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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Lu bu's biggest flaw in life was his poor hindsight, which ended up costing him his life. Here, [[spoiler: he's aware of the costs of using the elixir as well as the corruption is causes. He even feigns his allegiance to Dong Zhuo]].
* FieryStoic: Despite being a boss that uses the Fire virtue, he's a level-headed individual.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the main mission ''The Way of the Warrior'', [[spoiler: Liu Bei and Zhang Fei both comment that he had Liu Bei's family captured, but was soon released with no strings attached, while noting that he's known for his ruthlessness.
** There are no demonized soldiers in ''Lu Bu, Mightiest Among Men'', [[spoiler: despite the fact that he has Dong Zhuo's leftover elixirs.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the main mission ''The Way of the Warrior'', [[spoiler: Liu Bei and Zhang Fei both comment that he had Liu Bei's family captured, but was soon released with no strings attached, while noting that he's known for his ruthlessness.
** There are no demonized soldiers in ''Lu Bu, Mightiest Among Men'', [[spoiler: despite the fact that he has Dong Zhuo's leftover elixirs.]]
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!Hua Xiong
* AnimalMotifs: The bear, as his set is called the Brutal Ursine Warrior
* BeefGate: You can try to fight Lu Bu when you getnear the gate, but he'll be defending it at morale level 20, when you're possible still too low, and then there's his own subordinate who will invade you if you don't take care of him first.
* DropTheHammer: His staff is a double ended spiked mace.
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!Yuan Shao
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* DropTheHammer: His staff is a double ended spiked mace.
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* CastingAShadow: While dark is not an element in this game, some of his sword attacks has his sword wreathed in black flames.
* CharacterTic: He tends to lick his lips whenthings/(are things (are about to) go his way. [[spoiler: this This is an immediate clue in the end that he's still alive and possessing the Blindfolded Boy in the final fight; and previously, how you can tell that Sun Ce is ''[[DoomedByCanon doomed]]'' when 'Sun Quan' does this, it's actually a shapeshifting Yu Ji.]]
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* RecurringElement: Like [[Videogame/{{Nioh}} Edward Kelly]] and [[Videogame/Nioh2 Kashin Koji]] before him, he's a BigBad who undergoes significant HistoricalVillainUpgrade.
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* VillainousBreakdown: He loses his composure after his first fight realizing he isn't almighty, causing him to [[spoiler: fuse with his dragon. He undergoes it again after his defeat possessing the Blindfolded Boy]].
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* AlasPoorVillain: In his dying breath, he admits that [[TheFellowshipHasEnded the breaking of the coalition against Dong Zhuo]] has shattered his spirit and opinion about friendship and was jealous at how Cao Cao still managed to keep himself together. He wishes Cao Cao good luck in his quest to claim the land, and Cao Cao carries him with PietaPlagiarism, respecting the death of his old friend.
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* AlasPoorVillain: In his dying breath, he admits that [[TheFellowshipHasEnded the breaking of the coalition against Dong Zhuo]] has shattered his spirit and opinion about friendship and was jealous at how Cao Cao still managed to keep himself together. He wishes Cao Cao good luck in his quest to claim the land, and Cao Cao carries him with PietaPlagiarism, respecting the death of his old friend.
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* SatelliteCharacter: The short amount Daqiao is a surprisingly accurate portrayal of time she appeared was just to be bait females in the era (unlike Hong Jing and Zhen): She's only there for being a part of the Sun clan.clan, and has a very small role of being a hostage who cannot fight back, and does not do much. Women emancipation wasn't really that big in the Three Kingdoms era, and Daqiao adheres to the role of women of that age: usually being just an accessory of other men.
* MythologyGag: She gives out a quest to cleanse parts of Guandu on the behest of Goddess of Luo River. In various popular cultures in China, Zhen herself is associated with the Goddess, considered as her incarnation.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She was just there to show how Yuan Shao was a decent guy rescuing and taking care of her during the beginning up until his FaceHeelTurn.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Sun Ce and Yu Ji, historically, had nothing to do with each other, as the former died due to wounds he procured in battle. In the novels, Sun Ce was just paranoid against Taoism on his own and executes Yu Ji based on that paranoia and certain political matters, but causes [[TheDogBitesBack the Taoist to haunt him and results in his death]]. In this game, [[spoiler:Yu Ji kidnaps his wife and turns his father into a demon who has to be put down as a result]]. As such, his grudge with Yu Ji is much more personal.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** Sun Ce and Yu Ji, historically, had nothing to do with each other, as the former died due to wounds he procured in battle. In the novels, Sun Ce was just paranoid against Taoism on his own and executes Yu Ji based on that paranoia and certain political matters, but causes [[TheDogBitesBack the Taoist to haunt him and results in his death]]. In this game, [[spoiler:Yu Ji kidnaps his wife and turns his father into a demon who has to be put down as a result]]. As such, his grudge with Yu Ji is much morepersonal.personal.
