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Huldufolk Set

2026-10-21T12:59:35Z

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{{Era|Armor}}
{{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content#Helix Store|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Helix Store]]'' item ''[[Huldufolk Pack]]''}}
The '''Huldufolk Set''' was an [[armor]] set inspired by the mysterious ''[[huldufólk]]'' of [[Iceland]]ic legend.

[[Layla Hassan]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] who relived [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|memories]], [[Animus mod|modified]] her [[Animus]] and included this set as part of the [[shieldmaiden]]'s armory.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

==Statistics==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:700px; text-align:center"
!width="10%"|Name
!width="5%"|Class
!width="5%"|Arm
!width="5%"|Eva
!width="5%"|L-Res
!width="5%"|H-Res
!width="5%"|Wgt
!width="10%"|Availability
!width="15%"|Set Bonus
|-
![[Huldufolk Helm]]
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Huldufolk Helm"}}
| rowspan="5" colspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |Increase Attack after an Assassination (up to 5 times) Additional increase to Speed and Armor
|-
![[Huldufolk Hood]]
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Huldufolk Hood"}}
|-
![[Huldufolk Bracers]]
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Huldufolk Bracers"}}
|-
![[Huldufolk Armor]]
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Huldufolk Armor"}}
|-
![[Huldufolk Trousers]]
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Huldufolk Trousers"}}
|}

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''

==References==
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Suttungr's Claw

2026-10-20T20:22:29Z

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{{Era|Weapons}}
[[File:ACV Suttungr's Claw Fine.png|thumb|Suttungr's Claw]]
'''Suttungr's Claw''' was a [[seax]] engraved with [[runes]] that told the ''[[jötnar]]'' king [[Jupiter|Suttungr]]'s life story and how he fought the [[Norse mythology|Norse god]] [[Odin]] in an attempt to end the [[Æsir]]'s duplicitous scheme to survive [[Ragnarök]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> During her travels, the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] acquired this [[short blade]] after looting a [[Treasure chest|chest]] in the [[Venta Belgarum bureau]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

==Weapon statistics==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:700px; text-align:center"
!Class
!Attack
!Speed
!Stun
!Critical Chance
!Weight
!Availability
|-
{{#section:AC:CST/Weapons|"Suttungr's Claw"}}
|-
! colspan="7" |Perks
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| colspan="7" |Increase Critical Damage after each hit (up to 10 times)
|-
! colspan="7" |Description
|-
| colspan="7" |''The symbols and runes on the handle of this beautifully carved knife recount the life of Suttungr, the proud Jotun who defended his home against Odin's malevolence.''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACV Suttungr's Claw Flawless.png|Flawless tier
ACV Suttungr's Claw Mythical.png|Mythical tier
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Seaxes]]
[[Category:Short blades]]
[[Category:9th century weapons]]

Tomohito

2026-10-20T02:51:42Z

Soranin: /* Appearances */

{{Era|Individuals}}{{WP-REAL|Emperor Go-Nara}}
[[File:ACSH InM - Tomohito.jpg|thumb|250px|Emperor Go-Nara dealing with the Assassins from behind curtains]]
'''Tomohito''' (知仁; 1495 – 1557), better known as '''Emperor Go-Nara''', was the {{Wiki|Emperor of Japan|Emperor}} of [[Japan]] from 1526 until his death in 1557.<ref>{{WP|Emperor Go-Nara}}</ref> Shortly before his death, while in [[Kyoto]],<ref name="Tales of Iga 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 3|Chapter 3]]</ref> the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Assassin]] [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]] [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu|Tsuyu]] approached him<ref name="Secrets of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Secrets of the Blade]]</ref><ref name="Tales of Iga 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]</ref> and sought his support in their [[Assassin-Templar War|secret war]] against the [[Templars]] that had recently infiltrated Japan.<ref name="Heart of an Assassin">''[[Animus Hub]]'' – [[Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin]]</ref> In return, Tomohito entrusted the three [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia]] to the Assassins, tasking them to keep the artifacts safe.<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1stm}}
**''[[Claws of Awaji]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' {{1st}}

==References==
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Tower of London

2026-10-19T21:54:15Z

Soranin: /* History */

{{Era|Landmarks}}{{WP-REAL}}
{{Update|''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''}}
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|description =
|location = [[City of London]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
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'''Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress''', commonly known as the '''Tower of London''', is a historic castle located in the [[City of London]], [[London]], on the north bank of the [[River Thames]]. It is protected by the [[Queen's Guard|Royal Guard]], who are overseen by a constable.

At the fortress's center lies the White Tower, which was originally conceived as a residence for royalty but has served a host of other functions throughout history, most prominently that of a prison. Its current and most famous function, however, is the resting place of the British Crown Jewels.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Tower of London}}</ref>

==History==
In early 1519, English philosopher [[Thomas More]] was arrested and taken to the Tower of London. Having heard of this event in his final days, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] requested that the Brotherhood locate More within the complex and free him.<ref name="Minimap">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Mini-map: London</ref> After collecting information from numerous sources, including an investigation by academic [[Richard Croke]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Carnet de voyage 28</ref> as well as discussions with an specialist on urban planning<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 100</ref> and retrieval of the Tower's floor plans from [[Ebury Manor]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 175</ref> and the [[Palace of Westminster]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 187</ref> the Assassins managed to locate More within the Salt Tower,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]'' – Card 022</ref> releasing him from his emprisonment.

In 1696, during the [[Great Recoinage of 1696|Great Recoinage]], [[William Chaloner]] was held in the Tower following the exposure of his counterfeiting activities by the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Omar Khaled]] and Sir [[Isaac Newton]].<ref name="Gold">''[[Assassin's Creed: Gold]]'' – {{Cite|28 March 2021}}</ref>

At some point in the 1720s or 1730s, the British [[Assassins]]' [[Assassin leader|leader]] [[Edward Kenway]] secreted in the Tower a cache containing a [[Shroud of Eden 2|Shroud of Eden]].<ref name="A Thorne in the Side"/> In 1847, Queen [[Victoria]]'s husband, the Prince Consort [[Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Albert]], found the cache and relocated it to a [[Buckingham Palace vault|vault]] built beneath [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref name="Change of Plans">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Change of Plans]]</ref>

In 1868, the Tower was overrun by men under the command of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templar]] [[Lucy Thorne]], who was searching for the Shroud, having read about it in [[Edward Kenway's journal]] and being unaware of its relocation. At the same time, the Assassin [[Evie Frye]] infiltrated the Tower to eliminate Thorne and prevent her from finding the Shroud. She killed the Templars masquerading as Royal Guardsmen, rescued the Tower garrison's Constable [[Miller]], disguised herself as a prisoner, and assassinated Thorne before fleeing as the Royal Guard retook the Tower.<ref name="A Thorne in the Side">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Thorne in the Side]]</ref>

Later that year, the last Maharaja of the [[Sikh Empire]], [[Duleep Singh]], organized with Evie and her twin brother [[Jacob Frye]] the heist of the [[Koh-i-Noor]] [[diamond]], which was allegedly stored in the Tower, in order to send it back to [[India]]. During a party held at the Tower, Templars associated with the [[East India Company|British Indian Company]] stole the diamond and planted it on Singh, intending to frame the Maharaja for theft and sabotage India and Britain's diplomatic relations. Fortunately, Jacob recovered the jewel before Singh was searched by the guards and handed it to his sister, who [[Smuggling|smuggled]] the diamond out of the Tower.<ref name="The Great Jewel Heist">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[The Great Jewel Heist]]</ref>

Despite its status as a famous [[fort]]ress and prison, by the late 19th century the Tower had lost most of its functions, becoming little more than a tourist attraction. This changed during [[World War I]], when the building was used by the [[British Army]] to train [[soldier]]s and house prisoners of war. Between 1914 and 1915, twelve [[Germany|German]] spies were executed by {{Wiki|Execution by firing squad|firing squad}} at the Tower, marking the first time the building was used for an execution in over 150 years. The first spy to be killed, [[Carl Hans Lody]], reportedly left a note thanking his captors for their hospitality and even shook hands with each member of the firing squad before his execution.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Tower of London]]</ref>

In 1916, a spy known as the Magpie was held prisoner in the Tower. As he was about to reveal the Brotherhood's existence, the Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] infiltrated the Tower and eliminated the spy.<ref name="The Magpie">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Magpie]]</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACS Tower of London - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the Tower viewed from afar
ACS Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the Tower
ACS Tower of London Traitor's Gate - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the Traitors' Gate
ACB - Tower of London.jpg|The Traitors' Gate seen from the river
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{c|picture only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Last Maharaja]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Gold]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Last Quest of Leonardo da Vinci]]''

==References==
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Fujibayashi Nagato

2026-10-19T17:02:07Z

Soranin:

{{Era|Individuals|Assassins}}{{WP-REAL|ja:藤林長門守}}
{{Spoilerhd|8 January 2027|[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]}}
{{Character Infobox
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|native=
|image=ACSh Fujibayashi Nagato.png
|birth=c. 1538<ref name="InM Ch1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 1|Chapter 1]]</ref> Yufune,<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|ja:藤林長門守|藤林長門守}}</ref> [[Iga]], [[Japan]]
|death=30 September 1581<ref name="The Onryo Samurai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Onryo Samurai]]</ref> [[Katano]], [[Izumi Settsu]], Japan
|species=[[Human]]
|database=[[Database: Fujibayashi Yasutoyo|Fujibayashi Yasutoyo]]
|affiliates=*[[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']]
*[[Assassins]]
**[[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']]
*[[Fujibayashi clan]]
}}
'''Fujibayashi Nagato-no-Kami''' (藤林長門守; c. 1538 – 1581), also known as '''Fujibayashi Yasutoyo''',<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Fujibayashi Yasutoyo]]</ref> or '''Fujibayashi Masayasu''' (藤林正保) during his youth,<ref name="InM Ch1"/> was an [[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']] ''[[wikt:上忍|jōnin]]'',<ref name="Turnbull 2019">Turnbull, Stephen. (2019). "Iga: True Land of the Ninja". In ''Ninja: The (Unofficial) Secret Manual''. London, UK: Thames & Hudson Ltd., pp. 44–59.</ref> a [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member, and the father of [[Fujibayashi Naoe]]. The pressures of war forced Nagato to train Naoe to be his peer in the martial arts.<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft|subdomain=news|url=en-us/article/2LH4Ael4X1TlNJY3B3aYg5/assassins-creed-shadows-launches-november-15-features-dual-protagonists-in-feudal-japan|text=Assassin's Creed Shadows Launches November 15, Features Dual Protagonists in Feudal Japan|archivedate=20240515215905}}</ref> Shortly after [[Oda Nobunaga]] initiated the [[Tenshō Iga War]],<ref>''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – The Tensho Iga War</ref> members of the [[Shinbakufu]] entered the province, killed Nagato, and took a prized box he had entrusted to Naoe.<ref name="The Onryo Samurai"/>

==Biography==
===Becoming a shinobi===
Fujibayashi Masayasu grew up a farmer in a village in [[Iga]], where he was one of the few members of his community able to fight against outside threats. As violence in the region increased during the final decades of the [[Sengoku period]], Masayasu found himself overwhelmed by the threats against his people and wished to be trained as a ''[[Ninja|shinobi]]'' so he could better protect them.<ref name="InM Ch1"/>

One day in 1560, after saving a young girl named [[Chiyo]] from being run over by a bull and subsequently befriending her, Masayasu was drawn into action once again when two [[samurai]] came to the village carrying the severed head of [[Bunkichi]]. The samurai tried extorting the villagers, but Masayasu confronted them and managed to defeat one of them. However, the second samurai proved a more challenging opponent and nearly killed Masayasu until he was assassinated from behind by [[Hattori Hanzō]].<ref name="InM Ch1"/>
[[File:ACSH InM - Masayasu vs Hanzo.png|thumb|240px|left|Masayasu preparing to fight Hanzō]]
Awed by Hanzō's reputation and skills, Masayasu expressed his desire to become a ''shinobi'' like him, but Hanzō harshly refused, dismissing him as an unfit farmer and suggesting he would be better off serving a local ''[[daimyō]]''. At that moment, Hanzō's mentor [[Momochi Sandayu]] arrived and, after introducing himself to Masayasu, agreed to give him a chance to prove his skills in a fight against Hanzō. During their duel, Hanzō quickly gained the upper hand and threw Masayasu down a small cliff before beginning to insult him.<ref name="InM Ch1"/>

As Masayasu sulked in defeat, he suddenly heard Chiyo come to his defense, telling Hanzō that Masayasu was a hero who had bravely protected their village. When an annoyed Hanzō grabbed and threatened Chiyo, Masayasu rushed to the girl's defense. Using underhanded tactics, he managed to gain the upper hand and knock Hanzō to the ground, at which point Sandayu intervened to break up the fight. Impressed, the ''shinobi'' invited Masayasu to train under him, and the latter gladly accepted.<ref name="InM Ch1"/>

After bidding farewell to Chiyo and his parents, Masayasu donned a new set of robes and left his home village, ready to start his new life as a ''shinobi''. As he approached the village's border, he saw a figure observing him in the distance.<ref name="InM Ch1"/>

===Joining the Kakushiba ''ikki''===
{{Quote|It was my oath to the creed to protect the Jewel... But I loved her. And when you came, you were our jewel. We loved you so much. For a few years, we prospered. The regalia were safely hidden in Settsu. Our league grew. Our enemies faded.|Nagato telling Naoe about his and Tsuyu's past, 1581.|Assassin's Creed: Shadows|The Meaning of the Blade}}
During their training together, Masayasu and Hanzō were able to put their differences aside and develop a more amicable relationship. Sandayu also introduced both of them to the [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Assassin]] [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]], [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu|Tsuyu]],<ref name="InM Ch2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 2|Chapter 2]]</ref> who informed them about their [[Assassin-Templar War|conflict]] with the [[Templars|Templar Order]] and enlisted their help to stop the spread of Templar influence in Japan.<ref name="InM Ch3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 3|Chapter 3]]</ref>

====Training under Tsuyu====
Thus, Masayasu and Hanzō began their training with Tsuyu, with their first day showing Tsuyu fighting better than the two. However, during their training, Masayasu used his "sight" to save Tsuyu from a roaming snake. While thankful, Tsuyu dismissed them from their lesson.<ref name="InM Ch4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 4|Chapter 4]]</ref> Within two weeks, Tsuyu took them to a cliff to demonstrate one of their techniques, the [[leap of Faith]]. After demonstrating herself, she told Hanzō to go but he rejected, prompting Masayasu to go instead. Despite all of their misgivings, his first leap proved successful with his life intact.<ref name="InM Ch5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 5|Chapter 5]]</ref>

After the lesson, Masayasu and Hanzō began to talk about their growth, with the former thanking him for his help. However, during their discussion, they were ambushed, with Masayasu nearly killed by a ''katana'' from the rogue ''shinobi'' [[Toza]]. Hanzō tasked Masayasu to find Sandayu, thus he left for help. However, upon running, he came upon [[Konan]], who was badly injured and informed Masayasu of being attacked around all sides. Soon, Masayasu came to face the ''[[rōnin]]'' [[Kuroiwa Gonjou-rou]], who demanded the location of the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia]]. Due to the ''rōnin''{{'}}s size, Masayasu retreated into the bamboo grove and was able to deal a strike into his neck.<ref name="InM Ch6">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 6|Chapter 6]]</ref>

However, Gonjou-rou faked his death and was able to overpower Masayasu. Defenseless, Masayasu was able to uncover Gonjou-rou's task and how he was contracted by the Templars. Before the ''rōnin'' could kill Masayasu, Sandayu came and sliced off Gonjou-rou's arm. Before he could kill the intruder, Sandayu noticed that he and Masayasu were surrounded by ''shinobi'' while Gonjou-rou escaped. Fortunately, Tsuyu came just in time and swiftly killed the attackers. Immediately afterwards, Tsuyu informed them that she must leave to meet Catarribera about an urgent mission.<ref name="InM Ch7">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 7|Chapter 7]]</ref> Feeling inadequate, he found Hanzō again, who killed Toza, and informed him of his failure and Tsuyu's mission in [[Mikawa]]. With this, Hanzō left but not before commending Masayasu on his progress.<ref name="InM Ch8">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 8|Chapter 8]]</ref>

The following year, Masayasu doubted his skill as he watched Konan train a new student [[Hachi-rou]]. Sandayu came and talked with Masayasu, thanking him with showing a new way to deal with enemies, contrasting his actions of maintaining peace with violence. He later showed that Hachi-rou was the remaining samurai who attacked his village, who saved him from going down a dark path. He later gave Masayasu a choice to stay or to leave. Later that night, Masayasu planned to leave,<ref name="InM Ch10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 10|Chapter 10]]</ref> Upon leaving, Tsuyu caught him and asked why he was leaving, but Masayasu was adamant to go. Tsuyu soon shared a glimpse of how she was free to choose her own path with the principles she maintained. Doubtful, he recalled a memory with his father and stayed anyway to pursue his own path. He later found and thanked Tsuyu, who continued his training.<ref name="InM Ch11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 11|Chapter 11]]</ref>

In 1562, tensions between Masayasu and Tsuyu grew due to his lingering feelings of the past attack, causing him to lash out against her and her leaving the dinner. Besides him, Konan informed him that his demeanor changed and the recent events before leaving Masayasu to think about his actions.<ref name="InM Ch14">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 14|Chapter 14]]</ref> That night, he went to guard duty but overheard Tsuyu speaking with Chiyo about her childhood.<ref name="InM Ch15">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 15|Chapter 15]]</ref> Hearing all of her story, he began to feel regret. Yet, he was disturbed by Hachi-rou, who came to inform him and Tsuyu about Hanzō's mission in Mikawa.<ref name="InM Ch17">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 17|Chapter 17]]</ref>

====Mission in Ise====
Together with Tsuyu and Sandayu, Masayasu learned of Hanzō's intel and how he made contact with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Matsudaira Motoyasu]] and learned about the Templars' hand in the [[Slavery|slave trade]]. With this information, Sandayu remarked on how [[Ise]] had been experienced similar actions, moving Tsuyu to venture to Ise and investigate any Templar activity. Masayasu offered to join but Tsuyu rebuffed him, stating that he needed more training, before she left.<ref name="InM Ch18">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 18|Chapter 18]]</ref> However, upon Sandayu's advice, he left against her wishes and followed her.<ref name="InM Ch19">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 19|Chapter 19]]</ref>

Arriving at the [[Old Inn of the Fifty Emblems]], Masayasu arrived just in time to save Tsuyu from a patron asking about her presence. He immediately concocted a story of how he and "Shoujo" are newly married and a pair of performers.<ref name="InM Ch18"/> While spending time together and acting out this ruse, they caught the attention of a portly man, to which Tsuyu told him a code. Away from the patrons, the man revealed himself as Sandayu's contact and revealed of a human trafficking ring at a port nearby. They thanked the man while Tsuyu readied to go herself to investigate. However, Masayasu offered to go with her, but she admitted that his presence and stares pain her. Masayasu regressed and told her they should rest. However, she slipped away in the night and left Masayasu alone again.<ref name="InM Ch19"/>

Following her, Masayasu came upon Tsuyu captured and being tortured by the [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|Portuguese]] Templar [[Balthazar]]. Before one of Balthazar's men could cut her fingers off, Masayasu instantly came and killed the man, surprising everyone. He later asserted that since she protected him, it was his turn.<ref name="InM Ch20">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 20|Chapter 20]]</ref> When Balthazar ordered his men to kill Masayasu, the ''shinobi'' single-handedly killed his attackers before facing off against Balthazar. After a lengthly fight, Balthazar had overpowered him and nearly killed him but Masayasu threw a ''[[shuriken]]'' into his neck. With the Templar bleeding, Masayasu stood and delivered the final blow. Afterwards, he freed Balthazar's slaves and carried Tsuyu to a boat to safety. Tsuyu, feeling safe, rested her head on his shoulders while they traveled back to safety.<ref name="InM Ch21">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 21|Chapter 21]]</ref>

====A new start====
Within a year, Masayasu and Tsuyu traveled back to Iga, with a newfound relationship between them. Soon, Masayasu soon found Hanzō having returned from his mission in Mikawa and embraced him. Within a few weeks, he and Hanzō trained with Tsuyu, each realizing their growth in the matter of years. Meanwhile, Masayasu and Tsuyu's relationship grew to become more romantic.<ref name="InM Ch27">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 27|Chapter 27]]</ref>

[[File:ACSH The Meaning of the Blade 7.png|thumb|250px|Nagato, Sandayu, and Hanzō swearing to Tsuyu's creed]]
During their tenure in Iga, Masayasu, Hanzō, and Sandayu were all part of the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']], the brotherhood founded by Catarribera and Tsuyu,<ref name="Meaning of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Meaning of the Blade]]</ref> which the latter assumed control of following her mentor's departure.<ref name="Secrets of the Blade">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Secrets of the Blade]]</ref><ref name="InM Ch28">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 28|Chapter 28]]</ref> Masayasu and the others swore an oath to [[the Creed]] to protect the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan]], which Tsuyu had been entrusted with, and hid the artifacts within a ''[[kofun]]'' in [[Izumi Settsu]].<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

Talking with Sandayu, the trio were discussing expanding their reach into the nearby regions, to which they agreed, with Masayasu's assurance.<ref name="InM Ch28"/> For a time, the Kakushiba ''ikki'' experienced peace and prosperity as Tsuyu and Sandayu recruited new members into the brotherhood while their enemies' strength faded.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/> During one night, Masayasu and Tsuyu spent time together where Tsuyu gifted Masayasu his own [[hidden blade]]. She later stated that she wished to be his wife and have a family with him. Unknown to them, Hanzō overheard and was heartbroken. The following morning, Masayasu met with his friend but was surprised upon Hanzō's challenge against him.<ref name="InM Ch28"/>

Atop a cliff, Masayasu pleaded him not to fight but Hanzō insulted him of his upbringing and status before attacking him. However, Masayasu blocked his attacks and even disarmed him, pleading once more. However, Hanzō overpowered him and began to beat with his fists. Masayasu stated that he wanted to walk their path together, causing Hanzō to break. Before Hanzō could continue, Tsuyu walked in and begged him to stop, as she was pregnant with his child. Shocked, Hanzō relented but told them that he will be leaving Iga for good.<ref name="InM Ch29">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 29|Chapter 29]]</ref> However, Hanzō never disclosed to his allies the true reason for his departure out of shame.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

===Life as a father===
{{Quote|The league died with her. And every night, for years, I played her favorite song. And then one night, across the valley, I heard someone playing the song back to me. I ran towards the source, but... she was gone. I know it was her. And so, I kept playing her song every night to let her know the Jewel was safe. And that you were all right.|Nagato to Naoe, 1581.|Assassin's Creed: Shadows|The Meaning of the Blade}}
By 1564,<ref name="Ubisoft"/> Masayasu-who became known as Fujibayashi Nagato-married Tsuyu and the couple had a daughter, naming her [[Fujibayashi Naoe|Naoe]]. During the first years of her life, Nagato and Tsuyu raised their daughter together and largely abandoned their Assassin duties to focus on their new responsibility as parents.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

In 1569,<ref name="InM Ch29"/>, unfortunately, Nagato and Tsuyu were caught off-guard when Hanzō returned with news that the Imperial Regalia's location had been compromised. Before leaving, Tsuyu planned Nagato to stay and wait for her while [[Matsu]] was charged to watch over Naoe. Meanwhile, Tsuyu summoned all Assassins in Japan to [[Attack on Daisen-ryō Kofun|defend]] and to protect the regalia from a mysterious group of [[Mercenary|mercenaries]], the [[Shinbakufu]]; however, they failed, and most Assassins were killed as a result.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/><ref name="InM Ch30">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 30|Chapter 30]]</ref>

[[File:ACSH The Meaning of the Blade 11.png|thumb|250px|left|Tsuyu entrusting the Jewel to Nagato]]
Tsuyu, who had managed to survive the onslaught and protect the regalia's jewel ''{{Wiki|Magatama|Yasakani no Magatama}}'', discreetly returned to Nagato and entrusted him with the artifact. She also made him promise that he never reveal her survival and to tell everyone, including Sandayu and Naoe, that she did not survive. He promised to keep it safe while she searched for the other regalia. Nagato went on to hide the Jewel in the [[Mihata Kofun]] and waited for his wife to come back, but she never did.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/><ref name="InM Ch30"/>

For years afterwards, Nagato played Tsuyu's favorite song on his ''{{Wiki|Xun (instrument)|tsuchibue}}'' and, one night, heard someone playing the same song back to him. Although the person was gone by the time he reached their location, Nagato took this as a sign that Tsuyu was still alive. From that point on, he continued playing the song every night, to let Tsuyu know that both the Jewel and Naoe were safe.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

During this time, Nagato continued to raise Naoe alone and trained his daughter in the ''shinobi'' arts, although he hoped that she would never have to see the horrors of war.<ref name="Wake Up Call">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Wake Up Call]]</ref><ref name="Shinobi Warfare">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Shinobi Warfare]]</ref> He also kept her in the dark about the truth of Tsuyu's fate and true affiliations, feeling that the burden of that knowledge was his alone to carry.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

On 6 October 1579, Iga came under threat of an [[Tenshō Iga War|invasion]] by the warlord [[Oda Nobunaga]], who sought to unify Japan. Not wishing to endanger his daughter, Nagato sent Naoe to stay with [[Matsu]], an old family friend, under the pretext of protecting her while he went to help Sandayu and the other ''shinobi'' defend their homeland.<ref name="Wake Up Call"/> However, Naoe, with encouragement from both Matsu and Sandayu, decided to take part in the battle, during which she managed to defeat an enemy [[samurai]].<ref name="Shinobi Warfare"/>

After Nobunaga's forces led by his son [[Oda Nobukatsu]] retreated, Nagato angrily confronted Naoe for disobeying him, but upon seeing the slain samurai, he realized that he had underestimated his daughter.<ref name="Shinobi Warfare"/> He subsequently began training her so she could help protect Iga,<ref name="Mind and Body">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Mind and Body]]</ref> and also allowed her to be trained by Sandayu like he had been.<ref name="A True Igan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[A True Igan]]</ref>

===Death===
{{Quote|Plum... I kept too much from you. Now... it dies with me. [...] There is hope. Follow the blade... [...] Remember the song. In the music... we are together. Always.|Nagato's final words to Naoe, 1581.|Assassin's Creed: Shadows|The Onryo Samurai}}
On 30 September 1581, after Naoe completed her training, Nagato accompanied his daughter as she went to be officially initiated into the [[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']]. Before the ceremony, Nagato expressed the pride he felt for her accomplishments and told her how much she resembled her mother in both spirit and talent. Following the initiation, Hattori Hanzō unexpectedly arrived and informed his old allies that Oda Nobunaga's forces were marching towards Iga. He then offered them the protection of his lord Tokugawa Ieyasu if they swore loyalty to him, but the ''shinobi'' refused and resolved to defend their homeland by their own means.<ref name="Traditions">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Traditions]]</ref>

Nagato took Naoe to [[Hijiyama Fort|Hijiyama]], a nearby [[fort]] occupied by Nobunaga's army, where they searched for the enemy's invasion plans. After Naoe uncovered the plans, she was approached by Hanzō, who saved her from an enemy soldier, before Nagato arrived and was handed a letter by Hanzō. The letter revealed that the Shinbakufu knew the Jewel's location in the Mihata Kofun, prompting Nagato to immediately leave to protect the artifact, followed closely by Naoe.<ref name="Traditions"/>

After riding to the Aekuni Shrine, Nagato and Naoe helped Sandayu and the other ''shinobi'' present defeat the attacking [[Oda clan]] soldiers. Nagato then showed Hanzō's letter to Sandayu, informing him that Tsuyu had given him the Jewel for safekeeping. Despite their oath to protect the artifact, Sandayu insisted that defeating Nobunaga's army was more important, although he understood Nagato's choice to prioritize the Jewel and Naoe's safety. Not wishing to abandon Iga in its time of need, Nagato offered to accompany Sandayu to [[Mibuno Castle]], and gave his Hidden Blade to Naoe, tasking her to recover the box holding the Jewel from the Mihata Kofun.<ref name="Fight of the Kakushiba Ikki">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Fight of the Kakushiba Ikki]]</ref>

However, Naoe failed in her task, as she was intercepted by the samurai [[Ido Yoshihiro]], who knocked her out with his ''[[kanabō]]'' and stole the box. When Nagato arrived moments later, he found the injured Naoe and put her on his [[horse]]. As they rode towards the [[Tomiko's Homestead|homestead]] of [[Tomiko]], an old family friend, Naoe regained consciousness,<ref name="Fight of the Kakushiba Ikki"/> and Nagato finally confessed to her the truth about his and Tsuyu's past, including their affiliation with the Kakushiba ''ikki'' and the reason for the latter's disappearance.<ref name="Meaning of the Blade"/>

[[File:ACSH The Onryo Samurai 18.png|thumb|250px|Nagato fighting Yaita Wakasa]]
After reaching Tomiko's homestead, Nagato passed out from his own injuries, having been shot in the back with an [[arrow]]. While Tomiko tended to his wounds, Naoe recovered and set out to retrieve the stolen box, heading to [[Katano Castle]]. There, she successfully assassinated Ido Yoshihiro and reclaimed the box, only to be ambushed by the Shinbakufu members [[Yaita Wakasa]] and [[Wada Koretake]], who shot her and broke her leg.<ref name="The Onryo Samurai"/>

Nagato, having recovered, came to his daughter's rescue, swiftly defeating Wakasa and cutting off Koretake's left ear with his [[katana]]. However, it was all for naught, as moments later the remaining Shinbakufu members arrived. Despite his injuries and being heavily outnumbered, Nagato, after taking one last look at Naoe, decided to face their assailants. He briefly held his own before being mortally stabbed through the abdomen by a [[Akechi Mitsuhide|man]] wearing a two-faced mask.<ref name="The Onryo Samurai"/>

With the box in their possession, the group's [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki|leader]] ordered his subordinate to finish off both Nagato and Naoe, but Koretake intervened and insisted that the pair be left to die in pain. The masked leader acquiesced to his request, and the Shinbakufu took their leave. After expressing regret at how much he had kept hidden from Naoe and urging his daughter to "follow the blade", Nagato succumbed to his wounds;<ref name="The Onryo Samurai"/> his body was later found by the monk [[Sorin]] and his apprentice [[Junjiro]], who took Naoe in and nursed her back to health.<ref name="Unpayable Debt">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[An Unpayable Debt]]</ref>

==Personality and traits==
As a leader of the Iga community, Fujibayashi Nagato embodied their values of valour, benevolence, and wisdom and passed them onto his daughter, Naoe.<ref name="trailer2">{{Youtube|video=Nszrx939ZVA|text= Assassin's Creed Shadows: Who Are Naoe and Yasuke? |channel=@Ubisoft|channelname=Ubisoft}}</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Fujibayashi Nagato is a historical figure who appears in the 2025 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'',<ref name="trailer2" /><ref name="trailer3">{{Youtube|video=HhMOQowMjM8|text= Assassin's Creed Shadows Explained – Samurai, Shinobi, and Feudal Japan |channel=@Ubisoft|channelname=Ubisoft}}</ref> where he was portrayed by the [[Canada|Canadian]] actor [[Peter Shinkoda]].<ref>{{Imdb|title/tt22040814|Assassin's Creed Shadows}}</ref> Historically, Nagato had a son named Yasumasa (藤林保正) who survived the Iga ''ikki''{{'}}s destruction and gained the Tokugawa clan's protection.<ref name="Wiki"/> He does not appear nor is mentioned in ''Shadows'', with Naoe implied to be an only child.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACSH Fujibayashi Nagato Portrait.png|Portrait of Nagato in the Animus' objective menu
ACSH InM - Fujibayashi Masayasu.png|A young Fujibayashi Masayasu in ''Tales of Iga''
ACSH InM - Masayasu defeating Hanzo.png|Masayasu defeating Hattori Hanzō
ACSH InM - Shinobi Masayasu.png|Masayasu in his ''shinobi'' attire
ACSH InM Fujibayashi Nagato 1.jpg|Nagato with his hidden blade in ''Tales of Iga''
ACShadows CGI Trailer Stills 08.jpg|Nagato praying with his daughter
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Claws of Awaji]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mdat}} {{Imo}}
*''[[Animus Hub]]'' {{c|voice only}}

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[[Category:Iga ikki]]
[[Category:Assassins]]
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Buckingham Palace

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{{Landmark Infobox
|image = ACS Buckingham Palace.png
|description = London residence and principal workplace of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
|location = [[Westminster]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|architect = {{Wiki|William Winde}} [[John Nash]]
|dateconstructed = 1703 (as Buckingham House) 1826 (as Buckingham Palace)
|functions = Palace Residence
}}
'''Buckingham Palace''', known before 1826 as '''Buckingham House''', is the [[London]] residence and principal workplace of the [[Monarchy|monarch]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. Located in the [[Westminster|City of Westminster]], the palace is often at the center of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

==History==
===Origin and renovation===
The palace was originally a private residence for the Duke of Buckingham [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby|John Sheffield]]. In 1761, the residence was purchased by King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] for his wife Queen [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. After his death in 1820, his son [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] aimed to convert the house into a palace. In 1826, George IV hired the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[architect]] [[John Nash]], who doubled the house's size by adding several rooms, rebuilding the north and south wings, and adding a [[marble]] arch in the courtyard. When the redesign went [[Pound sterling|£]]500,000 over budget, George IV fired John in 1829 before dying the following year.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Buckingham Palace]]</ref>

The remaining project was then taken over by George IV's brother and successor [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]], who completed the palace in 1830, months after George IV's death. Despite its completion, William did not live in the palace, with Queen [[Victoria]] instead becoming the first monarch to live inside it.<ref name="Database" />

===Victorian era===
[[File:Frye Twins to action M4.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Evie and Jacob Frye at the palace]]
In late 1868, Queen Victoria hosted a state ball in Buckingham Palace's gardens; it was during this ball that the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Crawford Starrick]] planned to recover a [[Shroud of Eden 2|Shroud of Eden]] from [[Buckingham Palace vault|a vault]] beneath the Palace in order to assassinate all the heads of state and [[church]] present and "begin anew". However, the twin [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassins]] [[Evie Frye|Evie]] and [[Jacob Frye]] foiled his plan, having infiltrated the party in order to assassinate Starrick. Despite a lengthy fight with Starrick, who had earned augmented healing powers from the Shroud, both twins killed him and returned the artifact to its resting place.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref> The vault lay undisturbed for almost 150 years afterward.<ref name="Modern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>

The near-assassination of Queen Victoria was not the only incident to occur at Buckingham Palace in 1868. Within the course of the same year, the palace was also the target of a plot masterminded by the criminal [[Henry Raymond]], who posed as a murdered guard in order to observe the Queen open her safe, from which he stole the Scepter of the Dove. To cover his escape, Raymond left behind clues to mislead Evie and Jacob, making it seem like he planned to bomb the palace, but the Assassins eventually discovered the truth and killed Raymond on the palace's roof.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[The Dreadful Crimes]]'' – [[Murder at the Palace!]]</ref>

Later, another assassination attempt occurred at the palace, where Templars from the [[East India Company|British Indian Company]] targeted Maharaja [[Duleep Singh]] while he and other guests attended a party in the gardens. Fortunately, Evie and Jacob were again present to foil the plot, killing the would-be assassin and discovering his affiliations thanks to a [[Templar ring]] found in his pocket.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[A Good Shot]]</ref>

===Modern times===
In 2015, the Assassins [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] travelled to the vault under Buckingham Palace to recover the Shroud of Eden, having learned its location. However, the [[Master Templar]] [[Juhani Otso Berg]], the [[Sigma Team]] operative [[Violet da Costa]], and the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]] member [[Isabelle Ardant]] discovered and overwhelmed the pair. The Assassin [[Galina Voronina]] rescued them by attacking the [[Templars]] under cover of a [[Smoke screen bomb|smoke bomb]], creating an opening that allowed an injured Rebbeca and Shaun to escape. In the ensuing skirmish, Violet escaped with the Shroud while Isabelle was killed.<ref name="Modern" />

==Interior==
[[File:ACS_DB_The_White_Drawing_Room.jpg|thumb|170px|The White Drawing Room]]
The palace contains 775 rooms, including 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 principal bedrooms, and 19 state rooms. It also has a post office, cinema, swimming pool, doctor's surgery, and jeweler's workshop.<ref>{{WP|Buckingham Palace}}</ref> Another room is known as the "White Drawing Room". It was designed by John Nash and it has been used as a reception area for guests of the royal family from its completion onwards. In modern times, it is used as a backdrop for the royal family portraits.<ref name="White">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: The White Drawing Room]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Buckingham Palace}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Dreadful Crimes]]''
**''[[The Last Maharaja]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Palaces]]
[[Category:Landmarks in London]]
[[Category:Viewpoints]]

Duat

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{{Update|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''Curse of the Pharaohs''}}
[[File:ACO The Duat.jpg|thumb|250px|Duat]]
The '''Duat''', the ''Realm of the Dead'', was an aspect of the [[Egypt]]ian [[Egyptian mythology|afterlife]].

It was in the Duat that the recently deceased had their heart weighed against a feather of [[Ma'at]] by [[Osiris]] or [[Anubis]], depending on the historical period and region. Those whose hearts were deemed to be pure were allowed to pass on to the heavenly paradise of [[Aaru]] or [[Aten (afterlife)|Aten]], depending on which religion the person followed; however, for those whose hearts were deemed to be impure, {{Wiki|Ammit}}, the "devourer of the dead", would consume the heart and the ones undergoing judgement would be denied from continuing their voyage into the afterlife.

==History==
Around 34 BCE, the [[Mentor]] of the [[Hidden Ones]] in Egypt, [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]], seemingly traveled to the Duat in order to combat the disembodied spirit of [[Tutankhamun]], which had been returned to the world of the living thanks to the [[Curse of the Pharaohs]] that was plaguing the city of [[Thebes]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In Egyptian mythology [[Ra]], the sun god battled the great serpent [[Apep]] every night within the Duat, in order to ensure the sun would rise again on the mortal realm the next morning.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Duat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACO}}
[[Category:Egyptian afterlife]]

Cape

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{{Era|Armor}}{{WP-REAL|Cape}}
[[File:Ezio-plainrobes-ac2.png|thumb|250px|Ezio's Assassin outfit with the cape hanging over his left shoulder]]
A '''cape''' is a sleeveless outer garment which hangs loosely from one or both shoulders of the wearer, falling behind them to cover a length of their back. Typically, it is fastened around the neck,<ref>{{WP|Cape}}</ref> but smaller designs of capes like those worn by the [[Assassins]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Evie Frye]], and [[Jacob Frye]] may be designed to hang only from one shoulder.

While some capes may afford minimal protection, they are mainly worn as a fashion symbol or like a personalized banner displaying the wearer's allegiances. In this regard, they differ from [[cloak]]s, which tend to be heavier, offer greater insulation against the elements, and cover more of the individual's body.

