Liu Xian

Liu Xian (onyomi: Ryū Ken) is Liu Du's fictional son who initially opposed Liu Bei. After his life was spared, he convinced his father to join Shu.

Role in Games
He appears for the first time in Dynasty Warriors 4 as a subofficer of Liu Du and fights outside of Lingling.

Dynasty Warriors 7 has him reappear again for the first time since the fourth title. He appears as an enemy officer in Wei's second part of the Battle of Fan Castle. There, he is one of the officers who defend the eastern castle of Jiangling and later fight the defector Mi Fang.

Liu Xian also appears in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms games as an officer serving under his father and Shu. He is given mediocore stats that range mostly in the 50's, with his war stat being in the mid 60's and also his highest stat. He can hold his own against most of the enemy generals who serve the other lords in southern Jing.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Liu Xian appears in chapter 52 in the novel as Liu Du's son. He is very self-confident and proposes to face Liu Bei's army led by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei together with Xing Daorong. They camp with 10.000 men ten miles away from the city when Zhuge Liang's troops approach them. Xing Daorong rides out to fight them, but he is defeated and captured. He is released on the pretext of capturing Liu Xian, however, he does not capture him upon his return but devises a plan to defeat Zhuge Liang with him instead. They both try to ambush Liu Bei's troops, but the ambush fails in the end. Xing Daorong is killed and Liu Xian himself is captured. Zhuge Liang orders him to return to Lingling and persuade Liu Du to surrender, otherwise the citizens would be executed and the city destroyed upon its capture. Liu Xian returns and tells his father of it. Liu Du then surrenders and is appointed as Administrator of Liuren. Liu Xian goes to serve Shu's army in Jing.