FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY BEGINS A CENTURY OF WAR. In the days of China's Eastern Han Dynasty, the young emperor's power was suppressed by an evil regent as traitorous eunuchs plunged the court into chaos. The Han bloodline weakened, and the land was split amongst the strong. It was a chaotic era when bones filled the fields and fires were seen for thousands of miles. From the flames emerged the brilliant Cao Cao, the warm-hearted Liu Bei, the wise Sun Quan, the powerful Lü Bu and the tyrant Dong Zhuo. From beginnings both low and high, these men rose to power in the third century to compete for the prize: the throne of China. From the pages of history begins a century of war. The battle, one sure to split the sky and break the earth, is now unstoppable...