==History==
During the [[Renaissance]], the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]] wore a cape with his Assassin robes.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> Upon his imprisonment,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Jailbird]]</ref> he passed the outfit to his son Ezio,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Family Heirloom]]</ref> who kept it after Giovanni's execution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Last Man Standing]]</ref> In his own lifetime, Ezio collected a number of capes. Some, like the [[House of Medici|Medici]] and [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] capes, were gifts accrued due to his good work across [[Italy]], and all could be [[Customization|custom dyed]] by [[tailor]]s without distracting from their patterns.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

In [[Victorian era]] [[London]], the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] Evie Frye also collected capes which better suited her [[Social stealth|stealthier approach]] to Assassin work.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

==Armor statistics==
===Italian Renaissance (15th century)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |Name
! width="45%" |Effect
! width="35%" |Availability
|-
!Plain Cape
|No effect.
|Starting cape.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Family Heirloom]]</ref>
|-
!Medici Cape
|Ezio remains incognito in [[Florence]] and [[Tuscany]].
|Assassinate [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[With Friends Like These]]</ref>
|-
!Venetian Cape
|Ezio remains incognito in [[Venice]] and [[Romagna]].
|Complete sequence 11.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Play Along]]</ref>
|-
!Auditore Cape
|Ezio remains notorious in any region.
|Collect and deposit 100 [[feather]]s.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]</ref>
|}

===Italian Renaissance (16th century)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
! width="20%" |Name
! width="40%" |Effect
! width="40%" |Availability
|-
!Plain Cape
|No effect.
|Starting cape.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[As Good As New]]</ref>
|-
!Auditore Cape
|Ezio's notoriety stays at zero.
|Completely [[Liberation of Rome|rebuild]] the city of [[Rome]].
|-
!Borgia Cape
|Ezio's notoriety stays at zero.
|Remove all 101 [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] [[flag]]s from Rome.
|-
!Medici Cape
|No effect.
|Unlock via [[Ubisoft Connect|Ubisoft Club]].
|-
!Venetian Cape
|No effect.
|Unlock via Ubisoft Club.
|}

===Victorian London===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
! width="10%" |Name
! width="5%" |Level
! width="5%" |Defense
! width="5%" |Stealth
! width="10%" |Upgrade
! width="15%" |Availability
|-
{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Syndicate Cape"}}
|}

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Cape}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Assassin's Creed (webcomic)|''Assassin's Creed'' (webcomic)]] {{c|non-canon}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
**''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Armor]]
[[Category:Capes]]
[[Category:Clothing]]

British Empire

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{{Revamp}}
{{Regime Infobox
|title1 = British Empire
|image1 = Flag of the United Kingdom.png
|caption1 =
|capital = [[London]]
|government = {{Wiki|Colonial empire}}
|head_of_state = {{Wiki|Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch}}
|head_of_government = {{Wiki|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister}}
|legislature = {{Wiki|Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament}}
|military = {{Wiki|British Armed Forces}}
*[[British Army]]
*[[Royal Navy]]
*{{Wiki|Royal Air Force}}
[[East India Company]]
|ruling_house = {{Wiki|House of Stuart}} {{Wiki|House of Hanover}} {{Wiki|House of Windsor}}
|affiliation = [[Templars|Templar Order]]
*[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] 
[[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]]
*[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]
|nation = [[England]] and [[Scotland]]
|languages = {{Wiki|English language|English}}
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The '''British Empire''' was the colonial empire of the [[United Kingdom]] which existed from the early 18th century to the mid 20th century. It was principally administered by [[England]].

Despite the major setback in [[North America]] with the [[American Revolutionary War]] where its colonies seceded to form the [[United States|United States of America]], the British Empire expanded to other territories, including [[India]] and parts of [[Africa]]. The wealth provided by these colonial holdings facilitated Britain's [[Industrial Revolution]]. The empire gradually dissipated during the 20th century with the independence of [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and the decolonization of its territories in [[Africa]] and [[Asia]].

==English colonization==
[[File:AC4 Kingston.png|250px|thumb|left|Overlook of Kingston]]
English colonization began with voyages in [[North America|North]] and [[South America]] during the [[Age of Discovery]]. Several [[Europe]] countries, including England, began to establish colonies and protectorates overseas in an attempt to increase their power globally.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

By the early 18th century, England held significant possessions in North America. Among the largest of these was a collection of colonies known as the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]]. Alongside this, England controlled much of coastal [[Canada]], including Nova Scotia.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

In the [[Caribbean]], the Kingdom of England held a number of significant portly cities including [[Kingston]] and [[Nassau]]. The English also ruled over [[Belize]],<ref name="AC3"/> the [[Cayman Islands]], and [[Barbados]], where [[Stede Bonnet]] lived as a moderately wealthy land-owner.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> [[Trinidad]], the birthplace of future pirate and [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Adéwalé]], was also an English procession.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>

==The First British Empire==
===The Golden Age of Piracy===
The British Empire was formed in 1707, with the unification of the kingdoms of Scotland and England, which became the Kingdom of Great Britain. At this time, the British Empire was at war with the [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[France|French Empires]] over the disputed [[War of the Spanish Succession|Spanish throne]]. The British used this as a way of further expanding their empire through territorial disputes across the Americas.<ref name="AC4" />

[[File:We Demand A Parlay 1.png|250px|thumb|British soldiers landing in Nassau]]
During the war most countries involved, including Great Britain, made extensive use of [[privateer]]s to harass enemy shipping routes. With the coming of peace in 1715, many privateers were left without gainful employment, and so resorted to [[piracy]] in order to survive. It is due to this that the period became known as the "[[Golden Age of Piracy]]". The Empire faced intense pirate attacks and the establishment of a pirate republic in Nassau in 1713.<ref name="AC4" />

The increasing power of the Pirate Republic prompted the British to begin its war on piracy in 1718, by re-establishing control in Nassau and appointing [[Woodes Rogers]] the Governor of the Bahamas. Prior to coming to the West Indies, Woodes went to [[Madagascar]], which was a part of the British Empire at the time, where he offered the pirates in the region a Royal Pardon where they could return to England in dispute or be hanged. In Nassau, he was given the task of offering the pirates a pardon in exchange for them stopping their criminal activities. By 1722, Rogers and several pirate hunters, such as [[Benjamin Hornigold]], were able to effectively put a stop to piracy in the Caribbean.<ref name="AC4" />

===The Seven Years' War===
{{Main|Seven Years' War}}
[[File:ACRG_Halifax.png|250px|thumb|left|Overlook of Halifax]]
Prior to the war, the cities of [[Albany]], [[New York City|New York]], and [[Halifax]] were controlled by the British along with minor settlements including [[Greystone]], [[Lock Cliff]] and [[St. Nicolas]]. Following the war, the Empire expanded its holdings by taking possession of the [[River Valley]] and [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]], resulting in towns and cities including [[St. John's]], [[Percé]] and [[St. Anthony]], as well as [[Le Bras-du-Seigneur]] and [[Coeur-de-l'hiver]], falling into British hands. The British also assumed control of [[Florida]], a number of islands in the Caribbean, and territories in [[India]].<ref name="ACRG" />

During the [[Seven Years' War]], the British Empire, alongside its allies, who included [[Portugal]], a number of Germanic states, and the [[Iroquois]], faced a large coalition of powers, including France, [[Austria]], [[Russia]], and Spain. The war occurred due to a number of factors, the primary reason being British attempts to expand further into Canada, which was primarily controlled by France at the time, and the Caribbean which was divided between Europe's major powers, with Spain possessing the most holdings there.<ref name="ACRG" />

The British fought against the French across the northern border of the American colonies, primarily in the River Valley and the North Atlantic. Amongst those fighting for or alongside the British were [[Shay Cormac]], General [[Edward Braddock]], [[George Washington]] and [[John Pitcairn]] as well as [[William Johnson]], Colonel [[George Monro]] and Captain [[James Cook]].<ref name="ACRG" />

The [[Royal Navy]]'s strength resulted in the French being cut off from their colonies, and ultimately led to a swift takeover of France's North American territories, resulting in the transfer of sovereignty of all French possessions in the North Atlantic and the River Valley to the British. The [[Templars|Templar Order]] was also active in New York, systematically disposing of [[Assassins|Assassin]]-affiliated [[gang]]s.<ref name="ACRG" />

Striving for control and order, King [[George II of Great Britain]]'s goals were in line with the aims of the Templar Order. As a result, the British received the backing of the Order and ultimately won the war. Despite this, the victory led to increased disparity in the Thirteen Colonies, as a result of high taxation levied by King George in order to pay for the war.<ref name="AC3" />

===Thirteen Colonies===
[[File:Welcome to Boston 1.png|thumb|250px|Overlook of Boston's docks]]
During the mid-18th century, the British Empire faced a [[American Revolution|rebellion]] of its colonies in North America, the Thirteen Colonies, following the [[French and Indian War]]. The Thirteen Colonies were taxed heavily and forced to provide soldiers for the war.<ref name="AC3" />

As a result, British Americans grew dissatisfied with the rights they were given by their sovereign state. This intensified with the [[Boston Tea Party]], the [[Boston Massacre]] and the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]], which started the [[American Revolutionary War]] between the Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire.<ref name="AC3" />

While the British maintained the upper hand during most of the conflict, they faced opposition from a number of European colonial powers such as Spain, France, and the [[Netherlands]], who supported the Thirteen Colonies, hoping to weaken Britain's position in Europe. Britain came under fear of the loss of other colonies and protectorates in Canada, Europe and India.<ref name="AC3" />

The [[Continental Army]] under the leadership of Commander George Washington eventually emerged victorious, and the colonies achieved their independence after the {{Wiki|Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris}}, resulting in the foundation of the United States. The loss of the Thirteen Colonies marked the end of the First British Empire.<ref name="AC3" />

==The Second British Empire==
===War against the French Empire===
In 1803, the [[French Empire]] started to take possession of the neighboring areas in Europe. However, the British Empire began to form a [[British Army|military]] resistance alongside their allies in order to stop the [[French Army]]'s advance.<ref name="ACS" />

A remarkable battle that took place during this [[Napoleonic Wars|conflict]] was the {{Wiki|Battle of Trafalgar}} in 1805, when [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Admiral Horatio Nelson]] led the [[Royal Navy]] to defend the [[United Kingdom]] from [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s [[French Navy]].<ref name="ACS" />

===Company rule in India===
During the early 19th century, the British Empire started to expand into India and were present during [[Ranjit Singh]]'s reign as Maharaja of the newly founded [[Sikh Empire]], maintaining a good relationship with the Sikhs for several years.<ref name="Brahman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref><ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref>

===Victorian Era===
{{Main|Victorian era}}
By the [[Victorian era]], marked by the reign of Queen [[Victoria]], the British Empire reached its apex, standing as the largest empire in human history. During this period, the United Kingdom faced the [[Industrial Revolution]], in which a series of technological advances across the British Empire resulted in the United Kingdom becoming the foremost industrialized state in the world, with significant technological developments taking place across various fields, including medicine and communication.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

===World Wars===
{{Main|World War I}}
{{Main|World War II}}
[[File:ACS DB Tower Bridge.jpg|230px|thumb|right|Tower Bridge in London]]
At the beginning of the 20th century, an armed conflict broke out over continental Europe which was led by [[Germany]]. During the first bombardment over the city of [[London]], the Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] supported [[Winston Churchill]]'s troops against the Templars who were working with German spies.<ref name="ACS" />

Twenty years later, Germany threatened the British again after Churchill was appointed Prime Minister in 1940. Following the second bombardment of London, known as "[[the Blitz]]", a number of Assassins, including [[Eddie Gorm]], engaged in another war against the Templars, who had facilitated [[Adolf Hitler]]'s rise to power in Germany.<ref name="ACCO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]''</ref> Throughout the war, the United Kingdom was supported by the United States and the [[Soviet Union]], and with their help, the British were ultimately able to defeat Germany and its allies.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{c|appears in Glyphs}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}} {{Imo}}

==References==
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Encho Enchev

2026-10-19T15:41:13Z

Soranin: /* Games credited */

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[[File:Encho_Enchev_&_Eddie_Bennun.jpg|thumb|250px|Encho Enchev (left) with [[Eddie Bennun]]]]
'''Encho Enchev''' is a Senior 3D Environment and Concept Artist working at Ubisoft Sofia, Bulgaria. His skills include modern interior and exterior design, texture designing and composition, all of which he has used to create environment concepts for the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' franchise]].

==Biography==
After graduating from the University of Forestry with a Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Enchev was hired as a Design Consultant by Intro, a design studio. He worked there for roughly two years, before becoming an Interior Designer at Creart; his responsibilities consisted of designing private residences, malls, trade centers and other amenities.

In 2010, Enchev ventured into the game industry, being hired as a 3D Artist for ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars''. Following this project, he continued to work at Ubisoft Sofia, contributing to ''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]], [[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''. He later moved to work with Ubisoft Montreal for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', its [[Assassin's Creed: Origins downloadable content|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'', and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''.

==Games credited==
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*''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars'' (2011) – Ubisoft
*''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' (2012) – Ubisoft
*''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' (2013) – Ubisoft
*''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' (2014) – Ubisoft
*''Tom Clancy's The Division'' (2016) – Ubisoft
*''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' (2017) – Ubisoft
**''The Curse of the Pharaohs'' (2018) – Ubisoft
*''Tom Clancy's The Division 2'' (2018) – Ubisoft
**''Episode 2 - Pentagon: The Last Castle'' (2019) – Ubisoft
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' (2020) – Ubisoft
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' (2022) – Ubisoft
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' (2023) – Ubisoft
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' (2025) – Ubisoft

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://deadvertex1.blogspot.be/ Encho Enchev]'s personal blog
*{{ArtStation|||ee2015_amg|Encho Enchev}}
*[https://www.behance.net/Enchev Encho Enchev]'s profile on Behance
*[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/encho-enchev/5a/494/396 Encho Enchev]'s professional profile on LinkedIn
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Galata headquarters

2026-10-19T15:40:40Z

Soranin:

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{{Quote|You won't find more diversity anywhere else in the city. And for that reason, Assassins make it their home.|Yusuf Tazim to Ezio Auditore, regarding the Galata District, 1511.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|A Warm Welcome (Revelations)}}
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The '''Galata headquarters''' was a building located in the northern tip of [[Constantinople]]'s [[Galata District]], which served as a base for the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] within the city.

During his time in the city in 1511 and 1512, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] utilized the building and its amenities. Accessible from both a small courtyard and Constantinople's [[tunnel]] system, the headquarters acted as an ideal location for the Assassins to continue operations during the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templars]]' attempt at reoccupation.

==Function==
The Galata headquarters functioned similar to both the [[Villa Auditore]] and the [[Tiber Island]] [[Tiber Island headquarters|headquarters]], albeit with several additional features. Its rooms included a large cavernous entranceway leading to a main hall, a [[bomb]] [[Bomb-crafting station|crafting room]] – unlike its Italian counterparts – and an armory divided into two sections like that of the Villa Auditore.

One room displayed acquired weaponry, while the other held [[armor]] sets. In place of a [[painting gallery]], the Galata headquarters housed a library, in which books purchased from [[Book shop|shops]] and recovered by deciphering [[the Polo Symbols: Hippodrome|the Polo Symbols]] were displayed.

Also, upon the completion of the corresponding [[Guild challenges (Revelations)|Guild challenges]] in the city, the appropriate Guild's crest appeared on walls within the library, and were labeled to have been awarded to Ezio by the attributed factions in tribute to his skill.

Any [[Assassin apprentice|recruits]] of the Order could often be seen milling around or speaking to each other in the rooms of the headquarters when they were not out on missions.

The banners displayed throughout the base were unlike that seen at the Villa Auditore or Tiber Island, as the Ottoman variant of the [[Assassin insignia]] occupied the building instead.

==Features==
===Entrances===
There were two entrances to the Galata headquarters: the street entrance, and a tunnel entrance.
*'''Street entrance:''' The street entrance was located at the eastern side of the building, inside a small courtyard.
*'''[[Tunnels|Tunnel entrance]]:''' The tunnel entrance was located to the west of the main hall but could be accessed through any of the tunnel entrances scattered throughout the city. The entrance had been boarded up when Ezio first arrived Constantinople, but after the Assassins had regained more power in the city, it became unlocked.

===Main hall===
[[File:MainHall.png|thumb|250px|The main hall]]
The main hall was the focal point of the headquarters' interior. Introduced through a large foyer, it housed entrances to all of the other rooms, and held a [[Mediterranean Defense|Guild management]] area and a ranking board.

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===Bomb-crafting room===
[[File:BomCraftingRoom.png|thumb|250px|left|The bomb-crafting table]]
The bomb-crafting room was located to the south of the foyer. It was separated from the rest of the headquarters, presumably in an attempt to limit damage or injury caused by accidents. The room contained crafting supplies, a bomb codex and a crafting table.

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===Library===
[[File:Ezio'sDesk.png|thumb|250px|Ezio's desk]]
The library was situated north of the main hall. It held books bought from shops throughout Constantinople, texts purchased in [[Derinkuyu|Cappadocia]] and literature recovered by deciphering the Polo Symbols. Guild crests awarded to Ezio were displayed on the walls of the library, and a desk close to the entrance was dedicated to Ezio during his stay in the city. Here he wrote [[Ezio Auditore's letters|letters]] to his sister [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] and also studied [[Masyaf]] [[Masyaf Key|Keys]] he acquired.

====Library collection====
*'''Purchased books:''' ''[[Parallel Lives]]'', ''[[Odyssey (epic poem)|The Odyssey]]'', ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', ''[[Geography]]'', ''[[The Book of Prophecies]]'', ''[[The History of the Kings of Britain]]'', ''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]'', ''[[Opus Majus]]'', ''[[Heimskringla]]'', ''[[The Secret History of the Mongols]]'', ''[[Record of the Grand Historian]]'', ''[[The Golden Ass]]'', ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', ''[[Bibliotheca]]'', ''[[Cronica]]'', ''[[Tirant lo Blanch]]'', ''[[Digenes Akritas]]''.
*'''Recovered books:''' ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'', ''[[Mission to Constantinople]]'', ''[[On Nature]]'', ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'', ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'', ''[[The Book of Kings]]'', ''[[Nibelungenlied]]'', ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', ''[[The Flute Girl]]''.

===Armory===
The armory in the Galata headquarters was divided into two rooms. One served as the weapon store, located to the south of the main hall, and the other as the armor store, located to the west of the main hall.

====Weapon store====
[[File:Weapon room.png|thumb|left|250px|Weapon room]]
The weapon store housed all weaponry purchased from [[blacksmiths]], as well as weapons gifted to Ezio by the city's factions. Another weapon retrieved by Ezio, while searching for the resting place of [[Vlad Tepes]], was also stored here. The weapon store had a total of two [[Short blades|short blade]] stands, four weapon racks and three [[Heavy weapons|heavy weapon]] racks, as well as an individual stand for Vlad Tepes' sword.

On the purchase of the weapons pack from [[Uplay]], another weapons rack was included within the weapon store, which held various [[Rome|Roman]] swords.

=====Contents=====
*'''Center stand:''' [[Vlad Tepes' Sword]]
*'''Short blade stand #1:''' [[Romani Stiletto]], [[Arabian Dagger]], [[Butcher Knife|Butcher's Knife]], [[Stiletto|Standard Stiletto]].
*'''Short blade stand #2:''' [[Afghani Khyber Blade]], [[Bayezid's Knife]], [[Macedonian Dagger]], [[Kurdish Jambiya]], [[Mehmet's Dagger]].
*'''Weapon rack #1:''' [[Yusuf's Turkish Kijil]], [[Janissary Kijil|Janissary's Kijil]], [[Persian Shamshir]], [[Assassin Yataghan Sword]].
*'''Weapon rack #2:''' [[Sword of Altaïr|Altaïr's Sword]], Sicilian Rapier, [[Syrian Sabre]], Florentine Falchion.
*'''Weapon rack #3:''' [[Ottoman Mace]], Condottiero Mace, Mercenario War Hammer, [[Prussian War Hammer]].
*'''Uplay weapons rack:''' Captain's Sword, Milanese Sword, [[Schiavona]].
*'''Heavy weapon rack #1:''' Merovingian Axe, Sledgehammer, Byzantine Arming Sword, [[Byzantine Mace]].
*'''Heavy weapon rack #2:''' Broadsword, Prussian Long Sword, French Bastard Sword.
*'''Heavy weapon rack #3:''' [[Almogavar Axe]], Condottiero Axe, Bearded Axe.

====Armor store====
[[File:ArmoryView1.png|thumb|250px|Armor room]]
The armor store displayed sets of armor purchased by, awarded to and retrieved by Ezio Auditore. There were five in total, of which three sets of armor were purchased in blacksmiths throughout Contantinople (Azap, Mamluk and Sepahi), one set was awarded to Ezio ([[Master Assassin Armor]]) and one set was retrieved ([[Armor of Ishak Pasha|Armor]] of [[Ishak Pasha]]).

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==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Galata headquarters}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]

==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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George Washington

2026-10-19T15:40:23Z

Soranin:

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{{Quote|Sir, I believe I can answer you in complete candor. Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable. Let me conjure you then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for your self or posterity, or respect for me, you will banish these thoughts from your mind, never communicate, as from yourself, or anyone else, a sentiment of the like nature.|George Washington, on the proposal of becoming a king.|Assassin's Creed III|Inevitable Confrontation}}
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|death = 14 December 1799 {{c|aged 67}} [[Mount Vernon]], Virginia, [[United States]]
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|voice = [[Robin Atkin Downes]] {{c|''Assassin's Creed III''}} [[Tod Fennell]] {{c|''Assassin's Creed: Rogue''}}}}
'''George Washington''' (1732 – 1799) was the {{Wiki|Commanding General of the United States Army|Commander-in-Chief}} of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] from 1775 to 1783 and subsequently the first {{Wiki|President of the United States|President}} of the [[United States]] from 30 April 1789 to 4 March 1797.

Born in the colony of [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]] in the [[British America|British colonies of America]], Washington joined the Virginian militia during his youth and participated in the [[Seven Years' War]] with the [[British Army]], fighting against the [[France|French]] and their indigenous allies. During the war, he ordered the {{Wiki|Forbes Expedition|burning of indigenous villages}}.

Due to the lack of progress of his military career in the British Army, Washington instead turned to politics. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Washington supported the [[Patriots]]. Following the creation of the Continental Army, the [[Continental Congress]] of 1775 appointed Washington as its commander-in-chief although he felt he was unworthy of the command.

The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], better known as Connor, subsequently protected Washington from the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Charles Lee]], who was angered that he had been passed over for the position. Though the Continental Army suffered many losses under Washington's command, the aid of Connor and his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentices]] managed to gain the army small victories.

However, Washington fell out with Connor when the Templar Grand Master [[Haytham Kenway]] implicated him in the 1760 destruction of Connor's village [[Kanatahséton]], an attack that had killed his mother [[Kaniehtí:io]], just as he was authorizing [[Sullivan Expedition|another]] scorched earth campaign on Connor's people when they sided with the [[Loyalists]]. After he had saved his village, Connor's continued commitment to the American cause meant that he was willing to continue assisting Washington when necessary, such as in the investigation of a conspiracy at [[West Point]], although their friendship became cold.

After the Continental Army emerged victorious against the British Army in 1781, Washington acquired an [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]]. It gave him a nightmarish vision of what would happen if he were crowned king of the United States with its power in his possession, and so he passed the Apple to Connor for it to be disposed of. This experience strengthened his belief in the [[Democracy|liberal democratic]] constitution of the United States.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.|George Washington's journal|George Washington's notebook}}
George Washington was born on 22 February 1732,<ref name="Journal">[[George Washington's notebook]]</ref> and he lived in Virginia where his family owned a [[tobacco]] plantation at [[Mount Vernon]].<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: George Washington (Assassin's Creed III)|Database: George Washington]]</ref> His father [[Augustine Washington]] died in 1743, and although George enjoyed school, he had to leave before he turned sixteen to support his family in his father's stead.<ref name="Journal"/> His early business ventures at the age of eighteen involved land speculation.<ref name="Database"/> Since at least 1748, he kept a notebook with descriptions of events in his life.<ref name="Journal"/>

[[File:By Invitation Only 5.png|thumb|left|250px|Washington with his brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon]]
In 1752, [[Lawrence Washington]], George's half-brother and a [[Master Templar]], was killed by the Assassin [[Shay Cormac]] while the three were at [[Mount Vernon]]. Prior to his death, Lawrence had specifically asked his fellow Templar members to keep George out of their [[New World Order|affairs]],<ref name="By Invitation Only">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[By Invitation Only]]</ref> and with his passing, George inherited the family plantation.<ref name="Database"/>
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===French and Indian War===
{{Quote|We're far from home with our forces divided. Worse, I fear Braddock's bloodlust makes him careless. It puts the men at risk. I'd rather not be delivering grim news to mothers and widows because the Bulldog wanted to prove a point.|George Washington talking to John Fraser, 1754|Assassin's Creed III|Execution is Everything}}
In 1754, George Washington pursued a military career by joining the Virginian Regiment,<ref name="Database"/><ref name="Battle of Fort Necessity">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Battle of Fort Necessity]]</ref> the local militia,<ref name="Lengel 2007">Lengel, Edward G. (2007). "The Virginia Regiment · July 1735 – January 1759". In ''General George Washington: A Military Life''. New York, NY: Random House Trade Paperbacks, pp. 63–80.</ref><ref group="note" name="note2">The "Virginia militia" in the database entries of ''Assassin's Creed III'' is mentioned repeatedly but never by its formal name, the Viriginia Regiment.</ref> in which capacity he set off the [[Seven Years' War|French and Indian War]].<ref name="Battle of Fort Necessity"/><ref name="French and Indian War">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: French and Indian War]]</ref> Initially sent to the {{Wiki|Ohio River}} to erect a [[fort]] in disputed territory,<ref name="French and Indian War"/> his military movements incited the [[France|French]], who forced them to abandon the site and then completed the fort for themselves as [[Fort Duquesne]].<ref name="Fort Duquesne">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Fort Duquesne]]</ref> In 1754, Washington was ordered by the British to recapture the area with the Virginia militia,<ref name="Battle of Fort Necessity"/><ref name="Fort Duquesne"/> During the expedition, Washington encountered a French patrol at {{Wiki|Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville Glen}} and attacked them. To defend his troops from French retaliation,<ref name="French and Indian War"/> he hastily constructed {{Wiki|Fort Necessity National Battlefield|Fort Necessity}}—little more than a palisade around their supplies—that was promptly [[Battle of Fort Necessity|attacked]] on 3 July 1754.<ref name="Battle of Fort Necessity"/> With dwindling supplies and no [[Regular|British Regular]]s, Washington's forces lasted barely a day and surrendered on 4 July<ref name="Battle of Fort Necessity"/> before ever having reached Fort Duquesne.<ref name="Database"/><ref name="Fort Duquesne"/>

The following year, Washington volunteered to join [[British Army]] General [[Edward Braddock]],<ref name="Database"/> who, recognizing Washington's prior experience in the area, enlisted his as a guide in his [[Braddock Expedition|expedition]] to take Fort Duquesne.<ref name="Braddock Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Braddock Expedition]]</ref> In the winter of 1754, Washington was stationed in [[Fort St-Mathieu]], where he and Chief Scout [[John Fraser]] confided in one another their anxieties with Braddock's rejection of truce offers. Unbeknownst to them, their conversation was [[Eavesdropping|eavesdropped]] upon by the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master Templar]] [[Haytham Kenway]], who derived from it the intel used to ambush Braddock later.<ref name="Execution is Everything">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Execution is Everything]]</ref>
[[File:ACIII-BraddockExpedition 5.png|thumb|250px|Washington riding with Edward Braddock]]
This ambush came on 9 July 1755 during the march on Fort Duquesne.<ref name="Braddock Expedition"/> In what would later become known as the [[Battle of the Monongahela]],<ref name="Wabash">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the Brotherhood]]'' – [[The Battle of the Wabash]]</ref> their forces were suddenly beset by French soldiers and their native allies a mere ten miles away from their destination. George Washington was riding alongside Edward Braddock when they were approached from behind by Haytham disguised as a British soldier, whose aim was to [[Assassination|assassinate]] Braddock. Washington intercepted the assailant by shooting the man's [[horse]] from under him only to be attacked and pinned down by [[Kaniehtí:io]] before he could finish him with his [[pistol]]. Consequently, Haytham was able to pursue Braddock into a marsh and mortally wound him.<ref name="The Braddock Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)|The Braddock Expedition]]</ref>

Washington, as one of the few surviving officers,<ref name="Braddock Expedition"/> managed to both rally a retreat of the decimated forces<ref name="Database"/> and carry the dying Braddock from the field using his sash.<ref name="Edward Braddock">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Edward Braddock]]</ref> Before succumbing to his wounds a four days later, the general bestowed upon Washington this sash as a token of gratitude, which Washington kept for the rest of his life.<ref name="Braddock Expedition"/> He buried him under a road to prevent his body from being found and desecrated by enemy fighters.<ref name="Edward Braddock"/> During the retreat, Washington remained unscathed despite being particularly targeted by the pursuing natives, leading to a {{Wiki|sachem}} to [[Indian Prophecy|prophesize]] that Washington would become "the leader of the nations".<ref name="Wabash" />

For his role in organizing the retreat from the ambush, Washington was promoted to the rank of colonel. Now in command of the Virginia Regiment, he focused on completely overhauling its structure and training regimen, hoping that his efforts would grant him recognition and acceptance into the professional British Army. These hopes were eventually dashed, to which the later [[Assassins|Assassin]] historian [[Shaun Hastings]] implied may have factored into his later sentiment against the British.<ref name="Database"/> By his own admission, he conducted a scorched earth policy on indigenous villages during the conflict, with the home of his later [[American Revolutionary War|revolutionary war]] ally [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] possibly having been one of them.<ref name="Broken Trust">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Broken Trust]]</ref> In 1758, he resigned from military service and returned home to pursue a political career in the {{Wiki|House of Burgesses}}, the legislature of Virginia.<ref name="Database"/>

===Becoming Commander-in-Chief===
{{Quote|For the support of the glorious cause I beg they will accept my most cordial thanks for this distinguished testimony of their approbation. But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered, by every Gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the Command I am honored with.|George Washington upon appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775|Assassin's Creed III|Conflict Looms}}
By 1765, Washington had become a strong supporter of the Patriots and an advocate against the British Parliament's Stamp Act.{{Fact|7 June 2023}} The taxation imposed by the British eventually led to armed conflict with the colonists.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> In response to this, Washington became a part of the Continental Congress, and due to his military service, he was considered for the role of leading the Continental Army along with Charles Lee. However, Washington was favoured because of his modesty, insistence for little pay and his promise to be financially responsible.<ref name="AC3"/>

[[File:ACIII-Conflictlooms 4.png|thumb|left|250px|Samuel Adams introducing Connor to Washington]]
On 16 June 1775, George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in [[Philadelphia, United States|Philadelphia]]. Present at the time of his acceptance was Haytham's [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] Assassin son Ratonhnhaké:ton, known as Connor to the colonists. Washington delivered a speech declaring his humble gratitude for the position, and afterwards, he was introduced to Connor by [[Samuel Adams]]. He also had taken note of the disappointment of Charles Lee, who had wished to be appointed commander-in-chief himself. Washington bade farewell to Adams and Connor and went to calm Lee from his frustrations. The next day, the Continental Army achieved victory at [[Boston]], led by General [[Israel Putnam]]. During the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]], Connor discovered a plot to [[assassination|assassinate]] Washington from a letter he retrieved from the body of [[John Pitcairn]], masterminded by Charles Lee and Haytham Kenway.<ref name="AC3"/>

===New York City===
{{Quote|That man is our Jupiter Conservator, destined to lead us not just to freedom, but greatness.|Mason Weems extolling Washington, 1776|Assassin's Creed III|Bridewell Prison (memory)}}
[[File:ACIII-Publicexecution 3.png|thumb|250px|Washington attending Connor's hanging]]
In 1776, Washington seized and moved his forces to [[New York City]]. Connor also travelled to New York to stop Washington's would-be-murderer, [[Thomas Hickey]], who was also enlisted in Washington's private guard. However, Connor was falsely arrested for counterfeiting alongside Hickey and sent to prison, where he was framed for the attempted murder of Washington and the prison warden and sentenced to death. The next day, Washington was in attendance of Connor's execution, with Charles Lee presiding over as executioner. Despite this, with the help of his Assassin allies, Connor managed to escape. In the resulting confusion, Hickey made a desperate attempt to kill Washington, though Connor quickly caught up and killed Hickey, proving his innocence.<ref name="AC3"/>

After this attempt on his life, Washington left and began his journey back to Philadelphia, before leaving once again to hold New York. Washington was eventually defeated by the British Army and was forced to retreat from the city.<ref name="AC3"/> On the night between the 25th and 26th December, Washington led his forces on a {{Wiki|Battle of Trenton|surprise}} attack against the [[Hessian]]s in [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: The Battle of Trenton]]</ref> {{Wiki|George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River|crossing the icy Delaware river}} with Connor at his side.<ref name="Journal"/>

===Encampment at Valley Forge===
{{Quote|If I can't take a stand against some snow, then there really is no hope for us.|Washington to Connor, 1777|Assassin's Creed III|Floating conversations}}
[[File:ACIII-Pottsresidence 3.png|thumb|left|250px|Washington and Connor at Valley Forge]]
From there, Washington moved to the encampment at [[Valley Forge]]. It was a site that Washington had not desired as he foresaw that its relative remoteness would make it difficult to keep his soldiers fed, but Congress insisted that the Continental Army be close enough to the British-held Philadelphia to protect them in New York, and it was just out of reach from any surprise attacks from the British.<ref name="Valley Forge">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Valley Forge]].</ref>

The commander's apprehension was not unfounded, for it proved challenging to bring supplies to Valley Forge and little housing was available. Through the winter of 1777–1778, thousands of his troops died from hypothermia and disease in what otherwise was a relatively mild winter. Despite this, the army endured intact thanks to their firm discipline in carrying out solutions for these ills, dividing labour between patrols and house construction, and Washington's judicious selection of leaders. The quartermaster he appointed, [[Nathanael Greene]], invented subsistence rations to alleviate starvation while [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|Baron von Steuben]] taught strategies to ensure basic sanitation and mitigate diseases.<ref name="Valley Forge"/> Washington also identified [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] as an valued military instructor and [[Casimir Pulaski]] as an unparalleled [[horseman|cavalry]] whom he later made the cavalry commander.<ref name="Floating conversations">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: George Washington</ref> By the following summer, Washington's Continental Army would emerge from Valley Forge competent and refreshed enough to deliver a victory at the [[Battle of Monmouth]].<ref name="Valley Forge"/>

During that winter, Connor met with Washington at Valley Forge. When the commander informed him that a traitor [[Benjamin Church]] had disappeared alongside supply caravans, Connor offered his assistance in locating Church and retrieving the supplies.<ref name="Missing Supplies">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Missing Supplies]]</ref> Before he left, Washington openly expressed to him his forlorn outlook for the revolution and his dejection at his men's suffering. Connor renewed his spirits by relating to his doubts but reminding him that causes such as theirs necessarily involved sacrifice that they were willing to endure for their people.<ref name="Floating conversations"/> During his mission, Connor entered into an uneasy alliance with his father Haytham, who was also hunting Church for betraying the Templar Order.<ref name="Missing Supplies"/> They eventually tracked him down to [[Martinique]] and killed him, allowing Connor to return the stolen supplies to Washington and the Continental Army.<ref name="A Bitter End">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Bitter End]]</ref>

===Genocide of the Iroquois===
[[File:ACIII-Brokentrust 1.png|thumb|250px|Haytham exposing Washington's genocidal plans to Connor.]]
By 1778, Washington had became concerned over the involvement of the indigenous peoples as several [[Iroquois]] clans had allied with the British to protect their sovereignty.<ref name="Sullivan Expedition">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Sullivan Expedition]]</ref> In response, Washington organized the [[Sullivan Expedition]], issuing explicit orders to General [[John Sullivan]] to raze all Iroquois settlements he could locate,<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/> salt their lands,<ref name="Broken Trust"/> and seize as many prisoners as possible,<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/> all with the aim of exterminating them as a people.<ref name="Broken Trust"/>

On 17 June 1778, Connor returned to [[Valley Forge]] with Haytham to share intel that the British Army intended to withdraw from Philadelphia to reinforce New York. Haytham, hoping to convince Connor to defect to the Templars, seized Washington's private correspondence regarding the planned genocide without warning and disclosed it out loud to Connor. Among the target villages was Connor's own home [[Kanatahséton]]. Under Haytham's prompting, Washington confessed to not just ordering the imminent attacks but also to having conducted a similar policy during the Seven Years' War. As Haytham had intended,<ref name="Broken Trust"/> Connor was led to piece together that Washington had been the real perpetrator of his village's destruction in 1760<ref name="Hide and Seek">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Hide and Seek (III)|Hide and Seek]]</ref> and the death of his mother Kaniehtí:io when he was a child, absolving the Templars of the crime.<ref name="Broken Trust"/>

Haytham continued to amp up the charges against Washington, but their altercation was cut short by Connor due to the urgency of saving his people. Although Connor felt betrayed by Washington, whom he had until then dearly respected, he saw through Haytham's scheme and severed ties with them both, warning that he would kill either of them should they stop him. Washington, indeed, issued no order for troops to pursue Connor as he rushed back to Kanatahséton to intercept and kill the American soldiers moving against it.<ref name="Broken Trust"/>

Nonetheless—and notwithstanding Connor's subsequent aid at the Battle of Monmouth—the Sullivan Expedition would move forward in 1779 to be executed with impunity. In total, 40 Iroquois villages were destroyed, with many of their inhabitants being burned alive inside cabins and scalped.<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/> Having recognized the centrality of corn to the Iroquois economy and culture, Washington had also expressly ordered that their cornfields be singled out for eradication,<ref name="Three Sisters">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Haudenosaunee Economy – The Three Sisters]]</ref> and Sullivan destroyed an estimated 160,000 bushels of corn over the course of his campaign.<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/> Settlements were not spared for their neutrality, and the [[Kanièn:keh Nation Territory]] was so devastated that George Washington henceforth bore the moniker Ranatakáriias ("Town Destroyer") to the Iroquois people.<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/> For all that bloodshed, the expedition failed to stop the Iroquois raids as it only intensified the cycle of violence throughout the revolution.<ref name="Sullivan Expedition"/>

===Battle of Monmouth===
{{Quote|Enjoy your victory, Commander. It will be the last I deliver you.|Connor to Washington at the Battle of Monmouth, 1778.|Assassin's Creed III|Battle of Monmouth (memory)}}
In June 1778, Washington acted on Connor's intelligence and moved the Continental Army out of Valley Forge to intercept the British forces that was on their way from Philadelphia to New York. He selected Charles Lee for the advance guard despite Lee's insistence not to engage the British, and Lee finally undertook it after it was offered to Lafayette.<ref name="Battle of Monmouth DB">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Battle of Monmouth]]</ref> On 28 June, the Continental Army confronted the British Army at [[Monmouth]]. Ahead of the main army, Lee engaged with his frontline forces first, and his troops were initially faring well, but then he inexplicably ordered a sudden retreat that nearly dissolved into chaos. Had it not been for the efforts of Lafayette and Connor to shore up the withdrawing troops and fight a delaying action in time for the arrival of Washington, the battle could have been a disaster.<ref name="Battle of Monmouth">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Battle of Monmouth (memory)|Battle of Monmouth]]</ref>

[[File:ACIII-BattleofMonmouth 4.png|thumb|left|250px|Washington with Connor and Lafayette in Monmouth]]

As Washington arrived, Connor and Lafayette approached him to report Charles Lee's peculiar movements that smacked of a scheme to sabotage the battle and discredit Washington. Connor repeated emphatically once more that Lee was plotting his death or disgrace so as to replace him as commander-in-chief. While Washington vowed to investigate Lee's conduct, he could not agree to punishing him without due process as Connor implied, for the political repercussions would be dire. Before leaving, Connor warned that should Washington spare Charles Lee, he would take his life himself and pronounced this to be the last of his military assistance.<ref name="Battle of Monmouth"/> Returning to the battle, Washington rallied the whole army for a renewed assault and through pitched fighting, he was able to secure victory at nightfall.<ref name="Battle of Monmouth DB"/>

Although this victory did not prevent the British from retreating to New York, it cemented Washington's reputation and destroyed that of Charles Lee, whom Washington submitted to a court martial in the aftermath, resulting in his suspension.<ref name="Battle of Monmouth DB"/> Even so, Lee was spared execution,<ref name="Battle of the Chesapeake">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Battle of the Chesapeake (memory)|Battle of the Chesapeake]]</ref> and Connor would eventually make good on his word to [[assassination|assassinate]] him on 2 October 1782 at the Conestoga Inn in Monmouth.<ref name="Chasing Lee">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Chasing Lee]]</ref>

