At the end of August, Mr. Xu Xianzhe's "Assassin's Creed·Dynasty" finally came to an end.

Although this is just a derivative work of the "Assassin's Creed" series, its quality and content are quite high, from beginning to end, with just the right amount of ink, and the final ending is a beautiful ending.

Assassin's Creed Dynasty

So, after the end of this excellent comic, let's talk about this story together~~

The comic "Assassin's Creed·Dynasty" starts with the timeline at Tianbao Thirteenth Year, which is the eve of the Anshi Rebellion.

The author Xu Xianzhe was very wise to set the story at this point in time - that is, a chaos, which coincides with the usual style of troubled times in the "Assassin's Creed" series and the main tone of unyielding resistance to hegemony.

Hegemony means extreme order. In the worldview of Assassin's Creed, "order" has always formed both ends of the balance with "freedom". However, in previous works, the assassin was the guardian of "freedom" and the Templar was the spokesperson of "order".

But this set did not work in the context of the Tang Dynasty. Due to the differences in religious and cultural differences, it was impossible for the Tang family to hold the cross medal to praise the father of truth. Therefore, the author used a very clever use to transfer the assassin's target to An Lushan's personal soldiers "Yi Luohe", which is in line with the historical situation and can also add color to the story.

And to be honest, This Yiluo River looks much more capable than the Templar...

Let’s talk about the Anshi Rebellion. As a turning point in the fate of the Tang Dynasty, it was a very tragic event in Chinese history. The style of the story must be tragic, but Mr. Shuren said it well: "The real tragedy is to tear the beautiful things apart for people to see."

Therefore, the comic first depicts the real prosperous scene of the Tang Dynasty - the bustling streets and the atmosphere of singing and dancing, but through the mouth of the "fisherman" Li Bai and the "float assassination" incident, it leads to the crisis under this exaggerated prosperous scene.

I have to admire the author's painting skills and expressiveness here. The combination of assassination and court dance, the tension of fist-to-feet fighting, An Lushan's sense of oppression and Yang Guozhong's insidiousness, Tang Xuanzong's foolishness and fatigue, and the assassin Li E's fatality and handsomeness are all best interpreted and compared in his writing.

And this expressiveness did not fade with the passage, but instead escalated with the pace.

Such as "The Great Wall Beacon" and "Li EyuePrison", "Walking with your head" and "The Death of An Lushan" all show us a series of scenes that are like famous paintings, making readers feel as if they are in the scene, feeling the crisis and oppression, absurdity and loss.

Writing a good tragedy is a skill, but writing a good tragedy under a predetermined ending requires even more ability.

People who have some understanding of Tang history will definitely understand the endings of Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Yan Gaoqing, Yan Jiming and others in the comics. Although the comics may change, the "Assassin's Creed" series happens to have always respected history.

So under this established ending, it is even more difficult to show a sense of tragedy and epic. But this is also the point where the author Xu Xianzhe's brushwork is quite outstanding, that is, the impact force.

The death of Gao and Feng is the victim in the power struggle and the conflict between border generals and court officials.

But this conflict is not just a lofty and illusory edict in the comics, but is the most truly tragic mixture of Tongguan's dilemma, the cruelty of war, the feelings of the border army and the conspiracy in the court.

You can see Gao Xianzhi closing the door for the sake of the soldiers, Feng Changqing's advice after death, and the sound of "wrong" powerlessness and sadness that shook the sky and the earth, but deeply understand Gao Xianzhi's integrity of death with a knife, and Feng Changqing's loyalty of "shuttering his head".

You can see the cruelty of Yan Gaoqing crying and death, and you can see Yan Jiming's struggle of "striking a knife". How much you hope that in this comic, Yan Jiming just pretended to die and turned into an assassin, and from then on, he worked in the darkness, just as his father Yan Gaoqing thought. But he still saw him returning alone and fighting to the death, and was the enemy alone for his integrity. He yelled happily after he broke his arm and shouted "The Yan family will not surrender!"

The instinct of animals is to seek profit and avoid harm, and those who can seek harm for the great righteousness can be true feelings and nature, which is integrity and a true person. "The soul knows, but there is no sigh for the long-term guest. Alas, how sad it is. You are still feasting." is a mourning that Yan Zhenqing was so sad that he was almost collapsed.

There is a portrayal of national hatred and family hatred, and the love between children and children.

