Pessesh en Gerrehh
Pessesh en Gerrehh was a rare bow of Egyptian origin, having been used by the Medjay, the elite protectors of the Egyptian pharaohs for many generations.
The bow was made available to the Spartan misthios Kassandra via an Animus modification by the Assassin Layla Hassan, who relived the former's memories.[1]
Weapon statistics[edit | edit source]
{{#section:AC:CST/Weapons|"Pessesh en Gerrehh"}}| Rarity | DPS (Lvl 99) | Default Engravings | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | ||||
| A high precision bow of Egyptian design, this was used by the Medjay, elite protectors who served the Pharaohs. | ||||
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The name of Pessesh en Gerrehh is a reference to a line said by multiple background characters in Assassin's Creed: Origins which was repeated so frequently that it became a meme within parts of the community.[2] Since non-player characters which cannot be interacted with do not warrant subtitles, players humorously rendered the line phonetically as they heard it, leading to such transcriptions revolving around variants of "High precision Garret", "Visition geret", "Right decision Gereh", etc. This was compounded by the developers having consulted Egyptologists to help create a fictional language to approximate what could have been spoken at the time,[3] as Ptolemaic Egypt was not an Arabophone nation at the time,[4] and that the number of players who specialized in studies of Greco-Roman Egypt were so insignificant as to be nonexistent. In actuality, the phrase is based on reality. When asked on Twitter, Maxime Durand revealed that Voice Designer Nicholas Grimwood wrote the line as "Pessesh en gerrehh" and derived it from PsS n grH, meaning 'midnight',[5] a fact that Hephaestus from fan site Access the Animus confirmed when replying to a similar query on Reddit.[6]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Kassandra wielding Pessesh en Gerrehh
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑
Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) on Twitter "One year ago an NPC line sparked life to a meme within our community. The actual spelling is debatable: High precision Garret! Quite precision Garret? Nice decision Garret?! Immortalized forever, Pessesh en Gerreh is now available @UbisoftClub for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey! pic.twitter.com/BydwiHxXRK"
- ↑ Nielsen, Holly (5 October 2017). Assassin's Creed Origins [sic]: how Ubisoft painstakingly recreated ancient Egypt. The Guardian. Retrieved on 15 June 2019.
- ↑ Ore, Jonathan (1 November 2017). How historians helped recreate ancient Egypt in Assassin's Creed: Origins. CBC. Retrieved on 15 June 2019.
- ↑ Maxime Durand (@TriFreako) on Twitter "Pessesh en gerrehh is what is heard :) Voice Designer Nic Grimwood wrote it from; "PsS n grH", basically meaning midnight."
- ↑ Hephaestus_92 (3 December 2017). "Quite the decision, Garek!". Reddit. ""Pesesh en gereh" is Ancient Egyptian for "midnight", and every NPC still says it loud and clear at every hour of the day. The "Ha" in the beginning can be intended as a praise (like "Oh, midnight!") or it means "time" (so something like "It's midnight time!). I prefer the latter. Source: Ancient egyptian dictionary https://imgur.com/a/3jBkL"
