Apples of Eden

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{{Era|AC|ACBL|AC2|ACB|ACR|Renaissance|BBook|Secret Crusade|TWCB|Good}}
{{quote|This Apple of Eden will be understood. It must be... Is it a weapon? Is it a catalogue? Is it somehow both?|Altaïr's [[Codex]], page 1.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Item Infobox
|name = Apples of Eden
|image = Apple of Eden.png
|type = Piece of Eden
||powers = *Creating illusions<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>
*Mind-control<ref name="AC"/>
|current = *[[Apple of Eden 1|Apple 1]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Apple of Eden 2|Apple 2]]: ''Destroyed'' <ref name="AC Conference Room">''Assassin's Creed'' - [[E-mails#Conference room e-mail|Conference Room E-mail]]</ref>
*[[Apple of Eden 3|Apple 3]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Apple of Eden 4|Apple 4]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Apple of Eden 5|Apple 5]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Ezio's Apple]]: ''In Assassin possession''<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
|period = Prehistory until [[Modern Times]]<ref name="AC2 - Truth">''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[The Truth]]''</ref>
|created = [[First Civilization]]<ref name="AC2 - Truth"/>
|made = *Unknown BC<ref name="AC2 - Truth"/>
|destroyed =
|notable = *[[John F. Kennedy]]<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Hat Trick">''Assassin's Creed II'' - [[Glyphs]] - Puzzle #9 "Hat-trick"</ref>
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Descendants">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #3 "Descendants"</ref>
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Cesare Borgia]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>}}
The '''Apples of Eden''' were [[Pieces of Eden]], a type of technology made by [[First Civilization]]. They featured throughout history as the cause of some divine and superhuman events, such as the {{Wiki|Trojan War}}, or [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] being cast out of [[Eden]].

==History==
{{quote|This... piece of silver cast out Adam and Eve. It turned staves into snakes. Parted and closed the Red Sea. [[Eris]] used it to start the Trojan War; and with it, [[Jesus Christ|a poor carpenter]] turned water into wine.|[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] about an Apple.|Assassin's Creed}}

Long before [[Humans|mankind]] existed, the First Civilization of technologically advanced beings inhabited Earth. They created humanity, and enslaved them by modifying their brains to be manipulatable by Pieces of Eden. For some time there was a forced peace, until Adam and Eve stole one of the Pieces, an Apple,<ref name="AC2 - Truth"/> and started the [[Human-First Civilization War]].<ref name="AC2"/>

As all were too occupied by the war to see the threat, a [[First Disaster|major solar flare]] impacted the Earth, and significantly damaged both mankind and their makers. The people of First Civilization slowly became extinct, while mankind grew and populated the Earth, seeing their predecessors as myths and gods.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="AC2"/><ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Fourth Day">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #19 "The Fourth Day"</ref>

The Pieces of Eden were not destroyed by the blast, and throughout time, humans started recovering them, also causing a split of sides based on different mindsets, [[Templars]] and [[Assassins]]. The Templars were out to restore peace in the way the First Civilization had once done, forced by the Pieces, unlike the Assassins, that fought for freedom and a flawed humanity, putting free will above order.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:AC-AltairMalikMap.png|200px|left|thumb|A holographic image made by an Apple during the Middle Ages.]]
Many decades went by as the fight continued between Templar and Assassin, both knowing the importance of the Pieces, especially the Apple, to reach their goal.<ref name="AC"/><ref name="AC2"/>

The Apples featured as the most well known Piece of Eden, being favored by [[Abstergo Industries]] in their plan of a [[New World Order]], being likely the most predictable Piece, as some other Pieces were known to be able to create time paradoxes.<ref name="AC2"/>

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==Powers and capabilities==
{{Quote|Those subjected to [the Apple]'s glow are promised all that they desire. It asks only one thing in return: complete and total obedience. And who can truly refuse? It is temptation incarnate.|Altaïr's Codex, page 1.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Apples were designed to create illusions and to control human minds, they were used by many great rulers throughout history, proving the efficiency of the Apples' powers.<ref name="AC2"/>

The First Civilization added a small part to the human brain that made them susceptible to these powers, only those with mixed genes were mentally immune to the manipulation, but not physically.<ref name="AC"/><ref name="AC2"/> In modern times, humans themselves had already started research on the brain, comparing them to those of other animals, seeing that they were not like the other animals, but not knowing the reason for this.<ref name="AC2"/>

All the Apples could presumably be used in conjunction with the [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]], though it is only certainly for one; Ezio's Apple. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] used the two Pieces of Eden to open the [[Vatican Vault]], before taking the Apple, and losing the Staff that was pulled into the ground.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:Leo work 2.png|thumb|250px|right|Leonardo studying an Apple.]]
Apples also contained knowledge of many technologies used by the First Civilization. Like many other Pieces, they were able to communicate with people, showing them the products necessary to make the technology and transferring wisdom about the manufacturing of the shown devices.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

A good example of this was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], who studied one of the Apples and invented four [[war machines]], and several other weapons with technology far beyond his own time.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

There were only six known Apples, one of which had been destroyed in an [[DIA Satellite Accident|Abstergo accident]].<ref name="AC2"/>

==Known Apples==
====Apple 1====
{{main|Apple of Eden 1}}
[[File:Glyph_3-2.jpg|150px|right]]

The first known human possessor of this Apple was [[Napoleon Bonaparte]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Napoleon Apple">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #2 "Sixty-four Squares"</ref> who used the technology to power up his force in the French Revolution. With the power of this item, he became the leader of [[France]] with the name of Napoleon I, ruling in military and political sense. It is unknown how he came into the possession of this Piece of Eden, and when and how he lost it.

