Chronicles of Shu - Guan_Yu_of_Shu

[Winters]

The Chronicles of Shu

Prologue
"Conceiving the Seeds of Chaos"

That was about a year ago now... It's funny looking back. I've lost track of how many years I've been playing Warcraft III Frozen Throne, but you always find something new in this game. Games, Personalities, Drama, Rivals, Friends. How many people go online however, to make a legacy of themselves though? That's where we start, and his name is Liu-Bei.

I will be the first to admit this, though probably not the very first: Liu-Bei. can be a very stubborn ass. He's also very passionate about what he does when he sticks his heart into it. Interestingly enough, there is a very huge chance that I could've never met Liu-Bei. A story for another, perhaps. Our relationship as friends dramatically increased when we found out each other to possess Warcraft III. We did not, however, really play together online at this point in time. Still school time, and I really didn't know the guy. Nothing clicked until I attempted to teach him how to play Role Playing maps, otherwise known as RPs. We came to talking on the phone about ideas and crap. However, the one idea that kept on coming up in the conversation was making a Clan.

A Clan. A good Clan. But not just any Clan. He wanted to make a Dynasty Warriors Clan. At the time, Dynasty Warriors wasn't anything new to me, but I only played the game a few times when my cousin introduced it to me. However, he moved away, so although the music was awsome, Dynasty Warriors drifted from my mind. It kinda seemed stupid, really when put into perspective. But ah hell, it was gonna be put off until the summer, so didn't have to worry about it. He'd probably forget about it...

... And that's when summer came. The honest joe was calling me from one of my games to help him make his clan just about every day. As one can guess, that could borderline irritation to frustration. And thats putting it mildly... He stated that he hated Wei, "Because Cao Cao's a whiny pregnant dog". Wu wasn't exactly cool with him either. Shu however had all the guys who were depicted the good guys, so it'd probably attract more people, and also Liu Bei was noble commander. We bombed the first few 30 attempts or so. Exaggeration? Maybe, but its too long ago to recall exactly. We also tried some Wu creations, but that bombed as well. Needed an Advil. And a miracle.

Was playing a Enfo's Game late one night. It was a Wednesday evening. Kicking ass, I forget if I was the thief or the Arthas Character with Vampiric Aura. At any rate, the phone rang at this time. Yup, Liu-Bei. again...---WHAT!?!?---.... The game ment nothing anymore. Running I disagree off to get to where the party had started. Liu-Bei. could've been singing and crying, he was that excited. He first told me to ditch my brother's old sn, nismo117, and don the name of Guan-Yu. That was already taken. Ah hell, it'll be a name that shows my allegiance, in the chat room, or in a game.

The time was July 14, 2004; A Wednesday evening. It was the 4th of July All over again, times 10. Fireworks were going off in the phone, my head, all over my body. Time: 10:06 P.M. My name is Guan_Yu_of_Shu. Let the Legacy of Clan Shu... Begin.

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The Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 1
"The Cherry Blossom Seed Takes Root"

I learned on how Clan Shu was made the day after. Breaking it down: A guy of the name LoM-Melkor, Chieftan of Clan LoM took pity on Liu-Bei's situation and let him bring people into LoM's Clan Channel, so he could protect it from anyone trying to recruit Liu-Bei's loyalists. This took several tries, but he suceeded, and thus, Clan Shu was born.

The Founding Fathers, as I best remember them:
Liu-Bei. (Known as Liu_Bei_of_Shu/Darth_Liu... Active, but vaguely so)
Zhang-Fei. (Known as Zhang_Fei_of_Shu/Tetsuya... Active when Liu or Jedi is on)
Jedi_Master. (He's always had that sn, active to this day)
xxSolarisxx (Active to this day)
Wei-Yan. (Active to this day)
sun-ice. (Became inactive, had to be booted out)
Zhao-Yun. (Known as AramoroBayushi... Where have you gone?)
Ma-Chao (Known as Shingen-Takeda of STA... Play PMaG to see his affiliation)
Huang-Zhong. (Known as pflame, whereabouts are unknown)
GoodGuy (whereabouts are unknown)

From what I understand from kemi-25, this was like Clan Eru, except it was solely dedicated to Custom Games, particularly Dynasty Warrior maps. It was an awsome Clan, back in the day. Let me give you a little profile on those that I remember:

Liu-Bei.: As I said, he can be an ass, he can be stubborn, but he is the reason that I became hooked to Warcraft III Frozen Throne for so long. He's an inspiration as a good leader, if somewhat flawed, but I've never felt this emotionally attached to a game before him. To make it clear he was 'King' he made sure that everyone would address him as 'Lord' and he talked in such a fashion that suited such a position. Arrogant, stubborn, but passionate and strong. He wished for an empire of Clans to be under his rule. Though again, he sounds like an ass from how I described him... You cannot deny he had great ambitions, and unwarily unknown of how influenctial he was. More of his tales will be told soon enough.

Zhang-Fei. wasn't as passionate about Clan Shu. Loyalty to Liu-Bei. however was another story. He would only be on when Liu-Bei. called for him, but his loyalty cannot be questioned. A good, loyal man. More of his tales will be told...

xxSolarisxx: He was the first of the clansmen that I came to befriend. He gave off a feel of indifference in a way, but he kept his cool, and can enjoy a good laugh. Rumors circulate him however... Sabatogue to another clan (removal of all grunts), Being a great former-Chieftan himself, ruling over several clans... He is a good guy, I stand by that, so I leave my curiousities to gnaw on itself. More of his tales will be told in a later chapter.

Wei-Yan.: A great Dynasty Warriors player. Though now a bit rusty, he was a great friend in the time that Liu-Bei. was gone for around 2 weeks. The bond sealed, he's my Oath-Brother of Clan Shu. Good skills, very loyal, but he holds something far more rare than most everyone else: He can listen, and he is quiet. People underestimate how great a power that is, perhaps, but he is one of the few who uses it well. I've been with him a lot this past year, until more recent months when he disappeared due to something in Real Life. More of his tales will be told in a later chapter.

Zhao-Yun.: The Greatest of His Kind. Loyalty? He has that in droves. Skill? Don't test him. Honor? Hell Yes. Manners and Maturity? Best described as an Inhuman player. Very wise. He, like BX is probably in his twenties, or perhaps even his early-30's. He is a tough one in the battlefield, but opening declaring himself in Rally of Clan Shu just before combat commences in games such as Wu Zhang Plains. He would come to the rescue, via Dynasty Warriors 3 alter ego, Zhao Yun. But most of all, he was very mature in the chat channel. Very good manners, he was one of the few that, with emphasis, addressed Liu-Bei. as "My Lord!" More of his tales will be told in a later chapter.

Guan_Yu_of_Shu: Myself. Along with Zhao-Yun., we were some of the few who addressed Liu-Bei. as "My Lord" and tried to get others to do the same. I was a fairly weak Dynasty Warriors player in the beginning, but with such companionship, skills grew. I'll let you decide how to otherwise describe me, because I certainly don't know.

