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	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	The Chinese name of the Golden Turtles, ''jīnguīdài'' (金龜袋), literally translates to 'gold [[turtle]] bag', referring directly to the pouches holding [[gold]]en tortoise tokens which were used during the reign of Empress Regnant Wu Zetian as identification for officials of rank three and higher. These tortoise-shaped tokens were also cast in [[silver]] and [[bronze]], which were issued to officials of rank four and five respectively. Upon seizing the throne, Empress Wu had changed the carp-shaped tokens previously used for the same purpose to that of a turtle design to symbolize the new era. In the same vein, those same fish tokens had in turn originated in a decree by the Tang founder {{~~wiki~~\|Emperor Gaozu of Tang\|Emperor Gaozu}} to replace an older design based on [[rabbit]]s.<ref name="Dynasty Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref>		The Chinese name of the Golden Turtles, ''jīnguīdài'' (金龜袋), literally translates to 'gold [[turtle]] bag', referring directly to the pouches holding [[gold]]en tortoise tokens which were used during the reign of Empress Regnant Wu Zetian as identification for officials of rank three and higher. These tortoise-shaped tokens were also cast in [[silver]] and [[bronze]], which were issued to officials of rank four and five respectively. Upon seizing the throne, Empress Wu had changed the carp-shaped tokens previously used for the same purpose to that of a turtle design to symbolize the new era. In the same vein, those same fish tokens had in turn originated in a decree by the Tang founder {{Wiki\|Emperor Gaozu of Tang\|Emperor Gaozu}} to replace an older design based on [[rabbit]]s.<ref name="Dynasty Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref>

	After she was ousted in 705 and the Tang dynasty was restored, {{~~wiki~~\|Emperor Zhongzong of Tang\|Emperor Zhongzong}} immediately reverted the turtle badges to fish badges, and within the next five years, the entire turtle bag system was abolished. Nonetheless, the golden turtle lingered on as a symbol of high status, inspiring Chinese affiliates of the Order of the Ancients to adopt it as their code name. By 754, it had thoroughly cemented itself as their organization's avatar.<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" />		After she was ousted in 705 and the Tang dynasty was restored, {{Wiki\|Emperor Zhongzong of Tang\|Emperor Zhongzong}} immediately reverted the turtle badges to fish badges, and within the next five years, the entire turtle bag system was abolished. Nonetheless, the golden turtle lingered on as a symbol of high status, inspiring Chinese affiliates of the Order of the Ancients to adopt it as their code name. By 754, it had thoroughly cemented itself as their organization's avatar.<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" />

	==History==		==History==
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	Although the two rivals' true allegiances were rigorously guarded secrets, their volatile feuds were the talk of even commoners.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> Since one served as prime minister and the other was a semi-independent general guarding the northern frontier, they were able to avoid coming to blows for a time.<ref name="Dynasty 2" /> In the first month of Tianbao year 13 (754),<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /> however, Yang Guozhong outright warned the Emperor that Lushan was plotting rebellion and insisted that he summon the ''jiedushi'' to the imperial palace as a test. Guozhong believed that Lushan would not heed the summons, thereby proving his disloyalty, only for his nemesis to promptly return to Chang'an with his army, entering the capital on the very day of the [[Flower Banquet]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 2" />		Although the two rivals' true allegiances were rigorously guarded secrets, their volatile feuds were the talk of even commoners.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> Since one served as prime minister and the other was a semi-independent general guarding the northern frontier, they were able to avoid coming to blows for a time.<ref name="Dynasty 2" /> In the first month of Tianbao year 13 (754),<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /> however, Yang Guozhong outright warned the Emperor that Lushan was plotting rebellion and insisted that he summon the ''jiedushi'' to the imperial palace as a test. Guozhong believed that Lushan would not heed the summons, thereby proving his disloyalty, only for his nemesis to promptly return to Chang'an with his army, entering the capital on the very day of the [[Flower Banquet]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 2" />

