The Foolish Emperor.

Dynasty Warriors version.

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A mountain of expectations, placed upon shoulders far too young for the burden.

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Not gonna lie; Liu Shan is one of my favorite DW characters. I think DW9 did a fantastic job of really fleshing him out, making him a tragic, but somewhat reasonable figure who values the lives of his people over the ambitions of Shu. And I really felt for how fucking done with Jiang Wei’s shit he was lmao. I included some extra bits and pieces from history and the Romance as well, just to make his life even more fucking sad, because I’m an awful person. Nothing like having your older brother executed because of your existence!

Mild warnings for how this is literally taking place in a brutal, sexist, chaotic wartime period.

Dead Dove warning because Liu Shan is just... really fucking sad, and I did write mild-self harm into his personality (it’s canon from his dw9 ending). Wouldn’t surprise me if the LLM gave him some majorly suicidal or sad thoughts.