Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
I need this for the Legends and Myths mod, it is probably the most important unit of the bunch I requested earlier.
The Legendary Immortal Bird of Fire....the Phoenix(A Unit Request)
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I need this for the Legends and Myths mod, it is probably the most important unit of the bunch I requested earlier.
RedAlert
Love one another
Nice. That would be a super cool unit.
But... what exactly would it do? I mean, how would it attack, etc. Just out of curiosity. Being a bird and all, I'm wondering how it would be animated.
But... what exactly would it do? I mean, how would it attack, etc. Just out of curiosity. Being a bird and all, I'm wondering how it would be animated.
Please note that Phoenixes are NOT made out of fire. Those are firebirds, a seperate myth from a seperate country. Phoenixes are large birds with brilliant, but non-conflagratory, plumage (after all, it's hard to incinerate oneself when one is already burning).
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
RedAlert said:
You're a bird???
Zurai: Yes, the Phoenix is not already in flames. It's supposed to be burnt up and then born again from its own ashes...
So basically, it should be an unkillable unit.
Also, of course, it would be genuinely unique, as there was only one phoenix.
As for how it would attack - surely in a fairly standard raptor manner, but that's scary enough when it's so big and brilliant.
Of course, its Fidget animation would consist of its suddenly burning to a crisp and then hatching once more.
As for how it would attack - surely in a fairly standard raptor manner, but that's scary enough when it's so big and brilliant.
Of course, its Fidget animation would consist of its suddenly burning to a crisp and then hatching once more.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
So then what the heck would the Death animation look like?
Rufus T. Firefly
Rufus is coming in town!
It could be a build every x turns unit: Phoenix born every 500 years on Constatinople. About the death anim, it must burn, because it re-birth from its ash
RedAlert
Love one another
Dom Pedro II said:You're a bird???
No, No! I was referring to the phoenix of course
Abaddon
Deity
Which legend states theres only one?
Harry Potter would lead us to believe they not that unique
Harry Potter would lead us to believe they not that unique
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
I, for one, am also plugging for this unit, since I could use a phoenix (with fire attack) as one of the Summoned Creatures for my FF mod.
Also, as for the uniqueness of the phoenix, it all depends on which legends you look at. In Chinese/Japanese mythology, there were quite a few phoenixes (Houou to use the Japanese word), but once they reached maturity, they usually would ascend to heaven or something like that. One of the ways that the Chinese/Japanese phoenix would attack is by incinerating its enemies with a blinding, burning light (thus what the FF Phoenix summons are partially based on). The Chinese phoenix is also a symbol of immortality, since the birds were supposed to be immortal (another word for phoenix in Japanese is Fushichou which literally translates as "the Immortal bird").
Also, as for the uniqueness of the phoenix, it all depends on which legends you look at. In Chinese/Japanese mythology, there were quite a few phoenixes (Houou to use the Japanese word), but once they reached maturity, they usually would ascend to heaven or something like that. One of the ways that the Chinese/Japanese phoenix would attack is by incinerating its enemies with a blinding, burning light (thus what the FF Phoenix summons are partially based on). The Chinese phoenix is also a symbol of immortality, since the birds were supposed to be immortal (another word for phoenix in Japanese is Fushichou which literally translates as "the Immortal bird").
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Well, maybe one Phoenix found its way to the west, so the Sumerians thought there was only one....lol
Rufus T. Firefly
Rufus is coming in town!
Ogedei_the_Mad
Caffeinated Khagan
Plotinus said:
No culture really has a monopoly on the Phoenix. It appears everywhere. The phoenix is a very ancient mythological creature in China as well and is commonly known as the "Feng Huang". It has the appearance of a colorful peacock with a very long tail and large prominent wings.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
Anybody ever think it a little odd that almost every culture in Eurasia has one of these myths about this bird?
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
There were giant birds on the planet at one point you know. Currently, the largest flying bird is the Condor, but I'm sure even larger flyers existed at one point. Just my totally unprovable, untestable theory.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
Sword_Of_Geddon said:
But that still doesn't explain the resurrection part.
Ogedei_the_Mad
Caffeinated Khagan
Dom Pedro II said:
You'd have to ask an expert folklorist about that.
Folklore travels all over the place, thus no place really has the "true" version (thus there's no one "true" Phoenix either). After all, the Cinderella story we all know actually traveled to Europe from China via the Silk Road. Similar threads
