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Merchant

2009-12-31T15:56:04Z

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'''Merchants''' are citizens who sell various items in the many cities featured in each game, and beyond.
==Assassin's Creed==
The role of merchants in [[Assassin's Creed]] is simply to provide atmosphere and a handy "escape" option if you dive through them to avoid running into citizens. In the PC version, there are also secondary missions called [[Investigation|Merchant Stand Destruction]] in which you must destroy a set number of market tends before the timer runs out because these merchants sell products that are causing illness the people buying them. In the Xbox 360 version there is an [[Achievement]] for diving through a certain number of them
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==Assassin's Creed II==

[[File:Médecin.jpg|thumb|A Renissance-era doctor in Assassin's Creed 2.]][[File:Blacksmither.jpg|thumb|left|A Renissance-era blacksmith in Assassin's Creed 2.]]
In [[Assassin's Creed II]], the role of merchants is extremely different. Aside from being dive-through-able, you can now [[Economy|purchase]] various items from them.

*'''Blacksmiths:''' From any Blacksmith, you can purchase armor pieces and weapons for [[Ezio]]. Blacksmiths will also repair any equipped armor that is broken. You can also purchase [[Throwing Knives]], [[Smoke Bombs]] and ammo for your [[Hidden Gun]]
*'''Doctors:''' You can run to any Doctor and pay a small price of 50 florins to refill Ezio's health bar. Medicine can also be purchased for healing anywhere at any time. Also after obtaining the [[Poison Blade]] upgrade, Doctors will now have poison for sale.

*'''Tailors: '''At any Tailor, you can dye Ezio's clothing (Tailors have different dye options depending on which city Ezio is in). Dyeing clothes has no real function; it is simply for aesthetic purposes. Tailors also sell pouch upgrades as they become available.
*'''Art Merchants:''' Paintings (whose sole use is to add to the Villa Auditore value) and treasure maps can be purchased from any Art Merchant. The Paintings really aren't the most useful, but the treasure maps they have for sale are.

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Merchant

2009-12-31T15:55:36Z

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'''Merchants''' are citizens who sell various items in the many cities featured in each game, and beyond.
==Assassin's Creed==
The role of merchants in [[Assassin's Creed]] is simply to provide atmosphere and a handy "escape" option if you dive through them to avoid running into citizens. In the PC version, there are also secondary missions called [[Investigation|Merchant Stand Destruction]] in which you must destroy a set number of market tends before the timer runs out because these merchants sell products that are causing illness the people buying them. In the Xbox 360 version there is an [[Achievement]] for diving through a certain number of the
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==Assassin's Creed II==

[[File:Médecin.jpg|thumb|A Renissance-era doctor in Assassin's Creed 2.]][[File:Blacksmither.jpg|thumb|left|A Renissance-era blacksmith in Assassin's Creed 2.]]
In [[Assassin's Creed II]], the role of merchants is extremely different. Aside from being dive-through-able, you can now [[Economy|purchase]] various items from them.

*'''Blacksmiths:''' From any Blacksmith, you can purchase armor pieces and weapons for [[Ezio]]. Blacksmiths will also repair any equipped armor that is broken. You can also purchase [[Throwing Knives]], [[Smoke Bombs]] and ammo for your [[Hidden Gun]]
*'''Doctors:''' You can run to any Doctor and pay a small price of 50 florins to refill Ezio's health bar. Medicine can also be purchased for healing anywhere at any time. Also after obtaining the [[Poison Blade]] upgrade, Doctors will now have poison for sale.

*'''Tailors: '''At any Tailor, you can dye Ezio's clothing (Tailors have different dye options depending on which city Ezio is in). Dyeing clothes has no real function; it is simply for aesthetic purposes. Tailors also sell pouch upgrades as they become available.
*'''Art Merchants:''' Paintings (whose sole use is to add to the Villa Auditore value) and treasure maps can be purchased from any Art Merchant. The Paintings really aren't the most useful, but the treasure maps they have for sale are.

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Isu

2009-12-31T15:50:56Z

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[[File:Zw-Minerva-3.png|thumb|250px|[[Minerva]] is the only known representative of "Those Who Came Before"]]

"Those Who Came Before" is the name of an ancient, and incredibly advanced race of beings who created the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], as well as humanity itself. Exactly who they were, how long ago, or how they came to die out is still largely unknown. It is believed is that they were worshiped by ancient cultures, for example, in ancient Greece, they were revered as Gods. The woman known as [[Minerva]] said they were not gods, but a race more advanced in time who "simply came before".