===Benedict Arnold's betrayal===
{{Quote|Whom can we trust now, if Patriot heroes are betraying us...?|Washington reflecting on Arnold's betrayal, 1780.|Assassin's Creed III|Battle of West Point (memory)}}
[[File:ACIII-BA-Westpoint 4.png|thumb|250px|Washington and Connor at West Point]]
In 1780, Washington requested Connor's help again, revealing that West Point had been infiltrated, and he had received information of a potential plot to assassinate [[Benedict Arnold]]. Connor reluctantly agreed to investigate and stop the plot but warned Washington to never call upon him again.<ref name="Traitor in Our Midst">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[Benedict Arnold (DLC)|Benedict Arnold]]'' – [[Traitor in Our Midst]]</ref>

Connor eventually uncovered that Arnold was a traitor, collaborating with [[John André]] to give West Point to the British General [[Henry Clinton]]. Though Connor eventually exposed the plot, leading to André's arrest, Arnold escaped on board [[HMS Vulture|HMS ''Vulture'']], as Connor was forced to defend the fort from Redcoats. Washington later met with Connor, revealing that André would be executed. As Washington lamented over Arnold's betrayal, Connor left, unsympathetically commenting "You reap what you sow."<ref name="Battle of West Point">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[Benedict Arnold (DLC)|Benedict Arnold]]'' – [[Battle of West Point (memory)|Battle of West Point]]</ref>

===The Apple of Eden===
{{Quote|Take it! Take it from me. I do not want it! Sink it into the sea. Weight it and sink it into the bottom-most reaches of the ocean!|George Washington imploring Connor to get rid of the Apple.|Assassin's Creed III|Inevitable Confrontation}}
[[File:AC3 Washington Connor Apple Talk.png|thumb|left|250px|Washington telling Connor about the Apple of Eden]]
In 1781, Washington came into contact with an Apple of Eden, which was taken from a captured officer following the [[Siege of Yorktown]].<ref name="LucidFragments">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]'' – [[Lucid Memory Fragments]]</ref> The American Revolution eventually ended two years later, with the Patriots as the victors. On 3 September, Washington signed the {{Wiki|Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris}} which officially ended the war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies. Two months later on 4 December, Washington dissolved the Continental Army at the {{Wiki|Fraunces Tavern}} in New York. Later that same month, he resigned from his position as commander-in-chief.<ref name="Resignation">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: Washington's Resignation]]</ref>

After the British {{Wiki|Evacuation Day (New York)|evacuated}} from the colonies, Connor met with Washington at [[Bowling Green]] in New York. The Assassin congratulated Washington for his victory, to which Washington decided to retire and settle into a quiet life. However, Connor scolded the idea, reprimanding Washington and implying that he did not deserve the luxury of relinquishing his responsibility as a leader. Despite his harsh words, Connor humored Washington to a game of {{Wiki|bocce}}.<ref name="Floating conversations"/>

Some time later, Washington began suffering from [[Calculations|disturbing dreams]], which he suspected were coming from the Apple. In his distress, Washington sought out Connor and proceeded to describe the nightmares he had been experiencing. When Connor expressed his confusion and doubt, Washington showed him the Apple. Connor instantly recognized the Apple's familiar design and could sense its power; he asked Washington to hand it over, but as he touched it, both of them found themselves in an alternate reality of Washington's nightmares—the world of "King" Washington.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'' – [[Lucid Memory Fragments]]</ref>

[[File:Inevitable Confrontation 16.png|thumb|250px|Washington resisting the idea of becoming a king]]
After Connor fought his way through the illusory world, both he and Washington were released back into reality, and Washington decided to pass the Apple to Connor. The commander suggested Connor dispose of the powerful artifact by dropping it into the sea via a weighted bag. While Connor did this, Washington was sitting in his office when the Apple generated an illusion of a man suggesting the United States needed a king. Washington, having seen the tyrant he had become in his nightmares, responded that crowning another monarch for the States would be a mistake, following which the illusion disappeared.<ref name="Inevitable Confrontation">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]'' – [[Inevitable Confrontation]]</ref>

===Later life and death===
{{Quote|My death has not yet quite arrived, but it is near and inevitable as night follows day.|George Washington journal|George Washington's notebook}}
In 1789, Washington was elected the first President of the United States. He served until 1797, where he then retired to his home on [[Mount Vernon]]. Washington later died in his home on 14 December 1799, but not before writing a final entry in his journal recollecting the events of his life and even remembering and naming Connor's importance in the American Revolution, accompanied by scribing one last page on the day of his death.<ref name="Journal"/> In his will, Washington freed the slaves on his plantation, but only after he and his wife [[Martha Washington|Martha]] had died and so would not require their servitude.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: George Washington (Assassin's Creed III)|Database: George Washington]]</ref>

==Alternate timeline==
In the reality created by the Apple, Washington crowned himself king of the United States, used the Apple to obtain loyalty from his troops, and ruled from a massive [[New York Pyramid|pyramidic]] palace in New York. Under the Apple's influence, Washington became vicious and cruel with no trace of the humble but driven man that had led the Patriots to victory. Believing himself to have the Apple under control instead of the opposite, Washington used its power to control his troops and prominent allies he trusted most during the Apple dream, [[Benedict Arnold]], [[Israel Putnam]], and [[Benjamin Franklin]]; these men became cruel, wielding absolute power and freely slaughtering innocents in droves. A small rebellion, led by former followers [[Samuel Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]], started up but was no match for the King's loyal Bluecoats. In desperation, a native woman Kaniehtí:io infiltrated the palace and stole the scepter containing the Apple, but Israel Putnam shot it off her back before she escaped, recovering it for the king.{{Fact|7 June 2023}}

Washington responded to Kaniehtí:io's theft by launching an assault on the [[Frontier]], burning [[Concord]] and [[Lexington]] to find her and killing all in the way. She and her son confronted Washington in Lexington, but Ratonhnhaké:ton—having been forced into the reality by the Apple of Eden—expressed confusion as to why Washington would do such a thing. King Washington, who never knew Connor, deemed him a delusional savage and rode off.<ref name="TOKW">''[[Assassin's Creed III]] – [[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'' – {{Cite|7 Feb 2022}}</ref>

[[File:ACIII-Warn 15.png|thumb|left|250px|Washington firing his pistols at Ratonhnhaké:ton]]
Kaniehtí:io and Ratonhnhaké:ton returned to Kanatahséton, where Washington's troops attacked shortly after. The king rode in with Arnold and Putnam at his side and proceeded to kill Kaniehtí:io with the scepter. Ratonhnhaké:ton tried to attack the king, but he was no match for the mad monarch's power, and Washington proceeded to shoot him repeatedly and stab him with a bayonet. Despite this, Ratonhnhaké:ton survived, and after assassinating Arnold, he was captured by Putnam and brought to Boston as a present for the king.<ref name="TOKW"/>

There, an impressed and curious Washington observed Ratonhnhaké:ton in his cell and ordered him beheaded, along with another captured native and a score of innocent citizens taken at random, turning on Franklin when the man questioned the harshness of the suggestion. However, the Assassin escaped and assaulted [[Benjamin Franklin]], severing Washington's grip on his mind. Shortly afterwards, the king appeared seemingly out of nowhere, refusing to have anyone meddle in his plans. However, Ratonhnhaké:ton proved to be a match for the king this time, having embarked on spirit journeys to gain the [[Wolf Cloak|powers of the wolf]] and [[Eagle Flight|eagle]]. Washington subsequently fled to his palace in New York, leaving Putnam in charge of Boston.<ref name="TOKW"/>

[[File:Dark Waters 11.png|thumb|250px|Washington confronting Franklin]]
When Ratonhnhaké:ton escaped from Boston after having assassinated Putnam, he arrived in New York and used the ''[[Aquila]]'' to devastate Washington's fleet. As a result, the king rode out to New York's western district, where he found Franklin washed ashore. Franklin vowed he would not come under Washington's spell again, so the king obliged by trying to kill him instead. Fortunately, Ratonhnhaké:ton's friend [[Kanen'tó:kon]] tackled Washington, knocking the scepter away. In a furious show of defiance, Kanen'tó:kon almost assassinated the helpless king, but a group of soldiers managed to shoot him to death. At once, Washington took back the scepter and retreated to his palace.<ref name="TOKW"/>

Buoyed by Ratonhnhaké:ton's destruction of the fleet, [[Thomas Jefferson]] led an attack on the pyramid's courtyard. Ratonhnhaké:ton, having gained the [[Bear Might|power of the bear]], began shaking the courtyard, to which Washington overheard from his throne and expressed anger that people would attack him after all he had done in the war. As unrest in the city spread, Washington tried to win popularity by declaring that he would invade England and enslave its population, but this did not prevent the populace from turning on the military occupation.<ref name="TOKW"/>

[[File:Inevitable Confrontation 8.png|thumb|left|250px|A wounded Washington sitting on his throne]]
As fighting raged before his palace gates, Washington stood atop the pyramid's stained glass ceiling, waiting for Ratonhnhaké:ton to confront him. When the Assassin arrived, he offered to spare Washington if he gave up the Apple, claiming the Apple controlled him, but the king refused. Ratonhnhaké:ton ended the battle by breaking the ceiling, causing the two men to fall inside the pyramid; A mortally wounded Washington picked up the Apple and slumped into his throne, dying where he lay. Following this, by reaching for the Apple, Ratonhnhaké:ton returned to the true timeline.<ref name="Inevitable Confrontation"/>

==Legacy==
Throughout his life, Washington was a landowner, planter, soldier, politician, and a military hero. Despite some flaws in his leadership and the expenses of his poor military choices, Washington's actions were significant as an experienced officer and leader. As Commander-in-Chief, Washington was notably efficient in organizing the Continental Army by coordinating logistics, training, and drilling his troops. More importantly, he maintained an elevated command presence and was a heroic icon for the Patriots, ensuring their unity, morale, and dedication to the Revolution.

Inadvertently, Washington was also an obstacle to the Templars, Charles Lee in particular, and their plans to control the colonies. As a result, he was unwittingly tangled in the secret war between the Templars and Assassins, and forged a highly beneficial alliance with Connor that would greatly impact the course of the Revolution. However, the revealed truth of Washington's acts against the Native Americans eventually alienated him from Connor.

To this day, Washington remains an important and iconic historical figure in American history, as a [[Founding Fathers|Founding Father]] of the United States and its first President.<ref name="Database"/>

Details of Washington's Apple were later collected by the Assassin [[Clay Kaczmarek]] in 2012 while he was held captive by [[Abstergo Industries]] at their [[Animus Project laboratory]] in [[Rome]]. He then hid the information within the [[Animus|Animus 1.28]] in [[Glyphs|Glyph]] puzzles for his successor, [[Desmond Miles]].<ref name="Glyphs">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] 2: "Sixty-Four Squares"</ref> Sometime in early September,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]</ref> Desmond solved the puzzle set titled "Sixty-Four Squares", in which Washington was included in a list of historic heads-of-states who had all carried the same [[Piece of Eden]].<ref name="Glyphs"/>

==Behind the scenes==
George Washington, famous today as the first {{Wiki|President of the United States}}, is a historical figure who features as a major supporting character in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' (2012), which is set in the time of the [[American Revolution]].

Washington's denouncing the idea of becoming king in the final memory of ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption|The Redemption]]'', the last installment in ''Assassin's Creed III''{{'}}s 2013 [[Assassin's Creed III downloadable content|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', is based on the historical {{Wiki|Newburgh letter}}, which was written by Colonel {{Wiki|Lewis Nicola}} on behalf of the Continental Army's troops. Washington received it on 22 May 1782 while he was camped at {{Wiki|Newburgh, New York}} and strongly rejected the notion.

===Washington's destruction of Kanatahséton===
Washington's arc in the story serves to deconstruct popular appraisal of him as a leading [[Founding Father]] of the [[United States]] by unveiling the unsavoury aspects of his character and history. In the story, he is initially an idol to the main protagonist, a [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] named [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], until it is revealed in the memory "[[Broken Trust]]" that he has ordered a genocidal campaign against the [[Iroquois]] in the midst of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Additionally, when Washington confesses to having conducted the same {{Wiki|scorched earth}} policy in the [[Seven Years' War]], the main antagonist [[Haytham Kenway]] implicates him in the prior destruction of Connor's home village [[Kanatahséton]], which resulted in the death of his mother [[Kaniehtí:io]].<ref name="Hide and Seek"/>

The genocide against the Iroquois in the Revolutionary War is the historical [[Sullivan Expedition]], and Washington's responsibility for it is both historical<ref name="Kamensky 2019, 6">Kamensky, Jane. (2019). "American Revolutions, 1775–1783". In ''A People and a Nation: A History of the United States''. 11th edition. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, pp. 146–173.</ref> and unequivocal within the fictional story itself. On the other hand, his role in burning Connor's village is more ambiguous because it is only established by Haytham Kenway as an {{Wiki|unreliable narrator}} and because Connor's own eyewitness account heavily supports the [[Templars]] being the perpetrators. There are conflicts in the chronology of events for Washington to be the culprit.

The following points introduces ambiguity of Washington's culpability in the destruction of Kanatahséton within ''Assassin's Creed III'' as a primary source for the canon:
*"[[Hide and Seek (III)|Hide and Seek]]", the memory in which the destruction of Kanatahséton occurs, is dated 1760 when Ratonhnhaké:ton is only four-year-old. Historically, George Washington resigned from military service in the Seven Years' War at the end of 1758,<ref name="Lengel 2007"/> a fact that ''Assassin's Creed III'' acknowledges in his database entry.<ref name="Database"/> Moreover, while the Seven Years' War officially ended in 1763 with the {{Wiki|Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris}},<ref name="French and Indian War"/> virtually all hostilities in the Americas had ceased by 1760<ref name="Nichols 2014">Nichols, Roger L. (2014). "Living with Strangers, 1700–1783". In ''American Indians in U.S. History''. 2nd edition. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41–59.</ref> with the exception of the {{Wiki|Conquest of New France (1758–1760)|conquest of New France}}.<ref name="Kamesnky 2019, 5">Kamensky, Jane. (2019). "The Ends of Empire, 1754–1774". In ''A People and a Nation: A History of the United States''. 11th edition. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, pp. 118–145</ref>
*The confession that Haytham extracts from Washington is indirect. He leads Washington into admitting to having burned indigenous villages in the Seven Years' War, resulting in the assumption by players and the characters alike that Kanatahséton must have been one of them—but this is never confirmed. Washington could only have been referring to the {{Wiki|Forbes Expedition}} of 1758, when Connor would have only been two-years-old and two years before the setting of "Hide and Seek". Haytham also gives the wrong timeframe for when the earlier expedition would have been, stating it was 14 years prior the confrontation, though this would incorrectly date the incident to 1764, 4 years after Kaniehtí:io's death.
*Haytham discounts that Templars were responsible because he had commanded his subordinates to relinquish their pursuit of the [[Grand Temple]] protected by the village. His own testimony does not disprove the possibility that these subordinates defied his order or even destroyed a village without him knowing. "Hide and Seek" can be taken as an eyewitness account by Connor that [[Charles Lee]], [[William Johnson]], [[Thomas Hickey]], and [[Benjamin Church]] had threatened his life for the village's whereabouts and had intended to threaten the village in turn for information about the Grand Temple—moments before it is set on fire.
*The Iroquois were historically allies of the British during the Seven Years' War, giving no cause for Washington to attack them.<ref name="Pevar 2012">Pevar, Stephen L. (2012). "A History of Federal Indian Policy". In ''The Rights of Indians and Tribes''. 4th edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 1–15.</ref>
A couple of works published at a later date, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Atlas]]'', simply state that Washington burned Connor's village, without accounting for the discrepancies. ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' alone tries to do so through the database entry "[[Database: Smoke Leads To...|Smoke Leads To...]]". Here, Washington is described as ordering the destruction of Kanatahséton to "eradicate the native threat during the 'French and Indian War", though it peculiarly has him issue the command from his home in [[Mount Vernon]]. The entry is dated to 2 November 1760, aligning with the date given for the incident in "Hide and Seek" but at the expense of alignment with the historical facts of Washington's resignation, the ''de facto'' end of conflict in British America, and the alliance between the Iroquois and the British.

===Trivia===
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'', Washington wears the standard red uniform of British soldiers. In ''Assassin's Creed III'', however, during the Braddock Expedition, he is distinguished from all the other British troops by his blue uniform, even before the American Revolution has broken out and despite serving with the British Army. This could be done to make Washington more distinct.
*In the memory "[[Execution is Everything]]", it is possible for Haytham to kill Washington, though this causes desynchronization.
*Washington had reddish-brown hair in his youth, which he powdered in later life. However, ''Assassin's Creed III'' depicts him with grey hair in 1755; this was corrected in ''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed III Remastered]]''.
*It is necessary for Connor to have three conversations with Washington—two in Valley Forge and one in New York—in order to complete one of the [[Club Challenges|challenges]] given by the colonial frontiersmen.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|George Washington}}
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Io|sculpt}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Benedict Arnold (DLC)|Benedict Arnold]]''
**''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' – ''[[Legacy of the Brotherhood]]'' {{mo}}

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Kōriyama Castle

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[[File:ACSH Koriyama Castle 1.png|thumb|250px|Kōriyama Castle]]
'''Kōriyama Castle''' was a castle<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Kōriyama Castle}}</ref> in northwestern [[Yamato]], [[Japan]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref> Its ruins have been designated as a protected {{Wiki|Monuments of Japan|National Historic Site}} since 2023.<ref name="Wiki"/>

==History==
In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] arrived at the castle after obtaining a stolen holy script from rogue [[Akiyama clan|Akiyama]] [[soldier]]s. Upon their arrival, they heard [[Tsutsui Junkei]] almost declare war against [[Akiyama Ayako]] and berate the abbot [[Hara Joken]] for his incompetence. When they returned the lost script, Junkei held off his plans temporarily while Joken thanked them for their help before they left.<ref name="Temple Stories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Temple Stories]]</ref>

Naoe and Yasuke later returned and infiltrated the castle after learning that Junkei's [[merchant]] [[The Tsutsui Agent|advisor]] was party to a conspiracy to create havoc between the [[Tsutsui clan|Tsutsui]] and Akiyama clans. Within the advisor's small residence, they found an assassinated him and recovered the [[bow]] [[Dragon's Wrath]] from his personal effects as well as a note about his fellow [[The Blacksmith Agent|agent]] working as a [[blacksmith]].<ref name="Kurai Eikyou">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Kurai Eikyou (memory)|Kurai Eikyou]]</ref>

While there, Yasuke then recovered the Tsutsui clan's ''[[kamon]]'' within the ''{{Wiki|tenshu}}''<ref name="A Collection of Crests">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[A Collection of Crests]]</ref> and one of [[Kanō Eitoku]]'s lost paintings.<ref name="Art Collector">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Art Collector]]</ref> Then, he and Naoe eliminated four ''{{Wiki|ja:侍大将|samurai daisho}}'', looted the [[Legendary Onna-musha Headband]] from the castle's treasure chest, and climbed atop the ''tenshu'' to [[Viewpoint|survey]] the province.<ref name="ACSH"/>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Kōriyama Castle}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

==References==
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Leicestershire

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'''Leicestershire''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Ledecestrescire'') is a landlocked county in the {{Wiki|East Midlands}} of [[England]]. It borders [[Lincolnshire]] to the north-east and {{Wiki|Northamptonshire}} to the south-east. The county takes its name from the county town [[Leicester]], located at the region's centre. Its principal navigable river is the [[Soar River]].

In 873 CE, the [[Raven Clan]], led by [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]], arrived at the county from [[Norway]] and founded the settlement of [[Ravensthorpe]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Unwelcome]]</ref>
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==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Leicestershire}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}

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Le Louvre

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'''Le Louvre''' was one of [[Paris]]' seven major districts in the 18th century. It was located in the north-west of the city and consisted of the Feydeau, Vendôme, and Tuileries sub-districts.

==Landmarks==
===Vendôme===
*[[Place Vendôme]]
*[[Palais-Royal]]
*[[Halle aux Blés]]
*[[Medici Tower]]

===Tuileries===
*[[Place de la Concorde]]
*[[Tuileries Palace]]
*[[Louvre]]

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Le Louvre}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''

==References==
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Lincolnshire

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'''Lincolnshire''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Lincolnscire'') is a county in the {{Wiki|East Midlands}} of [[England]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Lincolnshire is an explorable region in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''. According to narrative director [[Darby McDevitt]], the county was the first area the development team built and the first long-form story they wrote for ''Valhalla''.<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/1299462157592154116|Darby McDevitt|quote=Fun Fact: Lincoln and the territory of Lincolnshire was the first area we built and the first long-form story we wrote for ACV, beginning 2 years ago. I have a special place in my heart reserved for the characters here. Can't wait for you to meet them.|image=File:Darby McDevitt - Lincolnshire.png|noimage=|backup=}}</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Lincolnshire}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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Hugo Puzzuoli

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'''Hugo Puzzuoli''' (born 13 February 1980) is a Senior Concept Artist and Illustrator working at Ubisoft Quebec, originally from France. His contributions to the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' franchise]] have mainly consisted of environment concepts.

==''Assassin's Creed'' credits==
{{GalleryBox|Hugo Puzzuoli}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - ''[[Freedom Cry]]'' (2013) - Concept Artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015) - Concept Artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' (2015) - Cover Artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) - Concept Artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' (2025) - Concept Artist

==External links==
*[http://hugoartworks.blogspot.com/ Hugo Puzzuoli]'s blog
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*[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/hugo-puzzuoli/7/290/b58 Hugo Puzzuoli]'s profile on LinkedIn
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Maya

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The '''Maya''' are an indigenous peoples from {{Wiki|Central America}} and southern [[Mexico]], particularly [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], {{Wiki|Honduras}}, {{Wiki|El Salvador}}, {{Wiki|Nicaragua}}, and the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]. Their civilization spanned across most of the region, including several small islands throughout the [[Caribbean|West Indies]], and after their decline many of their temples were left in ruin.<ref>{{WP|Maya peoples}}</ref>

The Maya also constructed a number of stone columns known as [[Mayan stele|stelae]] that revealed the location of hidden keys spread throughout the region. These keys would unlock a door hidden under a temple in the Maya city of [[Tulum]] and grant access to a [[Mayan Armor|set]] of [[armor]] created from collected pieces of [[Isu]] [[Shards of Eden|metals]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==History==
During the [[Age of Discovery]], [[Hernán Cortés]] came into contact with two Spaniards, [[Gonzalo Guerrero]] and [[Gerónimo de Aguilar]], living with the Maya. The two men spoke a Mayan language, which would allow them to translate, in tangent with a native {{Wiki|Nahuatl}} speaker, what Cortés wished to say.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 4 – Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

By 1715, the Aztecs and Maya had come into contact with the [[Assassins]] and, thanks in part to a mutual wish for freedom from oppression, formed an alliance of sorts. Such was the unity that a number of natives had joined the Order, including [[Ah Tabai]], a Maya who later obtained the [[Assassin rank|rank]] of [[Mentor]]. At some point before the 1660s, the [[Caribbean Assassins|local Assassin branch]] had headquartered itself in the old Mayan settlement of Tulum.<ref name="AC4" /> Another Maya settlement, [[Chichen Itza]], was built on top of First Civilization [[Chichen Itza Temples|temples]].<ref name="ACL">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

During the early 18th century, the [[pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]] used [[Eagle Vision]] to find keystones buried near Mayan stelae around the Caribbean. After finding all of them, he unlocked a vault at Tulum containing the Mayan Armor, a set of armor crafted from First Civilization materials.<ref name="AC4"/> Around the same time, the pirate [[Alonzo Batilla]] collected keystones from Mayan temples in the Caribbean. As the temples were in poor condition, he was forced to traverse them by [[freerunning]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>

By the latter part of the 18th century, the [[Templars]] were transporting [[Slavery|slaves]] from [[Cuba]] and [[Louisiana]] to excavate the site, though their prize, the [[Prophecy Disks|Prophecy Disk]], was ultimately claimed by the Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] in 1772.<ref name="ACL"/> The [[privateer]] [[William Kidd]]'s [[Captain Kidd's Sawtooth Cutlass|sword]] was hidden in the ruins of [[Cerros]], modern day [[Belize]], before being recovered by [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] in 1774.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Ruins at Cerros]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The {{Wiki|Mesoamerican Long Count calendar}} was the inspiration for the 21 December 2012 date of the [[Second Disaster|catastrophe]] that [[Desmond Miles]] works to prevent in the early [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' games]].

==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''

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Nero's Golden Palace

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{{Landmark Infobox
|image = Nero 4.png
|description = The ruins of Emperor [[Nero]]'s palace.
||location = [[Antico District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = 64 – 68 CE
|abandoned = 104 – 109 CE
|functions = Palace
|features = [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]]
|commissioner = Emperor Nero
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'''Nero's Golden Palace''' (Latin: ''Domus Aurea'') was a vast landscaped palace built by [[Roman Empire|Emperor]] [[Nero]] in ancient [[Rome]]. It was later completely obliterated and superseded by the [[Baths of Trajan|Baths]] of Emperor [[Trajan]], which were built above it.

The palace survived underground, interred in soil, and during the [[Renaissance]] it housed a [[Lair of Romulus|Lair]] of [[Romulus]]. The [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] visited this lair shortly after his arrival in Rome.

==History==
Nero's Golden Palace was a lavish palace built by the Roman Emperor Nero after the {{Wiki|Great Fire of Rome}} in 64 CE. Some people claim that he intentionally started the fire to make room for his palace on the [[Esquiline Hill]]. It is also likely that Nero used the [[aqueduct]]s to build his palace because they did not give water to [[civilian]]s anymore for a time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Nero's Golden Palace]]</ref>

However, after Nero committed suicide in 68 CE, the Roman Emperors [[Vespasian]], [[Titus]], and [[Domitian]] built on top of Nero's Palace, effectively burying it. Finally, Trajan built his famous bathhouse on top of what was left of it, causing it to be forgotten about until the [[Renaissance]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> During this time, a pagan cult, the [[Followers of Romulus]], took over the ruined palace and kept one of their Romulus scrolls there until it was discovered by Ezio Auditore in 1500.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[The Halls of Nero]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Nero's Golden Palace}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''

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Palace of Versailles

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[[File:Memories of Versailles 1.png|thumb|250px|Young Arno Dorian and his father at the palace]]
The '''Palace of Versailles''' (French: ''Palais de Versailles'') was the royal residence of the King of [[France]], and the political center of French power for over a hundred years. It is one of the largest palaces in the world, and is widely considered an architectural and aesthetic masterpiece. It is located in the town of [[Versailles]], twenty kilometers southwest of [[Paris]].

==History==
Originally a hunting lodge for King [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]], the palace was gradually expanded and renovated over the course of the century by his son and successor, [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais de Versailles]]</ref> who commissioned landscape architect {{Wiki|André Le Nôtre}} to design the gardens.<ref name="Armoire">''[[L'Armoire de Fer]]''</ref> Its opulence would eventually become a visual metaphor for the increasing division between the aristocracy and the [[Civilians|populace]] they ruled.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

By 1776, the palace was home to the newly-ascended King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] and his wife, [[Marie Antoinette]]. On 27 December of that year, members of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], including [[Charles Dorian]], met in the palace to conduct business with the King.<ref name="Memories of Versailles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Memories of Versailles]]</ref> However, unbeknownst to them, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] had gained access to the grounds with help from [[Benjamin Franklin]], under pretext of meeting with a business associate. Seeking the [[Precursor boxes|Precursor box]], Shay infiltrated the palace and assassinated Charles, while recovering the box at the same time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[QXNzYXNzaW5hdGlvbg0K]]</ref>

As a crowd gathered around the body, Charles' son, [[Arno Dorian|Arno]], returned, having chased [[Élise de la Serre]] through the palace's courtyards. He was then taken in by Élise's father, [[François de la Serre|François]], despite the man's role as the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the French Templars.<ref name="Memories of Versailles" /> In 1789, François himself was assassinated by [[Charles Gabriel Sivert]] and the [[Roi des Thunes]] in the palace's central courtyard, during a celebration in honor of Élise's induction into the Templar Order. Arno, having witnessed the murder, rushed to de la Serre's aid, but was arrested for the crime and thrown into the [[Bastille]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[High Society]]</ref>

As the years went on and France's civil unrest grew, [[Théroigne de Méricourt]] led a march from Paris to the palace on 6 October 1789,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Women's March]]</ref> forcing the royal family to relocate to Paris, which became the new capital of France. After the move, the palace was still under guard, but maintenance and upkeep fell to the town's citizens. As the [[French Revolution]] progressed, the palace was finally abandoned by troops and citizens alike.<ref name="ACU"/>

By 1793, the palace was a popular target for bands of looters. That year, Arno, exiled from the Assassin Order and rejected by Élise, returned to Versailles, only to have his heirloom watch stolen one night after a heated tavern brawl. To retrieve it, Arno infiltrated the palace once more and killed the thieves' leader. He also encountered Élise there, who recovered the watch and convinced Arno to return to Paris, in order to help her bring down [[François-Thomas Germain]], the man responsible for her father's death and takeover of the Templar Order by his extremists.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Bottom of the Barrel]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Palace of Versailles}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[L'Armoire de Fer]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye

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[[File:Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye 6.jpeg|thumb|250px|The main chamber]]
'''Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye''' was an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|complex]] that lies deep within the [[Desheret Desert]] in [[Egypt]]. Almost entirely buried by the sands, the exposed sections of the complex form a canyon among the dunes.

==History==
Around 48 BCE, the vault was visited by the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]], who activated the vault's [[Vault pedestal#Egyptian Vaults|pedestal]] and witnessed a recording made by the [[Seth Anath messenger]]. Dated one hundred and five days after the [[Toba catastrophe|Great Catastrophe]], the message displayed was intended for [[Layla Hassan]], who was reliving Bayek's [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] in 2017.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

Circa 34 BCE, a [[Parh|traveler]] looking for treasure removed an [[Seth-Anat stone|artifact]] from the complex, which activated it and created illusions of undead soldiers. Bayek investigated the area upon hearing rumors of strange lights in the desert, and fought through the illusions. At the traveler's behest, the Medjay-turned-[[Assassins|Hidden One]] sought to recover the artifact from the traveler's [[camel]], which had run off. After finding the artifact and fighting through yet more illusions, Bayek returned the artifact, but was ambushed by more undead soldiers and passed out while trying to flee from them. He was eventually found and rescued from the desert by a group of travelers, who took him back to their village.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Lights Among the Dunes]]</ref>

==Trivia==
*Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye is a romanised version of the Egyptian "(qnb.tw) (qAh'iy)", roughly meaning "Subjugate them bend to our will".<ref>[http://www.accesstheanimus.com/GIN_Coded_Language_Isu.html ''Access The Animus'' - A Gaze into the Nexus: The Coded Language of the Isu]</ref>

==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

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Petrified Temple

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[[File:Lesbos-PV-PetrifiedTemple.jpg|thumb|250px|Petrified Temple]]
The '''Petrified Temple''' was a ruined [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|temple]] located near the [[Dread Ruins]] on the island of [[Lesbos]], [[Greece]]. It was said to house [[Medusa]], a [[gorgon]] in [[Greek mythology]], but in reality a hybrid-creature made as a result of the Isu's [[Olympos Project]]. During the 5th century BCE, the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] entered the Temple, and fought and slew the [[Writhing Dread]] within, seizing its [[Prize of the Medusa|relic]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
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Paris

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'''Paris''' is the capital and largest city of [[France]]. During the [[French Revolution]], the city was divided into seven districts: [[Le Louvre]], [[Île de la Cité]], [[Le Marais]], [[La Bièvre]], [[Les Invalides (district)|Les Invalides]], [[Le Quartier Latin|Quartier Latin]], and [[Ventre de Paris]].

==History==
===Formation===
Paris was founded during the 3rd century BCE when the [[Celts|Celtic]] {{Wiki|Parisii (Gaul)|Parisii}} tribe built a fortified settlement on the Île de la Cité.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – {{Cite|10 Apr 2021}}</ref>

===Roman era===
In 52 BCE, the [[Rome|Romans]], led by [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]],<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Paris}}</ref> conquered the Parisii Celts who inhabited the area and built a town on the [[Seine|Seine river]], named ''Lutetia Parisiorum'' ("Swamp of the Parisii").<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]''</ref> The [[Petit Pont]] was built connecting the main island to the South bank of the river serving as the outlet to the roads leading to [[Orléans]] and [[Lugdunum]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Petit Pont]]</ref>

By the 1st Century CE, a group known as the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] installed a [[Lutetia bureau|bureau]] to operate in the city.<ref name="Hidden">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Hidden]]</ref>

In the late 3rd century, Paris and its surrounding region were converted to [[Christianity]]. Around 250 CE, the bishop of Paris [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]] used an [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple of Eden]] to further the conversion but the bishop was beheaded and martyred at [[Montmartre]] by the Romans around 250 CE. Afterward, someone used the Apple to create false memories of the bishop's corpse carrying [[Head of Saint Denis|his own head]] to the village of Catolacus which became [[Saint-Denis]].<ref name="Franciade DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''[[Dead Kings]]'' – [[Database: Franciade]]</ref><ref name="Notes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[Notes from Eivor's travels]]: "Ancient Stone Tablet 2"</ref>

In the 5th century, as the [[Roman Empire]] was in decline, the Hidden Ones of the city were tasked to join their brethren of [[Cologne]] in [[Germany|Germania]] and to seal the bureau. Some refused and decided to stay in Gaul to fight in the shadows. They sealed the bureau and hid the keys in other bureaus across the region.<ref name="Hidden"/>

===Middle Ages===
====Francia====
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the [[Franks]] subsequently captured Paris in 486.

In 558, the [[Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] was constructed in the southern countryside of Paris. It would eventually become one of the richest abbeys in France.<ref name="St-Germain-des-Prés">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: St-Germain-des-Prés]]</ref>

In the middle of the 7th century, the nobility funded the [[Hôtel-Dieu]] on the [[Île de la Cité]] to serve as a refuge for the poor and sick. It became the first hospital in the city.<ref name="Hôtel Dieu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel Dieu]]</ref>

By 814 CE, after the death of Emperor [[Charlemagne]], who was also the leader of the [[Order of the Ancients]], a Hidden One stole his sword [[Joyeuse]] and hid it in the ruins of Lutetia bureau.<ref name="Hidden"/>

In the 9th century, Paris was the capital of [[Francia|West Francia]], and it was one of the numerous cities in Western Europe that were raided by the Vikings. In 845, [[Ragnar Lothbrok]] led a large-scale [[Siege of Paris (845)|invasion]] of Paris. Ragnar and his Vikings successfully plundered the city<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood Brothers]]'' – [[Departure]]</ref> and only left after [[Charles the Bald]] paid them 7,000 [[livre]]s of [[silver]] and [[gold]].<ref>{{WP|Siege of Paris (845)}}</ref>

====Siege of Paris====
{{Main|Siege of Paris (885–886)}}
[[File:ACV Paris 885.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Paris in 885]]

From 885 to 886, Paris was once again the target for a siege by the Vikings, this time led by ''[[jarl]]'' [[Sigfred]] of the [[Elgring Clan]] as retaliation for the death of his brother [[Sinric]].<ref name="Warlord">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Warlord of Melun]]</ref> However, Sigfred's ally, ''jarlskona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] soon uncovered the manipulation from a religious zealous group called the [[Bellatores Dei]] and the manic state of King [[Charles the Fat|Charles]] after killing the priest [[Engelwin]].<ref name="RotSlums">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[The Rot in the Slums]]</ref><ref name="Majesty">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Majesty in the Dark]]</ref>

Despite attempts at truces with both King Charles<ref name="RotSlums" /> and Count [[Odo of France|Odo]],<ref name="HonorandEnemies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Honor and Enemies]]</ref> the Vikings continued to prepare for the siege.<ref name="AHidden">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[A Hidden Weakness]]</ref><ref name="FireFromHeaven">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Fire From Heaven]]</ref> Invading the Île de la Cité after killing the leader of the Frankish army, [[Ebels]],<ref name="DarkBefore">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[Dark Before Dawn]]</ref> the Vikings managed to fight and win against the Frankish soldiers.<ref name="SiegeofParis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[The Siege of Paris (memory)|The Siege of Paris]]</ref>

Soon, a truce was called as King Charles met with Sigfred, who was offered lordship over [[Rouen]] and Amiens and treasure. Despite some opposition, the siege ended with the Vikings leaving the city with both new land and money.<ref name="CountofParis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''The Siege of Paris'' – [[The Count of Paris]]</ref>

====High Middle Ages====
In the 10th century, the kings of France established their residence in the [[Conciergerie]] on the Île de la Cité.<ref name="Conciergerie">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Conciergerie]]</ref>

[[File:ACUDB - Cimetiere des Saints-Innocents.png|thumb|250px|Cimetière des Saints-Innocents]]

Under the reign of King [[Louis VI of France]], the North bank of the Seine developed. In 1130, he reinforced a wooden tower which became the stone fortress of [[Grand Châtelet]] near the [[Place de Grève]].<ref name="Grand Châtelet">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Grand Châtelet]]</ref> Louis also ordered the construction of ''[[Les Halles]]'' and of the [[Holy Innocents' Cemetery|church and cemetery of Holy Innocents]] which became the cemetery for all churches.<ref name="Les Halles"/><ref name="Cimetière des Saints-Innocents">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Cimetière des Saints-Innocents]]</ref>

In 1160, on the Île de la Cité began the construction of the [[Notre-Dame|''Notre-Dame'' Cathedral]] which only ended in 1345. ''Notre-Dame'' was one of the first buildings to use flying buttresses in [[Europe]].<ref name="Notre-Dame de Paris">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Notre-Dame de Paris]]</ref> In the 12th century, the goldsmiths and moneychangers lined their stalls on the bridge connecting the Palais de la Cité to the Grand Châtelet. The bridge was known as the [[Pont au Change]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont au Change]]</ref>

During the [[Middle Ages]], Paris grew rapidly and became one of the largest cities in [[Europe]]. In response to its expansion, the king [[Philip II of France|Philip Augustus]] constructed the [[Louvre|Louvre fortress]] on the North bank of the Seine and walled the city during the end of the 12th century.<ref name="Louvre">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Louvre]]</ref> During his reign, various markets and fairs were established in a place called Les Champeaux which would become known as ''Les Halles'' near the Grand Châtelet.<ref name="Les Halles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Les Halles]]</ref>

In 1240, returning from the [[Crusades]], the [[Templars|Templar Order]] built their headquarters on Paris' northeastern side. The fortress was known as the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple of Paris]].<ref name="DB: Temple">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Temple]]</ref>

[[File:ACUDB - Sainte-Chapelle.png|thumb|250px|left|The Sainte-Chapelle]]

In 1242, the king [[Louis IX of France]] ordered the construction of the ''[[Sainte-Chapelle]]'' near the Palais de la Cité to house the crown of thorns of [[Jesus Christ]]. The monument was finished in 1248 and served as the royal chapel.<ref name="Sainte-Chapelle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Sainte-Chapelle]]</ref> The Sainte-Chapelle was also the entry of the headquarters of the sworn enemies of the Templars, the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]]. The Brotherhood, established under the [[Île Saint-Louis]], used the underground tunnels to navigate easily through the city.<ref name="Rebirth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Rebirth]]</ref>

In 1246, King Louis IX created the position of Provost of the Merchants, which served as the mayor of Paris.<ref name="Hôtel de Ville">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel de Ville]]</ref> [[Robert de Sorbon]], King's chaplain, sought to facilitate the education of underprivileged children in theology. Louis IX gave him a house in the rue ''Coupe Gueule'' on the South bank of the Seine, which was transformed into the university [[Sorbonne]].<ref name="Sorbonne">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Sorbonne]]</ref>

In 1296, the King [[Philip IV of France]] ordered the construction of the [[Palais de Justice]] in the Palais de la Cité, which served as a juridical court for the Parlement de Paris.<ref name="Palais de Justice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais de Justice]]</ref>

In 1307, the Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Guillaume de Nogaret]] persuaded King Philip to [[Persecution of the Templars|arrest]] the Templar Order and of their [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Jacques de Molay]]. On the 13th of October, the Assassins, disguised as flemish [[Mercenary|mercenaries]], attacked the Temple de Paris with the French troops. The [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]] led the attack and tried to take [[Sword of Eden 1|Sword of Eden]], a powerful [[Pieces of Eden|piece of Eden]], and also the [[Codex Pater Intellectus]], de Molay's writings. During the attack, Carneillon fought [[Jacques de Molay's advisor]] but was out of action after he received a blast from the Sword of Eden. The advisor hid the Sword and the Codex in Jacques de Molay's vault before being killed by Carneillon who did find the artifacts. De Molay was arrested and imprisoned.<ref name="The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay]]</ref>

[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 15.png|thumb|250px|Jacques de Molay burning at the stake]]

Jacques de Molay, who was also a [[Sage]], a reincarnation of the [[Isu|First Civilization]] [[Aita]], decided to reform the Templar Order as a secret society revealing the secrets of the First Civilisation to nine Templars.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files]]: File.0.06\Hst_VoxInExcelso</ref> On 18 March 1314, Jacques de Molay was burned at the stake before King Philip and Pope [[Clement V]] on the Île de la Cité. In his last words, de Molay cursed the Pope and the royal family to the thirteen generations. De Molay's death marked the dissolution of the Knights Templar as a public organization and influenced their conversion into a secret faction.<ref name="The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay"/>

In 1320, the [[Church of Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles|Saint-Gilles chapel]] was built in the rue Saint-Denis and later expanded to become the Church of Saint-Leu.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Église Saint-Leu]]</ref>

After the death of Mentor Thomas de Carneillon in 1323, the Parisian Brotherhood built a vault under the Île Saint-Louis to store his armor, giving it only to Assassins who did a great service for the Brotherhood and France.<ref name="Explore the Café Théâtre">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Explore the Café Théâtre]]</ref>

In 1334, the Abbot of Cluny purchased the remains of a Roman thermal bath in ''[[Le Quartier Latin]]'' and turned it into a townhouse. The building was known as the [[Hôtel de Cluny]].<ref name="Hôtel de Cluny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel de Cluny]]</ref>

====Hundred Years' War====
[[File:Paris 1394.png|thumb|250px|The Bastille during the Hundred Years' War]]

During the 14th century, the Kings of France entered the [[Hundred Years' War]] against the Kings of [[England]]. The attack of the English troops created economic instability, leading in 1358 to a ''Jacquerie'', a peasant revolt. Other uprisings followed during the rest of the war. King [[Charles V of France]] decided to reinforce the defense of Paris in this context. He displaced the royal residence in the fortress of the Louvre and using the stones from the carries of Paris, he ordered the construction of the [[Bastille]], a fort that would protect Porte Saint-Antoine from English attack in the Northeastern part of Paris.<ref name="Louvre"/><ref name="The Bastille">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: The Bastille]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 21. Medieval]]</ref> The king also had the Hôtel Saint-Pol near the Bastille as residence.<ref name="Hôtel Fieubet"/>

In 1352, the pope [[Celestine V]] funded the construction of the [[Church of the Celestines]] on the North bank of the Seine.<ref name="Église Les Célestins">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Église Les Célestins]]</ref>

In 1370, the Pont de fust de l'isle Notre-Dame et Saint-Bernard between the Île Saint-Louis and the South bank of the Seine was replaced by the wooden bridge.<ref name="Pont de la Tournelle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont de la Tournelle]]</ref> In 1378, the [[Pont Saint-Michel]] was built, being the first fixed bridge between the Île de la Cité and the Quartier Latin. Named after the Saint-Michel chapel in the Palais de la cité, it also lent its name to the district.<ref name="Pont Saint-Michel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont Saint-Michel]]</ref>

At the end of the 14th century, the scrivener and alchemist [[Nicolas Flamel]] established in Paris one of his laboratories under ''Notre-Dame''.<ref name="The Elixir of Life">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Flamel's Secret: The Elixir of Life]]</ref> Thank the [[Book of Abraham]], he created the [[Philosopher's stone]] and the [[Elixir of life]], which made him, according to the legends, rich and immortal.<ref name="Maria Amiel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 1 – Maria Amiel]]</ref> With his fortune, Flamel financed the reconstruction of the Holy Innocent's Cemetery.<ref name="Cimetière des Saints-Innocents"/> Before his death, he separated the Book of Abraham in two and gave one half to the nephew of his wife, Pernelle Flamel. In 1418, Flamel was buried in the Church of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie before being displaced in the Holy Innocent's Cemetery where his wife was buried.<ref name="Maria Amiel"/>

[[File:ACII-Jean-Auguste-DominiqueIngres-JoanofArcatCoronationofCharlesVII.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Joan of Arc at the coronation of Charles VII]]

At the beginning of the 15th century, Paris was taken by the Burgundians, the French allies of the English during the Hundred Years' War. The heir of the crown [[Charles VII of France|Charles]] established his new capital in Bourges. In 1429, [[Jeanne d'Arc]], a young french farmer who was an ally of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassins]], led the French Army against the English, wielding De Molay's Sword of Eden and the heart. She besieged Paris with her troops but she was wounded by a crossbow bolt during the battle and the siege was removed.<ref name="Heresy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref>

After the end of the Hundred Years' War, the kings of France returned to Paris.

