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Mary Read

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{{Quote|'Nothing is true, everything is permitted.' This is the world's only certainty.|Mary Read, discussing the Assassin's Creed with Edward Kenway, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = AC4 Mary Read.png
|birth = c. 1685 [[United Kingdom|Kingdom of England]]
|death = April 1721 [[Port Royal]], [[Jamaica]]
|affiliates = [[British Army]] [[Assassins]] [[Republic of Pirates|Pirate Republic]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
|voice = [[Olivia Morgan]]}}
'''Mary Read''' (c. 1685 – 1721) was an [[United Kingdom|English]] [[Piracy|pirate]] and member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], trained by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Caribbean]] Assassins, [[Ah Tabai]]. She was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic of [[Nassau]].

In order to facilitate her career as a pirate, she posed as '''James Kidd''', an illegitimate son of the late [[William Kidd]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Little is known about Mary's childhood years; it was suggested by [[Charles Johnson]], author of ''{{Wiki|A General History of the Pyrates}}'', that Mary's mother began dressing her in boy's clothes at an early age to pass her off as the son of another man, but the legitimacy of this claim is unknown.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

In her teen years, Mary began a career as a sailor that eventually granted her a position with the [[Royal Navy]]. There she met her first husband, a Flemish soldier and comrade; however, he was killed soon after their wedding. With little life left for her in Europe, Mary set sail for the West Indies, where she resumed the practice of dressing as a man and took on the alias of James Kidd.<ref name="AC4"/>hi

A short time before the establishment of the Pirate Republic in Nassau, Mary met Ah Tabai in Spanish Town, [[Jamaica]]. She trusted him at once, sensing a "sort of wisdom" in him, and became an Assassin soon after.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Life of piracy===
In 1715, Mary, under the alias of James Kidd, met with captains [[Edward Kenway]], [[Edward Thatch]] and [[Benjamin Hornigold]] in the town of Nassau. Mary noticed the Assassin robes Kenway was wearing and inquired as to how they came into his possession, to which he responded that he got them off a corpse; in reality, the robes had belonged to Master Assassin Duncan Walpole, who was attempting to betray the Order and join the Templars before Edward killed him.<ref name="AC4"/>

Edward expressed an interest in locating a place called the [[Observatory]], which Mary claimed to be a myth, likening it to the [[Fountain of Youth]] or El Dorado. Edward subsequently followed Mary to Andreas Island to take part in a lucrative plantation raid, and the two struck up a friendly camaraderie.<ref name="AC4"/>

Following the acquisition of Nassau by pirate forces, Edward, Thatch, Hornigold and Mary met again at Salt Lagoon, to discuss how to better protect their "Pirate Republic" from British recapture. Thatch proposed they capture a Spanish [[Man O' War|Galleon]], which Edward accomplished by assassinating the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Julien du Casse]], allowing Thatch to commandeer his ship.<ref name="AC4"/>

[[File:This Old Cove 8.png|thumb|250px|left|Edward and Mary looking at the Assassin bureaus map]]
Edward then took the island of [[Great Inagua]] for himself. There, Mary led Edward to a [[Mayan stelae|Mayan stela]] in the jungle, asking him to complete the puzzle and goading him into using [[Eagle Vision]], which she described as a "kind of shimmering" and "the light of life".<ref name="AC4"/>

After confirming her suspicions about Edward's abilities, she showed him a set of tunnels leading to du Casse's manor, where they discovered maps pertaining to the location of [[Assassin bureau]]s throughout the Caribbean. Edward admitted to selling the maps to the Templars himself, and Mary, perturbed, suggested he should warn the targeted Assassins.<ref name="AC4"/>

As she was about to leave port, Edward claimed that she knew more about the Observatory than she had previously suggested. In response, Mary advised him to meet her in [[Tulum]] in several weeks' time.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Tulum and the Sage===
{{Quote|We're Assassins and we follow a Creed, aye. But it does not command us to act or submit... only to be wise.|Mary Read explaining the Creed to Edward, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
Weeks later, Mary rendezvoused with Edward near the Assassin stronghold on Tulum, where he angrily berated her for forcing him to sneak through hostile territory, past the Assassin sentries.<ref name="AC4"/>

