Sage

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{{Quote|It's the eyes that mark him.|Edward Kenway, describing the Sage Bartholomew Roberts, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[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 [[Isu]] and the husband of [[Juno]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

Notable Sages included [[Templars|Templar]] [[Grand Master]]s [[Jacques de Molay]] and [[François-Thomas Germain]], carpenter and explorer [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]], [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]], and [[Abstergo Entertainment]] employee [[John Standish]], as well as an unidentified Templar [[Master Spy]] working for Germany in [[World War I]] [[London]] and the son of Desmond Miles, a young boy who, as of 2015, lives in New York City with his mother.

==Characteristics==
Sages are typically born with personalities and memories of their own, but they also possess the memories of Aita, which usually manifest themselves as visions at some point during adulthood and later throughout a Sage's life. The process is described as a very traumatic experience, with the individual believing they are going mad as their own memories and personality are gradually suppressed by Aita's own. Some Sages like Jacques de Molay eventually found some mental stability, but the majority of them became erratic and somewhat mad.<ref name="ACU"/> Others, such as Kavanagh, tried to resist the change, albeit with limited success, holding on to their former selves by constantly keeping the new memories at bay.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

The Sages bear a strong physical resemblance to Aita, and usually possess a distinctive combination of {{Wiki|anisocoria}} and {{Wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}. Despite being very close in appearance, the Sages came from diverse genetic backgrounds and do not always express the same parts of Aita's DNA and as a result are not clones. For example, Jacques de Molay did not display heterochromia, unlike other known Sages.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> Although only male Sages had been identified by 2015, the Assassins believed that there was a small chance that the recessive gene creating a Sage could also manifest itself in a female individual.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

According to Abstergo, while the genome of an average human contains 0.0002% to 0.0005% of [[Isu|First Civilization]] DNA, the concentration reaches from 5% to 6% in the genome of Sages. In comparison, the most gifted human recorded, [[Desmond Miles]], had a count five times lower, potentially giving the Sages an unmatched access to [[Eagle Vision]] and an exceptional affinity with [[Pieces of Eden]].<ref name="ACU"/>

==History==
===Aita's sacrifice===
Around 75000 BC, in an attempt to save [[Earth]] from a [[Toba Catastrophe|solar flare]], Aita had volunteered to be a test subject of one of the solutions meant to prevent their civilization's destruction. His wife, the Isu scientist Juno tried to replicate some of [[Consus]]' work, by transferring Aita's consciousness into a more resistant synthetic body but Aita died in the attempt.<ref name="AC4"/>

However, before her imprisonment in the [[Grand Temple]], Juno managed to manipulate the human genetic code, 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, partially reviving her husband in a human form, again and again for millenia.<ref name="AC4"/>

===Throughout History===
Instances of Sages have been recorded throughout the known human history, in various regions around the globe. According to [[Bahlam]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Mentor]] 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.<ref name="AC4"/>

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.<ref name="AC4"/>

Throughout the centuries, some Sages stayed true to Aita's memory and love for Juno, forming cults venerating the Isu and praying for their mistress' return. The latest iteration, the [[Instruments of the First Will]], was active during the 21th century.<ref name="AC4"/>

=== Return of Juno ===
In 2012, following [[Desmond Miles]]' [[The Eye|sacrifice]] in the Grand Temple which prevented the [[2012 coronal mass ejection|second]] solar flare from destroying the Earth, Juno was freed from her imprisonment, and integrated herself into the planet's digital network. A 21st century Sage, John Standish, began to search a suitable host for her, eventually deciding on an Abstergo Entertainment [[Abstergo Entertainment research analyst|analyst]]. However, after an unsuccessful attempt of offering the analyst to Juno in the [[bunker]] beneath Abstergo's [[Montreal]] facility, and an attempt to poison the analyst afterwards, Standish was killed by security, and his body was taken by Abstergo.<ref name="AC4"/>

During the following year, Abstergo scientists researched John's body, and focused on searching for other Sages throughout history, initiating the [[Phoenix Project]] to create a complete genomic map of Isu DNA and unlock the secrets of the [[Pieces of Eden]] through exploration of Sages' [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]]. However, the Assassins recruited several [[Helix]] users to thwart the efforts of the Templars, and attempted to find the remains of past Sages before them.<ref name="ACU"/>

In October 2015, a [[Desmond Miles' son|boy]] was brought to an Abstergo clinic, where it was revealed that he was a Sage. [[Álvaro Gramática]] wanted him kidnapped and dissected for study, but [[Isabelle Ardant]] shot him down immediately, saying it would be better to put the boy in an [[Animus]] for fifty years and study his lineage.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' - [[Database: Reconstructed Data 010]]</ref>

==Gallery==
''Individuals speculated to be Sages by [[Abstergo Industries]] are marked with an asterisk. (*)''
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Sumerian Sage]] (c. 3rd millennium BC)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[The Wanderer]]'''*''' (1st century)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Hunnic Sage]]'''*''' (5th century)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Byzantine Sage]]'''*''' (6th century)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Mayan Sage]] (c. 13th century)
ACU De Molay Render.png|[[Jacques de Molay]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/538398833244655617 Darby McDevitt's Twitter]</ref> (c. 1244 – 1314)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Chinese Sage]]'''*''' (14th century)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] (1652 – 1706)
AC4 Bartholomew Roberts.png|[[Bartholomew Roberts]] (1682 – 1722)
ACU Germain Render.png|[[François-Thomas Germain]] (1726 – 1794)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Indian Sage]]'''*''' (c. 1885 – ?)
ACS Master Spy.jpg|[[Master Spy]]<ref name="ACS"/> (? - 1916)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[David Jones]]'''*''' (c. 1950 – ?)
AC4 John render.png|[[John Standish]] (1975 – 2013)
ACUp Sage boy.jpg|[[Desmond Miles' son]]<ref name="ACS"/> (c. 2005 - ?)
</gallery>

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