** Due to Zhou Yu being reduced into LastEpisodeNewCharacter, their default sworn brotherhood is either absent or not focused on a lot. Sun Ce's partner in his screentime is mostly filled with Sun Quan.
** Sun Ce and Yu Ji, historically, had nothing to do with each other, as the former died due to wounds he procured in battle. In the novels, Sun Ce was just paranoid against Taoism on his own and executes Yu Ji based on that paranoia and certain political matters, but causes [[TheDogBitesBack the Taoist to haunt him and results in his death]]. In this game, [[spoiler:Yu Ji kidnaps his wife and turns his father into a demon who has to be put down as a result]]. As such, his grudge with Yu Ji is much more
** Due to Zhou Yu being reduced into LastEpisodeNewCharacter, their default sworn brotherhood is either absent or not focused on a lot. Sun Ce's partner in his screentime is mostly filled with Sun Quan.
* DoomedByCanon: After establishing the Wu Kingdom off screen, Sun Ce tries to hunt down Yu Ji in Guandu to finish his vendetta. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Yu Ji disguises himself as Sun Quan, catches him off guard and impales him with a sword, with Sun Quan coming too late.]] In the end, Sun Ce is not SparedByTheAdaptation, and he'll have to [[TakeUpMySword leave the rulership of Wu to Sun Quan and his vendetta against Yu Ji to the protagonist.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: In his dying breath, he admits that [[TheFellowshipHasEnded the breaking of the coalition against Dong Zhuo]] has shattered his spirit and opinion about friendship and was jealous at how Cao Cao still managed to keep himself together. He wishes Cao Cao good luck in his quest to claim the land, and Cao Cao carries him with PietaPlagiarism, respecting the death of his old friend.
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* CharacterTic: He tends to lick his lips when things/(are about to) go his way. [[spoiler: this is an immediate clue he's still alive and possessing the Blindfolded Boy in the final fight]].
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* CharacterTic: He tends to lick his lips when things/(are about to) go his way. [[spoiler: this is an immediate clue clue in the end that he's still alive and possessing the Blindfolded Boy in the final fight]].fight; and previously, how you can tell that Sun Ce is ''[[DoomedByCanon doomed]]'' when 'Sun Quan' does this, it's actually a shapeshifting Yu Ji.]]
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* {{Shapeshifting}}: He definitely makes use of his dark Qi to shapeshift into other people. During the sidequest to hunt down the Imperial Seal, the protagonist sees Sun Jian acting very out of character when claiming it; it's later revealed that Yu Ji shapeshifted into Sun Jian just to sow discord in the imperial court and discredit the Sun clan. Likewise, [[spoiler:he shapeshifts into Sun Quan to get close enough to Sun Ce and kill him.]]
* SmugSnake: Everytime he claims a victim [[spoiler:(Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Lu Bu)]], he takes his time to deliver some verbal taunt and escapes unharmed, leaving those left behind in extreme anger.
* SmugSnake: Everytime he claims a victim [[spoiler:(Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Lu Bu)]], he takes his time to deliver some verbal taunt and escapes unharmed, leaving those left behind in extreme anger.
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* CombatPragmatist: While he's one of the biggest AdaptationalBadass takes on Dong Zhuo in fiction, it doesn't make him any more inclined to fight fair. He backs up his devastating glaive attacks with kicks, shoves, grapples, and lots and lots of poisoned darts. Even his SwordBeam attacks read like feints that will likely catch a player completely off guard the first time around, thinking they've avoided a simple downward chop (or that they only have to deflect/dodge one shockwave when the second one is right behind it).
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* LightningBruiser: His attacks aren't elegant, but they're astonishingly fast and powerful, and he can cross the room and start slicing you apart with his massive glance much more quickly than you might hope.
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* UnskilledButStrong: His attacks are sloppy, but he makes up for it with raw speed and power.
