Talk:Rhona Dinsmore
Knowing Edward prior to game...[edit source]
Is it just me, or does Edward and Rhona's dialogue when they first meet in the Templar Hunt mission suggest that they've met prior to those events? I could be wrong, and their first meeting could've been when she appears in the main story, but I don't think so considering that the Templar Hunt missions become available much earlier than when she appears in the story, and Edward's still brash and kind of a prick like he was before joining the Assassins. There's nothing anywhere in the game that suggests that they knew each other prior, but still the way they address each other... I don't have an exact transcript, but it really does sound like it. Nickreaper (talk) 23:25, June 26, 2014 (UTC)
- It does, I intend to add this to her article sometime soon; especially Edward's line "I see you haven't lost your charm" indicates Rhona and Edward have met before. Rhona looks kinda pirate-y, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say she operates in the same circles as Edward does.
- I'd wager Edward might have been a bit drunk during these early interaction(s) though, as he seems to know less about her (he starts off with "It's Rhona, right?", indicating he recognizes her but doesn't recall the name) than she knows about him. He definitely wouldn't have known about her being an Assassin.
- You can find a transcript of their meeting in the Bureau Under Attack article.Crook The Constantine District 23:42, June 26, 2014 (UTC)
- Perhaps it's left over from an original, denser script for the game? I got the impression playing the game that the story was meant to be thicker, with more small missions in between the big ones to help develope characters and familiarize the playe with them, but due to development time constraints a lot of it was shaved off leaving mostly just the big set pieces, key narrative exposition, and of course the patronizing tutorial missions that are an Assassin's Creed tradition. Some characters, like Jack Rackham, are barely in the game, but you can tell they were meant to have a more prominent role, so it wouldn't surprise me if the same was true for Rhona.
- ...Not sure if that's much help with expanding the article, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Nickreaper (talk) 08:14, June 30, 2014 (UTC)
- Possibly, but I remember Darby Mcdevitt saying not a lot of material ended up being cut for the game; aside from Anne Bonny and Mary Read's big battle of course. I'll recognize some characters got used more than others, but it's also true that Jack Rackham, as a pirate, really didn't do very much :P I would've liked to see more of him I suppose, but that goes for any character really.
- I know they intended for the final assassinations (Woodes, Roberts and Torres) to be more akin to the assassinations of ACI, with investigations and such, so we might have seen a bit more of Rhona then. In any case, I'm quite happy with the role Rhona got, and was glad to see she made a short appearance in the main storyline even.
- It's frustrating, but we'll likely never know how Rhona knew of Edward and what her relationship with Hilary Flint was actually like. It'd be awesome if we could get one of the writers to tell us, but I fear it's not likely. Crook The Constantine District 08:31, June 30, 2014 (UTC)
Is Rhona Related to Achilles?[edit source]
In Rogue, one of the War Letters called "A Thief in the Night" is written by Rhona to Achilles, and in it she refers to herself as his "auntie" twice. Could they be actually related? If so, I haven't seen a reference to this relationship on either Rhona's or Achilles' pages. Maybe they just knew each other so well they were like "family". Evandrus Primæ (talk) 21:20, September 17, 2015 (UTC)
- I don't think there's an actual blood relation there, it just seems like an affectionate kind of thing. I could probably ask one of the writers for confirmation, if you want. Crook The Constantine District 21:27, September 17, 2015 (UTC)