stats/permissions.
Age: 19 according to the databooks for previous games (I've heard the DW7 databook lacks ages entirely...). Continues looking 19 even when decades of actual history pass. o koei.
Height: 5'11" (180 cm).
Weight: Unspecified, but he appears to have a nice trim figure.
Medical Info: Healthy! I can't think of any special notes here, really.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Brown.
Physical traits: I can't think of anything that particularly stands out. He's a soldier, so he's in good physical condition. He's polite, but his body language is self-assured. Oh! And you can pretty much always assume: he's wearing green. I have icons where he's wearing blue; ignore them. He wears green. Clothing color is used as visual shorthand for the faction someone is serving in DW games, and while he did serve Wei in his initial appearance, after he defects he is 100% Shu, heart and soul.
I assume he's got a nice collection of scars, because given how much he gets smacked around in Jin story mode I can't see how he wouldn't, but he habitually wears long sleeves and long pants, so the likelihood of anyone seeing them is pretty low.
What's Okay To Mention Around Him: Most things are fine! Insulting Zhuge Liang will piss him off a lot, though. I don't mind historical fourth-walling, although if you're going to get into the nastier details please ping me first (as I'm willing to roll with it but that might be best handled carefully).
It would be really helpful to me if he was not asked specific questions about his age or how long he's been serving Shu, because Koei is really weird about how they handle this stuff. I won't be pissed if you do bring it up IC, but if it's not something I can kind of glaze over easily, I may ping you and ask if we can shift gears and work around it somehow.
Abilities: Excellent strategist and a good fighter; his EX weapon is the spear but DW7 has a weapon-switching system so he's proficient with others. One of his Musou attacks is also an AOE lightning blast, because Rule of Cool trumps Real Historical Accuracy.
Notes for the Psychics/Magically or Spiritually sensitive: He is incredibly single-minded about his promise to reclaim the northlands and defend Shu. In one cutscene he has to be bodily dragged off the battlefield by another general because he's busy yelling at Sima Shi about benevolence, and the running theme in Jin's story mode is "JIANG WEI TRIES TO INVADE THE NORTH...AGAIN." So it's at the center of his thoughts and is definitely his biggest blind spot.
Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Ask, ask, yes, yes.
Hugging/kissing/other non-violent physical contact: Go for it! Just try not to traumatize him too badly.
Maim/Murder/Death: Talk to me first, please, but I do loves me some violence so there's a good chance I'm willing to work with you.
Cooking: He can manage it well enough to not starve in the field, but I doubt he knows how to do anything fancy.
Other: I place DW7 canon over other DW games, and DW canon in general over the novel it's based on, which I'll only work from where it doesn't conflict. Not compliant with Warriors Orochi at all.
He is an actual historical figure, albeit hella fictionalized! So characters who are either intimately familiar with third century Asian history, or have a working knowledge of classic Chinese literature, may know of him. Three Kingdoms also turns up a lot in Asian pop culture and entertainment media, from traditional Chinese plays and operas to TV dramas to animanga to manwha to video games (and those span the genres too, from hack and slash to strategy to even, yes, datesims and h-games), so there's also that.
Anything else I've neglected to address, please feel free to ask me!
Height: 5'11" (180 cm).
Weight: Unspecified, but he appears to have a nice trim figure.
Medical Info: Healthy! I can't think of any special notes here, really.
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Brown.
Physical traits: I can't think of anything that particularly stands out. He's a soldier, so he's in good physical condition. He's polite, but his body language is self-assured. Oh! And you can pretty much always assume: he's wearing green. I have icons where he's wearing blue; ignore them. He wears green. Clothing color is used as visual shorthand for the faction someone is serving in DW games, and while he did serve Wei in his initial appearance, after he defects he is 100% Shu, heart and soul.
I assume he's got a nice collection of scars, because given how much he gets smacked around in Jin story mode I can't see how he wouldn't, but he habitually wears long sleeves and long pants, so the likelihood of anyone seeing them is pretty low.
What's Okay To Mention Around Him: Most things are fine! Insulting Zhuge Liang will piss him off a lot, though. I don't mind historical fourth-walling, although if you're going to get into the nastier details please ping me first (as I'm willing to roll with it but that might be best handled carefully).
It would be really helpful to me if he was not asked specific questions about his age or how long he's been serving Shu, because Koei is really weird about how they handle this stuff. I won't be pissed if you do bring it up IC, but if it's not something I can kind of glaze over easily, I may ping you and ask if we can shift gears and work around it somehow.
Abilities: Excellent strategist and a good fighter; his EX weapon is the spear but DW7 has a weapon-switching system so he's proficient with others. One of his Musou attacks is also an AOE lightning blast, because Rule of Cool trumps Real Historical Accuracy.
Notes for the Psychics/Magically or Spiritually sensitive: He is incredibly single-minded about his promise to reclaim the northlands and defend Shu. In one cutscene he has to be bodily dragged off the battlefield by another general because he's busy yelling at Sima Shi about benevolence, and the running theme in Jin's story mode is "JIANG WEI TRIES TO INVADE THE NORTH...AGAIN." So it's at the center of his thoughts and is definitely his biggest blind spot.
Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Ask, ask, yes, yes.
Hugging/kissing/other non-violent physical contact: Go for it! Just try not to traumatize him too badly.
Maim/Murder/Death: Talk to me first, please, but I do loves me some violence so there's a good chance I'm willing to work with you.
Cooking: He can manage it well enough to not starve in the field, but I doubt he knows how to do anything fancy.
Other: I place DW7 canon over other DW games, and DW canon in general over the novel it's based on, which I'll only work from where it doesn't conflict. Not compliant with Warriors Orochi at all.
He is an actual historical figure, albeit hella fictionalized! So characters who are either intimately familiar with third century Asian history, or have a working knowledge of classic Chinese literature, may know of him. Three Kingdoms also turns up a lot in Asian pop culture and entertainment media, from traditional Chinese plays and operas to TV dramas to animanga to manwha to video games (and those span the genres too, from hack and slash to strategy to even, yes, datesims and h-games), so there's also that.
Anything else I've neglected to address, please feel free to ask me!