the face of pyrhuss

[Megas Pyrrhos]

I always thought that Pyrrhos' face would best be represented by my avatar (lol my name on here says it all).

[Subotan]

My guy is hidden, a golden ninja.

[Βελισάριος]

You mean Hashishin?

[antisocialmunky]

Mine is a hardcore rocker.

[Subotan]

You mean Hashishin?

Yes, oh God yes.

[Power2the1]

The face of Phyrros in EB is perfect IMHO. He has a strong determined look, like hes thinking about fighting, killing, and destroying your army. His face fits well IMHO

[Mooks]

My avatar says "Im going to kill you and pillage your lands, and im going to look completely badass the whole time"

So basically the average viking

[Ibrahim]

You mean Hashishin?

its hashashin, with the second a a long a. learn your arabic grammar.

[Βελισάριος]

Sorry, I'm european, we call them "hashishin" sometimes.
But thanks for pointing that out.

[Mediolanicus]

Sorry, I'm european, we call them "hashishin" sometimes.
But thanks for pointing that out.

No we don't... Where do you think the word "assassin" comes from.

[Βελισάριος]

No we don't... Where do you think the word "assassin" comes from.

Yes, we do.
Assassin comes from that word, but there is more than one way for any one word to enter a language's vocabulary from another language.

In the one case, it was assimilated and given a (slightly) different, yet similar meaning: assassin.
On the other hand, Hashishin is a "barbarised" version of the original term, used closest in meaning to the original (i.e. the Hashashin, which is ironically listed on Wikipedia under history of terrorism... new for me, but let's not get into that). Only it was adapted to English, using an already existent word, which in this case is hashish. Thence, Hashishin.

And, finally, a word can be entirely "stolen" from another language, which is why they are also referred to as Hashshashin.

I'll learn my Arabic if you learn your English.
The Professor has spoken.

[soup_alex]

Where do you think the word "assassin" comes from.

Marco Polo?

[Ibrahim]

Sorry, I'm european, we call them "hashishin" sometimes.
But thanks for pointing that out.

your welcome. I'm thinking of sarting a school for basic classical Arabic. It will be on the forum of course.

problem is, I'm not sure If I have the time for it, with University looming closer.

Why didn't you tell me that earlier? I couldn't have put that into my History paper about the Crusades and dazzled the examiner with my knowledge of complex Arabic.

sorry about that...but you never asked.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

and yes, hashashin were terrorists-they assassinated mainstream muslims, Crusaders, and even tried to bump the mongols leaders off. the Mongols destroyed the sect, seeing that they had more sophisticated techniques for levelling a hilltop fortress

helped that they were better spymasters as well, but I digress.

anyways, back on topic:

If it is possible, some person or other might be enterprising enough to start making portrait busts of various characters, and making them fit into EB. so we can have authentic Gallic, Greek, or even shall I say, Arabian faces?

EDIT: that's quite a project there..maybe it was a bad idea proposing this

[Subotan]

its hashashin, with the second a a long a. learn your arabic grammar.

Why didn't you tell me that earlier? I couldn't have put that into my History paper about the Crusades and dazzled the examiner with my knowledge of complex Arabic.