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* SwordBeam: In the second half of his fight, he begins to use a couple of ranged Critical Blows that launch shockwaves of Demonic Qi at the player with slices of his glaive.
* UnskilledButStrong: Downplayed. His attacks aresloppy, visibly less refined and more reliant on brute strength than those of his three StrongAndSkilled subordinates (Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Hua Xiong), but he makes up for it he's still an adequately competent fighter with raw speed a few genuinely fancy moves (like his SwordBeam, his triple spinning stab, and power.his leaping glaive throw) and an impressively quick draw on his poisoned needles.
* UnskilledButStrong: Downplayed. His attacks are
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* DishingOutDirt: Wen Chou's hammer scales off Earth, and its unique martial arts can buff itself with Earth Damage provided you have positive spirit.
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* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Both characters are more demonic appearing, and use equally corrupted weapons with an unelegant look
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* DirtyCoward: He makes a run for it after his boss fight, scared out of his wits after his attempt to scare Cao Cao fails. He then tries to plead with Dong Zhuo, but is then ruthlessly killed.
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* DirtyCoward: He makes a run for it after his boss fight, scared out of his wits after his attempt to scare the player and Cao Cao fails. He then tries to plead with Dong Zhuo, but is then ruthlessly killed.
* SmugSnake: He constantly taunts you in the beginning half of the fight.
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* CharacterTic: Tends He tends to lick his lips when things/(are about to) go his way.way. [[Spoiler: this is an immediate clue he's still alive and possessing the Blindfolded Boy in the final fight]].
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Perhaps the only demons that are in-name only, and they're adorable panda bears
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They're the equivalent to the Sudamas in ''Nioh'' in that they're hidden creatures who want something in return.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They're the equivalent to the Sudamas in ''Nioh'' in that they're hidden creatures who want something in return.
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* MythologyGag: Their opening scene shows Yan Liang getting killed in one strike by Guan Yu... just like in history or novel alike (although Yan Liang spices it up by being the one initiating the surprise attack instead of the other way around). Of course, the difference is that Wen Chou is nearby and he has the tool to revive Yan Liang...
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: He's behind all the events in this game, manipulating Zhang Jiao, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: He's behind all the events in this game, manipulating Zhang Jiao, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao]].Shao. Zhao Yun also suspects that he may be behind how Gongsun Zan changed for worse, forcing him to defect (and ultimately, Yu Ji pitted both Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan against each other, ending with Yuan Shao victorious and absorbing Gongsun Zan's forces, which means even more pawns for Yu Ji).]]
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Usually, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are just unrelated friends in the same force. In this continuity, they're referred to be brothers. How they retain their names can be excused with the possibility that it's just sworn brotherhood, just like Guan Yu and his brothers.
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* PetTheDog: He allowed Guan Yu to stay with him temporarily while the latter searched for his brothers.
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* PetTheDog: He allowed HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Generally, Cao Cao is seen in a better, if a bit pragmatic and unscrupulous, light than his novel counterpart. In particular, how he gets Guan Yu to stay on his side on the beset of the Battle of Guandu is certainly presented in a much better light: Cao Cao is not the one who orchestrated the separation between the three brothers; they are separated by Yuan Shao's surprise attack, armed with him temporarily while the latter searched demonic forces, right after defeating Lu Bu. Also cornered with this surprising event, Cao Cao has a chance meeting with Guan Yu alone, and both mutually agree to help each other for his brothers.their own goals.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: A rare developer example, as the game currently lists him as Zhang Jiao.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: A rare developer example, as the game currently lists listed him as Zhang Jiao.
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* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in fire magic.
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* EvilCounterpart: Of Zuo Ci, being an elderly man that's trying to cause chaos.
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* EvilCounterpart: Of He's the darker counterpart of Zuo Ci, being an elderly man that's trying Ci. Both are old men expert in Taoist magic, but while Zuo Ci concentrates in keeping the balance of Qi while leading the hermits of Tianzhu in a peaceful life, Yu Ji instead abuses the Qi like hell, bringing imbalance and corruption to cause chaos.Qi along with the tragedies and horror towards humanity, all for a selfish reason of creating the Ultimate Elixir for himself.
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* SelfRecoverySurprise: They have to be killed in a close time frame together, otherwise after a few seconds, the surviving boss will revive the other. The surprise is lessened with Guan Yu saying that they're fated to die together, but it may take players who don't pay attention by surprise.
