Heroes in History: Zhan Hu 

"Knock knock" "Who's there" "Zhan" "Zhan who?" "H-How did you know?"

Ngl, everything about Zhan Hu gives me Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2 vibes. Down to the armor, backstory feats and design.

I'm very happy with the Zhan Hu as characters, it has historical elements but is still very creative and fits into the world of FH. Having a Chinese faction without fireworks/gunpower would be disappointing. Its the same reason why not getting the hand cannon execution was disappointing. China invented gunpowder and it is cool to see that represented. I could do without the magic rocks though, but that's an entirely different discussion.

I am very happy RU-vid recommended this video to me, I’m a Wu Lin fanboy and zhanhu is my main. I always thought they had a cool backstory and lore, and zhanhu’s was the coolest to me because he’s like Count Dooku, elegant and dignified yet villainous and power hungry

6:34 That Yuan Shao from Dynasty Warrior as a stand-in for historical figure was amusing, but it is a nice touch.

I've used the nodachi and the changdao for real in my martial arts training and tbh, I prefer the changdao more due to the balance and perfect mix between a longsword and spear like attributes. Most historical changdao have a straight backed, one or even two sided blade that actually lets it stab and pierce better than the curved katana imo. I was main Zhanhu for a long time and just now switched to Gladiator but I will forever enjoy the fire artillery warrior and the powerful yet elegant changdao

"[...] they would oversee the training, discipline and demeanor of the soldiers [...]" Well, if that's not Zhanhu...

YOO i was really excited for this episode it will sure be amazing!

Been waiting for another one of your amazing videos!

Even though for honor is basically historical fantasy at the same time it is cool how a lot of it is based on something you can find in real life.

Excellent video as always, never drew the one toon to Avatar myself but that’s pretty cool.

History like this is rather very interesting when I’m not forced to learn it every day!

Your descriptions are so cool like honestly you can make anything sound cool

I love Zhan hu. Their design, fighting them, definitely playing them, the in game lore. And now this as well. LB will forever be my favorite child, so for further tempting me away from him thank you and curse you.

You voice and narration are incredible! I love it! No home. Lol

tbh the word changdao just means a long sword… that word could be any sword or even Chinese pole arms, the sword he is using are controversial. but the mocap actor of zhanhu is a person who practice a single edge double handed sword called miaodao. just consider it is a Japanese tachi, it is a tape of sword that been created at the qing dynasty, the last dynasty of China. it is highly based on Japanese swords, even some techniques are similar. miaodao is if not the last existing double handed Chinese swords that people train with. but zhanhu's sword in game model are definitely not miaodao.

I have been waiting for this for....some time now

Great video I learned a lot about the jingywei.

Could you please do Tiandi next. Would love to learn more about the Long Fist and his use of the Dao

Amazing video can you do raider or warlord next?

Hades and gaaaawblin slayer were perfectly placed! XD

Another great video in this series. My only critique would be missing pictures for the weapons you are talking about, because random Chinese weapon names don’t really achieve much with me…

Great video, but you glossed over an important fact that your viewers NEED to know: There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

Very swag video I love it. - Kars

That ending gives me vitaneon vibes, nice.

Oh finally! Is Tiandi next?

I hope you do Tiandi next

Tho I doubt they used such a long sword esp when the Jinyiwei are supposed to be imperial guards or assassins as they need to carry main one hand swords. Three movies that portrays the jinyiwei and such is pretty good :) 14 blades starring Donnie Yen, Brotherhood of blades 1 and 2

glad to hear someone spelling the name correctly

Just so you know,the chinese warriors in the anime film are also Jing Yi Wei

Raven knight exceeding expectations once again

What movie was that? I wanna watch it now

You should do an outfit tutorial for your zhanhu character

What movie are those clips from? The live action one not avatar lol

Fire Lord Ozai is displeased that these guys weren't on his team.

Zhanhu is my boy!