Though the Assassin Mentor, Ah Tabai, was furious with Edward for his ignorant collaboration with the Templars and killing the Assassins in [[Havana]], Mary calmly informed him of Edward's possession of "the sense" and requested Edward be allowed inside an important Mayan temple.<ref name="AC4"/>

[[File:The Sage's Buried Secret 6.png|thumb|250px|Edward and Mary in the Mayan temple]]
After claiming he would recognize the [[Sages|Sage]], [[Bartholomew Roberts]], if he saw the man again, Edward was permitted into the ruin. Mary explained the nature of [[the Creed]] to Edward while leading him to a central antechamber, but was ultimately dissatisfied with his interpretation; although Edward took an interest in the Creed's second clause, Mary asserted that he did not actually understand what it meant. She also revealed that the Assassins had targeted Edward for assassination following his actions in Havana, and that it was only on her request that they had relented.<ref name="AC4"/>

At the center of the temple, they eventually unlocked a bust of the Sage, which Edward confirmed exactly resembled Roberts. Returning to confirm their discovery with Ah Tabai, Mary and Edward found that British soldiers had taken the compound, capturing many Assassins and Edward's crew. After fighting off the British, Mary spotted [[Laurens Prins]], a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] slaver and an elusive assassination target, leaving the area by ship.<ref name="AC4"/>

Prior to Edward's dismissal from Tulum, Mary brought him to a temple at the center of the compound, explaining how she became an Assassin and noting the long-standing nature of the war between Assassins and Templars. Inside the temple, she showed him a door that could be unlocked with Mayan keystones located via the stelae. She encouraged him to seek out the keystones, claiming that unlocking the door would garner the respect of the Assassins in Tulum, and grant him [[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag outfits#Mayan outfit|a mysterious and ancient reward.]]<ref name="AC4"/>

===Pursuit of Laurens Prins===
{{Quote|Just my bloody luck. '''Two''' major targets, and I'm kept from killing 'em both.|Mary on Prins and Torres, 1717.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
The next year, Mary ran into Edward in [[Kingston]], both of them following Prins and [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], the Templar [[Grand Master]]. Mary was prepared to assassinate her two targets, but Edward restrained her, urging her to wait until Prins led them to Roberts, whom the slaver held prisoner.<ref name="AC4"/>

Mary reluctantly consented to go along with his plan. However, Prins detected them, forcing the two to run. Mary attempted to assassinate Prins against Edward's wishes, but he forcibly prevented her from doing so, insisting they try to use Prins to reach Roberts again. Enraged, Mary nonetheless agreed to rendezvous with Edward at Prins' manor, demanding he assist with the assassination.<ref name="AC4"/>

[[File:Unmanned 3.png|thumb|250px|left|Mary revealing her true identity to Edward]]
That night, the two met atop a windmill off Prins' property. Surveying the manor, Mary noted that it would take more than stealth for them to reach Prins. She suggested that she distract the guards, giving Edward a chance to neutralize them. Mary then removed her bandanna and reddened her lips with her own blood, revealing her identity as a woman, much to Edward's surprise.<ref name="AC4"/>

Mary then approached the estate's gates, feigning injury, and killed the guards that came to her aid. She infiltrated the manor and found Roberts, only to discover he was working for Prins. He held her at gunpoint at the same time Edward assassinated Prins, but she escaped after Roberts informed Edward of his true allegiance. Roberts then shot the alarm bell and made his escape, followed shortly thereafter by his two would-be rescuers.<ref name="AC4"/>

After reaching safety and regrouping with Edward, Mary confessed her true name at his request. However, she warned him not to tell a soul, or she would "unman" him.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Interim period===
[[File:Adewale Mary Edward Great Inagua.png|thumb|250px|Mary visitng Edward after the escape from Nassau]]
In 1718, Mary arrived in Inagua to find Edward recovering from a wild party he had hosted, reacting with disgust to his continued indifference to finding a greater purpose. The two did not meet again until after Edward escaped [[Isla Providencia]], where he and [[Charles Vane]] had been marooned by [[Jack Rackham]]. Edward returned to Great Inagua to find that Rackham had barely lasted a few months as captain before Adéwalé and Mary overpowered him.<ref name="AC4"/>

