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| [[File:sabin-lalancette-artblast-fullsize-medusa-front-slalancette.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Ligeia]] as the Writhing Dread.]]
| | '''Chasqui''' (translated as ''relay person'', ''mail'' or ''postilion'') were couriers for the [[Inca Empire]]. They were tasked with delivering messages throughout the empire. Chasqui were able [[Freerunning|freeruners]] and ran up to 240 kilometres a day. As part of their chasqui training they were thought how to read [[quipu]]; knotted rope that held messages for them to interpret and deliver. |
| The '''Writhing Dread''' was a {{wiki|gorgon}}, a type of hybrid beast created by the [[Isu]] as part of the [[Olympos Project]]. The creature consisted on a possessed human corrupted and powered by an [[Prize of the Medusa|Isu artifact]]. In the event of the creature's death, the artifact could possess the next human to touch it.
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| | The chasqui had a network of roads and rope bridges for their use, interconnected throughout the empire, with stopping points, called ''tambos'' where chasqui would pass their messages to other runners. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===Creation===
| | During the XVI century [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]], the chasqui saw much work, due to emperor [[Manco Inca Yupanqui|Manco]]'s campaigns. In 1536, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Templars]] conspired with traitorous chasqui to take the emperor's life. [[Quila]], a female chasqui denigrated by her peers, discovered the plot hidden in a quipu. Attempting to save the emperor's life, she obtained help from Don [[Gonzalez Pardo]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] who had previously failed to prevent Emperor [[Atahualpa]]'s death. |
| The Writhing Dread, alongside the rest of the creatures in the Olympos Project, was created as a "pet" by a certain Isu faction that considered themselves gods.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
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| ===Mythology===
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| The most famous of the Writhing Dread's incarnations was in [[Greece|Greek]] mythology, under the name [[Medusa]]. In the legend, she was finally slain by [[Perseus]] with his [[Harpe of Perseus|harpe]].
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| ===End of the "curse"===
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| By the 5th century BC, the creature resided in the [[Petrified Temple]] within the depths of the [[Petrified Valley]] on [[Lesbos]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
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| During the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], an expedition traversed within the Valley and encountered the creature. All but one of the expedition party members were turned to stone by the Writhing Dread. Only the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Zetes]] remained, having used his [[Gorgon Slayer|spear]]'s length to avoid her petrifying gaze. In the end a [[Daughters of Artemis|Daughter of Artemis]] arrived and dealt the final blow to the creature. Afterwards the woman was entranced by the aartefact dropped by the creature and transformed into the new Writhing Dread.<ref name="ACOd HitS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Heavy is the Spear]]</ref>
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| At the height of the War, the ''misthios'' [[Kassandra]] gained entry into the Petrified Temple with the [[Gorgon Disk]] obtained from the Daughters of Artemis in order to find [[Ligeia]], the Daughter of Artemis "taken" by the creature, on behalf of her lover [[Bryce]]. Finding the Ligeia, now the Writhing Dread herself, Kassandra was forced to kill her after she petrified and destroyed Bryce.<ref name="ACOd WD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Writhing Dead]]</ref>
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| ===Legacy===
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| After killing the final incarnation of the Writhing Dread, Kassandra claimed the artefact in order to seal off [[Atlantis]].
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| The Medusa incarnation of the Writhing Dread and her encounter with Perseus endured as a myth into the modern day.
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| ==Weapons and characteristics==
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| The Writhing Dread was a monstrous woman with [[Snake]]s for hair, equipped with a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]]. She was capable of projecting a beam that would gradually petrify its targets, which she could then control once turned into statues. Through the power of her Sword she was also capable of shielding herself with a barrier, teleporting and shooting off energy blasts.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="180">
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| Medusa artwork - Assassin's Creed Odyssey.png|Concept art of the Writhing Dread as depicted in ''Odyssey''.
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| Medusa and Alexios artwork - Assassin's Creed Odyssey.jpg|Promotional image of the Writhing Dread bossfight from ''Odyssey''.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Appearances== | | ==Known Chasqui== |
| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}} | | * [[Quila's uncle]] |
| | * [[Quila]] |
| | * [[Tupac]] |
| | * [[Manok]] |
| | * [[Turi]] |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{Reflist}} | | * ''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]'' Volume 2: ''[[Assassin's Creed Volume 2: Setting Sun|Setting Sun]]'' |
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Chasqui (translated as relay person, mail or postilion) were couriers for the Inca Empire. They were tasked with delivering messages throughout the empire. Chasqui were able freeruners and ran up to 240 kilometres a day. As part of their chasqui training they were thought how to read quipu; knotted rope that held messages for them to interpret and deliver.
The chasqui had a network of roads and rope bridges for their use, interconnected throughout the empire, with stopping points, called tambos where chasqui would pass their messages to other runners.
History
During the XVI century Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, the chasqui saw much work, due to emperor Manco's campaigns. In 1536, Spanish Templars conspired with traitorous chasqui to take the emperor's life. Quila, a female chasqui denigrated by her peers, discovered the plot hidden in a quipu. Attempting to save the emperor's life, she obtained help from Don Gonzalez Pardo, an Assassin who had previously failed to prevent Emperor Atahualpa's death.
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