YOOO lesss goo

This is funny, I've actually customized my Zhan Hu in two loadouts to be as firebender as possible, and Dai Li (

Hey raven, do you think you could do heroes in history for some of the story mode characters, like Tozen or Apollyon

I think the Dai Li of Avatar are based off Dai Li of KMT, a spy served for the ROC and known as Himmler of China. Their uniforms are also directly from the Qing Dynasty without a doubt and I don't think the people working on Avatar really know who Jinyiwei were. Zhanhu is definitely based off Jinyiwei for sure, but the lore also mixed with the Shenjiying, which is the artillery camp of the Ming who specialised in gunpowder equipment like imported guns, fire lances, cannons and many others including grenades.

Be nice if ubi add in that caped outfit for ZH

I haven't watched the entire video yet but i feel like i have to point out that the name of the character is pronounced more like "john hu" (except the o is pronounced like uh so technically "j-uh-n hu) and not "zan hu". It's really diffcult to explain since i am not an english speaker and i have a bit of trouble explaining how to pronounce something to english speakers so i hope you understood what i was trying to say

YESS!!

This is good

The fire 🔥 is strong in this chat

Also very ironic that Zhan hu is roughly translated to war ruler or war tiger. But Zanhu is hairpin

i like him a lot

The Medieval Chinese equivalent of the Russian Oprichniki, both exist in the same era and both are their respective Emperor/Tzar's personal secret police.

It's no wonder Wu Lin get along with Horkos more than Chimera since they're strict on the strong and the weak

Awesome video, can someone please tell me name of the film 5:50 ?

It's either kensei, warden, black prior Orochi, aramusha, tiandi or zhanhu I'll main but I'm still thinking about it 🤔

i really like how all the other harbringers are tryhard edgelords zhan hu is just chilling and only expresses desire to better himself

LETS GOOOOOOOO

yesss

Has Raven done a JJ video yet?

Uh I think the Zh in chinese must be read like a soft G/J, for example jambon in french personally zhanhu always gave me the Dai Li from Avatar vibes, now i know it's because they are bot the monarchy secret police

NOBODY EXPECTS THE CHINESE INQUISITION!

What's funny to me is I thought Ubi would use a Miao Dao because of it's similar look to the sword those secret police used but it's more like a Bastard sword being anywhere from hand and a half to two handed but being closer to wardens sword then a greatsword that the Chang Dao is. Plus it has that fancy scabbard and I thought Zhanhu would be the first hero with a Scabbard.

So, a social point accountant before social point was a thing.

I wish they gave Nuxia a red guard uniform armor just for the memes.

Jang jun next plz

He used lines from Goblin Slayer Abridged and Mulan (the first animated film, not its sequel or that abomination of a live-action remake) at the end.

Btw zhanhu is pronounced with a soft J sound, not a ts

They sound like star wars inquisitors in a way

He ant afraid to die or step into his own flames of making

What is the show you showed called

hi raven

I thought he used a zhanmadao

14:40 crowley? 🥺

😎👍🏽👍🏽

Where shugoki

:)

So, the Zhanhu and the tiandi are the imperial guards? Wack ig

hedow :)

I wish they produce chlothes for zan hu like in old korean

In the Tang Dynasty there was no changdao a two handed "sword" was name Mo dao no examples have been found but from what we do know it was a pole weapon which despite the name dao it had a straight double edged blade, the sword in the Ming Dynasty came from nodachi like you said I would add it becomes even more obvious with the original name wodao( literally meaning Japanese sword),chang dao or miao dao the typical names today were given during the Republican era. While we're on the topic of weapons I have been meaning to discuss something, I know you have mentioned before that the guandao is the origin of the naginata however this is unlikely besides both being pole weapons with single edge blades they don't have that much in common when looking at the details and both their history, in fact the naginata may be the older of the two. guandao was a Cavalry weapon unfit for foot combat or common soldiers and it's use as a actual weapon is limited pretty much use for strength training after song, the naginata history however is the complete opposite with no evidence for use on Horseback until about the 14th century. Also in the ming dynasty we see the adoption of Japanese naginata sometimes called Chang Wo Dao, at the same time during sengoku peirod We do see at least some examples of blades resembling ming guandao.

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"Sudden assassinations were not only common but, anticipated." Further reason why Assassin's Creed should be set in China and Japan, colorized.

What’s the name of the movie in this video

GAMESTATION

If only they give Zhan Hu the dao and the sheath then it will be perfect

Zhan should get that hair style from 5:56.