Character Unlocking Guide - Guide for Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

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|    WARRIORS OROCHI 3 ULTIMATE       |
|    CHARACTER UNLOCKING GUIDE        |
|            Version 1.20             |
|       Created by Doomerang          |
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Table of Contents:

I.   Legal Disclaimer                                 		   (Search: LegDis)

II.  How do I use this guide?                         		   (Search: GuPurpose)

III. Unlocking Characters (Chronologically, by earliest available)
  a.  Chapter 1                                       		   (Search: CH1)

  b.  Chapter 2                                       		   (Search: CH2)
  
  c.  Chapter 3							   (Search: CH3)
  
  d.  Chapter 4							   (Search: CH4)
  
  e.  Chapter 7							   (Search: CH7)
  
  f.  Chapter 8							   (Search: CH8)

  h.  Gauntlet Mode						   (Search: GAU)

IV.  Revision History						   (Search: RevHis)
V.   Contact information					   (Search: ConIn)

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I. Legal Disclaimer                                                (LegDis)

  This guide is written and copyrighted 2014 by Neil Chatterjee, for uploading
solely on GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) and neoseeker (www.neoseeker.com). If 
you find this guide on any other site, please let me know by email (which is
found under the last section).If you upload this as your own or plagiarize it
in any way without my written permission, I will take action against you. 
Please do not sell this guide for money; it is intended to be read for 
personal use free of charge for everyone.

Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate, and all content in the game are copyright of their 
respective companies.


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II. How do I use this guide?		   		           (GuPurpose)

	I created this guide in order to help people unlock characters as
early as possible. While the regular PS3 boards of Warriors Orochi 3 do go
over some of the unlock requirements for some of the optional characters,
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate has added a considerable number of additional
characters over the original game.

	This guide is designed to tell readers when characters are available
at the earliest possible time, but that does NOT mean that the optional
battles will automatically unlock. Sometimes you have to keep switching
characters in camp until the prerequisite characters appear, and others
require the friendship between certain characters to reach the second stage.
As such, if you get to a point in my guide where I list an optional battle
as being available but you don't have it, either increase the friendship
between the listed characters or continuously refresh the camp by switching
your controlled character until the characters you need to talk to appear.


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III. Unlocking Characters (Chronologically, by earliest available)


The guide will be listed in the following format. If several battles are
under the same chapter subsection, then those battles can be completed at
roughly the same point of the story (listed mandatory battles first,
optional battles after). If the player receives more than one character on
a stage, they will be grouped together. Characters in brackets ( [ ] ) are
missable, meaning the player may complete the stage but fail to get the
character. 

SAMPLE:

Character: Ma Chao, [Lu Bu]
Battle:    Battle Name
Unlock:    Unlock requirements for battle to be selectable. If it's 
           mandatory, it will be listed as "Story Mode"

Note:
I will describe the requirements to get the character(s) listed in the 
brackets in this note section

Please note that I will NOT be including battles that have no recruitable
characters unless they are a prerequisite to unlock a character later.



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Chapter 1 							  (CH1)

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1a
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Character: Ma Chao, Hanbei Takenaka, Sima Zhao
Battle:    None
Unlock:    Start Story Mode



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1b
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Pang De, Ma Dai, Kunoichi
Battle:    Battle of Yiling
Unlock:    Story Mode; finish the prologue

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

None



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1c
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Wang Yuanji, Zhuge Dan, Sakon Shima
Battle: Battle of Ueda Castle
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Yiling

--

Character: Kanbei Kuroda, Xu Huang, Deng Ai, Jia Xu, Ginchiyo Tachibana,
           Huang Gai
Battle: Battle of Dongkou
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Yiling

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

Character: None (Prerequisite for Huang Zhong)
Battle: Battle of Tetorigawa
Unlock: Speak to Pang De after completing one of the mandatory story 
        battles listed above.

--

Character: Huang Zhong, Xu Shu
Battle:    Battle of Yiling Redux
Unlock:    Complete Battle of Tetorigawa
Note:      Xu Shu will appear in camp after the battle; talk to him to
           recruit him



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1d
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Masanori Fukushima, Taigong Wang, Yoshitsune Minamoto
Battle: Battle of Shouchun
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Ueda Castle and Battle of Dongkou

--

Character: Ranmaru Mori, Guo Huai, Yukimura Sanada, Zhou Tai, Hideyoshi
           Toyotomi
Battle: Battle of Nagashino
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Ueda Castle and Battle of Dongkou

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

None



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1e
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Yoshihiro Shimazu, Sun Shangxiang, Xiaoquiao, Ding Fen, Kai
Battle: Battle of Odawara Castle
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Nagashino and Battle of Shouchun

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

None








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Chapter 2 							(CH2)



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2a
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Nemea, Goemon Ishikawa, Bao Sanniang
Battle: Battle of Kyushu
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Odawara Castle
Note: Unsure if Bao Sanniang is missable if you somehow complete the
      stage before she is captured. This is hard to do, since Jia Xu 
      will normally defeat her for you.

