Sage

2014-11-26T12:41:14Z

177.0.241.187: /* Gallery */ Jaques Demolay wasn't a sage

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[[File:The Sage's Buried Secret 5.png|thumb|250px|A Mayan statue of a Sage's head in underground Tulum]]
'''Sages''' are [[Humans|human]] reincarnations of [[Aita]], a member of the [[First Civilization]] and the husband of [[Juno]].

Sages are born normally with their own personality and memories but they also possess the memories of Aita. They bear a strong physical resemblance to Aita, and possess a distinctive combination of {{Wiki|anisocoria}} and {{Wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}} in the eyes.

After Aita, who had volunteered and died after being placed within a First Civilization machine in an attempt to save the world from a [[Toba Catastrophe|solar flare]], Juno sought to somehow save him, so that they might reunite some day. To this end, Juno later manipulated the genetic code of human DNA, implanting a hidden trigger that would randomly activate and alter the genetic makeup of the individual, changing their appearance and imbuing them with Aita's memories.

A Sage's blood is required to open the passage to the [[Observatory]], hidden in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]], through inserting it into a [[Blood vials|blood vial]]. The [[Mayans|Mayan]] civilization and [[Taíno]] people worshiped the Sages, and the Mayan ruins in [[Tulum]], [[Mexico]] contained a statue resembling a Sage's head.

Known Sages include the carpenter and explorer [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] , the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]], silversmith [[François-Thomas Germain]], and [[Abstergo Entertainment]] IT head [[John Standish]].

Sages have been recorded all throughout human history, in numerous regions around the world. According to [[Bahlam]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] and the father of [[Ah Tabai]], there had been at least eight recorded Sages by the late 1600s - although several [[Abstergo Entertainment]] researchers later concluded that the real count was likely much higher.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]]
AC4 Bartholomew Roberts.png|[[Bartholomew Roberts]]
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[François-Thomas Germain]]
AC4 John render.png|[[John Standish]]
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
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Jacques de Molay

2014-11-26T12:39:41Z

177.0.241.187: Removed the indication that Jaques could have been a sage. No heterochromia, not a sage.

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{{Quote|Pope Clement, hear me! Before this year is out, you will answer for your crimes before God almighty. And you, King Philip, no punishment is too heinous for the great evil you have inflicted upon the Temple. I curse you! Curse you to the thirteenth generation of your blood! You shall be cursed!|Jacques de Molay's dying words, 1314.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = ACU_J_de_Molay.png
|birth = c. 1244<br>{{Wiki|Molay, Haute-Saône|Molay}}, [[Holy Roman Empire]]
|death = 18 March 1314<br>[[Paris]], [[France|Kingdom of France]]
|affiliates = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
|voice = }}
'''Jacques de Molay''' (c. 1244 – 1314) was the last publicly recognized [[Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Upon his execution, the Templars disappeared from the public life, and became a secretive organization.

==Biography==
Jacques led the Templars from April 20, 1292 until 1312. Around this time, he possessed the [[Shroud of Eden]], but passed it on to a fellow [[France|French]] Templar, [[Geoffroy de Charny]].<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

During the early 14th century, even as Jacques led his Order into their Golden Age, the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] influenced the French King [[Philip IV of France|Philip le Bel]] to turn against them. The Templars were branded heretics, their fortress was stormed, and hundreds of them were arrested.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

As their Grand Master, Jacques understood that the Templars could no longer survive in a public image, and decided to make the ultimate sacrifice. Before his inevitable death, he sent nine of his most trusted men - who possessed "knowledge of the [[First Civilization|Ancients]]" - out into the world to continue his work.<ref name="ACR" />

In 1314, Jacques allowed himself to be interrogated, then burned at the stake. By doing so, he saved the lives of his brethren, and made their enemies believe that the Order had died along with him, though they had merely moved underground.<ref name="ACR" />

Jacques was later commemorated in 1937 by the Templar Order's new public front, [[Abstergo Industries]]. There, an image of him was displayed prominently in the room accessible only to members of the Order's [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]].<ref name="ACR" />

In 2001, researchers at the Vatican Secret Archives uncovered a document written in 1308 by Pope Clement which absolved Jacques de Molay of all charges. The parchment was later mysteriously lost.

==Trivia==
*Jacques de Molay is revered as a hero among the Templars, similar to [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] among the [[Assassins]].

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
File:ACM Jacques de Molay.jpg|Jacques de Molay as he appears in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
Ordination of Jacques de Molay .jpg|Jacques' ordination as Grand Master
InterrogationOfJacquesDeMolay.jpg|Jacques' interrogation
Molay execution.jpg|Jacques being burned at the stake
Jacques de Molay tombstone.jpg|Jacques de Molay's tombstone
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Templars]]
[[Category:Grand Masters]]
[[Category:Sages]]
[[Category:Individuals who held Pieces of Eden]]

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