We played Dynasty Warriors all day long, Wu Zhang Plains becoming our official 'Clan Map'. It was apparent exactly how skilled our clan was in these maps after (I'm not really joking, this could actually be true) 30 consecutive wins. In Wu Zhang Plains, here was the strategy:

Liu-Bei. would have his hero, Liu Bei stay where he was, commanding both Huang Zhong and Huang Quan from afar. He would provide aid to the area wherein Cao Ren, Zhang He and Xu Huang were guarding. However, Liu Bei's prime role was in directing others on where in the attacks were placed. The rest of us alerted each other if we were having problems. A major role in combat was announcing ourselves such as: "CHARGE! DESTROY THEIR GATE CAPTAIN!" or "I AM ZHAO YUN OF SHU! PREPARE TO DIE!". We would intimidate the other players and crush their spirits before battle had even been commenced. In most cases, these were first-time players for Dynasty Warriors maps we were playing against, and they would leave their Gate Captain in their area instead of hiding them, or letting Sima Zhao get killed, then, letting their new reinforcements get crushed, with our ambush troops waiting in the exact area they spawned. In the chokehold area defending Wei's encampment (It used to be a helluva lot smaller), we sent in our heroes first, and crushed them, and if we sustained reasonable amount of damage, most of our heroes had holy light, which quickly amended that. Frenzied, heroes Zhao Yun and Jiang Wei would quickly take care of the defenses, allowing more and more heroes to pore into the new openings.

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The Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 2
"Budding and the First Leaf to Fall"

How shall I begin this chapter? This takes back still to the first week, when the clan was still barely a week old. Liu-Bei. showed himself to be an excellant recruiter, the only problem was that he was the only one who could. The problem of Shamans had just begun for Liu-Bei. To those who helped him create the clan, and or were founding fathers to the clan, he would make Shamans. One of those recruiters who did very well was named Taishi-Ci. He was recruited into our clan about a day after or two days after that the clan was made. Because of the number of people of whom he recruited (rounding close to, or over 10), he was one of the few who were promised a position of Shaman. The other was Wei-Yan., xxSolarisxx, Zhao-Yun., Zhang-Fei., and myself, Guan_Yu_of_Shu. Honestly, however, I was sort of confused on how many people he did this to... probably just to tide everyone over until the Shamans were elected... I however didn't want to become Shaman just because I knew Liu-Bei. in real life... but, as I believe he stated: "The first group of Shamans will be appointed by myself. The next will be voted upon by the people of Clan Shu." So, a week had come to pass, and the date of the 'appointments' had come.

These appointments turned out to be 'elections'. So, of course, everyone was there: Liu-Bei., Zhang-Fei., Zhao-Yun., Sun-Ice., Pang-Tong., Taishi-Ci., GoodGuy, xXSolarisXx, Wei-Yan., Meng_Huo, and myself. A very suprising thing happened to me at this time. I was the first to be elected Shaman. Following was Zhang-Fei., Zhao-Yun., Sun-Ice., and xXSolarisXx. As can be guessed, we made up the ultimate Dynasty Warriors Fighting force. It seems that the clan had started a Dynasty Warriors frenzy on B.net, as people just started pouring into our clan. Unfortunetly... even with all this splendour and good fortune, there of course was the first leaf to fall for Clan Shu...

The elections did not go without a hitch. Taishi-Ci., one of the people and heavy contributors of Clan Shu felt cheated and robbed of his title as "Clan Recruiter". He began nuts-talking Liu-Bei. for lying to him, and other such things. But, now, let's go through a view from what I understand on both sides:

Taishi-Ci. was promised the position of "Clan Recruiter" for having recruited many people for our clan. And, in that way, he has a right to be angry. However... His probation wasn't over yet. Even then, he still would nuts-talk Liu-Bei., and it began to tumble for here on Taishi-Ci. Liu-Bei., once thinking rather highly of Taishi-Ci., became disgusted with him at this extreme reaction. ...He then took an extreme reaction defending his point that Taishi-Ci. was still on his probation at the time, but now... He wasn't so sure he should be made Shaman. He began dismissing Taishi-Ci. on the phone with me as a child who could be "2, or 8 or something like that".

You all know my personality... I prefer to give everyone a chance. I'm leniant and soft-hearted in that way, not to mention that I heavily disliked (and still do) having friends hate each other, in something that is so good (I'd like to emphasize this point with everyone in Clan YTR). At this point, I was debating with my fellow Shamans if I should give up my Shaman position just so that Taishi-Ci. could have his position and all the fighting would be over with. Zhao-Yun. reasoned, "I understand how your going about this, but it seems that Taishi-Ci. might not be as good as you believe. If your trust is misplaced, he may turn on Clan Shu with his new powers." (This is something that I believe he said something similar to). Seeing the sense in this, but refusing to fully accept that Taishi-Ci. might actually harm the clan, I talked with both Liu-Bei. and Taishi-Ci. on this matter.

Taishi-Ci.'s Response (or hopefully something closer to it): "I no longer care about becoming a Shaman in Clan Shu. F$#! Liu-Bei., he's a F%$#ing liar. Planning on making a Clan of my own. You know how good I am at recruiting people."

Liu-Bei.'s Response (or hopefully something closer to it): "F@#$ Taishi, he's a F@%@ing child is what he is. Don't give up your position for this guy, he's a F#!#ing retard! He's a child. He makes it sound like he's 2. He was on probation, and we tried to reason with him- You saw that!- But he's still too F%$#ing stubborn."

On a Saturday night, the stress was really starting to pile in on me. I really didn't want Taishi-Ci. to leave, but he wanted to leave, and Liu-Bei. wanted him to leave. I was alone, talking with him in the channel, or some private channel, trying to convince his already-set-mind from leaving. Instead, Taishi-Ci. was diverting the conversation onto what name he should name his new Clan. That's when Liu-Bei. called me and asked what channel I was in. I didn't (and still don't) lie too much back in the day, so I went ahead and told him. Liu-Bei. started wailing out on him, and Taishi-Ci. countered. There was a blow-out of insults at each other, and all the while, Taishi-Ci. went on to asking me what to name his new clan. I didn't want to answer, because that would indeed insure that he would leave. So I started doing something that was induced by very heavy-stress: Spouting sayings, quotes, and crap like that. Both were starting to get pissed off at me instead, but they were still at it. They were both the cause of heavy amounts of stress on me, so I removed myself to the channel "The Void" and started saying quotes there at a very rapid rate. Thirty minutes passed, and Liu-Bei. finally told me to come back, just as long as I would shut up on the quotes. It pissed the hell out of both of them. Both were finally calmed and at least decided to be on neutral sides with each other. Feeling more relieved, I started saying somethings I now regret, to help lighten the mood. The mood was lightened, but the damage was done. Taishi-Ci. wouldn't be staying much longer with Clan Shu..

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The Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 3
"The Tiger Shadow Over the Cherry Blossoms"

Unfortunetly, I was not too active in this chapter, so, I must rely heavily on Liu-Bei.'s words for this:

A week had passed since the argument occured. Taishi-Ci., fulfilling his promise, left Clan Shu, taking some members with him. Taking the name of Sun-Jian., as well as some of those members, Clan Wuu was born. Probably still stung with rage at the 'lies' and deceit, he attempted to wage battle against Clan Shu.

These 'battles' were fruitless, under our still-rapidly growing numbers. The skill of our warriors were (and... from present-day proof, still are) unmatched. That being said, Taishi-Ci. wasn't much of a Dynasty Warrior player. He was a great recruiter, but, his skills on the battlefield were lacking. After so many battles and all of them lost, Sun-Jian. accepted defeat and peace was forged between him and Liu-Bei. The Tiger had been defeated. Perhaps Clan Wuu became the unofficial branch of Clan Shu, but to this point, I am uncertain as ties between Liu-Bei. and Taishi-Ci. were never that close. Sadly... The Tiger was the least of our problems. The time of the Burning Era was about to begin...

