In Wei's ending, she is seen serenading a group of dancers with her erhu. She accompanies Zhang Liao at the Battle of Hefei, helping him defeat the officers of Wu. Cai Wenji remarks that the dancer's tale of woe is one of the many griefs caused by war and promises her father to exert herself for the sake of peace.Ĭai Wenji joins the Wei forces during the Three Kingdoms era in Dynasty Warriors Next. Lu Bu obliges to her pleas and the couple depart. Diao Chan, who feels sympathy for her desire to fight for her parent, pleads with Lu Bu to spare them. She struggles to defeat the final warrior yet is determined to protect her wounded father. Her opponents include officers assembled by Yuan Shu, the Sun Family, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu. Cai Yong stakes his life on protecting their escape point while Cai Wenji defeats the flood of intruders in the west, east, and south. Accompanying her father in his loyalties to the Han, Cai Wenji desires to aid the emperor's trip. Their desires to exploit the emperor makes him vulnerable during their journey. However, Dong Zhuo's tyranny left a lasting impact on the other warlords, each vying for their own ambitions. After Dong Zhuo's death, Emperor Xian decides to return to the capital, Luoyang. The Xtreme Legends expansion adds a Hero Scenario centering on her efforts. In her third Legendary Battle, Cai Wenji fights Liu Bei and his Five Tiger Generals to protect Cao Cao and repay him for saving her life. Her second Legendary Battle takes place after Cao Cao rescues her, and they fight Yuan Shao's army as they escape from the borderlands. In her first Legendary Battle in Dynasty Warriors 7, she and her father try to escape from Dong Zhuo at Chang'an. She is mostly seen in the Conqueror's Arc where she helps Wei fend off Xiang Yu's invasion. Forgoing her chance of an everyday life of serenity, Cai Wenji volunteers her assistance in the battlefield. She was kidnapped by a group of nomads and lived an unhappy life until Cao Cao rescued her and brought the young woman back home. In Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid 2, she is a poet and talented musician who excels in her studies. The player must escort her during her mission and defend her from bandits and other enemies. Her character's height in Kessen II is the same as her Dynasty Warriors counterpart.Ĭai Wenji appears as an NPC in the mercenary missions of Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires. She is the only Dynasty Warriors character to retain her style name usage in both English and Asian scripts. The character poll for overseas fans puts her in eighth place for the Wei division. The latest poll for the eighth installment puts her in nineteenth. In Famitsu's character survey, she placed fifth place for the girlfriend category. She is twenty-seventh place with fans in Gamecity's Dynasty Warriors 7 character popularity poll and thirty-first in the Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends popularity poll. She is Cai Yong's daughter and Dong Si's wife.īefore her playable Dynasty Warriors appearance, she was a generic bodyguard. Left in grief during and after her capture, Cai Yan composed several compositions which were praised after her death, and beforehand worked together with Cao Cao to revive much of her late father's works with their talents combined. Historically, she was kidnapped by a group of nomads and rescued by Cao Cao, especially due to his close ties with her late father. Cai Yan (蔡琰, onyomi: Sai En), otherwise known via her alternate style name as Cai Wenji (蔡文姫, onyomi: Sai Bunki), comes from a family of imperial scholars who specializes in poetry and composing music.

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