--

Character: Wei Yan, Meng Huo, Zhurong 
Battle: Battle of Nanzhong
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Kyushu

--

Character: Benkei, Zuo Ci, Ryu Hayabusa, Toshiie Maeda, Cai Wenji,
           Kanatsugu Naoe
Battle: Battle of Anegawa
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Odawara Castle

--

Character: Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, Cao Ren, Sun Quan, Xiahou Ba
Battle: Battle of Mt. Dingjun
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Anegawa

--

Character: Ayane, Liu Shan, Nagamasa Azai, Kiyomasa Kato
Battle: Battle of Hasedo
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Odawara Castle

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

Character: Muneshige Tachibana
Battle: Battle of Mt. Xingshi
Unlock: Complete Battle of Kyushu, then improve relationships between Xiaoqiao,
        Sun Shangxiang, and Ginchiyo Tachibana to level 2 to initiate camp talk

--

Character: None (prerequisite for Musashi Miyamoto)
Battle: Rescue at Dongkou (appears under Chapter 1 stage 
        selection)
Unlock: Listen to conversation between Yoshihiro Shimazu and Kai in camp

--

Character: Musashi Miyamoto
Battle: Battle of Odawara Castle Redux
Unlock: Complete Rescue at Dongkou

-- 

Character: None (Prerequisite for Lianshi)
Battle: Rescue at Taoshui
Unlock: Listen to conversation between Zhou Tai and Sun Shangxiang

--

Character: [Lianshi]
Battle: Battle of Nagashino Redux
Unlock: Complete Rescue at Taoshui
Note:   Lianshi IS missable here. You MUST rendezvous with her when she
        reappears near the end of the battle in order to recruit her.

--

Character: Seimei Abe
Battle: Struggle for Ueda Castle
Unlock: See conversation between Wang Yuanji, Hanbei Takenaka, and Kaguya

--

Character: Sanzang, Ling Tong
Battle: Battle of Taoshui
Unlock: Complete Battle of Kyushu; Level relationship between Goemon Ishikawa
        and Hideyoshi Toyotomi to 2, then see conversation


--


Character: Yueying
Battle: Chaos at Tetorigawa
Unlock: Complete Battle of Anegawa; Level relationship between Zuo Ci,
        Benkei, and Xu Huang to 2, then see conversation.

--

Character: None (prerequisite for Lu Meng)
Battle: Retreat from Mt. Niutou
Unlock: Complete Battle of Hasedo; See conversation between Taishi Ci,
        Lianshi, and Nagamasa Azai

--

Character: Lu Meng
Battle: Battle of Hasedo Redux
Unlock: Complete Retreat from Mt. Niutou

-- 

Character: None (Prerequisite for Magoichi Saika)
Battle: Heroes of Komaki-Nagakute
Unlock: Complete Battle of Mt. Dingjun; See conversation between Kaguya,
        Joan of Arc, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

--

Character: Magoichi Saika
Battle: Battle of Dingjun Redux
Unlock: Complete Heroes of Komaki-Nagukute

-- 

Character: Gan Ning
Battle: Battle of Mikatagahara
Unlock: Level relationship between Lu Meng, Lianshi, and Masanori Fukushima
        to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Rachel
Battle: Battle of Jiangdong
Unlock: Complete Battle of Anegawa, level relationship between Ding Feng
        and Lianshi to level 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Xiahou Yuan
Battle: Battle of Nanjun (appears under Chapter 1)
Unlock: Level relationship between Xiahou Ba and Magoichi Saika to 2,
        then see conversation




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2b
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Zhang He, Xingcai, Shuten Doji, Oichi, Nene, Katsuie Shibata
Battle: Battle of Xuchang
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Mt. Dingjun, Battle of Nanzhong,
        and Battle of Hasedo


====

OPTIONAL BATTLES

None



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2c
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Da Ji, Himiko, Achilles, Motonari Mori
Battle: Battle of Sekigahara
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Xuchang

Character: Masamune Date, Keiji Maeda
Battle: Battle of Luoyang
Unlock: Complete Battle of Xuchang

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES

Character: Kojiro Sasaki
Battle: Purge at Nanzhong
Unlock: Level relationship between Zang He, Meng Huo, and Zhurong to 2,
        then see conversation