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Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 4
"Harbringer of Shadows"

As you may recall in Chapter 1, LoM-Melkor was the good fellow who sheltered Liu-Bei. and his forces so that he could create Clan Shu. Melkor visited our clan very often in this time of our ever-growing ranks. He was playful, could laugh, and was generally good-spirited. Clan Shu was prosperous, and we welcomed one of our Founding Fathers with zeal.

Of the ones who really got to know him well would include Wei-Yan., xXSolarisXx, and myself who were the ones, especially who got to knowing everyone, and hearing all vantage points for the most part. The case with Taishi-Ci. is a good example, as Wei-Yan. showed. We were determined, as a Clan to keep our Clan alive, growing, and of course to stronger.

However... there was a scale there, a very fragile scale. On the highest point, it represents our strength, loyalty, and members. On the lower part is of course, the exact opposite, meaning civil wars, strife, anger, and a Clan that could be on the verge of dying. Liu-Bei., Zhao-Yun., and everyone else were the weights that held down the negative outcome. Our resolve was solid and heavy. That was of course, before ShinraWarrior showed up. He was a pebble that was thrown to nudge the scale on the positive sidedown. A mountain slide followed him.

I had just come online, and found LoM-Melkor (using the sn of Jewed) cursing at ShinraWarrior. Lets give a little profile on Shinra...

ShinraWarrior: A suck-up. Very polite, to the point of nauesation. He seemed like a cool guy, but... wasn't too fond of him in general, really (I hope I have this down right. Wei-Yan., again, feel free to comment on this chapter or any other chapter on details that I forgot to mention). His skills sucked, but figured he would become better. He was about a week old to the clan when this incident happened...

From what is understood, on Jewed's side of the story, Shinra was cussing out a Real Life friend of Jewed's, known to us as CheerChick. She was of course, insulted, and went offline. Jewed, still online, was cussing out Shinra who also went offline to escape, or something... (I forget how this all happened in sequence, so, accuracy may be a problem...). After hearing this, I went off to explain what was happening to the others (Wei-Yan., Zhao-Yun., xXSolarisXx), but they already knew about it. Something had to be done. When Shinra was confronted, he denied this, saying he was being framed, or just being picked on or something. As usual, anger turned to pity, which in then turned to a once-more torn-apart Guan. Unfortunetly, Shinra was probably lying... And well all accepted that as a possibility.

Everyone shunned ShinraWarrior, for the most part, and he turned to me. I still didn't like him, so I gave him mono-syllibiliac answers. I couldn't however, bring myself to completly shun him... and with Jewed's rage growing, it was just getting harder to not feel torn.

Going back... when the incident was still just fresh, or perhaps, on the very day that the Shinra incident occured, Jewed demanded that ShinraWarrior be removed from Clan Shu A.S.A.P. Liu-Bei. didn't really like being ordered around by Jewed, and began assuming that Jewed was just starting up trouble. We had many talks on the phone, but his thoughts were firm and could not be moved. Relations between him and Jewed began to become tense...

Due to so much conviction and hatred that was directed to himself, he rejoined Clan Shu, after leaving it as ShinraWarrior under a new sn of ShuGeneral. His secret of course was blown out of the water, and he was once again the main point of Clan Shu's persecution.

d**n him, ShinraWarrior! He began a strife that destroyed a part of Clan Shu... forever. Much pain, exasperation, and suffering was brought around when he came. Though not directly, he can be known as the man who destroyed Clan Shu. The things that were lost, the spirit that was broken... That will have to wait, unfortunetly... for Chapter 5. Until then...

I am Guan_Yu_of_Shu. LONG LIVE CLAN SHU!

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[Winters]

Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 5
"The Cherry Blossom Tree is... Burning"

With the ShinraWarrior incident still fresh in the minds of everyone, the spirit of Clan Shu only sank with the growing tension between Liu-Bei. and Jewed. In an understandble view-point, it looked like Jewed was trying to take over Liu-Bei.'s job, telling him what to do, such as with the "Booting ShinraWarrior/ShuGeneral out A.S.A.P." Liu-Bei. did neither and held his ground (perhaps stubbornly). Things were escalating to a dangerous level. Eventually, Liu-Bei. would command me to boot Jewed out. I couldn't bring myself to do it every time, (as I felt) because there was a side of the story that both sides should hear. In term of my disobediance, Liu-Bei. would be forced to kick him out himself. He normally kicked him out three times in a row before banning him, all in a Five-Minute succession. Both were very stubborn.

The first time that Jewed was kicked out, I did what I always do... try to explain the situation to the kicked/banned by whispering to them and trying to let them see the point of view of which they provoked. It's a curse of mine, I'm afraid. In this way, however, I earned a respect from Jewed, as I always followed up by unbanning him after trying to cool both sides down, or whenever Liu-Bei. left. Many ways are there that I could be possibly to blame for what happened...

Jewed was angry. Not a frustrated angry. Not a whiny angry. This was a kind of anger that, if put into motion, could probably kill someone. All you needed was a bomb or something. And Liu-Bei. kept on cutting the fuse shorter and shorter... There was gonig to be a spark. Impossible for there not be a spark. It hapenned. And everything went to Hell.

It was late one night. Jewed once again was appearing in Clan Shu, and Liu-Bei. had just entered the chat channel. Upon seeing Jewed, Liu-Bei. banned him. That's when we saw a Designated Chieftan appear in the channel. A bot. Jewed reappeared, and the first thing to happen was the cluttering of the channel with things like, "WTF!?" "OMFG, HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!?" and other things.

Jewed was once again booted... but he was using manual control over his Bot, so he could talk to us anyways. The first thing he did was set up a "99 Melee Level Ban". Want to know what that is? Anything that is below the melee level of 99 is banned from the channel, and will remain banned. Anyone trying to go to the channel is banned. The only ones who wouldn't be banned were the ones who were still in the channel.

There is... NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. This was scary on another type of level. It isn't like the things Kemi found on that "http://www.wimp.com" site. This was a realistic scary. Here's a scenario for you:

Your walking your dog along the streets when suddenly you hear the crack of a cannon. Blinking, you open your eyes and find your dog lying on its side with a bloody hole in its head. A man in a dark suit and a dark hat approaches you, his face is obscured with a dark cloth. It isn't the .45 Magnum that is held in his black velvet hands that is scaring you. Its his eyes. Your question: What are you doing!? His answer: I'm going to kill you. His eyes are dark and seem to eat all light that passes into it. You start to back away, but his hand is quicker. Blood, bone, and muscle, all shattered with a single shot in your shin. He's really gonna kill you...

That description probably will sound cheesy to the majority of you. Hell, you'll probably laugh. But put yourself in the shoes of the guy who's thingying the gun, and you'll feel the right emotions felt in a situation like that.

Liu-Bei. was banned from his own channel. Jewed was laughing. And the rest of us were scared nutsless. We couldn't leave the channel. We couldn't turn off the computer. Or else all hope in our hearts would die. This had to be seen through. My heart was beating so fast, my hands were sweaty. We weren't dealing with just any guy here. THIS COULD BE A HACKER.

How do you fight a hacker? By becoming a hacker yourself. That crosses a line of my conscious I could never go past. How do you fight him? You can't. When will he stop? Probably never. Thoughts were passing in and out of my head, all so quickly. This is who you've been dealing with all this time. The man your chieftan has been pissing off for weeks on end. He could've so easily destroyed our Clan, whenever he wanted to... Some of my thoughts were paranoid, irrational, or just crazy. But some how... there was probably a chance (at least in my mind...) that he could do it.