Edward then returned to his search for Roberts in hopes the man would lead to the [[Observatory]]. Mary pleaded with him to forget about the gold and instead work with the Assassins, but he ignored her.<ref name="AC4"/>

During Edward's search, Mary became better acquainted with [[Anne Bonny]], a barmaid in Nassau, with whom she struck up a lasting bond. Anne's partner, Rackham, threatened by Mary's attentions, attempted to start a brawl with her. Unwilling to take part in a meaningless altercation, Mary was compelled to reveal her true gender, and soon her real identity was well-known throughout the West Indies.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Capture and trial===
[[File:To Suffer Without Dying 12.png|thumb|250px|left|Anne and Mary being tried in Kingston]]
In October 1720, while she was sailing as a part of Jack Rackham's crew, their ship was attacked by a sloop that was commissioned by the Governor of Jamaica with the intent to take out Rackham. Being that most of the crew were drunk, many of the pirates provided little resistance, with only Mary, Anne, and an unknown man fighting to their full potential.<ref name="AC4"/>

Eventually, the crew was imprisoned and sentenced to be hanged. At the trial, Bonny and Read revealed that they were pregnant, which led to their executions being delayed, since British law prevented women from being executed while they were expecting.

[[File:To Suffer Without Dying 7.png|thumb|250px|Mary passing away]]
Mary and Anne were then moved to a prison in Kingston, and four months later, Mary gave birth to a girl. However, in accordance with the pardon, her child was taken away, and Mary became ill due to the prison's unsanitary conditions.<ref name="AC4"/>

The two women were soon rescued by Edward and Ah Tabai, who successfully infiltrated the prison and took out the guards stationed inside. Despite this, Mary was too ill to leave, even with Edward's insistence. With her dying breath, Mary asked him to redeem himself for her sake, and said she would always be with him. Refusing to leave her behind, Edward carried her body to Ah Tabai's boat, and she was taken to Tulum for burial.<ref name="AC4"/>

==Personality and characteristics==
[[File:Proper Defenses 4.png|thumb|250px|left|Mary with Adéwalé at Salt Lagoon]]
Mary was an easygoing and adventurous woman, readily presenting as a man to facilitate her career and life as a pirate. Though she was one of the de facto leaders of the Pirate Republic in Nassau, she largely left its governing to Thatch and Hornigold, focusing her energy on external pursuits.<ref name="AC4"/>

Deeply dedicated to the Assassin Order, Mary believed the Creed exemplified a love for life and liberty that crossed cultural bounds, and she was driven in her efforts to support their cause. She intensely pursued her targets, chasing one down in the street and using her feminine appearance to trick the guards at Laurens Prins' estate.<ref name="AC4"/>

Mary believed that there was something special about Edward Kenway; she spoke on his behalf to her Assassin brethren, and tried repeatedly to convince him to look beyond his greed. She often became irritated with Edward's selfishness, believing he was not living up to his full potential. However, she remained hopeful that he would see the error of his ways and join the Assassins in time, a belief that was realized after, and because of, her death.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Equipment and skills===
Mary was a master of disguise, pretending to be a man for most of her life. She wore a green leather coat with a white shirt underneath, as well as a pair of boots. When disguised as a man, her shirt was folded up, and she wore a bandana. She would also put small amounts of her blood on her lips if she needed to appear feminine. This allowed her to easily trick guards.<ref name="AC4"/>

Mary was equipped with dual [[Hidden Blade]]s, along with a [[Firearms|pistol]], [[Swords|cutlass]], [[Bombs#Smoke bombs|smoke bombs]], as well as a [[blowpipe]]. She could easily hold her own in combat, taking down several British sailors before her arrest. She was capable of various assassination techniques, and also had skill at [[lockpicking]].<ref name="AC4"/>

As an Assassin, Mary was a proficient [[Freerunning|freerunner]], and could perform the traditional [[Leap of Faith]]. She was also a skilled swimmer, diving through the caves underneath Tulum with ease. As exemplified during the attack on Tulum and her infiltration of Laurens Prins' manor, Mary was an expert at stealth, using the environment to move around undetected. Mary was also adept at [[Social Stealth]], moving through the crowds when tailing her target.<ref name="AC4"/>

