Gan Ning

Personality
His courage and strength is really praiseworthy.

Gan Ning is also an extremely arrogant person. Gan Ning was a mercenary, so naturally he did not have a good temper.

History
He could be recognized because he always wore silk clothing with bells on his hips. It is known that once you hear a bell ringing, it sent fear to all the merchants who knew him.

His first lord was Liu Biao. At that time, Gan Ning had just resigned from his pirating life, and because of that Liu Biao did not entrust him with heavy responsibilities due to his reputation of being a pirate. Afterward, Gan Ning left Liu Biao and found himself under Liu Zhang’s service with the thought that he could find a wise lord to serve. But, Liu Zhang also like Liu Biao, was not a good judge of character. Turning Gan Ning into a guard of a small commandery. Afterward when Liu Biao and Liu Zhang clashed, Gan Ning joined Liu Biao's army again. Because of his criminal record, Liu Biao simply threw him to Jiangxia. Huang Zu of Jiangxia is an overtly suspicious person as well as a moralist scholar, therefore it was even more impossible for Gan Ning to be entrusted with heavy responsibilities.

After his surrender to Lu Bu, he pledged to serve him. Due to Liu Mang’s recommendation, he was given the opportunity to command a division.

Abilities
Gan Ning is a first-class general that has entered refined strength, almost breaking through to super-class. His skill in wushu is above Zhang Liao, but currently he is the same strength as Zang Ba.

Gan Ning read all the sage king’s books and strategy books, and became very adept in art of war and etiquette.

He is able lead any division. Give him 3000 cavalries, he is able to destroy Jing Province and Jiangdong. Give him 10,000 naval soldiers, he will conquer the water. Give him 30,000 infantries, he can open a new territory.

Even though Gan Ning cannot match Old General Huang’s strength, Gan Ning has several points that made him on par with Huang Zhong. Moreover, he had his naval units and the ability to train naval units. On that aspect, Huang Zhong cannot hope to match him.

Relationships

 * Su Fei: The reason that Gan Ning calls Su Fei, “Big Bro” is not only because Su Fei is much older than him, but also because Su Fei can tolerate his own blunt and rude remarks. Gan Ning was the lieutenant general for Huang Zu's naval force, furthermore Su Fei was the one who recruited Gan Ning to Huang Zu’s forces. So their relationship is very good.