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Spanish Treasure Fleet

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{{WP-REAL|1715 Treasure Fleet}}
{{Dialogue|Edward Thatch|Was the haul aboard as rich as men are saying?|Edward Kenway|A thousand times that. I reckon a million pounds worth of reales were sunk that day.|Edwards Thatch and Kenway, on the Treasure Fleet's cargo, 1715.}}
[[File:AC4BF More Shipwreck - Concept Art.jpg|thumb|250px|The wreckage of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet off the coast of Florida]]
The annual '''Spanish Treasure Fleets''' were convoys of [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Ships|warships]] that departed the country's New World ports – such as [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], in the [[Caribbean]] – after receiving mule loads of trade goods such as gold, silver and jewels from South American colonies like Peru, and were destined for the ports of [https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCsQFjAEahUKEwiS3uai9J7HAhWEzYAKHUvPAF0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FC%25C3%25A1diz&ei=rM3IVZLYL4SbgwTLnoPoBQ&usg=AFQjCNF3c2u-vSXTZZYwJ85GXpN2y4qAfA&bvm=bv.99804247,d.eXY Cádiz] and [[Seville]], Spain. Some of the most notable were the Treasure Fleets of 1622, 1715, 1733 and 1750, which were all decimated by hurricanes, spilling a fortune of gold reales into the ocean.

==History==
Seven days after their departure from Havana, the 1715 Treasure Fleet was hit a hurricane, which destroyed eleven of its twelve vessels. The surviving ship was a [[brig]] known as ''El Dorado'', which had been stolen by the [[Piracy|pirates]] [[Edward Kenway]] and [[Adéwalé]] during their escape from imprisonment aboard one of the fleet's sister ships. Following the escape, Kenway took the ''El Dorado'' as his own and rechristened it the ''[[Jackdaw]]''.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

Word of the fleet's capsize quickly spread throughout the region, with wild variances on the details; [[Edward Thatch]] at one point expressed an interest in diving the wrecks. Edward Kenway, on the other hand, dove to the wreck of the ''[[San Ignacio]]'' to locate medicines for the citizens of [[Nassau]], although the cures he recovered were "quite spoilt".<ref name="AC4"/>

In November 1716, another Spanish Treasure Fleet was attacked by the pirates [[Alonzo Batilla]], [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Samuel Bellamy]]; upon noticing the pirates, the fleet made to depart, though Alonzo Batilla pursued and engaged them. Despite this, Alonzo could not find Samuel Bellamy's "treasure", which proved to be a [[Fragment of Eden]]. Of the fleet's six ships, one [[frigate]] survived the conflict, though the pirates were forced to leave it after being confronted by [[Francis Hume]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Spanish Navy warships|*]]

British Army

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{{Quote|The enemy advances and you tremble. They've better numbers, you say. Better weapons. Better training.|[[Israel Putnam]] describing Continental reaction to the British regulars.|Assassin's Creed III}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = ACIII-Britishsoldier-render.png
|leader = Monarch of the [[United Kingdom|British Empire]]
|headquarters = Whitehall, London, England
|locations = *Britain
*[[United States|British America]] (Industrial era)
*[[France]] (First World War)
*British Empire (Industrial - [[Modern times|Modern era]])
|hideh = yes
|hidea = yes}}
The '''British Army''' was a branch of the {{Wiki|British Armed Forces|Armed Forces}} of the [[United Kingdom|Kingdom of Great Britain]], alongside the [[Royal Navy]] and, later, the {{Wiki|Royal Air Force}}. It was formed in 1707 with the {{Wiki|Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union}} and focused on land-based warfare. Following Great Britain's triumph over the [[France|Kingdom of France]] in the [[French and Indian War]], which ended in 1763, the soldiers of the British Army occupied [[United States|Colonial America]] during the events of the [[American Revolutionary War]].

The superior discipline, skill-at-arms, equipment, organization, brutality and reputation of the British Army were major sources of intimidation to the initially amateur soldiers of the [[Continental Army]] during the American Revolution. During the conflict, the British Army received military support from their {{Wiki|Hessian (soldiers)|Hessian}} allies, mainly in the form of [[Jägers]].

The soldiers of the British Army, known as the Regulars, were often referred to as "Redcoats" or "Lobster-backs" by the general population during the [[American Revolution]], due to their distinctive red uniforms. While the facings of the uniform were known to vary by regiment, the red dye was maintained by most British troops, excluding the Horse Guards, bombardiers and riflemen.

==Arms and tactics==
The British Infantry Regulars of the 18th century were armed with the standard British Army smoothbore [[Firearms|flintlock musket]], often known as the {{Wiki|Brown Bess}}, and a fifteen inch [[Bayonets|socket bayonet]] that could be locked onto the end of the musket barrel, which was often employed when receiving cavalry or, obviously, during a bayonet charge. The battle cry "Huzzah" often accompanied a bayonet charge, for intimidation. Dragoons and other cavalry were armed with carbines and swords.

