“Turmoil”: Battle for the Han Empire sample (Act I) -- T. P. M. Thorne

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PROLOGUE: A FAMILIAR CHAOS

The vast lands of China were once again in turmoil. The people had lost count of the number of times that such nationwide chaos had disrupted their lives; this time the cause was the consequences of great peasant uprising - itself due to chaos of another kind - that had led to the death of the emperor. The cause - be it regicide or suicide - had the same effect: the army all but disintegrated, and the people nervously awaited the announcement of who would be their new masters. But for some, it was just another story, a story that bore an unnerving resemblance to events from centuries before.

“It’s just like the days of the ‘Three Kingdoms’, hundreds of years ago, when the Han Dynasty collapsed,” a middle-aged traveller said to his growing audience of peasant villagers that were looking for some form of escapism. “Everyone in the south says that.”
Tell us about something from that time!” one man said. “Tell us about-!
Don’t do Dong Zhuo! We heard that already!” one woman insisted.
Tell us about Liu Bei!” a child shouted.
No, tell us about Cao Cao!” another child said; the crowd was divided on which of those great northern heroes would be the subject of the story.
“…In the south, all they want to hear about is the Sun clan,” the traveller noted. “It’s different in every place…”

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