- "Who wants some Wang?"
- —Lo Wang's iconic quote in the series.
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Lo Wang is the main protagonist and player controlled character in the Shadow Warrior Classic, its expansions and the reboot..
History
Lo Wang in original appearance.
Classic Version
Shadow Warrior (Classic)
Lo Wang worked as a bodyguard for Zilla Enterprises, a conglomerate that had power over every major industry in Japan. However, this led to corruption, and Master Zilla - the president - planned to conquer Japan using creatures from the "dark side". In discovery of this, Lo Wang quits his job as a bodyguard. Master Zilla realized that not having a warrior as powerful as Lo Wang would be dangerous, and sents his creatures after Lo Wang. Later on in the game, Lo finds that Zilla's men have slain his old master, whom he had sought out to help him. Following his master's dying words, Lo decides to avenge his death. After fighting through Zilla's army, Lo Wang manages to track down Zilla to his secret base inside a volcano. There he fights, Zilla, who piloted a samurai-like war-mech. Lo defeats the mech but before he can finish the job, Zilla escapes, promising a future encounter.
Wanton Destruction
After the events of original Shadow Warrior, Lo Wang decides to visit his relatives in USA. Zilla, still bitter after his defeat, uses this as a chance to kill Wang and sends his forces after him. After defeating Zilla's forces again, Wang faces-off Zilla for the second time, this time above the streets of Tokyo. The battle ends in Master Zilla's death. After the battle Lo Wang returns to USA. As he goes back to his hotel room, Lo Wang finds an old lady waiting for him there, after which it cuts to black.
Twin Dragon
Lo Wang is meditating in his home, when evil forces attack him. It's revealed that they were sent by Wang's evil twin brother Hung Lo, who wants to destroy entire world. Lo Wang goes through Hung's dark minions, reaches his palace and fights the evil Twin Dragon Hung Lo. The fight ends with Lo Wang shooting a nuke at Hung Lo, which kills him in the process.
Remake Version
Shadow Warrior (2013)
Lo Wang is an assassin who works for the powerful Japanese industrial magnate, Orochi Zilla. He is sent to purchase an ancient katana from a collector named Mizayaki for 2 million dollars. Mizayaki refuses the offer and Lo Wang tries to take the sword by force, killing his men in the process. Lo Wang is captured when Mizayaki reveals his bond with a demon named Hoji, and is caged, but escapes when demons attack the compound. Mizayaki is killed in the attack and Lo Wang allies himself with Hoji in hopes of retrieving the sword. Hoji explains that the Nobitsura Kage, as the sword is called, is capable of slaying immortals and is anathema to demons. He also mentions that the Nobitsura Kage is actually three swords, and so Lo Wang seeks them out to merge them into one.
Through the course of the game, Lo Wang comes across "Whisperers": magical golems which contain a memory (in place of a heart) that one of the Ancients, the immortals that rule the demons, chose to sequester away. By slaying these golems, Wang absorbs their memories and learns of the game's back-story. In the Shadow Realm, the home realm of the demons, the rain is fueled by the weeping of Ameonna, the sister of Hoji and the other Ancients. Hoji and Ameonna had an incestuous affair, which made her happy and stopped the rain. This caused a disastrous drought, and when the affair was discovered by Enra, the ruler of the Shadow Realm, Hoji's other brothers, Gozu, Mezu, and Xing, separated the pair and skinned Hoji's face as punishment, forcing him to wear a mask. Ameonna accepted her responsibility to the Shadow Realm, which embittered Hoji against both her for her abandonment and Enra for his tyranny over the Ancients. He conspired to poison his sister and take revenge upon Enra, tricking Xing into delivering a tainted potion that put her into an eternal slumber and causing another drought, using this to draw Enra to the temple so that Xing could overthrow him and rule the Shadow Realm in his stead. But the plot was stopped by Mezu, the most loyal of the brothers to Enra. Xing was beheaded by Gozu on Enra's orders for his role in the plot, which did not kill him, and Hoji was banished to the mortal realm for his treachery. Enra later saw that only the sacrifice of an Ancient could revive Ameonna and save the Shadow Realm, and thus sought the Nobitsura Kage, the only thing in existence which can kill an Ancient. Enra brokered a deal with the mortal Zilla to find and assemble the sword, promising a cure for his paraplegia and the assistance of demons to conquer the Earth. On his quest for the third piece of the sword, Lo Wang, who originally sought the Nobitsura Kage to deliver to Zilla, turns against his boss, betraying the Kyokagami twins, fellow assassins who also work for Zilla, in order to help Hoji retrieve the final piece of the weapon. It's discovered that Zilla was holding a Whisperer hostage the whole time, and is in possession of the third piece of the sword. Lo Wang tracks down Zilla, in hopes of gaining the last piece. Enra, knowing of Wang's betrayal, warns Zilla and heal his paraplegia, giving him demonic powers. Cured Zilla fights with Lo Wang over the piece but Wang gets the upper hand and Zilla flees. When Enra teleports Hoji back to the shadow realm, Lo Wang uses the last Whisperer on earth to travel to the Shadow Realm and learns that Hoji, who originally created the Whisperers, regrets his role in plunging the Shadow Realm into misery and seeks to undo his wrong by creating another Whisperer, taking away his memory of Lo Wang. Lo Wang convinces him that Enra needs to be stopped, and so the two join forces once more, with Hoji seeking to redeem himself by killing Enra and using his blood to revive Ameonna. Upon their return to earth, Lo Wang confronts Zilla, and cuts off his sword arm. As Lo Wang reassembles the Nobitsura Kage to its full Ancient-killing power, Zilla escapes with the help of the Kyokagami twins.
