Ba Zeng

[Mikey]

"My lord, your tactics are cunning."
- Luzien, a brave warrior, Battle of Lou Yang (Bot3k 1)

Name: Ba Zeng "Schemer."
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Style: Original-Canon

Residence: Xia Pi

Personality:

Ba Zeng is a self-serving ambitious man with passionate dreams of grandeur. He carries himself with a degree of high-handedness that would likely bother most - or all - of his colleagues. He considers his intellect to be far superior to others, whether true or not. Ba Zeng has no real sense of loyalty to any master, and stays only loyal to himself. It is not like Ba Zeng, however, to be bought with coin. It is his personal duty to impress others around him, by doing so, hoping to gather a sense of authority in his camp.

Appearance:

A tall man with a cold glare, Ba Zeng is a twenty-four year old with a slender, yet fragile, build. As a scholar and politician, Ba Zeng has had no real need to form his physique as a warrior, perhaps neglecting his body of any extra muscle. Despite his seemingly nonthreatening build, Ba Zeng has about his an air of authority and control. His eyes are of a muddy brown color, and his hair is shortly cut, soft and flat.

Apparel/Armour:

Ba Zeng's main wardrobe is a compilation of many robes. On a casual day, Ba Zeng may look like a rural farmer; dressed in a dirty, worn robe and cloak, and to government processes, ornate robes of many bright colors to draw attention to himself. On most of his apparel, the word 'Zen' has been drawn in black ink, surrounded by a black circle.

Weapon(s): Crossbow (Lvl. 2)

A crossbow is a simple weapon. Never the warrior, and always the opportunist, Ba Zeng prefers to kill his enemies at range. The crossbow is the perfect weapon for Ba Zeng, not requiring much training at all to use. And although his counterparts Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi may prefer a fan, in recent years Ba Zeng has come across the occasion where he needed to kill someone to get them out of his way.

History:

Born to a rich noble class family in Tian Shui, Ba Zeng's father instilled in Ba Zeng a great education. Though not present during Ba Zeng's early life, Ba Zeng loved his parents and his father instilled in Ba Zeng a sense of ambition. To always want to grab more for yourself than you really need. Ba Zeng's father sent him away to one of the greatest academies in the Central Plains. Ba Zeng became utterly involved in military tactics and history, reading Sun Tzu's text under candle light at night before sleeping. He would dream of winning great battles and be praised as one of the greatest commanders ever.

Discontent with his idle life and his parents, at the age of nine-teen Ba Zeng left his wealthy luxurious life in Tian Shui to peruse a political career in Lou Yang. Where he worked his way up from being the governor's assistant to an advisory domestic minister to the Emperor himself. When the coup came, Ba Zeng was made aware of the Eunuch's plot through one of the conspirators, but allowed them to proceed unhindered anyway.

Ba Zeng's transition from the Han court to Dong Zhou's was seamless. Dong Zhou recognized Ba Zeng's military talents and used him to defeat large coalition armies in conjunction with Lu Bu in the Iron Whale war. Ba Zeng, however, grew weary of Dong Zhou and his over-indulgence. Ba Zeng dreamed of having Dong Zhou's position for himself, and so he devised a plot with Diao Chan, a concubine in the court. Diao Chan would make Lu Bu fall in love with her, and then persuade Lu Bu to storm Dong Zhou's throne room and murder him. The plan went off like clockwork, and no one dared to stand in Lu Bu's way.

Ba Zeng was compensated for his due in the plot, but a power vacuum soon became very apparent in the new Xu Empire. A triumvirate was formed between Ba Zeng, Lu Bu and Diao Chan. Tensions grew between the former friends Ba Zeng and Diao Chan. Ba Zeng realized that whomever controlled Lu Bu, controlled the central plains, and went about devising a plot to rid Diao Chan from the court. His plan backfired however, leaving him in a most dire situation.

Current Information:

Gold: 200

Reputation: 180

Entourage: Envoys