Romance of Three Kingdoms Interactive History

[Seign Thelas]

Prologue

The year: 194 AD. In the waning years of the Han Dynasty, a ruthless dictator by the name of Dong Zhuo had seized power over the Court and held it with an iron fist. However, the people and officers under Dong's rule were undeniably outraged by his exploits. Thus, the tyrant was violently purged by Lu Bu, the mightiest warrior alive, and the crafty Han Minister, Wang Yun. However, loyalists to Dong, led by Li Jue and Guo Si, who were based in the Xi Province suddenly attacked Lu Bu at the Han Capital of Chang An before Lu Bu and his supporters could settle things down, and the city was seized. In the attack, Wang Yun was killed and Lu Bu driven far east, to Pu Yang.

Meanwhile to the far north, the conflict between the Lord of the Bai Ma Cavalry, Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shao, one of the most loyal Han retainers, intensifies nearly to the point of war. It is possible that the lords around them: Liu Yu, Gongsun Du, Han Fu and Zhang Yang will also become involved in the conflict.

In the central plains, Lu Bu has taken control of Pu Yang in the absence of its Lord, Zhang Miao, who flees to the side of Cao Cao. Cao 's father had been robbed blind and murdered in cold blood by a former-bandit retainer of the aged Governor of Xu Province, Tao Qian. Cao then launched a campaign for revenge, vowing to slay every single person in Xu Province. Tao Qian knew he would not withstand the attack and called upon Kong Rong and Liu Bei for aid. The Lords of Ru Nan and Qiao, Kong Zhou and Liu Dai, watch the situation with a neutral stance.

To the west, Li Jue and Guo Si are solidifying their power over the area in and around Chang An. They are openly opposed by the sworn brothers-in-arms, Ma Teng and Han Sui, who are in a position to easily harass their territories.

In the southwest, Liu Zhang's retainer Zhang Lu had founded a movement known as the Five Pecks of Rice School, which was in the same vein as Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turbans, who had emerged a decade earlier. Liu saw this as a threat to stability in Yizhou, as well as a threat to the Han Dynasty, which Liu Zhang was related to by blood.

In Jing, Liu Biao had lost control of the southern territories to rebels, and Lord Shi Xie of Jiaozhou had begun a rebellion against the Han Empire along with the people of the southern territory of Vietnam.

And in the east, Lord Sun Ce had borrowed troops from his Lord, Yuan Shu, in exchange for the Imperial Jade Seal, which was highly coveted by the ambitious Yuan Shu. Sun Ce's plan was to make the territories of East Wu his own, and from there build a state from which to conquer the land. Three men stood in his way: Liu Yong, Yan Baihu, and Wang Lang, the provincial governors of the Han.

The Lords:

Cao Cao (Odin)
Yuan Shao (greaterkhaan)
Yuan Shu
Gongsun Zan
Ma Teng (MaddenKhan2)
Han Sui ({BHC}KingWarman888)
Liu Bei
Kong Rong (Ravie)
Li Jue (King Jan III Sobieski)
Guo Si
Liu Yu
Lu Bu
Sun Ce (Don Corleone)
Liu Yong
Yan Baihu
Wang Lang
Zhang Yang
Han Fu (Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca)
Tao Qian
Kong Zhou
Liu Dai
Liu Biao
Liu Zhang
Zhang Lu (Aggony Duck)
Gongsun Du
Shi Xie (DemonArchangel)

I'll post the first chapter when we have enough people.

Here's the map:



(The lines between cities are basically the borders, I did it this way, as making the territories into masses of land is much messier.)