	Lushan's entrance to the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] in the evening was met with surprise from Emperor Xuanzong's court, but the Emperor welcomed him with all the mirth reflective of the night's festive mood. While the ''jiedushi''{{'}}s arrival dispelled suspicions by the court and public alike, he had not come just to plead his innocence, but for a more insidious purpose. Elated at his appearance, the Emperor had immediately gifted Lushan with the new position {{~~wiki~~\|Department of State Affairs\|Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs}} (尚書左僕射) as a nominal title, along with a thousand households, ten rooms of servants, one manor, and one residence to accompany it. The general cleverly seized upon this to beseech for additional powers that would be a boon to his imminent rebellion.<ref name="Dynasty 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref>		Lushan's entrance to the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] in the evening was met with surprise from Emperor Xuanzong's court, but the Emperor welcomed him with all the mirth reflective of the night's festive mood. While the ''jiedushi''{{'}}s arrival dispelled suspicions by the court and public alike, he had not come just to plead his innocence, but for a more insidious purpose. Elated at his appearance, the Emperor had immediately gifted Lushan with the new position {{Wiki\|Department of State Affairs\|Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs}} (尚書左僕射) as a nominal title, along with a thousand households, ten rooms of servants, one manor, and one residence to accompany it. The general cleverly seized upon this to beseech for additional powers that would be a boon to his imminent rebellion.<ref name="Dynasty 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref>

	First, he claimed that foreign bandits were frequently raiding the border but that his forces lacked fine steeds to pursue and eliminate them. He therefore requested the right to freely use [[horse\|war horses]] from the imperial pastures, and the Emperor instantly obliged him, appointing him the position of Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables (閑廄群牧使), which granted him remote control over the palace [[stable]]s. Second, he implored him to give official recognition to the meritorious service of his soldiers, particularly the 523 who had been slain in battle, by granting their widowed families the salaries and honours due generals. In the same breath, he issued his last request: for the court to break from protocol and confer upon each of his 2,168 combatants who had confirmed kills the rank of palace guard captain ([[wikt:中郎將\|中郎將]]). The Emperor did not even skip a beat to shout that his requests were approved and rounded it all off by draping Lushan with his own royal [[cloak]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 5" />		First, he claimed that foreign bandits were frequently raiding the border but that his forces lacked fine steeds to pursue and eliminate them. He therefore requested the right to freely use [[horse\|war horses]] from the imperial pastures, and the Emperor instantly obliged him, appointing him the position of Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables (閑廄群牧使), which granted him remote control over the palace [[stable]]s. Second, he implored him to give official recognition to the meritorious service of his soldiers, particularly the 523 who had been slain in battle, by granting their widowed families the salaries and honours due generals. In the same breath, he issued his last request: for the court to break from protocol and confer upon each of his 2,168 combatants who had confirmed kills the rank of palace guard captain ([[wikt:中郎將\|中郎將]]). The Emperor did not even skip a beat to shout that his requests were approved and rounded it all off by draping Lushan with his own royal [[cloak]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 5" />
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	==Iconography==		==Iconography==
	When she changed the design of the carp-shaped badges, Empress Wu Zetian chose the turtle as her motif because she associated her surname Wu (武) with {{~~wiki~~\|Black Tortoise\|Xuanwu}} (玄武), the Black Tortoise constellation and one of the {{~~wiki~~\|Four Symbols\|four cardinal animals}} in Chinese mythology.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4"/>		When she changed the design of the carp-shaped badges, Empress Wu Zetian chose the turtle as her motif because she associated her surname Wu (武) with {{Wiki\|Black Tortoise\|Xuanwu}} (玄武), the Black Tortoise constellation and one of the {{Wiki\|Four Symbols\|four cardinal animals}} in Chinese mythology.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4"/>