===Early Modern Era===
====Renaissance====
In 1485, the abbot of Cluny and bishop Jacques d'Amboise renovated the Hôtel de Cluny which became a luxurious guest house.<ref name="Hôtel de Cluny"/> Between 1475 and 1507, the Archbishop of Sens built his own ''[[Hôtel de Sens|hôtel particulier]]'' near the North bank of the Seine.<ref name="Hôtel de Sens">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel de Sens]]</ref> In 1494, the [[Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais]] was built on the site of an ancient basilica in [[Le Marais]].<ref name="Église St. Gervais-St. Protais / Place d'Orme">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Église St. Gervais-St. Protais / Place d'Orme]]</ref>

By the end of the 15th century, the regiment of the [[Swiss Guards]] regularly stationed in the city.<ref name="Swiss Guard">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Swiss Guard]]</ref>

[[File: PL DestructiveCriticism.jpg|thumb|250px|Paris during the Renaissance]]

During the [[Italian Wars]], King [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] left the kingdom under the charge of his courtiers, who were secretly allied with the Templars. A group of [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]], sent by their [[Mentor]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], traveled to Paris to battle that Templar influence. They protected the scholar and Mentor [[Desiderius Erasmus]] against Templar agents and revealed that one of their brothers was captured by the Templars.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Contracts (Italian Brotherhood)|Contracts]]: Destructive Criticism</ref> They interrogated the cardinal [[Georges d'Amboise]], who gave them a list of ministers who worked with the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], the leader of the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – Contracts: On the Trail</ref> The Assassins killed them and tried to save their brother in a manor near Paris. He was tortured and died from his injuries but in his last breath, he revealed that he gave false information and that the Assassins must be wary about the Orsini.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – Contracts: Man Down</ref>

[[File:ACUDB - Hotel de Ville.png|thumb|250px|left|The Hôtel de Ville]]

Under the reign of [[Francis I of France]], Paris developed a more Italian and [[Renaissance]] style. While the Louvre and the [[Hôtel de Ville]] were renovated, the [[Saint-Jacques Tower]] and the [[Church of Saint-Eustache]] were constructed in the North Bank of the Seine.<ref name="Louvre"/><ref name="Hôtel de Ville"/><ref name="Tour St. Jacques">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Tour St. Jacques]]</ref><ref name="Église St. Eustache">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Église St. Eustache]]</ref> A new [[Pont au Double|bridge]] was built for the Hôtel-Dieu, connecting the Île de la Cité to the South bank of the Seine.<ref name="Pont au Double">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont au Double]]</ref>

In 1527, the Italian Assassin [[Giovanni Borgia]] and the [[Hermeticists|Hermetic]] practitioner [[Maria Amiel]] traveled to the Louvre to find the second half of "Book of Abraham". They only found a copy made by human hands. Afterward, they visited the Flamel tomb in Paris' Holy Innocents' Cemetery but only found it devoid of bodies, or any sign of the Book.<ref name="Maria Amiel"/>

====Wars of Religion====
Francis' son, [[Henry II of France]] also renovated the Louvre but with his wife, [[Catherine de' Medici]], they also built another palace in ''Les Halles'' with an astronomy tower known as the [[Medici Tower]]. The Queen of France was the patron of [[Nostradamus]], a famous seer in Paris.<ref name="Medicis Tower">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Medicis Tower]]</ref> During his life, Nostradamus left [[Nostradamus Enigmas|mysterious indications]] across the city to find the [[Nostradamus Disc|broken seal of Carneillon's vault]].<ref name="Explore the Café Théâtre"/> Nostradamus also predicted the death of the King, who was wounded by the shard of a spear in the eye after a jousting tournament in northeastern Paris in 1559.<ref name="Nostradamus"/> The King died some days later from his injuries and his heart was sent to the Church of the Celestines.<ref name="Église Les Célestins"/> His widow became the Regent of France.<ref name="Nostradamus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Nostradamus]]</ref>

[[File:ACUDB - Palais des Tuileries.png|thumb|250px|Palais des Tuileries]]

As the Regent found the Louvre too big, too cold, and too crowded, she decided to build the new royal residence in the neighborhood, the [[Tuileries Palace]].<ref name="Palais des Tuileries">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais des Tuileries]]</ref> Many people were expropriated from the site of construction. One of them, [[Johannes Metzger]], a German butcher, refused to leave his house. For this, he was arrested and executed in 1561. Before his death, he swore that he would return to exact revenge on the future palace's occupants. Soon after his death, supernatural appearances and disturbances around the palace were attributed to Metzger's vengeful spirit, known throughout the palace as the Red Ghost.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: The Red Ghost of the Tuileries]]</ref>

On 24 August 1572, during the Wars of Religion, the Protestant King [[Henry IV of France|Henry III of Navarre]] escaped to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre that targeted the protestants of the city.<ref name="Statue of Henri IV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Statue of Henri IV]]</ref>

In 1578 began the construction of a new bridge to connect the Île de la Cité with the two banks of the Seine. This bridge was known as the [[Pont Neuf]] (''new bridge'') but was also known as the ''Pont des pleurs'' (the bridge of tears) as the King [[Henry III of France]] inaugurated the construction after the funerals of two of his ''Mignons''.<ref name="Pont Neuf">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont Neuf]]</ref>

In 1589, after Henry III died, his heart was sent to the Church of the Celestines like the one of his father and [[Francis II of France|brother]].<ref name="Église Les Célestins"/> His brother-in-law Henry III of Navarre became Henry IV of France. After a long siege on Paris, Henry IV decided to convert to Catholicism in 1593, supposedly stating that "Paris is well worth a mass".<ref name="Statue of Henri IV"/> Converted in the city and ally with the first president of the Parliament of Paris, [[Achille de Harlay]], this action stabilized the country, ending the War of Religions.<ref name="Place Dauphine">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Place Dauphine]]</ref>

Under Henry IV's reign, Paris was embellished with new buildings. He connected the Louvre with the Palais des Tuileries.<ref name="Palais des Tuileries"/> In 1601, he ordered the construction of the [[Place Dauphine]] behind the Palais de Justice and gave it to Achille de Harlay.<ref name="Place Dauphine"/> In 1605 began the construction of [[Place des Vosges|Place Royale]] on the very field where Henry II was mortally wounded. The Place served as a square with 36 pavilions.<ref name="Place des Vosges">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Place des Vosges]]</ref> The same year, Margaret of France, the ex-wife of the King, installed herself in the Hôtel de Sens. In 1606, her young lover Gabriel Dat de Saint-Julien was assassinated before the gate of the hôtel by the Comte de Vermont, a jealous suitor and former lover of hers.<ref name="Hôtel de Sens"/>

[[File:ACUDB - Statue of Henri IV.png|thumb|250px|left|Statue of Henry IV]]
On the 14th of May 1610, Henry IV was assassinated in Paris on his carriage by the Catholic fanatic François Ravaillac. His widow, the Regent [[Marie de' Medici]] ordered the creation of an [[Equestrian Statue of Henry IV|equestrian statue of late king]] on the Pont-Neuf. In 1612, she purchased the domain of the Duke of Piney-Luxembourg in southern Paris, and the architect Salomon de Brosse constructed for her the [[Luxembourg Palace]] with gardens.<ref name="Palais et Jardin du Luxembourg">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais et Jardin du Luxembourg]]</ref>

====Absolute Era====
In 1614, the architect [[Christophe Marie]] began the construction of the [[Pont Marie]] connecting the Île Saint-Louis with the North bank of the Seine. Marie also created the quays that encircled the island, as well as plotted its streets.<ref name="Pont Marie">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont Marie]]</ref> In 1616, a Greco-Roman facade was add to the Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais.<ref name="Église St. Gervais-St. Protais / Place d'Orme"/> In 1622, the [[François Leclerc du Tremblay|Père Joseph]] founded the [[Convent of the Daughters of Calvary]] in the rue de Turenne.<ref name="Filles du Calvaire Convent">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Filles du Calvaire Convent]]</ref>

In 1622, the [[Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu|Cardinal of Richelieu]] became the principal of the Sorbonne. As the buildings were falling into ruins, he began the renovation of the University in 1629.<ref name="Sorbonne"/> During the reign of [[Louis XIII of France]], the Bastille served principally as a prison for aristocrats.<ref name="The Bastille"/> In 1632, the [[Pont Royal]] was built as a toll bridge near the Tuileries to replace a ferry.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont Royal]]</ref> In 1634, the [[Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully|Duke of Sully]] expanded his townhouse to include a [[Hôtel de Sully|hôtel]] at the bottom of the small garden which juxtaposed the Place Royale.<ref name="Hôtel de Sully">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel de Sully]]</ref> In 1648, the scientist Blaise Pascale used the Tour Saint-Jacques for his experiments on atmospheric pressure.<ref name="Tour St. Jacques"/>

[[File:ACUDB - College des Quatre-Nations.png|thumb|250px|College des Quatre-Nations]]

Between 1648 and 1653, the Parisian population revolted during the Fronde. These events greatly marked the young king [[Louis XIV of France]] who relocated the royal court to the village of [[Versailles]] where he constructed a [[Palace of Versailles|palace]] from the hunting lodge of his father.<ref name="Village de Versailles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Village de Versailles]]</ref> Even if he left Paris, as a patron of sciences and arts, he continued to sponsor new buildings.<ref name="Observatoire de Paris"/>

In 1656, after a flood, the [[Pont de la Tournelle]] was build in stone to connect the Île Saint-Louis to the [[Château de la Tournelle]]which served as a prison for [[Slavery|galley slaves]].<ref name="Pont de la Tournelle"/>

When the Cardinal [[Jules Mazarin]] died in 1661, he left 2 million [[livre]]s to construct the [[College of the Four Nations]] on the South bank of the Seine, which served as a university for Paris.<ref name="Collège des Quatre-Nations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Collège des Quatre-Nations]]</ref> In 1667, the king began the construction of the [[Paris Observatory]].<ref name="Observatoire de Paris">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Observatoire de Paris]]</ref>

Poverty was also spreading in Paris during the 17th century. In the northern part of Paris, the Saint-Denis district became the place of a counter society known as the ''[[Cour des Miracles]]'', uniting the beggars and the marginal people of the city. The Cour had his own chief known as the King of Beggars.<ref name="Roi des Thunes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Roi des Thunes]]</ref> In 1670, Queen [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Maria Theresa]] with the financial support of the Chancellor Etienne d'Aligre, officially annexed the [[Hospice des Enfants Trouvés]] to the General Hospital of Paris, effectively helping fund it.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hospice des Enfants Trouvés]]</ref> On 30 November 1671, Louis XIV laid the first stone of the hospital of ''[[Les Invalides]]'' for war veterans, taxing France's abbey to finance it. Five years later, 6 000 soldiers occupied the building.<ref name="Les Invalides">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Les Invalides]]</ref>

On the North bank of the Seine, Le Marais became a fashionable district as the aristocrats began to construct their ''hôtels-particuliers'', like the chancellor Fieubet in 1676 and his [[Hôtel Fieubet|hôtel]] built on the site of the hôtel Saint-Pol.<ref name="Hôtel Fieubet">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Hôtel Fieubet]]</ref>

On 22 February 1680, the fortune teller [[Marguerite Monvoisin]] was burned at the Place de Grève for her involvement in the Affair des Poisons against the king. The noblewoman Madame de Sévigné witnessed the execution from the Hôtel de Sully.<ref name="Hôtel de Sully"/>

In 1686, the Sicilian chef Procopio Cutò opened the [[Café Procope]] in the Latin District which would become one of the most famous cafés of the city.<ref name="Café Procope">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Café Procope]]</ref> In 1699, Louis XIV inaugurated for his birthday the [[Place Vendôme]] with at its center an equestrian statue of himself near the Louvre. The buildings surrounding the place were bought by Paris prominent financiers.<ref name="Place Vendôme">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Place Vendôme]]</ref>

Between 1698 and 1703, the prisoner known as the [[Man in the Iron Mask]] was sent to the Bastille where he died. Many rumors speculated on his identity, speculated he was an illegitimate son of the king.<ref name="The Iron Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''Dead Kings'' – [[Database: The Iron Mask]]</ref>

====Age of Enlightenment====
At the beginning of the 18th century, [[Louis-Dominique Cartouche]] became famous as a highwayman, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor near Paris. In 1721, he was captured and sentenced to death. His lover [[Mireille]], who was the leader of the French Assassins, saved Cartouche by faking his death on the breaking wheel in the [[Place de Grève]] on 28 November.<ref name="DB: Cartouche Memoir 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Cartouche Memoir 2]]</ref> Later Cartouche became an Assassin, and his name as his diaries were passed on to two other Assassins during the 18th century.<ref name="Cartouche's Memoirs">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Cartouche's Memoirs]]</ref>

In the 18th century, the nobility gradually abandoned the Marais district in favor of the Faubourg Saint-Honoré or the Faubourg Saint-Germain.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Le Marais]]</ref>

In 1725, the philosopher [[Voltaire]] was beaten up by the servants of the [[Guy Auguste de Rohan-Chabot|Chevalier de Rohan]] as they quarreled over an actress. Rohan had Voltaire imprisoned at the Bastille but the writer was later cleared.<ref name="Hôtel de Sully"/> He began to criticize the Absolute monarchy and wrote about the case of the Iron Man Mask.<ref name="HPS Bastille">''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: Bastille</ref>

[[File:ACUDB - Ecole Militaire.png|thumb|250px|left|École Militaire]]

During the 18th century, construction continued in Paris. In 1744, [[Louis XV of France]] suffered from a serious illness and made the vow that if he survived to construct a new church on the ruins of the Abbey of St Genevieve in the [[Bièvre]]. In 1755, the construction of the [[Panthéon|new church]] began.<ref name="Panthéon">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Panthéon]]</ref> In 1750, the Luxembourg Palace became the first museum of Paris.<ref name="Palais et Jardin du Luxembourg"/> In 1752, the first stone of the [[École Militaire]] was laid under the overseer of [[Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour|Madame de Pompadour]], Louis XV's mistress, near the Invalides.<ref name="École Militaire">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: École Militaire]]</ref> In 1755, the construction of the ''[[Halle aux Blés]]'' began, which served as a grain storage building for the city.<ref name="Halle aux Blés">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Halle aux Blés]]</ref>

Louise Françoise de Bourbon, a legitimized daughter of Louis XIV, ordered the construction of the [[Palais Bourbon]] on the South bank of the Seine which was purchased by Louis XV in 1756.<ref name="Palais Bourbon">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais Bourbon]]</ref> The same year, [[Jean Henri Latude]], who was imprisoned in the Bastille for organizing a false conspiracy against Madame de Pompadour, escaped from his prison with a make-shift rope ladder fashioned from twine and firewood.<ref name="Jean-Henri Latude">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jean-Henri Latude]]</ref> In 1757, [[Auguste Tavernier]] was sent to the Bastille for participating in an attempt to assassinate King Louis XV.<ref name="HPS Bastille"/> In 1759, the [[Café Théâtre]] opened in the Île de la Cité, becoming one of the premier coffee houses in Paris. The Assassins purchased and used it as their intelligence-gathering network.<ref name="Café Théâtre">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Café Théâtre]]</ref>

By the middle of the 18th century, the Swiss Guards assured the protection of the [[Champs-Élysées]].<ref name="Swiss Guard"/> In 1770, a fireworks display near the Tuileries Palace was made for the celebration of the wedding of the dauphin [[Louis XVI of France|Louis-Auguste]] and [[Marie Antoinette]]. An accident during the display provoked the death of 132 persons. Two years later, at the same place, was finished the [[Place de la Concorde|Place Louis XV]] near the ''Jardins des Tuileries''.<ref name="Place de la Révolution / Concord / Louis XV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Place de la Révolution / Concord / Louis XV]]</ref> When the dauphin became king, he gave the Luxembourg Palace to his brother [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis]].<ref>''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Palais de Luxembourg"</ref> The same a series of building collapses due to underground tunnels.<ref name="Les Catacombes"/>

But Paris was also the center of the contestation of the King's power. Many philosophers of Enlightenment reunited in cafés, like the Procope or the Régence to discuss politics and philosophy. Among them Voltaire, Diderot and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]].<ref name="Café Procope"/><ref>''Project Widow'' – "Thinking man's café"</ref> This last witnessed the poverty of some districts, describing the Saint-Marcel district in the Bièvre as "dirty, stinking little streets, wretched black houses, a general air of squalor and poverty, beggars, carters, menders of clothes, sellers of herb drinks and old hats."<ref name="Saint-Marcel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Saint-Marcel]]</ref> During this period, the [[Roi des Thunes]] became the new King of Beggars in the ''Court des Miracles''.<ref name="Roi des Thunes"/>

[[File:Deconstructed 6.png|thumb|250px|Shay witnessing Benjamin Franklin being chased by criminals]]

The American philosopher [[Benjamin Franklin]] joined his French colleagues in the cafés discussions during his diplomatic mission in France for the [[United States]] during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="Café Procope"/> In December 1776, Franklin was targeted by Parisian criminals of the Île de la Cité but was saved by the former Assassin-turned-Templar [[Shay Cormac]]. Cormac searched for a way to join an Assassin reunion in the Versailles palace and recovered a [[Precursor box]], so as Franklin was in debt with Cormac for saving his life, the diplomat authorized the Templar to follow him to the royal residence.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[UHJvdGVjdGlvbg0K]]</ref>

In 1782, police lieutenant Thiroux de Crosne removed 6 million deceased corpses from the overpopulated cemeteries of the city and relocated them to the quarries under Paris. The quarries will become the [[Catacombs of Paris]].<ref name="Les Catacombes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Les Catacombes]]</ref> The same year, a wooden cupola was added to the Halles aux blés to protect the grain from rain and other weather events.<ref name="Halle aux Blés"/>

In 1783, the brothers [[Joseph-Michel Montgolfier|Joseph-Michel]] and [[Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier]] developed the [[Montgolfière|hot-air balloon]] which flighted with humans for the first time in Paris.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' – [[Historic Personage Sheets]]: Montgolfier brothers</ref> The same year, [[Jacques Charles]] launched the world's first hydrogen-filled balloon in the Tuileries gardens with 400 000 people watching.<ref name="Palais des Tuileries"/>

[[File:ACUDB - Palais-Royal.png|thumb|250px|left|Palais-Royal]]

In 1784 began the construction of the [[Wall of the Farmers-General]] around Paris, collecting toll from the imported goods in the city.<ref name="Ferme Générale Wall">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Ferme Générale Wall]]</ref> During these years, [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], cousin of the King, was in debt. Residing in the [[Palais-Royal]] near the Louvre, he installed 60 shops under its arcades to pay his debt. Gambling dens, theatres, cafés, and prostitution also emerged in the Palais and it became the nerve of the intellectual contestation of power.<ref name="Palais-Royal">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Palais-Royal]]</ref> In 1786, the watchmaker and inventor Robert Rousseau designed a solar cannon which fire at noon in the Palais-Royal's court.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: The Solar Cannon of the Palais-Royal]]</ref>

From the beginning of the reign of Louis XVI and 1789, 16 new theatres opened on the Boulevard des théâtres.<ref name="Boulevard des théâtres">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Boulevard des théâtres]]</ref>

===French Revolution===
====Beginning of the Revolution====
In the 1780s, France's involvement in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the extravagant lifestyle of the royal family left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. The food shortage due to bad crops and weather also angered the parisian population.<ref name="King Louis XVI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: King Louis XVI]]</ref> During this time, the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian Templar]] and Aita Sage [[François-Thomas Germain]] entered Jacques de Molay's vault guided by [[Bleeding Effect|visions]]. Founding the Codex Pater Intellectus, Germain tried to reform the Order as de Molay wanted, by returning to the shadow and ending the monarchy, but Germain was expelled by the Grand Master [[François de la Serre]] who judged his ideas as heretical. The Sage allied with the Templars [[Marie Levesque]], [[Charles Gabriel Sivert]] and [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] who agreed with him. Using the Temple of Paris as their headquarters, they planned to use the [[French Revolution]] to further their goal.<ref name="The Temple">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>

In 1789, the Roi des Thunes proposed to serve the Parisian Rite but was roughly ignored by the Grand Master. Sivert inducted the Roi des Thunes and his advisor [[Aloys la Touche]] into Germain's faction.<ref name="Le Roi Est Mort">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Le Roi Est Mort]]</ref> During the night of the opening of the [[Estates-General of 1789]], Sivert and the Roi des Thunes killed the Grand Master in the Palace of Versailles, blaming his ward [[Arno Dorian]] for the murder.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[High Society]]</ref> Dorian was sent to the Bastille where he met the Master Assassin [[Pierre Bellec]] who revealed that his father [[Charles Dorian|Charles]] was a member of the Brotherhood and that his warden was a Templar.<ref name="Imprisoned">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Imprisoned]]</ref> As Germain became the new Grand Master, his faction tried to eliminate François' daughter [[Élise de la Serre]] who revendicated the title.<ref name="ACUnovel"/>

When deputies of the [[Third Estate]] formed the [[National Assembly]], Paris' citizens followed what happened in Versailles. On the 12th of July, after the dismissal of the finance minister [[Jacques Necker]] and rumors of an attack on Paris by the King's Army, the journalist [[Camille Desmoulins]] started an uprising at the Café Foy of the Palais-Royal.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "Flashpoint"</ref> Two days later, the ''[[Sans-culottes]]'' went to Les Invalides to seize weapons. With the help of a part of the Army, the rioters [[Storming of the Bastille|stormed the Bastille]] to seize gunpowder. Élise joined the mob to save Arno but Bellec and Dorian escaped with a [[Leap of Faith]] before the angry mob took control of the fortress and killed his governor [[Bernard-René de Launay]].<ref name="ACUnovel"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Storming of the Bastille]]</ref><ref name="Imprisoned"/> Liberating the seven prisoners who were mostly forgers or insanes, the revolutionaries created the myth of the Comte de Lorges as a victim of the Absolute monarchy.<ref>''Project Widow'' – "The Poster Guy"</ref>

During these event, the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]] became the Commander-in-Chief of the [[National Guard]] in the city.<ref name="Patriot 89">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Le Patriote 1789]]</ref> On 17 July, he met King Louis XVI in the Hôtel de Ville to presente the idea of a three color flag. Associating the blue and red colors of the [[Cockades|cockade]] of Paris, Lafayette added the white cockade of the Monarchy, conferring upon the Sovereign a central role in the new definition of powers. The tricolore cockade became a symbol of the Revolution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Cockade]]</ref>

During July, the new finance minister, [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], hoarded foodstuffs and sold them at an exorbitant rate in Paris. The Assassin Brotherhood intervened and opened its warehouses for the population.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Let Them Eat Hay]]</ref> Doué's henchmen tried to move the food but were stopped by the Assassins.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Cat Food on a Hot Tin Roof]]</ref> On 22 July, Doué was captured by an angry mob who hanged him to a lantern in Place de Grève and later beheaded him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Joseph Foullon de Doué]]</ref> During these events, the ''Sans-Culottes'' organized the city as the [[Paris Commune (1789–1795)|Paris Commune]] with [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] as his mayor.<ref name="Le Champ de Mars">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Le Champ de Mars]]</ref>

[[File:Women's March 6.png|thumb|250px|Women's March in Paris]]

Even after the [[National Assembly]] abolished the privileges of Nobility and Church in France, many people were starving in Paris. On 5 October 1789, [[Théroigne de Méricourt]] led a [[Women's March on Versailles|march with the women of ''Les Halles'']] to enter the Palace of Versailles. The Templars who followed Germain tried to make the march more violent and target Méricourt. The Brotherhood sent the newly recruited Dorian and other Assassins protected her and sabotaged the cannons used against the mob.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Women's March]]</ref> After the crowd entered the Palace of Versailles, the royal family returned with the mob to Paris, residing in the Palais des Tuileries while the National Assembly went near the palace in the Salle du Manège.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Women's March on Versailles]]</ref><ref name="Palais des Tuileries"/>

On the night of 5 October, Élise called for a meeting with her allies at the [[Hôtel de Lauzun]] of the [[Marquis de Pimôdan]] on the Île Saint-Louis. Before the meeting, Germain's faction killed Élise's allies or convinced them to join them. Ambushing Élise at the meeting, they killed the Templar [[Jean Burnel]] but Élise escaped by jumping into the Seine.<ref name="ACUnovel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|(novel)]]</ref>

====Time of Changes====
After the event of 1789, the Assembly National voted for the demolition of the Bastille<ref name="Database" /> and used its stones to construct the [[Pont de la Concorde|Pont de la Révolution]] between the Palais Bourbon and the Tuileries Gardens.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pont de la Concorde / Révolution]]</ref> Many political clubs were established in Paris to inform the population, as the Templar-affiliate [[Jacobins]], who took place in the convent of Jacobins.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jacobin Club]]</ref> A year after the Storming of the Bastille, the Fête de la Fédération was organized on Le Champs de Mars to reinforce the unity of the King with the National Assembly and the people, with a crowd of 300,000 attending the celebrations.<ref name="Le Champ de Mars" />

In 1791, the Café Théâtre fell into near-ruin. Its manager, the Assassin [[Charlotte Gouze]] chose Arno Dorian, who became an Assassin, as the new steward of the Café. While renovating the building, Arno fought [[Les Actes des Apôtres]], a royalist faction that targeted the café. The Assassin also bought other cafés in the city to serve as intelligence gathering for the Brotherhood. After obtaining one of them, Arno accomplished contracts on thugs and Templars who controlled the boroughs of Paris. At the same time, under the suggestion of [[Eugène François Vidocq]], Arno investigated different murders through the city to arrest the culprits.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

[[File:The Kingdom of Beggars 5.png|thumb|left|250px|The Cour des Miracles]]

After de la Serre's death, the Templars had taken control of Paris, organizing the smuggling of precious artifacts.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> Sivert also racketed nobles and clergymen, offering his protection against the revolutionaries.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Graduation (Unity)|Graduation]]</ref> The [[Assassin Council]] tasked Arno to assassinate Sivert in ''Nôtre-Dame'' and investigate the murder of de la Serre. After killing the Templar, the Assassin had the identity of the other de la Serre's murder, the ''Roi des Thunes''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Confession]]</ref> Arno infiltrated the ''Cour des Miracles''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Kingdom of Beggars]]</ref> and killed him. In his memories, Arno discovered that the two murders worked for a new Grand Master. With the help of the [[Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade|Marquis de Sade]], who became the new King of Beggars, Arno found out that the [[Templar pin|weapon]] used to kill his adoptive father was created by Germain.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Le Roi Est Mort]]</ref> Arno went into the silversmith's shop to interrogate him. Seeing that Arno did not know he was a Templar, Germain manipulated Arno and told him that it was [[Chrétien Lafrenière]] who asked him to forge the weapon and that he prepared an attack.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Silversmith]]</ref> The Assassin followed this lead and destroyed the gunpowder stock of Lafrenière in the ''Halle aux Blés''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[La Halle aux Blés]]</ref> At the night, Arno killed Lafrenière in the old Holy Innocents' Cemetery, during a reunion with Templars who were loyal to de la Serre. Arno understood his mistake after seeing that Lafrenière tried to save the Grand Master.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Prophet]]</ref>

After the death of Lafrenière, Germain and his followers organized their plan to starve the population of Paris and overthrow the King. They also planned to kill Élise de la Serre. Arno, who eavesdropped on the meeting,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Jacobin Club]]</ref> saved Élise from the radical Templars.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Templar Ambush]]</ref> The two step-siblings decided to investigate together de la Serre's death with the help of the Brotherhood. Élise revealed to Arno that Germain was a Templar and they found proof that he was the mastermind of the plot. While Arno wanted to inform the Mentor [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]] about that,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[A Cautious Alliance]]</ref> Pierre Bellec killed the Mentor to impeach the peace between the Templars and the Assassins. After discovering that, Arno was forced to fight Bellec in the ''Sainte-Chapelle'' and finish him after wounding his mentor.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Confrontation]]</ref> With two of their members dead, the Council refused to ally with Élise and Arno was forbidden to investigate the murder of de la Serre.<ref name="ACU" /> Mirabeau was buried in the church St Genevieve, which became the Panthéon, a secular mausoleum for the great men and women of the nation.<ref name="Panthéon" />

====Fall of Monarchy====
In June 1791, the Royal family tried to flee Paris to Varennes to begin a counter-revolution, but they were recognized in the tavern and were forced to return to the city. This act angered the population and a manifestation against the King occurred in the Tuileries which were repressed by the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de la Fayette]].<ref name="Database" /> In 1792, as France entered in war against the [[Austria|Austrian Empire]], the Parisian population was suspicious about the real intention of the King.<ref name="ACU" /> Furthermore, the city was starving because of the actions of [[Marie Lévesque]] and Madame [[Flavigny]], two Templars working for Germain. Théroigne de Méricourt investigated the food hoarding and with the help of the Assassins stopped a part of before the members of the Brotherhood assassinated Flavigny.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Food Chain]]</ref> In June, the Sans-Culottes broke in the Palace of Tuileries and forced the King to wear a Phrygian cap and to toast the nation with a glass of wine.<ref name="Database" />

[[File:The King's Correspondence 4.png|thumb|250px|Tuileries under attack]]

The 9 August, the Commune of Paris led by the Jacobins took the arms against the King, and the [[10 August]], stormed the Tuileries Palace. The King fled the palace while the Swiss Guards fought the crowd. As the King had letters from the late Mentor Mirabeau, the Council sent Arno in the Palace to destroy the documents before they fell in the wrong hands. During his searching in the palace, Arno encountered [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], a soldier who looking for a [[Saint-Denis Temple key|key which can open an Isu Temple in Saint-Denis]] possessed by the King. The two accomplished their task before fleeing the palace as [[Frédéric Rouille]], one of Germain's followers, arrived to recover document which proved the alliance between the King and the Austrians.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The King's Correspondence]]</ref> As the King arrived in the ''Salle du Manège'', the Constitutional Assembly declared the monarchy illegal and the royal family was arrested and sent to the Temple of Paris.<ref name="Database" />

With no king, the Constitutional Assembly became the National Convention with a strong influence of the Commune of Paris. An Austrian spy ring led by the [[Comte de Gambais]] and [[Vicomte de Gambais]] tried to prepare an invasion of Paris by the Austrian forces. The 2 September, the Minister of Justice [[Georges Danton]] delivered a speech before the Convention, calling for "more audacity" in the face of overwhelming odds against Austria. After the speech, Danton lured one of the spies into the trap but the spy tried to kill Danton. Two Assassins saved Danton and killed the two leaders of the spy ring. With a treat of a royalist uprising in Paris, political leaders as [[Jean-Paul Marat]] called the population to slaughter royalist-affiliated and the prisoners in the city. The [[September Massacres]] began in the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and spread through Paris, as in the [[Salpêtrière Hospital]] or the Château de la Tournelle. Frédéric Rouille led the attack on the Grand Châtelet, killing and decapitating the warden's brother. Arno infiltrated the prison and assassinated Rouille without the permission of the Council. Thousand of persons were killed in Paris during the massacre.<ref name="ACU" /> Some weeks later, the Crown Jewels were stolen by a thief and smuggled through the city.

Under the Republic, many monuments in Paris had their names changed to erase the royal legacy of France. The Place Royale became the Place des Vosges, the Place Louis XV became Place de la Révolution and the Palais-Royale became the Palais-Égalité.<ref name="ACU" /> During October, Marie Lévesque continued to hoard the grain entering the city and stored it under the Luxembourg Palace<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Starving Times]]</ref> to accuse the royal family of starving the population. Arno and Élise worked together to ruin her plan. During the party in the Luxembourg Palace, while Élise tried to move the grain, Arno assassinated Lévesque before her guests.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Hoarders]]</ref> The two flew the guards on the rooftops of the city with a hot-air balloon.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Escape (Unity)|The Escape]]</ref>

[[File:ACU The Execution 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Execution of Louis XVI]]

The 11 December began the trial of the King, judged by the National Convention. With the proof obtained by Rouille, the Templars had no difficulties showing Louis as an enemy of the Revolution. On 15 January 1793, the King was declared guilty of conspiracy against public freedom and five days later was sentenced to death thanks to the Templar [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]] who cast the decisive vote. After the vote, a party was organized in the Palais-Égalité to celebrate the execution of the King, with Le Peletier as one of the guests. Arno infiltrated the palace and killed the Templar. In his memories, Arno discovered that Germain would be at the execution.<ref name="ACU" />

On the morning of 21st January, the place of the Revolution was arranged with a scaffold and a guillotine, with [[Charles-Henri Sanson]] overseeing the execution. The population amassed in the place to see the death of the King. Arno and Élise separate to search Germain in the crowd. The Assassin found first Germain who explained to Arno that his plan was succeeded and after the King's death, a New Order will come. As the blade fell on the neck of the King and the crowd exulted, Germain flew the place after ordering his guards to kill Arno. Élise helped Arno and ordered him to follow Germain but he refused to let her alone. As their target escaped, Élise decided to stop working with Arno to avenge their father's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Execution]]</ref> The Assassin was also expelled from the Brotherhood for killing Templars without the permission of the Council and creating disorder during the King's execution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Bottom of the Barrel]]</ref> Louis XVI was buried in the [[Church of the Madeleine]].<ref name="ACU" />

With the death of the King, Paris prepared itself for the attack of the European nations. Many churches were transformed into gunpowder stores. The Louvre was transformed into a museum and the Assassins stole masterpieces that were kept by nobles in the Luxembourg Palace. In the National Convention, the rivalry increased between the Montagnards, who wanted to stop the war, and the [[Girondists|Girondins]], who wanted to continue the war but were more moderate on the Revolution. On 2 June 1793, the leader of the Montagnards [[Maximilien de Robespierre]], who was a Templar working for Germain, ordered the Commander General of the Paris National Guard [[François Hanriot]] to arrest the Girondins with the help of the Commune of Paris. The Assassins saved some of them before they were arrested and helped them to flee the city.