Although she was rarely seen captaining any ships, Mary was a skilled sailor thanks to her time in the Royal Navy. When sailing with Jack Rackham, Mary served as the ''de facto'' captain of his ship for most of the time.<ref name="AC4"/>

==Trivia==
*It is possible for Edward to leave Mary's body behind in the area between the prison and the boat, initiating a slightly different cutscene.
*Originally, Edward was meant to witness and participate in Mary Read and Anne Bonny's battle against the British, ending with their imprisonment, but this idea was dropped during the early stages of development.<ref>[https://acinitiates.com/forum/discussion/3904/page/9#/9 Darby McDevitt - Forum Q&A]</ref>
*[[Olivia Morgan]] stated Mary's voice came about because of how much she lived her life as a man. Her recordings often went to second takes as her voice still did not sound low enough.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUTQB1l5KQ YouTube: Assassin's Den podcast ft. Olivia Morgan]</ref>
*Mary Read has three different models in game.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Concept Art - Mary Read.jpeg|Concept art of Mary Read
This Old Cove 3.png|Mary explaining the Mayan stelae to Edward
Nothing Is True 3.png|Mary showing Edward the entrance to a temple in Tulum
Nothing Is True 5.png|Edward, Mary, and Ah Tabai in Tulum
Unmanned 5.png|Mary feigning injury at the gates of Laurens Prins' manor
Unmanned 9.png|Bartholomew Roberts holding Mary at gunpoint
Unmanned 12.png|Mary warning Edward to not reveal her secret
Imagine My Surprise 10.png|Mary discussing the Sage with Edward
To Suffer Without Dying 10.png|Edward being brought to Anne and Mary's trial
To Suffer Without Dying 13.png|Mary and Anne being temporarily spared
To Suffer Without Dying 5.png|Edward and Ah Tabai rescuing Mary and Anne
To Suffer Without Dying 8.png|Edward bringing Mary to Ah Tabai's boat
Delirium 9.png|Mary shouting at Edward in his dream
</gallery>

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Glyphs

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[[File:Glyph18_-_Torre_Dell'Orologio2--article_image.jpg|thumb|202px|Ezio and the Trefoil glyph.]]
'''Glyphs''' are encrypted messages that appear when using Eagle Vision in various locations in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. They appear in the original [[Assassin's Creed|''Assassin's Creed'']] in the cliffhanger ending, and also appear in [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] (in modified form) as [[Rifts]]. They were created by the late [[Subject 16]] as his final message to the world, an apparent attempt to stop [[Abstergo]] from achieving [[New World Order|their goal]].
==''Assassin's Creed''==

{{main|Cryptic Messages}}

Glyphs and various messages can be seen towards the end of ''Assassin's Creed ''by activating Eagle Vision. These were written by Subject 16 in his own blood in order to warn Abstergo's [[Desmond Miles|next subject]] of their ulterior motive.

==''Assassin's Creed II''==

In ''Assassin's Creed II'', before [[Lucy Stillman]] and Desmond Miles fled from Abstergo Industries, Lucy stole a memory core containing data from the [[Animus]], to be used in the Animus 2.0, the Animus version utilized by the [[Assassins]]. It was later discovered that Subject 16 had hacked into the Animus to place the glyphs, and they had been accidentally copied into the Animus 2.0 by Lucy. Coincidentally, it was also discovered that Subject 16 and Desmond shared a common ancestor: [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].

In order to ensure security, Subject 16 locked each file with a series of puzzles, with each set of puzzles relevant to the content of the encoded message within the glyph.

[[File:0.jpg|thumb|left|202px|The data inside each glyph must be unlocked.]]
Each of the glyphs contain a hidden message, which is encoded within image or voice files placed within the puzzle sequence. These messages contain snippets of information about the [[Templars]] and the roles that the [[Pieces of Eden]] have played throughout [[Humans|human]] history. Each glyph also contains a small piece of a video that combine after successfully unlocking all of the glyphs, revealing a final video that Subject 16 calls "[[The Truth]]."