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* {{BFS}}: Played with. The jian he wields is only medium-sized. The lightning blade he wraps around it when he draws it, however, is absolutely huge.
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* LaserBlade: A variant. He uses a perfectly ordinary metal sword, but uses his Wood affinity to wrap a gigantic bolt of lightning around it when he enters battle, creating this effect.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Much like in ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', here he's depicted as a seasoned war commander with his body still in top shape despite his age, as opposed to the FatBastard in most versions.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Much like in Normally, media depictions show him to be a hideous, ogreish FatBastard. This game, however, takes the approach of ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'', here emphasising his history as a mighty warlord by making him an athletic and darkly handsome BigBeautifulMan.
* AdaptationalBadass: Even when portrayals of him choose to mention his impressive military history and personal might, it's usually only to contrast it with how badly he'sdepicted as gone to seed. This one, however, is not only a seasoned war commander with cunning CombatPragmatist but a brutally powerful warrior who gives the protagonist a serious run for their money (and even manages to leave the fight largely on his body still in top shape despite his age, as opposed to the FatBastard in most versions.own terms after he realises it's going against him).
* AdaptationalBadass: Even when portrayals of him choose to mention his impressive military history and personal might, it's usually only to contrast it with how badly he's
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* FlechetteStorm: His primary ranged attack consists of throwing out shotgun-like spreads of poisoned darts - later on in the fight, he'll do it four times in rapid succession.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Unlike Zhang Rang before him, he doesn't show fear when he runs away, but anger, upon realizing the protagonist can kill him. Even his escape involves creating an opening for himself with a BarehandedBladeBlock to show that he's still got a fair amount of gas in the tank.
* LightningBruiser: His attacks aren't elegant, but they're astonishingly fast and powerful, and he can cross the room and start slicing you apart with his massive glance much more quickly than you might hope.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Unlike Zhang Rang before him, he doesn't show fear when he runs away, but anger, upon realizing the protagonist can kill him. Even his escape involves creating an opening for himself with a BarehandedBladeBlock to show that he's still got a fair amount of gas in the tank.
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* StoutStrength: Living the good life as an EvilChancellor has clearly had an impact on his waistline, but it hasn't affected his combat prowess as much as you might reasonably expect. He's still the mighty warlord who bulldozed into Luoyang after clearing up the Ten Eunuchs.
* UnskilledButStrong: His attacks are sloppy, but he makes up for it with raw speed and power.
* UnskilledButStrong: His attacks are sloppy, but he makes up for it with raw speed and power.
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* MsFanservice: She has a shapely figure with an ample showing of her legs. [[spoiler:She's also the game's version of Diao Chan]].
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* MsFanservice: She has a shapely figure with an ample showing of She's as beautiful as is usual for Team Ninja heroines, and while her legs. [[spoiler:She's also outfit and behaviour don't usually draw all that much attention to it, she performs an impressively seductive dance for [[spoiler:Dong Zhuo]] while assuming the game's version cover identity of Diao [[spoiler:Diao Chan]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Even the ''Romance of Three Kingdoms'', which gave him a significant HistoricalHeroUpgrade, merely depicted him as a reasonably competent fighter who focused on leadership and administration while his two sworn brothers carried out the lion's share of the battlefield heroics. In this game, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's assessment of him as the strongest fighter of the three of them is entirely accurate - he's a bona fide MasterSwordsman who is one of the most dangerous NPC-type enemies you face in a friendly duel, and [[spoiler:becomes an absolute nightmare when Yuan Shao turns him into a demon.]]
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He gets forcibly transformed into an demon in front of his sworn brothers and the protagonist. Thankfully, he gets better.]]
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combat, just like he does in the ''Romance''. In fact, his AdaptationalBadass status means he stands out as the most advanced and proficient practitioner of this fighting style in the entire game.
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* MasterSwordsman: One of the best in the entire game. With his two swords in hand, he's a living blender, and [[spoiler:becoming flight-capable thanks to his demonic transformation]] only makes him even more relentless as an opponent.
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* MasterSwordsman: The ''Romance'' portrays him as one of the greatest warriors of the Three Kingdoms, behind only his master Lu Bu, and this is how the game chooses to represent it. He only uses a single medium-sized sword, but he wields it with (extremely literal) lightning speed and thunderous force.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the sensitive guy between him and his brother Sun Ce. Quan is the more soft-spoken brother and wields.