==Domination of Humans==

Minerva revealed that at some point; her kind created humanity, possibly as some sort of slave race as shown in [[The Truth]] video. In the recorded [[The Truth|memory]], [[Those Who Came Before]] appear to have enslaved humans into doing their bidding through the hypnotic power of the [[Piece of Eden|Apples]]. Despite their attempts at mind control, [[The Truth]] video shows how [[Adam and Eve]] stole one of the mythical fruits of the tree of knowledge described in the Bible. It is possible that this was an attempt to free mankind from the oppression of their masters.

According to [[Minerva]], humans and her species had lived peacefully for some time, however, humans were not treated equally. Mankind is likely to have to been regarded as cattle or slaves, prompting some humans to rebel against their masters. Somehow [[Adam and Eve]] had a resistance to the [[Piece of Eden]], which most likely controlled them.

==Past Events==
[[File:Zw-eden-slave.png|thumb|350px|A frame from [[The Truth]] video, showing "Those Who Came Before" using a [[Piece of Eden]] to control humans]]

While the ancient race was more technologically advanced and powerful, humanity had the advantage of numbers. Minerva stated that both sides craved war, but they were so preoccupied with their fighting; an impending danger was approaching from the "heavens". [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Lucy Stillman]] hypothesise that this "danger" could have been a massive solar flare which would have had a catastrophic impact on the Earth's weakening magnetic field, reversing the polarity, and making the planet geologically unstable. The geomagnetic reversal of Earth's poles is a possible cause of the destruction, however, it is a natural phenomenon which has occurred multiple times over Earth's history, the last of which was 780,000 years ago.

Despite the unknown cause of destruction, humanity and the ancient race survived. As Minerva said, "We built you in our image, we built you to survive", she confirms that Those Who Came Before altered the skeletal structure of the hominid form they found on earth to match their own, as seen in one of the [[Glyph|glyph puzzles]]. While both races still existed, they suffered dwindling numbers, and had to rebuild their lives. As the Earth and mankind worked to recover, the race "endeavored to ensure that this tragedy would not be repeated". This lead to the creation of the temples, such as [[The Vault]] in [[Rome]], which were built by "those who learned to turn away from war".

==Characteristics==

Those Who Came Before appear to be all the Gods that have ever existed. As seen with the [[Monteriggioni]] statues, Minerva has connections with the Roman gods. Her kind is very similar to Sumerian' gods, who share a comparable theory of creation. Furthermore, Minerva also showed an ancient Egyptian picture of the people rebelling against the Egyptian gods, but still labels the Egyptian gods as "us". It can at least be established that by Ezio's time, the race was effectively extinct - [[Minerva]] states that she is the last of her kind.

"Those Who Came Before" seem to posses some form of precognition, or ability to predict future events. This is shown when [[Minerva]] told [[Ezio]] that he was simply a conduit, and she spoke directly to [[Desmond]], showing she knew that he would receive the message by viewing it through [[Ezio]] in the [[Animus]].

Interestingly, [[Minerva]] is one of the 8 statuettes you can collect in [[Monteriggioni]]. As Minerva is one of "Those Who Came Before', the other statuettes could be as well. The figures depicted by the statuettes are Neptune and Pluto, Jupiter and Minerva, Dianna and Apollo, and Mars and Venus. It is also worth noting that they are all Roman mythological Gods - perhaps this means that they are remnants of "Those Who Came Before" and survivors of the cataclysmic event described by Minerva, or that they were the ones that helped humans build the temples that she mentioned.

==Genetic History==

Also in [[the Truth]] file, "Bloodlines", the player must highlight all of the painting of Gods who have had children with Humans, with the heading, "Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!'. This could mean that at some point in time, the humans and the "Gods" (Those Who Came Before) had children with humans. The Assassins who posses special abilities (such as [[Eagle Vision]]) are evidence of this relationship - this would explain why [[Subject 16]] says: "Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood!". So it could be hypothosized that in the myths, characters such as Herakles and Odysseus, who were Demi-gods, half human half god/half Those Who Came Before. Were Assassins. 

Since Desmond and Subject 16 are both born assassins and that Altaïr, Ezio and Desmond have [[Eagle Vision]] this may prove that they are related to Those Who Came Before, and that the Eagle vision was passed on through their bloodline. This heritage could also explain the resistance to [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], and how [[The Vault|the Vault]] recognized [[Ezio]] as the prophet, and not [[Rodrigo Borgia]].

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