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The Ravages of Time (火凤燎原 lit. The Fiery Phoenix Razes the Steppes) is an epic Hong Kong manhua series created by Chan Mou. It's a retelling of the events leading from the late Han Dynasty to probably the foundation of the Jin dynasty, wht the Three Kingdom period in-between, as well as an adaptation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
It is the year 190 AD., China. The Han dynasty is in turmoil. After decades of mismanagement from the government whose emperor had become a mere pupper to the "Ten Attendants" (eunuchs who governed in the Han Emperor's stead), the population had revolted and so ensued the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" which was squashed by different warlords/vassal of Imperial Han. The eunuchs are deposed and exterminated. Then worse, the old emperor dies and the warlord Dong Zhuo seizes power by installing the young heir (like what a six year old boy?) as a puppet and trying to control things. However, the court manages to write and send a formal call to arms to all the warlords of China who will unite to punish the malevolent disloyal Dong Zhuo, at least in theory. Ensues a lot of battles, bloodshed, politicking, plans and gambits both small and large, as well as the rise of falls of heroes and scoundrels alike.
The story is centered around two people. The first is Sima Yi, future founder of the Jin imperial dynasty but right now just the very clever heir of the Sima merchant clan. The second is Liaoyuan Huo, Sima Yi's best assassin, a young boy who just can't feel pain and who is destined to become one of the most famous generals of his time. The two will try to survive, thrive and find their true calling in this tumultuous era.
Sima Clan & Handicapped Warriors
The Sima clan are a wealthy merchant clan mostly based in Henei, central northern China. Their leader is Sima Yi, a lazy bum but also a true genius who can analyze and anticipate what will happen in China. He mostly uses his genius to advise his clan on what will happen in order to have the best commercial trades possible and avoid warlords demanding tributes to them. The Sima clan tend to manipulate things from the shadows to further their interests but soon their game turns against them.
Handicapped Warriors
The Handicapped Warriors are the private assassin group of the Sima Clan, although anyone can buy their services. They are composed of various assassins who are handicapped in one way or another and they are famous for never missing their target. They are the best assassins in China too. Any of their member is a deadly fighter, though the strongest is their leader Liaoyuan Huo, a young lad who can't feel pain.
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Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo is a warlord based in Luoyang, the current capital of China but his real power base is East, in . He's a powerful warlord who deposed the eunuchs but then openly displayed his ambitions by placing a puppet emperor and being generally a chad who doesn't give a fuck about protocol or being respectable. Will go down as a malevolent pig in History. Is currently in trouble because most of the other warlords in China are against him, an official "rebel".
Lu Bu Faction
Lu Bu's clique. If Dong Zhuo was an alpha, Lu Bu is the sigma to end all sigmas. Lu Bu is initially an officer serving under Dong Zhuo but he'll betray Dong Zhuo and become one of the most famous warlords in Chinese history, known for his disloyalty and his combat prowess. Lu Bu's nicknamed the "God of War" because no one except a couple of guys in China can beat him.
Cao Clan
The Cao Clan, initially a minor clan in the North of China, but full of talents. Their leader is Cao Cao, the "evil chancellor" of China, fucking brilliant at many things included warfare and poetry but also ambitious and evil in theory, who held the Emperor hostage too at one point and did some really disgusting things like having the ears of POW cut to destroy the enemy's morale. Here, he's also a man of integrity who decides to be as savage as possible in times of war to end them quickly and be a benevolent ruler in peace. He goes from minor warlord to most powerful warlord in the North of China, accumulating many many talented and loyal subordinates. Seriously, he's got 50% of the characters that really matter and 3 geniuses. His clan will found the Wei kingdom.
Liu Clan
The Liu Clan is a big but disparate clan. They are actually Imperial scions, and the Han Dynasty comes from their clan. However, most of them are just minor warlords and renowned for their "indecisiveness".
Liu Bei
Liu Bei, the future founder of the Shu Han kingdom in the South-East of China. Liu Bei is the "benevolent underdog" of the three major factions, renowned for his loyalty, integrity, benevolence, and for being continously being shat on by the other factions though he manages to do something of himself. Liu Bei begins really low on the social ladder as a shoe seller. However, he can count on the might of his two sworn brothers Guan Yu (the real God of War) and Zhang Fei. He's a distant relative of the Emperor but that won't mean shit until he becomes famous and adulated by the populace. In the story, he becomes a top-notch politician who knows how to build his fame and then milk his popularity for all it's worth.
Misc. Lius
Some guys who obey to other Lius that aren't Liu Bei. Mostly randoms. However, Gan Ning and Huand Zhong will become famous generals and they are badass.
Yuan Clan
A big powerful clan based on the North of China. They are really big and powerful and are renowned as a family of "loyalist" with three generations of Yuan serving as Prime Ministers (top dog in the government). The Yuan clan is actually so big and its members numerous that it's prone to disputes and infighting for the clan's own riches. The two factions that really matter and Yuan Shao's and Yuan Shu's.
Yuan Shao's faction
Yuan Shao is the head of the Yuan Clan. He's renowned as the head of the Guandong Alliance that was called to fight Dong Zhuo and is officially a loyalist. In reality, he's understood that imperial Han is finished and is laying the groundwork to seize power and thus, he's trying to fuck over everyone. He's bet everything on his most brilliant son, a bastard named Yuan Fang who's one of the eight geniuses.
Yuan Shu's Zhongjia Empire
Yuan Shu is a little half-brother of Yuan Shao. He understood too that Han was finished but he decided to do the stupid thing and declared himself Emperor, building a small empire in the centre of China. So no he's both a traitor to Imperial Han and an overt competitor for hegemony. Basically no one likes him and he's treated like an incompetent idiot, though he had some things right.
Misc Yuans
Sun Clan
The Sun Clan, a renowned warrior clan from the South. They come in rather late and need a bit of explanation to get what they are about.
The Sun Clan are a famous clan from the South and expert in naval warfare, especially in their turf which is known for erratic weather. Their late leader was Sun Jian, the "last of the true loyalist", a too-good-for-this-sinful-Earth guy. During the fight between Dong Zhuo and the Guandong alliance, Sun Jian found the Imperial Seal (basically a jade stamp that shows the Emperor is the clerk from the Heavens, China loves a good bureaucracy) and understood that Yuan Shao was a traitor. Sun Jian hid the seal though his secret got out. Sun Jian still wanted to play the part of a loyal warlord and Yuan Shu fucked him over by telling him to go fight a battle he couldn't win and Sun Jian died.
So now, his children all say "fuck loyalty" and decide to build a new South-Eastern kingdom which will begin the Kingdom of Wu. They are pretty awesome, with strong fighters all around and a flair for outmaneuvering their foes. They are descendants of Sun Tzu and have mastered the Art of War, and they got the help of a genius in Zhou Yu. They are also really not doing fucking shady stuff and even want to fuck over allies of convenience that they can't absorb.
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Watermirror and the Eight Genius
Misc Clans
Taiping aka Yellow Turbans
Misc
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