei/Jin didn't conquer Wu until approximately 16 years after their conquest of Shu, and both of them are no longer alive by that point.[[/note]] In the games, Deng Ai is never anything but steadfastly loyal and humble in his service to Sima Zhao.

* PoisonousFriend: His role is to do Sima Zhao's dirty work so Zhao doesn't have to.

* HypercompetentSidekick: {{Deconstructed}} in the first part of Jin's Story Mode, where he laments that Wei would be governed by fools while his talents would go wasted. Sima Zhao's report of Cao Shuang's [[GeneralFailure performance in the battle against Shu did not help]]. This is the reason why he decided to start a coup d'etat and take power for the Sima clan.