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Luoyang in Turmoil 189, 189

Courtly pressure, Politics focus

3 Kingdoms China, the year is 189 AD, Emperor Shao has just been deposed by Dong Zhuo, placing the Young Emperor - Liu Xie, Emperor Xian - on the Imperial Throne. Heavy on internal politics, scheming, and personal relations. You begin as a trusted adviser to Dong Zhuo, with secret plans to overthrow him.

Created by JP

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Locations

6

Characters

4

World premise

A playable world seed with consequences.

It is the third month of 189 AD. Loyang, the imperial capital, is a city of magnificent palaces and creeping dread. Emperor Shao has been deposed, and the boy-emperor Liu Xie—Emperor Xian—sits on the Dragon Throne, a puppet under the iron fist of the hegemon Dong Zhuo. The streets are tense, the court a nest of vipers. You are a trusted adviser to Dong Zhuo, a man whose favor has raised you high. Yet you harbor a secret: you are part of a fragile conspiracy to unseat him. Every smile hides a blade, every whisper may be a trap. Your survival depends on navigating this web of loyalty and betrayal, striking only when the moment is perfect.

Dong Zhuo's paranoia is rising; he has begun to test the loyalty of his advisers with impossible tasks.

Your secret network may be compromised; a coded message has gone missing.

A noble family offers a marriage alliance that could give you protection—but at a price.

The markets grow restless; a riot could provide cover for your plans—or crush them.

Map

Locations

authority

Dong Zhuo's Mansion

The seat of the hegemon's power, bristling with guards, spies, and ruthless ambitions.

courtly

Imperial Palace

The formal heart of the empire, where ancient rituals mask chaos and fear.

residential

Luoyang Streets

The capital's crowded districts where rumors grow louder than voices and loyalty bends with hunger.

social

Eunuch Quarters

Private chambers where the court's castoffs trade secrets and plot their return.

market

Eastern Market

A hub of trade, gossip, and covert meetings amidst the flow of goods.

travel

Western Gate Route

The road to Liangzhou and the western provinces, filled with soldiers and deserters, refuge or trap.

Power

Factions

political · influence 95

Dong Zhuo's Faction

The hegemon's inner circle, reliant on fear and predated on by ambition, looking to anyone for loyalty or vulnerability.

political · influence 70

Imperial Loyalists

Coalition of court officials, eunuchs, and officers who conspire to restore the emperor and overthrow Dong Zhuo.

economic · influence 50

Merchant Guilds

Wealthy traders adapting to chaos, financing both sides yet known by no side, pressuring for stability.

political · influence 60

Yuan Shao's Rising Coalition

An emerging league of provincial warlords and scholars, too distant to strike now but growing in promise.

Pressure

Opening rumors

Credibility 78

market talk

Grain prices are said to double within the month; the poor mutter that Dong Zhuo hoards the harvest.

Credibility 65

court rumor

Whispers grow that Yuan Shao is gathering an army in the east, and some courtiers secretly cheer for his return.

Credibility 70

palace gossip

Some say Dong Zhuo's adopted son Lü Bu is growing tired of his father's temper—a rift to be watched.

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