History Characters / RavagesOfTimeLuBuFaction

%%* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking

%%* RatedMForManly

* BladeOnAStick: His trademark ''Ji'', sometimes [[DualWielding he wields two at once.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority... though that's actually a weakness of his faction, considering what the other factions have going for them.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

* EvilCounterpart: To Liaoyuan Huo. A badass former assassin-turned-general and [[TheDragon dragon]] to a [[MyMasterRightOrWrong master with questionable morality]], with a subconscious desire for a better life instead of one of constant underhanded scheming, [[spoiler:who later joins a new master who can offer them all that]]? You bet. The author is quite obvious about it as well, what with his constant dual expositions of these two, with hints here and there about their FutureBadass status:
-->'''Chapter 273:''' He who honors comrades and commitments, will shock the world a few years later at Changban.
-->'''Chapter 274:''' He who holds his ground will surpass Lü Bu a few years later as a god of war at Hefei.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* HonorBeforeReason: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Not surprisingly]], an averted trope here. [[spoiler:Even averted in his last moments]].

* LightningBruiser

* BaldOfAwesome: Seen twice: once during the preparations for the Battle of Puyang when his hat is knocked off by Gao Shun, then [[spoiler:when he kneels for his execution in Xiapi, one of the executioners respectfully removes his hat]].

%%* SubmissiveBadass

* LanternJawOfJustice: Lu Bu has what can only be described as chin buttcheeks. [[http://z.mfcdn.net/store/manga/2606/14-114.0/compressed/the_ravages_of_time_14_109.jpg Look at it.]] [[http://z.mfcdn.net/store/manga/2606/14-114.0/compressed/the_ravages_of_time_14_111.jpg LOOK AT IT!!]]

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: And [[ThePaladin Guan Yu]] calls him out on it.

* [[spoiler:DecapitatedArmy: The biggest weakness of Lu Bu's faction: they're too dependent on Lu Bu himself. This is the reason why Cao Cao's army eventually turns the tables on them, since Cao Cao's generals are MUCH more independent and capable without needing Cao Cao directly lording over them, and they are much more determined when the odds are bad. Not even hearing rumors of Cao Cao's death discourages them: they either go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge or simply disregard them.]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler: Chen Gong and Gao Shun]].

* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:Poor Lu Bu's daughter.]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler: It takes three of Cao Cao's best generals (one of them the giant Xu Chu) to asphyxiate him. Eventually, Xiahou Dun has to behead Lu Bu to kill him off for real... a timely kill, as at that moment ''Lu Bu broke out of the ropes''!]]
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]: Completely averted; [[spoiler:at his execution Lu Bu begged for his life and humbled himself to the point of self-humiliation to Cao Cao's mooks]], only for Cao Cao to publicly declare that Lu Bu [[spoiler:knew the value of life - compared to Cao Cao's own "shallow" men - and thus was willing to stake his superficial pride for it, and praised Lu Bu for his courage. Upon hearing this, Lu Bu sobered up immediately for his DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler: When he was finally captured by Cao Cao at the end of Xiapi campaign. Initially he was going for a DefiantToTheEnd ending, but Liu Bei persuaded him otherwise.]]

* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:He manages to publicly coerce Cao Cao into taking care of his relatives after his execution, counsel other captives facing execution[[note]]that since "Lu Bu and Chen Gong's incompetence is not your fault" the captives ought to surrender and thus survive if they so wish to live[[/note]] and explains concisely why he won't submit and live: Cao Cao isn't ''worse'' than Lu Bu, he's ''just as bad''. For all of these, Xiahou Dun begs him to reconsider so that he might live, Guo Jia and Jia Xu salute him (that is, [[MaryTzu two of the Eight Geniuses]]) saluting their "inferior" who Guo Jia had overcome) and Cao Cao salutes and sheds ManlyTears for him.]]

* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* HeelFaceTurn

* '''''WorldsStrongestMan''''': The first and foremost OneManArmy of this era. If you are a latecomer in this field like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei or Sun Ce, expect to be judged by the standards he has set. In a real fight, as long as he doesn't engage in a fight with Guan Yu or Zhang Fei (both [[OneManArmy One-Man-Armies]] on his level) and 'undead' monsters like Liaoyuan Huo or Dian Wei, Lu Bu is the only fighter who never, ever fails to utterly curb-stomp his opponents, whether they are Yuan Shu's thousand-soldiered army or a team of up to five of Cao Cao's best generals with his sheer strength, skills and badassery.