As Jean-Paul Marat called for the murder of Girondins, [[Charlotte Corday]], a sympathizer of the Girondins, assassinated him in his bath on 13 July. Arno Dorian investigated the murder and arrested Corday who was executed four days later. Marat became a martyr of the Republic and was buried in the Panthéon.<ref name="ACU" />

During the same month, the Templar General [[Marcourt]] plotted with other Templars a Coup d'État against the Convention to accelerate the Revolution in France. They organized a tournament in Paris to recruit soldiers for the coup. One of the conspirators was [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], an ally of the Brotherhood. He tasked a group of Assassins to infiltrate the tournament, winning the challenges and killing Marcourt and his allies in the Invalides.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Tournament (Unity)|The Tournament]]</ref>

====Reign of Terror====
In September, Robespierre and the Templars increased their control of France with the [[Reign of Terror]]. The Law of suspects permitted to arrest and judge anyone who was accused to be a counter-revolutionary. During this month, the Templars arrested [[Jacques Roux]], the leader of the Enragés, a radical revolutionary movement that advocated for food riots and more executions. They wanted to use him in the case of Robespierre's fall. Many executions occurred in the city. As the prisons of Paris were full of suspects, like the ''Conciergerie'' or the ''Grand Châtelet'', many monuments were turned in prison, as the ''Palace du Luxembourg'' or the ''Collège des Quatre Nations''. The Revolutionary Tribunal was installed in the ''Palais de Justice'' of Paris and condemned to death many important persons as [[Jacques Pierre Brissot]], [[Marie-Jeanne Phlippon Roland]], [[Olympe de Gouges]] and Philippe Egalité. Most of the executions took place in the ''Place des Grèves'' or ''Place de la Révolution''.<ref name="Database" /> Even the Mayor of Paris Bailly was executed by a mob in the ''Champs de Mars''.<ref name="Le Champ de Mars" /> In November, the Queen was executed after the Gendarme [[Jean Gilbert]] foiled a plan of the Brotherhood to save her. The Assassins killed Gilbert for retribution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Betrayer of the Queen]]</ref>

[[File:Danton's Sacrifice 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Danton and the Indulgents led to the Guillotine]]

As the Templars increased their influence in the city, the Assassins stroke back. One of Robespierre's spies, [[Didier Paton]], discovered that the French government was infiltrated by the Templars and made a list of them, without knowing his master was one of them. He was condemned to death. The Assassins took his book and saved Paton who became a member of the Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Heads Will Roll]]</ref> In February 1794, the Templars wanted to release Roux to increase the Terror. A team of Assassins failed to kill Roux in the Salpêtrière Hospital. A second team saved the first one and managed to eliminate the leader of the Enragés.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Les Enragés]]</ref> Later, one of [[Jacques Roux's lieutenant]] tried to create a riot in the Hôtel de Cluny. The Assassins killed him, ending the ''Enragés'' threat on Paris.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Roux's Remains]]</ref>

In March, Robespierre made arrested the Exagérés, led by [[Jacques Hébert]], who wanted to further the Terror, and the ''Indulgents'', led by Danton et Desmoulins, who wanted to stop the Terror. The Exagérés were executed and on the 4th of April, the ''Indulgents'' were led to the guillotine.<ref name="ACU" /> The Assassins tried to save Danton but he accepted to sacrifice himself and asked them to save his friends who were not arrested. The Assassins accomplished the mission.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Danton's Sacrifice]]</ref> The same day, the Assassin killed [[Andrés de Guzmán]], who participated in the fall of Girondists.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Retribution for a Rabble-Rouser]]</ref> In May, the Templars revealed that Mirabeau had a correspondence with the King and wanted to expose his ties with the Assassins by opening his vault in the Panthéon. Two Assassins took the relics of the Mentor before the Templars could recover them.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Moving Mirabeau]]</ref>

On 8 June, Robespierre organized the festival of [[Cult of the Supreme Being|Supreme Being]] in the Champs de Mars. Arno and Élise resumed their partnership to stop Germain and his followers. Élise poisoned Robespierre's beverage with ergot to make him look like a mad man and Arno stole a list of members written by the Templar and delivered it to the enemies of Robespierre.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Supreme Being]]</ref> Believing that Robespierre wanted to execute them, the Convention arrested him on the 27th of July. The Commune of Paris rose against the Convention and saved Robespierre who took refuge in the Hôtel de Ville. Arno and Élise infiltrated the building and interrogated the Templar. After Élise shot in the jaw, Robespierre wrote that Germain was hiding in the Temple. The troops of the Convention captured Robespierre and his followers as [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]] and Hanriot and were executed on the place de la Revolution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Fall of Robespierre]]</ref> Two days later, Théroigne de Méricourt led an attack on the Jacobin convent where Templars prepared their flee. A team of Assassins helped Méricourt to enter the convent and killed the Jacobin leaders.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Jacobin Raid]]</ref> Arno and Élise confronted Germain in Jacques de Molay's vault under the Temple. The Sage used against them the Sword of Eden hidden by Jacques de Molay's advisor. During the fight, a blast from the sword killed Élise and wounded Germain. Arno finished the Sage but even with his death, Germain claimed that in a plan to control the population would succeed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Temple]]</ref>

===Change of regime===
[[File:ACU. Napoleon cannon.png|thumb|left|250px|Napoleon during the 13 Vendémaire]]

With the end of Terror, the royalists returned in Paris to prepare a coup against the Republic. Arno, who was reintroduced in the Brotherhood, helped the French Army to foil some of the royalist plots. The 5 October 1795, twenty-five thousand royalists organized an uprising against the Convention. Before the Saint-Roch, with five thousand troops, Napoleon Bonaparte fired on the mob with grapeshot, taking the victory on the royalists. [[François-Joseph Carbon]], one of the royalists, took a shot in the face but survived and decided to prepare his revenge against Napoleon. The event was known as the [[13 Vendémiaire]].<ref name="ACU" />

Under the Directory, the new Legislative body, the Council of Five Hundred, was installed in the Palais Bourbon. The Templars tried to infiltrate the Council to restore the Terror. Arno killed the Templars before they could be elected. After his campaign in [[Egypt]], Napoleon returned to Paris with a [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple of Eden]], an Isu artifact that could control the minds of individuals. The 9 November 1799, with his troops and the Apple, Napoleon organized a Coup d'État in the Tuileries against the Council of the Ancient which recognized as the First Consul of France and promulgated the Consulate, ending the French Revolution.<ref name="ACU" />

Taking the power, Napoleon became a target for the royalists in Paris. François-Joseph Carbon, who wanted to take his revenge for the 13 Vendémaire and organized the assassination of the First Consul. The 24 December 1800, they placed in the rue Saint-Nicaise an explosive device, the [[Infernal Machine]], which would kill Bonaparte on his way for the opera. The Assassins, learning about the plot, killed the snipers before they could shoot on the Machine but one of them succeeded, killing 22 people in the street without hurting Napoleon. While the Gendarmes investigated the explosion, the Assassins tracked Carbon and his men and killed them.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Infernal Machine]]</ref>

In 1801, Bonaparte offered the Luxembourg Palace to the French Senate. In 1804, the First Consul became the Emperor of France and was sacred in Nôtre-Dame as Napoleon I. In 1808, Napoleon ordered the destruction of the Grand Châtelet and the Temple. During the destruction of the last one, Arno entered in de Molay vault and recovered the remains of Germain and hid them in the catacombs.<ref name="ACU" />

After the fall of the Empire in 1815, the monarchy was restored but a revolution in 1830 expelled the Bourbon from France, establishing the Orleans on the throne of France. In 1840, Napoleon I's remains were installed in the Invalides. In 1848, another revolution ended forever the Kingdom of France and installed a Second Republic which became an empire with Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon I.<ref name="Database"/>

By 1854, the Parisian Brotherhood founded one of many bases underneath one of Paris' train station, the [[Gare de l'Est]]. There, the base was a home to a group of Assasssins, [[Amira Benyamina]], [[Michel Moulin]], and [[Henri Escoffier]].<ref name="Chapter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 13</ref> Unknown to most, [[Oscar Kane]], known as the "Magus," came under the pretense to search for an [[Eye]] with the Assassins but came to supply and oversee the transaction of his casings to [[Italy|Italian]] revolutionary [[Felice Orsini]].<ref name="Chapter 17">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 17</ref><ref name="Chapter 19">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 19</ref>

On 14 January 1858, Orsini planned and attacked Napoleon III and his wife at the {{Wiki|Salle Le Peletier|theater opera de le Peletier}} with bombs manufactured by the Magus. Luckily, out of the twelve bombs created, only three were used and one was taken, due to the intervention of the Assassin [[Simeon Price]] and [[Aurora Equestrian Troupe]]'s acrobat [[Pierrette Arnaud]].<ref name="Chapter 15">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 15</ref> As a result, this led to tensions between England and France and resulted in harsher government laws in England.<ref name="Chapter 18">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]'' – Chapter 18</ref>

In 1866, the architect Victor Baltard completed his massive glass and iron market pavilions in ''Les Halles''. His construction served as a model for the other cities in Europe.<ref name="Les Halles" />

===Franco-Prussian War===
{{Main|Franco-Prussian War}}
In the summer of 1870, the [[Second French Empire]] waged the war against [[Prussia]].<ref name="CH12">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 12</ref> Within months, Napoleon III abdicated and his empire fell.<ref name="CH14>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 14</ref> However, the Parisians enacted the [[Government of National Defense]] to combat the Prussians and the French Brotherhood began to aid the people's needs for medical aid and rations.<ref name="CH15">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 15</ref> Despite the Assassins' stance against the Prussians, their forces were overwhelmed.<ref name="CH16">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 16</ref> In early 1871, the Government of National Defense signed an armistice and disbanded after declaring Prussians victorious.<ref name="CH20">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 20</ref>

However, the Parisians opposed the new [[Third French Republic]] and convened themselves a new [[Paris Commune (1871)|Paris Commune]] in retaliation to the French government. Despite the {{Wiki|Communards}}' efforts, the commune was short-lived and defeated, which led to the Third French Republic as the official successor.<ref name="CH20"/>

===Belle Époque===
[[File:Fin de Siecle 10.png|thumb|250px|Paris during the Belle Époque era]]

In the latter part of the century, in the {{Wiki|Belle Époque}} era, Paris became famous as the City of Light and grew in size and economic power thanks to technological advances. Millions of tourists came to Paris to see the 1889 World's Fair and the new [[Eiffel Tower]]<ref name="DatabaseBE">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 19. Belle Époque]]</ref> and the [[Gallery of Machines]]. However, days before the unveiling, the French Assassins, along with the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassins]] Simeon Price and Pierrette Arnaud, found out about a possible Templar plan involving [[Austrian Rite of the Templar Order|Austrian Templar]] Countess [[Konstanze von Visler]]'s plan to use the [[Engine of History]].<ref name="CH28">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 28</ref>

From their work, they all discovered that the Eiffel Tower was the main location and planned to bomb it to stop von Visler's plan and her engine.<ref name="CH28"/> However, Arnaud learned that the Engine was not a device, but a method to calculate predictions of Assassin's planning, and how she planned to frame the Assassins as terrorists. Although being injured by the countess, she enlisted her ward [[Spider Wallin]] to tell the Assassins of Konstanze's true plans.<ref name="CH31">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 31</ref> Fortunately, Wallin reached Simeon and the Assassins, stopped their own explosion, and thus von Visler's plan. Consequently, Konstanze also died from an injury during an altercation between her and Simeon atop the tower.<ref name="CH32">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 32</ref>

Paris became the cultural capital of the world but anarchist groups organized terrorist attacks in the cafés and cabarets of the city. In 1898 began the construction of the Paris Metro which was finished in 1900.<ref name="DatabaseBE">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 19. Belle Époque]]</ref>

Sometime towards the end of the 19th century, the [[Hermeticists|Hermeticist]] [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]], accompanied by the disembodied being of [[William Robert Woodman]], met one of the Secret Chiefs in Paris. The Chief, who wore a ring marked with the [[Templar insignia]], informed Mathers that his Order's partnership with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn had ended.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.]]</ref>

===20th century===
[[File:ACU WW2 Occupied Paris Kommandatur Nacho Yague.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Paris during World War II]]

In the 20th century, Paris suffered bombardment in [[World War I]] and [[Germany|German]] occupation from 1940 until 1944 during [[World War II]]. Between the two wars, Paris was the capital of modern art and a magnet for intellectuals, writers and artists from around the world.<ref name="Database" /> During the Nazi occupation, the Eiffel Tower became a symbolic battleground. The leader of Germany, [[Adolf Hitler]], ordered its destruction but it was never done and Nazi banners were put on the tower. In 1944, the US fighter pilot Captain [[William Overstreet Jr.|William Overstreet]] attacked a German plane over Paris. The German pilot tried to flee by flying close to the Eiffel Tower but he crashed his plane. Few months later, Paris was liberated with the rest of France after the Normandy landings, ending the Nazi occupation.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 20. WW2]]</ref>

That same year, after [[Miriam Kurtz]] recovered a Piece of Eden from the [[Cologne Cathedral]], she brought it to the Assassins in Paris at the request of [[Barthel Schink]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files#Subject Zero|"Subject Zero" - audio file 4]]</ref>

In the 1970s, Baltard's ''Les Halles'' was pulled down and replaced by a concrete jungle where a glass canopy was installed in the 2010s.<ref name="Les Halles" />

===Modern era===
In November 2013, the Templars acquired the corpse of [[John Standish]], a Sage who worked in [[Abstergo Entertainment]] before being killed after he tried to use the body of an [[Noob|employee]] as a physical vessel for his lover, the Isu [[Juno]]. Using his [[Genetic memory|genetic material]], [[Abstergo Industries]] maintained a [[Abstergo Industries Paris facility|secret laboratory]] in Paris led by the Templar [[Álvaro Gramática]] for the [[Phoenix Project]]: cloning members of the Isu Civilization to understand and control the pieces of Eden. As the Templars searched for other Sages, Abstergo Entertainment explored the memories of Arno Dorian to discover the remains of Germain.<ref name="ACU" /> At the end of the year 2014, the Templar initiate known as the [[Journeyman]] was sent to Paris to explore the Sainte-Chapelle to find secrets on the location of the Sage.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]''</ref>

In October 2014, a team of Assassins led by [[Gavin Banks]] entered the laboratory and destroyed the genetic material and the research of Abstergo.<ref name="ACU" /> During the attack, the Assassin [[Galina Voronina]] destroyed the [[Shroud of Eden 1|original Shroud of Eden]] by launching a grenade on Gramática, who survived thank the Shroud.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> In November, [[Eric Cooper]] set up an Assassin headquarters in Paris to help infiltrate a data hub for the [[Helix]], Abstergo Entertainment's upcoming cloud-based game service.<ref>{{Twitter|acinitiates|status/529996213291343872|AC Initiates|quote=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1rsv1LIMAArm7x.jpg pic.twitter.com/OeBverSwn2]}}</ref>

==Districts==
During the French Revolution, Paris was divided in seven districts.

===Île de la Cité===
{{Main|Île de la Cité}}
Situated at the center of the city, the Île de la Cité is one of the oldest districts of Paris with medieval architecture. Surrounded by the Seine River, the district is composed of two islands: the Île de la Cité and the Île Saint-Louis. Its most notable landmarks are the Palais de Justice and the Notre-Dame cathedral. It was also the district were the Assassin Brotherhood established their headquarters, under the Café Théâtre in the Île Saint-Louis.<ref name="ACU" />

===La Bièvre===
{{Main|La Bièvre}}
Named after the [[Bièvre]] river that ran through it, the district is known for the multitude of tanneries and workshops. The area is also known for its extreme poverty. Its most notable landmarks are the Panthéon and the Salpêtrière Hospital.<ref name="ACU" />

===Le Louvre===
{{Main|Le Louvre}}
During the French Revolution, the Louvre district became the political center of France with the royal residence of the Tuileries Palace and the Louvre, the Salle du Manège where the National Assembly met and the Palais-Royal where politicians and intellectuals discussed of the news in France. The Louvre district is also famous for the Gardens of Tuileries and the Place de la Révolution where many important figures as Louis XVI and Robespierre were guillotined.<ref name="ACU" />

===Le Marais===
{{Main|Le Marais}}
One of the richest district of Paris, Le Marais counting many hôtel particuliers from the French nobility. The Hôtel de Ville is the center of the political power of the city. Contrasting with its french classical architecture, two medieval fortresses of the Temple and the Bastille were still standing in the late 18th century, before been destroyed during the French Revolution.<ref name="ACU" />

===Le Quartier Latin===
{{Main|Le Quartier Latin}}
The Latin district, or ''Le Quartier Latin'' in French, is the intellectual and scientific center of Paris with the College of the Four Nations, the Sorbonne, the Observatory and the Café Procope. The district is also famous for the Luxembourg Palace and its gardens.<ref name="ACU" />

===Les Invalides===
{{Main|Les Invalides (district)}}
The most rural part of the city, Les Invalides district comprised military buildings as the École Militaire and the Invalides hospital and the troops used Le Champ de Mars for military exercises. Les Invalides is also the home of the Palais Bourbon where the Five-Hundred Council meet.<ref name="ACU" />

===Ventre de Paris===
{{Main|Ventre de Paris}}
Known as the belly of Paris, this popular district is comprised of many markets like les Halles with the Halle aux Blés. At the north of the district, the Cour des Miracles gathers the poor, beggars and prostitutes under the control of the Roi des Thunes.<ref name="ACU" />

==Behind the scenes==
Paris' underground space in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' is anachronistic. The first vaulted {{Wiki|Paris sewers|sewers}} were built as late as Napoleon I's reign. The game's sewers are based on the 19th-century sewers from {{Wiki|Haussmann's renovation of Paris|large rebuilding works}} under [[Napoleon III]] and Baron {{Wiki|Georges-Eugène Haussmann}}. The remains from Parisian cemeteries were transferred to [[Catacombs of Paris|catacombs]] set up in former mines in the 1780s and have been neatly stacked since 1810.

The green-framed, blue-enameled plaques which denote the street names in Paris and [[Versailles]] were not placed at corners before 1847.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frenchmoments.eu/street-name-plaques-of-paris/|title=What about the iconic Street-Name Plaques of Paris?|author=Pierre|publisher=''French Moments''|date=30 January 2021|accessdate=9 December 2023}}</ref> Also, some street names are fictional, as the city ground plan is not historically perfect and streets are significantly wider to allow for easier movement which is already made more difficult by the density of NPCs.

Paris is one of three cities that were completely modeled twice for different periods in the series, with the other two being [[New York City]] and [[London]]. Paris was first rendered for ''Unity'' set in the 1790s and then was redone in 2021 for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''{{'}}s downloadable expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' set in 885–886 CE during the Viking siege.

==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mdat}}
*[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' film]] {{Promo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''
*''[[The Tower: Assassin's Creed]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Gold]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Siege of Paris]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]''
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}} {{Io}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''

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Painting gallery

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{{Quote|I have created a small gallery in the Villa. Monteriggioni's artists are always welcome to study them.|Mario Auditore regarding the Villa's gallery, 1454.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Italian Wars: Chapter 3 – Mario Auditore}}
A '''painting gallery''' is a space for the exhibition of paintings.

==History==
===Villa Auditore===
[[File:AC2 Villa Auditore Painting Gallery.png|thumb|250px|The painting gallery in the Villa Auditore]]
During the [[Renaissance]], the Villa was heavily damaged in a [[Florence|Florentine]] attack. When the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Domenico Auditore]] bought it sometime after 1321, he [[Renovation|renovated]] the building and included a painting gallery inside.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Villa Auditore]]</ref> Over a century later in 1454, Domenico's descendant [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] began decorating the room, taking advantage of his brother [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]]'s connections in [[Florence]] to import fine art.<ref name="PL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Italian Wars: Chapter 3 – Mario Auditore]]</ref>

From 1476 to 1499, Mario's nephew [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] displayed commissioned portraits of his assassination targets after he killed them. He also showcased pieces of [[Renaissance]] artwork bought from [[art merchant]]s in several cities during his travels. Through his friendship with [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in particular, Ezio was able to gather a number of his works, including the ''[[Annunciation]]'', ''[[Lady with an Ermine]]'', and the ''[[Portrait of a Musician]]''.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> However, all the paintings were either destroyed or stolen by the Borgia following the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|siege]] of [[Monteriggioni]] in 1500.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

After Leonardo was abducted by [[Hermeticists]] in 1506, his apprentice [[Salaì]] revealed to Ezio that one of the paintings looted after the Villa attack, ''{{Wiki|File:Ambrogio de Predis - Portrait of a Woman - WGA18378.jpg|Portrait of a Lady}}'', was not actually Leonardo's work, implying that he had sold one of his own paintings as Leonardo's. Despite this revelation, Ezio remained fixed on reclaiming the work from where it was kept in Duke [[Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso d'Este]]'s [[Delizia di Belriguardo|estate]] outside [[Ferrara]].<ref name="A Roll of the Dice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] – [[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'''' – [[A Roll of the Dice]]</ref>

===Tiber Island headquarters===
[[File:ACB Painting Gallery.png|thumb|250px|The painting gallery in the Tiber Island headquarters]]
After the [[Assassins]] obtained an old storeroom on [[Tiber Island]] in [[Rome]] from [[Fabio Orsini]], they refurnished a room to house a painting gallery. Ezio once again contacted local art merchants and decorated the place with more paintings, all of which were the works of [[Raphael]]. As he had done in the Villa, portraits of primary assassination targets were also displayed in the same gallery.<ref name="ACB"/>

==Behind the scenes==
Several paintings which Ezio could buy both before and after settling to Rome were historically created at a later time. For example, {{Wiki|Antonio da Correggio}} was born in 1489 and painted ''{{Wiki|Jupiter and Io}}'' in 1530, yet Ezio could acquire this painting as early as 1481.

Although Salaì hints that ''Portrait of a Lady'' was done by him, it is currently attributed to {{Wiki|Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis}}, who collaborated with Leonardo during his stay in [[Milan]]. It is thought to portray {{Wiki|Beatrice d'Este}}, [[Ludovico Sforza]]'s wife. Additionally, Salaì says that two of Leonardo's works, ''{{Wiki|Leda and the Swan (Leonardo)|Leda}}'' and ''{{Wiki|Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo)|Saint John the Baptist}}'', were burnt during the fall of Monteriggioni on 2 January 1500,<ref name="A Roll of the Dice"/> however, these two works were painted between 1505 and 1516.

After Ezio rescued Leonardo from his captors, the artist told him that he meant to repaint the ''Saint John'' lost in the Villa fire,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] – [[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'' – [[The Temple of Pythagoras]]</ref> suggesting that in the world of ''Assassin's Creed'', the two paintings historically created between 1505 and 1516 were both copies of the lost originals.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Painting gallery}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
**''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'' {{imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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[[Category:Ezio Auditore da Firenze's collections]]

New York City

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{{Era|Locations}}{{WP-REAL}}{{Update|''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus|Locus]]''}}
{{Quote|If you got nothing, go to New York. That way, if you leave with nothing, people don't ask why. And if you leave with something, then you are one lucky son of a bitch.|A man's advice for Desmond Miles.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Location Infobox
|image = AC3 Modern New York.png
|state = United States of America
|rulers = Dutch Republic (1614–1667; 1673–1674) [[British Empire]] (1664–1783) [[United States]] (1776/1783–current)
|factions = [[Templars]] [[Assassins]] [[British Army]] [[Continental Army]] [[Sons of Liberty]]
|date = 1624
|landmark = [[Statue of Liberty]] [[St. Paul's Chapel]] [[Bowling Green]] [[Fort George]]
|targets = [[Hope Jensen]] [[Thomas Hickey]] [[Haytham Kenway]]}}
'''New York City''' is the capital city of the state of [[New York]] and is the most densely populated city in the [[United States|United States of America]]. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], New York was a stronghold of the [[British Army]].

==History==
===Pre Colonization===
Indigenous people used the Wickquasgeck trail to cross Manhattan Island.<ref name="Database: Broadway">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Broadway]]</ref>

===New Amsterdam===
During the beginning of the 17th century, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] West India Company created settlements in the area, creating the colony of New Amsterdam in 1624 on Manhatten Island. The Wickquasgeck trail was turned into a street called "BreedeWeg", which later became Broadway.<ref name="Database: Broadway"/> The [[Fort George|Fort Amsterdam]] was built near the city<ref name="Database: Fort George">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Fort George]]</ref> and a wall palisade was built.<ref name="Database: Wall Street">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Wall Street]]</ref>

Four decades later, the city surrender to the [[British Empire|British]] Colonel Richard Nicholls. Passing under the British rule, New Amsterdam became New York City. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Glorious Revolution, the British were challenged by the Dutch Republic in New York but they remained in the city.<ref name="NY">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Database: New York]]</ref>

===British America===
====Growing as a big city====
In 1674, the Broad Canal was filled and a street was paved over it, becoming Broad Street.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Broad Street]]</ref> In 1675, the [[Old Royal Exchange]] was built, becoming the first cover market of the city.<ref name="Database: Old Royal Exchange">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Old Royal Exchange]]</ref>

At the turn of the 17th century, the city was the largest importer of [[Slavery|slaves]] to the [[United States|Thirteen colonies]] and a supply port for [[Piracy|pirates]].<ref name="NY"/>

In 1698, the [[Trinity Church]] was built with the help of the privateer [[William Kidd]] who lent some of his ship's equipment to the construction.<ref name="Database: Trinity Church (Rogue)">''[[Assassin's Creed Rogue]]'' – [[Database: Trinity Church (Rogue)|Database: Trinity Church]]</ref>

In 1699, with the expansion of the city, the British tore down the palisade wall around New York, becoming [[Wall Street]].<ref name="Database: Wall Street"/>

In the early 18th century, the city was ravaged by a tuberculosis epidemic which led to doctors attempting to develop a cure for the disease. Their need for a steady supply of ingredients attracted the attention of [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who used his [[Edward Kenway's fleet|fleet]] to keep them stocked.<ref name="Secret Medicine">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Edward Kenway's fleet]]: "Secret Medicine"</ref> Another group in the city that traded with the fleet were missionaries, who sought a cheap and modest source of food and purchased rice from them.<ref name="New Partners">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Edward Kenway's fleet]]: "New Partners"</ref>

In 1702, the [[Federal Hall|City Hall]] was built, also serving as a prison.<ref name="Database: City Hall (AC3)">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: City Hall (Assassin's Creed III)|Database: City Hall]]</ref>

In 1709, Trinity Church opened a [[Trinity School|charity school]] for the poor students in his bell tower.<ref name="Database: Trinity School">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Trinity School]]</ref>

In 1710, Queen Anne's government sent almost 3000 Palatine German emigrants in the city. A group of Sephardic Jews expelled from Dutch [[Brazil]] took refuge in the city. These factors helped make New York a diverse and cosmopolitan city.<ref name="NY"/>

In 1733, local landlords established [[Bowling Green]] as one of the first public parks of the city, so people living in the area would have a place to walk, bowl, and get away from the noise of the city.<ref name="Database: Bowling Green">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Bowling Green]]</ref>

In 1752, the Old Royal Exchange was expanded, with the lowest floor used for the market, and the second floor containing rooms that could be used for concerts, public meetings and balls.<ref name="Database: Old Royal Exchange"/> The same year, Jonas Smith and his son Elias built the [[Smith and Company Brewery]] which became the largest brewery in New York.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Smith and Company Brewery]]</ref>

During this period, Trinity Church became a great institution in the city. In 1749, Trinity School moved from the Church to having its own building.<ref name="Database: Trinity Church (Rogue)"/> In 1752, Trinity Church opened the St. George Chapel, the exterior being designed by Charles Otto Blesch and the interior by Leopold Eidlitz.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Database: St. George's Chapel]]</ref> In 1754, the [[King's College]] opened on the first floor of the Trinity School before having its own building six years later.<ref name="Database: King's College">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: King's College]]</ref> In 1766, the [[St. Paul's Chapel]] opened as an extension of the Trinity Church.<ref name="Database: St. Paul's Chapel">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: St. Paul's Chapel]]</ref>

====Seven Years' War====
During the [[Seven Years' War]], several [[Gang|gangs]] commanded by the [[Assassin]] [[Hope Jensen]] operated in the town harassing and extorting citizen, including [[Barry Finnegan|Barry]] and [[Cassidy Finnegan]], a couple of [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrants who lived in the [[Greenwich]] district. In June 1756, the gang outpost in Greenwich [[The Color of Right|was captured by]] the Assassin turn [[Templar]] Shay Cormac, who was then contacted by [[George Monro]], a Templar who would be responsible for the initiation of Shay into the Templar Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[The Color of Right]]</ref>

Later, Shay would rescue [[Christopher Gist]], another Templar, at [[Fort Arsenal]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[A Long Walk and a Short Drop]]</ref> After killing [[Le Chasseur]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Circumstances]]</ref> Shay talked to [[Benjamin Franklin]], confirming his suspects his former comrade, Hope, was behind the gang. Shay destroyed a factory used by the gangs in order to create poison to use against the authorities with his new [[grenade launcher]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Keep Your Friends Close]]</ref>

Shay would return to New York in 1758 to be initiated into the Templar Order by the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] after Monro's death in Albany.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Scars]]</ref>

In 1759, the prison of [[New Gaol]] was built, holding criminals and debtors.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: The New Gaol]]</ref>

====American Revolution====
[[File:New York poor district.jpg|thumb|280x280px|New York in the late 18th century]]
In the late 18th century, the [[de Grandpré company]], under the administration of [[Aveline de Grandpré]], conducted business in the city, importing and exporting a variety of products.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – Trade system</ref> In 1765, delegates from 9 of the colonies met at the City Hall to coordinate protests against the Stamp Act.<ref name="Database: City Hall (AC3)"/> In 1770, to celebrate the repeal of the Stamp Act a statue of King George III was commissioned to be placed in Bowling Green. In 1771, a wrought iron fence was added around the park, to keep malcontents from vandalizing the statue.<ref name="Database: Bowling Green"/>

By 1773, as the prison population at the New Gaol increased, the [[Bridewell Prison]] was built in two years.<ref name="Database: Bridewell Prison">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Bridewell Prison]]</ref>

With the beginning of the [[American Revolutionary War]] in 1775, as the New York State Assembly refused to send delegates for the Second [[Continental Congress]], the [[Sons of Liberty]] brought a crowd to the Old Royal Exchange to choose the delegates.<ref name="Database: Old Royal Exchange"/> In New York, the [[Continental Army]] turned the King's College into a hospital.<ref name="Database: King's College"/>

The Assassin [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] came to New York with [[Benjamin Tallmadge]] in 1776, to investigate a plot to murder [[George Washington]]. Tallmadge learned the Templar and Continental soldier [[Thomas Hickey]] was involved: Connor tracked Hickey by following members of his counterfeiting racket. Unfortunately, Connor was arrested along with Hickey by soldiers who mistook him for a fellow counterfeiter, and was thrown into Bridewell Prison. The Templars framed Connor for the plot and planned to have him executed outside City Hall, with Washington attending. The Assassins - and Connor's father, Grand Master Haytham Kenway<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> - stopped the hanging, and Connor assassinated Hickey for trying to kill Washington.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Public Execution]]</ref>

As the British Army led by General [[William Howe]] marched on New York, Washington prepared the defense of the city. On 26 August, during the battle of Long Island, the Continental Army was defeated. Pinned against the East River, the Assassin Brotherhood helped the troops retreat to {{Wiki|Brooklyn Heights}}. On 15 September, the British Navy landed at Kip's Bay, weakening Washington's leadership as the troops called for Charles Lee's ascension. The Assassins prevented the Templar from becoming the new commander. On 16 September, the Assassins motivated the Patriots in Harlem Heights, telling them about the mockery said by the British troops leading them to victory. Later, the Assassins discreetly protected [[Rufus Putnam]] during a reconnaissance mission into Harlem Heights.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Contracts (Colonial Brotherhood)|Contracts]]</ref>

As the British took over New York, Washington planned to set fire to the city but the Continental Congress voted against it.<ref name="Database: Great Fire of New York">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Great Fire of New York]]</ref> On 21 September, a [[Great Fire of New York|fire]] began at the Fighting Cocks Tavern, spreading through the poorer districts and destroying a quarter of the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Database: Fighting Cocks Tavern]]</ref> Among the casualties, Trinity Church burned<ref name="Database: Trinity Church (AC3)"> ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Trinity Church (Assassin's Creed III)|Database: Trinity Church]]</ref>while St. Paul's Chapel was saved by local bucket brigades.<ref name="Database: St. Paul's Chapel"/> The British believed the fire was caused by the Patriots but without any proof. The destruction led to a housing crisis that lasted as long as the British occupation of the city.<ref name="Database: Great Fire of New York"/>

During the war, the British took to using sugar houses, and pro-rebel churches in the city as prisons.<ref name="Database: HMS Jersey"/> Bridewell prison was used to hold American War POW's.<ref name="Database: Bridewell Prison"/> In the harbour, decommissioned war ships were put to use as prison ships, the most well-known being the [[HMS Jersey]], nicknamed the 'Hell'. The ones who died on the ships were buried in a mass grave near the harbour.<ref name="Database: HMS Jersey">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: HMS Jersey]]</ref>

In the meantime, Connor recruited [[Deborah Carter]], [[Jacob Zenger]], and [[Jamie Colley]] to the Assassins after they helped him stop Templars taking advantage of these events. In 1778, Connor met with Haytham to find [[Benjamin Church]], who had betrayed the Templar Order and the [[Continental Army]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Father and Son]]</ref> but discovered he had left New York for [[Martinique]]. Later, they worked together to find out British troop movements, learning the British planned to march on [[Monmouth]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[The Foam and the Flames]]</ref>

In 1781, the disgraced American general [[Charles Lee]] was living in Fort George. Connor planned to infiltrate the fort while the [[France|French]] [[French Navy|Navy]] bombarded the fort, so he could find and assassinate Lee during the chaos. However, Connor found that Haytham had sent Lee away, and the Templar, no longer willing to reconcile with his son, attempted to kill him. Connor assassinated his father.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Lee's Last Stand]]</ref> A year later, Connor found Lee presiding over Haytham's funeral. Lee escaped, but by eavesdropping on an accomplice on the HMS ''Jersey'', learned he had left for [[Boston]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Laid to Rest]]</ref>

On 25 November 1783, as the Continental Army won the war, British troops and the Loyalists left the city, St. Paul's Chapel's congregation among them.<ref name="Database: St. Paul's Chapel"/> Before they left, troops nailed a Union Jack to a flagpole on the Bowling Green and then greased the pole. The Americans nailed up spikes to help them climb, managing to raise Stars-and-Stripes before the British fleet had sailed out of sight. While the British Navy left the city harbor, a ship fired a cannonball at the crowds on Staten Island, who were jeering at the departing flotilla but the ball fell short of the land.<ref name="Database: Evacuation Day"/> Connor watched the British depart and met with Washington to discuss the country's future.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Evacuation Day]]</ref> This day was remembered as the [[Evacuation Day]], commemorated by festivities, such as climbing a greased flag pole to tear down a Union Jack.<ref name="Database: Evacuation Day">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Evacuation Day]]</ref>

===United States of America===
====Unofficial Capital====
After the war, many buildings and symbols of the British monarchy were erased from the city. Fort George was torn down.<ref name="Database: Fort George"/> and King's College reopened, becoming the Columbia College. As the city funded the secular schools over church schools, Trinity School became a private preparatory school.<ref name="Database: Trinity School"/>

In 1788, the City Hall was expanded and the Trinity Church was rebuilt.<ref name="Database: Trinity Church (AC3)"/>

After the US Constitution was ratified in 1789, the City Hall was used by the Congress, becoming the Federal Hall. On 30 April George Washington was inaugurated as president on the balcony.<ref name="Database: City Hall (AC3)"/> A service was also held at St. Paul's Chapel.<ref name="Database: St. Paul's Chapel"/>

Between 1790 and 1791, the Supreme Court was housed in the Old Royal Exchange before moving to Philadelphia.<ref name="Database: Old Royal Exchange"/>

In 1792, 24 local merchants signed the Button Wood Agreement in Wall Street, agreeing to only trade with one another, and taking a 0.25% commission on whatever they traded, becoming a precursor of the New York Stock Exchange.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Database: Buttonwood Agreement]]</ref>

In 1812, the Federal was torn down.<ref name="Database: City Hall (AC3)"/>

====Industrial Revolution====
In 1838, Bridewell Prison was torn down and the stones were used to build a new prison known as The Tombs.<ref name="Database: Bridewell Prison"/>

In 1846, the third Trinity Church was finished, becoming the tallest building in the city.<ref name="Database: Trinity Church (AC3)"/>

In 1863, the Evacuation Day's festivities fell out in favor of Thanksgiving.<ref name="Database: Evacuation Day"/>

During the 19th century, as Columbia College moved to Midtown, the building's cornerstone was moved to the new location, but the rest was torn down and the land underneath it was sold at a tidy profit.<ref name="Database: King's College"/>

====Modern times====
During the 20th century, the ''Charging Bull'' statue of Wall Street was placed just outside the fence of Bowling Green.<ref name="Database: Bowling Green"/>

By 1989, Egyptian immigrant [[Layla Hassan]] and her family had settled in [[Queens]] where she grew up and later became a US citizen.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[:File:ACO Layla 1989.jpg|Pictures: "New York City, 1989"]]</ref> In 1994, rather than playing with toys, Layla dismantled them to learn about their inner workings.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[:File:ACO Layla 1994.jpg|Pictures: "New York City, 1994"]]</ref>

In 2003, after having fled from [[the Farm]] and the Assassin Brotherhood, [[Desmond Miles]] ended up living in New York City, working as a bartender at a successful nightclub named [[Bad Weather]].<ref name="Escape">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Escape (Desmond's Journey)|Escape]]</ref><ref name="Metropolis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Metropolis]]</ref>
[[File:AC3 Desmond Cross Skyscrapper.png|thumb|250x250px|Daniel Cross confronting Desmond Miles in the Manhattan office.]]
On 16 November 2012, Desmond Miles, who had recently rejoined the Brotherhood, revisited New York City after his kidnapping in September of the same year. His destination was a Manhattan office of [[Abstergo Industries]], to recover a power source for the [[Grand Temple]]. That night, Desmond carried out his first proper mission as a [[Modern times|modern-day]] Assassin. He climbed what seemed to be an abandoned skyscraper while keeping in contact with [[Shaun Hastings]], [[Rebecca Crane]], and his father, [[William Miles]], via an earpiece. Rebecca recorded the entire operation using drones. At the top of the skyscraper, Desmond parachuted from a construction crane to another building. After opening the parachute at the right moment, he flew toward yet another building before retracting the parachute. Once inside the office, he encountered the Templar operative [[Daniel Cross]], who was waiting for him, armed with a gun. Desmond quickly disarmed him and knocked Cross out using the power source before making his escape.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Modern Tower]]</ref>

The next morning, Daniel awoke alone and disoriented. Due to another [[Bleeding Effect]] caused by overexposure to the [[Animus]], he was speaking in Russian. Around noon, he was spotted by Templar operative [[Juhani Otso Berg]], who had been sent by [[Laetitia England]] to investigate the security breach at the office. A confused and delirious Daniel attacked Berg but was swiftly neutralized and taken back to Abstergo, where he was detained in a holding cell until [[Warren Vidic]] could be contacted.{{Fact|June 2025}}

On 29 November 2013, after an [[Erudito]] suspected cyberheist of a New York [[bank]], the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] worked in collaboration with [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|CSIS]] to arrest fifteen suspects in [[Toronto]].<ref name="Abstergo Data">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Abstergo Data#NEWSPAPER CUTTING - 11/29/13|Abstergo Data: "NEWSPAPER CUTTING - 11/29/13"]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
It was intended for Connor be present in New York during the Great Fire of 1776, but it was too difficult to program [[civilian]]s to react to the burning part of the city, so the event was left out of ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''.<ref>{{Youtube|1ZIrWCOUOFI|Assassin's Creed III Preview - Alex Hutchinson Interview - EG Expo 2012|UCKk076mm-7JjLxJcFSXIPJA|outsidexbox}}</ref> The linearity of sequence 8 means the player avoids seeing the burned areas of the map until the game moves forward to 1777.

New York's sewers in ''III'' are anachronistic. In reality, an open canal known as {{Wiki|Canal Street (Manhattan)|Canal Street}} was used for transporting sewage during the 18th century. Canal Street was covered around 1812<ref name="date1">[https://www.wired.com/2011/01/the-secret-underground-world-of-new-york-city/ ''The Secret Underground World Of New York City'']. wired.com. Accessed 27 July 2020.</ref> or 1819<ref name="date2">{{WP|Canal Street (Manhattan)#History}}</ref> and the sewer system was expanded after that.

