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Originally Posted by Primal
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That's no samurai, primal!
He's a real ancient Chinese general, also a legendary war hero.
His name's Guan Yu.
Legend goes he's not a human-born but a god-sent.
He was "form" in a pot in a temple that reside in a deep China mountain pit. The old monk received a message from god so he prepared a sealed pot for this hero to spawn.
The process takes 100 days but the old monk have to go on a trip so he leaves the pot to the young monks and tell them the pot MUST NOT be opened.
But out of curiosity, the young men couldn't resist and opened the pot on the 99th day.
Guan Yu pop out of the pot as a baby, with a red face... What causes the red face is the early-opening of the pot, the blood still flowing through his face so comes the red color.
He then raised as a normal man only stuck with that red face and has a totally unusual life as a war-time general.
Also legend goes his big @ss knife weight thousands of ponds and only he could lift it. And his horse is also a well known ride, can run thousands of miles without resting.
Chinese people built themples for him and still worship him even today.