--

Character: None (Prerequisite for Jian Wei)
Battle: Diversion at Mt. Xingshi
Unlock: See conversation between Zhang He and Liu Shan

-- 

Character: Jian Wei
Battle: Battle of Xuchang Redux
Unlock: Complete Diversion at Mt. Xingshi

--

Character: Guan Ping
Battle: Battle of Jietjing (appears in Chapter 3)
Unlock: Raise relationship between Xingcai and Keiji Maeda to 2, then see
        conversation

--

Character: Yuan Shao
Battle: Battle of Jiange
Unlock: Complete Battle of Sekigahara; Raise relationship between 
        Motonari Mori and Jia Xu to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: None (Prerequisite for Jiang Wei)
Battle: Diversion at Mt. Xingshi
Unlock: See conversation between Liu Shan and Zhang He

--

Character: Jiang Wei
Battle: Battle of Xuchang Redux
Unlock: Complete Diversion at Mt. Xingshi






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Chapter 3 							    (CH3)



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3a
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Xu Zhu, Sima Shi, Mitsunari Ishida
Battle: Battle of Tong Gate
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battles of Sekigahara and Luoyang

====

OPTIONAL

None



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3b
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Tadakatsu Honda, Hanzo Hattori
Battle: Battle of Yangping Gate
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Tong Gate

--

Character: Aya
Battle: Battle of Shizugatake
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Yanping Gate

--

Character: Zhao Yu, Sun Ce, Daqiao, Ujiyasu Hojo
Battle: Battle of Changban
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Tong Gate

--

Character: Sun Jian, Nobunaga Oda, No, Fu Xi
Battle: Battle of Honnoji
Unlock: Story Mode; Finish Battle of Changban

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES

Character: None (Prerequisite for Diaochan)
Battle: Siege of Tong Gate
Unlock: See conversation between Xu Zhu and Sima Shi

--

Character: Diaochan
Battle: Battle of Tong Gate Redux
Unlock: Complete Siege of Tong Gate

--

Character: None (Prerequisite for Mitsuhide Akechi)
Battle: Defense of Jietjing
Unlock: See conversation between No and Sun Ce

--

Character: Mitsuhide Akechi
Battle: Battle of Honnoji Redux
Unlock: Complete Defense of Jietjing

Character: Sophitia Alexandra
Battle: Battle of Liaodong (appears in Chapter 2)
Unlock: Complete Battle of Honnoji; See conversation between Sun Jian, Nene, and
        Masanori Fukushima

--

Character: Shennong
Battle: Defense of Yanping Gate
Unlock: Complete Battle of Honnoji; Level relationship between Fu Xi and Himiko
        to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Okuni
Battle: Battle of Luo Castle
Unlock: Complete Battle of Shizugatake; Level relationship between Aya and 
        Lianshi to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Kotaro Fuma
Battle: Siege of Shouchun
Unlock: Complete Battle of Changban; Level relationship between Ujiyasu Hojo
        and Ding Feng to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Momiji
Battle: Battle of Wan Castle
Unlock: See conversation between Jia Xu and Ryu Hayabusa
Note: While you get the characters in chapter 2, you must be in chapter 3 to see
      this conversation.

--

Character: Guan Suo
Battle: Battle of Mt. Niutou (appears in Chapter 1)
Unlock: Complete Battle of Changban for Diaochan; See conversation between 
        Nene, Himiko, and Bao Sanniang
Note:   No relationship level required; must be in CH3 and after Tong Gate

--

Character: Yoshimoto Imagawa, Motochika Chosokabe
Battle: Battle of Liang Province
Unlock: Level relationship between Liu Shan and Guan Suo to 2, then see
        conversation

--

Character: Sterkenberg Cranach
Battle: Battle of Xu Province
Unlock: See conversation between Sun Shangxiang,
        Yoshimoto Imagawa, and Motochika Chosokabe




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3c
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao, Nuwa
Battle: Battle of Fan Castle
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battles of Honnoji and Shizugatake

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

Character: Kasumi
Battle: Battle of Yan Province
Unlock: See conversation between Nemea, Ayane, and Diaochan



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3d (Skipping Battle of Yamazaki due to no new characters)
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo, Ieyasu Tokugawa
Battle: Battle of Chengdu
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Yamazaki

--

Character: Cao Pi, Zhenji, Sima Yi
Battle: Battle of Hulao Gate
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Yamazaki

--

Character: Kenshin Uesugi, Shingen Takeda, [Lu Bu]
Battle: Battle of Osaka Castle
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Yamazaki
Note: To recruit Lu Bu, you must use Diaochan in your party, keep Lu Bu alive by
      defeating Nezha before he kills Lu Bu, and interact with Lu Bu with 
      Diaochan