[[File:ACIII-Soldier 13.png|thumb|left|250px|Haytham Kenway fighting several British soldiers]]
British soldiers were drilled extensively in the use of these primary weapons, until they could load and fire their muskets with their eyes closed. A well-trained infantryman could average around three shots per minute from his musket, whereas a sub-par soldier could accomplish perhaps two. British officers usually armed themselves with flintlock pistols and [[Swords and maces|sabers]], although it was not unknown for light infantry officers to carry their own musket or rifle as the war progressed.

When on patrol, British soldiers usually marched in a column of 6-9 men. These groups consisted of one commissioned [[Officers|Officer]], a [[Snitches|Drummer]], four Regulars, and four [[Grenadiers]]. These numbers changed over the course of the Revolutionary War.

[[File:Battle of Bunker Hill 3.png|thumb|250px|British regulars at Bunker Hill]]
The British greatly emphasized mass line infantry fire and prized discipline. In this regard, punishment was strict for deserters and disobedience. Mass line infantry differed from, for example, the French firing patterns. The firing line allowed for the maximum number of muskets to be brought to bare on a target, and therefore the highest volume of fire.

The guerrilla warfare of the rebels was frowned upon by the British commanders, who considered it dishonorable, though the British Army did deploy similarly-trained soldiers. Many of the rebels were in fact trained by the British as light infantry, or "light bobs", and such units continued to be employed by the British, though they were scarcely used in place of line fire. It was found, however, that such guerrilla warfare, over time, was highly effective against the line and file tactics of the day, though the Regulars were hard to match in pitched battles or over open ground.

Historically however, despite this advantage, the rebels had difficuties facing British cavalry even with the latter's use being limited in the war. The British 16th and 17th Light Dragoons in particular became a terror to the Patriot forces as many veterans of the French and Indian War in the colonies were not experienced in facing cavalry charges.

In the Battle of White Plains, British cavalrymen had broken the ranks of colonial forces. Fortunately for the rebels, it was costly to bring large number of cavalry units to the American continent and the terrain made it difficult to deploy horses. The lack of major cavalry support on the British side, allowed George Washington to retreat in many disastrous battles, such as the Battle of Long Island.

As many battles were focused around ranks of line infantry unleashing volleys of synchronized musket fire, and often in pursuit of an objective; many thousands of lives would be laid down for a small gain. The discipline of the British would allow soldiers to march past and over their fallen comrades and continue to fight for their objective, with a ferocity bred from poverty, as were the conditions in which many of the infantry were raised. Once the enemy lines faltered, British Dragoons and other cavalry units would draw swords and charge to cut down the remaining enemy soldiers.

==Trivia==
*Despite the British Army having withdrawn from {{Wiki|Colonial America}} in 1783, remnants of British Regulars could still be found around the [[Frontier]], [[Boston]], and [[New York City|New York]].
*The Grenadiers resembled a {{Wiki|Pioneer (military)|pioneer}}, which was a military unit whose tasks are specifically for construction and engineering, rather than actual grenadiers, who were used as elite troops to storm enemy battlements and fortifications.
*British officer uniforms were based on the era's {{Wiki|Dragoon guards|Dragoons}}. Historically, however, Dragoons served as mounted heavy cavalry, rather than footsoldiers.
*In the ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', the British military joined in the rebellion against [[George Washington|King Washington]], evidenced by many red-coated corpses strewn around the Frontier and other cities.
*Severe historical inaccuracy is present when British soldiers are encountered on board warships in the Caribbean, as well as on West Indian islands. This due to the fact that not all ships in the Royal Navy contained British soldiers, let alone as the entire crew of a ship, and also due to the fact that British soldiers did not carry cutlasses. Cutlasses were carried by sailors and marines, while almost all regular soldiers sported muskets with bayonets, though some Captains carried infantry swords, a different kind of sword all together.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Redcoat infantry concept by Sergey Kalinen.jpg|Concept art of a British infantryman
British soldier concept illustration.jpg|Concept art of a British soldier
ACIII-CA-Jager.png|Concept art of a Jäger
Dangerous Secret by Max Qin.jpg|Illustration of British soldiers
Concept art of a British Army encampment.jpg|Concept art of [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] surveying a British army encampment
AC3 British Leader.png|A British officer
AC3 British Brute.png|A British grenadier
AC3 REDCOATS.png|A contingent of British soldiers
ACIColdstreams.jpg|The Coldstreams Guards
British Army camp in the Frontier.jpg|A British army camp in the Frontier
ACIII-GI (2).jpg|Connor watching a British patrol
ACIII-GI (3).jpg|Connor fighting three British soldiers
ACIII-GI (7).jpg|Connor being halted by a British soldier
Connorstabbing.jpg|Connor killing two British soldiers
ACIII British Encampment SS.jpg|A British Army encampment
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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Apple of Eden 2

