Novel Embellished

A far bigger role in the Romance than in the Records

1Zhao Yun子龍Records 12 · Romance 180
2Zhou Yu公瑾Records 26 · Romance 288
3Lu Su子敬Records 12 · Romance 150
4Zhang Fei益德Records 21 · Romance 204
5Meng HuoRecords 1 · Romance 72
6Zhuge Liang孔明Records 132 · Romance 851
7Guan Yu雲長Records 59 · Romance 406
8Emperor Xian of Han伯和Records 12 · Romance 110
9Chen Gong公台Records 6 · Romance 72
10Sima Yi仲達Records 43 · Romance 238
11Jiang Wei伯約Records 32 · Romance 176
12Liu Bei玄德Records 196 · Romance 814
13Cai Mao德珪Records 2 · Romance 46
14Dong ChengRecords 6 · Romance 60
15Huang Zhong漢升Records 9 · Romance 71
16Lady SunRecords 1 · Romance 38
17Guan PingRecords 1 · Romance 34
18Wei Yan文長Records 14 · Romance 74
19tiedGuan Xing安國Records 3 · Romance 39
19tiedXu Shu元直Records 9 · Romance 57
21Zhang BaoRecords 2 · Romance 34
22Yang Xiu德祖Records 1 · Romance 31
23Lü Bu奉先Records 57 · Romance 185
24Ma DaiRecords 2 · Romance 32
25Sima Hui德操Records 4 · Romance 37
26Xiahou BaRecords 3 · Romance 34
27Cao Cao孟德Records 329 · Romance 885
28Wang Yun子師Records 10 · Romance 49
29Dong Zhuo仲穎Records 29 · Romance 95
30Zhang Song子喬Records 11 · Romance 51
31Cao Zhen子丹Records 11 · Romance 49
32Xu Chu仲康Records 9 · Romance 44
33Kan Ze德潤Records 6 · Romance 36
34Jia Xu文和Records 12 · Romance 49
35Chen Deng元龍Records 8 · Romance 40
36Taishi Ci子義Records 8 · Romance 39
37Sima Zhao子上Records 32 · Romance 90
38tiedXiahou Dun元讓Records 14 · Romance 50
38tiedGan Ning興霸Records 14 · Romance 50
38tiedJia ChongRecords 3 · Romance 27
41Liao Hua元儉Records 5 · Romance 31
42Yuan Shao本初Records 59 · Romance 139
43tiedJi TaiRecords 1 · Romance 22
43tiedPang Tong士元Records 27 · Romance 74
43tiedGuo Tu公則Records 4 · Romance 28
43tiedHuang Gai公覆Records 7 · Romance 34
47Xu Sheng文嚮Records 7 · Romance 33
48Shen PeiRecords 3 · Romance 25
49He Jin遂高Records 8 · Romance 34
50tiedZhang Zhao子布Records 22 · Romance 60
50tiedMi Zhu子仲Records 6 · Romance 30

How it is counted

Presence = lines of dialogue spoken + distinct relationship facts involving the person, counted in each book separately. Ranked by Romance presence ÷ (Records presence + 10), among people present in the Records at least once.

A fact repeated across several chapters counts once; equal scores share a rank. Novel Embellished and Overlooked by the Novel compare how often a person appears in each book (dialogue plus relationships), smoothed by 10 so barely mentioned people do not top the list.