Crystal Skulls

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{{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, upon first sighting a Crystal Skull.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
[[File:Phrenology.PNG|thumb|250px|Bombastus and Giovanni Borgia studying a Crystal Skull]]
The '''Crystal Skulls''' were [[Pieces of Eden]] created by the [[First Civilization]], and were scattered throughout Central and South America. They mainly came into the possession of [[Aztecs|Aztec]], {{Wiki|Maya civilization|Maya}}, and {{Wiki|Inca Empire|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]]'' - [[Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

[[File:Vision01-1-.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The skull in use]]
Upon returning to Europe, Giovanni took it to the scientist [[Bombastus]], who was an expert in studying the Pieces of Eden. Though he subjected it to several tests, Bombastus was unable to discover its purpose, and the Brotherhood dismissed the Skull as little more than an ornate treasure.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Despite this, Giovanni continued to study the Skull, gazing into it for at least an hour each day for about 22 years. Finally, in 1542, an unknown [[China|Chinese]] man, who had apparently also acquired a Skull, used its communicative powers to contact Giovanni.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===Modern times===
{{Quote|The good news is that they work. As a result, we now have a safe and secure communication channel for use after [[Eye-Abstergo|the launch]].|Alan Rikkin reporting on the Skulls.|Assassin's Creed}}
As of 2012, a number of the Skulls had come into the possession of [[Abstergo Industries]]. [[Alan Rikkin]] noted in an [[Emails#Conference Room Email|email]] to [[Warren Vidic]] that the "{{Wiki|Crystal skull#Mitchell-Hedges skull|Mitchell-Hedges Communicators}}" worked, but were extremely few in number.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' - [[Emails]]</ref>

The [[Templars]] planned to use them as a completely secure means of communication, which the modern-day Assassins would be unable to trace. Due to their limited number, only the most essential facilities or members (including Warren Vidic) would have access to the Skulls.<ref name="AC" />

==Trivia==
*A [[Cryptic Messages|message]] that [[Clay Kaczmarek]] wrote stated that ''"Within Emperor Jiajing's sin and Quetzalcoatl's hunger lies the answers."'' The Chinese man who contacted Giovanni could presumably have been Emperor [[Jiajing]], a Templar-aided Chinese emperor, who hunted the [[Chinese Assassins]]. {{Wiki|Quetzalcoatl}} is a reference to the Mesoamerican deity, which would tie to the Mitchell-Hedges Skull.
*In Indiana Jones and The Temple of the Crystal Skull, smiliar artifacts of the same name exist. They also provide the user with telepathic abilities. However these skulls belonged to corpses of beings from another planet.

==References==
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[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]
[[Category:First Civilization technology]]

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