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Sun Ren is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.


Sun Ren is a unique legendary Vanguard hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. She is a member of Sun Jian in 190 and Sun Ce in 194 and 200. She is a child in all start dates and comes of age in the summer of 205 AD.


General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

TW3K ICO expertise
Expertise
TW3K ICO resolve
Resolve
TW3K ICO cunning
Cunning
TW3K ICO instinct
Instinct
TW3K ICO authority
Authority
61 69 30 132 61
-9% construction cost (administered commandery)
+15 melee evasion
+22% general's health
+3k population growth (administered commandery)
+1% ammunition (own retinue)
+1 military supplies (own army)
+29% melee damage
-8% recruitment cost (this army)
+2 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
+2 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

The Rising Sun

  • +30 resolve
  • +20 instinct
  • +10 authority
  • +1 resilience
  • +50% income from family estates (if faction leader)
  • +3 morale (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
  • Admires Ambition, Admires Intelligence


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Flames of the Phoenix (Melee Attack)
    • Can use if:
      • In melee
      • Engaged in a duel or has an attack order
      • Not on Elephant
    • Splash Damage: 3.8k
    • Duration: 10s
    • Cooldown: 30s


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Spear
    • Base Melee Damage: 99
    • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 354
    • Melee Attack Rate: 24
    • +3 expertise
    • +3 instinct
  • Sun Ren's Armour
    • Base Armour: 60
    • +18 instinct
    • +40% ammunition
    • +15% ranged block chance
    • +6% speed
  • Red Horse
  • Cinnabar-Red Bow


Guanxi[]

TW3K Sun Jian-Family Tree

Main Article: Guanxi


Biography[]

While Sun Jian had multiple daughters, all of which simply known as Lady Sun, Sun Ren is the manifestation of his eldest daughter. Ren appears to be a name borrowed from Sun Jian's youngest son, Sun Lang, who also used the name Sun Ren. Alternatively, she is called Shangxiang, both names being used in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the novel, she is a brave and fiery woman defying gender roles. She marries Liu Bei yet later commits suicide when falsely learning of his death, making for an enchanting and romantic story.

The real story of Lady Sun is a bit... less flattering. She was wed off to Liu Bei in 209 AD by her half-brother Sun Quan to strengthen his alliance with the warlord. Together with her personal band of female servants, many of them armed, she moved into Jing province yet never really found any favour with Liu Bei, who distrusted her. She also became infamous for her unladylike personality, being described as arrogant and entitled. Even Fa Zheng, a man infamous for his ruthlessness and vengeance, was unimpressed by Sun Ren and urged Liu Bei in no small terms to get rid of her.

In 211 AD, with Liu Bei leaving for Yi Province, Sun Quan sent over a ship to go fetch his half-sister, perhaps by her own request. Before leaving, she tried to "escort" (read: kidnap) Liu Bei's son and future Emperor of Shu-Han, Liu Shan. This failed, as she was intercepted and the child was rescued from her clutches, at which point she completely disappears from the historical record.


Trivia[]

  • Sun Ren is also commonly known as Sun Shangxiang in other entertainment media related to the Three Kingdoms period.
  • Sun Ren is unique for being a female Vanguard hero, a hero class usually reserved for males only. The only other female Vanguard is Empress He.
  • She is also featured in Creative Assembly's E3 2018 debut show as part of the first-ever playable demo for the game, The Ambush of Sun Ren.


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