Lü Bu/Plot

## Past - Flying General

Childhood • Titanomachy Tournament • Race Against Red Hare • Working for the Demon God • Battle of Hulao Pass • Confronting Dong Zhuo • Piercing the Halberd

## Past - Flying General

### Childhood

The child who would become known as Lü Bu was born in 159 AD in a small village outside the Jiuyan District of Wuyan Country in China. Shortly after his birth, the village was raided and destroyed, leaving the baby as the sole survivor. He was found by men from a nearby village, who wanted to take him with them, one of them refused, saying that as he was born under the red moonlight, the baby would become evil and cause bloody disasters wherever he went. After hearing the prophecy, the men tried to kill the baby, but were stopped by Lü Shang, who found it horrible to kill a baby for something he might or might not do. After begging and promising to face the consequences if the prophecy becomes true, Shang was allowed to adopt the baby and raise him as his own son. Then, Shang happily declared that the baby's name will be Lü Bu Housen.

Even from a young age, Lü Bu was known as an evil child cursed with monstrous strength. Eventually, he came to think that he didn't need any friends or companions, as everyone around him was weak. When he was nine years old, Lü Shang fell ill but was unable to get medicine due to the excessive tributes the villagers were forced to give to the county magistrate Li Tang.

That night, Lü Bu travelled to Li Tang's mansion in order to steal medicine and broke the neck of two guards who tried to stop him. He returned home with a bag full of expensive medicine, causing Lü Shang to angrily berate Lü Bu, saying that he should use his immense strength for others, and told him to search for someone who could match him, so he could become his friend. These words left a huge mark on Lü Bu. Days later, Lü Bu returned home from collecting branches only to find his village in flames. Two soldiers, Liu Xin and Liu Xu came from the flames and told him that he was the reason this was happening, as Li Tang wanted revenge from Lü Bu's previous attack. Enraged, Lü Bu killed them both, but not before asking where he could find Li Tang. He rushed towards the forest, where he found Li Tang and his soldiers ready to kill all the villagers. Seeing Li Tang torturing Lü Shang, Lü Bu was consumed by rage. He brutally killed dozens of soldiers until Li Tang himself chose to face him.

Lü Bu dodged every last one of Li Tang's attacks and gripped his fist so hard his skin broke, before throwing an uppercut so powerful Li Tang's mouth was torn.

Lü Bu then finished him off with a kick, after which the remaining soldiers fled the scene.

He then rushed to his father, who repeated his advice to keep searching for a worthy foe to become his friend, before passing away.

Later, after Lü Shang's funeral, Lü Bu abandoned his village, seeking to prevent the remaining troops of Li Tang to attack the village and become stronger, remembering his father's advice.

At some point during his childhood, Lü Bu witnessed lightning splitting an enormous tree. This sight filled him with a sense of wonder, making him believe that there must be some sort of awesome power in Heaven. He travelled around the vast continent of Eurasia, challenging anyone and anything that could be stronger than him and annihilating all opposition.

### Titanomachy Tournament

After years of wandering, Lü Bu heard that the Roman Emperor Commodus had announced a tournament with the mightiest warriors of the land. Hoping to find a worthy opponent, he decided to travel to Rome to participate.

Shortly after arriving in Rome, two kids stole his halberd and ran away, hoping to give it to their friend Narcissus Rufinus, who was forced to participate in the Tournament. Lü Bu chased the boys to Narcissus' home, and, after hearing their story, decided to fight for Narcissus in the tournament as their representative.

Three days later, on the Tournament, Lü Bu's first match was against Octavius, Commodus' favourite gladiator. During the fight, Lü Bu kept dodging Octavius' attacks, angering him. Octavius then tried to slash him with his blade, but Lü Bu easily blocked it with his hands and proceeded to tear apart Octavius' left wrist, after which he swiftly finished him off with a strike on the chest. After the fight, Lü Bu was greeted by Narcissus and the others, but he didn't respond, being disappointed that Octavius was much weaker than he thought.

He later saw the fight between Evrones and Cesc, and got excited at seeing the old man's skill. Afterwards, he was called to meet the Emperor Commodus, who offered Lü Bu a position in the Praetorian Guard. Lü Bu yawned and walked away, saying that he wasn't intereseted in that. Lü Bu then entered the arena for his second fight in the tournament, this time against the elderly gladiator Cesc.