Regardless of the order in which the glyphs are located, the order of the puzzles required to unlock each one will remain the same. As areas with glyphs are discovered, they will be added to the Animus 2.0 database, with specific symbols in a manner similar to the [[Assassin's Tombs]].

==''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''==
{{Main|Rifts}}

In'' Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', it is discovered that Subject 16 left behind an additional 10 encoded files throughout virtual Rome. The files no longer are in cryptic shapes; instead, they are in block form and can be gripped onto. The puzzle sequences have been extended into puzzle "clusters", and the hidden messages this time around reveal information about Abstergo Industries and past Templars. Subject 16's second Truth video unlocks a hidden area within the Animus, where he reveals important information to "Subject 17".

==Trivia==
*Whenever you are stuck on a puzzle in ''Assassin's Creed II ''or'' Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', a help option will appear and you will receive a hint from [[Shaun Hastings|Shaun]] upon activating it.

==Maps==
From left to right are the maps for; [[Venice]], [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]], [[Romagna]] and [[Monteriggioni]].
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==Truth Files from ''Assassin's Creed II''==
<Tabber>
1='''In The Beginning'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Florence, San Marco District; facing south on the roof of La Rosa Colta.''
 
'''Solution:''' Look for the Apple in each painting. They are: The Fall, Hercules in the Garden of Hesperides, Atalanta and Hippomenes, Judgement of Paris, and Idun and the Apples.
 
'''Information:''' Subject 16 states that "everything we've been brought up to believe is a lie." He goes on to explain that he has hacked the Animus, and split The Truth into 20 different, encrypted codes.
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2='''Sixty-Four Squares'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Florence, San Marco District; facing north on the eastern rooftop of the Ospedale Degli Innocenti.''
 
'''Solution:''' Rotate the circles until the form a coherent image. Sometimes rotating the thickest circles first makes understanding the correct positions of the smaller ones easier.
 
'''Information:''' Subject 16 shows that many famous historical leaders, including George Washington, Queen Elizabeth, and Napoleon Bonaparte possessed one of the Apples of Eden at one time, and then passed them down.
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3='''Descendants'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Florence, San Marco District; Facing west on the northern lower roof of Santa Croce.''
 
'''Solution:''' You have to find the Piece of Eden embedded in each photo. Use the Infrared to find a small, mechanical orb. The first one is below Roosevelt's knee; the second is just below Houdini's head, and the last one is atop Gandhi's staff.
 
'''Information:''' The photo of Roosevelt contains a message in a "Pigpen" Cipher, which reads: "The Masons brought it across the sea. George Washington passed it on." Washington was a member of the Free Masons, along with many other founding fathers, and the Masons are often believed to have ties to the Knights Templar.
 
The photo of Houdini has a message in Morse Code, which reads "They hit him in the stomach." Houdini died after he was hit in the stomach for a trick, which ruptured his appendix, suggesting he was killed for his Piece of Eden by the Templars.
 
The photo of Gandhi contains another message in Morse Code, this one reading "The bullet hit him in the chest." Due to Gandhi's beliefs about personal freedom, it is likely that he was, while not necessarily an Assassin, most likely not a Templar.
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4='''Infinite Knowledge'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Florence, Santa Maria Novella District; On the south face of the northern bell tower of the San Lorenzo Church.''
 
'''Solution:''' Like the previous puzzle, you need to find the Apple of Eden in each photo. The first is inside the bazooka barrel on the shoulders of the soldier; the second is by the kneeling soldier's helmet on other opposite side of the street; the third is on one of the bayonets just to the right of the center of the photo; and the fourth is the flaming apple the being in the upper right is holding in its hand.
 
'''Information:''' The photo at Brest contains a Hexadecimal Cipher that reads "Antikythera Mechanism, much older than 150 B.C.E." The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient device believed to have been a sort of mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. This suggests it may have something to do with Those Who Came Before.
 
The US Civil War photo has a Caesar Number Cipher; "Ancient city, Rajastan, India, irradiated by PoE."
 
The next image has a binary code that reads "Sumerian, Me 23." A Me was a decree of the gods, and Me 23 represented the "divine concept" of weaponry (likely a Piece of Eden).
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5='''Instruments of Power'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Florence, Santa Maria Novella District; Facing east in the northeast corner of the Mercato Vecchio courtyard.''
 