[[File:ACRG New York Streets - Concept Art.jpg|thumb|New York concept art showcasing the vibrant art direction in ''Rogue'']]New York is depicted quite differently between ''III'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' despite a relatively short passage of time. Entire buildings are different structurally or are made of different materials or are missing completely, stone walls are replaced with wooden palisades, different pavements are used in the same places, and a particular church is missing due to ''Rogue'' having its unique version of the city rather than reusing the version from ''III''.<ref>{{Youtube|C6-xgcbZNuY|Assassin's Creed New York Comparison (AC III VS Rogue)|UCHXcmYcI1FTChnQ5Ba8ZOfA|Kaine852}}</ref> Also, ''Rogue''{{'}}s version of the city has a more colorful and vivid atmosphere compared to the somewhat gloomy incarnation seen in ''III''. According to notes by concept artist [[Eddie Bennun]], ''"A richer color palette, predominant crystal, and bright and positive weather conditions. Big cities always have been the stars of the franchise, so our goal was to represent mid-18th century New York as a flourishing, vibrant and colorful place—the true New World's business and industrial center."''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/29/exploring-the-concept-art-in-assassin-s-creed-rogue.aspx| title=Exploring The Concept Art In Assassin's Creed Rogue|author=Jeff Cork|publisher=''gameinformer.com''|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=25 September 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref>

New York is one of three cities that were completely modeled twice for different periods in the series, with the other two being [[Paris]] and [[London]]. The first model is New York for the third numbered instalment set in the 1770s and early '80s, the second one is New York for ''Rogue'' set in the 1750s.

Surprisingly enough, in modern-day New York, neither the {{Wiki|Empire State Building}}, the {{Wiki|Chrysler Building}}, nor any other iconic skyscrapers are anywhere to be seen.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|New York City}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
**''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Io|photo}}
*''[[Animus Hub]]'' {{Mdat}}

==References==
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Bandit

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A '''bandit''' is an individual, often belonging to a [[gang]], who habitually partakes in illegal activities, typically in an isolated or lawless region.<ref>{{WP|Banditry}}</ref>

==History==
===5th century BCE===
With the absence of a proper and organized law enforcement, usually fulfilled by [[Soldier|guards]], bandits were widespread in ancient antiquity. People who had found robbing and harrying of [[civilian]]s profitable also harassed the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] throughout her travels across [[Greece]] during the [[Peloponnesian War]]. At the time, the bandits commonly seemed to favor wearing the [[Chalkidian Helmet]] which originated from [[Triple Peninsula of Chalkidike|Chalkidiki]], [[Makedonia]]. A number of them also sported [[tattoo]]s, using dark pigments to adorn their faces and their arms with relatively simple markings, though some bore an elaborate image of a [[Griffin (mythology)|griffin]] on their chests or on their backs.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

Exceptions to haphazard bandits did exist, as proven by the existence of [[The Dagger]], a criminal organization haunting the [[Abantis Islands]].<ref name="Death and Taxes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Death and Taxes]]</ref> Smaller organized groups of bandits also existed, with their leader being a regarded as "chief". A chiefship was an unsteady position, however, and in-fighting for leadership was not uncommon. Allegedly, one chief had made a [[Bandit Chief Belt|belt]] from the skin of their predecessor.<ref name="Bandit Chief Belt">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Hostage Situation]]</ref> Despite their lawlessness, Kassandra sometimes would acquire crews consisting of bandits for her ship, the ''[[Adrestia]]''.<ref name="ACOD"/>

When the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Layla Hassan]] relived Kassandra's genetic memories, she applied the [[Animus]] [[Animus mod|modification]] "[[Gang Members]]" to simulate digital reconstructions of the [[Victorian era]] [[Blighters]] gang in place of the ship's crew.<ref name="ACOD"/>

===1st century BCE===
Bandits were also a common sight in ancient [[Egypt]] during the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]], taking advantage of the [[Phylakes]] focusing on the war against [[Cleopatra]] to plunder villages, rob travelers, and run various criminal enterprises such as forgery and illegal taxation. The [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] encountered and fought numerous bandits while he was hunting down the [[Order of the Ancients]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

Of special note during this time were the gangs called [[Hungry Great Ones]] in [[Sap-Meh Nome|Sap-Meh]] and [[Sapi-Res Nome]]s,<ref name="Hungry River">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Hungry River]]</ref> and the [[Disciples of the Lioness]] in the proximity of [[Letopolis]].<ref name="Scarab's Lies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Scarab's Lies]]</ref><ref name="New Kid">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[New Kid in Town]]</ref>

===9th century CE===
During the 870s, [[England]] had [[Heptarchy|four kingdoms]] dividing the country. These troublesome times showed great turmoil and thus some sought to profit from the situation. Many men and women allied themselves with bandit groups, robbing entire villages or passersby, murdering civilians and soldiers alike. They often targeted the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] during her travels. Even bigger cities like [[London|Lunden]] saw bandits hiding in plain sight, causing trouble the city's joint [[reeve]]s [[Erke Bodilsson]] and [[Stowe]] had to manage.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

===12th century===
Upon his return to [[Masyaf]], the exiled [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] encountered the brigand [[Bayhas]] and his gang.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – Chapter 53</ref> The Assassin killed the bandits, released the tradesman [[Mukhlis]] they had imprisoned, and proceeded to Masyaf.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – Chapter 54 </ref> Later, Altaïr also met Bayhas' father, the bandit leader [[Fahad]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – Chapter 57</ref>

===Renaissance===
15th century [[Italy]] also had its bandit problems which carried over to the following century as well. Bandits occasionally targeted the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] while he travelled through the landscape of [[Florence]], [[Forlì]], [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], and [[Venice]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> From 1500 onwards, the streets of [[Rome]] were plagued by the gang ''[[Cento Occhi]]'' ("hundred eyes") who had allied with the [[House of Borgia]], while the [[Followers of Romulus]] haunted Rome's countryside and the ruins therein.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===19th century===
In London, bandits were organized into gangs. In 1868, the two leading gangs were the Blighters led by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templar]] [[Maxwell Roth]], and the Clinkers, who were taken over by the twin [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassins]] [[Evie Frye|Evie]] and [[Jacob Frye]] and renamed as the [[Rooks]] following a gang war in [[Whitechapel]] against the street forces commanded by the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Rexford Kaylock]].<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref> The Rooks proved invaluable to the Fryes' [[liberation of London]] by thwarting Templar influence in the boroughs,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> but by 1888 were overtaken by the serial killer [[Jack the Ripper]], who turned them against the Assassins.<ref name="JtR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Though the bandits' emblem in ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' seems to be based on a {{Wiki|File:Reggio calabria museo nazionale mosaico da kaulon.jpg|3rd century BC mosaic}} of a [[dragon]] from {{Wiki|Caulonia (ancient city)|Caulonia}},<ref>{{WP|Caulonia (ancient city)}}</ref> ''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' says it is based on [[coin]]s from {{Wiki|Halicarnassus}} that depicted the mythical sea monster [[Ketos]].<ref name="DT">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Megaris: Bandit Banner</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Bandit}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' {{c|as brigands}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
**''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
**''[[Wrath of the Druids]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors]]''
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
**''[[Valley of Memory]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
**''[[Claws of Awaji]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Occupations]]

Aten (afterlife)

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[[File:ACO CotP Aten - George Vourdoulas 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Aten]]
'''Aten''' was an aspect of the [[Egypt]]ian [[Egyptian mythology|afterlife]] reserved for those who followed [[Akhenaten]]'s monotheistic worship of [[Akhenaten's Apple of Eden|the Aten]]. It took the form of the ancient Egyptian city of {{Wiki|Amarna}}–the one-time capital of Egypt during Akhenaten's reign–in its prime and was dominated by a representation of the [[sun]] disk, [[Aten (deity)|Aten]].

==History==
Around 34 BCE, the [[Mentor]] of the [[Hidden Ones]] in Egypt, [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]], seemingly travelled to Aten in order to combat the disembodied spirit of Akhenaten, which had been returned to the world of the living thanks to the [[Curse of the Pharaohs]] that was plaguing the city of [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref>

==Locations==
;Military locations
*[[Royal Barracks, Aten|Royal Barracks]]
*[[Royal Palace, Aten|Royal Palace]]
*[[Tomb of the Warrior]]
*[[Wharf of the Aten]]

;Myths of the Pharaohs Stelae
*[[Bridge of Supplicants]]
*[[East Gate]]
*[[Guardians of the Aten]]
*[[West Gate]]

;Treasure locations
*[[Chambers of Reflection]]
*[[Forbidden Ruins]]
*[[Great Temple of the Aten]]
*[[House of the Warriors]]
*King's House
*[[Shrine of Akhenaten]]
*[[Vault of the Aten]]

==Behind the scenes==
Aten is based on {{Wiki|Amarna}} complete with the [[Great Temple of the Aten]] in the middle.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/model_of_the_city/| title=Tour of the Model|author=|publisher=''amarnaproject.com''|date=|accessdate=20 October 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref> It follows the specific {{Wiki|Amarna_art#Architecture|Amarna period architecture}} with smaller temples and sanctuaries and altars open to the sun.

The wall paintings reused throughout the Aten are based on the Amarna style, and in game are fictionalized combination of few particular pieces. [[Nefertiti|Nefertiti's]] head and arm from a particular sunk relief from the facade of a shrine<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/sunk-relief-from-the-facade-of-a-shrine-showing-akhenaten-and-nefertiti-offering-libations-to-aten-the-sun-god-werner-forman-archive-bridgeman-images/BAT-WNF647408| title=Stock Photo - Sunk relief from the facade of a shrine showing Akhenaten and Nefertiti offering libations to Aten, the sun god, Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC) / Werner Forman Archive / Bridgeman Images|author=|publisher=''agefotostock.com''|date=|accessdate=20 October 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://sailingstonetravel.com/hunting-for-amarna-art-across-egypt/|title=Shadowing the Aten: Hunting for Amarna Art Across Egypt|author=|publisher=''sailingstonetravel.com''|date=5 June 2020|accessdate=20 October 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref> combined with her body from a relief in Neues Museum, Berlin.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6978/royal-couple/|title=Royal Couple|author=Vandewalle, Frans|publisher=''worldhistory.org''|date=3 August 2017|accessdate=20 October 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref> There is also another remix of that body with an unknown female head. They are accompanied by a depiction of the royal children apparently based on [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amarnafigures.htm this piece].

==Trivia==
*An architectural model of Amarna, the city upon which Aten is based, can be seen within the tomb of [[Nefertiti]]'s royal architect, [[Thutmose (Architect)|Thutmose]], near [[Set-Ma'at]].

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Aten (afterlife)}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACO}}

[[Category:Egyptian mythology]]
[[Category:Egyptian afterlife]]

Bartholomew Roberts

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{{Youmay|the individual|the [[Bartholomew Roberts (memory)|memory]]}}
{{Quote|For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and withdrawing them find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!|Bartholomew Roberts to his crew, on becoming their captain, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Delirium}}
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| image = AC4 Bartholomew Roberts.png
| birth = 17 May 1682 [[Casnewydd Bach]], [[Wales]]
| death = 10 February 1722 {{c|aged 39}} Near [[Príncipe]], {{Wiki|Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe}}
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*''[[Princess]]'' crew
*''[[Royal Fortune]]'' crew
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'''Bartholomew Roberts''' (1682 – 1722), born '''John Roberts''', was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Piracy|pirate]] and [[Sage]], who raided [[ship]]s in the [[Caribbean]] and on the West [[Africa]]n coast between 1719 and 1722.

He is regarded by many historians to be the most successful pirate of the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], judging by the number of ships taken and the amount of goods stolen. For his actions, he earned the moniker '''Black Bart''', although the name was never used in his lifetime. His death is often considered to be when the Golden Age of Piracy truly ended.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|I always fancied it should have a placard at its borders: 'Welcome to Casnewydd-Bach, the town you have just passed.'|Roberts regarding his home town, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Black Bart's Gambit}}
John Roberts was born a [[Sage]] in 1682 in [[Casnewydd Bach]], [[Wales]].<ref name="Black Bart's Gambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 50</ref> It is commonly assumed that he went to sea around the age of thirteen, eventually becoming an experienced sailor.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts]]</ref>

It is unknown at which point Roberts became aware of his nature as a reincarnation of [[Aita]], but by the 1710s, he was fully aware of his past life<ref name="Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref> and sought to liberate his 'beloved' [[Juno]], Aita's wife, from her imprisonment inside the [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="Royal Misfortune">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Royal Misfortune]]</ref>

===Imprisonment by the Templars===
{{Quote|Here he is, a man both Templars and Assassins have sought for over a decade. I am told your surname is Roberts. Is this so?|Laureano Torres to Roberts, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|A Man They Call the Sage}}
The [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] and [[Templars|Templar Order]] in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] both learned about Roberts, the first known Sage in almost half a century, around 1705 and sought to locate him due to his memories of the [[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] surveillance facility built by Aita. While the Templars wished to use this facility to control world leaders, the Assassins sought to keep Roberts and, by extension, the Observatory out of their enemies' hands.<ref name="Mister Walpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref>

The Templars ultimately managed to find Roberts first and arranged for him to be delivered to [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]'s estate in [[Havana]].<ref name="Mister Walpole" /> The Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Ah Tabai]] caught wind of the capture and sent his student [[Duncan Walpole]] to free Roberts and bring him to the Assassin city of [[Tulum]]. However, Walpole had secretly turned traitor to the Brotherhood and instead decided to aid the Templars.<ref name="Edward Kenway">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Edward Kenway (memory)|Edward Kenway]]</ref>

[[File:A Man They Call The Sage 7.png|thumb|250px|left|An Assassin freeing Roberts]]
Roberts eventually arrived in Havana in July 1715, whereupon he was greeted by Torres, his fellow Templars [[Woodes Rogers]] and [[Julien du Casse]], and the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]]—who had killed Walpole and taken his identity—at the docks. As the Templars were escorting Roberts to Torres' estate, they were ambushed by a group of Assassins. During the chaos, Roberts was freed by one of the Assassins and fled, though he was quickly re-captured by Edward.<ref name="Man Called the Sage">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[A Man They Call the Sage]]</ref>

Upon being imprisoned in one of the cells of Torres' mansion, Roberts waited until nightfall to make his escape and take to the sea. Edward, who had planned to free Roberts in order to learn the Observatory's location, arrived to find the Sage gone, before he was captured by the Templars, who had deduced the pirate's identity and vowed to re-capture Roberts.<ref name="Claiming What's Due">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Claiming What's Due]]</ref>

===Slaving in Kingston and Príncipe===
{{Dialogue3|Roberts|I remember you. The Templar from Havana.|Edward|I'm no Templar, mate! That were just a ruse! We've come here to save your arse from this slaver.|Save me? I work for Mister Prins.|Well then he's a poor man to call master. He meant to sell you out to the Templars.|Roberts confronting Edward at Prins' estate, 1717.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Unmanned}}
By January 1717, Roberts had found employment with the [[Kingston]]-based [[Slavery|slaver]] [[Laurens Prins]], who hired him to tend to his [[plantation]]s and allowed him to stay at his estate. Upon learning of a bounty placed on the Sage's head by the Templars, however, Prins secretly planned to sell him out to them.<ref name="The Forts">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Forts]]</ref>

Edward, acting on information given by his fellow pirates, confronted Torres and devised a plan to have the Templar Grand Master meet with Prins in Kingston and lead Edward to Roberts. However, Prins detected Edward and the Assassin [[Mary Read]] and managed to flee back to his mansion.<ref name="Traveling Salesman">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Traveling Salesman]]</ref>

[[File:Unmanned 9.png|thumb|250px|Roberts holding Mary Read hostage]]
When Edward infiltrated Prins' estate and killed him in his gardens, Roberts appeared and confronted the pirate while holding Mary at gunpoint. As Edward informed him of Prins' plan to sell him out to the Templars, Roberts declared that he could trust no one before shooting an alarm bell to alert the guards to Edward's presence. He then made his escape while Edward and Mary were forced to deal with the guards.<ref name="Unmanned">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Unmanned]]</ref>

By 1718, Roberts had returned to the sea, working aboard a [[merchant]] ship of [[Barbados|Barbadian]] origin. He later began working aboard a slave ship called the ''[[Princess]]'', [[Captain|captained]] by Abraham Plumb.<ref name="Database" /> This ship made regular trips between Kingston and the Portuguese colony of [[Príncipe]] roughly every eight weeks.<ref name="Vainglorious Bastards">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Vainglorious Bastards]]</ref>

===Life of piracy===
{{Quote|In honest service there are thin commons, low wages, and hard labour. Yet as gentlemen of fortune we enjoy plenty and satisfaction, pleasure and ease, liberty and power... so what man with a sensible mind would choose the former life, when the only hazard we pirates run is a sour look from those without strength or splendor?|Roberts to his crew, before his first voyage as a pirate captain, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Trust Is Earned }}
In 1719, the ''Princess'' was captured by the Welsh pirate [[Howell Davis]] and Roberts chose to join his crew, becoming a pirate himself. During his time sailing with Howell, he served as navigator and consultant to the captain, with the two having a particularly strong bond as a result of them both being able to speak Welsh.<ref name="Database" />

[[File:Trust is Earned 4.png|thumb|250px|left|Edward meeting Roberts in Príncipe]]
On 19 June 1719, Davis was killed in a Templar-orchestrated ambush at Príncipe, forcing Roberts to go into hiding. Approached by Edward once again, the two struck a deal: Edward would free Roberts' imprisoned crew and kill the Templars [[John Cockram]] and [[Josiah Burgess]], and in exchange Roberts would take him to the Observatory. Edward did as he was asked, recapturing the ''Princess'' in the process. Roberts donned Davis' outfit and then gave a speech to his crew, declaring his intentions to sail as a pirate, before the two captains returned to the West Indies.<ref name="Trust Is Earned">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Trust Is Earned]]</ref>

In the following months, Roberts made a name for himself by plundering ships and making a fortune. He kept his crew to high standards with an [[Pirate code of Bartholomew Roberts|eleven-part creed]]. It discouraged gambling on the ship, required the men to keep their equipment in good working order, and provided that pirates should live their lives as fully as possible and die before they became weak and old, vulnerable to having their power stripped from them; a philosophy he summed up with the words "a merry life and a short one."<ref name="Database" />

[[File:Black Bart's Gambit 1.png|thumb|250px|Roberts on his ship]]
Roberts and Edward met again off the coast of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]], where they infiltrated a Portuguese camp to steal Isu [[Blood vial|crystal vials]] that had been imbued with the blood of both pirates and Templars alike. After completing the heist and commandeering the Portuguese flagship, ''Nosso Senhor da Compreensão'', Roberts renamed her to the ''[[Royal Fortune]]''.<ref name="Black Bart's Gambit"/>

After Edward killed his former comrade [[Benjamin Hornigold]], who had allied himself with the Templars, to ensure the pirates were not followed,<ref name="Murder and Mayhem">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Murder and Mayhem]]</ref> he met with Roberts again at [[Long Bay]], on the northern shore of [[Jamaica]]. The two went ashore with four of Roberts's crew in search of the Observatory.<ref name="Observatory" />

===The Observatory===
{{Quote|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.|Roberts, on the Observatory, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|The Observatory}}
Edward cleared the jungle of its protective [[Guardians of the Observatory|Guardians]] while Roberts and his crew followed until they reached the Observatory's door. Upon opening it with an incantation, Roberts suddenly shot his four crewmen dead, telling Edward he did it to save them from the insanity that was sure to follow if they entered the building. However, he believed that Edward would be able to handle the secrets stored within, and instructed him to take up the case of blood vials before they made their way inside.<ref name="Observatory" />

Roberts informed Edward of his past as a Sage and his new life as a pirate, including his pirate's creed, as they made their way deeper into the Observatory. He commented on the complex being in much worse condition than what it had been when he had last seen it eighty millennia ago, although he still knew how to deactivate the building's security measures once inside.<ref name="Observatory" />

[[File:The Observatory 10.png|thumb|250px|left|Roberts operating the Crystal Skull]]
In the Observatory's antechamber, Roberts showed Edward exactly what its purpose was, using the blood vials they had taken from the Portuguese and inserting them into a [[Crystal Skulls|Crystal Skull]] set into the centerpiece of a golden armillary sphere. Soon, the machine began to operate, projecting the vision and hearing of the individual whose blood was in the vial—a near perfect method of spying on anyone in the world; this was demonstrated as both Roberts and Edward surveyed through the eyes and ears of [[Jack Rackham]] and Woodes Rogers.<ref name="Observatory" />

Although Edward agreed with Roberts that the Observatory would be too powerful for the Templars to have control of, Roberts had a different plan on how to stop them, by removing the skull and rendering the Observatory inoperable. Though Edward had hoped to work with Roberts and use the device to increase their wealth, the Sage had other ideas, knocking him into the water below. Revealing that he had only used Edward to get to the Observatory and acquire the Crystal Skull, Roberts declared Edward's usefulness to be at an end and sealed him inside the temple.<ref name="Observatory" />

[[File:The Observatory 15.png|thumb|250px|Roberts capturing Edward]]
Roberts returned to the shore and ordered his crew to subdue the injured Edward who had made his way out of the Observatory. Though Edward fought back against the pirates, he eventually collapsed from his injuries, just as the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' sailed away. Knowing that Edward had a large bounty on his head, Roberts decided to turn him over to the [[United Kingdom|British]] authorities.<ref name="Observatory" />

===Death===
{{Quote|A merry life and a short one, as promised. How well I know myself.|Roberts reciting his motto in his final moments, 1722.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Royal Misfortune}}
Over the next two years, Roberts captured hundreds of ships, earning the attention of both the [[Royal Navy|British]] and [[Spanish Navy|Spanish navies]] as well as the Templars; he was forced to retreat to Príncipe, where he was eventually found by Edward on 10 February 1722. Roberts attempted to flee aboard the ''Royal Fortune'', keeping the ''Jackdaw'' at bay with mortar fire and fire barrels, before moving into open waters where Spanish and British forces engaged him.<ref name="Royal Misfortune">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Royal Misfortune]]</ref>

Eventually, the ''Royal Fortune'' was disabled by the ''Jackdaw'' and boarded. There, Roberts and Edward fought one another, with the latter emerging the eventual victor, having impaled Roberts with a [[rope dart]]. In his final moments, the Sage noted the aptness of his motto before remarking that he may have misjudged Edward, and perhaps he was indeed the one '[[Juno|she]]' had sought. He then expressed regret that, like many other Sages before him, he was born too early, and that he did not have the time to open the door to the Grand Temple and get to hear her call him by his real name Aita,<ref name="Royal Misfortune" />

[[File:Royal Misfortune 6.png|thumb|250px|left|Roberts' final moments]]
This confused Edward, who demanded that Roberts talk sense. However, the Sage did not elaborate and instead urged Edward to destroy his body in order to prevent the Templars from gaining anything from it. After Roberts succumbed to his injuries, Edward complied with his final request and threw his body overboard.<ref name="Royal Misfortune" />
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==Legacy==
{{Quote|How unfortunate for you, lad... crossing paths with your ancestor's archnemesis of all people.|The apparition of Roberts to Noa Kim, c. 2023.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 77}}
Edward's partnership with Roberts, although short-lived, had a profound effect on the pirate-turned-Assassin in his later life, as it taught him to be careful who he trusted.<ref name="ACFT 16">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 16|Episode 16]]</ref> In 1725, to prove to [[Shimazu Saito]] that he was familiar with betrayal in an attempt to get her to trust him, Edward offered to tell her about how Roberts, someone he had trusted "like [his] own brother", had sold him out to the British.<ref name="ACFT 34">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34|Episode 34]]</ref>

By the 21st century, Roberts was among the Sages known to both the Assassins and Templars, but as his body had been disposed of by Edward, no attempts were made by either group to recover his remains.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref><ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Sages]]</ref>

[[File:ACFT - Noa and Roberts.png|thumb|210px|Noa Kim talking to the apparition of Roberts]]
In 2023, when Edward's descendant [[Noa Kim]] found a [[Piece of Eden]] shaped like a [[crescent amulet]] within the [[shipwreck]] of the [[Ourang Medan|SS ''Ourang Medan'']], the artifact's powers, combined with the [[Bleeding Effect]], caused Noa to experience a hallucination of Roberts. In his vision, Roberts taunted Noa about succumbing to the amulet's effects and Edward's [[Genetic memory|memories]], but the young man was able to retain control of his own mind and addressed Roberts as Aita.<ref name="ACFT 77">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 77|Episode 77]]</ref>

Impressed, the Sage cheerfully proclaimed that Noa had been "chosen" and that the amulet, "their" legacy, had led him there, but this only confused Noa. Before the hallucination ended, Roberts told Noa that he would not be able to resist the amulet's powers forever as he was only [[human]], and that the best thing he could do was "find peace in the midst of the maelstrom" and "rage against fate itself."<ref name="ACFT 77" />

Later, when Noa came into contact with another [[Lantern (Piece of Eden)|artifact]] inside the [[Shwedagon Pagoda]], he was again met by an apparition of Roberts. At the time, Noa believed himself to be Edward due to his Bleeding Effect having aggravated, but Roberts quickly snapped him out of it by claiming that he did not wish to speak with "Edward", but with Noa, who had managed to pique his interest. After Noa regained control of his body, Roberts laughed at his predicament and told him that the time had come to face his true self, whereupon the apparition vanished and Noa commenced his "trial" for the Piece of Eden.<ref name="ACFT 100">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 100|Episode 100]]</ref>

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|A merry life and a short one.|Roberts' motto.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:The Observatory 6.png|thumb|250px|left|Roberts shooting his own crew]]
Bartholomew Roberts proved himself to be a wise, cunning, and surprisingly manipulative opportunist. Extremely charismatic and a skilled strategist, Roberts became a captain and gained a fierce reputation over the span of a few months as among the deadliest of golden age pirates.<ref name="Database" /> Unlike normal humans from his time, Roberts was unfazed by references to the Isu as well as their secluded temples, whereas most would be driven insane by such marvels.<ref name="Observatory" />

Upon realizing he was a Sage and amalgamating the memories of Aita into his own consciousness, Roberts became highly cynical, sadistic, nihilistic, and thoroughly amoral. He was also extremely misanthropic, viewing humanity as sheep to be preyed upon.<ref name="Observatory" /> Roberts' own methods and beliefs were able to horrify the likes of Edward Kenway, who himself had served with the most deadliest pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy without being fazed by their ruthless aggression.<ref name="Novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref>

===Skills and equipment===
As a Sage, Roberts could wield the Pieces of Eden with much better control and potency than regular humans as well as have an unparalleled understanding of Isu relics.<ref name="Observatory" /> He was also a competent swordsman, as while he was no match for Edward Kenway, he did parry several of the master swordsman's attacks. Roberts' greatest combative ability, however, was his marksmanship, as he never missed a shot during his pirate career, killing four men in quick succession and expertly firing at a bell.<ref name="Royal Misfortune" />

[[File:Royal Misfortune 5.png|thumb|250px|Roberts dueling Edward]]
Roberts also demonstrated some [[freerunning]] skills while attempting to escape from the Templars in Havana, though Edward also outmatched him in this regard and quickly caught up to him.<ref name="Man Called the Sage" />

Roberts was a charismatic and assertive leader, expertly taking control of his crew after the death of his former captain.<ref name="Trust Is Earned" /> His skill as an orator and manipulator was made evident in his partnership with Edward, as the young man was easily enticed by Roberts' promises of riches and did not anticipate the Sage's betrayal.<ref name="Observatory" />

==Trivia==
*Roberts could be seen wearing a portrait necklace, depicting a visage of a woman, identical to the one worn by [[John Standish]], one of Aita's later incarnations.
*Roberts acquired his outfit from [[Howell Davis]], the ''Princess''{{'}} former captain, after the latter's death at Príncipe.
*Historically, Roberts was known to be one of the few "Gentleman Pirates", having established a strict pirate code as a captain. Additionally, he died when he succumbed to an attack by the British Royal Navy ship of the line {{Wiki|HMS Swallow (1703)|HMS ''Swallow''}}. A full broadside unleashed by the ''Swallow'' ripped Roberts's throat out with grapeshot, and he was buried at sea by his crew at his own request.
*The real-life Bartholomew Roberts is believed to have worn a red waistcoat, with a penchant for fine clothes and jewelry, and allegedly preferred drinking tea rather than rum on his ship. The in-game Roberts reflects this with his elaborate outfit, as well as his refusal to drink rum with Edward. He is also seen drinking tea in several cutscenes.
*Also, despite his character, he committed a serious atrocity in the burning of the slave ship ''Porcupine'', where many innocent sailors and slaves were killed after the crew refused to surrender. This incident is not mentioned by any character in the game, but Edward does recall it while pursuing him in the novelization.
*In real-life, Roberts was one of the most successful pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy, believed to have captured more than 400 ships during his career,{{Cite|7 July 2024}} though his efforts pale in comparison to the female Chinese captain [[Ching Shih]], who personally commanded over 300 [[junk]]s with a force of anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 pirates at any given time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: The Widow Ching, Lady Pirate]]</ref> In the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], this record is surpassed by the pirate and Assassin [[Samuel Bellamy]], who is estimated to have captured the modern equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold and treasures in his short career.{{Cite|7 July 2024}}

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Bartholomew Roberts}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' {{c|flashback and hallucination only}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC4}}
{{ACM}}
{{ACFT}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Bartholomew}}


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[[Category:Sages of Aita]]
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Atlantis

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{{Era|Landmarks|Isu}}{{WP-REAL}}
[[File:Atlantis simulation.jpg|thumb|250px|A simulation of Atlantis]]
'''Atlantis''' was an ancient and advanced [[Isu]] city, the remains of which were situated at the bottom of the [[Aegean Sea]], beneath the island of [[Thera]], [[Greece]]. Prior to its final destruction, the city was ruled by [[Poseidon]], and it was one of the [[Sister Realms]], which it formed together with the [[Underworld]] and [[Elysium]]. They appeared to defer to the authority of [[Mount Olympos]].

==Description==
The [[Greece|Greek]] philosopher [[Pythagoras]] compared Atlantis' function to that of a library, containing all of the knowledge of the Isu; including their physiology, scientific advancements, historical knowledge, culture, and beliefs.{{Fact|August 2020}}

==History==
===Isu Era===
During the [[Isu Era]], Atlantis was created to be an indestructible repository of Isu knowledge where both members of the First Civilization and [[human]]ity could co-exist.<ref name="Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{C|2nd edition}}</ref> The city was originally ruled by the Isu [[Atlas (Isu)|Atlas]] but he was supplanted by his power-hungry father, the Trident King [[Poseidon]], who gave Atlas and his nine brothers the subordinate position of ''Archon'' to manage the city's affairs.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "Bios of the Gods: Atlas"</ref>

Poseidon, as the ''Dikastes Basileus'', the Grand Adjudicator, implemented a cycle system for Atlantis wherein the city would be destroyed and reconstituted afresh every seven years if it was judged to be imperfect,<ref name="Welcome Home">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Welcome Home]]</ref> a process which could wipe individuals from existence. Record of the cycles was not kept initially, and at least one was rumored to have not been seen through to completion. According to an Atlantean myth, a matter which led Poseidon's loathed brother [[Jupiter|Zeus]] to visit the city and reprimand Poseidon in-person enraged the Trident King so much that he destroyed the very cycle in which the meeting had occurred.<ref name="A Tale of Brothers">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Various: A Tale of Brothers"</ref>

Poseidon eventually outlawed the use of experimentation on the city's human residents and looked to enforce the ban from Atlantis' eleventh recorded cycle. To "''lighten the weight of judgment'',"<ref name="Father of Atlantis II">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "The Father of Atlantis II"</ref> and with Atlas deemed not yet ready for the responsibility of ruling,<ref name="Father of Atlantis II" /> Poseidon established the role of ''[[Dikastes]]'', which was second only to himself and was meant to ensure that matters concerning the city's Isu and human populace were treated impartially.<ref name="Duty of the Dikastes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Various: Duty of the Dikastes"</ref> The Isu [[Aletheia]] became one such ''Dikastes''.<ref name="Fate of Atlantis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[The Fate of Atlantis (memory)|The Fate of Atlantis]]</ref>

===Aletheia's simulation===
Around the year 422 BCE, the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the [[Gateway to the Lost City]], which connected Atlantis to the surface world. There, she discovered her biological father, Pythagoras, along with the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff of Hermes]], which had kept him alive for over fifty years after his disappearance.<ref name="A Family's Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Family's Legacy]]</ref> Together, they used the [[Atlantis artifact]]s to seal the entrance to the city.<ref name="The Gates of Atlantis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Gates of Atlantis]]</ref>

To help her master the Staff, Kassandra later visited a [[Aletheia's simulations|simulated]] version of the city,<ref name="Welcome Home" /> a composite of Isu memories including those of former ''Dikastes'' Aletheia<ref name="Fate of Atlantis" /> and perceived by Kassandra with Ancient Greek imagery culturally familiar to her.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[21st century conversations]]</ref> After completing her trials, Kassandra and Poseidon sank the city by using the Staff in conjunction with the [[Prize of Cerberos]] and the [[Prize of the Hekatonchires]].<ref name="Fate of Atlantis"/>

==Behind the scenes==
The exact nature of Atlantis' cycle system is unclear. More recent entries in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' franchise]] have typically distanced their world-building from the idea that the [[Isu]] were capable of time travel or reviving the dead,<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref><ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – 21st century conversations</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Numbskull's personal files]]: The Phoenix Project: "The Ankh"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 011]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]''</ref> possibilities hinted at in earlier works.<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Emails|Email]], subject header "Analysis"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy]]''</ref> However, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' has indicated that they had the technology to [[Yggdrasil|simulate and inhabit]] [[Calculations|alternate futures]]<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files#Physical notes|Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "The Yggdrasil Chamber"</ref> rather than just predict.<ref name="AC3"/>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Atlantis}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' {{c|simulation only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{C|2nd edition}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACOD}}
{{Isu}}
[[Category:Isu territories]]
[[Category:Isu locations]]
[[Category:Greek mythology]]

Armor of Altaïr

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{{Era|Assassins|Armor}}
{{Youmay|Altaïr's armor set|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's robes|Altaïr's robes]]}}
{{Quote|It is possessed of great strength, yet so light to allow complete freedom...|Altaïr's description of the armor in the Codex, page 19.|Assassin's Creed II|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex}}
[[File:Armor of Altaïr v.png|200px|right|thumb|The Armor of Altaïr]]
The '''Armor of Altaïr''' was an unbreakable set of [[armor]] that was constructed by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] using knowledge obtained from an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]]. After his death, the armor was sealed in the [[Sanctuary]] beneath the [[Villa Auditore]], where it was later recovered and used by another [[Assassins|Assassin]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].

==Description==
The armor's metal portions had a gold tint, while the [[leather]] was black or dark brown in coloring. Unlike most [[breastplate]]s, which were usually made up of a single piece, the chest plate was made up of several overlapping plates. A black cloak accompanied the armor and seemed to be of a similar cut to Altaïr's regular [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's robes|Assassin robes]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

In addition to their dark colors, the robes were much longer than the ones Ezio would normally wear, and were made up of three layers. Each layer was longer than the one above it, and the longest, lower layer was segmented, giving the whole piece a look resembling an [[eagle]]'s wings.<ref name="AC2"/>

==History==
===Middle Ages===
Following [[Al Mualim]]'s death, Altaïr took the Apple of Eden from him and adopted the [[Assassin rank|rank]] of [[Mentor]]. He later constructed an unbreakable set of armor, using knowledge from the [[Piece of Eden]], and chronicled its creation in his [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|personal journal]]. There, he admitted to using the Apple to discover the properties of a new metal, which he had used to forge the armor. He also wrote about how he ultimately destroyed the armor's blueprints, fearing that it was too powerful to be recreated by either friend or foe.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]</ref>

===Renaissance===
{{Quote|Little is known about Altaïr's life, but his armor is light and very strong. I'd give it to you, but I don't know how to retrieve it. My great-grandfather told me it would remain locked away until all its protectors were made whole.|Mario Auditore to Ezio, 1478.|Assassin's Creed II|Floating conversations}}
At some point following his death, Altaïr's armor came to be stored inside the Villa Auditore's sanctuary. It was locked behind a metal gate that could only be opened when all six [[Assassin Seals]] from the hidden [[Assassin Tombs]] around [[Italy]] were collected and placed on their respective statues.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:Armor of Altaïr ACII.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio obtaining the armor]]
In 1478, as Ezio Auditore was becoming more devoted to the Assassin cause, his uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] showed him the armor and told him about the Assassin Seals, encouraging him to seek them out himself.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: "Unlocking Monteriggioni's Secrets"</ref> Ezio eventually did so prior to 1497,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Love's Labour's Lost]]</ref> allowing him to unlock and claim the armor as his own. Because of its virtually unbreakable nature, the armor would become Ezio's main set of Assassin robes for a time, and he wore it during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] in [[Florence]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]] – [[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref> as well as during his [[Confrontation in the Vatican|confrontation]] with the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Italian Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in [[Rome]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref>

Following this, Ezio returned to [[Monteriggioni]] and gave the armor a place of pride in his bed chamber. However, with the sudden and unexpected [[siege of Monteriggioni]] on 2 January 1500, the armor was struck by a [[cannon]]ball and was lost under the rubble, though part of its chest guard remained intact due to its indestructible nature.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref> Years later, after [[Cesare Borgia]]'s death in 1507,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Pax Romana]]</ref> Ezio returned to the Villa and extracted the armor from the rubble. In 2012, his descendant [[Desmond Miles]] entered the Sanctuary and "saw" Ezio through the [[Bleeding Effect]] wearing the entire kit.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>

==Statistics==
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{{#section:AC:CST/Gear|"Chest Guard of Altaïr"}}
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|Greaves of Altaïr
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==Trivia==
;''Assassin's Creed II''
*According to a piece of concept art, the armor was originally intended to be an invention of [[Leonardo da Vinci]] rather than Altaïr.
*The lining on the back of the hood form a shape similar to the [[Assassin insignia]].
*Given that the robes accompanying the armor are made in the Italian Renaissance style and would be too conspicuous in medieval [[Syria]] to be of use to an Assassin, it can be assumed that Altaïr only made the armor plates, with the robes being added to the set later when it made its way to Italy.
*Altaïr's armor could only be worn as a full set, and the robes underneath it could not be dyed.
*The complete [[Missaglias Armor]] set has identical statistics to Altaïr's armor, providing the highest amount of health and resistance. The only difference between the two sets, besides their appearance, is the fact that the Missaglias Armor can be broken.
*Strangely, Altaïr's [[Sword of Altair|personal sword]] was not placed in the vault with his armor, rather being sold by the local [[blacksmith]] in Monteriggioni.
*When Mario told Ezio about Altaïr's armor and the seals needed to unlock it, he claimed that he had first learned about them from his great-grandfather, [[Domenico Auditore]]. However, considering that Domenico was born almost 140 years before Mario, this is highly unlikely.
*While it is possible to unlock Altaïr's armor as early as Sequence 9, when the last Assassin Tomb becomes available, Ezio canonically did not retrieve the armor until before the events of Sequence 13, sometime after his [[mission to Aragon]] in 1492 and prior to the Bonfire of the Vanities in 1497.
;''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy''
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', the icon of an Elite Assassin depicted Ezio wearing Altaïr's armor.
;''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
*At the beginning of the game, the armor does not show the [[Metal Cestus]].
*In the memory "[[Mass Exodus]]", Ezio explained to Mario that the armor had "blunted Rodrigo's attack", explaining how he survived being stabbed in "[[In Bocca al Lupo]]".
*After Ezio's arrival in Monteriggioni, accessing the inventory menu showed that he did not have any kind of armor equipped despite visually wearing the Armor of Altaïr.
*Altaïr's armor is available for 20 [[Ubisoft Connect|Uplay]] Units, though it is only cosmetic and provides no advantages.
**During cutscenes, while wearing the Armor of Altaïr, the blade of Ezio's left [[Hidden Blade]] would clip through his elbow whenever he bent his arm.
*Ezio had his hood down twice while wearing the Armor of Altaïr; in Monteriggioni until the siege, and in the memory "[[Love's Labour's Lost]]".

