History gauging!

[sharpasafawkes]

So this fine fellow is a historian! This means he will probably recognize those famous faces from time long past. In addition some of said historical figures might or might not factor into the Templar/Assassin war going on, so let's all introduce each other!

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[chronicling]

HELLO

hello

IDK if Japanese people would ping him, but I have 2 x dead samurai. Mori Motonari (this one) and Sanada Yukimura (oyakatasama)! Also Motonari was hired on as a camp historian too so they should totally touch base anyway!

ETA - I should also mention that Yukimura is only... vaguely historical, and is very misplaced in time when it comes to history and his canon. Motonari is more historical, but everything that he talks about happening to him, he was likely historically dead for anyway :|a

[sharpasafawkes]

His main field of expertise seems to be European (and possibly Nordic) history, but I think he'd be at least passably familiar with Japanese history. So the time issues might not be readily apparent.

As for the player... Uh, I'll need to refresh my Japanese history since I'm amazingly rusty.

[justice]

... Sliiiiding in here to say that a lot of historians don't specialize in other fields. I was talking to a medievalist about the modern period (WWII), even as it RELATED to the medieval period, and even in the same area (Jewish European culture), and he admitted that he didn't know it as well as he should. You can get a pass on this one!

[wasaredherring]

AWESOME. Yeah my Japanese history outside of a smattering of the Edo period and Meiji restoration is painfully underdeveloped.

[justice]

Yeaaaaah. I USED TO FEEL EMBARRASSED BY HOW LITTLE I KNEW. That was in an interview for grad school that the dude did that (and I think he felt a little embarrassed because I knew about it). Basically, in undergrad, you're forced to take maybe two courses outside your field ... and the rest is in your field. Even then! And by time you're in Ph.D., you're not expected to remember it.

So, you could easily have him be "oh, yeah, I ... took a class ... a long time ago in that," and no one could fault you because that's actually accurate!