OOC Notes

Pronunciation Guide

While we don't expect you to memorise this or even apply it fully, below is a handy pronunciation chart for added authenticity:

c	ts as in nets
ch	as in chat
g	as in girl
j	as in jingle
q	ch as in cheese
x	sh as in sheer
y	as in year
z	dz as in adze
zh	j as in John
a	e as in pen in yan, jian, qian, xian; otherwise as in father
ai	as aye
ang	ong as in wrong
ao	ow as in now
e	e as in yet in ye, -ie, -ue; otherwise as e in the
ei	as in neigh
en	un as in fun
eng	ung as in rung
er	as are
i	i as in sir after c, s, z; ir as in sir after ch, sh, zh, r
ie	ye in yet
iu	as in yoyo
ong	as in Achtung
ou	as oh
u	after j, q, x, and y as ui in suit; otherwise as u in rule
ua	after j, q, x, and y as ue in duet; otherwise as wa in water
uai	as why
ue	as ue in duet
ui	as way
uo	similar to o in once

The main two inspirations are:

To a lesser extent:

There's a lot of them, among the best are:

These aren't really wuxia, but inspired certain aspects of the setting

Kung Fu Hustle: Comedy/parody of wuxia
Almost anything by Akira Kurosawa, especially Rashomon and Seven Samurai
Red Cliff: a chinese historical epic, not quite wuxia but has lots of nice scenes of battles
Disney's epic Mulan
A whole bunch of Hong Kong action movies, mostly starring either Chow Yun Fat or Tony Leung such as God of Gamblers and Internal Affairs.

There aren't many, but Bioware's Jade Empire was very influential.