Crystal Skulls

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[[File:Phrenology.PNG|thumb|250px|[[Bombastus]] and Giovanni Borgia studying a Crystal Skull.]]
{{quote|The priest pulls out another skull, crystal, and holds it high. The relic! I hear its hum in my own skull. Faint, but familiar!|[[Giovanni Borgia]]'s thoughts upon first sighting one of the Crystal Skulls.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

The '''Crystal Skulls''' were [[Pieces of Eden]] created by [[Those Who Came Before]]. They were scattered throughout Central and South America, mainly coming into the possession of Aztec, Maya and Inca Civilizations.

==History==
===Renaissance===
{{quote|I hear talking, but I cannot understand the words! I see a face within its cloudy core. No... in my mind. It has appeared in my mind!|Giovanni studying the Skull, 1542.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

In 1520, one Skull was located by [[Giovanni Borgia]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] who had been sent to become a member of [[Hernán Cortés]]' crew in order to search for Pieces of Eden. He managed to intercept one from an Aztec priest in Tenochtitlan, where it was being used as part of a human sacrifice ritual.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

Upon returning to Europe, Giovanni took it to [[Bombastus]], who was an expert in studying the Pieces of Eden. Though he subjected it to several tests, he was unable to discover its purpose; and the Brotherhood dismissed the Skull as little more than an ornate treasure.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

[[File:Vision01-1-.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The skull in use.]]
Despite this, Giovanni continued to study the Skull, gazing into it at least an hour each day for about 22 years. Finally, in 1542, an unknown Chinese man, who had apparently also acquired a Skull, used its communicative powers to contact Giovanni.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===Modern Times===
As of 2012, a number of the Skulls had come into the possession of [[Abstergo Industries]]. [[Alan Rikkin]] noted in an [[E-mails#Conference Room Email|email]] to [[Warren Vidic]] that the "[[wikipedia:Crystal skull#Mitchell-Hedges skull|Mitchell-Hedges Communicators]]" worked, but were few in number.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

The [[Templars]] planned to use them as a means of communication, which the modern-day Assassins would be unable to trace. Vidic was in possession of one of these Skulls.<ref name="AC" />

==Trivia==
*A [[Cryptic Messages|message]] that [[Subject 16]] wrote on [[Desmond Miles]]' wall stated that ''"Within Emperor Jiajing's sin and Quetzcoalt's hunger lies the answers."'' The Chinese man who contacted Giovanni was likely Emperor Jiajing, a ruthless Chinese emperor who sought mysterious relics, and was nearly assassinated by his concubines in 1542.
*They may be a refference to the crystal skull in Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

==References==
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[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]
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