	==Members==		==Members==

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	The '''Golden Turtles''' (金龜袋) was the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]] which originated in the [[Zhou dynasty\|Zhou]] regime of Empress [[Wu Zetian]]. After she was overthrown, the secret organization managed to entrench itself within the court of the restored [[Tang dynasty]]. So successful was their infiltration that they were able to ensure that their leader was always a chancellor, as was [[Yang Guozhong]] in the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]].		The '''Golden Turtles''' (金龜袋) was the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]] which originated in the [[Zhou dynasty\|Zhou]] regime of Empress [[Wu Zetian]]. After she was overthrown, the secret organization managed to entrench itself within the court of the restored [[Tang dynasty]]. So successful was their infiltration that they were able to ensure that their leader was always a chancellor, as was [[Yang Guozhong]] in the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]].

	Among their secret members was the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]], but his deep-seated rivalry with Yang Guozhong culminated in a violent schism in 754 and the formation of Lushan's splinter group, the [[Yeluohe]]. Choosing to wage his power struggle in open battle, Lushan dragged the entire nation into a [[An Lushan Rebellion\|catastrophic civil war]] in 755 which forced the intervention of the Order's [[Assassin-Templar War\|archenemies]], the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]]. By the war's end, both the Golden Turtles and Yeluohe had been decimated and their leaders assassinated.		Among their secret members was the ''[[jiedushi]]'' [[An Lushan]], but his deep-seated rivalry with Yang Guozhong culminated in a violent schism in 754 and the formation of Lushan's splinter group, the [[Yeluohe]]. Choosing to wage his power struggle in open battle, Lushan dragged the entire nation into a [[An Lushan Rebellion\|catastrophic civil war]] in 755 which forced the intervention of the Order's [[Assassin-Templar War\|archenemies]], the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]]. By the war's end, both the Golden Turtles and Yeluohe had been decimated and their leaders assassinated.
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	In the following decades, the Tang enjoyed a period of prosperity which peaked in the [[Kaiyuan era]] (713–741)<ref name="Wikipedia Xuanzong of Tang">{{WP\|Emperor Xuanzong of Tang}}</ref> and came to be recalled nostalgically by contemporaries like Abe no Nakamaro as a golden age.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> Yet the Golden Turtles had not become extinct, and their survivors reconstituted their strength to gradually take root in the government once more.<ref name="Dynasty Special 3" />		In the following decades, the Tang enjoyed a period of prosperity which peaked in the [[Kaiyuan era]] (713–741)<ref name="Wikipedia Xuanzong of Tang">{{WP\|Emperor Xuanzong of Tang}}</ref> and came to be recalled nostalgically by contemporaries like Abe no Nakamaro as a golden age.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> Yet the Golden Turtles had not become extinct, and their survivors reconstituted their strength to gradually take root in the government once more.<ref name="Dynasty Special 3" />

	Thirty years after Empress Wu's ouster,<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> the Golden Turtles had become ascendant in the Tang government.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /><ref name="Dynasty 7">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 7)]]</ref> So embedded they were in the state apparatus that they were not only able to constantly secure their [[Templar leader\|leader]]'s appointment as a chancellor but conversely came to mandate by tradition that only a chancellor could be chosen to lead them.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> The long reign of Emperor Xuanzong came under increasing control from behind-the-scenes by a series of prime ministers affiliated with this shadowy organization.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> The first among these was [[Li Linfu]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" />		Thirty years after Empress Wu's ouster,<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> the Golden Turtles had become ascendant in the Tang government.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /><ref name="Dynasty 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 7)]]</ref> So embedded they were in the state apparatus that they were not only able to constantly secure their [[Templar leader\|leader]]'s appointment as a chancellor but conversely came to mandate by tradition that only a chancellor could be chosen to lead them.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> The long reign of Emperor Xuanzong came under increasing control from behind-the-scenes by a series of prime ministers affiliated with this shadowy organization.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> The first among these was [[Li Linfu]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" />