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* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:He kills Sun Jian, making both Sun Ce and Sun Quan wanting to put his head on a pike and put said pike on their main ship when they're about to sail and spread the influence of the Sun clan later.]]
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* TheChosenOne: Lady Zhen believe he is the man of prophecy who will save the land, [[spoiler: which unfortunately, he is not.]]
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* PapaWolf: He goes out of his way to save his daughter-in-law.
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* LeeroyJenkins: Subverted. Without telling why, Sun Jian leaves the emergency meeting in Xiangyang and charges to the enemy camp. Even Sun Ce is befuddled since he used to be chastised not to be reckless and doing the same (which happened in Hulaoguan against Hua Xiong). [[spoiler:Turns out that this is a calculated move; he's going to save Daqiao from the Taoist in Black, so Sun Ce wouldn't endanger himself (and the future of the Sun clan and Wu kingdom) in an attempt to save his wife from such a dangerous man.]]
* PapaWolf: He goes out of his way to save his daughter-in-law. [[spoiler:After covering her from elixir-ladden arrows, his first instincts after the DemonicPossession kicks in is to attack the undead archers who are about to shoot the same arrows to Daqiao.]]
* PapaWolf: He goes out of his way to save his daughter-in-law. [[spoiler:After covering her from elixir-ladden arrows, his first instincts after the DemonicPossession kicks in is to attack the undead archers who are about to shoot the same arrows to Daqiao.]]
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: It's said that her beauty is comparable of the UsefulNotes/FourBeautiesOfAncientChina (never mind that [[spoiler:one of them is in the game's cast (Hong Jing as Diao Chan)]]). Her bio says that her qualities are basically [[AllYourPowersCombined the four beauties' features combined.]] (Making fishes sink, birds forgetting to fly, making the moon and flowers shy away)
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He gets turned into a demon by elixir-laced arrow that pierces his left eye. Thankfully, he gets better.]]
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He gets turned into a demon by an elixir-laced arrow that pierces his left eye. Thankfully, he gets better.]]
* EyepatchOfPower: He does get one after the arrow, naturally. [[spoiler:However, this time it's a makeshift version using his jade as the patch.]]
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* PlayingWithFire: Uses Zhuque as his Divine Beast in his boss battles
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* PlayingWithFire: Uses Zhuque as his Divine Beast in his boss battlesbattles.
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* TheGhost: He has not yet made an appearance but was mentioned as a member of anticipated for Cao Cao's forces.
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* TheGhost: He has not yet made an appearance but was He's only mentioned as a member in the final scene, but he's an important character where he and his clan would kickstart the end of anticipated for Cao Cao's forces.
the Three Kingdoms era.
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* StarterVillain: Just like in the novels, he and his Yellow Turbans serve as the first real threat in the story.
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* StarterVillain: Just like Like in the novels, he and his Yellow Turbans serve as the first real threat in the story.
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* DualWielding: Wields the Pair of Swords of Aspiration in combat. As the name implies, it's a pair of swords.
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* DualWielding: Wields the Pair of Swords of Aspiration in combat. As the name implies, it's a pair of swords.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Sun Ce and Yu Ji are completely unrelated in history as the former died due to wounds he procured in battle. And in the novels, Sun Ce is just paranoid against Taoism on his own and executes Gan/Yu Ji based on that paranoia and having to comply to certain political matters, an act that causes [[TheDogBitesBack the Taoist to haunt him and results his death.]] In this game, [[spoiler:Yu Ji kidnaps his wife and turns his father to a demon who has to be put down as a result]]. Sun Ce now has [[ItsPersonal all the reasons]] to hate the Taoist with all his fiber.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Sun Ce and Yu Ji are completely unrelated in history Ji, historically, had nothing to do with each other, as the former died due to wounds he procured in battle. And in In the novels, Sun Ce is was just paranoid against Taoism on his own and executes Gan/Yu Yu Ji based on that paranoia and having to comply to certain political matters, an act that but causes [[TheDogBitesBack the Taoist to haunt him and results in his death.]] death]]. In this game, [[spoiler:Yu Ji kidnaps his wife and turns his father to into a demon who has to be put down as a result]]. Sun Ce now has [[ItsPersonal all the reasons]] to hate the Taoist As such, his grudge with all his fiber.Yu Ji is much more personal.
