In the spring of the fifteenth year A.D. 210 (chapter 56 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms) a Bronze Bird Tower is completed to honour the treasured pheasant and a massive festival is held at Yejun on the banks of the River Zhang. The all powerful Prime Minister and Master Warrior, Cao Cao, wore a copper headdress inlaid with pink diamonds and a robe of swirling dark orange silk in honour of the Protectors of the Pheasant.

In the computer game the Copper Pheasant is a treasure that gamers must seek out and capture for maximum points and a protective shield from evil. The Protectors of the Copper Pheasant therefore become the protectors of and the aides that help the gamer in the quest for this treasure.

As is typical of computer games the Protectors of the Copper Pheasant are exotic and beautifully decorated females. In the latest PlayStation version of the game their leader, The Copper Pheasant Queen (Section Leader), is introduced to the gamer as an alluring and all-powerful femme fatale with maximum evil-reflecting powers.