Guo Tu

Guo Tu is a politician and general who first served Yin Xiu. He eventually served under Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan as an advisor. Following his master to the end, he and his family are killed together with Yuan Tan.

Role in Games
In Dynasty Warriors 4, Guo Tu has a distinguishable appearence in the Battle of Ji Province. Yuan Shao orders his sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to hold onto Ji against Cao Cao. Guo Tu and Xin Ping advised Yuan Tan to forsake his impudent brother and become the rightful heir to the Yuan family. Cao Cao can convince Yuan Tan to follow Guo Tu's advice and cause him to defect. Guo Tu is either defeated (if at all) before Yuan Tan can defect or after Yuan Shao convinces him to fight Cao Cao rather than his brother.

Guo Tu has an oddly high War rating for a strategist type in the very first Romance of the Three Kingdoms, clocking in to be stronger than Wen Chou. Remarkably, he had a dwarfish Intelligence rating. This is likely caused due to a programming error since the War and Intelligence are near the same slots within a character menu. Although this has since been corrected (by swapping the two properties), the "physically strong" Guo Tu became infamous with the Japanese fanbase due to Koei trying to cover up the mistake as intentional. Within most titles of the series, he has an above average Intelligence yet is average with all other stats. He is a decent support unit for any war strategies, but he will not take hits too well.