### Working for the Demon God

In 189 AD, the warlord Dong Zhuo, who took control of the capital Luoyang, desired to make Lü Bu his vassal.

He personally visited Lü Bu during his training, and caught his attention by sensing and commenting on Lü Bu's boredom due to lack of strong opponents.

They then punched each other, both becoming impressed at the other's strength. Dong Zhuo then told him of a worthy foe Lü Bu could fight, the "Fierce Tiger" Sun Jian. Upon hearing this Lü Bu smiled, and at last accepted to become Dong Zhuo's vassal.

### Piercing the Halberd

In 196 AD, the tyrant Yuan Shu sent his general Ji Ling with an army of 30,000 soldiers to invade Lü Bu's territory in Xuzhou. Knowing they couldn't face the army directly, Lü Bu decided to go himself. He entered the enemy army with a flag, shouting that the battle was over. Amused, Ji Ling made a bet with Lü Bu that if he could shoot down a halberd standing on a nearby hill, he would withdraw. Lü Bu decided to use the flag he brought.

Despite the long distance, he hit the halberd on the first try, forcing the humiliated Ji Ling to withdraw with his now demoralized army.

### Old Information

**Note**: *The following senteces were writen based on his flashbacks on "*Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok*", so they are incomplete. Once all the plot of "*The Legend of Lü Bu*" is written here, this part will be deleted.*

From the moment Lü Bu became aware of his surroundings, he left his tribe on a journey to become the strongest. At some point during his childhood, Lü Bu witnessed lightning splitting an enormous tree. This sight filled him with a sense of wonder, making him believe that there must be some sort of awesome power in Heaven. He travelled around the vast continent of Eurasia, challenging anyone and anything that could be stronger than him and annihilating all opposition. Over the years, Lü Bu's exploits attracted more and more people to his ever-growing host.

His legendary strength soon became known throughout the Three Kingdoms and eventually, all of China.

Even after realizing that he had become the strongest under the heavens, he still trained to develop a technique that would use his weapon to its utmost limit, because he dreamed to meet an opponent that would be capable of matching him. Lü Bu broke countless halberds and trained for years while developing his ultimate technique, **Sky Eater**, a swing so powerful that it could split even the sky in two.

After finally achieving and witnessing this **Sky Eater**'s awesome power, Lü Bu was filled with sadness as he knew that nothing would be able to stand against its might. After 30 years of fruitless searching for a worthy opponent, Lü Bu fell into despair. After his fierce battle against Cao Cao, Lü Bu allowed himself to be captured and taken prisoner. During his execution, he yawned and cried out of boredom and asked to get on with it. After he died, Red Hare, Chen Gong and the rest of Lü Bu's army followed him into the afterlife.

## Ragnarok

Around 1800 years later, all of the Gods decided to end all of Humanity, but Brunhilde pointed out a clause in Valhalla constitution known as Ragnarok, which gives Humanity a fighting chance. All of the Gods rejected the idea until Brunhilde insulted their pride by remarking that they were too scared to fight against Humans. Lü Bu was one of the peak Human warriors selected to fight against the Gods in Ragnarok. He was chosen by Brunhilde as the first warrior to fight as Humanity's vanguard against Gods' vanguard, the Thunder Berserker, Thor.

### First Round

Lü Bu rode into the arena on his horse, Red Hare, to face off against Thor, but dismounted before the match started and grabbed his weapon: a halberd known as the Sky Piercer. Initially, neither Lü Bu or Thor took each other seriously, so they simply walked towards each other with lowered weapons, not using any stance or footwork. They begun to clash with each other while realising that the foe before them, capable of withstanding their first strike, was the first in a very long time.

Lü Bu repeatedly attacked with his Sky Piercer but Thor kept blocking his attacks using Mjölnir. The two clashed again, finding themselves to be evenly matched. Thor then decided to get serious and performed **Thor's Hammer** to crush Lü Bu. The Flying General seemed to be crushed in the massive explosion and the shockwave that followed. However, for the first time in history, the Humans fought back. Lü Bu countered the attack with one of his own, slashing Thor and creating a huge gash across his chest.