	===Premiership of Li Linfu===		===Premiership of Li Linfu===

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	The '''Golden Turtles''' (金龜袋) was the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]] which originated in the [[Zhou dynasty\|Zhou]] regime of Empress [[Wu Zetian]]. After she was overthrown, the secret organization managed to entrench itself within the court of the restored [[Tang dynasty]]. So successful was their infiltration that they were able to ensure that their leader was always a chancellor, as was [[Yang Guozhong]] in the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]].		The '''Golden Turtles''' (金龜袋) was the [[China\|Chinese]] branch of the [[Order of the Ancients]] which originated in the [[Zhou dynasty\|Zhou]] regime of Empress [[Wu Zetian]]. After she was overthrown, the secret organization managed to entrench itself within the court of the restored [[Tang dynasty]]. So successful was their infiltration that they were able to ensure that their leader was always a chancellor, as was [[Yang Guozhong]] in the reign of [[Li Longji\|Emperor Xuanzong]].
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	===An imminent rupture===		===An imminent rupture===
	In spite of their pragmatic alliance, the simmering enmity between Guozhong and Lushan quickly exposed itself after Linfu was gone.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> Lushan felt out-manoeuvred by Guozhong for leadership of the Golden Turtles. He craved dearly to still eventually be elevated as its chief,<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> but Yang Guozhong's disdain for his uncouth character and uneducated background guaranteed that he could never be his successor.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> By the time the [[Tianbao era]] neared its climax,<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> the oblivious and elderly Emperor had grown weary of governing and entrusted ever greater duties to Chancellor Yang Guozhong, such as in the promotion of officials, while also showering endless favours upon An Lushan, who never failed to ingratiate himself to him.<ref name="Dynasty 5">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 5)]]</ref>		In spite of their pragmatic alliance, the simmering enmity between Guozhong and Lushan quickly exposed itself after Linfu was gone.<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> Lushan felt out-manoeuvred by Guozhong for leadership of the Golden Turtles. He craved dearly to still eventually be elevated as its chief,<ref name="Dynasty Special 4" /> but Yang Guozhong's disdain for his uncouth character and uneducated background guaranteed that he could never be his successor.<ref name="Dynasty 7" /> By the time the [[Tianbao era]] neared its climax,<ref name="Dynasty 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> the oblivious and elderly Emperor had grown weary of governing and entrusted ever greater duties to Chancellor Yang Guozhong, such as in the promotion of officials, while also showering endless favours upon An Lushan, who never failed to ingratiate himself to him.<ref name="Dynasty 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 5)]]</ref>

	Although the two rivals' true allegiances were rigorously guarded secrets, their volatile feuds were the talk of even commoners.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> Since one served as prime minister and the other was a semi-independent general guarding the northern frontier, they were able to avoid coming to blows for a time.<ref name="Dynasty 2" /> In the first month of Tianbao year 13 (754),<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /> however, Yang Guozhong outright warned the Emperor that Lushan was plotting rebellion and insisted that he summon the ''jiedushi'' to the imperial palace as a test. Guozhong believed that Lushan would not heed the summons, thereby proving his disloyalty, only for his nemesis to promptly return to Chang'an with his army, entering the capital on the very day of the [[Flower Banquet]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 2" />		Although the two rivals' true allegiances were rigorously guarded secrets, their volatile feuds were the talk of even commoners.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref> Since one served as prime minister and the other was a semi-independent general guarding the northern frontier, they were able to avoid coming to blows for a time.<ref name="Dynasty 2" /> In the first month of Tianbao year 13 (754),<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /> however, Yang Guozhong outright warned the Emperor that Lushan was plotting rebellion and insisted that he summon the ''jiedushi'' to the imperial palace as a test. Guozhong believed that Lushan would not heed the summons, thereby proving his disloyalty, only for his nemesis to promptly return to Chang'an with his army, entering the capital on the very day of the [[Flower Banquet]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 2" />