Cities
# on map/City/Special Traits/Ruler
1 Chang An/Trade/Li Jue
2 Luo Yang/Trade/Zhang Yang
3 Xi Liang/Remote/Ma Teng
4 Tian Shui/--/Han Sui
5 An Ding/--/Ma Teng
6 Han Zhong/--/Zhang Lu
7 Zi Tong/Fortress/Zhang Lu
8 Cheng Du/Trade/Liu Zhang
9 Jiang Zhou/--/Liu Zhang
10 Yong An/Fortress/Liu Zhang
11 Jian Ning/--/Rebel
12 Yong Chang/Remote/Rebel
13 Xin Ye/--/Liu Biao
14 Xiang Yang/--/Liu Biao
15 Jiang Ling/--/Liu Biao
16 Jiang Xia/--/Liu Biao
17 Wu Ling/--/Liu Biao
18 Chang Sha/--/Liu Biao
19 Ling Ling/--/Rebel
20 Gui Yang/--/Shi Xie
21 Jiao Zhi/Remote/Shi Xie
22 Nan Hai/--/Shi Xie
23 Jian Ye/--/Sun Ce
24 Wu/--/Yan Baihu
25 Hui Ji/--/Wang Lang
26 Lu Jiang/--/Sun Ce
27 Chai Sang/--/Sun Ce
28 Shou Chun/Trade/Lu Bu
29 Xia Pi/--/Lu Bu
30 Xiao Pei/--/Lu Bu
31 Bei Hai/--/Kong Rong
32 Ping Yuan/--/Rebel
33 Ye/Trade/Han Fu
34 Jin Yang/--/Zhang Yang
35 He Nei/--/Zhang Yang
36 Ji/Fortress/Zhang Yang
37 Nan Pi/--/Yuan Shao
38 Bei Ping/--/Yuan Shao
39 Xiang Ping/Remote/Gongsun Du
40 Wan/--/Liu Bei
41 Xu Chang/Fortress/Kong Zhou
42 Ru Nan/--/Kong Zhou
43 Qiao/--/Liu Dai
44 Chen Liu/Trade/Cao Cao
45 Pu Yang/--/Lu Bu
46 Jian An/--/Shi Xie
47 Gokoryo/Trade/Gongsun Du

Han Emperor Location: Chang An

Notes:

At the beginning of the game I will send you the draft potential for every city you own, this is solely your information to share as you'd like. Troops can be drafted at a moment's notice, and moved freely afterwards, but 1,000 men will always be in the standing army of a city (These are not part of the draft potential), and must stay in that city, they will act as much like a police force. Don't worry, it shouldn't be confusing, as I will give you a count of how many troops you HAVE drafted out of the number of troops you CAN draft, for your entire kingdom, as well as for each city.

Economy improves the satisfaction of the people. But it isn't the sole factor. In other words, rule wisely.

Having control of the Han Emperor is important. You can send out Imperial Decrees, which will be under the Emperor's name and not your own. If you control the Emperor and want to send out a decree, PM me with the decree and who it is directed toward. I will then PM the other player with the command, and they will not know whether it really IS from the Emperor or not. (Note that I will send REAL requests from the Emperor out.)

Rebels don't get the Trade bonus. (No one's happy under rebel rule.)

City bonuses/penalties, as well as, (although more rarely) bigger/smaller troop capability can be earned through good or bad governance. (No cities have penalties from the start.)

City Bonuses:
Fortress - City is harder to siege/conquer.
Trade - City will grow more rapidly because of your actions, (and decline less quickly due to bad ones), you may also get special deals presented to you from traders.
Remote - 10% of attacking troops are lost on their way here.
Loyalty - The people of the city join in the defense as city guards.
Port - People are happier, troops from here are more effective at coastal and naval battles.
Stable - Troops here are more effective at battles in the Xi region and most cities in the Central Plains and Northern regions.

And Battles will be fairly simple, and completely strategy based. So if you enjoy learning and using tactics and strategies, this is right up your alley.

Player vs. player battles will play out like this:

Attacker sends his offensives in PMs to me.
I PM the move to the Defender, depending on the strategy and the defender's scouting, the defender may or may not get all the information.
Defender reacts to Attacker's move in PM.
Et cetera.

You will have choices to make, or you can specify your own course of action.

New chapters will most likely be once a week, and like the SJIH, turns will be seasons. We will start from Spring 194 A.D.

Battles against rebel forces and such will be much shorter, as they were more unruly mobs than they were fighting forces.

That's all, folks. You can now sign-up. They will be open until all 26 slots are full, and will re-open if players leave.

[Seign Thelas]

Heh. No one?

