Thread:Hyocaso/@comment-27247829-20160418000755/@comment-28048698-20160418233055

Oh, yeah! To be honest I don't believe in all that is told in RoTK. First, the history is always influenced by the victory. Second, even it's inspired in the history, it's a novel, and all the novels have some fiction, just like the myths. But still I feel really interested in read it, for some reason in my mind RoTK is like some kind of chinese LOTR. An epic novel, very complex, and very deep. It's a shame that I'm not able to find a copy of those in my language. I can't read in english, of course, but... To me, it's different. Reading in english my mind is translating, so it doesn't focus 100% on enjoying each page, each part, etc.

On the other hand, I think it doesn't matter (Servant-wise) if the deeds of Zhuge Liang in RoTK are true or false, because they are part of the myth and that influenced the Servant itself. The same happen with Vlad III (at least in Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/Extra), he isn't a real vampire, but all the myths around him being the evil Count Dracula, father of the vampires, influence him.

And fun fact about this: even when I admire that "platonic" Zhuge Liang, my favorite character from the little I know about RoTK is... Zhao Yun. I really admire his loyalty, and would love to see him as a Lancer some day, or a Saber (if I remember correctly, later he obtain Cao Cao's sword, or fight against Cao Cao with one sword, something like that; or it was Cao Ren?).

About Hattori, I believe you. Many months ago I was about to roleplay in some Fate/Stay Night forum with someone, and I was creating a Servant for her. It was Hattori Hanzo, so I've started reading a lot about him. His chilhood, his deeds, his death, everything. I remember how famous was him using the spear, and if I remember correctly today his spear is in a temple he bought to Tokugawa's son or something like that, right?