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{{Quote|If you are asked, say I sent the Apple away. Tell them I sent it to Cyprus, or Cipango, or that I dropped it into the sea. Tell them anything to keep men away from this place. This Apple must not be found, not until the time is right.|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, on the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Item Infobox
|image = Apple of Eden.png
|type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] ([[Apples of Eden|Apple]])
|powers = *Creating illusions
*Human mind control
|current = Destroyed
|period = *Prehistory
*High Middle Ages
*Elizabethan era
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[First Civilization]]
|made = Prehistory
|destroyed = Early 21st century, during the [[DIA satellite accident]]
|notable = *[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]]
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]
*[[Elizabeth I of England]]
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]]}}
'''Apple of Eden #2''' was a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]], an item of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the [[First Civilization]] to control [[Humans|humankind]].

One of its most notable owners was the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who possessed it for the majority of his life and used its capabilities to reform the Assassin Order.

==Usage==
Like many [[Apples of Eden]], it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds. The Apple could presumably be used to look into possible future outcomes, using the {{Wiki|Probability theory|theory of probability}}, as well as impart knowledge of formulas and practices surpassing those of its time, as evidenced in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]].

==History==
===Middle Ages===
{{Quote|The Piece of Eden is temptation given form.|Al Mualim, about the Apple of Eden.|Assassin's Creed}}
By the [[Third Crusade]], ten [[Templars]] had found the Apple, which remained hidden in the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Some time in 1191, the Templar [[Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sable]] sought to retrieve the Apple, and use it to seize control of the land for the Templars.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

Discovering this, [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] sent three of his [[Assassins]] – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the brothers [[Malik Al-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar Al-Sayf]] – to intercept him, and take the artifact to the Assassins' fortress in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="AC"/>

[[File:Failure_4.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple of Eden in its casing]]
Despite suffering a grievous injury to his left arm and losing his brother Kadar, Malik Al-Sayf was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it to Al Mualim, while Altaïr was routed by the Templars. Throughout the year, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, while sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>

During Altaïr's absence on a mission to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, revealing himself to be a covert Templar, corrupted by the Apple's power.

When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr after his return, he utilized several of the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of his own form.<ref name="AC"/>

[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|250px|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple]]
However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple after it rolled away from his body. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden being emitted from the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>

Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even after his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body on a pyre to be certain that he would not return – against the Assassins' beliefs to not cremate a person on their demise.

However, Altaïr's intentions were received both positively and negatively, with Altaïr's former friend and rival [[Abbas Sofian]] being the main person to stand against the Assassin.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

{{Quote|Have you anything to teach us, or will you lead us all to ruin?|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, regarding the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:Mentor's wake 11.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple draining the life from Abbas]]
The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two, after Abbas was angered by Altaïr on the burning of their former [[Mentor]]'s body, shoving him off of the cliff they were standing on.

Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, where he retrieved the Apple, and climbed a watchtower outside the Masyaf fortress.

However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple began to drain the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the effects of a Piece of Eden than other Assassins, was able to obtain the artifact from Abbas before it killed him. To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake,<ref name="ACR"/> and the Order united under Altaïr.<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

Despite this accident, Altaïr carefully studied the Apple throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques and weapons for the Assassins to use.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> Altaïr also carried it with him during the journey to [[Cyprus]] to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm a mob that was falsely rallied against him.<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]</ref>

In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe|Maria]] and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] traveled to Mongolia to assassinate [[Genghis Khan]] and eliminate the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol threat]]. They returned to Masyaf ten years later, successful in their objective with the help of the Mongolian Assassin, [[Qulan Gal]].

However, in their absence, Abbas had killed Altaïr's second son [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|Sef]] and imprisoned Malik, later having him killed as well. With the acting leader, Malik, in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself at its head.

[[File:New regime 8.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr using the Apple against Swami]]
Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr hand over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it.

Swami, revealing himself to be Sef's killer, and that he had told Sef that his father was the one to order his death before killing him, felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it.

A golden glow shining from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr then escaped Masyaf, urged by Maria's final words, and eventually met with Darim along the way, before he began a 20 year self-imposed exile in [[Alamut]].<ref name="ACTSC"/>

During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, even managing to create a [[Hidden Gun]] through the knowledge he learned.<ref name="AC2"/> Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six [[Memory Seals]], and once the twenty years of exile came to an end, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue – gaining the support from the Assassins – and tested the newly created weapon on Abbas, killing him.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

Upon regaining control of the Order once again, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library, intending to hide all of his books there. A few years later, Darim met the [[Venice|Venetian]] tradesmen [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]], and, inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,<ref name="ACTSC"/> the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92 years old, to become Assassins.

