Transmigrate to the late Han and Three Kingdoms era; a doomed member of the Han imperial clan defies fate; a restrained, political schemer; play the pig to eat the tiger; rewrite history's dead ends.
Protagonist: Liu Yu
Original identity: A distant kinsman of the Eastern Han imperial family near the end of the dynasty, a distant cousin of Liu Bei. In official history, he is killed by mutinous soldiers at age nineteen during the chaos in Xu Province. He has no name and is a complete cannon-fodder character.
The transmigrator: A modern reader with an extensive knowledge of history and the late Han era. Cautious and calculating, exceptionally patient, skilled at leveraging circumstances and laying plans, and never an idiot who shows off without thinking.
The core predicament: He has the status of an imperial relative, but no troops, power, or backing. The warlords all want to recruit him and yet distrust him. In this chaotic age, he is a doomed pawn.
The core bond: He remains loyal to the fallen Han dynasty and secretly preserves the last spark of Liu Bei's faction. He has one uniquely devoted personal bodyguard.
The main appeal: Use foreknowledge of history to break out of dead ends; fool every great warlord, including Cao Cao and Liu Bei; play the pig to eat the tiger from a low position; use the momentum of events to gradually take over the realm; and reverse the fate of the Han dynasty's downfall.
