The Exile's Plan
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The Exile's Plan was a virtual representation of one of Wei Yu's disciple's genetic memories relived through the Animus.
Description[edit | edit source]
The youxia disciple headed to a village on the frontier to extract information from Touman Chanyu's men, who were possibly allied with the Department of Immortality.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
The disciple made their way to the village mentioned by Modu. When they arrived, Xiongnu soldiers fought against its inhabitants.
- Wei Yu's disciple: The village is under attack! No doubt these are Touman's men.
The disciple fought their way through the warriors as the villagers either fled from the hamlet or mounted a resistance with farming implements.
- Villager 1: Keep running, get to the wall! Don't stop!
- Villager 2: You think we'll just give up? Think again! I'm not just a simple farmer! I can wield a blade as well as any rake!
- Villager 3: Why are you attacking us? Have mercy!
After they defeated a number of raiders, the youxia approached the largest house in the village from where the leader of the invaders came out.
- Wei Yu's disciple: If I can take down their leader, this raid will end faster.
The youxia confronted the warrior in combat.
- Wei Yu's disciple: You people are giving the Xiongnu a bad name. You enslave your own kin and even attack those you collude with! Where is your honor?
- Wulei: You dare attack me? Do you know who I am? I'm Wulei, the Xiongnu prince!
Once the disciple brought the brute to his knees, they tied him up as he begged for mercy.
- Wuleidihou: Please, don't kill me! I—I'm a prince! My life has value!
- Wei Yu's disciple: I heard you the first time, prince. Tell me, are you the son of Touman Chanyu?
- Wulei: Yes! Yes! You've heard of my father? If you let me go he'll be in your debt.
- Wei Yu's disciple: I doubt he will honor that. He sent you to attack this village even though he claims to be friends with the Qin. I'm also aware that your father enslaved his own people for profit.
- Wulei: Who... Who are you? How do you know that?
The disciple thought to themselves.
- Wei Yu's disciple: I should let this rat go and follow him back to his hideout.
The youxia released Wulei from his restraints.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Tell your father that his reckoning is at hand, that the youxia are here to exact justice.
- Wulei: Y—Youxia? I'll be sure to deliver that message!
The Xiongnu got up and ran out of the village, with the disciple following him from a distance.
- Wei Yu's disciple: I'll have to keep up while maintaining my cover.
Wulei momentarily stopped outside the village entrance to shout back curses.
- Wulei: No one gets away with insulting a prince! I'll be back to raze this village to the ground!
The disciple tailed the prince to small gorge, where they eavesdropped on a conversation between him and another Xiongnu.
- Xiongnu scout: My prince, there you are! We thought we had lost you. We sent a few search parties to no avail.
- Wulei: Your concern is appreciated, I wasn't sure if I could make it back alive...
- Xiongnu scout: You are safe now, my prince. We will stay here and guard the perimeter.
The youxia continued to follow him through the ravine, with Wulei stopping by the entrance of hut and kneeling beside it. Eventually, the Xiongnu prince left the gorge and arrived at his clan's camp, where another Xiongnu warrior waited for him.
- Xiongnu hunter: My prince, you are back! I am just about to hunt, would you care to join?
- Wulei: Perhaps another time, I am exhausted today. But my father and I are grateful for the game you always provide.
- Xiongnu hunter: You are too kind, my prince. Please, rest well.
Wulei walked to the main yurt while the youxia trailed from behind.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Hmmm, so this is where Touman Chanyu resides. I'll need to find proof of their collusion with the Qin. Perhaps I can infiltrate the camp as a passing merchant.
They entered the camp and blended in with its Xiongnu inhabitants, overhearing a conversation between two herders.
- Prudent herder: Haven't seen this merchant before...
- Proud herder: Another Qin merchant? They don't know when to quit.
The disciple approached the main yurt guarded by a pair of Xiongnu.
- Xiongnu guard: You! Where do you think you're going?
The man, followed by another guard, approached the disciple.
- Xiongnu guard 1: You walk into our camp without wares and a weapon on your back, are you asking for an early death?
- Wei Yu's disciple: I'm a peddling merchant... and I'm here to collect furs for trade. That is why I came empty handed.
- Xiongnu guard 1: We weren't informed of any collection today. Who sent you?
- Wei Yu's disciple: Duanhe, the Qin officer, sent me... Surely, you've heard of him? He works with Touman Chanyu.
- Xiongnu guard 1: Duanhe? Why didn't you say so earlier? Go on then, but any funny business and you're out of here.
They approached the tent, only to be met by Wulei who was walking out of it at the same time.
- Uluyjoti: That—That's the youxia! You dare enter my father's camp after what you did?
The guards came up from behind the youxia, ready to detain them. Exposed, the youxia fled from the camp as every Xiongnu warrior in the village pursued them.
- Xiongnu guard: You heard the prince! Kill that scoundrel! Don't let that Qin snake near our prince!
- Wei Yu's disciple: I'm outnumbered... time to get out of here. But they seem to know Duanhe.
The youxia escaped the village.
