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As a child, Yu Ying was abducted by [[bandit]]s to be sold into [[slavery]], but she was rescued by the ''youxia'' [[Wei Yu]].<ref name="Travel with Chu Huan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]: Travel with Chu Huan</ref> From that point on, she became one of his apprentices and found a home with them in [[Jade Spring]], [[Shang Commandery]]. She grew up with Chu Huan, a boy who had also been saved from human trafficking by Wei Yu, and his sworn sibling.<ref name="Travel with Chu Huan" /> Wei Yu trained them in the martial arts and the principles of a ''youxia'', and they conducted many missions together in service to their community.<ref name="The Joys of Youth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]</ref> For her part, Yu Ying received many gifts of gratitude from the people she helped, and she stored them for safekeeping in a secret safehouse on the hills above the village.<ref name="Travel with Yu Ying">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]: Travel with Yu Ying</ref> With her savings, she dreamed of someday building a "prosperous, business empire" in the manner of her idol, [[Ba Qing]].<ref name="The Joys of Youth" /> | As a child, Yu Ying was abducted by [[bandit]]s to be sold into [[slavery]], but she was rescued by the ''youxia'' [[Wei Yu]].<ref name="Travel with Chu Huan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]: Travel with Chu Huan</ref> From that point on, she became one of his apprentices and found a home with them in [[Jade Spring]], [[Shang Commandery]]. She grew up with Chu Huan, a boy who had also been saved from human trafficking by Wei Yu, and his sworn sibling.<ref name="Travel with Chu Huan" /> Wei Yu trained them in the martial arts and the principles of a ''youxia'', and they conducted many missions together in service to their community.<ref name="The Joys of Youth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]</ref> For her part, Yu Ying received many gifts of gratitude from the people she helped, and she stored them for safekeeping in a secret safehouse on the hills above the village.<ref name="Travel with Yu Ying">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]: Travel with Yu Ying</ref> With her savings, she dreamed of someday building a "prosperous, business empire" in the manner of her idol, [[Ba Qing]].<ref name="The Joys of Youth" /> | ||
===Yangzhou Palace heist=== | |||
In 215 BCE,<ref name="Primer">Ubisoft. (12 June 2023). "[https://www.assassinscreedcodenamejade.com/newsdetail.html?content_id=8f474258a5ce4a441baabeda9a5387cc0a37 Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade – A Primer for the Mobile Adventure]". ''Assassin's Creed Codename Jade'' Official Website. Accessed 19 August 2023.</ref> while Wei Yu was away on a long journey that took him to the [[Mediterranean Sea]],<ref name="The Joys of Youth" /><ref name="A Mediterranean Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[A Mediterranean Expedition]]</ref> his three disciples were alerted by their [[informer|informant]] [[Nie Jing]] to the theft of a poor farmer's [[Yangzhou Palace treasure|treasure]] by a corrupt official in [[Yangzhou City]]. Given Nie Jing's reliable track record, they readily believed her when she spurred them to retrieve it from [[Yangzhou Palace]] and claimed that the palace would be virtually vacant. While Chu Huan and his sworn sibling sneaked into the complex, Yu Ying was in charge of keeping surveillance outside and securing their exit.<ref name="Youxia in the Palace">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[Youxia in the Palace]]</ref> | In 215 BCE,<ref name="Primer">Ubisoft. (12 June 2023). "[https://www.assassinscreedcodenamejade.com/newsdetail.html?content_id=8f474258a5ce4a441baabeda9a5387cc0a37 Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade – A Primer for the Mobile Adventure]". ''Assassin's Creed Codename Jade'' Official Website. Accessed 19 August 2023.</ref> while Wei Yu was away on a long journey that took him to the [[Mediterranean Sea]],<ref name="The Joys of Youth" /><ref name="A Mediterranean Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[A Mediterranean Expedition]]</ref> his three disciples were alerted by their [[informer|informant]] [[Nie Jing]] to the theft of a poor farmer's [[Yangzhou Palace treasure|treasure]] by a corrupt official in [[Yangzhou City]]. Given Nie Jing's reliable track record, they readily believed her when she spurred them to retrieve it from [[Yangzhou Palace]] and claimed that the palace would be virtually vacant. While Chu Huan and his sworn sibling sneaked into the complex, Yu Ying was in charge of keeping surveillance outside and securing their exit.<ref name="Youxia in the Palace">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[Youxia in the Palace]]</ref> | ||
