Talk:Wei Yu
Unnecesary information?[edit source]
I don't think the information about the meteor and mercury pills on this page have anything to do with Wei Yu. Wei Yu killed Qin Shi Huang(di) with a spear, in the games' universe, not with any other thing. But I don't know why this info is on Wei Yu's page, so I will not remove it immediatly. Can someone explain, if there is anything to explain at all? Master Sima Yi 18:01, December 19, 2009 (UTC)
I think it would be interesting to have the whole meteor thing involved; the mercury pill could used as a "cover up" for the "templar agents" in China. The whole meteory thing could be used as a sort of "distraction" for the Assassins. It can also be the spark that causes Wei Yu and the Assassins to finally move in. Since no one admitted to the "crime" of carving those words out in the meteor, everyone in the area was killed. This killing of the entire villages of people can be the said spark to finally cause them to send Wei Yu out.
In terms of the mercury pills, perhaps the Chinese had a lot of pride in their work - especially since Wei Yu unified most of China in that time period. For an emperor to die to an assassin would be shameful, not that suicide is any better really.
That's my take on Wei Yu, I would love to develop his character more personally.
129.97.120.199 14:32, March 31, 2011 (UTC)the doctor
True history?[edit source]
Searching through Chinese History books, I see no one with a name Wei Yu who killed Qin Shi Huang. It is true that the king himself has been a prominent assassination target, but among the assassins who attempted(and failed) to kill him, no one was name Wei Yu.
According to Record of the Grand Historian (Chinese: 史記), Qin Shi Huang died without a specific cause, while some study indicated that the King died due to overdose of mercury, which was meant to grant him immortal life ironically.
So, did Ubisoft invent this person to serve as an in-game figure, or did they misunderstand the history?--Pixy132 04:38, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
He's fictional. They just invented him as the Master Assassin who killed Qin Shi Huangdi. All the other Assassins are fictional too. Like that Altaïr and Ezio didn't exist neither. Master Sima Yi 13:12, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
ic, Altair and Ezio were fake i know... but...hmm...i thought those western ones (like the one who killed Caesar) were real...
anyway, thanks for the clarification~ --Pixy132 13:25, January 2, 2010 (UTC)
Yes, Caligula (Caesar) was assassinated, but not by the one on this site. All of the people in the Assassins category are fictional (with a few exceptions such a Dante Alighieri, a real-life poët, but they weren't Assassins in real life). - Master Sima Yi 17:25, January 2, 2010 (UTC)
There is a whole volume in The Records of Grand Historian（史記）talking about assassins(刺客列傳),and accordind to that, the most famous assassin who tried to kill Shi Huangdi is Jing Ke(荊軻),but he failed in the end.
The story of Jing Ke(荊軻刺秦王) is also become a legend in China till nowadays which inspired many literature creations.163.14.205.19 06:17, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
Fictional Name[edit source]
Wei Yu should be a fictional name that the develop team gave the assassin that attempted his assassination on BoLangPo (博浪坡) under the order of ZhangLiang (張良) ---- in which this anonymous assassin used a sledge hammer (~80kg) to smash the chariot car that ChinShiHuang was in. But appeared that it was the wrong chariot car, therefore, the assassination has failed and this no name assassin was killed.
Genesis RAW18:44, March 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Uhm, no, it isn't a fictional name. It's a fictional CHARACTER. The AC universe isn't the same as real history, remember? Things happened differently in AC canon. -- Master Sima Yi 19:14, March 3, 2011 (UTC)