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Sunday, March 22, 2026

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass:

The only way to get an enormous number of additional fictional characters is to break a taboo -- use characters from Dynasty Warriors.  Dynasty Warriors are historical personages, but their video game versions are clearly fictional superheroes with over the top magical powers.  If I look at their Dynasty Warriors versions as fictional characters, then I can bypass my 'this is a fictional character hall of fame, only fictional characters may apply' rule.

If I'm going to be breaking a taboo anyway, I may as well go full hog and include every single Dynasty Warrior as a hall of famer.  That too is the only way to get a sufficient number of song-eligible names.  So without further ado, let's assign a quality 4-star song to every single Dynasty Warrior:

Wei:

Xiahou Dun:  Combat -adversity-

Dian Wei:  Farewell Song

Zhang Liao:  let my soul burn (maxi's theme)

Cao Cao:  Tyrano Castle

Xu Zhu:  Jesters of the Moon

Xiahou Yuan:  Combat -subjugation-

Xu Huang:  The Sensational World

Zhang He:  Dance With The Balamb-Fish

Cao Ren:  Under Martial Law

Cao Pi:  Dark World

Zhenji:  Overture (FF6)

Cai Wenji:  Tenderness In The Air

Jia Xu:  HEADHUNT

Pang De:  Combat Theme 1 (HOMAM 3)

Wang Yi:  Feel My Blade

Guo Jia:  Successive Battles

Yue Jin:  The Battle (FF5)

Li Dian:  Battle 1 (FF3)

Yu Jin:  Panic

Xun Yu:  Run Through Flames - Largo Bridge (Extra Version)

Cao Xiu:  Mitsui 01

Man Chong:  Martial Law

Xun You:  Watching the Tower in the Sea of Flames

Wu:

Zhou Yu:  Clear and Serene

Lu Xun:  scarlet

Sun Shangxiang:  Anxious Heart

Gan Ning:  Pirates Ahoy!

Sun Jian:  Sealed Away

Taishi Chi:  Sentou Scene 2 A

Lu Meng:  Battle Theme #2 (FF11)

Huang Gai:  Sentou Scene A

Zhou Tai:  Protecting my Devotion

Ling Tong:  Moving On

Sun Ce:  a high spirited tiger (xiba's theme)

Sun Quan:  Four Heroes

Xiaoqiao:  Good luck to the store!

Daqiao:  I hope the weather will be sunny tomorrow

Ding Feng:  Save Them!

Lianshi:  The Mines of Narshe

Lu Su:  Returners

Han Dang:  Sentou Scene 2 B

Zhu Ran:  HEATMAN STAGE

Cheng Pu:  Kagerou

Xu Sheng:  Atsuki Ya no Gotoku

Shu:

Zhao Yun:  Deliver Me

Guan Yu:  The Mountain Song

Zhang Fei:  The Bridge Between Spring and Dusk

Zhuge Liang:  The Mistweaver Monks

Liu Bei:  Three Kings

Ma Chao:  Airship (FF11)

Huang Zhong:  Avilla Hanya

Wei Yan:  beyond the wasteland

Guan Ping:  myu 02

Pang Tong:  Koko

Yueying:  GIRAFFE BLUES ~Freyja Solo~

Jiang Wei:  battle of e platoon

Liu Shan:  New Day, New Life

Xingcai:  Phosphor

Ma Dai:  Brave Advancement

Guan Suo:  Ahead On Our Way (FF7)

Bao Sanniang:  Descendant of Shinobi

Xu Shu:  Off the Edge of Despair

Zhang Bao:  Grand Finale?

Guan Xing:  The Serpent Trench

Guan Yinping:  Fisherman's Horizon

Fa Zheng:  A Full Scale Attack

Zhou Cang:  Fune

Xiahouji:  Kirei na Kanjou

Jin:

Sima Yi:  Kingdom Of Tantal (Day)

Sima Shi:  The Snowbound Land

Sima Zhao:  Seat of the Empire

Deng Ai:  Battle 2 (FF3)

Wang Yuanji:  Subconscious Domain (Winter)

Zhong Hui:  Absence of Light

Zhuge Dan:  Seeking Power

Xiahou Ba:  wind blows, battlefield

Guo Huai:  Wheel Of Fortune

Jia Chong:  What Lies Within

Wen Yang:  Harvest Dance

Zhang Chunhua:  Sohma, the Snow-Covered Expanse

Xin Xianying:  Aka Fusha

Other:

Diaochan:  Necropolis (HOMAM 4)

Lu Bu:  The World's Awakening [Final Boss Theme]

Dong Zhuo:  Inferno Towns (HOMAM 3)

Yuan Shao:  Combat Theme 2 (HOMAM 3)

Zhang Jiao:  The Ancient Library

Meng Huo:  Orgrimmar (Cataclysm Version)

Zhurong:  Gurugu Kasan

Zuo Ci:  Matouya no Doukutsu

Chen Gong:  Delightful Spekkio

Lu Lingqi:  One Day Like This

Dong Bai:  Sora

Hua Xiong:  The World for the People

Yuan Shu:  City Theme - Academy (HOMAM 5)

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I had 213 quality 4-star unassigned songs to work with, so the 94 songs I chose for these 94 Dynasty Warriors were not the 'top 94 unassigned songs,' they were the 94 songs that best fit these characters, from out of the 213 songs available.  How do I know which songs fit these characters best?  Because I've played every Dynasty Warriors since 3, for thousands of hours, and I know all these characters by heart by now.  I leveled virtually every one of these characters to max at some point in the series.

This means that among my remaining 119 unassigned songs are really stellar songs I'm really going to miss.  But there's nothing I can do about that right now.  At least I found a home for 94 songs.  Humorously, this sails Dynasty Warriors by far to the top of my wonderful fictional character hall of fame.  Final Fantasy, with its 62 wonderful characters, is nothing compared to the new top dog.  >.<.

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