After a month of training,<ref name="ACR"/> Masyaf was attacked by the Mongols under command of [[Hülegü Khan|Hulagu Khan]], seeking retaliation for Genghis Khan's death.<ref name="ACTSC"/> Altaïr passed on several of his books and his Codex to the Polo brothers, and before they left Masyaf, he gave Niccolò five of the six Memory Seals, which Altaïr had turned into keys needed to open his library.<ref name="ACR"/>

[[File:Lost legacy 3.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal]]
Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf's fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bid each other farewell before the entrance to [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr's library]].

Darim was ordered to take Altaïr's remaining books with him to [[Alexandria]], after which Darim realized that the library was not meant for its supposed purpose, instead being used as a vault.

Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to its end. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal and sealed it behind a shutter, before imprinting the sixth [[Memory Seals|Memory Seal]] with the memory of himself locking the Apple away and peacefully passing away in his chair, where both the Assassin's remains and the artifact would stay hidden for nearly three centuries.<ref name="ACR"/>

===Renaissance===
{{Quote|Another artifact? No. You will stay here. I have seen enough for one life.|Ezio Auditore upon finding the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
In 1509, the Mentor of the [[Italian Assassins]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], found a letter written by his father [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] mentioning the library underneath Masyaf and the vast amount of knowledge it supposedly held.

Intrigued by his discovery, Ezio set out on a journey to the Holy Land to reach a better understanding of the Order through Altaïr's knowledge.<ref name="ACR"/>

Ezio arrived in Masyaf in the winter of 1511, and retrieved Niccolò Polo's journal "[[The Secret Crusade]]" from [[Leandros]], the leader of a small army of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Templars tasked with opening Altaïr's library.

The Assassin proceeded to make his way to [[Constantinople]] to retrieve the five keys and unlock the entrance to the library. After several months of searching, aided by the [[Turkish Assassins|local Assassins Guild]] and a Venetian-[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] bookseller named [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the keys, and together with her, he made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="ACR"/>

[[File:Message 2.png|thumb|250px|Ezio discovering the Apple]]
Entering the library, Ezio found Altaïr's remains, as well as the sixth Memory Seal. Ezio relived Altaïr's final moments and discovered the Apple, but decided not to take the artifact from its pedestal, leaving it in the library instead.

At that moment, the Apple imparted a message from the [[Synch Nexus]], intended for Ezio's descendant, [[Desmond Miles]], who was viewing his [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] in the [[Animus]]. In the message, [[Jupiter]] recounted the First Civilization's final days, and provided Desmond the means to access the [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="ACR"/><ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>

===Elizabethan era===
{{Quote|You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses.|John Dee, describing the painting he gave Elizabeth Jane Weston.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
[[File:Glyph_2_1.png|thumb|250px|left|The Apple hidden in the globus cruciger]]
Possibly after being discovered beneath Masyaf by English diplomats or merchants, the Apple wound up in the hands of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], an important monarch in 16th century [[United Kingdom|England]], who succeeded her sister [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] after she was assassinated by the Assassin Order.<ref name="AC2"/>

With the Apple's power, Elizabeth saved England from invasion by using it to utterly crush the [[Spanish Armada]], leading to the creation of the [[Royal Navy]]. Her most trusted adviser [[John Dee]] was aware of Elizabeth possessing the artifact, even using one himself during his time living in [[Prague]].<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Divine Science: Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston]]</ref>

John Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the {{Wiki|Judgment of Paris}}, as a wedding present to the stepdaughter of his former colleague [[Edward Kelley]], [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]], after Queen Elizabeth's death.<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
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===Modern times===
{{Quote|I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble.|An unknown Templar in a letter, referring to William Greer.|Assassin's Creed II}}
By modern times, the Apple had passed into the hands of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], after arriving in [[India]] from England on board a British trading ship. He used it to acquire a large religious following during the early 20th century. However, the Templars discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, in order to recover it for themselves.<ref name="AC2"/>

By 1963, the Templars had both [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple #1]] and Apple #2, using the pair in the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]]. [[William Greer]], the Secret Service agent assigned to drive [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]'s limousine, was trained in the use of Apple #2, and was instructed to steal [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple #3]] from Kennedy after he was killed.<ref name="AC2"/>

Later on, Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple #2 underneath {{Wiki|Denver International Airport}}, though they eventually caused the [[DIA satellite accident]], ultimately losing the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>

==Trivia==
*Unlike [[Ezio's Apple of Eden]], Altaïr's health did not drain while he used the Apple.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]