With the full Nobitsura Kage in his hands, Lo Wang returns to the Shadow Realm with Hoji to confront Enra. Lo Wang is captured by Enra and stripped of the sword. Enra tries to sacrifice Hoji to revive Ameonna by means of using the original Whisperer that Hoji made, which like the others before, can handle the Nobitsura Kage without harm, but Hoji disarms the Whisperer and hands the sword back to Lo Wang, forcing Enra to retreat. But by touching the Nobitsura Kage, Hoji dooms himself. Lo Wang corners Enra after a tense battle with Xing's headless body, Enra allows Lo Wang to slay him, since he is the only sacrificial candidate left. Ameonna awakens, and upon seeing the dead body of Hoji, she weeps, bringing rain back to the Shadow Realm.
Shadow Warrior 2
Five years have passed since Lo Wang shattered the alliance between his deceitful former boss and the ancient gods of the shadow realm. Despite noble intentions, Lo Wang's efforts to annihilate the darkness corrupted the world, creating a strange and savage new order where humans and demons live side by side.
The once feared warrior now lives in the shifting wildlands outside the reach of his enemies and the neon glow of Zilla's cybernetic metropolis, scratching out a meager existence as a hired sword for the local Yakuza clans. When a simple mission goes wrong, Lo Wang is drawn into a volatile conflict between a brilliant young scientist, a controversial cult leader, and a terrifying new drug known as Shade. The sharp-tongued hero must once again wield lethal blades, staggering firepower, and archaic magic to purge the world of evil.
He is seemly being devoured by Kamiko in her dragon form at the end of the game after defeating Ameonna.
Personality
Shadow Warrior Classic
In the Classic, Lo Wang is fearless and headstrong. He never runs away from battle and meets it full head on. The most well known trait of Wang is his silver tongue. He also seems to be perversive towards females, especially young ones. Lo Wang seems to possess high moral compass as when Zilla became corrupted and wanted to take over Japan, Wang didn't want to be any part of that and left.
Shadow Warrior (2013)
In the reboot, Lo Wang's personality stays pretty much the same albeit much less perversive. Through the course of the game, Wang seems to grow in character, even admitting being an asshole towards others. He develops a tight bond with demon Hoji and shows great pain and anger, when he sacrifices his life for Wang.
Design
Classic
In Classic Lo Wang looked like he was in his 60s. He was bald, had long beard and half-naked. He wore blue pants, blacks boots and had a dragon tattoo on his chest.
2013
In the reboot Lo Wang is much younger looking. he's in his mid 20s. For most of the game, he wears a suit of armor. He has black hair, which he shaves and a beard.
Shadow Warrior 2
In Shadow Warrior 2, Lo Wang now is in his 30s. He is bald and wears sunglasses.
Classic Quotes
Trivia
- In Shadow Warrior Classic and it's expansions, Lo Wang is voiced by John William Galt, while in the reboot by Jason Liebrecht.
- The name 'Wang' is the source if many jokes at Lo's expense, as 'Wang' is slang for male genitalia.
- The name "Lo Wang" can be understood as “老王”, which translates word for word as "Old Wang". In Chinese, you can add a "Lo" in front of some one's last name to show that you are familiar with him. There are also internet memes of this particular name. For example, “隔壁老王” (Ge Bi Lo Wang, or Lo Wang next door) is a common expression for a man who have an affair with his neighbor's wife.
Gallery
Shadow Warrior Classic
Shadow Warrior (2013)
Shadow Warrior 2
Promotional