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES:

Character: None (Prerequisite for Guo Jia)
Battle: Liberation of Luo Castle
Unlock: Complete Battle of Hulao Gate; See conversation between Xiahou Dun and
        Sima Yi

--

Character: Guo Jia
Battle: Battle of Fan Castle Redux
Unlock: Complete Liberation of Luo Castle

--

Character: Ina
Battle: Rescue at Yiling
Unlock: See conversation between Guo Jia and Xingcai

--

Character: Zhang Jiao, Gracia
Battle: Battle of Guangzong
Unlock: Complete Battle of Hulao Gate; Level relationship between Sima Yi and
        Masamune Date to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: None (requirement for Dian Wei)
Battle: Breakthrough at Guangzong
Unlock: Complete Battle of Osaka Castle; See conversation between Shingen 
        Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi

--

Character: Dian Wei
Battle: Battle of Changban Redux
Unlock: Clear Breakthrough at Guangzong



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Chapter 4 							       (CH4)



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4a (Note: You must complete Chapter 3 to get the optional battles below)
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MANDATORY STORY BATTLES:

Character: None
Battle: The Slaying of the Hydra Alternate
Unlock: From Chapter 2, but can't get true ending until after Chapter 3

====

OPTIONAL BATTLES

Character: Lu Xun
Battle: Battle of Hefei
Unlock: Level relationship between Mitsunari Ishida and Cao Pi to 2, then see
        conversation

--

Character: Pang Tong
Battle: Battle of Komaki-Nagakute
Unlock: Level relationship between Zhuge Liang, Hanzo Hattori, and Huang Zhong
        to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Zhong Hui
Battle: Siege of Luoyang
Unlock: Level relationship between Deng Ai, Mitsuhide Akechi, and Nagamasa Azai
        to 2, then see conversation

--

Character: Wang Yi
Battle: Salvation at Nagashino
Unlock: Level relationship between No and Oichi to 2, then see conversation



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4b (Note: Covers the characters received through the WO3 non-ultimate endings)
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Characters: Dodomeki, Gyuki
Battle: Into the Fire (1) OR Demise of Orochi X (2)
Unlock: (1) Complete The Slaying of the Hydra Alternate before finishing Chapter
            3
        (2) Complete The Slaying of the Hydra Alternate after finishing Chapter
            3

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Characters: Orochi, Orochi X, Sun Wukong, Kiyomori Taira, Susano'o, Nezha
Battle: World's End
Unlock: Complete Into the Fire, AND 
        Complete Orochi's End with all possible characters recruited including 
        Dodomeki and Gyuki, then complete Prelude to Apocalypse 







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Chapter 7 (There are no recruitable characters in Ch 5-6)	       (CH7)



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7a
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Character: Yinlong
Battle: Defense of the Mystic Realm
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Battle of Itsukushima



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7b
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Character: Human Nezha
Battle: War in the Mystic Realm
Unlock: Story Mode; Complete Rescue of the Heavenly Emperor






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Chapter 8 							       (CH8)



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8a
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Character: Tamomo
Battle: Showdown at Odawara Castle
Unlock: Clear Pursuit of Kyubi



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8b
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Character: Kyubi
Battle: Escape from the Mystic Realm (located in chapter 7)
Unlock: Clear Showdown at Odawara, see conversation with generic in camp






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GAUNTLET MODE 							       (GAU)



Character: Hundun
Unlock: Complete Gauntlet Mode once by getting to level 4 and defeating Hundun
Note: This can be completed at any point in the story. Once you complete
      Gauntlet Mode, you must go back into Story Mode in order for Hundun to
      be playable in all other modes.


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IV. Revision History						       (RevHis)

- 9/15/2014: Completed Version 1.00
- 9/18/2014: Version 1.1: Included Momiji and Kasumi; Corrected mistake
             regarding Guan Suo/Yoshimoto and Motochika/Sterkenberg; they can
             only be gotten in chapter 3. Credit to bnmp and SSJ5GohanSon on
             the GameFAQS WO3U PS3 board for correcting me.
- 9/23/2014: Version 1.2: Included Dian Wei, clarified method to obtain the
             Orochis and "Ending" characters from chapter 4.


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V.  Contact Information						       (ConIn)

If you have any questions about the guide, or have constructive criticism/advice
regarding the information, you may contact me at the following email address. I
would also really appreciate if you pointed out any character I missed including
so far; after all, there are so many characters that it's easy to miss listing
one or two. 

Email: [email protected]