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* DualWielding: Uses the Tiger Fang Dual Halberds.
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* DualWielding: Uses the Tiger Fang Dual Halberds.Halberds, short polearms with tigerskin on them. They scale primarily with the fire phase.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the manly man between him and his brother Sun Quan, since Ce is the more battle-ready and HotBlooded, with a more aggressive weapon (dual halberds).
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the manly man between him and his brother Sun Quan, since Ce is the more battle-ready and HotBlooded, with a more aggressive weapon (dual halberds).HotBlooded.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the sensitive guy between him and his brother Sun Ce. When both of them are joined together in their debut mission, Quan is the more soft-spoken brother who wields softer weapon (sword).
* TakeUpMySword: He [[spoiler: takes the spot as the ruler of Sun Jian's forces following Sun Ce's death]]
* TakeUpMySword: He [[spoiler: takes the spot as the ruler of Sun Jian's forces following Sun Ce's death]]
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the sensitive guy between him and his brother Sun Ce. When both of them are joined together in their debut mission, Quan is the more soft-spoken brother who wields softer weapon (sword).
and wields.
* TakeUpMySword: He [[spoiler: takes the spot as the ruler of Sun Jian's forces following Sun Ce'sdeath]]death]].
* TakeUpMySword: He [[spoiler: takes the spot as the ruler of Sun Jian's forces following Sun Ce's
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* CastingGag: His [[Creator/KazuhikoInoue Japanese voice actor]] is the same as Oda Nobunaga's in ''VideoGame/{{Nioh 2}}''. This is because Creator/KoeiTecmo treats Nobunaga as Cao Cao's counterpart in Japan's Warring States.
* {{Foil}}: To Liu Bei, being seen as the more morally grey and pragmatic of the two while Liu Bei was seen as the more openly benevolent.
* {{Foil}}: To Liu Bei, being seen as the more morally grey and pragmatic of the two while Liu Bei was seen as the more openly benevolent.
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* CastingGag: His [[Creator/KazuhikoInoue Japanese voice actor]] is the same as Oda Nobunaga's in ''VideoGame/{{Nioh 2}}''. This is 2}}'', mostly because Creator/KoeiTecmo treats Cao Cao and Nobunaga as Cao Cao's counterpart in Japan's Warring States.
counterparts to each other.
* {{Foil}}: To Liu Bei, being seen as the more morally grey and pragmatic of thetwo two, while Liu Bei was seen as the more openly benevolent.
* {{Foil}}: To Liu Bei, being seen as the more morally grey and pragmatic of the
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* UnscrupulousHero: He's more morally grey than his compatriots. According to his bio, he's said to be a menace in times of peace, but an unscrupulous ''hero'' in times of chaos.
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* UnscrupulousHero: He's more morally grey than his compatriots. According to his bio, he's said to be a menace in times of peace, peace but an unscrupulous ''hero'' in times of chaos.
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* EyeScream: His eye gets pierced by an arrow as per usual... [[spoiler: But this time, it's no normal arrow...]]
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* EyeScream: His eye gets pierced by an arrow as per usual... usual, [[spoiler: But but this time, it's no normal arrow...]]arrow]].
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* PlayingWithFire: Uses Zhuque as his Divine Beast in his boss Battle
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* BladeOnAStick: He wields a glaive, the Triumphant Conquest, in his boss fight. Ironically, the official render above has him wield the Cure-Headed Glaive instead.
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* BladeOnAStick: He wields a glaive, the Triumphant Conquest, in his boss fight. Ironically, the official render above has him wield the Cure-Headed Curve-Headed Glaive instead.
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* EvilIsDeathlyCold: His boss form uses the Water virtue, where his demon form [[spoiler: has him fuse with Xuanwu.]]
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* EvilIsDeathlyCold: His boss form He uses the Water virtue, where his demon form [[spoiler: has him fuse with Xuanwu.]]
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Check your spelling please
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitue: He's surprisingly similar to [[Videogame/Nioh2 Tokichiro]] in that he's a decent guy before becoming arrogant and DrunkWithPower, and [[spoiler: serves as the PreFinalBoss]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitue: SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's surprisingly similar to [[Videogame/Nioh2 Tokichiro]] in that he's a decent guy before becoming arrogant and DrunkWithPower, and [[spoiler: serves as the PreFinalBoss]].