He laughed maniacally and complimented Thor's strength, but the God of Thunder responded by smiling back, saying that Lü Bu's strength was wasted on a Human. They continued their exchange of attacks, both enjoying a fight with a worthy opponent. Lü Bu's Sky Piercer shone brilliantly as he traded blows with Thor, as the gods were made aware that his halberd was no ordinary weapon. The power of the 4th Valkyrie, Randgriz, was imbued in it, through the power of Völundr.

Lü Bu expressed his sheer happiness about the battle, saying that it didn't get any better than fighting an immortal enemy with an unbreakable weapon. He clashed his Sky Piercer with Thor's supposedly unbreakable Járngreipr gloves, destroying his right glove with a single attack, owing to Randgriz's special ability: the ability to break any shield. As Thor dropped his hammer, Lü Bu used this opportunity to inflict more wounds on the Norse God, who was only able to dodge his rapid assault.

Lü Bu stopped when Mjölnir started pulsating and melting the arena floor. Thor then threw away his left glove and proceeded to grab the awakened Mjölnir, with just one hand, to continue the fight, Lü Bu allowing him to do so. Thor, addressing Lü Bu by name from this point on, asked him to not die from his next attack, and started to fight seriously. Thor then hurled his hammer at Lü Bu. The Flying General bent over backwards to avoid the attack, the hammer barely grazing his chest as it flew towards the audience.

Humanity's first fighter tried to close the distance, but before he could attack, the hammer came flying back towards him. Lü Bu jammed his halberd into Mjölnir, using the hammer's rotation to sidestep the assault. Thor then caught the hammer and performed **Geirröd**; Lü Bu successfully blocked the attack, but the sheer impact of the move broke his legs. The General struggled to stay standing, but eventually fell to his knees.

Just as Thor was about to finish him off, Red Hare came to his rescue. Lü Bu's army and Humanity's part of the audience yelled for Lü Bu to continue the fight. Red Hare licked his wounds, encouraging him to mount it. Lü Bu then got to his feet, standing on his snapped legs, much to Thor's joy. He mounted Red Hare, asking the horse to entrust it's life to him, as it was now an extension of him. The strongest warrior then charged at Thor, grasping the very tip of his Sky Piercer, preparing to use his ultimate move: **Sky Eater**, a blow so powerful it could split the sky itself.

An excited Thor threw his hammer yet again, using the momentum to catch it and use his own ultimate attack: **Geirröd Thor's Hammer**. The two fighters instinctively realised that this would be the most powerful blows they'd ever dealt in their lives. The two attacks clashed, creating an explosion so enormous it completely cleared Valhalla's cloudy skies. As the dust settled, Lü Bu's Sky Piercer was fragmented into dust, resulting in Randgriz's death and undoing of the Völundr.

Lü Bu had lost his left arm, his right leg and his right arm was dangling from his shoulder. The Flying General bit off his now useless right arm and threw it away. Happy and content that he'd given it his all, he made Red Hare charge at Thor in a futile effort, a wide grin on his face, feeling unadulterated joy for the first time since he was a child. Thor gave him one last smile as a show of respect before destroying his head with a swing of his hammer, ending the life of the Flying General.

### Legacy

Humanity shared a toast to Lü Bu, as the Gods berated and laughed at them. As Thor prepared to leave, Red Hare stopped him, tears in its eyes. Chen Gong and the rest of Lü Bu's army had invaded the field. Lü Bu's death meant that they no longer had purpose, and so, they decided to follow Lü Bu into death. They charged at Thor, who decided to kill them in Lü Bu's name, destroying the entire army with one swing of Mjölnir. Lü Bu, Red Hare, Chen Gong and the rest of his army, along with Randgriz, disintegrated into nothingness around a somber Thor, now erased from existence.

A picture of Lü Bu is seen in Brunhilde's private shrine, along with Adam and Heracles, following the end of the fourth round.

It's revealed, at the end of the seventh round, that Hermes composed a requiem for each of the fallen participants of Ragnarok, among them Lü Bu.

Another picture of Lü Bu also appears in a, seemingly updated, shrine that Brunhilde visits after Round 8. In it, he represents "joy".