Yan Jiming and He Honger's heaven and man are forever separated, Li E and Alena's both teachers and friends, who would not regret the saying "Goodbye, I'm in love", and who would not be shocked by He Honger's silence.

When Li E was walking in the Shura Field with Yan Jiming's head in his arms, and when Yan Zhenqing threw down the blow-off brush head after writing "A Memorial to Nephew", can you think of the scene of the bitter wind and rain in the 14th year of Tianbao?

The Qing Dynasty poet Yuan Muyou said: Don't say that the song of eternal regret back then, there is also a Milky Way in the world. When couples farewell in Shihao Village, they cry more than in the Palace of Eternal Life.

ThisIt is the real "tears more than in the Palace of Eternal Life."

The impact is that the hope you think leads to despair, and the desperate situation you think contains a trace of vitality.

Li E was imprisoned, Gao Feng died, Tongguan fell, the emperor entered Shu, Yan was executed, Changshan City was destroyed... In this situation that was almost desperate, he suddenly changed his mind.

The protagonist fled under the guidance of the assassin's bloodline and entered the world's Beiku to obtain a large number of weapons. Later, he met Yan Zhenqing and planned the situation in Hebei for him. He Hong'er came to the envoy with a knife, and Yan Zhenqing raised the flag to defend against the rebel thieves. The invisible will be formed, and the treacherous will die.

We see the growth of the protagonist Li E from the beginning to the fact that he could not even understand the enemy's situation, to the growth of his father alone, stealing the remains of Yan's family, and assassinating An Lushan. Just like Yan Jiming, who once didn't know how to take a knife, he finally grew up with his father's death on the battlefield.

We also saw the people who were displaced due to the emperor's incompetence when Xuanzong fled to Shu, but were still willing to take out all the food to supply Xuanzong and his group of people to fill their stomachs, and the impact of Xuanzong's tears.

This infectiousness is of level. Although the author is slower, he will definitely be shocked by it after reading it in one go.

Until Mawei Slope, Yang Yuhuan hangs her and kills Yang Guozhong. On the road to escape, when the traitors shouted to protect the Longwu Army, the sound of "wrong" sounded again, and you will know that this is the case with the retribution. The treacherous minister... died well!

The expressiveness of the final chapter reached its climax.

The illusion of An Lushan seeing ghosts before his death, the grief and anger of Yan Zhenqing's book "Memorial to Nephew", the desolation of He Honger walking alone in the wilderness, the hymn of the assassin's oath, the invisible posture of standing at the top of the city... After reading the whole article, it really feels like an epic magnificence, but it is so sad and calm that it just comes in place, which makes people amazed.

The Assassin's Creed series has always been closely integrated with history and legend. Compared with the "myth trilogy" style in the game, "Dynasty" has a more ordinary greatness and human touch. It feels like the first and second generations.

In fact, the author Xu Xianzhe has always been a "textual research party". When he first painted "The Eater Man", he did it very rigorously, and "Dynasty" was no exception.

In terms of details, such as "intervention ceremony", Li Bai's poems, the verification of the army and weapons, etc., they are all portrayed very carefully and integrated very naturally. In addition, in history, the protagonist Li E really existed and indeed planned the Hebei form for Yan Zhenqing, and really contributed the weapons of the Beiku in the world.

However, Hong'er finally transformed into the assassin's "Red Line", which predicted the destruction of the pseudo-Yan regime. Zhang Xiaojing, the knight who first shot Guozhong, and Lei Haiqing, the musician who died for loyalty, just corresponded to the legendary "Red Line Stealing Box", Marshal Tian'sLegend, and Zhang Xiaojing, as a member of the Longyou army, must have details closely related to Gao Xianzhi.

The pseudo-Yan regime represented by An Lushan, the treacherous gangsters represented by Yang Guozhong, and the assassin organization represented by Li E formed a three-party force, which added a lot of fun to the plot.

Finally, the issue of "there is no creed after the second generation" that is often criticized in the last few films of Assassin's Creed, "creed" also received a good response in "Dynasty". Xu Xianzhe really lets us see an assassin who has been growing up from beginning to end, fighting for the creed, righteousness, and the world, an invisible person who truly cultivates the darkness and serves the light.

The most touching thing is, which one of those who died for the sake of family and country has never reflected this creed?