The second known human owner was [[Harry Houdini]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Descendants"/> a magician who used the First Apple to create his "impossible" stunts. He was assassinated by Templars, though his death was commonly known to have been caused by a ruptured appendix.

Later, the Apple was used in [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|the assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Hat Trick"/> as a means of producing a "Phantom on the Hill" effect, making the prosecution of [[Lee Harvey Oswald|Oswald]] more difficult, and disguising the intentions of the assassination. The current location of this Apple is unknown.

====Apple 2====
{{main|Apple of Eden 2}}

The first known human possessor of the Second Apple was [[Malik Al-Sayf]], who only owned it temporarily after retrieving it from [[Solomon's Temple]]. For some time after, it was [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] who kept it, later using it to control the people of [[Masyaf]]. However, the [[Mentor]] was overthrown himself by Altaïr, who took the Apple from him.<ref name="AC"/>

Altaïr then kept the Piece until his death in 1257, using it several times for either his own safety or for its knowledge.<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

[[File:Glyph_3-3.jpg|150px|right]]
The next known possessor of this Piece was [[Elizabeth I of England]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Napoleon Apple"/> an important British monarch in the 16th century, who favored Protestants instead of Catholics, and thereby she reversed the Catholic influences of her predecessor, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]].

It eventually passed into the hands of [[Mahatma Gandhi]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Descendants"/> who most likely used it to acquire a large religious mass of followers in India. However, the [[Templars]] became aware of Gandhi's possession of the Apple and murdered him, themselves taking the Piece of Eden.

By 1960, the Templars had both the First and Second Apple in possession, and used them during the assassination of John F. Kennedy.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Hat Trick"/>

====Apple 3====
{{main|Apple of Eden 3}}
[[File:Glyph_3-1.jpg|150px|right]]

The earliest known human possessors of this Piece were the {{Wiki|Freemasonry|Freemasons}}, who brought it over from Europe to the New World. [[George Washington]] was a Freemason, as well being the first President of the United States.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Descendants"/>

During the 20th century, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had it in his possession,<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Descendants"/> who teamed up with [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Joseph Stalin]] in the fabrication of [[World War II]].<ref name="AC2 Glyphs- Bunker">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #17 "The Bunker"</ref>

It was then owned by John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated after [[William Greer|his driver]] – under control of the Second Apple – had driven him into a trap, so the Templars could take the Piece from him.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Hat Trick"/>

The Third Apple was given to Kennedy's Presidential successor, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who was secretly a Templar. Johnson used the Apple to push for the {{Wiki|Apollo program|Apollo 11 project}}, which retrieved the Fifth Apple from the moon without opposition.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Apollo">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #10 "Apollo"</ref>

====Apple 4====
{{main|Apple of Eden 4}}
[[File:Glyph_4-4.jpg|150px|right]]

The Fourth Apple was first known to be seen in 10th century Chinese art, as a gold ball held by a small demon, first presumed to be an early grenade.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - First Gun">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #4 "Infinite Knowledge"</ref>

The first known human to possess the Fourth Apple was [[Nikola Tesla]],<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Tesla">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #11 "The Inventor"</ref> who found it in his home country, {{Wiki|Croatia}}. He most likely used it to develop his technology on the availability of electricity worldwide,<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Free Electricity">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyphs - Puzzle #12 "Titans of Industry"</ref> which the Templars started campaigning against, using [[Thomas Edison|Edison]] to publicly slander Tesla and to videotape the electrocution of an elephant, to prove the danger of electricity. Some time after this, the Templars broke into Tesla's lab, stealing his Apple and using it to drive him insane.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Tesla"/>

The Fourth Apple then presumably came into the hands of {{Wiki|Mark Twain}}, which indicates that the Piece came into Edison's possession after the Templars took it from Tesla. Edison later lent it to [[Henry Ford]], who manipulated assembly line workers for profit.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Free Electricity"/> Henry, "as per instructions", shipped the Apple to [[Adolf Hitler|H.]] just before Nazi Party took power in [[Germany]] and began World War II.

====Apple 5====
{{main|Apple of Eden 5}}
[[File:Glyph_10-3.jpg|150px|right]]

The Fifth Apple was recovered from the moon by Lyndon B. Johnson, after the Templars had taken the Third Apple from John F. Kennedy - who planned on creating a joint space program with the [[Russia|Soviets]] - and used it for the progression of the Apollo Project.<ref name="AC2 Glyphs - Apollo"/> The current location of this Piece is unknown.

====Ezio's Apple====
{{main|Ezio's Apple of Eden}}
[[File:Sixth_Apple.JPG|150px|right]]

The Apple was used by Ezio, together with the Staff of Eden, to open the [[Vatican Vault]], where he spoke to a hologram of [[Minerva]], one of the First Civilzation.<ref name="AC2"/>

During the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]], Ezio lent the Apple to [[Mario Auditore]], who kept it safe as Ezio protected the village. However, Mario was caught by [[Cesare Borgia]], who took the Apple from him, and killed him in front of Ezio. Cesare gave it to Leonardo da Vinci so he could study it and supply him with war machines.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

However, the Apple was eventually stolen once more by Rodrigo Borgia, who hid it at the [[Basilica di San Pietro]], where Ezio found it and used it to exterminate Cesare's followers before defeating Cesare himself.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

The last known person to come in contact with the Apple was [[Desmond Miles]], who was forced by [[Juno]] to stab [[Lucy Stillman]] in the abdomen during the retrieval of the Apple after activating it. Both he and Lucy fell to the ground, with Lucy dead and Desmond falling to a coma. The modern day [[Assassins]] currently possess the Apple.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

==References==
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{{First Civilization}}
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[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]
[[Category:First Civilization technology]]

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