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| “ | Do not pursue Lu Bu! | „ |
| ~ The iconic warning on Lu Bu's strength in the Dynasty Warriors series. |
| “ | Your only trouble, Illustrious Sir, is myself, and I am on your side now. You take the lead, I will help you, and together the world is at our feet. | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu |
| “ | Can anybody provide me with a decent challenge?! | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu's victory quote in the Dynasty Warriors. |
| “ | WHO ELSE SEEK DEATH | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu after defeat enemy officer |
| “ | Pig! Have you come to be slaughtered?! | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu to his adopted father, Dong Zhuo. |
| “ | I am the greatest warrior this world has ever seen! | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu when choosing him |
| “ | Among men, Lü Bu. Among horses, Red Hare. | „ |
| ~ Famous describe about Lu Bu |
Lu Bu (in Chinese: 呂布), also known as the Flying General (in Chinese: 飛將), is one of the major antagonists in the 14th-century Chinese classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by the late Luo Guanzhong, and its multiple adaptations. He is the adopted son of Ding Yuan and later Dong Zhuo and a father of Lady Lu (Lu Lingqi). Dynasty Warriors incarnation of Lu Bu shared as the mascot character along with Zhao Yun and can be considered to be famous character with the exclamation "Do not pursue Lu Bu!" by fans. The said novel and adaptations from it would often show Lu Bu is the mightiest warrior in the Three Kingdoms period with his immese strength and powerful combat with his cool horse Red Hare, though both versions of him were equally known for his fickle personality and his lacking forte in tactics.
He was voiced by Tetsu Inada in Japanese and Dan Woren, Jamieson Price, Richard Epcar, and Vic May in English.
Biography[]
Assassinated Dong Zhuo and Raid the Han forces[]
Lu Bu was said to be a fierce warrior who always fights for himself. Lu Bu also had a horse called Red Hare, which was taken by Guan Yu. He was killed by Cao Cao in the hanging execution. Lu Bu was a mighty warrior, but none of the warlords trusted him enough to enlist him after several acts of betrayal.
He first served the warlord Ding Yuan, who is a rival warlord of Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhuo offered Lu Bu's horse, Red Hare, Lu Bu murdered Ding Yuan and went to serve Dong Zhuo.
However, due to fearful for it, Dong Zhuo was later murdered by Lu Bu, after Dong Zhuo tried to marry Lu Bu's wife, Diao Chan. Lu Bu then started his own force.
Battle of Xiapi[]
Upon Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu later formed a close alliance with Yuan Shu, only later to betray him when Cao Cao formed a coalition to oppose Yuan Shu.
Lu Bu later went to serve Liu Bei, whom he called his "little brother". But he would later betray Liu Bei as well when he stole Liu Bei's castle in his absence. Lu Bu later reformed his alliance with Yuan Shu in hope to defeat Cao Cao by only would finalize by an arrange marriage between Lu Bu's daughter and Yuan Shu's son.
Upon Liu Bei asked Cao Cao for help, and the two forces retook the castle and executed Lu Bu and Chen Gong but Zhang Liao joined Cao Cao's army and Lu Bu's daughter, Lu Lingqi was captured and taken to Xuchang for peaceful isolation.
Personality[]
Lu Bu is a power hungry, barbaric, and bloodthirsty warlord when intending to rules the land. According to Cao Cao, he relies in strength instead of strategy which makes him vulnerable. He intend to seek a worthy opponent to fight to the death. He considered those who are against him as weaklings and vermins. He is fearless to fight his enemies even in large numbers. He also considered his adoptive father, Dong Zhuo as a pig when he is willingly to betrayed and kill him.
Lu Bu shown to be honorable when he let those who he considered them as weaklings and fodders retreat and come back to try to fight him again. He is willingly to help his lover/wife, Diao Chan to kill his adoptive father, Dong Zhuo. He is willingly to help Yuan Shao of defeating bandits and Yuan Shu as well Gongsun Zan and the White Riders despite Lu Bu does not take orders from those who are inferior to himself.
He is also fathered Lu Lingqi and would believed that she is too young and not ready to fight wars when entrusting Zhang Liao to protect his daughter and told her leave him from being captured by Cao Cao's forces. He is also willingly to form an alliance with Yuan Shu as well force his daughter, Lu Lingqi to marry Yuan Shu's son, Yuan Yao in order to finalize his alliance.
Quotes[]
| “ | WHY?! Wasn't I the one who killed Dong Zhuo?! So why must I leave the capital?! | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu in Dynasty Warriors 6 in his storyline. |
| “ | What are you doing, Hua Xiong? Stop wasting your time with these fodder. | „ |
| ~ Lu Bu when rescuing Hua Xiong in Dynasty Warriors 8. |
Trivia[]
- Lu Bu is a playable character in the Dynasty Warriors series, being the most powerful character in every single game by a significant margin.
- Lu Bu is one of the recurring boss characters in the Knights of Valour and Dynasty Tactics game series.
- Lu Bu is a major character in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.
- Lu Bu could be considered attractive, but his monstrous rage compared to the elegance and grace of Diao Chan justifies this trope.
- According to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Lu Bu is described as a mindless wolf not a man with wit and cunning as well as pragmatism. This proven to be true since his love for Diao Chan is one the reason for his downfall.
- Lu Bu appears as a major antagonist in the early parts of the 2010 Three Kingdoms TV adaptation although he is portrayed a lot more sympathetically than in the most media. He is the secondary antagonist of episodes 1-5, a villain protagonist in episodes 7-10, 18, a major antagonist in episodes 6, 13, 15-16, and the main antagonist in episodes 14, 17. He is portrayed by Peter Ho.
- Lu Bu appears as a supporting antagonist and anti-villain in the 2015 TV series God of War Zhao Yun/Chinese Hero Zhao Zilong. He was portrayed by the late Godfrey Gao.
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