Minerva

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{{Character Infobox

|name = Minerva
|image = Minerva.JPG
|imgdesc = Minerva's in-game model
|faction = [[Those Who Came Before]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|voice = Margaret Easley
}}

{{quote|Here sits the king of all Olympus, and beside him stands Wisdom, to guide his rule|Minerva and Jupiter statues description.}}

'''Minerva''' was one of the many members of [[Those Who Came Before |Those Who Came Before]], who was also known as Merva, and Mera, and so on, before her death.

==''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''==

[[File:Zw-Minerva-3.png|thumb|left|150px|Minerva inside the Vault.]]Minerva appears as a hologram figure within [[The Vault]], and reveals a little of the origin of [[Humans|humanity]] within her people's history.

Minerva explains how humans came to be, what the [[Pieces of Eden]] were for, and why her people no longer control the humans, or even exist at all. She states the purpose of the vaults built across the planet, and the disaster that the Earth suffered. She referred to [[Ezio]] as the "prophet," and during most of her appearance, she spoke to someone Ezio could not see, thus confusing him. She then tells him that she was not speaking ''with'' him, but ''through'' him. Minerva apparently knew that [[Desmond]] would one day relive Ezio's memories, as she seemingly addresses the camera (or Desmond's perception of the scene through the [[Animus]]) throughout her monologue, and concludes by saying, "the rest is up to you... Desmond," much to his ancestor's confusion. As Ezio tries to ask Minerva who Desmond is, her hologram disappears, leaving Ezio with all of his questions unanswered.

==Trivia==
*Minerva is the Roman name for the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, imported from the Etruscans who called her Menrva. This suggests that the people of ancient Greek, Roman and Etruscan times thought that [[Those Who Came Before]] were gods.
*Minerva is also one of the statuettes that must be collected and placed on a pedestal with her 'partner' Jupiter, at the [[Auditore Villa]].
*Given the implied nature of Assassin's being descended from Those who came before/human hybrids such as Adam and Eve and the common link in the, "pseudo" science of polar reversal it is possible that Lucy Stillman is a descendent of Minerva.

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