Romance of the Three Kingdoms Youtube Audio book! Volume 1
skullface for Cao Cao
Cao Cao is the ruler of the kingdom of Wei, and is the most evil of all the rulers. He rules tyranically, yet efficiently. He usurps the court, yet plays within it. He is a man driven by conquest, just like alot of other rulers, yet unlike the types of Dong Zhuo or his bodyguard Lu Bu, Cao Cao is not a man of exceeding passions. He is a colder man than that. He is a man that would stab you in the back if it meant he gained more land. Yet he was at the same time, a man that recognized talent, and rewarded the talented. He has recruited the officers of defeated armies many times, including Zhang Liao, a man who would go on to be instrumental to the successful defense of Hei Fei. In short, he is one badass mofo.
This voice requires a lower voice, but a lower voice that carries with it alot of charisma. Less stoic and unshaken like say, Guan Yu. Just don't let the charisma make his voice too high, try to keep it at a decent lowish pitch while still letting in burst of passion when needed.
Clapping his hands, laughing: Solving this issue is as easy as turning over one's hand! Why so much talk?
(This quote shows Cao Cao laughing and saying that the situation at hand is easy to solve. This situation being the problem of the eunichs. Bassicly the overarching villains of the entire book are the people that corrupt the state, and the first people in the book that are reported to do that are the Eunichs. So for the moment, the Yellow Turbans are causing alot of trouble, but in terms of the stability of the state, the Eunichs are the real villains. So a general, He Jin, gets a bunch of people together to decide what they are going to do about these Enuichs, the people in the meeting are bickering, and Cao Cao interups and says the line)
The eunuch evil is of very old standing, but the real cause of the present trouble is in the improper influence allowed them by the emperors and the misplaced favoritism they have enjoyed. But a gaoler would be ample force to employ against this kind of evil, and getting rid of the main culprits is quite enough. Why increase confusion by summoning troops from the regions? Any desire to slay all of them will speedily become known, and the plan will fail.
(This quote continues the next quote, the reading of this quote will test how authoritative and charismatic you can be as Cao Cao)
I am Cao Cao, ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, you shall bow before me, or you will die!
(This is a quote I just invented for the sake of hearing how you sound when yelling as Cao Cao. Go wherever you want, angry, threatening, go where you like with it, I will like to hear your take)