Nie Jing's intel had been a lie, and security at the palace was at an all time high because of an official visit by [[Qin Shi Huang]]. Although they had acquired the treasure, Yu Ying's two friends were unable to elude detection, and Yu Ying was forced to leap into action to assist their escape. She led the way back to Jade Spring, during which Chu Huan and his sibling raced one another along the [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]] to the nearest beacon tower to determine who would be treated as the senior of the household that night. The race culminated in Chu Huan's sibling [[Leap of Faith|diving]] off the tower into a [[haystack]], a reckless feat that alarmed Yu Ying. Per her instruction, the three made their way home separately from that point to mitigate the chance of unwanted attention.<ref name="Youxia in the Palace" /> Consequently, Yu Ying missed the bandit attack on outlying farms that Chu Huan, his sibling, and Nie Jing intervened in.<ref name="Homecoming">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[Homecoming (Jade)|Homecoming]]</ref> | Nie Jing's intel had been a lie, and security at the palace was at an all time high because of an official visit by [[Qin Shi Huang]]. Although they had acquired the treasure, Yu Ying's two friends were unable to elude detection, and Yu Ying was forced to leap into action to assist their escape. She led the way back to Jade Spring, during which Chu Huan and his sibling raced one another along the [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]] to the nearest beacon tower to determine who would be treated as the senior of the household that night. The race culminated in Chu Huan's sibling [[Leap of Faith|diving]] off the tower into a [[haystack]], a reckless feat that alarmed Yu Ying. Per her instruction, the three made their way home separately from that point to mitigate the chance of unwanted attention.<ref name="Youxia in the Palace" /> Consequently, Yu Ying missed the bandit attack on outlying farms that Chu Huan, his sibling, and Nie Jing intervened in.<ref name="Homecoming">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[Homecoming (Jade)|Homecoming]]</ref> | ||
Back at their village, she and Chu Huan went to ask the local martial arts master [[Ji Wei]] if he had seen their third ''youxia'' friend, but they had not yet returned. While Chu Huan hurried to track down the lair of the bandits responsible for the recent raids, Yu Ying waited for their friend at an open-roof, food establishment just outside the main village entryway. Just before they arrived to meet her, one of the patrons stole a valuable item from her. Yu Ying urged them to catch the thief as he broke into a run but was hesitant to say what was stolen. The chase took her friend up the hills outside Yu Ying's secret storehouse, where the thief turned around with his [[spear]] drawn to ambush the ''youxia'' with his two accomplices. After the ''youxia'' had slain the thieves, they assumed that the storehouse was actually the hidden cache for their stolen goods. To get inside, they blew a hole in one of the walls, an act that alarmed Yu Ying and impelled her to come rushing over. She anxiously checked that the treasures inside were unharmed and confessed to her friend that the cache was really hers while swearing them to secrecy.<ref name="Travel with Yu Ying">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]: Travel with Yu Ying</ref> | |||
Later that day, the two of them enjoyed what they did not realize would be their last, peaceful time together with Chu Huan. His sibling's twentieth birthday—the age at which they became an adult and could legally drink alcohol—was the following day, and Chu Huan tried to tempt them into drinking Wei Yu's favourite [[wine]] a day in advance. Knowing that he had stolen it without their master's permission, they declined and made do with Chu Huan's own wine. Erstwhile, Yu Ying had shared her dream of emulating Ba Qing by saving up her wealth, nearly prompting Chu Huan's sibling to instantly spill her secret in reply.<ref name="The Joys of Youth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' – [[The Joys of Youth]]</ref> | |||
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Yu Ying (虞纓) was one of the disciples of the youxia Wei Yu, alongside Chu Huan and his sworn sibling.
