Fancy Pistol
The Fancy Pistol is a red, ornate flintlock pistol from the 18th century, typically used for dueling purposes.
During the French Revolution, one was used by the French Director of Finances Gabriel Beaudoin to commit suicide after being tricked by Counselor Hervé LeGall into believing that he was being haunted by the Red Ghost of the Tuileries. This same pistol was then bestowed to Arno Dorian, a member of the Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins, after he discovered LeGall as the perpetrator of this crime.
Description[edit | edit source]
The Fancy Pistol is so named because it is fairly exquisite in design. With a frame carved from a rich mahogany-colored wood, it is likely that the model was made for the aristocracy and patrons of the arts. Though designed to be aesthetically pleasing, the firearm still boasted greater firepower than the pistol used by contemporary French military officers. It was a decent weapon for its time, but like other typical flintlock pistols, its capacity was limited to only one shot.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
At some point during Charles Cochon de Lapparent's tenure as Police Minister between April 1796 and July 1797,[2] a pair of Fancy Pistols was set down in a case at a gambling den in Paris frequented by the Director of Finance Beaudoin. Beaudoin, who worked at the Tuileries Palace, took one of the pistols with him and shot himself through the mouth not long afterwards in his office.[1]
His suicide was the result of a ruse by his assistant, Counselor LeGall, to drive him insane by masquerading as the Red Ghost of the Tuileries, the supposed phantom of LeGall's ancestor Johannes Metzger. After Arno Dorian determined that LeGall was the culprit behind the affair, he was rewarded by de Lapparent with Beaudoin's pistol.[1]
Weapon statistics[edit | edit source]
{{#section:AC:CST/Weapons|"Fancy Pistol"}}| Level | Damage | Parry | Speed | Range | Clip Size | Cost | Modifiers | Availability |
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| An ornate pistol, likely made for a rich patron of the arts. | ||||||||
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The Fancy Pistol is based on an early 18th century English dragoon pistol from the period of Queen Anne about 1706.[3][4]
The Fancy Pistol features in Assassin's Creed: Unity as a reward for completing the memory "The Red Ghost of the Tuileries", a Murder Mystery.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Red Ghost of the Tuileries
- ↑
List of Police Ministers of France on Wikipedia
- ↑ The Rifle Shoppe, Inc. (2010). Queen Anne Military Pistol (811). The Rifle Shoppe, Inc.. Retrieved on 7 October 2017.
- ↑ Weil, Robert (7 November 2014). Queen Anne Dragoon Pistol by John Bosh. Contemporary Makers. Retrieved on 7 October 2017.