Moo Bu – Lü Bu
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Moo Bu is a legendary Samoorai warrior known in MooShu for his numerous feats, for which he is known by many different titles. Having saved the region several times in the past, he was appointed the leader of the Caravan to Catmandu that was ordered by Emperor Yoshihito to explore the Novus Shard above Catmandu’s peaks, known as the Stone of Heaven. He was joined by your Wizard for the weeks-long journey to Catmandu. Together, they halted the Golden Horde’s destruction of Catmandu and saved numerous villagers and most notably Acolyte Ang and String Caster Fuzhi. They would eventually climb the Sacred Cliff to the Sacred Monastery and encounter the Golden Horde’s leader, Tung-Ak. They followed Tung-Ak to the Stone of Heaven using a Zheng to get there, but inadvertently discovered Conatus, Novus’s central hub, via a Leyline Door. He left your Wizard to their business and returned to the Stone of Heaven, though the two would later reunite and ventured to the Stone of Heaven together with the intention of arresting Tung-Ak. Once they were successful in doing this, Moo Bu parted ways with your Wizard again and went back to Catmandu to help the residents rebuild following the initial invasion by the Golden Horde and Tung-Ak’s continued attacks from the Stone. Your Wizard would lend a hand in these efforts, dealing with the remnants of the leaderless Golden Horde, gathering materials to help the villagers rebuild their burnt-down homes, and accompanying Moo Bu in investigating a strange cannonball which had created manifestations of historical events.
Moo Bu has received the following titles.
The legendary Slayer of Gastok the Immortal
Romancer of the Three Kingdoms
Queller of the Tide Dragon
He Who Turned Back the Traitor’s Armies
Famed Thrasher of the Slasher
Lü Bu (died February 7, 199), was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Originally a subordinate of a minor warlord Ding Yuan, he betrayed and murdered Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo, the warlord who controlled the Han central government in the early 190s. In 192, he turned against Dong Zhuo and killed him after being instigated by Wang Yun and Shisun Rui, but was later defeated and driven away by Dong Zhuo’s followers.
From 192 to early 195, Lü Bu wandered around central and northern China, consecutively seeking shelter under warlords such as Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yang. In 194, he managed to take control of Yan Province from the warlord Cao Cao with help from defectors from Cao’s side, but Cao took back his territories within two years. In 195, Lü Bu turned against Liu Bei, who had offered him refuge in Xu Province, and seized control of the province from his host. Although he had agreed to an alliance with Yuan Shu earlier, he severed ties with him after Yuan declared himself emperor – treason against Emperor Xian of Han – and joined Cao and others in attacking the pretender. However, in 198, he sided with Yuan Shu again and came under attack by the combined forces of Cao and Liu, resulting in his defeat at the Battle of Xiapi in 199. He was captured and executed by strangulation on Cao’s order.
Although Lü Bu is described in historical and fictional sources as an exceptionally mighty warrior, he was also notorious for his unstable behavior. He switched allegiances erratically and freely betrayed his allies. He was always suspicious of others and could not control his subordinates. All these factors ultimately led to his downfall. In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the details of his life are dramatized and some fictitious elements – including his romance with the fictional maiden Diaochan – are added to portray him as a nearly unchallenged warrior who was also a ruthless and impulsive brute bereft of morals.
In the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which dramatizes the events before and during the Three Kingdoms period, Lü Bu is portrayed as a nearly invincible warrior but an incapable leader who is further marred by character flaws. While adhering to historical records in the general course of events, Luo exaggerated and sentimentalized many stories about Lü Bu, drawing inspirations from traditional operas and folklore.
Some of the fictitious stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms involving Lü Bu:
Battle of Hulao Pass
Lü Bu and Diaochan
Battle of Xiapi
Thank you to S. Quinn and Flaming Wizard for their help.
The current list of all the (known) Novus references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
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