Warriors Orochi/Recap

The storyline of the Warriors Orochi, in summarized format. (in chronological order)

Orochi's Campaign (prequel to series, though first available to play in Warriors Orochi 2)

 * 1) Battle of Odawara Castle - Not long after Da Ji frees Orochi and his followers from the Mystic Realm and Orochi fuses the worlds of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors together, he decides to go on an asskicking rampage across the now fused China-Japan pocket universe. Dong Zhuo is the first to figure out Orochi is behind it all and decides to join up with him so he can achieve his own dreams of paradise (read:rape and pillage for his own greed), and Orochi is basically like Sure Why Not. Not long after, they march on Odawara castle, where the forces of Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Hojo have teamed up. As Orochi starts grinding the Hojo under his scaly boot, this attracts the interest of Keiji Maeda and Kotaro Fuma, with the former surrendering to Orochi after his defeat and Kotaro defecting to Orochi's forces due to seeing how Orochi is able to control chaos. Around this time, Nene attempts to defend the castle but is overwhelmed, and thanks to Da Ji launching an successful assault on the castle's supplies, Hideyoshi is forced to make a desperate attack on Orochi that fails and both he and Nene are forced to flee, leaving Orochi the victor. Keiji and Kotaro officially agree to serve Orochi after the battle, with Keiji sensing Orochi has a bigger reason for his conquest than just simple "conquer everything because I can".
 * 2) Battle of Cheng Du - Orochi decides to march against the forces of the Shu next. He manages to catch them with their pants down and quickly has his forces march from the south and seize the southern garrison. About this time, Zhuge Liang realizes who is the real target of enemy attack and advises Liu Bei to flee so they can regroup their forces at a later date. Liu Bei doesn't feel like leaving the civilians in the crossfire, so Zhuge Liang tells him to flee with them and has Zhao Yun act as Liu Bei's bodyguard. Meanwhile, Orochi's forces force their way past the southern garrison's gates (which were blocked by an engineering squad) and resume the assault on the main garrison of Cheng Du Castle in the west, hoping to demoralize the Shu forces (and Liu Bei especially) into surrender by taking out the commanding officers of the Shu forces. Zhuge Liang attempts to deter the Orochi forces by deploying several defensive units to bog down their advance, but they serve as mere speed bumps at best. Zhao Yun then attempts to use himself as a more effective defender unit to cover Liu Bei's escape, but is overwhelmed and captured. The Nanman forces (led by Meng Huo and Zhurong) show up to fight Orochi's forces in an attempt to assist the Shu forces, but are also overwhelmed. As a last ditch effort, Zhuge Liang attempt to deploy a sorcery unit as a distraction to aid Liu Bei's escape, but this seen through and defeated, and Liue Bei is overwhelmed and captured. Zhuge Liang promptly surrenders to Orochi in an attempt to guarantee Liu Bei's safety, and Da Ji promptly informs him that they are perfectly aware of the intent behind his surrender and that he now has no choice but to serve Orochi now.
 * 3) Battle of Kawanakajima - Not long after the fall of the Shu, the rest of the warlords of the other factions start to grasp the severity of the threat Orochi's forces represent, and while the facts behind the merger of the worlds still don't make sense, several rivals decide to ally to oppose the greater threat to humanity, such as the Takeda and Uesegi, led by Shingen and Kenshin respectively. Their movements are spotted by Orochi reconnaissance forces led by Dong Zhuo, prompting Orochi and Da Ji to respond. Kenshin decides to overwhelm the Orochi forces with a cavalry blitzkrieg, which Shingen decides to augment with his own forces. Orochi's forces anticipate this move and while some of Orochi's dig in and fortify the main camp, the rest aim for the officers controlling the cavalry units, attempting to disrupt their operations. This turns out to merely be a feint, as Takeda sends his forces to overwhelm the secondary garrisons of the Orochi forces with his own troops, led by his lieutenant, Yukimura Sanada. This is quickly spotted by Dong Zhuo, and the Orochi forces there manage to hold out long enough for the main assault force to repel the Sanada forces and secure the secondary garrisons. Once the Sanada assault is repelled (which forces Yukimura to retire the field), the Orochi forces go on the offensive to repel additional waves of enemy troops. This turns out to have merely been another strategy to make Orochi forces lower their guard as they advance on the Stone Sentinel Maze to the south, which Shingen set ablaze as Kenshin deploys his main forces to overwhelm Orochi's main camp. The main body of Orochi's forces barely manages to escape the trap