Orphaned/Characters/Ravages of Times

Sima Yi

 * Always Someone Better: Sima Yi to every other strategist. Only the Eight Enigma are spared The Worf Effect in a duel of wits with him, themselves being universally acknowledged as the best strategists of China.
 * Animal Motif: He's often compared to a wolf.
 * Bishonen: Not that we can't see it, but it's even indirectly confirmed in-universe.
 * Brilliant but Lazy: At first. And then he finds his Goal in Life...
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive
 * Dreaming of Things to Come: Has one in the 1st chapter, of how his life will end.
 * Fiction 500: His is one of the richest and most prestigious merchant clans.
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Not in This For Your Revolution: He's known for aiding warlords and igniting multiple wars just to expand his family business. It doesn't please a lot of people, including his friend and subordinate Liaoyuan Huo.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * Teen Genius
 * The Chessmaster
 * The Man Behind the Man: Yes, unsuspecting enemies of Sima clan, this good-looking boy is the one in command of the infamous Crippled Legions.
 * True Neutral ->
 * Wild Card: Sima Yi's strategic genius and his clan's monetary influence are great allies for any warlords to have. Too bad they just couldn't care less about who comes out the winner, only how much cash they can make out of each campaign, and will switch to whichever side that benefits them.
 * Wild Card: Sima Yi's strategic genius and his clan's monetary influence are great allies for any warlords to have. Too bad they just couldn't care less about who comes out the winner, only how much cash they can make out of each campaign, and will switch to whichever side that benefits them.

Liaoyuan Huo/

 * A Father to His Men: He considers the Crippled Legion his family.
 * Badass: And how!
 * Chick Magnet: Sun Shu's smitten with him, and Xiao Meng (who's technically not a chick) is deeply in love with him. He seems to be quite popular with the courtesans in Luoyang, as well.
 * Conflicting Loyalty: What he's slowly realizing that he will have to face -
 * Different As Night and Day: With the unscrupulous Sima Yi. However, they still manage to be an awesome combo of strategist and fighter.
 * Dreaming of Things to Come:, in fact.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Feel No Pain: His handicap.
 * Honor Before Reason
 * Ho Yay: He knows Xiao Meng is an eunuch, and seems to be pretty clearly in love with him.
 * My Master, Right or Wrong
 * One-Man Army
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * My God, What Have I Done?:

Yuan Fang

 * Beauty Mark: On his forehead.
 * Bishounen
 * Heartbroken Badass
 * Magnificent Bastard: A literal one.
 * Refusal of the Call:
 * Teen Genius
 * The Chessmaster
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: Compare the guy who generously offers his underclassman a high-ranking post in his faction
 * The Chessmaster
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: Compare the guy who generously offers his underclassman a high-ranking post in his faction