Biography
As a child, Yu Ying was abducted by bandits to be sold into slavery, but she was rescued by the youxia Wei Yu.[1] From that point on, she became one of his apprentices and found a home with them in Jade Spring, Shang Commandery. She grew up with Chu Huan, a boy who had also been saved from human trafficking by Wei Yu, and his sworn sibling.[1] Wei Yu trained them in the martial arts and the principles of a youxia, and they conducted many missions together in service to their community.[2] For her part, Yu Ying received many gifts of gratitude from the people she helped, and she stored them for safekeeping in a secret safehouse on the hills above the village.[3] With her savings, she dreamed of someday building a "prosperous, business empire" in the manner of her idol, Ba Qing.[2]
Yangzhou Palace heist
In 215 BCE,[4] while Wei Yu was away on a long journey that took him to the Mediterranean Sea,[2][5] his three disciples were alerted by their informant Nie Jing to the theft of a poor farmer's treasure by a corrupt official in Yangzhou City. Given Nie Jing's reliable track record, they readily believed her when she spurred them to retrieve it from Yangzhou Palace and claimed that the palace would be virtually vacant. While Chu Huan and his sworn sibling sneaked into the complex, Yu Ying was in charge of keeping surveillance outside and securing their exit.[6]
Nie Jing's intel had been a lie, and security at the palace was at an all time high because of an official visit by Qin Shi Huang. Although they had acquired the treasure, Yu Ying's two friends were unable to elude detection, and Yu Ying was forced to leap into action to assist their escape. She led the way back to Jade Spring, during which Chu Huan and his sibling raced one another along the Great Wall to the nearest beacon tower to determine who would be treated as the senior of the household that night. The race culminated in Chu Huan's sibling diving off the tower into a haystack, a reckless feat that alarmed Yu Ying. Per her instruction, the three made their way home separately from that point to mitigate the chance of unwanted attention.[6] Consequently, Yu Ying missed the bandit attack on outlying farms that Chu Huan, his sibling, and Nie Jing intervened in.[7]
Back at their village, she and Chu Huan went to ask the local martial arts master Ji Wei if he had seen their third youxia friend, but they had not yet returned. While Chu Huan hurried to track down the lair of the bandits responsible for the recent raids, Yu Ying waited for their friend at an open-roof, food establishment just outside the main village entryway. Just before they arrived to meet her, one of the patrons stole a valuable item from her. Yu Ying urged them to catch the thief as he broke into a run but was hesitant to say what was stolen. The chase took her friend up the hills outside Yu Ying's secret storehouse, where the thief turned around with his spear drawn to ambush the youxia with his two accomplices. After the youxia had slain the thieves, they assumed that the storehouse was actually the hidden cache for their stolen goods. To get inside, they blew a hole in one of the walls, an act that alarmed Yu Ying and impelled her to come rushing over. She anxiously checked that the treasures inside were unharmed and confessed to her friend that the cache was really hers while swearing them to secrecy.[3]
Later that day, the two of them enjoyed what they did not realize would be their last, peaceful time together with Chu Huan. His sibling's twentieth birthday—the age at which they became an adult and could legally drink alcohol—was the following day, and Chu Huan tried to tempt them into drinking Wei Yu's favourite wine a day in advance. Knowing that he had stolen it without their master's permission, they declined and made do with Chu Huan's own wine. Erstwhile, Yu Ying had shared her dream of emulating Ba Qing by saving up her wealth, nearly prompting Chu Huan's sibling to instantly spill her secret in reply.[2]
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Jade – The Joys of Youth: Travel with Chu Huan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed: Jade – The Joys of Youth
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Jade – The Joys of Youth: Travel with Yu Ying
- ↑ Ubisoft. (12 June 2023). "Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade – A Primer for the Mobile Adventure". Assassin's Creed Codename Jade Official Website. Accessed 19 August 2023.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Jade – A Mediterranean Expedition
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Jade – Youxia in the Palace
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Jade – Homecoming
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