'''Solution:''' For the first puzzle, select images containing swords (Perseus, Greece; Attila the Hun, Eurasia; Sigmund, Norse; King Arthur, Britannia; Joan of Arc, France). For the second, select images containing Staves (John the Baptist, Jerusalem; Alexander the Great, Macedonia; Shabataka, Egypt; Peter, Jerusalem; Moses, Egypt).
 
'''Information:''' Subject 16 explains how many famous warriors of antiquity, such as Atilla the Hun had possession of the Sword of Eden, and how wise men such as Moses possessed the Staff of Eden, and that these relics were passed down through the generations.
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6='''Brothers'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Monteriggioni; Facing south on the southwest corner of Villa Auditore.''
 
'''Solution:''' For the first picture, twist Ring One 2 times to the left; then twist Ring Two 3 times to the left. Twist Ring Four 1 time to the right, and Ring Five 3 times to the right. Then spin Ring Three around to complete the picture.
 
For the second picture, twist Ring One 3 times to the left, twist Ring Three 1 time to the left; then twist Ring Four 4 times to the left, and twist Ring Five 1 time to the right. Then spin Ring 2 around to complete the picture.
 
For the third picture, twist Ring One 3 times to the left, twist Ring Three 1 time to the right, twist Ring Four 5 times to the left, and twist Ring Five 1 time to the left. Then spin Ring Two around to complete the picture.
 
For the fourth picture, twist Ring Three 1 time to the right, twist Ring Five 2 times to the left, twist Ring Four 2 times to the left, and twist Ring Two 6 times to the right. Then spin Ring One around to complete the picture.
 
'''Information:''' The Templar Emblem is revealed to be the "Mark of Cain," showing that not only was Cain the first Templar, but that Abel was actually killed due to his possession of a Piece of Eden. The Morse Code message reads as "Templar texts adapted by Mr. Smith." This, and Cain exclaiming that he is "Master of Mahan," implies the Mormon version of this event is true, or, at least, the most accurate.
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7='''Keep On Seeking, And You Shall Find'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Tuscany; facing west in the curved tunnel at the rear of Antico Teatro Romano.''
 
'''Solution:''' In the first puzzle, look for the four paintings with Red Robes, and the one painting with a snake and tree. They are: Joseph, Egypt. c. 1700 B.C.E.; Jason, Greece. Prehistory; Jesus Christ, Jerusalem. c. 30; David and Goliath, Valley of Elah. c. 970 B.C.E.; Christ Disrobed, Jerusalem. c. 30
 
In the second puzzle, highlight and ID the area to the right of Jesus' legs. A beeping sound will alert you when you are close.
 
'''Information:''' 16 reveals that Jesus Christ possessed a Piece of Eden, called "The Shroud," that gave its user the power of resurrection; he was killed by the Templars in their attempt to gain possession of it.
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8='''Martyrs'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Tuscany; on the east face of the Monte Oliveto Maggiore tower.''
 
'''Solution:''' You need to select and ID certain portions of each picture. Use the beeping sound as a guide to the exact location where you need to scan.
 
For the first, look around the center of the staff; for the second, search the lower portion of the sword. Once that is done, use the cursor to pick up the flame and then move onto the Joan of Arc painting in the lower left. Finally, move together the remaining two images in the upper right to complete this glyph.
 
'''Information:''' The photo of Czar Nicholas II has a message written in Binary that reads "17th July 1918." This was the day the Czar and his entire family were murdered. There is another Binary message on the painting of Jean d'Arc that reads "30th May 1431;" the day she was burned at the stake.
 
This glyph reveals that the Templars stole the Sword of Eden from, and then killed, Jeanne d'Arc. It also states that Rasputin stole the Staff of Eden from Czar Nicholas II. Without the staff to control the populace, the Russian Revolution occurred.
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9='''Hat Trick'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Tuscany, San Gimignano; facing north on top of Torre del Diavolo.''
 
'''Solution:''' Find the hidden objects in two pictures then crack the code.
 
