France

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[[File:PL Journey to Paris.png|thumb|250px|The French countryside.]]
'''France''' is a prominent country situated in Western Europe, and shares a border with both northern [[Italy]] and northeastern [[Spain]].

==History==
===Lugdunum===
[[File:Lugdunum.png|thumb|250px|left|Aquilus overlooking Lugdunum]]
After his confrontation with general [[Gracchus]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Aquilus]] traveled back to [[Lugdunum]] to bring [[The Ankh]] to his father [[Lucius]].<ref name="French Comic">''[[Assassin's Creed (French comic)]]''</ref>

When he arrived in Lugdunum, he met up with his father and a friend of the family, Senator [[Caius Fulvus Vultur]]. After having dinner, Aquilus told his father that they had been betrayed, and Lucius told him to go and see [[Faustin]]. Aquilus immediately went to find Faustin and after a brief interrogation, Faustin betrayed his accomplice: Senator Vultur.<ref name="French Comic"/>

When Aquilus went back to his house, he found his father dead and the Ankh stolen. One of the maids told him the senator had fled the city.<ref name="French Comic"/>

===Middle Ages===
In 1307, King [[Philip le Bel]] was heavily in debt to the [[Templars|Order of the Knights Templar]]. He was manipulated by the [[French Assassins]] into disbanding the Templars by accusing them of heresy. King Philip arrested hundreds of Templars, and burned their [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Jacques de Molay]] at the stake, driving the Order back underground.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files]]</ref>

In the 1400s, [[Joan of Arc|Jeanne d'Arc]] acquired the [[Sword of Eden]], and led French soldiers to victories in the [[Wikipedia:Hundred Years' War|Hundred Years' War]]. In 1431, she was captured and executed by the [[England|English]], while opportunistic Templars took the Sword.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Renaissance===
[[File:PL_DestructiveCriticism.jpg|thumb|250px|Paris during the Renaissance.]]
During the [[Renaissance]], France was ruled by King [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] from his capital in [[Paris]], though he was drawn away from the throne by his military conquests. During his absence, he left his foreign ministers in command, not knowing that they were working for the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]].<ref name="Project Legacy - Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts in Project Legacy|Contracts]]</ref>

The Assassins from the [[Rome Assassins Guild|Assassins Guild in Rome]] discovered that these ministers were targeting one of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]'s enemies: [[Desiderius Erasmus]]. Erasmus was eventually imprisoned by the [[Templars]], though the Assassins soon arrived to free him. Erasmus then told them of a member of their Brotherhood, also being held captive.<ref name="Project Legacy - Contracts"/>

They tracked down [[Georges d'Amboise]], Louis' chief advisor, who provided them with a list of ministers who he believed to be in league with the Borgia. They killed three of them, uncovering information about the whereabouts of the imprisoned Assassin.<ref name="Project Legacy - Contracts"/>

The Assassins then made their way to the manor where their brother was held captive, and managed to reach him after a long fight. They discovered that, even though he had been tortured severely, he only gave the Templars false leads. He also warned them to be wary of the Orsini before he died.<ref name="Project Legacy - Contracts"/>

Twenty years later, [[Giovanni Borgia]] and [[Maria Amiel]] travelled to Paris to obtain a portion of [[the Book]]. They also travelled to [[Troyes]], where the [[Templars]] were officially founded. There, Giovanni killed a Templar nicknamed "[[the Viper]]".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' - [[Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel|Divine Science: Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel]]</ref>

===Modern times===
[[File:PL-Crux_Dat_Salutem.png|thumb|250px|left|A Parisian alley.]]
From 1804 to 1815, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] was the Emperor of the French. He was known to be a great military commander, and his success in his conquests were the result of the use of a [[Piece of Eden]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' - [[Glyphs]]</ref>

Sometime during the late 19th century, [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]], one of the founders of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn|Hermeticists]] moved to Paris with his [[Moina Mathers|wife]], where he had [[Aleister Crowley]] become a member of the Inner Circle. He also met one of the Secret Chiefs in Paris, who turned out to be the Templars.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' - [[Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.|Divine Science: Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.]]</ref>

==References==
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