* '''{{Badass}}''': Repeat- '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis HE. IS. LU. BU.]]'''''
** AGodAmI: ''"[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown I am the God of War!]] [[CurbStompBattle A god among men!!]]"''
** AsskickingEqualsAuthority... though that's actually a weakness of his faction, considering what the other factions have going for them.
** AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
** BreakTheBadass
** CharlesAtlasSuperpower: When you can easily pick up and throw '''Xu Chu''' in full armor then you're this.
** CurbStompBattle and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Thy names are "Lu Bu vs. everyone".
** CoolHorse: A ''badass'' horse, in fact. "Red Hare among horses, Lu Bu among men" indeed.
** [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler: It takes three of Cao Cao's best generals (one of them the giant Xu Chu) to asphyxiate him. Eventually, Xiahou Dun has to behead Lu Bu to kill him off for real... a timely kill, as at that moment ''Lu Bu broke out of the ropes''!]]
** FoeTossingCharge: In your face, Yuan Shu.
** FourStarBadass
** LeeroyJenkins: He doesn't invoke this trope very often, though.
** OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: How he earned the title "God of War" in the first place. Another is his very first battle against the Guandong alliance, in which it's said that he defeated ''60 great generals and 100,000 soldiers'' with merely a handful men on his side.
** PersonOfMassDestruction
** RatedMForManly
** RedBaron: Deservingly, "God of War".
** SuperStrength: Lu Bu has the look, size and muscle of an average OneManArmy, but he can '''swing [[TheBigGuy Xu Chu]] around''' on his shoulders, '''carry [[TheBigGuy Ji Ling]] on one arm''', then throw the poor guy down and proceed to mop the floor with Yuan Shu's army single-handedly.
** SuperToughness: Arrows, swords and poison do harm him, but if you think they can stop him for a second from beating you to a pulp, think again. Or better yet, just run. [[spoiler:In the end it takes three of Cao Cao's best generals (including the behemoth Xu Chu) to strangle him and Xiahou Dun to behead him and finally put an end to Lu Bu's life.]]
** '''''WorldsStrongestMan''''': The first and foremost OneManArmy of this era. If you are a latecomer in this field like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei or Sun Ce, expect to be judged by the standards he has set. In a real fight, as long as he doesn't engage in a fight with Guan Yu or Zhang Fei (both [[OneManArmy One-Man-Armies]] on his level) and 'undead' monsters like Liaoyuan Huo or Dian Wei, Lu Bu is the only fighter who never, ever fails to utterly curb-stomp his opponents, whether they are Yuan Shu's thousand-soldiered army or a team of up to five of Cao Cao's best generals with his sheer strength, skills and badassery.

* '''{{Badass}}''': Liaoyuan Huo's equal.
** BadassBoast and PreAsskickingOneLiner: "No one has ever passed the range of my swords".
** DualWielding
** FoeTossingCharge
** FourStarBadass
** FutureBadass: [[spoiler:''20 years later, this man Zhang Liao... with a hundred men by his side, defeated Sun Quan's 100,000 soldiers in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hefei_(208) Battle of Hefei]]. His name was celebrated far and wide across the land''.]]
** GeniusBruiser
** SubmissiveBadass
** TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After Lu Bu died.]] His biggest feat so far by Guandu was [[spoiler:killing Wen Chou]], and the foreshadowings of the Battle of Hefei state that it's just the beginning of many levels in badass that he's going to take. More recently, in Chapter 406 [[spoiler:he defeats and kills Taishi Ci in a one-on-one sword duel during a skirmish between their forces]] before Chibi.
** TranquilFury: ''Oops''. [[spoiler:Run, Yuan Tan, run ''again''.]]
** YouShallNotPass: Whenever he's in "''No one has ever passed the range of my swords''" mode. And not pass they shall. [[spoiler:Save for Sun Ce and Zhao Yun at Changban. And even then, it's only because the latter was both ''fleeing'' -- to get Adou back to Liu Bei -- and fortunately backed up just in time by Zhang Fei.]]

* {{Determinator}}