Xiahou Dun

"Essence of my father, blood of my mother, I cannot throw this away!"

- Xiahou Dun as he put the eye into his mouth and swallowed it.

"Another victim has fallen before me!"

- Xiahou Dun's victory quote.

"My might shall illuminate the path to victory!"

- Xiahou Dun in Dynasty Warriors 8.

Xiahou Dun (in Chinese: 夏侯惇), nicknamed Blind Xiahou (in Chinese: 盲夏侯), is a character and an anti-hero in the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and its multiple adaptations. He is a loyal military general who while serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was served for a few months under Cao Cao's successor, Cao Pi, before his death. As one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals, Xiahou Dun has would aided the warlord in his campaigns to fights against Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and others. He is a playable character in the Dynasty Warriors series.

Biography
Xiahou Dun was born in Qiao county, Yu Province. He is a descendent of Han minister Xiahou Ying, as well as the cousin of Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Dun was known as a one-eyed general for losing his left eye in the Battle of Xiapi. Xiahou Dun was sent as the spearhead to attack the Jing Province. In the Battle of Bowang, Xiahou Dun along with his enormous army lead to attack Liu Bei. Using Zhuge Liang's strategy, Liu Bei's army is led by Zhao Yun that was imposed a mock-up strategy and lured Xiahou Dun's armies into the traps they had prepared. Despite Li Dian's warning, Xiahou Dun insisted on going to attack Liu Bei. In the end, Xiahou Dun lost because many of his troops were burned to death as a result of Zhuge Liang's strategy.

While Xiahou Dun is stationed in Juchao with 26 juns (Jun is a military unit. Every 12,500 soldiers counted as one Juns). However, in this case, the number of troops under Xiahou Dun's command but does not amount to 325,000, due to flexibility about the formation of jun, in the Battle of Hefei, he along with Zhang Liao to fight against Sun Quan. However, Xiahou Dun was did not seem to have succeeded in doing anything during his tenure as chief commander in the south, except staying in the same place as a large army.

After Cao Cao's death, while his son and successor Cao Pi then appointed Xiahou Dun as General-in-Chief. A few months later, Xiahou Dun died of illness.

Personality
Xiahou Dun is a serious and loyal man who while rarely questions his lord's judgment. He was usually focused but he can also be a hothead who lets his temper get the best of him. While his temper has becomes a more controlled in the later games, so making him cool headed and focused, while had can still having loyalty to his lord and honor. For it would be shown he has a strong sense of honor, and despises those who can use deceit as a means of achieving victory.

Trivia

 * Xiahou Dun is one of the recurring boss characters in the Knights of Valour game series.