[Don Corleone]

As fascinating as this looks, we're going to be waiting for a very, very long time to get 26 people to sign up. I don't think there's 26 regular visitors to the Chapter House. If you're not prepared to role-play the unchosen generals, I'm not sure this game is going to get off the ground.

[Seign Thelas]

I'm not expecting 26 people to join at all. Haha. Do you think we should start with the seven people we have?

[Don Corleone]

No, I think waiting until more people sign up is the right idea. In fact, I'm going to try to recruit some people that don't usually play Interactive Histories to see if they might be interested.

Just something in the initial post made me think you were waiting until you had players for all 26 factions. My bad.

[Seign Thelas]

All good bud.

[DemonArchangel]

Bump for publicity. Seriously, this is a good, well researched Interactive. This could be the next Sengoku Jidai in fact.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I do Han Sui if I can please since I love doing IH's

[King Jan III Sobieski]

Hmm...

Can I be Li Jue?

[Seign Thelas]

I'll say a couple more and we'll start. Unless everyone would prefer sooner?

Let me know.

[AggonyDuck]

Well I suppose joining this wouldn't hurt, so sign me up as Zhang Lu.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I'll say a couple more and we'll start. Unless everyone would prefer sooner?

Let me know.

mabye sooner, but up to you

[Seign Thelas]

One more person and were good to go. Tell all your friends.

[Ignoramus]

I'll join as Liu Biao.

[Seign Thelas]

OMGZ BONAR TIME TO START!

I'm sending PMs with private info concerning troop numbers and your standing and such.

The First Chapter should be up as soon as possible (Tonight or tomorrow).

Chapters will end when I have every players response in, or after a week. You will get an extra day for the first chapter, and I'll expect the responses by Friday the 21st, or as soon as possible.

Umm...If you sign-up after this point, you will take control of your Lord in the second chapter.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

yay, :-)!!!!!

[Seign Thelas]

The following people have to clear space in their PM inboxes:

{BHC}KingWarman888

The chapter will be up sometime midday tomorrow. I'm very tired and need sleep now.

[Ignoramus]

So do we send our orders in, or wait for the first chapter?

[Seign Thelas]

Well if you want everything wait for the chapter.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

ok, my PM box is open.

:-)

[Caius]

Waiting...

[Seign Thelas]

Chapter 1

Spring 194

The tensions in China are again rising since the conflict against Dong Zhuo. This time the tensions are due to the ambition of the various Lords and Prefects around China. In the north, the Lord of Xiang Ping, Gongsun Du, looks on as Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao bandy words, disputing who should rightfully rule over Jizhou. The conflict in Jizhou should also drag in the surrounding lords, Liu Yu, Liu Bei, Kong Rong, Han Fu, and Zhang Yang.

In the Central Plains, Cao Cao was solidifying his power in Chen Liu when the murder of his father sparked his rage. He is now contemplating total war against the Xu Province and its Lord, Tao Qian. Tao calls upon his allies Kong Rong and Liu Bei for aid. Lu Bu has also taken the city of Pu Yang from its governor, Zhang Miao, and set up rule there. His intentions are completely unknown at the moment. Liu Dai and Kong Zhou remain neutral to the entire situation. Their aims are not yet known.

In the East, Yuan Shu has given Sun Ce control of a force of 3,000 men to conquer the territories of East Wu. The Sun family is essentially free from Yuan's rule. Liu Yong, Yan Baihu, and Wang Lang, the governors of the Wu region, are obviously staunchly opposed to having their lands taken from them, and ally themselves with each other to oppose the coming threat.

In Jing, the Governor of the province, Liu Biao is quite strong, and has some able generals under him. Although he is not hostile with any Lord of China, the Sun family could become a threat, as they are most likely bitter at the death of their patriarch, Sun Jian. Shi Xie in the south also fosters his power in Jiao Zhi and Nan Hai.

In Yizhou, Zhang Lu has risen in rebellion against the Han, and Liu Zhang seeks to maintain stability in his domain. The stuation there is nearly to the point of war.

In Liangzhou and Chang An, Guo Si and Li Jue, the two petty despots are in control of the court, however, the two are prone to squabbling and they have set up different camps, but they are officially allied to one another. Ma Teng and Han Sui, although against the Han Court, also oppose the dictatorship of Li Jue and Guo Si, and the Court is therefore viewed as the lesser of two evils.