Move the cursor over Houdini's abdomen to reveal a hidden Piece of Eden and scan it. You'll hear a heart beat race as you get closer. Then move the cursor over Gandhi's heart to reveal another Piece of Eden. Scan it. Lastly, enter the password 312 to complete this puzzle.
 
'''Information:''' According to the letter, JFK (John F. Kennedy) was planning on expanding the franchise to all citizens of the United States (likely referring to the [[wikipedia:Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act of 1964]]), something the Templars opposed, prompting them to kill him and take his Piece of Eden in one fell swoop.
 
Oswald was trained in the use of the first two "Pieces of Eden," which he used to make a "Phantom" in order to create a distraction (the phantom was made to appear on a part of the map marked with an X; the infamous "Grassy Knoll"). The letter also poses another man being in the conspiracy by the name of "Z", possibly Abraham Zapruder.
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10='''Apollo'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Tuscany, San Gimignano; facing south in the gap between the Torri dei Salvuci.''
 
'''Solution:''' Solve three puzzles. First you need to find the hidden lunar lander. It's located out in the blackness of space, just to the lower left of the moon.
 
Then you have to complete a spinning image puzzle. Twist the rings in the follow order (inner ring is called Ring 1, outermost ring is called Ring 5): Twist Ring Five 6 times to the left; twist Ring Two 4 times to the left; twist Ring Four 3 times to the right; twist Ring Three 5 times to the left. Then rotate Ring One around until the puzzle is complete.
 
Once that is done, find the Piece of Eden which is hidden in the shadow of the flag on the left.
 
'''Information:''' A Pigpen Cipher reads "Johnson was one of them. The bee's drone too. Follow the money." "Johnson" likely refers to Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy's Vice-President. Him being "one of them" seems to imply he was a Templar. The title of the Moon photo reads "Apollo 11 photograph released to public." Underneath it reads "Original unreleased negative." When scanned, the US Flag contains the Abstergo logo, and the white flag contains the Templar Emblem. This means that the Templars went to the moon for some reason, likely for a Piece of Eden.
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11='''The Inventor'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Tuscany, San Gimignano; facing east at street level in Santa Maria Assunta.''
 
'''Solution:''' Begin by moving the cursor across all the light bulbs to turn them all on. Now complete the next two puzzles.
 
For the first puzzle, highlight the small picture directly above the center door. For the second, turn Infrared on and then scan Tesla's lap to find the Piece of Eden.
 
'''Information:''' The picture of Wardenslyffe contains three quotes of Tesla's; there is also a Caesar Cipher in the picture of Tesla's lab that reads "He used it to develop a bottomless source of energy. Telefunken Wireless Station" "It" is most likely a Piece of Eden.
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12='''Titans of Industry'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Romagna, Forlì; facing east above the west colonnade of San Mercuriale.''
 
'''Solution:''' For the first puzzle, enter the password "240" then touch all the light bulbs with the money cursor to deactivate them. For the second, simply ID the glowing orb in Edison's hands. For the third, enter the following Symbols:
 
[[File:TruthCode01.gif]]
 
'''Information:''' A message in Morse Code reads "They used it [the Piece of Eden] to make Tesla go insane. The organization took his research. Alien Property Custodian Office." The second letter says that Henry Ford sent the fourth PoE to a man by the name of "H," which appears to be Hitler, since there is mention of a war starting soon. It also implies Ford and the Templars organized the Holocaust, as he says "Lord knows, that kind of purge will be good for Europe." Ford was well known as an Anti-Semite.
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13='''I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Romagna, Forlì; on the north face of the Avamposto Veneziano Lighthouse.''
 
'''Solution:''' Enter the password below. Then ID the red button with the cursor. After that, move the highlighter around to the bottom of the screen and use the sound to locate the code just above the bottom, just to the left of the middle.
 
[[File:TruthCode02.gif]]
 
'''Information:''' The letter refers to an individual called "O," and implies that the Templars were behind the creation of the Atomic Bomb. Mr. "O" is most likely J. Robert Oppenheimer, a.k.a. The Father of the Atomic Bomb, meaning his is either a pawn of the Templars, or a Templar himself.
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14='''Bloodlines'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, San Polo; facing west beneath the east end of Ponte di Rialto.''
 