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Armor of Altaïr}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Isu}}


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[[Category:Personal armor]]

Apollonia

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{{Location Infobox
|name = Apollonia
|image = ACO_Apollonia.jpg
|state = [[Roman Republic]]
|rulers = [[Rome|Romans]]
|factions = [[Roman Republic|Roman army]]
|founded = [[Greece|Greeks]] from [[Thera]]
|date = 7th century BCE
|abandoned = 7th century
|landmark = [[Apollonia Roman Barracks]]
}}
'''Apollonia''' (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was a small [[Greece|Greek]] city located that was located north of [[Cyrene]] in the region of [[Cyrenaica|Kyrenaika]], named after the Greek god, [[Apollo]]. During the 1st century BCE, the city was used by the [[Rome|Romans]] to construct war [[ship]]s in the region.

==History==
Apollonia was founded by Greek settlers from [[Thera]] around the same time as the founding of Cyrene, serving as the city's main harbor. By the time the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] took control of the region of Cyrenaica, the city had became a significant commercial centre in the southern [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] in its own right.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Apollonia (Cyrenaica)}}</ref>

By 47 BCE, the Roman ''navarch'' [[Marcellus Asina]] had served as the leader of the military in Apollonia, and was supplied with money by the Cyrenean magistrate [[Leander (Cyrenean)|Leander]] to build [[trireme]]s.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Absolute Power]]</ref> That year, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] visited Apollonia during his time to hunt down the [[Order of the Ancients]] leader [[Flavius Metellus]] in Cyrene. There, Bayek aided an Egyptian woman named [[Agatha]] to rescue her [[Titus (Apollonian)|son]], and remove Marcellus Asina from power.<ref name="Dead in the Water">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Dead in the Water]]</ref>

Around the same time, Bayek also aided the smuggler [[Sminthos]] in his quest to acquire money in order for him to purchase a farm and retire.<ref name="The Smugglers of Cyrene">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Smugglers of Cyrene]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Apollonia}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACO}}

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Aphrodite

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{{Revamp}}
[[File:PL-HYMN.jpg|thumb|250px|Aphrodite in the orchard]]
'''Aphrodite''', also known as '''Venus''', was an [[Isu]] who would later be revered as the [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and femininity; she was even counted among the [[Twelve Gods]], the mightiest deities of the Greek pantheon.

==Myths==
According to the stories, Aphrodite was born from sea foam near [[Kythera Island]]. The [[Kythera Town|town]] of the same name was said to have been the first to welcome her, and thus Kythera Island became the goddess' home.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] – Kythera: "Shrine of Aphrodite"</ref> She was also considered "[[Jupiter|Zeus]]' enchanting daughter".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful [[Adonis]], whom the Greek god of war and violence, [[Ares]] slew in anger. For this, the [[Aloadai]], the twin [[giant]] sons of the god [[Poseidon]] and [[Iphimedeia]], imprisoned Ares in a [[Bronze Vessel of Ares|bronze jar]] on [[Naxos Island]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – Historical Locations – Naxos: "Bronze Vessel of Ares"</ref>

In her guise as the Roman Venus, she had a relationship with [[Mars (deity)|Mars]], the god of war.<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

At the wedding of [[Peleus]] and [[Thetis]], [[Eris]] dropped an [[Apples of Eden|apple]] into the proceedings as a prize for beauty. This led [[Hera]], [[Athena]] and Aphrodite to compete, with the [[Troy|Trojan]] prince [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] called to judge. In order to ascertain her win, Aphrodite promised Paris [[Helen of Troy|Helen of Sparta]] as a reward.{{Fact|June 2019}}

At some point, Aphrodite had a son, [[Aeneas|Aineias]]. He established a [[Shrine of Aphrodite, Kythera|sanctuary]] to her when he fled Troy and reached Kythera Island.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – Historical Locations – Kythera: "Shrine of Aphrodite"</ref>

At another point, Aphrodite and [[Eros]] had to flee the monster [[Typhon]], and managed in it by becoming fishes and leaping into the sea. Later, this story of them served as the basis for the astrological sign {{Wiki|Pisces (astrology)|Pisces}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>

==Influence==
===6th century BCE===
Despite knowing the consequences of failure, [[Kyros of Zarax]] wished to challenge the princess of [[Arkadia]], [[Atalanta]], to a race, in an attempt to win her hand in marriage. However, on knowing that he was no longer the champion he was in his youth, Kyros traveled to his mentor [[Pythagoras]] for help. Pythagoras directed him to an [[Abandoned Temple of Aphrodite|abandoned temple]] that was dedicated to Aphrodite, and told him that he would find what he needed there.<ref name="ACPL Divine Science 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 2 – Kyros of Zarax]]</ref>

On his advice, Kyros traveled to the temple but was struck by a fierce blizzard, causing him to pass out at its entrance. During his unconscious state, Kyros was shown a surreal vision of an orchard, where he witnessed a young woman pluck three apples and take them to the temple of Aphrodite. Despite his attempts, the young woman could not hear or see him, leaving Kyros confused.<ref name="ACPL Divine Science 2" />

When Kyros came to, he was covered in snow and without any feeling in his limbs, though he managed to make his way into the temple. Following this, he looked at the spot where Aphrodite had left the three apples, but could only see a single golden apple.<ref name="ACPL Divine Science 2" />

Kyros then took the Apple and used it to defeat Atalanta in a race, through using its power to occasionally interrupt her as she ran. Because of this, it led to Kyros' victory, much to Atalanta's relief, as she did not wish Kyros to have been killed on her father's orders should he have lost.<ref name="ACPL Divine Science 2" />

===5th century BCE===
Aphrodite's presence in Greece during the [[Peloponnesian War]] was great, with statues of her and shrines, altars dedicated to her found almost anywhere, but especially on Kythera Island. Outside of that island, of special note were the [[Porneion]] district in [[Korinth]] and the [[Temple of Aphrodite, Korinth|Temple of Aphrodite]] on top of the [[Akrokorinth]] in [[Korinthia]], famous for their ''[[Courtesan|hetaerae]]'', as led by [[Anthousa]]. In [[Athens]], [[brothel]]s were considered her [[House of Aphrodite|houses]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

===Renaissance===
During the Renaissance, the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] became the owner of [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]]. Over the course of his journeys, he gathered multiple paintings featuring Aphrodite-as-Venus in Villa Auditore's [[painting gallery]].<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Aphrodite was represented by one of the [[Monteriggioni statuettes|statuettes]] that could be collected in [[Monteriggioni]], and could be paired with a statue of [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]. The pair's description read "''The god of rage and strength basks in his lover's radiant beauty. She tames his anger with her gentle touch.''" Along with the statue of Mars, the statuette of Aphrodite-as-Venus worked as a key opening a storage containing 2000 [[florin]]s.<ref name="ACII" />

===17th century===
Aphrodite was displayed in a painting given as a wedding gift to [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]] by her uncle, [[John Dee]]. In a related letter, Dee confirmed that the goddess was real.<ref name="Chapter 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 3 – Elizabeth Jane Weston]]</ref>

==Symbols and emblems==
Various things were associated with the goddess, one of the most remarkable being doves. On Kythera Island, where she was especially venerated, the island's own banner was emblazoned with the dove.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Kythra: "Kytheran Banner"</ref>

The '[[Poppy|flowers of Aphrodite]]' that [[Kosta]], the [[blacksmith]] of [[Opous]], asked the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] to recover from the nearby forest of the [[Red Lake]] were another. The red flowers were said to have been planted and blessed by the goddess herself, and had an invigorating effect on humans, said to carry "the fire from one's heart to one's crotch".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Family Values (Lokris)|Family Values]]</ref>

Another was a type of [[Aphrodite Ore|ore]] found in a [[Persian Remains|cave]] in [[Malis]], requested by a [[Lalaia]]n blacksmith.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Ore of Aphrodite]]</ref>

In addition, the {{Wiki|Gilt-head bream}} and red apples were considered sacred to her.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Kythera|Kythera: Altar of Aphrodite]]</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
AphroditeStatue.jpg|Statue of Aphrodite
Statue of Aphrodite.png|Statue of Aphrodite at Olympia
ACOd-mural-Aphrodite.jpg|Mural of Aphrodite
</gallery>

==Behind the scenes==
Aphrodite's name is derived from the Greek word [[wikt:αφρός|αφρός]] (''afrós'') meaning 'foam, froth, spume', referring the story of her origins in which the foam of the sea "gathered" and "grew" into the goddess following [[Kronus]] tossing the severed genitals of his father, [[Uranus]], into the sea.

The statuette of Venus in Monteriggioni in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' seems to be based on the so-called {{Wiki|Capitoline Venus}}.

Most of the statues of Aphrodite in 5th century BCE Greece as shown in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' are based on the statues in the {{Wiki|Venus Genetrix (sculpture)|Venus Genetrix}} style. The style is allegedly based on the original bronze sculpture by the Athenian sculptor {{Wiki|Callimachus (sculptor)|Callimachus}}; according to {{Wiki|Pliny the Elder}}'s work ''{{Wiki|Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History}}'', the statue was depicted holding the Apple the goddess had won from [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]]. The other statue, used also for [[Persephone]] in the [[Temple of Demeter and Kore]] in [[Tegea]], is based on the so-called {{Wiki|Townley Venus}}, which is a Roman adaptation of a lost 4th century BCE Greek original.

Two murals of Aphrodite in ''Odyssey'' are based on real art. The mural of Aphrodite on a goose is based on a [https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K10.3.html painting] on a kylix from 5th century BCE, while the mural of her in a chariot is based on an amphora [https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/L20.1.html painting] from the Late Classical period depicting the [[Battle of the Giants and Gods]].

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Aphrodite}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}} {{Io|painting}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Io|sculpture}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Io|sculpture}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Isu}}


[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Isu]]
[[Category:Individuals who held Pieces of Eden]]
[[Category:Greek deities]]
[[Category:Roman deities]]

Apep

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{{Era|Animals|Culture}}{{WP-REAL}}
[[File:ACO Bayek fighting Apep in the Duat Concept Art.jpg|thumb|250px|Concept art of Bayek fighting Apep in his hallucination]]
'''Apep''', also known as '''the Serpent of the Nile''' and '''Eater of Souls'''<ref name="Artbook">''[[The Art of Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> as well as '''Apophis''', is an ancient [[Egyptian mythology|Egyptian deity]] of chaos and destruction. He is usually depicted as a giant [[snake|serpent]] that devoured the hearts—and thus [[Ba|the souls]]—of the dead.

==Mythology==
Apep is locked in an eternal combat with the [[Egypt]]ian [[sun]] god [[Ra]], and the Egyptians believed they could see who was winning from the weather. Ra's victory was marked by sunny days, whereas stormy, dark days signified Apep's reign. When a solar eclipse happened, Apep was said to have eaten the sun, and [[priest]]s performed rituals to help Ra overcome his enemy.<ref name="Artbook" />

In Egyptian mythology, Apep shares his role as the Devourer with the female monster {{Wiki|Ammit}}, a creature with the head of a [[crocodile]], the front half of a [[lion]]ess, and the rear half of a [[hippopotamus]]. They both watched as the heart of a deceased was weighed against the [[feather]] of [[Ma'at]], and would devour the heart if it was heavier than the feather, thus rendering the associated soul restless and lost.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==History==
In 48 BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] experienced a drug-induced hallucination in which he fought and defeated Apep with a glowing bow and arrows aboard Ra's solar barge.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Lizard's Mask]]</ref> During his travels throughout Egypt hunting the [[Order of the Ancients]], Bayek often found [[scepter]]s stylized with a snake head that were believed to have been Apep's [[Apep's Staff|personal weapon]].<ref name="ACO" /> A decade later, when Bayek seemingly visited the [[Duat]] as part of his mission to end the [[Curse of the Pharaohs]], he found Apep's skeleton in [[Apep Khat]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Apep}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'' {{Corpse}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACO}}


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[[Category:Egyptian deities]]

Abstergo Entertainment

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{{Era|Organizations|Abstergo}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = Abstergo-SD.png
|founder = [[Templars]]
|leader = CCO
|headquarters = [[Montreal]]
|parent = [[Abstergo Industries]]
|formed = 2010
}}
'''Abstergo Entertainment''' is a subsidiary of [[Abstergo Industries]], tasked with producing multimedia consumer goods.

Its primary product is a gaming console version of the [[Animus]], known as the [[Animus#Animus Omega|Animus Omega]], which is sold on a worldwide scale. Through its initial basis, it enabled the company to influence the general public through pre-packaged [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] and wide, social gaming constructs.

==History==
The company that would eventually become Abstergo Entertainment was a software developer in the 1990s.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref>

Founded as Abstergo Entertainment in 2010, the company's main mediums included video games, movies, and other media sourced from genetic memories. Their games were released in partnership with [[Ubisoft (company)|Ubisoft]]. The division's first major release was a 2012 game called ''[[Liberation]]'', entailing the story of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Aveline de Grandpré]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

Since 2013, the Abstergo Entertainment offices in [[Montreal]] have been focusing on the [[Sample 17 Project]], involving the genetic memories harvested from [[Desmond Miles]]' DNA, in hopes of finding new, interesting settings for future products. The only currently known projects derived from these memories are a video game titled ''[[Pirates of Nightmares]]'', and a feature film called ''[[Devils of the Caribbean]]'', both focusing on Desmond's ancestor, [[Edward Kenway]], a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Piracy|pirate]] during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]].<ref name="AC4"/> The company also focused on the memories of another pirate of this period, [[Alonzo Batilla]], a [[France|Frenchman]] and associate of the infamous [[Olivier Levasseur]], in order to find the treasures that Oliver had hidden before his execution.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref> In a similar spirit, Abstergo also reviewed the genetic memories of other Assassins throughout history, a venture referred to as the [[Identity Project]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''</ref>

Due to the company's [[Templars|Templar]] affiliation, any products that involved the Templars or Assassins, their [[Assassin-Templar War|ongoing war]], or any traces of the mysterious [[Isu|First Civilization]] were heavily censored or even modified, either omitting evidence of the hidden orders or presenting the Templars as a benevolent group committed to stopping the malicious Assassins. However, despite these aims, the scheme faced some opposition from a group of hackers known only as the [[Erudito|Erudito Collective]], who intended to reveal the falsified histories that Abstergo had created for their products.<ref name="AC3L"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

In the future, the company hopes to open "sample collection" locations, where individuals can donate genetic samples to the Abstergo system, allowing the company access to exciting new scenarios locked away within the donor's DNA. These genetic memories would then be explored by research analysts and, if deemed good investments, would go into production.<ref name="AC4"/>

In 2018, Abstergo Entertainment produced a mobile game titled ''[[Rebellion]]'', focusing on the memories of the [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Assassin]] [[Aguilar de Nerha]] during the ''[[Reconquista]]''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref> To date, this is the last known product released by the company.

==Products==
*''[[Project Legacy]]'' – Social media platform
*''[[Liberation]]'' – Video game
*''[[Animi Avatars (third stage)|Multiplayer]]'' – Video game
*''[[Pirates of Nightmares]]'' – Video game
*''[[Devils of the Caribbean]]'' – Film
*''Blackbeard: The Musical'' - Musical (in development)
*[[Helix]] – Cloud Computing Service
**''The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay'' – Helix experience
**''Triumph of the Borgias'' – Helix experience
**''The Lone Eagle'' – Helix experience
**''Murder in the Levant'' – Helix experience
**''The Emperor's Shadow'' – Helix experience
**''Fear and Loathing in Florence'' – Helix experience
**''Washington and the Wolf'' – Helix experience
**''The Liberation of Lady Aveline'' – Helix experience
**''The Bladed Cross'' – Helix experience
**''Jazz Age Junkies'' – Helix experience
**''Hell in Hibernia'' – Helix experience
**''Showdown in Shanghai'' – Helix experience
*''[[Rebellion]]'' – Mobile game

==Known employees==
''Abstergo Entertainment employees aware of or part of the Templar Order are marked in italics. Deceased individuals are marked with a cross. (†)''

===Current employees===
*[[Pierre-Louis Belanger]] – Project Director
*[[M.-O. Boudreault]]
*[[Jean-François Brunet]] – Research analyst
*[[Philippe Chartrand]] – Research analyst
*[[Christopher Darby]]
*[[Evan Dean]]
*[[Ashley Gaudreau]] – Orientation Representative
*[[Anthony Gbinigie]] – Tech Director
*"''[[Journeyman]]''" – Project Coordinator
*[[Raphael Lacoste (Abstergo Entertainment)|Raphael Lacoste]]
*''[[Melanie Lemay]]'' – Chief Creative Officer
*[[Kloé Lesney]]
*[[Darby McDevitt (Abstergo Entertainment)|Darby McDevitt]]
*[[Jill Murray (Abstergo Entertainment)|Jill Murray]]
*[[Kama Neron]]
*"[[Player Admin]]" – Administrator of ''Rebellion''
*[[Marc Scheling]] – Executive Producer
*[[Jennifer Tam]]
*[[Philipa Tran]] – Security Officer
*[[Kristina Uhrich]]
*''[[Percy Westcreek]]'' – Project Manager
*"''[[Numbskull]]''" – Research analyst

===Former employees===
*''[[Victoria Bibeau]]'' † – Staff psychiatrist
*''[[Juhani Otso Berg]]'' – Security contractor
*[[Aidan St. Claire]] † – Project Manager
*''[[Violet da Costa]]'' † – Security contractor
*''[[Robert Fraser]]'' † – Research analyst
*''[[Olivier Garneau]]'' † – Chief Creative Officer
*[[Felix Oladele]] † – Animus specialist
*''[[John Standish]]'' † – Head of IT
*"''[[Noob]]''" – Research analyst

==Trivia==
*The Abstergo Entertainment Montreal building is located on the site of the real life {{Wiki|Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium}}.
*Despite being a subsidiary of the Templar-run Abstergo Industries, there were no major Templars working at Abstergo Entertainment in 2013,<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/399278782592212992|Darby McDevitt|quote=@JensCJakobsen Yeah. Grrr. There aren't any major Templars who work at A.E. so maybe he [Shaun]'s safe.|image=File:AC4 Darby McDevitt Templars at Abstergo Entertainment.png}}</ref> although some of the [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order|Inner Sanctum]] such as [[Alan Rikkin]] and [[Laetitia England]] were in contact with the subsidiary's CCO [[Olivier Garneau]]. This changed with the induction of [[Melanie Lemay]], who succeeded Garneau after his disappearance in [[Chicago]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>
*As of 11 November 2014, the introduction to this page can be found on the bathroom screens in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'', one of the busts near the CCO's office was changed to depict [[John Standish]].
*A statue of [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in his [[Papacy|Papal]] attire was located outside the front doors.
*The CCO's office seems to have a Sir [[Isaac Newton]] theme to it. There is a Newton's cradle on the desk, and there are large spheres over the table which could have been inspired by Newton's cradle. Sir Isaac Newton was a scientist backed by the Templars.
*On the Sample 17 floor, images can be found that were on [[Shaun Hastings]]' board in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.
*At one point in the development ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'', a "L. P. Garneau" was going to be credited with the writing and directing of the feature ''The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay''.<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/538823668177321985|Darby McDevitt|quote=@Assassins_M @AdrianJacek At one point that memory was supposed to end with "Written and Directed by L.P. Garneau" but it didn't make it in.|image=File: ACU - Darby McDevitt Twitter - LP Garneau.png}}</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Abstergo Entertainment}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|''Assassin's Creed'' (Titan Comics)]] {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Animus Hub]]'' {{Mdat}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Templars nav}}
{{Initiates}}
{{AC4}}
{{ACP}}
{{ACM}}
{{ACRG}}
{{ACID}}


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[[Category:Corporations]]
[[Category:Subsidiaries of Abstergo Industries]]
[[Category:Abstergo Industries]]

Animi Avatars (first stage)

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{{Era|Technology|Abstergo}}
{{Revamp}}
[[File:ACBH all.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ''Brotherhood'' Animi Avatars]]
With [[Lucy Stillman]]'s failure to [[Project Siren|obtain]] the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]] for the [[Templars]], [[Warren Vidic]] initialized the [[Animi Training Program]], a project to train [[Abstergo Industries]]' agents with the skills necessary to combat the [[Assassins]].<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Contained within the program were the [[Genetic memory|genetic record]] of influential Templars and individuals, also referred to as '''Animi Avatars''', with there being a total of 21 Avatars available for use in the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|first stage]]. A few of the Avatars' counterparts were also present as targets for [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] to kill during the [[Renaissance]] in [[Rome]], as a part of Templar agent side memories.<ref name="ACB" />

==Animi Avatars==
*'''[[Barber]]''' – Wearing ordinary noble's clothes and displaying white streaks in his dark hair, the Barber used a razor to assassinate his targets quickly and efficiently.
*'''[[Blacksmith (Animi Avatar)|Blacksmith]]''' – A large man wearing [[armor]] and sporting a noticeable, bright red beard, the Blacksmith used a large [[Blunt weapons|hammer]] as his weapon, allowing him to crush his target's heads with the same force of how he struck metal.
*'''[[Captain (Animi Avatar)|Captain]]''' – Wearing decorative armor and possessing refined [[Swords|sword]] skills, the Captain wielded a thin rapier and killed his targets with stylish flair.
*'''[[Courtesan (Animi Avatar)|Courtesan]]''' – A sensual woman in liberal clothing, the Courtesan charmed her targets before assassinating them in fluid, but lethal movements, with her special bladed fan.
*'''[[Dama Rossa]]''' (DLC exclusive) – A young, but serious looking leather clad woman, the Dama Rossa killed her targets similarly to a black widow spider, by using her double pronged hair pin.
*'''[[Doctor (Animi Avatar)|Doctor]]''' – Bearing dark robes and a beak-shaped mask to hide his face, the Doctor used a syringe to assassinate his targets and patients, killing many more than what he saved.
*'''[[Engineer]]''' – An expert marksman, wearing mostly red and white clothes with puffy sleeves, the Engineer wielded a drafting compass as his weapon, and killed his targets with careful preparation.
*'''[[Executioner]]''' – A muscular looking man with the appearance of a butcher, the Executioner wielded a handheld axe as his weapon, allowing him to kill his targets with a brutal display.
*'''[[Footpad]]''' – A man dressed in the garb of a bandit, the Footpad sank his pair of [[Short blades|shivs]] into the flesh of his target, in a manner reminiscent of a snake, before disappearing from the scene of the crime.
*'''[[Harlequin]]''' (Pre-order and DLC exclusive) – Wearing a costume similar to those of the performers of Carnevale, the Harlequin adorned himself with a mask to hide his identity and carried two thin, needle-like rondel daggers, allowing him to make a show out of his target's murder.
*'''[[Hellequin]]''' ([[Ubisoft Club|Uplay]] reward) – Wearing a purple and yellow striped costume, which resembled the outfit of her brother, the Harlequin, the Hellequin donned an intricately detailed mask to partially cover her face, and used her two barbed daggers to deliver her target a dramatic end.
*'''[[Knight]]''' (DLC exclusive) – Covered in head to toe in strong brass armor, the Knight used his titanic [[Heavy weapons|greatsword]] to forcefully execute his targets, taking down the Templar's enemies easily and obediently.
*'''[[Marquis]]''' (DLC exclusive) – An affluent man with links to royalty, the Marquis used his sabre to take down his targets with ease, as if they were nothing but a simple distraction.
*'''[[Mercenary (Animi Avatar)|Mercenary]]''' – A strong man who bore a heavy resemblance to [[Mario Auditore]] and other ''[[Mercenary|condottiero]]'', the Mercenary wielded a short sword and used it to kill his targets, showing no mercy as he drove its wide blade deep into their bodies.
*'''[[Nobleman (Animi Avatar)|Nobleman]]''' – Wearing fine clothing and a gold-lined cape, the Nobleman assassinated his targets using his claw, a prosthetic construct set in place of his missing arm.
*'''[[Officer (Animi Avatar)|Officer]]''' (Pre-order and DLC exclusive) – A sleek, middle-aged man, adorned in a fine black trenchcoat, the Officer wielded an ''epieu'' and used it to silence his targets, warding off any oppression to the Templars' cause.
*'''[[Pariah]]''' (DLC exclusive) - A wealthy, but stocky looking man – wearing a metal mask and body-covering robes – the Pariah killed his targets with no hesitation, by pulling the trigger on his gunpowder-activated bolt gun.
*'''[[Priest (Animi Avatar)|Priest]]''' – A bald man wearing robes similar to those of a monk, the Priest used a very thin holy blade as his weapon, in order to deliver his target's salvation.
*'''[[Prowler]]''' – Using skills and wearing robes very similar to the [[Assassins]], though sporting Templar affiliations, the Prowler used a retracting switchblade to kill his targets, being a Templar prototype of the [[Hidden Blade]].
*'''[[Smuggler (Animi Avatar)|Smuggler]]''' – A woman who wore a hooded robe and trafficked rare items, the Smuggler possessed an inverted Hidden Blade, which held some similarity to the weapons of the Assassins and allowed her to kill her targets without them making a sound.
*'''[[Thief (Animi Avatar)|Thief]]''' – A woman wearing ragged clothes, the Thief wielded the sharp half of a pair of scissors in a makeshift scissor blade, using it on her targets to exact vengeance for her brother's death.

==Trivia==
*There were three [[civilian]] types in the first stage of the Animi Training Program, being [[herald]]s, [[merchant]]s, and performers, and each were displayed in multiple variations.
*Every Animi Avatar, aside from the Thief and the four Avatars from ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'', featured in the [[Rome: Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza|first chapter]] of the Rome pack in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
*When killed in the single player campaign, Templar agents entered the [[Memory Corridor]] but did not converse with Ezio, unlike the main assassination targets.
**As well as this, the Templar agents did not use the weapons that their Animi Avatar counterparts used in the Animi Training Program.
*Despite having their own unique moves, Animi Avatars could all break their target's necks in the same fashion as one another.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Animi Avatars (first stage)}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACB}}
[[Category:Primary stage]]
[[Category:Animus mods]]
[[Category:Animi Avatars]]

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex

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{{Era|Culture|Assassins|Featured}}
{{Otheruses|the Codex of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|[[Codex]]}}
{{Quote|A guide to the inner workings of our order—its origin, purpose and techniques. Our creed, if you will.|Mario Auditore describing the Codex.|Assassin's Creed II|Practice Makes Perfect}}
[[File:Codex-cover.png|thumb|250px|The Codex]]
'''Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex''' was a personal journal written by the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] following the death of [[Al Mualim]].<ref name="Assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Al Mualim)]]</ref> It documented his explorations into the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] he possessed, and it offered an autobiographical view of his life and various [[assassination]]-related articles.

==Owners==
;Complete
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (author, October 1191 – 12 August 1257)<ref name="PassingTheTorch"/>
*[[Niccolò Polo]] (12 – 14 August 1257)<ref name="SecretCrusadeCh59"/>
*[[Mongol Empire]] (14 August 1257 – May 1275)<ref name="SecretCrusadeCh59"/>
*[[Marco Polo]] (May 1275 – c. 1295)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: Retrieving the Codex]]</ref>
*[[Dante Alighieri]] (c. 1295 – c. 1321)<ref name="AuditoreCrypt"/>
*[[Domenico Auditore]] (c. 1321)<ref name="AuditoreCrypt"/>

;Pages
*[[Roman Rite of the Templar Order]] (late 15th century)<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins]] (complete, late 15th century – 2 January 1500)<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/>
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (late 15th century – 28 December 1476)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Family Heirloom]]</ref>
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (complete, 28 December 1476 – 2 January 1500)<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/>
*[[Vieri de' Pazzi]] (late 15th century – 14 April 1478)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[What Goes Around]]</ref>
*[[Francesco de' Pazzi]] (late 15th century – 26 April 1478)<ref name="Four to the Floor">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Four to the Floor]]</ref>
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (26 – 27 April 1478)<ref name="Four to the Floor"/>
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]] (late 15th century – 14 September 1485)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Knowledge Is Power]]</ref>
*[[Templars]] (likely, 21st century)<ref name="AC2Modern"/>

==History==
===Middle Ages===
[[File:Escape Buffavento Castle 3.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr writing in the Codex]]

Shortly after the [[Retaking of Masyaf|retaking]] of [[Masyaf]] from Al Mualim in 1191,<ref name="Assassination"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref> Altaïr began writing the Codex. Throughout most of his life Altaïr wrote about important aspects of his life in his journal, including the [[Assassin-Templar War|ongoing war]] between the Assassins and [[Templars]], his philosophy on life itself, his personal opinions regarding [[Christianity|God]] and religions in general, and more importantly, information obtained from the [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Altaïr was able to improve the Assassin Order's methods of assassination, including the use of [[poison]], as well as invent several weapons, one of them being the [[Hidden Gun]].<ref name="AC2"/> Eventually, near age 92, Altaïr completed the Codex.<ref name="PassingTheTorch">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref>

[[File:The torch 1.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr handing the Codex to Niccolò Polo]]
During the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] [[Fall of Masyaf|siege of Masyaf]] in 1257, Altaïr bequeathed the Codex and five curious [[Memory Seals|seals]] to [[Niccolò Polo]] for safe keeping.<ref name="SecretCrusadeCh58">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – Chapter 58</ref><ref name="PassingTheTorch"/> Two days later however, a Mongol [[raid]]ing party intercepted Niccolò and his brother [[Maffeo Polo|Maffeo]] as they were fleeing, and took the Codex from them.<ref name="SecretCrusadeCh59">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – Chapter 59</ref>

Years later, the Codex was passed back into the possession of the Polos when Niccolò's son, [[Marco Polo|Marco]], retrieved it from the court of [[Kublai Khan]]. Marco in turn handed it to the Assassin [[Dante Alighieri]], who passed it into the safe-keeping of his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]] [[Domenico Auditore]]. Domenico eventually and deliberately broke apart the Codex and scattered its pages whilst aboard a [[ship]] in [[Otranto]] harbor, so as to prevent drunken [[Piracy|pirates]] hired by the Templars from capturing it.<ref name="AuditoreCrypt">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Auditore Family Crypt]]</ref>

===Renaissance===
[[File:ACoP 20 v.png|thumb|250px|The Codex being gradually reassembled]]
After the pages of the Codex were scattered, the Assassins attempted to bring them together, but by 1478, they had successfully located only six pages. That year, however, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] took up his his late father [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]]'s duty as an Assassin,<ref name="AChangeOfPlans">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[A Change of Plans]]</ref> and by 1499 had located and brought together all thirty pages scattered across [[Italy]].<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> Each page was encrypted, and the only people capable of deciphering it were Giovanni<ref name="AChangeOfPlans"/> and Ezio's friend, the artist and inventor [[Leonardo da Vinci]].<ref name="AceUpMySleeve">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Ace Up My Sleeve]]</ref>

Hidden in the Codex was a prediction regarding the arrival of a "prophet" who would bring together two [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]] to open the [[Vatican Vault|Vault]],<ref name="EvasiveManeuvers">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Evasive Maneuvers]]</ref> as well as a [[Isu map|map]] of the [[Earth|world]] marked with the locations of various other [[Temple (Isu)|Vaults]].<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/> After the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] [[Siege of Monteriggioni|siege]] on [[Monteriggioni]], the Codex pages were eventually scattered anew.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref>

===Modern era===
By the early 21st century, the Codex pages remained separated; many pages resided in the hands of private collectors, likely Templars, whilst some were on display in public museums, such as one in [[Florence]]'s [[National Central Library]].<ref name="AC2Modern">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>

The Templar [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Alan Rikkin]] had a copy of Altaïr's codex in his office at the [[Abstergo Foundation Rehabilitation Center]] in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Into the Animus]]''</ref> Following the facility's destruction in a riot in late 2016, the fate of this copy remains unknown.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' film]]</ref>

==Codex pages==
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|-|1=
I have spent days with the artifact now. Or has it been weeks? Months? I can no longer be certain... The others come from time to time—offering food or distraction. They say I should separate myself from these studies... [[Malik Al-Sayf|Malik]] has even suggested I abandon them entirely. But I am not yet ready to turn away. This Apple of Eden will be understood. It must be... Is it a weapon? Is it a catalogue? Is it somehow both? "[[wikisource:Bible (King James)/Ecclesiastes|He who increaseth knowledge]], increaseth sorrow..." The philosophy of such a statement I can understand... But for it to be true—literally true? A society that waged wars with ideas and information in place of [[steel]] and [[sword]]s... Its function is simple. Elementary, even. Dominion. Control. But the process... the methods and means it employs... THESE are fascinating. Those subjected to its 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. I remember my own moment of weakness when confronted by Al Mualim, my confidence shaken by his words. He, who had been like a father, was now revealed to be my greatest enemy. Just the briefest flicker of doubt was all he needed to creep into my mind. But I vanquished his phantoms—restored my self confidence—and sent him from this world. I freed myself. But now I wonder... Did I really? For here I sit—desperate to understand that which I swore to destroy. This is why: The Apple has a tale to tell. I sense the flickers of [[Second Disaster|something]]—great and dangerous... We are all at risk. It is my duty to do something about it. I must not—cannot—turn away until I've found the truth.
|-|2=
[[File:Zw-codex-2.png|thumb|center|512px|A drawing of a skirmish between a group of Assassins and Templars]]
|-|3=
[[File:Zw-codex-3.png|thumb|center|512px|A schematic for putting together the parts for a Hidden Blade]]
|-|4=
What follows are the three great ironies of the Assassin Order: (1) Here we seek to promote peace, but murder is our means. (2) Here we seek to open the minds of men, but require obedience to a master and set of rules. (3) Here we seek to reveal the danger of blind faith, yet we are practitioners ourselves. I have no satisfactory answer to these charges, only possibilities... Do we bend the rules in service to a greater good? And if we do, what does it say of us? That we are liars? That we are frauds? That we are weak? Every moment is spent wrestling with these contradictions and in spite of all the years I've had to reflect, still I can find no suitable answer... And I fear that one may not exist. Nothing is true. Everything is permitted. Does our [[The Creed|creed]] provide the answer, then? That one may be two things—opposite in every way—simultaneously? And why not? Am I not proof? We of noble intentions, possessed of barbaric means? We who celebrate the sanctity of life and then promptly take it from those we deem our enemies?
|-|5=
Who were [[Isu|The Ones That Came Before]]? What brought them here? How long ago? Centuries? Millenia? Longer still? So little remains of them... [[Great Catastrophe|What]] drove them out? What of these artifacts? Messages in a bottle? Tools left behind to aid and guide us? Or do we fight for control over their refuse, giving divine purpose and meaning to little more than discarded toys?
|-|6=
[[Robert de Sablé]] may be dead, but his [[Levantine Rite of the Templar Order|brotherhood]] survives. Though less conspicuous in appearance, I fear they remain a threat. Where once they proudly walked the streets—making for easier targets—now they retreat into the shadows. It grows difficult to track them. What [[New World Order|wicked things]] will they weave in the darkness? Our work will be all the more complicated for it. Already there are rumors of a [[Templar Archive|movement]] on [[Cyprus]]. I will have to investigate... It's made me realize that our tactics, too, must change. It means an end to our [[fort]]resses. To our penchant for spectacular displays of public assassinations. We must weave our webs quietly. And we must do so differently than we have in the past. Though I ask my brothers now to abandon their rituals, I do not ask that they abandon the creed. THIS is what makes us assassins. Not the [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|removal]] of a finger. Not a false promise of paradise. Not the prohibition of poison. Our duty is to the [[Civilian|people]], not to custom. If we must sneak, we shall sneak. If we must use poison, we shall [[Poison Blade|use]] [[Dart|poison]]. If our [[Hidden Blade|blade]]s can be used without removing fingers, we shall not demand they be taken. And we shall not manipulate our [[Assassin apprentice|initiates]] with lies and parlor tricks. We shall speak plainly and honestly. We shall be made anew...
|-|7=
I had [[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles|thought]] [[Adha]] would be the one to lead me to rest, that I might lay down my blade and live as a normal man. But now I know such dreams are best left to sleep... Her face. I try to banish it from my mind as I remember the days and nights during which I chased her Templar captors across the [[Mediterranean Sea|sea]]. I almost got to them in time. Almost. If I had only been faster. Instead, I held her lifeless body in my arms—saw the terror reflected in her fixed, unblinking eyes... I hunted each man—one by one—until all responsible were gone from the world. But there was no joy in this. No satisfaction or release. Their deaths did not bring her back. Did not heal my wounds. After that, I was certain I would never again feel for a woman as I had for her. I am fortunate to have [[Maria Thorpe|been wrong]].
|-|8=
Why do our instincts insist on violence? I have studied the interactions between different species. The innate desire to survive seems to demand the death of the other. Why can they not stand hand in hand? So many believe the world was created by the hand of a divine power—but I see only the designs of a madman, bent on celebrating destruction and desperation. Our [[Project Anthropos|origins]] seem chaotic. Unintended. Purpose and being instilled solely by the passage of time. Imposed first by nature—and later men...
|-|9=
Over time, any sentence uttered long and loud enough becomes fixed. Becomes a truth. Provided, of course, you can outlast the dissent and silence your opponents. But should you succeed—and remove all challengers—then what remains is, by default, now true. Is it truth in some objective sense? No. But how does one ever achieve an objective point of view? The answer is you don't. It is literally, physically impossible. There are too many variables. Too many fields and formulae to consider. We can try, of course. We can inch closer and closer to a revelation. But we'll {{Wiki|Zeno's paradoxes|never reach it}}. Not ever... And so I have realized, that so long as The Templars exist, they will attempt to bend reality to their will. They recognize there is no such thing as an absolute truth—or if there is—we are hopelessly underequipped to recognize it. And so in its place, they seek to create their own explanation. It is the guiding principle of their so-named "New World Order"; To reshape existence in their own image. It is not about artifacts. Not about men. These are merely tools. It's about concepts. Clever of them. For how does one wage war against a concept? It is the perfect weapon. It lacks a physical form yet can alter the world around us in numerous, often violent ways. You cannot kill a creed. Even if you kill all of its adherents, destroy all of its writings—these are a reprieve at best. Some one, some day, will rediscover it. Reinvent it. I believe that even we, the Assassins, have simply re-discovered an Order that predates the Old Man himself...
|-|10=
[[File:Zw-codex-10.png|thumb|center|512px|A drawing of a man preaching to a crowd. The heading shows how the Biblical Apple of Eden and the Piece of Eden are one and the same]]
|-|11=
{{Wiki|Attis}}. [[Dionysus]]. [[Horus]]. {{Wiki|Krishna}}. [[Mithras|Mithra]]. [[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus]]. Similar stories color their lives. Too similar, I think. Divine birthright. Persecution. Disciples. Miraculous acts. Resurrection... How is it possible? Perhaps it isn't... Merely a single story told over the ages? Borrowed then changed to fit the times? Evolving as our tools and language do? Is this tale borne of fact or fiction? A bit of both? Could these figures be the same person—their life extended and transformed by a Piece of Eden? Al Mualim spoke of Jesus as a real person—a mortal who had mastered the arts of manipulation. But what if he was wrong? If these men are real—and if they have walked amongst us many times before—does it mean they'll come again? Perhaps they are here now? So many questions, and every day, even more...
|-|12=
[[File:Zw-codex-12.png|thumb|center|512px|An astrological drawing of the solar system]]
|-|13=
[[File:Zw-codex-13.png|thumb|center|512px|A drawing of an Assassin wielding two Hidden Blades. The smelting formula is across the top. Instructional drawings for new assassination techniques adorn the left, right, and bottom of the page.]]

