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Alianna was a Hidden One who operated in Central Asia during the mid-8th century.
Biography
In August 751,[1] she led a group of Hidden Ones out along the Talas River on a hunt for troops of the Abbasid Caliph Abul Abbas As-Saffah. There, they arrived at the site of the Battle of Talas just after it had finished and saved the life of a young Tang soldier named Li E.[1] Through this chance meeting, Li E was recruited into their organization,[1] with Alianna instructing him in their principles, martial arts, and acrobatics.[2]
Skills and abilities
Alianna was fluent in the Persian language which she used as a lingua franca among her fellow Hidden Ones. At the time of her first meeting with Li E, however, she could neither speak nor understand Chinese, and this language barrier led to the Tang soldier momentarily mistaking her for a hostile.[3] By 754, she and Li E had learned to communicate in a common tongue well enough for her to properly instruct him in the ways of the Hidden Ones.[2]
Behind the scenes
Alianna is a supporting protagonist in the manhua Assassin's Creed: Dynasty, first debuting in Chapter 5 as an instructor to the main protagonist, Li E. Her name is not revealed until her next appearance in Chapter 9 when a flashbacks illustrates how she first became acquainted with Li E.
The name Āliánnà (阿蓮娜) is a transliteration of the character's name into Mandarin via the Hanyu Pinyin system due to the comic being originally written in Chinese for publication in Mainland China. Unlike some other characters whose transliterated names are based on historical figures, e.g. As-Saffah, a more accurate, native rendition of her name cannot be immediately deduced at this time until other language editions of the comic has been published. Her character's reluctance to reveal her ethnic origins or her homeland compounds this problem. Regardless, the most likely name that Āliánnà has been transliterated from is the Arabic name Aleena (اليِناءْ), also spelled Alina.
Appearances
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