as Kenshin's forces bear down on the defenders of Orochi's now depleted garrisons. They barely manage to make in time to repulse Kenshi Uesegi forces, and make it in even less time to stop Kenshin lieutenant, Kanetsgu Naoe, from assaulting the southern garrisons as they secure the north. Shingen decides to open the gates to his own garrison in the south and appears to be deploying his forces, but this is all a feint to force the now weakened Orochi forces to have to reenter the still burning Stone Sentinel Maze to assault his fortified position. However, the fire dies down by this point, allowing the weakened by still formidable forces of Orchi to overcome Shingen and force him to retreat, allowing Orochi's forces to be victorious once more. Later, Da Ji order Zhuge Liang (who has been held in reserve) to mop up any remaining resistance. Meanwhile, Keiji asks Dong Zhuo what he makes of Orochi. Dong Zhuo cites his belief Orochi's power could help him achieve his dreams, and while Keiji concedes the truth of that statement, he realizes Orochi seems to have death wish behind his desire to fight humanity's greatest warriors, which he clearly admires.
 * 4) Battle Of He Fei- Having defeated the Takeda and Uesegi forces, Orochi turns his attention to the forces of Wu at He Fei. Da Ji had Zhuge Liang lead the vanguard forces, partially as a test of his loyalties and partially to sow chaos amongst the human resistance by forcing them to have kill other fellow humans. Later, as Zhuge Liang is explaining to his generals that the Wu will be extremely difficult to dislodge, Ina (daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, whose lord Ieyasu Orochi overwhelmed in the opening movie, though since he isn't beaten until the fifth battle, she was apparently captured at some earlier unspecified time) asks him if he has no otyher reason for his assault on the Wu aside from his concern for Liu Bei's safety, but Zhuge Liang brushes aside her probing questions as they begin the assault. Sun Jian and the rest of the Wu forces notice the movements of the Orochi forces, and orders the Wu strategist, Zhou Yu, to coordinate the counterattack. Zhuge Liang anticipates this and orders the Orochi forces pacify the western and northern sectors of the battlefield. As that is underway, Zhuge Liang sends a message to some reserve troops into acting on a prearranged battle plan. This spurs the reserve forces of Orochi to join the battle, which Zhou Yu notices and counters by having Gan Ning and Zhang Liao (there to assist on order of Cao Cao) spring into action and has them assault the Orochi forces, planning to overwhelm then now that their guard has been lowered. Zhuge Liang counters that by summoning engineers to destroy the main bridges to the Orochi forces garrisons and thus stop their advance and box them in for an easy counterattack. Gan Ning and Zhang Liao are driven back, but they were merely a diversion for the rest of the Wu forces to launch their assault, and Gan Ning temporarily withdraws while Zhang Liao withdraws to report to Cao Cao. The plan to destroy the bridge can either succeed or fail, but regardless, Sun Ce arrives from the southwest as reinforcements and Zhou Yu and Sun Jian decide to join up with Sun Ce to storm Orochi's forces. This turns out to be a foolhardy exercise, as the Orochi forces prove too strong and the senior commanders of Wu, including Zhou Yu and Sun Jian are captured. After the battle, Zhuge Liang informs them they can either surrender to Orochi or die, and despite Sun Ce's outrage at Zhuge Liang's apparent selling of his soul to Orochi, Sun Jian decides to surrender in exchange for the safety of the others, offering himself as a hostage to seal the deal. Zhou Yu is happy about that, but Sun Jian tells him that they always reclaim what is theirs later so long as they are alive. Zhuge Liang accepts the surrender, and the people of Wu are thus forced into Orochi's service.
 * 5) Battle Of Edo Castle - With the Wu beaten, and Sun Ce and Sun Quan now forced to fight against their fellow man in exchange for their father's safety. Meanwhile, upon hearing of Wu's defeat, the other resistance movements become even more determined to oppose Orochi, who is amused by this. As they approach Edo Castle, Da Ji decides to troll Sun Ce by reminding him how much Zhuge Liang kicked his ass, but Sun Ce bites of his urge to tell her to shove it and merely asks what she wants of him. Da Ji then orders him to lead the assault on Edo Castle and Tokugawa Ieyasu. As the battle commence, Sun Ce still isn't happy, but leads the assualt as ordered. Masamune Date shows up to lead a sneak attack on Oorchi's forces, but is quickly driven back. As he retires to the castle keep to come up with a new plan of attack, Sun Ce decides to put his reservations on park and resumes the fight with a little more vigor. As the western castle walls are breached, Ieyasu orders his troops to dig in and wait for a chance to turn the tables.