King Mulu is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Wikidata describes him as a lord of a Barbarian cave, and the setting recorded for him is Shu Han. His name is only the honorific "King" attached to a place name, with no recorded personal name, so the title stays as it was.[1][2]
The character
The Chinese Wikipedia article calls him a Barbarian of the southern tribes in the novel, a subordinate of Meng Huo and the lord of the Bana Cave, deeply versed in magic. It says that he rode an elephant when he went out, could call up wind and rain, and was followed by tigers, leopards, jackals, wolves, venomous snakes and scorpions. He commanded thirty thousand spirit soldiers and was very brave.[2]
The fight with Zhuge Liang
According to the article, he went to war on a huge elephant and at first drove back the Shu Han army. Zhuge Liang then used great beasts loaded with burning material and spitting fire to frighten his elephants. King Mulu fell from his elephant and was trampled to death.[2]
Basic facts
- Identity: fictional character of the novel, lord of a Barbarian cave[1]
- Died: 225 (as recorded by Wikidata)[1]
- Setting recorded on this entry: Shu Han[1]
- Appears in: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms[2]