Ten Kingdoms Courier

Historical visual novel

Ten Kingdoms Courier is a text-driven historical visual novel for PC about Zhou Ping'an, who begins carrying letters from Chenqiao Post Station in 912, at age twelve. His first errand is to carry one letter thirty li. He continues as the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou give way to Song, while wars and rulers change around him.

The story draws on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a time of civil war after the Tang fell. Its chapters are tied to recorded years and events, including the end of the Liang, Wang the Iron Spear, the gates of Shu, Zhongdu and Chenqiao.