The Three Kingdoms in plain language. In the late Eastern Han dynasty, the realm is in turmoil and war sweeps across the land. Liu Bei, a descendant of the Han imperial family born to commoners and raised by weaving mats and selling sandals, dreams of restoring the Han dynasty. At the Peach Garden, he swears brotherhood with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He spends half his life wandering, suffering defeat after defeat but never giving up. From fighting Dong Zhuo and battling rival warlords to recruiting peerless talents like Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, he allies with Eastern Wu to crush Cao Cao's army at Red Cliffs, then marches west into Ba and Shu to lay the foundations of the Kingdom of Shu. The Three Kingdoms' division of the realm has officially begun!