How did it end up? Both me and Liu-Bei. were on the phone at the time. And yet we were both silent. There wasn't anything for us to say to each other. We just had to wait it out. It happened. Jewed became bored with this and lifted the 99 Melee Level Ban. But he warned us...

"If I ever get kicked or banned... ever again... I'll destroy your clan."

No one doubted him.

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Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 6
"Spirit Crushed, Ashes Forgotten"

I remember a former friend of mine once telling me that if a man pointed a gun at me, and then dropped it, I would pick it up and give it back to him. That was a year ago, when I was incredibly docile, even more so then I am today. That's where this chapter comes in. A feeling of complete europhia was destroyed when the Jewed Incident happened. The false sense of security that we harbored for so long was extinguished like a the flame on a candle with a single snuff of the cool air breeze. But, in this case, it was more like a tsunami wiping out a city. There was work to be done, and so, the work on repairing Liu-Bei.'s spirit had begun.

The same night as the Jewed Incident, both Liu-Bei. and myself were on the phone. It was very quiet... so very quiet... but we both understood each other in the exchange of emotions in the silence. Starting out with the words, "Dude, I know your as scared as I am...", I began talking of my own growing fears at this... event. He only greeted me with more silence. Slowly enough though, after hearing much of my own growing paranoia, he began with such statements as, "Yea, well, B.net has many firewalls. It's fairly strong. But if Jewed is that strong of a hacker...". I asked him if we should report him to the B.net representitives, but Liu-Bei. merely countered, "He has a CD-key Generator. If he gets banned, he'll just make up a new CD-key to get back on." My memory shifted, and I remembered a portion of the conversation that went on in the still-fresh Jewed Incident.

"I have a CD-Key Gen. So even if you do ban me, I'll just be back on in 5 minutes. These Gen.'s only cost about $5 dollars over where I'm at."

The night passed, and I was suprised to find that Liu-Bei. had already begun to resolidify his own determination against Jewed. "Alright, right now, I'm gonna call Battle Net Technical Support on the phone. Jewed shouldn't have been able to do that. B.net has so many firewalls, and its strong. I don't think He could actually hack into our computers by Battle.net. His own resolve was back, and stronger then ever (though he could've just been lying to me... as well as himself to give him courage).

Then, back on Clan Shu. Things were pretty cool towards Liu-Bei. and Jewed, but even a stranger could tell this was somewhat strained. Jewed would go on, dissing Liu-Bei., saying what a crappy leader he is. Being there, I'd admit on Liu-Bei.'s flaws, but still defend that he had the courage enough to still be standing. A very hard balance it was... I didn't want to anger Jewed, but I couldn't completely forsake Liu-Bei. I went on as nismo117, and talked with Jewed and met his friend, TheGreatBoo. I tried talking with him about Liu-Bei. but he just sorta blew him off. We were in a game of "Dark Lineage: by Owen". or something if memory serves correctly. Things couldn't turn that bad again.... Or would it?

On a Saturday evening, Jewed decided to make a Clan of his own. Clan RO3K (Romance of the Three Kingdoms). He stated that in order to join his clan, we'd have to quit Clan Shu to make it. Thus, I didn't want to join. Neither did Wei-Yan. The two of us were (in especial) the people on Jewed's "Good" side. I believe I remember saying to Jewed, "Your Clan will be a great one". His response was, "It would be even greater if both you and Wei-Yan. joined me in it. But it was back to that Saturday night again. I decided that, "I'll help you make your clan, but I won't be really part of it, unless you call upon me." So I made a new sn for the cause, in the hopes (along with everyone else) that there would be a type of reconciliation between Shu and Jewed. ... Looking back on it now... I remember saying that I would join it, but I accidentally made a screw up on my play of words. It led up to something very bad...

Clan RO3K was made, and we all celebrated. Liu-Bei. as well had even joined in. But then, I felt it was time to return to my homeland, and Liu-Bei. agreed. Going on back on as Guan_Yu_of_Shu, I was suprised to find that, when Jewed came back, he was incredibly angry at me. "You can't be part of both Clan Shu and Clan RO3K! I told you, you had to leave Clan Shu!" Clearly... I had forgotten that statement in all the rush. It was a blow out, and yes... Jewed went back onto his bot and started terrorizing the place. In some ways it was justified, but it suddenly became apparent to me how childish that anger was. My spirit was again broken, but this time, I didn't care. "I joined this clan so that I could enjoy myself, not to burden myself with all this stress. f**k it all, if you want to destroy Clan Shu, that's your choice. I no longer care." I then went off for the night, in both paranoia. Sleeping, I believe my last thoughts were on wishing I could die just so I could escape the pain... hah... that's pretty selfish on my part. But no, I won't end this chapter with a cliffhanger like this.

The next day, I came back on, just to see if Clan Shu was no more. It was still standing. What was more was that Jewed's bot was gone. For all that could stand, we had outlasted Jewed's onslaught twice. We had survived. But the feeling of... hollowness... it lingered. Time would rejuvenate it, time is what we needed. I made a silent promise to myself then. As long as Clan Shu stood, I would defend it. As long as Liu-Bei. was there, I would try to bring honor to our clan. That promise would soon be tested...

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The Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 7
"Enter Cao_Ren"

Yes, Cao_Ren. Some of you may know him better as Yukimura-Sanada. In Clan YTR currently, however, he is Kenji. He literally has over (this probably isn't an exaggeration) fifty different usernames. Honestly, it's all but impossible to keep track of this guy if he wants to sneak into your Clan. Let's start now, shall we?

The first Clan to rise against us, besides Clan Wuu; Clan Wei had arisen to take on Clan Shu. Their Chieftan was weak, and didn't seem to care much for his Clan. It was obvious that it was Cao_Ren (Their Shaman) that was pulling the strings. He was actually formidible, where his Chieftan was not. His skills had a depth of prowess to it. Cao_Ren was cunning and a great rival.

Clan Shu had a number of ranks that swelled up to a small army. Clan Wei, being smaller, relied on hit and run tactics in the Clan channel, hurling insults at us. In the battlefield, they too were outmatched in Wu Zhang Plains, but the mere fact that they could hold their own against us, mainly with the help of Cao_Ren, showed that Clan Wei was there to stay. They won, yes, but only very rarely. Cao_Ren would often disguise himself as someone else, including Jiang_Wei, Lu_Xun, Jiang-Wei, and other names. They suceeded in destroy Clan Wuu, as Taishi-Ci. (Formerly known as Sun-Jian. for Clan Wuu) had mysteriously disappeared (The reason was later found out to be a computer virius).

The Cao_Ren Aspect (Quoted to the best of my ability): In Cao_Ren's mind, Liu-Bei. deserves every bad thing that happens to him. So he made it his life's work to harass him and hopefully destroy Clan Shu. Liu-Bei. was a greedy tyrant in his eyes, as Liu-Bei. wished to (very literally) make an empire out of Clans, and thus, that would take some conquest on other Clans. He even wanted to take over Ma-Chao's former Clan (if memory serves me well in this), which first drove Cao_Ren to begin his assault on Clan Shu. In his words (I hope), "Clan Shu was so much larger than us. We had so little morale. I was suprised that we even defeated them in that decisive battle at Wu Zhang Plains (It was a particular Wu Zhang that could've ended Clan Wei or not). We really needed that victory." The fact that he won probably gave him the will to continue fighting us.