'''Solution:''' Select the five paintings that portray the character in an entangled position. (Danaë Visited by Zeus; Jupiter and Io; Leda and the Swan; Cupid and Psyche; Rape of Europa)
 
'''Information:''' Subject 16 indicates that Those Who Came Before were the original inhabitants of the earth, and that the Assassins are the result of cross-breeding between the two.
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15='''Guardians'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, San Polo; facing east between the dome and bell tower of San Giacomo di Rialto.''
 
'''Solution:''' First, solve the ring puzzle by doing the following (inner ring is Ring 1, outermost ring is Ring 5): Twist Ring Three 2 times to the right; twist Ring One 4 times to the right; twist Ring Four 5 times to the right; twist Ring One 5 times to the left; twist Ring Two 5 times to the left; then twist Ring Five 5 times to the right. Then, simply move the cursor over the targets on the map to activate them.
 
'''Information:''' The message shows that the various Tyrants listed were killed by the Assassins (point of interest: Cleopatra was listed as one of the Tyrants, and she was the target of Iltani, one of the assassins in the Sanctuary). The Cipher painting, once solved, shows Ivan the Terrible, the first Czar of Russia, holding his dead son. Historically, Ivan killed his son in an argument by striking him on the head with his staff.
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16='''The Cavalry'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, San Polo; facing east on the rooftop of Gilda del Ladri di Venezi.''
 
'''Solution:''' For the first puzzle, place the cursor over the word "Tunguska," without hitting any other word on your way there; after that, place the cursor over the staff, then drag the staff to the portrait.
 
'''Information:''' It reveals that the Tunguska Explosion that occurred in 1908 was caused by Nikola Tesla, working for the Assassins, who tried to destroy the Staff of Eden as a strike against the Templars.
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17='''The Bunker'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, San Marco; Facing up on top of Torre dell'Orologio, above the clock.''
 
'''Solution:''' Enter the following password:
 
[[File:TruthCode03.gif]]
 
Then locate the Assassin symbol on the upper right corner of the upper right building.
 
'''Information:''' One Cipher reads "His double was killed in his bunker." Near the bottom left of the picture, when highlighted, the letters RIP appear. The Templars were successful in their World Government Takeover after WWII. The "C" in the letter may be Winston Churchill, implying he is a Templar; though WWII seems to have been a huge victory for the Templars, the Assassins did manage to kill Hitler and take PoE 4.
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18='''Synapses'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, San Marco; facing up in an open section near the top of Campanille di San Marco.''
 
'''Solution:''' Enter the password below, then move the cursor over the eight neurotransmitters to light them up.
 
[[File:TruthCode04.gif]]
 
'''Information:''' The file shows that Those Who Came Before created humanity as a slave race, genetically programmed to be susceptible to control by the Pieces of Eden.|-|
19='''The Fourth Day'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, Castello; facing north on top of Scuola di San Marco.''
 
'''Solution:''' Pick the five pictures that focus on the sun (Nazca Textile. c. 200; Aztec Calendar Stone. 1427; The Eastern Gate. 1816; Book of the Dead. c. 1310 B.C.E.; Sistine Chapel Ceiling Fresco. 1512). Then find the small image of Earth, located way between the middle and the lower left side of the sun.
 
'''Information:''' Indicates that a catastrophe involving the sun previously devastated the earth. Subject 16 states that the Pieces of Eden "were once part of a whole." |-|
20='''The Origin of the Species'''
 
'''Location:''' ''Venice, Castello; facing east on top of San Pietro di Castello.''
 
'''Solution:''' Solve the ring puzzle (innermost ring is "Ring 1," outermost ring is "Ring 5"): twist Ring Five 10 times to the right; twist Ring Four 2 times to the left; twist Ring Three 2 times to the right; twist Ring Two 5 times to the right; and then twist Ring One 3 times to the left. After that, select the eye at the top of the picture. When asked to enter a password, use any three glyphs; there is no real password. Then, move the cursor over the skeleton to realign the bones into a man.
 
'''Information:''' The file indicates that the Templars planted false fossil evidence for human evolution, so as to hide the truth of humanity's history.
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