Chinese Blades
This mod replaces the Chinese attachments with historical weapons. The Chinese sword now randomly uses either a Jian or a Jiuhuandao. The Chinese Cataphract unit uses a Guandao for the bronze and iron upgrades.
The jiuhuandao is a modern interpretation of the traditional Chinese dao sword (of numerous variations) which is used for wushu and ceremony but is not particularly historical. I selected this variant to differentiate it from the Jian – Han Dynasty and earlier dao swords were single-edged and straight making it hard to distinguish it from the jian in-game.
The guandao polearm is also not exactly historical. According to legend, it was invented by Guan Yu in the 3rd century AD although this is likely a fabrication of the Ming Dynasty over a millennium later. It’s size and weight were of mythical proportions. It’s design is probably based on the podao, a traditional Chinese infantry weapon used against cavalry similar to a Japanese naginata. While ancient Chinese cavalry certainly would not have used a guandao, it is a mythological weapon and this is Age of Mythology so…