Guan & Cao_Ren Relationship: I respected him. I did not hate him, and often, it felt more like a duty to battle him. A good rival. For the fact that I was actually friendly to him may have been what drew himself to me. (This was before the sabatogue on Clan Shu)

The Ending of the First Wei: Clan Wei was strong, but there was one thing wrong with it... Their Chieftan ditched them. Cao_Ren kept the clan afloat for several more weeks, but the fact that he was only a shaman ment that Clan Wei's days were numbered. That, and the fact that we began hammering Clan Wei with victory after victory ultimately destroyed Clan Wei. But it was not long before Clan DwWu had begun...

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Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 8
"Is War a Time for Sake?"

It was also in this time that Ma-Chao had left the Clan. Cao_Ren switched from sn to sn, always catching us off guard. He could get the information himself, and our Clan was infested with spies. Clans were popping up just to oppose us, and Cao_Ren was the one behind it all. Mm... Time for some Clan History.

Clan DwWu: This Clan was run by a new Sun-Jian. Clan DwWu was also created with the help of Cao_Ren, so of course he had a good influence there. Their leader, Sun-Jian. was a bit of a hot-head. However, he had the unusual ability to cool off after a defeat and take it gracefully, and even jokingly. Some people know him as an ass, but in truth, he isn't too bad. Things actually became a bit friendly between DwWu and Shu. Unfortunetly... Cao_Ren sent in one of his assassins who had a high level melee account. Based on his level, Sun-Jian. made this certain fellow a Shaman in his Clan. It was the first sabatogue that Clan Shu came to know of and confirm. The rules of battle were changing... Cao_Ren was not joking around with us. Sun-Jian.'s spirit was broken, and he so, he left it in charge of Pang_Tong (not the veteren one). The Clan died shortly after that due to inactivity. Sun-Jian.'s words were as followed: "I'm sick of these stupid DW battles. I'm going into melee. Do you want to help me make a melee clan?" The idea was tempting, but at the time, I was a horrendous melee player, as well as the fact that I felt I had to stay in Clan Shu for my own sake or else lose all hope for Liu-Bei.

Clan Wei: Yes, again, Clan Wei was rebuilt, once again by the help of Cao_Ren. Ironically, Cao_Ren once again chose a leader who did not care much for the Clan. We had some tough fights with Clan Wei, but, like the former Clan Wei, both Chieftans were actually somewhat nonchalant. So, the battles and insults were not as heavy this time around from this Clan Wei. It didn't die gracefully. Their chieftan once again ditched them. From what I understand, their leader had become addicted to WoW. What happened to the first Clan Wei happened to the second as well.

Clan Wu: I don't know as much about Clan Wu as I do many of the others, unfortunetly. However, what I do know is that it became one of Cao_Ren's main bases for attack. He became the leader here and sent assault after assault at Clan Shu. It is also responsible for Clan DwWu's sabatogue. It died in an unhonorable way. Cao_Ren gave ownership of this Clan to Green_Dog who decided to disband it.

Clan SoC (Strategists of Chaos): Here, Cao_Ren took up the surname of Zhuge-Liang., and the man we now know as Shingen-Takeda (Nugimashou) became Zhuge-Jin. He didn't really attack us as much, but he did harass us. I remember Liu-Bei. saying that "I used to love Zhuge Liang... but Yuki has destroyed the reputation of that name." Not much history here, unfortunetly, as there were far too many Clans, and the problem of my memory only remembers significant details. Clan SoC had a similar fate to Clan Wu, only I forget if this Clan was given over to someone else, wherein Green_Dog sabatogued it, or it was given to Green_Dog and he disbanded it. Either way, Clan SoC died. If I remember correctly however... Clan YTR had just been born around the time of Clan SoC.

Miscellanious Clans: There were other Clans that Cao_Ren made. It was during the time of this series of Clan Wars that Cao_Ren became known as Yukimura-Sanada. He made a Full-Metal Alchemist Clan, some other random Clans, and of course, all of them disbanded, were sabatogued, or met some other fate of doom.

Clan STA: Probably one of the better Clans. This one was run by Shingen-Takeda. He hated Shu just like Yuki, but he didn't have that same amount of enthusiasm as Yuki had. Eventually, he just became another Free-Lance Clan. Clan Shu was in its Final Days at this time. Attacked for the third time by the reappeanrance by Jewed (I'll keep the reason of why he did it to myself for the moment... one, because I feel it may be personal, and two, I'm still trying to piece it together exactly myself). Jewed again disappeared and did not reappear, until now, as I'm writing this. This was also the time that Yukimura-Sanada and Shingen-Takeda had pulled a very succeseful, and if I may say, a decisive battle tactic that ultimately led to Shu's destruction. Clan Shu was just remade as Clan SHU, but it did not have the same enthusiasm as I saw over a year ago. That Shu had died. Mm... there is a bit of detail that I remember as a whole between STA and Shu.

Clan SHU and STA: As I said above, Clan SHU was made in the time that Clan Shu had finally died for the first time due to inactivity. This was mostly because Liu-Bei. was going through some things in Real Life that pertain to something of his own buisness. It did not take long, though, before Liu-Bei., now as Liu_Bei_of_Shu to bring back Clan Shu as Clan SHU. There was Zhang_Fei_ofShu, AramoroBayushi, Wei-Yan., myself, xxSweet_Girlxx, and many others from the previous Clan Shu. We met up with a great deal of people. But that can wait for another chapter.

There were two people in particular that joined my Clan YTR and Clan Shu. that was Hua-Xiong in my clan, and Ma-Chao, the Veteren of Clan Shu returned. They both decided to launch an attack against Clan STA. They managed to make one of the Shamans defect, and Clan STA was sabatogued. The defecting Shaman had decided to leave his friends in the Clan, and he seeked shelter from Yuki's coming wrath in my Clan. Obviously, even to you, the reader, this sounds fishy, and it sounded fishy to me as well. I asked Liu_Bei_of_Shu to not make Ma-Chao a shaman yet, that, we should first test them in a Dynasty Warriors battle.

The Battle at He Fei was chosen. I was Sima Yi, by myself, defending against Liu_Bei_of_Shu, Hua-Xiong, and Ma-Chao. Unfortunetly, as they were pulling up to Zhen Ji's Gate, Liu_Bei_of_Shu had to leave. His hero, Sun Quan was just by Zhen Ji's Gate, and he was soon overtaken automatically and victory was attained. Back in the channel, Hua-Xiong or Ma-Chao (I forget which) complained to me that Liu was a horrible leader. "He didn't listen to any of my strategies. We could've used auras on our troops to gain an upper hand quickly." Trying to calm them down... I agreed, but defended that "Well, you would've beaten me anyways, regardless. You were hitting my last defenses." A few days later, Liu made Ma-Chao a Shaman as well as a Grand General. He was a great Dynasty Warriors player, and he had helped sabatogue the enemy. We all congratulated him... and my fears were allayed... until the next day.

Clan Shu almost all but destroyed. There were just enough peons to save Clan Shu from complete destruction. Talking with Shingen-Takeda, I found the truth. Ma-Chao was Shingen, and Hua-Xiong was Yukimura. Yukimura had access to Shingen's account, so he used it to sabatogue Clan Shu. Shingen also expressed his concern for Clan STA. He expected it to grow back quickly, but it didn't. I was talking to him in YTR at the time. My mole, me-kill-u-101 was soon made a shaman in Clan STA. However, after hearing Nugimashou's story, I decided not to call me-kill to sabatogue STA. Wait for a time when there were no peons...

