X Marks the Spot

2012-12-14T17:48:41Z

116.125.14.170: Added infobox

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{{Memory Infobox
|image= AC_II_S14_M1_X_marks_the_spot.png
|undefined
|description = ''Arrange the [[Codex]] on [[Codex Wall]] and find the [[Rome|place]].''
|appearance= ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|type= Main
|previous= [[Mob Justice]]
|next= [[In Bocca Al Lupo]]
|ancestor= [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Villa Auditore]], [[Monteriggioni]], [[Italy]]||date = 1499}}

'''X Marks The Spot''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s [[Genetic Memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus]].

== Description ==
Ezio Auditore had collected all the [[Codex]] pages in Italy, and had them decoded by [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]].He then met his uncle [[Mario Auditore]] and the other [[Assassins]] at the [[Villa Auditore]].

Ezio placed all the Codex pages on the [[Codex Wall]], and solved the puzzle by using [[Eagle Vision]] and rotating the pages. Once solved, the image turned out to be a map of the world, showing the locations of the [[Vatican Vault|Vault]] and other [[Pieces of Eden]] throughout the world.

== Dialogue ==
[[File:X_marks_1.png|thumb|right|250px|Ezio placing the Apple on the pedestal.]]
Ezio and the other Assassins gathered in Mario's study.
*'''Mario:''' ''Ezio!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''It is time, uncle. Let us finish what you and my father started all those years ago...''
*'''Mario:''' ''Indeed. Perhaps now we can finally make sense of this prophecy - and put a stop to whatever it is [[The Spaniard]] is plotting.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''We should start by locating the [[Vault]]. The Codex pages will lead us to it. Let's take a look.''
Ezio placed the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple]] in front of the Codex pages and assembled the map, causing the apple to activate.
*'''Ezio:''' ''It... It is a map of the entire world... But... there are lands shown here that do not exist...''
*'''[[Machiavelli]]:''' ''Apparently they do exist. I imagine they've yet to be discovered. Or rediscovered...''
*'''Ezio:''' ''How is this possible?''
*'''Machiavelli:''' ''Perhaps the Vault will hold the answer.''
*'''[[Paola]]:''' ''Do you see where it is then?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''No! It can't be! The Vault... It looks like the Vault is in [[Roma]]. Then the Spaniard... This is why he became Pope!''
*'''Mario:''' ''Now I understand! It's not the Vault alone he's gained access to - but the [[The Staff|staff]] as well!''
[[File:X_marks_3.png|thumb|right|250px|The Assassins gaze at the Codex wall.]]
*'''[[Teodora]]:''' ''What staff?''
*'''Mario:''' ''The Codex always spoke of two keys... two Pieces of Eden needed to open the Vault. One is the Apple...''
*'''Ezio:''' ''And the other is the staff... The Papal Staff is the second Piece of Eden.''
*'''Mario:''' ''For years... No, decades... We have sought these answers.''
*'''Paola:''' ''And now, at last, we have them...''
*'''[[Antonio de Magianis|Antonio]]:''' ''But so too could the Spaniard... And if he does... if he finds a way into the Vault... Its contents will make the Apple seem a trifling thing.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''I must go to Roma and find the Vault. What of the rest of you?''
*'''[[Bartolomeo D'alviano|Bartolomeo]]:''' ''We'll do what we do best, cause some trouble in the city, giving you the freedom to conduct your search.''
*'''Mario:''' ''Just let me know when you are ready, nipote'' (nephew).

== Outcome ==
The Assassins found the location of the [[Vatican Vault]], and Ezio went to [[Rome]] to assassinate [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. The other Assassins aided Ezio by causing riots in the city to distract the guards and let Ezio make it to the Vatican.

== Trivia ==
*The "undiscovered lands" that Ezio and Machiavelli discuss are the Americas, which actually had unknowingly been rediscovered 7 years earlier in 1492 on [[Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus's]] voyage, whom Ezio had met years earlier.

== Gallery ==
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X marks 2.png|The Codex wall as seen by Ezio.
X marks 4.png|Machiavelli and Ezio discuss the locations indicated.
X marks 5.png|Teodora and Antonio suggesting Ezio to act soon.
X marks 6.png|Mario informing of the plan to visit Rome.
X marks 7.png|Bartolomeo explaining his plan to cause chaos.
</gallery>

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