- Wei Yu's disciple: I can't take on a whole village by myself. I should return in the evening when they're asleep.
Their pursuers gone, the disciple found a small abandoned camp.
- Wei Yu's disciple: They've stopped pursuing. This seems like a good place to stake out until the sun goes down.
They rested and time passed. Once the night fell, the disciple returned to the camp.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Under the cover of night, they are less likely to spot an intruder. Grand General Meng Tian is counting on me to find evidence of their collusion with the Qin.
The disciple silently returned to Touman's camp, eavesdropping on a couple of herders inside a tent.
- Timid herder: We can't keep living like this. You promised me a good life! We're no better than slaves here.
- Prudent herder: Shut it, woman, do you want us dead?
The youxia mused on what they heard.
- Wei Yu's disciple: None of them are safe even from their own people...
While sneaking past the herders guarding the camp, they overheard them talking amongst themselves.
- Proud herder 1: How are we going to overcome the Qin empire when we fight amongst ourselves? Why do we enslave our own people?
- Proud herder 2: We pledged loyalty to Touman only because he's the strongest and we'll never be made slaves.
The disciple then infiltrated the main yurt, finding and reading a note over a table.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Touman Chanyu has ordered all the scattered tribes to gather here... This is bad, he's gathering forces.
They directed their course to another tent, overhearing another conversation along the way, this time between a purple-garbed soldier and a Xiongnu.
- Xiongnu guard 2: (laugh) Hah, of course, you don't have to worry.
- Purple soldier: If Touman keeps up his end of the deal, the next batch of supplies will be coming soon. And don't forget to hand him the missive in the tent. The letter is from my boss, Duanhe.
- Xiongnu guard 2: Don't you worry, I will pass the message on if you keep those taels coming.
- Purple soldier: Good, I'm meeting my boss at the western camp. You keep an eye on Touman and make sure he sticks to the plan.
The disciple entered the tent and picked up the scroll mentioned by the soldier, reading it.
Yang Duanhe's Secret Letter
- Gather your forces on the west side of the wall. I'll personally create an opening for you to pass through.
—Duanhe
- Wei Yu's disciple: An official agreement between the Qin Department of Immortality and Touman Chanyu! Signed, Duanhe. This is it. I need to get this to Grand General Meng Tian...
They left the camp.
- Wei Yu's disciple: I have the evidence for the Grand General, but this might be the only chance for me to catch Duanhe... There's no time for second guessing! For Chu Huan's sake... I'll end Duanhe myself.
The youxia quickly headed for the western camp with the intention of catching Yang Duanhe.
As you approach the western camp in search of Yang Duanhe, a group of Xiongnu raiders appear from the roadside, hoping to ambush a lonely traveler.
The disciple started to fend off the ambushers.
- Xiongnu raider 1: What luck, an easy target! Hand us everything you've got, even your clothes.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Sorry, I'm not in a giving mood today.
As they defeated the challengers, more rose out of the bushes to face them.
- Xiongnu raider 2: There's no one out here to save you, so be good, and we'll let you go easy.
- Wei Yu's disciple: You raiders are persistent. I'll give you that. But I won't give up just yet...
Though the disciple persisted, the raiders continued to swarm and attack them.
- Xiongnu raider 3: You really think you can take on all of us?
- Wei Yu's disciple: How many of them are there? They just keep coming. I can't... keep up...
You clear another wave of Xiongnu warriors, but it seems endless. As fatigue catches up to you, a sudden hail of arrows takes out the oncoming warriors. Modu and his men arrive. He tells the survivors to bring word back to his father that Prince Modu has returned. As they flee, he comes to speak to you.
- Modu: I have important news. Our scouts have confirmed that the Qin forces have gathered our tribes to the west.
- Wei Yu's disciple: The west is where I am headed as well. I found evidence, solid evidence, that will get the Grand General on our side.
- Modu: Good, but you may not make it back to your General in time. If my scouts are right, they will attack the wall soon. It seems to be a distraction, to lure your General out. For what reason, I do not know... And I fear my father cares little for their true intent if he can fatten his belly and grow his fortune. Get to Tulu Pass as soon as you can. I've also sent word to your friend, she will be on her way to meet you.
- Wei Yu's disciple: Thank you, Prince Modu. You have saved my life and guided me through your lands.
- Modu: Hm, It was you who saved my life first. Now you can tell your friends that you have a prince in your debt.
- Wei Yu's disciple: You are no mere prince. It would do the Xiongnu good for you to become their next king. I pray we meet again.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
The youxia found evidence that corroborated Yang Duanhe and the Department of Immortality's collusion with Touman Chanyu. They were subsequently saved from a Xiongnu ambush by Modu, who warned them of an impending attack by Touman on Tulu Pass, as well as of Duanhe's plans to help them.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The name of the enemy Xiongnu prince encountered in this memory is inconsistently given in three different forms, Wulei, Wuleidihou, and Uluyjoti, with the former two corresponding to Hanyu Pinyin romanizations of his name in Mandarin.
References[edit | edit source]
Assassin's Creed: Jade memories
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