Full Wu Hero Roster (Total War Three Kingdoms) 全面战争：三国, 吴国猛将
Keep an eye for these heroes as you play through Total War Three Kingdoms. The purpose of this post is to show who eventually became the vital heroes of the kingdom of Wu. During your campaign you will encounter many heroes and adversaries, but when you found the specific characters in this list, try to stay your hand and leave them alive. Instead try your best to recruit them to your faction and build a large roster of awesome heroes as they work in synergy in your service. Note that the Sun clan of Wu (alleged to be directly descended from the famous Sun Tzu- the author of the "Art of War" has one of the most fleshed out family trees in all of the factions. One of the distinct pleasures provided by Total War Three Kingdoms is the ability to capture heroes like a game of Pokemon~ and as the saying goes, "Gotta catch them all (for your dynasty!)" Take care of your southern brothers and sisters and keep the southlands safe from the ravages of the wars from the Central Plains.
Sun Jian, the Tiger of Jiang Dong (Southern of the River/ Southlands) Patriarch of the Sun clan, who were reputed to have descended from the legendary writer of the the Art of War: Sun Tzu. A confident veteran commander, respected by friends and feared by enemies. His early death brought his family to ruin, however his most dangerous assets turned out to be the brood of fierce children he raised. If you like the Starks from "Game of Thrones," you will learn to love the Sun family in a similar light. The southlands~ as always, remembers.
Sun Ce, the young conqueror, brought the Sun clan from the brink of ruin to renewed dominance. Fierce in battle yet jovial and kind. A very personable ruler and one who was seen as a big brother to his soldiers. Though a brash warrior, he often sees his own limitations and rely on wise counsel from the likes of his sworn brother Zhou Yu. Like his father, Sun Ce also met an untimely end at the height of his military career
Zhou Yu, the young strategist, and sworn brother to Sun Ce, one of the architects of Wu's ascension. The hero of Redcliff. Unfortunately, like many of the pillars of Wu, he too would die before his time in service to Wu.
Sun Ren, or Sun Shang Xiang: fierce lady of the Sun clan, reputed to have an all female corp of bodyguards who wore armor. Though her life is largely embellished in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, historically she was a tomboy and was recorded to have delighted in wearing armor.
Sun Quan: The young lord of the south, wise beyond his years. Though at first he was unprepared for the monumental task of shepherding his kingdom. Eventually Quan became a wise and calculating ruler. His long reign saw much of the Three Kingdoms era pass by.
Gan Ning: The swashbuckling pirate, a violent man but also one who was entirely devoted to Wu, a daredevil tactician who volunteered for many of Wu's most dangerous missions. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms he was said to have strapped many bells on his body so all who would know he was coming
Taishi Ci: The honorable champion, aided many and found his home serving Wu. Originally traveled the realm and served the beleaguered people, including a besieged Kong Rong. All around wholesome fellow
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3K works because of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, mainly because like the Iliad it compartmentalized the sequence of event into meaningful chapters and have the larger than life characters spout out what they are all about to an audience as if they are actors in a grand play. Because of this narrative presentation even the most disinterested normies could have digestible ways to get into the period through the proliferation of arts.
Part of history is how people sees history, and ROTK provided an easy touchstone for people to see the history dramatized. Hence, it's popularity and approachability
Normies might have absolutely zero interest in the Han dynasty, for which might be as alien and uninteresting as the dark side of the Moon or Saturn. To study the Han requires so much exposition, it's like reading Wikipedia articles, dates, dry descriptive paragraphs about terracotta architecture and imperial bureaucracies etc, and if you are lucky, some accompanying photos of tomb murals to give an imrpession of the colors and humanity of those who are but dust and ruins. Unless you are deeply interested in the subject it is largely only in the realm of academia.
Conversely almost all people in the would could understand what a burning palace looks like, with imperial soldiers running amok inside. Of a child emperor with torn silk robes wandering with tears in his eyes, then to have the vulnerable child abducted in the hand of a fat brutal tyrant at the head of an army. Normies could understand the emotion of trying to reform a broken system and set out to save the realm with your oathsworn brothers. Normies could understand the sheer loss of loosing a father, a brother, then have your lone holdout homeland threatened by a megalomaniac warlord. Or- better yet, for normies to see from said Megalomaniacal warlord's POV- a Machievellian insider's perspective, like Frank Underwood: a shark among sharks as he take out pompous inept fools one by one to claim the ultimate power for himself.
Instead of dry academia, which can only be explained through many explanations, ^^^ dramas and scenes like those presented in ROTK elicit immediate emotions and the audience could instantly feel a certain way toward a given scene. This element of humanity~ allows people to relate to the characters first rather than reading through long list of academic expositions. Even without understanding the Han, or the Chinese culture itself, the humanity of all of the things I have described could be internalized and imagined across cultures. And in depth, even without understanding what Han palaces looks like or what the costume of the period looks like we can imagine who they are.