Yukimura had made a new Clan, but he gave it over to someone else, and Green_Dog destroyed, via sabatogue. Yuki just laughed as he told me this. He was also bagging heavily on our Daimyos at the time, including Alfred, oo12o055, me-kill-u-101, Irish, and BX (At least I think they were Daimyos at the time). One night, Yukimura was making fun of me-kill and Clan YTR. me-kill was sick of it, and wanted to attack STA. I told him to hold. But then, Yukimura hurled another insult, this time, insulting me-kill's brother. A moment later, STA was sabatogued. Yuki just shrugged it off, showing indifference. Yuki then signed off. Talking with me-kill-u-101, we both suddenly remembered that this was not Yuki's Clan. This was Shingen's... and we didn't have that huge of a grudge with him, as he didn't really do any sabatoguing. The next day, I heard from my... sources that Yukimura was actually infuriated by this. He managed to save STA by recruiting enough people. Talking with Shingen, he was definetly pissed, but, "I'm not pissed at you, I'm pissed at your me-kill". I offered, "If he apologized, would you accept it? There has been a misunderstanding." "I'll have to see for myself." Continuing our talk, he stated, "I am NOT Yuki's puppet. I'm growing tired of this stupid fighting." and things such as, "Yea, Yuki does need to grow up, really, he does need to get over himself some times."

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Chronicles of Shu

Chapter 9
"While the Wind was Blowing..."

Even during these Clan Wars (or states of elongated brooding towards one another), life in Clan Shu went on. Shu had already been attacked full on two times in a row by Yukimura's forces. And as stated in earlier chapters, we lost very many good veterens during this time. Life goes on, however, so let's begin this:

After the Jewed Incident, I remember this final time that Jewed spoke with me regarding around CheerChick. It involved with her, "Deserving to get her hand pierced with a nail" or something along those lines. At any rate... if this had happened sooner, ShinraWarrior might not have pissed both Cheer and Jewed off, and thus, we could've avoided the whole d**n thing. Also, he still somewhat angry at us, and coupled along with this break-up with CheerChick, he left us for a period of time so great, I'm suprised he even remembered us.

We never again reached that close to one-hundred people in our Clan, but we recruited quite a few interesting characters along the way:

Yue-Ying.: She was the first female user that Shu ever encountered (even before CheerChick). Highly friendly, and a good Dynasty Warriors player, she marched alongside us, attacking our rivals. Her accent (yes, her accent online) gave her away to be known to us as a Texan. Her job at the time was dealing motorcycle bikes. She then disappeared... before she could take place in any of the wars, besides the first Clan Wei. (We later found her close to a year later in YTR as OblivianArcher, hooked up with Genocide-III. Apparently, she was doing a lot of hard-core studying.)

xxSweet_Girlxx: (Unless Records Prove Against It) She was the third female user to join Clan Shu. A person of a very strong will, her secondary trait of common confusion in the Chat Channel gave Sweet a unique flavor that was welcomed in Clan Shu. With her arrival, we came to find out some interesting things.

1. xxSweet_Girlxx was friends with Jewed.
2. xxSweet_Girlxx lives in Alaska.

Often times, her comments on the Chieftan and the Shamans were unsettiling, as what she stated was often times true. Sweet's observational skills were a bit... unnerving. Impressed, Liu-Bei. gave her the title Emperess of Shu as well as Shaman powers. She was a bit... playful with them (I.E. kicking out Wei-Yan. out of the channel for little-to-no reason). She then disappeared for over a month, and her Shaman powers had to be given to someone else. Several weeks later, Sweet_Girl came back online to tell us that her computer had been inflicted with a virius. The elections were going sour anyways, so, she was appointed. She was fairly active even during the wars, but in "The Final Days" she disappeared again (Apparently, her computer was shot in Alaska, and again in L.A. when they tried to get a new one, or something along those lines... We of course, learned this later, fairly recently, in Clan YTR).

Homobomo(Some random #'s at the end of his name: Also known as Hip-Hop42 (or something), he was one of the newer recruits who possessed a large amount of enthusiasm. He created a lot of hype for the Clan, saying he would, "Make a forums for Clan Shu". It never happened. But he still didn't fail in his enthusiasm. He was somewhat lacking in skills in Dynasty Warrior maps. He attempted to make a Clan Han under the surname of Xiahou-Dun. A good guy... When Clan Shu fell for the first time... he was among those who would never be seen again...

DD-Chris: Chris was a badass in Dynasty Warriors and a very good shaman. He was unquestionably loyal. I didn't get a chance to know him very well, unfortunetly. I managed to talk with him one last time for the sake of PMaG before he disappeared when Clan Shu finally died...

AramoroBayushi: You may recognize him by this phrase... THE GREATEST OF HIS KIND. Yes, this is Zhao-Yun., the mighty warrior, the veteren, and noble gentleman of Clan Shu. He came under this name so as to spy on Yuki's base... I remember there was a Level 5 Melee Entrance that had to be attained within the first week of joining the Clan, or else, he would be booted out of this 2nd Clan Wei. As it turned, he had to act like he hated Shu, so when we first saw him again, it was shocking and I felt my stomach turn to see him on the side of our enemy. It was homobomo who later broke it to me in secret that it was just a cover up. From what I learned about him... He is (or maybe... was) friends with Yuki, but he was still fiercely loyal to Clan Shu. However he had WoW and he was playing more of that. Being a waiter of 17 years of age... that is the last I know. He disappeared from us... and whether he plays amongst us, plays on WoW, or perhaps has grown beyond gaming... we will never know. For all Clan Shu Veterens who read this... LONG LIVE ZHAO-YUN.!

xXSolarisXx: He came on only on very rare occasions. Otherwise, he disappeared completely until just recently...

Wei-Yan.: Wei-Yan. has always been with us. Throughout the hard times, and everything else in this past year. He is perhaps more hardened then me, but if he is, he does not show it.

Zhang-Fei./Zhang_Fei_ofShu: He is only online on when Liu-Bei. calls him up. But nowadays, Zhang-Fei. plays Guild Wars a lot.

Over this course of time... there have been many people who have said that I deserve Chieftan-ship over Clan Shu. But in times when Liu-Bei. annoited me the position (which rounds up to 3-4 total), no one would cheer, obviously stating the obvious. I was the nice guy of Clan Shu... and perhaps the one keeping it alive. But it was Liu-Bei. ... He is the spirit of Shu. No matter how inactive he is, the Chieftan is always the one who keeps a Clan alive. That is why when a Chieftan gives his Chieftan-ship to someone else... there have been many cases where the Clan is eventually doomed. So, in other words... I've always given Clan Shu back to Liu-Bei. But this will be told more in the next chapter...

We met BX and Atomsk_ via stalking/whispering them, after playing their maps, and seeing that they were the Creators of all those maps we play (I.E. Wu Zhang, Hu Lao, ROTTK, etc). Really, that's how we met them.

Yukimura of course came in as always to harass, hang out, or play games with us.

After Clan Shu's death, we basically lost all but the loyalist of members. And our recovery wasn't looking so good. Neither was YTR. In all honesty though, Clan Shu could've still made a come back... but then, Jewed came in for a third time, and we were on cool terms with him for a long time, until he decided to ice Clan Shu for two days straight. He then left us. We also survived the STA Sabatogue... and in fact, we could've come back after that. But it was an unfortunate turn of events... Liu_Bei_of_Shu had lost his account password... and Yuki was trying to fly around rumors that Genocide-III was the one who stole his password. Meh... These history lessons make me think about stuff... but I'll save that for Chapter 10. It's time to end this comedy! Next chapter will be from my point of view of everything that went on... Until then...