	Lushan's entrance to the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] in the evening was met with surprise from Emperor Xuanzong's court, but the Emperor welcomed him with all the mirth reflective of the night's festive mood. While the ''jiedushi''{{'}}s arrival dispelled suspicions by the court and public alike, he had not come just to plead his innocence, but for a more insidious purpose. Elated at his appearance, the Emperor had immediately gifted Lushan with the new position {{wiki\|Department of State Affairs\|Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs}} (尚書左僕射) as a nominal title, along with a thousand households, ten rooms of servants, one manor, and one residence to accompany it. The general cleverly seized upon this to beseech for additional powers that would be a boon to his imminent rebellion.<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref>		Lushan's entrance to the [[Flower and Calyx Pavilion]] in the evening was met with surprise from Emperor Xuanzong's court, but the Emperor welcomed him with all the mirth reflective of the night's festive mood. While the ''jiedushi''{{'}}s arrival dispelled suspicions by the court and public alike, he had not come just to plead his innocence, but for a more insidious purpose. Elated at his appearance, the Emperor had immediately gifted Lushan with the new position {{wiki\|Department of State Affairs\|Left Deputy to the Secretary of State Affairs}} (尚書左僕射) as a nominal title, along with a thousand households, ten rooms of servants, one manor, and one residence to accompany it. The general cleverly seized upon this to beseech for additional powers that would be a boon to his imminent rebellion.<ref name="Dynasty 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref>

	First, he claimed that foreign bandits were frequently raiding the border but that his forces lacked fine steeds to pursue and eliminate them. He therefore requested the right to freely use [[horse\|war horses]] from the imperial pastures, and the Emperor instantly obliged him, appointing him the position of Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables (閑廄群牧使), which granted him remote control over the palace [[stable]]s. Second, he implored him to give official recognition to the meritorious service of his soldiers, particularly the 523 who had been slain in battle, by granting their widowed families the salaries and honours due generals. In the same breath, he issued his last request: for the court to break from protocol and confer upon each of his 2,168 combatants who had confirmed kills the rank of palace guard captain ([[wikt:中郎將\|中郎將]]). The Emperor did not even skip a beat to shout that his requests were approved and rounded it all off by draping Lushan with his own royal [[cloak]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 5" />		First, he claimed that foreign bandits were frequently raiding the border but that his forces lacked fine steeds to pursue and eliminate them. He therefore requested the right to freely use [[horse\|war horses]] from the imperial pastures, and the Emperor instantly obliged him, appointing him the position of Commissary Herdsman of the Imperial Stables (閑廄群牧使), which granted him remote control over the palace [[stable]]s. Second, he implored him to give official recognition to the meritorious service of his soldiers, particularly the 523 who had been slain in battle, by granting their widowed families the salaries and honours due generals. In the same breath, he issued his last request: for the court to break from protocol and confer upon each of his 2,168 combatants who had confirmed kills the rank of palace guard captain ([[wikt:中郎將\|中郎將]]). The Emperor did not even skip a beat to shout that his requests were approved and rounded it all off by draping Lushan with his own royal [[cloak]].<ref name="Dynasty Special 1" /><ref name="Dynasty 5" />

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Appearances: On reflection, I think the conspirators that Wei referred to are instead Yang's flower gang, who weren't Ancients allies, didn't know of Ancients or their goal, and seemingly were just hired for a job

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang\|Chang'an Wang]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang\|Chang'an Wang]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Imo}}

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang\|Chang'an Wang]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Imo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Imo}}

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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[~~Assassin~~'~~s Creed: Prophecy of the Emperor\|Prophecy of the Emperor~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Imo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Imo}}

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imported>Darman36: /*Appearances*/ On reflection, I think the conspirators that Wei referred to are instead Yang's flower gang, who weren't Ancients allies, didn't know of Ancients or their goal, and seemingly were just hired for a job

imported>Darman36: /* Appearances */

imported>Darman36: /* Appearances */

imported>Darman36: /Appearances/ On reflection, I think the conspirators that Wei referred to are instead Yang's flower gang, who weren't Ancients allies, didn't know of Ancients or their goal, and seemingly were just hired for a job