Whistler (bow): Difference between revisions
imported>Sol Pacificus The dialogue doesn't seem to make it clear that Nie Jing gives the bow to the player. The player acquires it as soon as Nie Jing leaves, and the player has arrived in Jade Spring. To me, it's entirely possible that the protagonist had the bow at home, and the scene just simplifies to the character reacquiring the bow now that they've returned home. Either way, I would write about it ambiguously here. |
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A '''Whistler''' was a type of [[bow]] designed to use whistling arrows. One was used by a ''[[Wei Yu's disciple|youxia]]'' of [[Jade | A '''Whistler''' was a type of [[bow]] designed to use whistling arrows. One was used by a ''[[Wei Yu's disciple|youxia]]'' of [[Jade Spring]].<ref name="Homecoming">''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]'' – [[Homecoming (Jade)|Homecoming]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:29, 13 August 2023
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A Whistler was a type of bow designed to use whistling arrows. One was used by a youxia of Jade Spring.[1]
Statistics
| Rarity | Active skills | Passive skills | Availability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | Play the memory Homecoming | ||||||
| Description | |||||||
| The whistling arrow flies, the pierced armor groans. | |||||||
Behind the scenes
The Whistler is a reference to the whistling arrows historically invented by Modu Chanyu according to the "Biographies of the Xiongnu" in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. These were arrows which emitted a whistling sound as they flew through the air and served to signal to the chanyu's archers where to target. Modu rigorously trained and conditioned them into always releasing arrows in sync after his whistling arrow without hesitation, a tactic he ultimately used to assassinate his father Touman and usurp his position.[2]
The bow was the only bow available in the closed beta test of Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade. Apart from being acquired automatically in the second mission "Homecoming", the player could also loot it from enemies. Despite the description of the weapon alluding to whistling arrows, they were not a gameplay feature. Instead, the Whistler always released fire arrows.
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade – Homecoming
- ↑ Sima Qian. (94 BCE). "Biographies of the Xiongnu". In Records of the Grand Historian. Chinese Text Project. Accessed 13 August 2023. https://ctext.org/shiji/xiong-nu-lie-zhuan.