I am Guan_Yu_of_Shu. LONG LIVE CLAN SHU!

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The Chronicles of Shu

Final Chapter 10
"Trading in the Blue Moon Dragon for the Volcano Staff"

As you've all probably started to guess... I enjoy telling stories in segment-like pieces. The Clan Wars... Jewed... and all the crazy things that have been going on. I saved this chapter for last for a few reasons:

1. You now know the story, so it will make more sense when I tell my perspective.
2. Because I'll try to fill in some of the holes that are missing in the above chapters.
3. This chapter will also intertwine with (hopefully) the up-coming YTR Chronicles.

I'll begin by introducing myself formerly.

Hello, and again, thank you all for reading the Chronicles of Shu! My name is Guan_Yu_of_Shu and/or Zhang-Jiao., but most of you know me better as Zhang or Guan. My first official Clan was Clan HAL0, but I didn't take any real part in it. I joined, nonchalantly, because Liu-Bei. was asking me to join him in it, because he was Shaman in that Clan. He later on became Chieftan, but the Clan was already dead, and Liu-Bei. was already running Clan Shu. I joined HAL0 using my brother's old account, nismo117. Read the prologue again if your curious as to what happened next. Here's a little background information:

Good: I'm a bit overly kind, and I have a bit of tolerance to boot. Generally, I care too much, but I've managed to become a multi-tasker. Map Maker/Custom Player/Melee Fighter. I distain the use of cussing, in the belief that really, the person on the other side will just mentally block it out. I'm a listener (or at least try to be), and I value loyalty, trying to return such an act in return.

Bad: Bah, I really am too soft though. I might just care too much. I hate, beyond everything else, my pride, in a costant battle to keep myself in check. I don't use Ban/Kick commands often, and I can be somewhat cowardly. Sympasithizing with the enemy too much is also a curse I'm the victim of, whereas I should've been obeying Liu-Bei. unquestionably. It isn't a soldier's right to question the leader in a time of war. It can cause mutiny. That, and I have... horrendously, horrible jokes.

Neutral: I act perverted, but I'm a gentleman, which balances myself out. It can best be described as being very self-conflicting, which does neither good nor bad, so that keeps me in check as well. Listening to everyone (literally) can also be good or bad... depending on who your listening to. Also... My personality is very defensive, which can best be described as, only if my friends are attacked, in which then, I would take action... unfortunetly, it's mostly my friends who fight amongst each other...

Policies: My personal policies that I use on B.net...

1. Be Respectful: It may mean you may meet a new ally/friend, or at least avoid making a new enemy.
2. Be a Gentleman: I have respect for the opposite gender for many reasons... one of them including the fact that they are often more mature than the rest of us guys online... That, and also girls often time see something that we don't notice. Very powerful friends and allies they make.
3. Apologize: There are very few people who practice this art. Imagine... if just 1/4 of the population on B.net practiced apologizing... there would be half as many arguments and stupid bicking on Battle.net.
4. Don't Give up Hope (101 Rule): This policy mainly refers to Dynasty Warrior Games. There are so many games that Shu could've been beaten, but the opposing team just didn't have the will to fight on against us. Until every soldier has fallen... you have a use yet.
5. Using your Anger Correctly: The energy of anger is immense, but if you just use it all typing insults, you'll have nothing to show for it, except perhaps an argument and a really crappy feeling in your gut that sticks with you the rest of the day. By using all that angry energy in that muscle between your two ears instead, however, you'll be able to think more on your toes, and kick more ass. "Put up, or Shut Up".
6. If I were in His Shoes: By looking at someone else's point of view, you may come to understand them and become less angry. Also, a grudge war could end this way.

After the Jewed Attacks, and during the declining time of the Clan Wars... I wanted to stop the fighting all together... That's when I made my account of Zhang-Jiao. and Challanged Clan Shu head on. My only ally was this mysterious character (He Yi, maybe? anyways, it turned out to be Yukimura, the next day). I almost defeated them, but the battle ended with me dying, and He Jin dying just a second later. It was a tie, but it was in Shu's favor. That night... I made my plans for... THE YELLOW TURBAN REBELLION.

My prime reasons for making Clan YTR are now old and irrelevant, but as this is part of history, here are the reasons:

1. If Clan YTR became powerful enough, all the other Dynasty Warrior Clans might be forced to join forces and attack YTR instead. In hind sight, I can best say that that was the most idiotic idea I've ever made in my career on B.net.
2. The secondary reason for the creation of Clan YTR was to supplement Clan Shu to become a branch Clan. Once the wars were (hopefully) over, or restarted, Shu would at least have an ally they could count on.
3. I wanted... to test out my ideals. Genocide-III says I don't think for myself... but really, all everyone thinks about is wars and hating other people in this day and age in WC. I wanted to create a... Utopia, if you will, like Clan Shu in it's Golden days... A peaceful Clan. Of course we'd have to be ready to defend ourselves. The Calvary Corps and Custom Clan Ranks were created to determine who could best fight against who, in case of battle.
4. When I really think about it... 10 years from now, I'll look back, and say... "What the hell did I do with my childhood?!" Which where I've developed a good reason for YTR. I have a position of power... and I can try to teach a more peaceful way of gaming, but of course... "The Way of Peace" is not easy. It's probably an arrogant way of thinking... and really, what have I got to show for it? Dominic will probably never remember those conversations that we had for him to "control his anger". LittlemanLeXX will forget Zhang-Jiao. later on in his life when he gets married and has kids. Those battles... but more importantly... those lessons and morals. He probably knew them all by common sense already, as it is. I'll just be some kid who restated the obvious in a way that made it sound noble. Have I really made an impact on people's lives? In the long term, no, I have not. But it only motivates me to work harder.

Now, for the time of my perspective on people... it may be a bit blunt, so, I want to apologize in advance.

Relationships:

Liu-Bei.: He's a good leader, and a good man, but I find myself arguing with him the most. At some points, it's very suprising to see how long our friendship is (and hopefully it will continue to our final days) lasting. Like I said before, he can be stubborn, strong-headed, arrogant, and an ass, but he also has ideals that no one else could really think of, and he's very passionate about what he does. It's hard to explain... My full idea of him is in itself, very self-conflicting. As for the things we argue about... the main thing i sthat he argues that there is no point for emotion on this game, because hence, it is just a game. I argue back that the people playing it are real enough, and that everyone has emotions... wherein Liu-Bei.'s anger/frustration is a fine example when a game is not going well. But really, I've just kinda given up arguing with him... It takes up so much energy, and we both become sour towards each other.

Zhang-Fei.: He is definetly a good guy... but I just don't see him on a lot that often. A friend of Liu's, I think he'd be a good friend, if I actually ever met him.

Jewed: I both fear and respect this guy. Fear for what he might and could do. Respect because he decides not to do it. He's actually pretty cool, if you get to know him on his good side. He's not all that stubborn... but... I sided with Liu-Bei. because I know him better... and of course... if I cannot be loyal to my very friend, how can you expect me to be loyal to others?

Yukimura-Sanada: Again, same thing. Except he doesn't keep his cool as much as Jewed... or maybe he does, but just in a different way. It's hard to explain him. Basically, when he's doing nuts... I feel like I have this sudden primal urge to hurl myself at him, bludgeon his head with the largest hammer I can find, and tear out his beating heart out with my hands. Well... something along those lines... lol...and yes, that sounds very sadistic. When he's acting fine, he's cool to hang around.

