History Characters / DynastyWarriorsWuKingdom

* ArcherArchetype: She occasionally has attacks that involve her bow, but ''6'' is the only one where it is her main weapon. This is accurate to her historical self; in the Japanese translation of ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' by Eiji Yoshikawa, she's given the nickname "lady with a waist like a bow".

* DropTheHammer: In ''6'' and ''7''. Similar to Xu Zhu, it's a giant club variant, although he changed it into anchors as his higher level weapons in ''7''.

%%* SwornBrothers: He is a sworn brother of Sun Ce.

* BloodBrothers: He is a sworn brother of Sun Ce.

** The games often mention how, had Sun Ce lived to an old age, he might have been the one to unite all of China. Not only was he a more capable leader on the battlefield than Sun Quan, he was also BloodBrothers with Zhou Yu, and with him was a legendary force in battle.

* ForWantOfANail: In most games Sun Quan is considered an inferior leader to his father and brother. In the hypothetical route of 8, the support of Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and Taishi Ci, who all survive, enable Quan to come into his own as a leader who ultimately forges a peaceful new world between the three kingdoms.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The correct Pinyin spelling of his name is Lü Meng (note the umlaut), not Lu Meng. Lu Bu and his daugther Lu Lingqi also share this problem.

** Historically, his elder clansmen Jing[[note]]Zhou Jing was Zhou Yu's grandfather's cousin.[[/note]] and his son Zhong both served in the post of Grand Commandant in the Han imperial court. Zhou Yu's father Yi once served as Prefect of Luoyang, a post also once held by Sima Yi's father Fang.[[/note]]

Eastern Wu: the kingdom with foundations laid by Sun Jian and Sun Ce, ultimately led through the chaos by Sun Quan. Unique to itself in that although it too fought for peace, it did so more or less for itself which lends to Wu being not as easily defined as, say, Shu ([[MemeticMutation Benevolence!]]) or Wei (Ambition!). Instead, it can be said that Wu fought for the idea of family. Wu, more than any other faction, is a country that's an extension of its founding clan and their ragtag collection of comrades and blood brothers. The idea of family runs strong in every officer. They also appear to be big fans of [[PlayingWithFire fire attacks.]] Naturally, their color is red and their symbol is the tiger, derived from Sun Jian's sobriquet "the Tiger of Jiangdong". Historically, 12 generals were regarded as the "Tiger Officials of Jiangbiao" by Chen Shou; as of ''9'', eight of them are playable.

* LongLived: According to his in-game bio, he served Wu for approximately ''70 years''. [[note]]Historically, the earliest mention of him was him serving under Zhou Yu as a bodyguard, along with Xu Sheng; Zhou died ''60 years'' before Ding.[[/note]]

* SiblingTeam: With the other Ding Feng.

* {{Bishonen}}: The only one of the newcomers from ''8:XL''.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AkemiKanda (Japanese), [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]] (English; ''7''-''8''), Ratana Ratana (English; ''9''), Xiaomeng Li (Chinese; ''9'')

* {{Bishonen}}: Historically known as the Beautiful Zhou Yu. At the Battle of Nanjun in ''8'', he gets irritated at Zhang He's insults and promptly states that he is known as "The Handsome Zhou Yu," though in other circumstances Zhang He actually compliments him for his looks when they meet.

* {{Bishonen}}: Borders on DudeLooksLikeALady in ''7''.

* {{Bishonen}}: Went from a Music/{{Gackt}}-lookalike in ''6'' to a Music/DavidBowie impressionist in ''7''.

* {{Hunk}}: [[RatedMForManly Manly in the extreme]], handsome even at old age, tall and musclebound.

* RatedMForManly: The guy is an old, muscular & bearded man who uses what basically amounts to a boat attached to his arm as a weapon, ''does wrestling moves'' and is the one who initiates the fire attack in the Battle of Chibi. It's safe to say that he qualifies as this.

* RatedMForManly: A muscular, heavily scarred, and stone-faced former pirate who can slice up hundreds of soldiers with lightning-fast sword strokes. He satisfies the RuleOfCool and then some.

* {{Tomboy}}: She wants to fight in battles and gain a hero's glory. As she puts at the start of her scenario in ''6'', "I want to be a warrior, not a simple {{housewife}}". Ironic considering that later adaptations doesn't focus on her life after her marriage with Liu Bei and she basically becomes a real housewife in ''9''.

* FinalBoss: He subverts this in ''4'', as in the Battle of Jianye, he as the ruler of Wu is set up as this, but once he's defeated, his children TakeUpTheMantle, from oldest to youngest, so you have to defeat them in order to win. What is more, if you try to defeat his children before him, they will keep returning, boosting WI morale in the process, so the only way to win is to defeat the Sun family in order.

* FinalBoss: She becomes this for Shu and Wei in ''4'' if you fulfill the conditions for Wu to the last kingdom to fall.

* BladeOnAStick: Is never seen without a spear in all appearances.

* BladeOnAStick: His weapon is the short pike, previously a weapon in ''7'' and used for pre-made character Hua Xiong in ''7: Empires''.

* BladeOnAStick: He was known for his "Serpent Spear" and carries it to battle.

Wu: the kingdom with foundations laid by Sun Jian and Sun Ce, ultimately led through the chaos by Sun Quan. Unique to itself in that although it too fought for peace, it did so more or less for itself which lends to Wu being not as easily defined as, say, Shu ([[MemeticMutation Benevolence!]]) or Wei (Ambition!). Instead, it can be said that Wu fought for the idea of family. Wu, more than any other faction, is a country that's an extension of its founding clan and their ragtag collection of comrades and blood brothers. The idea of family runs strong in every officer. They also appear to be big fans of [[PlayingWithFire fire attacks.]] Naturally, their color is red and their symbol is the tiger, derived from Sun Jian's sobriquet "the Tiger of Jiangdong". Historically, 12 generals were regarded as the "Tiger Officials of Jiangbiao" by Chen Shou; as of ''9'', eight of them are playable.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: His decision in alling with Wei by attacking Guan Yu at Fan Castle, eventually slaying the general at Mai Castle and defeating Liu Bei massive victory at Yiling that make himself and Wu become "villain" just like Wei. His action costs of Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Zhu Ran and his sister's decision to forego their bonds to remain with her husband after shocked by his decision to kill Liu Bei without considering the consequences to his people after her husband's death. [[spoiler: In ''9'', even Han Dang points out that he is becoming like Cao Cao.]]

* BecomeTheirOwnAntithesis: His decision in alling with Wei by attacking Guan Yu at Fan Castle, eventually slaying the general at Mai Castle and defeating Liu Bei massive victory at Yiling that make himself and Wu become "villain" just like Wei. His action costs of Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Zhu Ran and his sister's decision to forego their bonds to remain with her husband after shocked by his decision to kill Liu Bei without considering the consequences to his people after her husband's death. [[spoiler: In ''9'', even Han Dang points out that he is becoming like Cao Cao.]]