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The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel

2013 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ10884183 ↗
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The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel (simplified Chinese: 仙剑奇侠传五前传; traditional Chinese: 仙劍奇俠傳五前傳; pinyin: Xiānjiàn Qíxiá Zhuàn Wǚ Qián Zhuàn), also known as Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel (仙劍五前傳) or Chinese Paladin 5 Prequel, is a xianxia-themed fantasy adventure role-playing video game developed by Taiwanese game company Softstar Entertainment's Beijing subsidiary. It is the seventh installment in The Legend of Sword and Fairy video game series, and is the direct prequel of The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5, set about 25 years before the plot of the latter.

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