Atomsk_: I am not the the only one who agrees when I say... He can be an ass. thingyy, snappy, sensitive; He has some redeeming qualities, yes, like making maps and some pretty interesting quotes that make you think. Think of him as an on/off switch: When he's off, the heater's turned off and there's a cool breeze blowing your hair across your face in a dramatic action... and when he's on... "It's On". Holds a more hateful sarcasm than BX, and he's very hypocritical, but he's loyal to his friends.

BX_XxForsakenX: Honestly, I think he's just too and mature to care about things like Clan Wars anymore. But not only is he a d**n, good map maker, he also has that... 'Experiance Advice', if you will. He has a tendency to joke around too much, and his sarcasm is hard to differentiate from when he's serious. He's just funny that way, I guess, lol.

Zhao-Yun.: Kick some ass, where ever you are.

Wei-Yan.: My Oath Brother, he can be quiet... but that's what makes him a dangerous opponent. He is a very respectable person. Some of his attributes probably made him very respectable to Jewed and Yukimura as well.

Clovis.: ... He just kinda ripped off my version of 3.5 Yellow Turban, and made 3.6 with it. And it's even worse now... so unbalanced, with YTR having too many good abilities (Big Bad Voodoo). How are you supposed to charge against Zhang Bao now!? I see why BX was so pissed now.

Shingen-Takeda: I still don't trust him as much as some, but... he's one of the people who got over the Dynasty Warrior Wars. Also, he didn't really do anything... to Shu. That was Yuki who did that, using Shingen's account (His words, not mine. Don't kill the messenger. lol).

xxSweet_Girlxx: Emperess of Shu... she may sometimes be a bit forceful, but she definetly has a kind heart. She's the same as always, and as provoking as ever. Lol, it's good to see her around again.

LittlemanLeXX: I know I've yelled a lot at him... but at how much he's grown... even if he forgets me. I'm proud of you, LittlemanLeXX. KICK SOME ASS!!!

Me-Kill-U-101: My "Heir". He was a great melee player and an awsome custom player. He is the former Grand General of YTR. Is he becoming distant? I haven't had a real talk with him in the longest of times...

DoMiNiC: A man who in no other could see the light. Many despise him, even his best friend, for the way he acts online. I agree he needs to perhaps to grow up a bit. He may have anger problems, but he's too sensitive... but no one ever bothered to see beyond. He has a good heart, and he's a romantic, though no one could ever suspect. A man of true loyalty. He will truly become great... just give him time to grow and mature.

Kemi-25: A new found friend. A jokester and a (fake) pervert, it's suprising how much you can learn from her. She has an intelligence and way of thinking that is a first for everything that I've encountered in Battle.net so far. No doubt, she can be stubborn, strong-willed, and perhaps a bit, shall we say... self-defensive. There is a kindness, though, and is very understanding. She thrives on logic. But again, I must mention... not many people possess this sort of kindness on Battle.net. She'll make a great Prime Minister.

Homobomo42(?): A bit hyperactive, he kind of annoyed me, but no one could doubt his loyalty. Where the hell are you?

I_Abuse: He's been loyal to the Clan since Day 1. Always under-appreciated, he has turns to bitterness against us (mostly myself, for I'm to blame on most of these accounts). However, his loyalty cannot be denied. Even when he joined Clan Kota, he still hung out with us, as if he was still part of Clan YTR. A bad ass in both melee and custom... He is worthy of the title, "Grand General". Make us proud, I_Abuse!

ShinraWarrior: ... If there is a man I must hate, it must be Shinra. He is one who brings bad tidings with him and lies... (accusations that Yuki is a girl). He is the one who set off the "Jewed Attack", for which, if he was not there, we would've contined on, relatively peacefully. He provokes the anger of Yukimura, and who can blame him? Shinra provoked many people, and he lies much. Wherever he is hiding... my pity for him won't be there for him, this time.

Unfortunetly... I had a bad moment in YTR... a very bad moment...

Liu-Bei decided to make a joke with me... and he told me in advance. Then why did I react so badly against it? Because he looked like he was going f**king insane. Liu had access to my password, because I trusted him with it. He took advantge of it by taking control over both Shu and YTR. It looked like he would disband YTR. I did overreact... I never have felt this pissed at a friend before. It was weeks of silence after that... but our friendship healed. I forgave him on the same day of the prank... I'm an idiot, aren't I?

Now... I see YTR. It stands grand, tall, and powerful. It brings a certain amount of joy. I've had the oppurtunity to meet with some great people like Kemi-25, find old friends like Huang-Zhong. (pflame), and maybe... this will give me a chance to heal up old grievances with old foes. The sun is setting... but I feel so invigorated. The people of this Clan sometimes have stupid arguments, which causes a large amount of stress. But I'm always there. Or at least I try to be. The maintenance is a hastle... but I won't give this up. I'm... so proud of you... my friends.

A new adventure and turn of events will always happen... But now, to give the Chronicles of YTR. For you, my people! I honor thee! Until then...

I am Zhang-Jiao. of YTR. LONG LIVE THE YELLOW TURBANS!

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Chronicles of Shu

Credits
Special Thanks

To all who have read these Chronicles alongside with me, I thank you kindly, with the bottom of my heart. In my own free time, I'll probably make revisions with this new information set and fresh in my mind. And after Chronicles of YTR hopefully gets on a roll, I can finally start on a fictional piece...

To All Who Have Given Us Here In Clan Shu All Our Memories, Good And Bad, Helping In Discussing The Past, Reading, Or Just Being There, We'd Like To Make Awareness Of:

Liu-Bei./Liu_Bei_of_Shu
Yukimura-Sanada/Cao_Ren/Lu_Xun/etc.
Jewed/Keiji-Maeda
Zhang-Fei./Zhang_Fei_ofShu
Wei-Yan.
xxSweet_Girlxx
Zhao-Yun./AramoroBayushi
ShinraWarrior/ShuGeneral/Shimorshiak
Kemi-25
I_Abuse
Genocide-III
Me-kill-u-101/Xiao-Boy_
LittlemanLeXX
oo12o055
Green_Dog/Green_Cat
Shingen-Takeda/Ma-Chao
Huang-Zhong/Pflame
DD-Chris/Laharl.
TheArcherMaster
HomoBomo424/HipHop42/Xiahou-Dun.
TheGreatBoo
Dragon_Leader/Sir_SmokeABlunt
Dye.4
Reydello
GoodGuy
Sun-Ice.
Pang-Tong.
Taishi-Ci./Sun-Jian.
Pang_Tong/Sun-Jian.
DoMiNiC
nash626
And Everyone Else...

I'm aware of the fact that the Chronicles have probably offended more than one person, so I would like to take this time to address those I have offended:

I am... sorry that I have depicted you in such a manner. Maybe I dislike you, and/or I could even hate you. However, if I'm going to get through life like this, I would like to apologize... It can't sound as sincere as when being read, but there is the hope that it will come through. Will Clan Shu ever be reborn? As for the moment... no. However, there are ages upon ages for the rebirth to happen at any time, and if I am lucky enough to be present in such a time, I will once again take up the job to Chronicle the stories, so as to further Clan Shu's history, and as my final debt to Liu-Bei. As much I hope that perhaps one day, we will meet again, perhaps, my friends, I am doubtful. I begin now on YTR's Chronicles, and it does not yet have an ending. "If the both of us should live, let us meet once more on the battlefield!" -Huang Gai. Until then...

I am Zhang-Jiao. and Guan_Yu_of_Shu.
FOR THE DYNASTY WARRIOR CLANS!