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Tempered Will; A tale of Cao Ren's youth
Topic Started: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:12 am (845 Views)
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How did an unruly teenage boy grow up into one of Wei's greatest commanders? In tumultuous times, Cao Ren sorts himself out to do his part at putting an end to the chaos.

A historical tale of first steps toward military leadership, based on Sanguozhi biographies with some inspiration from KOEI's concept of Ren as an adult. Researched to the best of my ability with special thanks to the Scholars of Shen Zhou, China History Forum, Rafe de Crespigny's work, free English translations of classical Chinese texts, and other reputable online resources.

Critique from history buffs is encouraged. This sort of story leaves much room for personal interpretation. I aim to make mine as plausible as possible.

Rated T for eventual coarse language and violence in the context of war.

Tempered Will @ fanfiction.net
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Chapter 2 is now up. Feel free to comment here or there. fanfiction.net is having some server problems, so it may be difficult to review within the next few days. I forced this update through with a lot of page refreshing.
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Chapter 3 has been posted.
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Chapter 4 is up. Cao Hong makes an appearance in this one.
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Chapter 5 is here. Ren is out and about once again.
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Chapter 6 is done. Ren gets his first up close and personal look at the unrest of the land.
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Chapter 7 gives Ren his first taste of military leadership.
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Chapter 8 has been posted. Time to put all that practice to good use.
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Chapter 9 is finished.
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Chapter 10 looks in on Ren's growing army.
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Chapter 11 is complete.
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Chapter 12 is ready to rock. Ding ding ding! You hear the bell? It's fightin' time!
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Here's Chapter 13.
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Ren comes to the decision about his life's work in Chapter 14.
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Chapter 15 brings a challenge to Ren's growing army.
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Chapter 16 is up, featuring some collaboration with another militia leader.
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Chapter 17 has been posted. Time for another battle!
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Finally finished Chapter 18, which takes a closer look at a strange town.
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Chapter 19 brings the action. I won't spoil it. Just read it. ;)
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Chapter 20 - a brotherly reunion. :blush:
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Chapter 21 - a visit with Du Gai to make plans for the future.

This was so slow going because I've been out of writing mode for a while. Art took over my brain for the past couple of months. Look here if you want to see. :cool:
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