Suggestions:

Cao Cao

What will you do concerning Xuzhou? Tao Qian is requesting the aid of Liu Bei and Kong Rong, and the three together could make a formidable foe.

Kong Zhou, Liu Dai, and Lu Bu must also be dealt with. If they threaten you while you are in Xu, you could lose everything.

Yuan Shao

The situation with Gongsun Zan grows worse by the day, but diplomacy is still a viable option. How will you settle the matter?

Liu Yu, Han Fu, Liu Bei, and Kong Rong, your other neighbors, must also be thought about.

Han Sui

Your three neighbors, Guo Si, Li Jue, and Zhang Lu are all enemies of the Han Court (which, technically, puts them in your boat). What will you do about them?

Liu Bei

Your neighbors are Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Kong Rong. You must figure out a stance with Yuan Shao's conflict with Gongsun Zan, as you are highly respected by both men. Han Fu is also a threat in Ye. Kong Rong is officially allied to you, and no action need really be taken against him.

Kong Rong

Your position as a descendant of Confucius is known all across the land, and you are respected because of it. Tao Qian to your south is your ally, as is Liu Bei to your east. The only possible threat is Yuan Shao. How will you deal with him?

Li Jue

You are hated far and wide for being a confidant of Dong Zhuo. Your neighbors are Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui. How will you deal with them?

Sun Ce

You have been granted your troops and the Wu territory now openly opposes you. They do not seem inclined to make advances on you. Yuan Shu to your north is allied with you. How will you deal with Liu Yong, and his alliance, as well as Liu Biao in Jing, your mortal enemy?

Han Fu

No one knows your stance on politics in the region, and Yuan Shao is said to be looking upon Ye with covetous eyes. Liu Bei to the East is virtuous and reliable, and Zhang Yang seems to have taken up with bandits in the western hills. How will you deal with the Gongsun Zan/Yuan Shao situation, as well as the threat of Lu Bu to your south?

Liu Biao

You are on bad terms with Sun Ce. Shi Xie seems to be in opposition of any Chinese Lord, including the Emperor. Liu Zhang to your west is a member of your family, and thus, shouldn't be a threat, atop the fact that he is not known as an expansionist in the least.

Zhang Lu

Liu Zhang has announced you are a traitor to the Han and should be executed. Han Sui to the west shows no aggression toward you and may be worthy of your help. Li Jue, to your north is a petty despot who has the Emperor clutched in an iron fist. How will you deal with all of them?

Shi Xie

The Lords of China don't really view you as a threat. Or at all for that matter, as you are so isolated from everything that is more centrally located. How will you deal with Liu Biao when the time comes, or perhaps, the Lords of Wu? Better to plan ahead.

DEADLINE FOR DECISIONS IS SEPTEMBER 21ST.

[King Jan III Sobieski]

I do look forward to receiving tributes from my neighbors soon, thus insuring we all get along just fine!

- Li Jue

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I will not give you any sort of Tributes, Li Jue!



-Han Sui

[Seign Thelas]

Game news:

The armies of Gongsun Du have subdued the indigenous people of Liao Dong and have incorporated those people into their land. Their military strength has risen.

War has also broken out between Zhang Yang and Liu Yu, with an inconclusive battle outside of Ji.

[DemonArchangel]

Say, speaking of indigenous peoples, are the Nan Yue and Bai Yue on my side, or do I just have access to Han soldiers?- Lord Shi Xie, Prefect of Jiao Zhi.

[King Jan III Sobieski]

I will not give you any sort of Tributes, Li Jue!



-Han Sui

We shall see, Han Sui, we shall see...

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Get my decsions in tomarrow,Thursday,fyi.

[Seign Thelas]

I still need decisions from:

Cao Cao
Yuan Shao
Liu Bei
Kong Rong
Li Jue
Liu Biao

The deadline is today. I might need to extend it if I don't get the decisions.

[Ravie]

I sent mine aggggggggggeeeeessssssssssss ago amigo

u probably didnt realise it was my decisions :P wasnt very long lol