The Hidden Blade has been a constant companion of ours over the years. Some would even say it defines us—and they would not be entirely wrong. Many of our successes would not have been possible without it. Still, the device has begun to show its age—and so I have been researching improvements beyond ending the need to remove one's finger to wield it. The first is the addition of a metal plate that can be used to deflect incoming blows. The other Assassins believe it is forged of a new metal—and credit me with the discovery of the formulae (included on this page). It is better that they not know the truth. I have also worked with Malik to describe new methods of assassination: from on high, from ledges, and from hiding places. Basic movements, but critical nonetheless. The third and final improvement is the most simple—the provision of a second blade—identical in every way to the first. Should an Assassin ever find himself tasked with dispatching two targets, he need only time his strike in such a way that he might reach both at the same time. These blades will be limited in number since the metals with which we forge them remain difficult to obtain. I will need to think carefully about who shall be allowed to carry two...
|-|14=
Man seeks dominion over all that he encounters. I suppose it is a natural tendency for us to aspire towards mastery of our surroundings. But this should not include other human beings. Every day more and more are pressed into [[Slavery|service]]—by deception or by force. Others, though not so firmly imprisoned, are made to feel as if their lives are worthless. I have seen the ways in which men persecute women. Heard the cruel words hurled at those who come here from other lands. Watched as those who believe or act differently are made to suffer... We discuss such things often—watching as we do from the spires of Masyaf. What can be done to stop this? To encourage tolerance and equality? Some days we speak of education, believing that knowledge will free us from immorality. But as I walk the streets and see slaves sent off to auction—my heart grows cold. When I see the husband hurl abuses and stones at his wife, insisting she exists only to serve him—my fists clench. And when I see children torn from their parents so that another man might profit—sent off to suffer beneath the desert [[sun]] and die... ...On these days, I do not think that dialogue will make a difference. On these days, I can think only of how the perpetrators need to die.
|-|15=
[[File:Zw-codex-15.png|thumb|center|512px|A sketch of the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea]]
|-|16=
The Apple is more than a catalog of that which precedes us. Within its twisting, sparking innards I've caught glimpses of what will be. Such a thing should not be possible. Perhaps it isn't. Maybe it is simply a suggestion. How to know? How to be sure? I contemplate the consequences of these visions: are they images of things to come—or simply the potential for what might be. Can we influence the outcome? Dare we try? And in so doing, do we merely ensure that which we've seen? I am torn—as always—between action and inaction—unclear as to which—if either—will make a difference. Am I even meant to make a difference? Still, I keep this journal. Is that not an attempt to change—or perhaps guarantee—what I have seen?
|-|17=
Of all the things I've seen, none troubles me more than the image of the flames... Pillars so tall they seemed to pierce the heavens. The ground rumbled and shuddered. Mountains split and crack. Great metal towers splintered, their innards strewn about the ground... And everywhere there was screaming. A chorus so terrible that even now I feel its echoes still. What is this madness I have seen? Is it them, I wonder? Those who came before... Is this where they went? Into the fire? Into the dust? Perhaps this destructive power is what the Templars seek. That they might hold it over us a command devotion. What hope would we have, then, if they held such darkness in their hands—that they could murder the world...
|-|18=
We are obligated to hide. To be silent. To shape the course of history in secret. But some of my brothers and sisters disagree. They grow angry, insisting it is a mistake to shroud ourselves. They say it slows our work. But they do not understand the risks. To expose ourselves now would be too dangerous. I fear we would be branded madmen and attacked. So it goes. So it always has. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that men do not learn by being told. Instead they must be shown. They must make the connections themselves. If I say unto a man, be kind, be tolerant, be of an open mind—these words will wither and die long before they've affected change. It would be a waste. And so we must maintain our course...
|-|19=
[[File:Zw-codex-19.png|thumb|center|512px|A schematic view of the armor that Altaïr wore]]
Legend speaks of [[Shrouds of Eden|a Golden Fleece]]. Could the two be related?... ...I have further refined the metallurgic process, allowing for the production of a [[Armor of Altaïr|suit of armor]] the likes of which the world has never seen... ...It is possessed of great strength, yet so light as to allow complete freedom... ...I alternate between wonder and fear. Here we have crafted something that will surely change the face of warfare, making those who wear it nigh invincible... Perhaps it was a mistake to create these pieces. I think it best to erase the formulae. What if it were to fall into the hands of our enemies? The risk is too great...
|-|20=
I have studied the ancient pagan faiths that came before this more recent obsession with a single, divine creator. They seem to have focused more on the fundamental forces at play in the world around us and less on arbitrary moral rules... The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. The tides ebb and flow. Grass grows, withers, dies, and then in time, emerges from the ground once more. The air turns warm then cools and back again. Some hidden energy keeps us fitted to the ground and pulls us back when we attempt to leave it. Each of these movements was represented before by a god or goddess. Each force given face, but recognized as something distinct and powerful. Which is not to say there were not connections between these forces—a pantheon of individual spirits—of rules. Invisible hands guiding the progress of the world around us. And so here there was an attempt to categorize, study, explain, and understand the way things work—even if it was flawed. But no more. Now we are asked to succumb to a far more simplified explanation. How naïve to believe there might be a single answer to every question. Every mystery. That there exists a lone divine light which rules over all. They say it is a light that brings truth and love. I say it is a light that blinds us—and forces us to stumble about in ignorance. I long for the day when men will turn away from invisible monsters and once more embrace a more rational view of the world. But these new religions are so convenient—and promise such terrible punishment should one reject them—I worry that fear shall keep us stuck to what is surely the greatest lie ever told.
|-|21=
[[File:AC2 Codex Poison Blade Schematic.png|thumb|center|512px|A schematic for an altered Hidden Blade, to be used as an injection needle. Various plants and roots have been drawn around it.]]
One may cultivate extracts from various plants found throughout the region. More exotic species can sometimes be obtained from [[Merchant|traders]] and travelers, but their properties are less documented and require further examination. Traditional alchemical implements can be used to distill the poison. Care should be used as certain poisons can be absorbed through exposed skin. Many are those who have lost their lives to carelessness. One's blade should be hollowed according to the specifications listed herein. Deviation may create fractures within the metal, causing the blade to weaken and possibly break.
|-|22=
[[File:Zw-codex-22.png|thumb|center|512px|A map of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, with arcs pointing to various locations.]]
What to make of this map? It appears to contain the entire world. Not flat as they claim, either, but round—like a ball. Like The Apple. But how is such a thing even possible? Stranger still are the lands it shows—great patches of the unknown. The unexplored. So many places yet to be discovered... Are there men there? Are they like us? And if not—different how? I should like to know the answers. Perhaps—in time—I'll have the chance to travel. To chart a course and make my way to these distant lands...
|-|23=
[[File:Zw-codex-23.png|thumb|center|512px|An instructional diagram for [[freerunning]]. The Arabic reads: North (هاجم) = Attack, East (تسلق) = Climb, South (ءبر) = Across, and the West (قطر) = Diagonal.]]
|-|24=Some days I miss my family... Or at least the thought of them. I never knew [[Umar Ibn-La'Ahad|my]] [[Maud|parents]] well, despite them both having lived within these walls. It was our way. Perhaps they were sad, though they showed no sign—it was not allowed. For my part, so much of my youth was spent in training, there was little time left to reflect upon the separation. And so when they were finally lost to me, it seemed no different than the passing of two strangers. Al Mualim had been as my father, and his was a weak and dishonest love, though at the time it seemed enough—better, even. Or so I thought. Some day I will have a [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|child]]—such is the way of our Order. And I will not make the same mistake. Nor any who call themselves an Assassin. We shall be allowed to love our [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|children]]—and, in turn, to be loved. Al Mualim believed such attachments would weaken us—cause us to falter when our lives were on the line. But if we truly fight for what is just, does love not make such sacrifice simpler—knowing that we do so for their gain?
|-|25=
[[File:Zw-codex-25.png|thumb|center|512px|A bust drawing of Maria Thorpe]]
|-|26=
I have the answer now. I know the truth. I shall not touch that wretched thing again. Best that no one do, now or ever. I have tried—at last—to destroy it, but it will neither bend nor break nor melt. Oh the irony—I am certain if I asked, the Apple would tell me what need be done. But even this promise is insufficient. Always it holds one more gift to give. I must refrain. So it shall be sealed. We will take it to the island—once theirs, now ours. There is a treasury there—hidden well—and it shall have to suffice. Risky to separate myself from the artifact that others may discover it. Riskier still to keep it close. In time I will be tempted. I am weak. We all are. Who wouldn't be? Oh, the things I have seen... The tale is here—inside the text. Not between the lines but beneath them. Where only [[Eagle Vision|our eyes]] might peer. Go and see it for yourself. That you might succeed where I and the others have failed. Time marches on—bringing with it new discoveries and developments. And so at least one day the doorway might be opened and the message delivered. They will have their prophet.
|-|27=
We are growing larger. More make their way to our fortresses every day. Men and women. Young and old. From different lands. Of different faiths. Each tells a similar story—of having discovered the first part of our creed: that nothing is true. Too often, though, the revelation undoes them. They lose their morality, certainty, security. Many are driven mad. We must guide them. Help them to heal. Their minds must not be filled with more fairy tales, but with knowledge instead. Let them have answers—and let those answers be difficult and complex. Such is life.
|-|28=
[[File:Zw-codex-28.png|thumb|center|512px|A schematic for a small clockwork pistol, as well as the formula for the gunpowder needed to use it]]
Success! We have found a way to alter the structure of the hidden blade so that it can be used to [[Hidden Gun|launch small projectiles]]. It is capable of grievous damage—even from great distance. I confess, the means by which I came about the discovery was... risky to say the least. But I have found that in small doses, and with a focused mind, the Apple can be used without ill effect. Or so I hope. The knowledge of [[Firearm|projectile combat]] is not new to us, having been observed amongst our [[China|Eastern neighbors]]. But their weapons were much larger—and insufficient for our needs. I have now found a way to miniaturize their designs, embedding their fiery weapon into a form that can be worn on the wrist. We have also refined the formula for [[Gunpowder|combustible powder]], such that common ingredients might be used. This is a dangerous bit of knowledge and it is best shared with only our closest allies...
|-|29=
A dark tide rises to the east—an army of such size and power that all the land is made quick with worry. Their leader is a man named Temujin, who has adopted the title [[Genghis Khan]]. He sweeps across the lands, conquering and subsuming all who stand in his way. Whatever his motives, he must be stopped. Were I younger, I might attempt to undertake this work in secret—as I suspect the presence of [[Sword of Eden 2|a Piece of Eden]]. But those days are years gone, now. The mantle must be passed. It is time she and I spoke with our sons. We will travel there together, that they may be tested and that this threat might be stopped.
|-|30=
Soon I shall pass from this world. It is my time. All the hours of the day are now colored by the thoughts and fears borne of this realization. I know that the elements of my body will return to the Earth. But what of my consciousness? My identity? That is to say—what of ME? I suspect it will end. That there is no next world. Nor a return to this one. It will simply be done. Forever. Our lives are so brief and unimportant. The cosmos cares nothing for us. For what we've done; Had we wrought evil instead of good. Had I chosen to abuse the Apple instead of seal it away. None of it would have mattered. There is no counting. No reckoning. No final judgement. There is simply silence. And darkness. Utter and absolute... And so I have begun to wonder—might there not be a way to stop—or at least delay—death's embrace? Surely the ones who came before were not so frail and feeble as we. But I have sworn to be done with the artifact. To not gaze into its core. Still: faced as I am with the prospect of my end, what harm is there in one last look...
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==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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|targets = *[[Pausanias of Sparta]]
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'''Sparta''' is a town in [[Lakonia]], [[Greece]] that was once a prominent ''[[polis]]'' during the classical period. At its peak, it was a warrior society where all males were trained from childhood to serve throughout their lives in a purely militaristic capacity. This specialization produced some of the greatest warriors of their time, and the martial might of Sparta's soldiers held a legendary prestige across Greece.

==History==
===Foundation===
In most traditions, Sparta was formed by the surrounding villages of [[Pitana]], [[Mesoa]], [[Limnai]] and {{Wiki|Cynosura (Laconia)|Kynosoura}}, which were settlements established by {{Wiki|Dorians|Dorian}} Greeks who migrated to Lakonia during the {{Wiki|Greek Dark Ages}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Sparta|Lakonia: Sparta]]</ref>

===Classical period===
In 480 BCE, Sparta was led by King [[Leonidas]] who fell at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] during the [[Greco-Persian Wars#Second Persian invasion of Greece|Second Persian invasion of Greece]]. The Greeks were nonetheless victorious in the war, and in the aftermath, [[Athens]] emerged as the hegemonic power as leader of the [[Delian League]].

In 448 BCE, the baby [[Alexios]] was sentenced to death after the acting [[Pythia]] [[Praxithea]] of the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]] foretold that [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]]' younger grandchild would bring ruin to [[Sparta]], as per the order of the [[Cult of Kosmos]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Sins of the Past]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Unkindest Cut]]</ref> [[Kassandra]] attempted to save her brother and inadvertently pushed both the priest and Alexios off the cliff to their apparent deaths and was sentenced to death for murder. [[Nikolaos]] ended up causing her to fall from the top of Mount Taygetos.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Big Break]]</ref> However, both children survived and became fierce warriors.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Serpent's Lair]]</ref>

[[File:ACOD Two Kings of Sparta.png|thumb|250px|left|Archidamos and Pausanias, the two kings of Sparta]]
During this period, Sparta and Athens became archenemies, and to counter the Delian League, the former established an alliance of its own known as the [[Peloponnesian League]]. Open conflict erupted in 431 BCE with the [[Peloponnesian War]]. During this period of time, Sparta was jointly ruled by [[Archidamos of Sparta|Archidamos]] of the {{Wiki|List of kings of Sparta#Eurypontid dynasty|Eurypontid dynasty}} and [[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanias]] of the [[Agiad dynasty]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

Around 428 BCE, Kassandra - now an adult and accomplished ''misthios'' - returned to Sparta after having found her mother. Kassandra's new ally [[Brasidas]] informed them that the city claimed it after Nikolaos' disappearance. As Kassandra wanted to see the Kings Brasidas advised her to deal with the [[Helot]]s revolt in Sparta to be sure that the rulers will listen her.<ref name="Home Sweet Home">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Home Sweet Home (Odyssey)|Home Sweet Home]]</ref> After that, Kassandra and her mother met the kings Archidamos and Pausanias. As Archidamos was furious against Myrrine and Kassandra after what happened on Mount Taygetos, Pausanias proposed that the ''misthios'' proved her loyalty. Archidamos tasked her to conquer [[Boeotia]] while Pausanias demanded her to escort the champion [[Testikles]] to [[Elis]] and assured the victory of Sparta during the [[Olympic Games]]. After the meeting, Brasidas informed Kassandra that he had a lead on a Cultist in [[Arkadia]]. Myrrine chose to follow Brasidas while Kassandra accomplished the Kings' tasks.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Kings of Sparta]]</ref> During her time in Sparta, Kassandra met the General [[Lysander]] who tasked her to find Polemarch seals from Athens.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Ambition]]</ref>

After 427 BCE, having completed what she set out to do and also gathered evidence against Pausanias, Kassandra returned to Sparta, where she confronted the Sage before Archidamos, the ephors, the Gerousia, and the Hippeis, which charged Pausanias for his crimes. As Kassandra made a great service for Sparta in addition to accomplish the Kings' quests, Archidamos granted Kassandra and Myrrine their house back. Before Pausanias could flee Lakonia he was slain by the ''misthios''. When Kassandra and her mother entered in her house, Brasidas came to ask help from the misthios to prepare an attack against the Athenians in [[Pylos]] as they were rumors that Deimos was as their sides. She accepted and made for [[Messenia]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Bloody Feast]]</ref>

[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra, Myrrine, and Alexios' last meeting]]
In 422 BCE, after returning to Sparta, Kassandra told to her mother what [[Battle of Amphipolis|happened]] in [[Amphipolis]] and the undetermined fate of Alexios. Going to Mount Taygetos to turn the page, they saw Alexios near the cliff. They tried to resonate him to leave the Cult and join his family, but he lost the will of living. In a desperate move, he threatened his mother with a blade, forcing Kassandra to kill him.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – Chapter 18</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Where It All Began]]</ref> After the tragedy of losing her brother, Kassandra tried to reform her family. She organized a dinner in her old house with her mother, Nikolaos, and Stentor.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Dinner in Sparta]]</ref>

==Structure of Classical Spartan society==
===Citizenship===
The Spartan education process known as the ''[[agoge]]'' was essential for full citizenship. However, usually the only boys eligible for the agoge were Spartiates, those who could trace their ancestry to the original inhabitants of the city. Spartans who failed their ''agoge'' training were denied citizenship.<ref name="The Importance of Education"/>

===Non-citizens===
{{Further|Perioikoi|Helot}}
The other classes were the ''perioikoi'', free inhabitants who were non-citizens, and the ''helots'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bully the Bullies]]</ref> state-owned serfs. Descendants of non-Spartan citizens were forbidden from the ''agoge''.

==Life in Classical Sparta==
===Education===
{{Main|Agoge}}
When Spartan boys were of age, they would enter the ''[[Agoge|agoge]]'' system. The ''agoge'' was the military training and education program made to train the young boys. The boys would continue training from the ages of seven to thirty. As soon as they turned seven they were removed from their families and placed into the service of the state. They learnt a variety of things ranging from reading, writing, and even music, although it was mostly focused on combat training.<ref name="The Importance of Education">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "The Importance of Education"]]</ref> King Leonidas' death was held in high esteem for all Spartans and his bravery was then instilled in all future generations.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "Statue of Leonidas"]]</ref>

The boys were divided up into ''agelai'' (herds), and supervised by older adolescents. Young girls of the same age participated in a similar system that was less harmful. They were trained in music and dance, but also running and wrestling. They also avoided wearing jewelry or perfume.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "The First Stage of Education"]]</ref> The growing of hair and facial hair was tied to progress in the ''agoge''. At the age of twenty, Spartan men could grow their hair out, and at thirty, were permitted to grow beards and mustaches.<ref name="Barracks"/>

===Military life===
{{Further|Spartan army|Krypteia}}
[[File:ACOD - Spartan hopelite render.png|thumb|100px|A Spartan hoplite]]
Spartans between the ages of twelve and twenty could fight in the Spartan army as ''hoplites''.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "The Second Stage of Education"]]</ref> At the age of twenty, Spartan men began their membership in one of the ''syssitia'' (dining messes or clubs), the meals were compulsory for all Spartans of age.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "Syssition"]]</ref> Until the age of thirty Spartan men lived in communal living areas called ''syskenia''. They remained in military service until they reached the age of sixty and were designated as ''gerontes'' (elders). However many were known to continue serving anyway.<ref name="Barracks">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Spartan Education|Spartan Education: "Barracks"]]</ref>

===Marriage===
Once a Spartan man had turned twenty-two they were permitted to start a family, but thirty was viewed as the more appropriate age to be married.<ref name="Barracks"/>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Sparta}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1stm}} {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Spears for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[For Democracy!]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACOD}}

[[Category:Cities in Greece]]
[[Category:Poleis]]
[[Category:Cities in Ancient Rome]]
[[Category:Locations in Lakonia]]
[[Category:Peloponnesian League]]

The Old Minster

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[[File:ACV The Old Minster Entrance.jpg|thumb|250px|The Old Minster]]
'''The Old Minster''' was an [[Anglo-Saxon|Anglo-Saxon]] [[cathedral]] in [[Winchester|Wincestre]], [[Hampshire|Hamtunscire]].

==History==
In 648, [[Cenwalh of Wessex]] became King of [[Wessex]] once more, and learning from his exile, he ordered the construction of the Old Minster. The construction was his way to make amends towards the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' − [[Viking Expansion notes]] − Historical Musings</ref> In 667, Bishop [[Wine (bishop)|Wine]] became the first bishop to be consecrated in the Old Minster.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' − [[Learnings: The City of Winchester]]</ref>

In 877, [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] arrived at the cathedral to find a "man in white", as she had been instructed to do in a letter. Finding the man, Eivor spoke with the [[scholar]] [[Sigebeald]] and recited the coded words presented in the letter. After a brief conversation, Sigebeald led Eivor to meet her actual contact in a closed room upstairs. The [[Vikings|Viking]] found herself meeting with King [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]], who had summoned her to help him, as the [[Order of the Ancients]] was planning to kill him. Reluctantly, Eivor agreed and was told the monikers of three targets, [[Selwyn|The Gallows]], [[Hilda|The Quill]], and [[Ealhferth|The Seax]], with the last one apparently being dead. She was also told to investigate [[Reeve]] [[Goodwin]]'s disappearance.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' − [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref>

[[File:ACV Impaling the Seax 18.png|thumb|250px|left|Eivor rejecting Alfred's offer of conversion]]
After Eivor found and killed all the Order targets, she went back to the Old Minster to meet with Alfred. However, the two were not alone, as the king was surrounded by [[soldier]]s and Sigebeald was sitting in the benches. With the threat of the Order eradicated, Alfred proved to be hostile towards Eivor, who was no longer of any use to him. However, he was willing to offer her a chance to renounce her [[Norse mythology|pagan]] ways and gifted her a [[silver]] cross. After Eivor declined Alfred's offer of conversion, the king left and Eivor was attacked by his guards, whom she killed before fleeing Wincestre.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' − [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref>

Later, after Eivor had purged the Order from [[England]], she was given a key by Alfred along with his [[Order of the Ancients medallion|Order medallion]], as the king explained his position as the reluctant [[Grand Maegester of the Order of the Ancients|Grand Maegester]] of the Order. Alfred's key was for the study in the Old Minster, where Eivor had met the king previously. Sparing Alfred, Eivor returned to the church, accessed the study, and read through Alfred's archives, which detailed his thoughts on the Ancients and his plans to establish a [[Templars|new Order]] from the ashes of the old one.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' − [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>

While exploring the Old Minster, Eivor came across a [[Treasure chest|chest]] within a room, behind a glass window. However, the chest needed three keys to open. Thus, Eivor searched around the cathedral and, after retrieving all the keys, she unlocked the chest and retrieved the [[Thegn's Great Helm]]. She also synchronized a [[viewpoint]] atop the cathedral's cross.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>

In 878, after the [[Battle of Edington]], the Viking chieftain [[Guthrum]] sued for peace and agreed to the terms of being baptized as a Christian in Wincestre, under Alfred's watch. Within the Old Minster, Guthrum was baptized as ''Aethelstan'' and became a Christian King in [[East Anglia]], while Alfred became his godfather, thus creating a symbolic kinship between the two rulers.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Viking Age'' − [[A Barter for Peace]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The Old Minster was demolished in 1093 and replaced by the {{Wiki|Winchester Cathedral}}.<ref>{{WP|Old Minster, Winchester}}</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|The Old Minster}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Last Chapter]]''
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Hidden Codex]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Landmarks in Winchester]]
[[Category:Churches]]
[[Category:Viewpoints]]

Studio Lounak

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{{Era|RW}}
{{Faction Infobox
|name= Studio Lounak
|image= Studio Lounak Logo.jpg
|website= https://www.studiolounak.com/
|headquarters = Montreal, Canada
|formed = 2010
}}
'''Studio Lounak''' is a Canadian art company that focuses on comics, illustrations and animations.<ref name = "Website">[https://www.studiolounak.com/ Studio Lounak's website]</ref>

==History==
On 27 March 2023, Studio Lounak announced their desire to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary with a graphic novel anthology featuring work by more than 20 artists, with non-canonical<ref name="Noncanon">{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1640679548533481475|Access the Animus|quote=In a recent video, @studiolounak has explained what #AssassinsCreed Visionaries is, a graphic novel featuring non-canonical stories by over 20 artists as a tribute to Assassin's Creed}}</ref> stories set in different time periods, by creating a campaign on Kickstarter that would start at a later date. The fundraising campaign began on 11 April and asked for $125,000 within a month, but by 10 May, the project had only earned just over 51% of the necessary funds, failing to meet its goal and cancelling the project.<ref name="Kickstarter">{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/studiolounak/ac-visionaries|title=Assassin's Creed®: Visionaries - A Graphic Novel Anthology|author=Studio Lounak|publisher=''Kickstarter''|date=11 April 2023|accessdate=10 May 2023}}</ref>

On 22 July, it was revealed that despite the failure of the kickstarter project, Studio Lounak would keep the idea going, with a series under the same name. Each issue is said to feature two stories,<ref name="AccessTheAnimus2">{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1682867469193474056|Access the Animus|quote=The #AssassinsCreed Visionaries non-canon project is going to finally be released as a series of comics published by
@studiolounak
and
@Massivepublish
!

Each issue will feature two stories, with the first one, releasing in November

The partnership between Studio Lounak and Massive Publishing will provide a full year of Assassin's Creed comics that will go beyond Visionaries and will include "prestige format issues of Studio Lounak's original Assassin's Creed stories (such as Assassin's Creed The Fall and The Chain) but also some stories that had never before released through the direct market before.

Visionaries #1 will contain a story set during the seventies' Brazilian Dictatorship, where a revolutionary fighter is captured and sent to a military basement while the second story is set in a future where the Templars are on the verge, yet again, of eliminating the Assassin Brotherhood once and for all.
}}</ref> and the first one is slated for a 15 November 2023 release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP231076|title=ASSASSINS CREED VISIONARIES #1 (OF 4) |author=Studio Lounak|publisher=''PreviewsWorld''|date=September 2023|accessdate=06 September 2023}}</ref>

==''Assassin's Creed'' bibliography==
{{GalleryBox|Studio Lounak}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Visionaries]]'' (2023-2024)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Real world companies]]

Temple of Zeus, Olympia

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{{Otheruses|the temple in Sanctuary of Olympia|[[Temple of Zeus]]}}
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|dateconstructed = c. 470 BCE – 457 BCE
|datedestroyed = 426, 522, 551
|abandoned = 6th century
|functions = Temple
|affiliation = Cult of [[Zeus]]
|Other factions =
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The '''Temple of Zeus''' was a temple dedicated to the [[Greek mythology|god]] [[Jupiter|Zeus]] in the [[Sanctuary of Olympia]] in [[Elis]], [[Greece]].
==History==
Around 435 BCE the renowned [[Athens|Athenian]] sculptor [[Phidias]] finished the massive [[Statue of Zeus, Olympia|statue]] of Zeus made of [[gold]] and [[ivory]], considered one of the [[Wonders of the World]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece#Elis|Elis: Elis Coinage and Banner]]</ref>

During the 428 BCE [[Olympic Games]], the temple was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] with her friend [[Barnabas]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Barnabas Abroad]]</ref> She visited the temple again at the request of Phidias soon after.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Message, the Stick, and the Artist]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Instead of its real [[marble]] pedimental sculptures, the temple has the same fictional [[bronze]] pedimental sculptures depicting the {{Wiki|Giants (Greek mythology)#The Gigantomachy|Gigantomachy}}, the battle between the Giants and the Greek gods in Greek mythology that are also shared by other temples in game.<ref name="pediment">{{Twitter|adreinhard|status/1065085989838876672|Andrew Reinhard|quote=1/3 Here are some composite images I made featuring the east and west pediments and the metopes of the Parthenon both real and imagined in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|image=File: Andrew Reinhard - Twitter - Parthenon.png}}</ref><ref name="bronze">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/9mpr49/why_do_the_elgin_marbles_on_the_parthenon_are/|title=Why do the Elgin Marbles on the Parthenon are made out bronze in the game?|author="Tyrannosaurus90"|publisher=''{{Wiki|Reddit}}''|date=9 October 2018|accessdate=29 August 2019}}</ref>

The metopes of the temple are true to its [http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Art/Ancient/en/HerculesOlympia.html real counterparts] and depict seven of the [[Labours of Hercules]]. They are also inaccurately depicted on the [[Parthenon]] and other temples in game.<ref name="pediment" />

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Temple of Zeus, Olympia}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Locations in Elis]]
[[Category:Locations in the Valley of Olympia]]
[[Category:Landmarks in the Sanctuary of Olympia]]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Viewpoints]]

Soldier

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{{Update|''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]'', and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''}}
[[File:Bad Politics 3.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore fighting several Borgia guards]]
A '''soldier''' is a combatant serving in a military. Their basic duties are to defend their community and conduct warfare against the enemies of their leaders. Prior to the widespread creation of [[police]] forces, civilian enforcers of the law, public order in cities were invariably maintained by soldiers, in which capacity they were commonly referred to as '''guards'''.<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Because they are almost always necessary to the survival of a people, soldiers have been ubiquitous throughout the history of civilization. In service to a state, in which case they constitute the state's military, they are the individuals entrusted with the {{Wiki|monopoly on violence|legitimate use of force}} by the government. Not limited to national armies, they have also been recruited, trained, and fielded by unconventional groups with military arms, such as rebel factions and most prominently the transnational secret organizations of the [[Templar|Templar Order]] and the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]]. It was not unknown for [[Mercenary|mercenaries]], particularly during the [[Italian Wars]], to form themselves into armies as well.

In response to the diverse demands of war, militaries throughout history have typically organized their soldiers into hierarchies with a clear chain of command, along with specialized units suited to different combat situations. Aside from the broader categories of infantry and cavalry, common, narrower specializations prior to the advent of [[firearm]]s included lightly armored skirmishers like the [[Athens|Athenian]] {{Wiki|peltast}}s, powerful yet sluggish [[brute]]s, frontline [[pike]]men, and professionally trained [[archer]]s and [[crossbowman|crossbowmen]]. For the protection of the most vital people, like the state rulers themselves, special elite units of the highest calibre were frequently established, with infamous examples being the [[Papal Guard|Swiss Guards]] of the [[Papal States]], the [[Janissary|Janissaries]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Swiss Guards|''Gardes suisses'']] of the [[Kingdom of France]].

==Common classifications==
While soldiers across [[human]] history have varied immensely in their training, equipment, and technology, certain classifications have been employed almost universally.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> Among these is the division between infantry, [[horseman|cavalry]], and artillery, denoting foot-soldiers, horsemen, and siege weapons respectively. Infantry, in turn, may take the form of close-ranged combatants, such as [[pike]]men or [[sword]]smen, or long-ranged support, such as [[archer]]s, [[crossbowman|crossbowmen]], and [[sniper]]s.<ref name="TSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

Militaries often categorized their infantry units into light, standard, and heavy infantry,<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> but the authors of [[database]] entries for the [[Animus]] and the [[Helix]], devices which allow users to live the [[Genetic memory|memories]] of past individuals, usually identify enemy soldiers as falling into the basic generalities of [[regular]]s, [[brute]]s, [[agile]]s, and [[seeker]]s.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

===Regulars===
{{Main|Regular}}
Regulars are the standard unit of infantry in militaries. As the backbone of their forces, they constitute the average in their capabilities without any specialization and are serviced with the most standard equipment of their army, be it a sword, batons, spear, [[musket]], etc.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===Brutes===
{{Main|Brute}}
The aptly-named brutes distinguish themselves with their particularly bulky, sturdy physique. Frequently utilizing [[heavy weapon]]s like [[battleaxe]]s or [[bastard sword]]s, these combatants rely upon their great strength to overpower their enemies at the cost of speed and agility.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="AC3" /> Brutes are not a uniform type of soldier but constitute a common stereotype of any non-elite, heavy infantry embodying these traits, with units as diverse as [[Sparta]]n ''{{Wiki|hypaspists}}'',<ref name="ACOD" /> [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Almogavar]]s,<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> and [[British Army|British]] [[grenadier]]s falling under this label.<ref name="AC3" />

===Agiles===
{{Main|Agile}}
Lightly armored soldiers serving as scouts or trackers are also known as agiles because they forsake standard military equipment for maximum mobility. In combat situations, they are trained to engage foes with flurries of swift attacks and rely on evasive maneuvers to compensate for their little to no protection. Their survivability contingent on their nimbleness, agiles were almost always the most athletic of their forces, with some, as was the case among Borgia guards, even being trained in [[freerunning|parkour]].<ref name="AC2" /> While the relatively mundane British scout was a typical example of an agile,<ref name="AC3" /> ancient warriors like the fearsome [[Cult of Kosmos]] scions and the [[Ptolemaic Egypt|Ptolemaic]] predators also filled this role to an extent.<ref name="ACO" /><ref name="ACOD" />

===Seekers===
{{Main|Seeker}}
With stealth being a hallmark of Assassin operations, their agents frequently nicknamed enemy soldiers in charge of scouring [[hiding spot]]s "seekers". Seekers throughout Assassin history shared little commonalities beyond this, varying wildly in their equipment and training. The seekers as classified by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] during the [[Renaissance]] were armored spearmen while those designated by the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]] of the [[Ming dynasty]] wielded [[jian|light swords]] and carried [[shuriken]].<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="AC2D">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref><ref name="ACCC">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''</ref> The trend continued into the 19th century, where the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]] recognized experienced fencers equipped with crowd control tools like {{Wiki|Stun grenade|flash bombs}} as their enemy seekers.<ref name="ACU" /> Regardless, seekers have invariably been soldiers of greater martial skill and military authority than regulars, brutes, and agiles.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="ACCC" /> Most members of that category of enemies in the 18th century, such as the [[captains]] of [[British Army]] and the [[Swiss Guards]] of the [[National Guard]] used to use sabers instead of spears and halberds already considered medieval. In the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] seekers used capes and wooden batons.

===Ranged support===
[[File:Romagna Holiday 8.png|thumb|250px|Borgia archers in the Apennine Mountains]]
[[Archer]]s were a mainstay of human armies prior to their discovery of [[firearm]]s. These [[bow]]men were vital to the defense of cities and fortresses, as their ability to attack from afar with hails of arrows allowed them to soften invasion forces before direct confrontation.<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> In smaller-scale skirmishes, the principle remained the same: ranged units provided support to their comrades engaged in mêlée with the enemy.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref><ref name="ACOD" />

While the bow was the weapon of choice for this role through much of human history, advancements in technology eventually led to them being superseded by those that could deliver greater firepower. The [[crossbow]] saw widespread usage among [[Crusaders]] in the 12th century,<ref name="ACAC" /> but the [[China|Chinese]], who invented the repeating crossbow, had already implemented it as early as the 4th to 3rd century BCE.<ref name="Database: Crossbow">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Database: Crossbow]]</ref> Although it was heavier and had a shorter range, it boasted superior penetrating power.<ref name="ACR" /><ref name="ACPL" /> It did not phase out the bow, however, which was an eventuality that came with the advent of firearms.<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> Despite the obsolescence of weapons before gunpowder, some individuals from this type of enemy in modern times still used modern bows and arrows, such as some members of the [[Sigma Team]].<ref name="ACO"/>

[[File:Vilified 11 v.png|thumb|left|250px|A line of arquebusiers]]
In conjunction with archers and crossbowmen, the [[Ming dynasty]] fielded [[handcannon guard]]s while the [[Papal States]] at the beginning of the 16th century introduced [[arquebusier]]s.<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="ACCC" /> With longer range and greater lethality, these marksmen were the precursors to snipers, whom the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French]] and [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassins]] later nicknamed "[[watcher]]s".<ref name="ACU" /><ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> Even when ranged weapons became the norm of all military units due to the indisputable superiority of modern firearms to mêlée weapons, the role of ranged support did not disappear; the distance between enemy combatants in engagements only widened. Snipers who could fire from distances far in excess of their archer predecessors have come to fulfill this position in modern warfare.<ref name="ACU" /><ref name="ACS"/><ref name="Uprising #12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 12|Issue #12]]</ref>

==Military ranks==
Soldiers are normally organized into hierarchies within their militaries which define the chain of command.

===Medieval armies===
European and [[Saracens|Saracen]] armies from the 12th century to at least the 16th century were roughly divided into four ranks signifying an increasing level of combat training and experience. Invariably, the higher-ranking soldiers were more heavily armored and better equipped than their subordinates regardless of the state fielding them. Even officers of the top tier, however, fell under the command of the noble, official, or private individual who either recruited them or that they were tasked to defend.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACB" />

====[[Regular|Soldier]]====
[[File:Escape debt 2.png|right|thumb|250px|Three Militia guards cornering [[Egidio Troche]]]]
The vast majority of regular soldiers fighting in the [[Crusades]] lacked any commanding authority and were therefore commonly referred to simply as "soldiers" without qualification.<ref name="AC1guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide]]''</ref> To avoid confusion, these soldiers were also called "Militia" by the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins]] during the [[Renaissance]].<ref name="ACB" /> In essence, their rank was in not truly bearing one, and their inexperience and lack of discipline meant that they were especially vulnerable to deception and low morale. It was not uncommon for Militia to be led astray from pursuit or battle by the sight of loot on the ground, a weakness that was sometimes exploited by the Assassins.<ref name="AC2" />

Given their low status, regular soldiers were provided with only the minimum standard of protection. Every Crusader soldier was equipped with chain-mail armor and a surcoat while their Saracen counterparts protected themselves with lamellar armor.<ref name="AC1" /> Likewise, European soldiers of the late 15th to early 16th century donned brigandines, yet in none of these cases were these regulars afforded helmets.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACB" />

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====Sergeant====
Moderately better trained, sergeants were of a rank above regular soldiers and were normally not placed in charge of large operations. Instead, they might assume leadership of squads. Nonetheless, in one occasion during the Third Crusade, a Templar sergeant led a force of at least several dozen soldiers to sack a village by [[Alep]].<ref name="Coming Home">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'' – [[Coming Home]]</ref>

[[File:Sibrand Eavesdropping 2.png|left|thumb|250px|Two Teutonic sergeants talking]]
In addition to basic equipment, sergeants were serviced with light helmets, and it was by these that they could be identified. While more disciplined than the average soldier, sergeants were still often susceptible to breaking ranks at the sight of superiors being slain. Historically, the Assassins sometimes referred to soldiers of this rank as "Elites" despite them bearing a low rank and never constituting an elite force.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="AC1guide" />

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====Commander====
[[File:He who waits 5.png|thumb|250px|A Leader speaking with an Agile]]
Commanders,<ref name="AC1guide" /> also known generically as Leaders,<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="AC1guide" /> were among the most seasoned of soldiers. As the lieutenants of captains, they were entrusted with positions of command in their absence, and their presence could be vital for maintaining morale and discipline among their troops.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="AC2" /><ref name="ACB" /> For identification, their enhanced armor was characterized by a fully enclosed helmet,<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="ACB" /> such as the iconic Crusader great helm.<ref name="AC1" />

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====[[Guard captain|Captain]]====
[[File:Demilitarization_2.png|thumb|left|250px|Cesare Borgia speaking with some Captains]]
In the Middle Ages, captains were the officers with the greatest authority absent elite forces such as the [[Papal Guard]] and the [[Janissaries]].<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="ACR" /> At other times, they were themselves synonymous with the elite units of their military.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="AC2D">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref> Although still subordinate to the individual they rendered service to, be that a state official or even a private individual,<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="AC2D" /> they comprised the highest command of armies and could be called to a council of war by their commander-in-chief.<ref name="ACAC" />

Among Crusader armies in the 12th century, the role of captain was filled by full-fledged knights.<ref name="ACAC" /> Such was the case among the armies of the Knights Templar. These knights were by far the most exceptional warriors of their society, having honed their swordsmanship through a lifetime of training, and could prove a match for even elite Assassins.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="ACAC" />

Similarly, [[guard captain]]s of the [[Italy|Italian]] city-states and Iberian kingdoms, such as [[Spain]] and the [[Emirate of Granada]], in the late 15th century were trained to be an indomitable force. Selected for their colossal stature, these soldiers were deployed by the [[Spanish Inquisition]] and the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order]] to lead campaigns, defend their palaces, and hunt their enemies with impunity. They clad themselves in full plate armor in the manner of knights and conventionally wielded [[bastard sword|greatswords]]. The [[Emirate of Granada]] also employed captains of this caliber, many of which protected the [[Alhambra]], though their armor was comparatively light.<ref name="AC2D" />

Not all captains of this era were of this archetype, however. [[Borgia captain|Those]] in service to the [[House of Borgia]] were more standard, being of average size and strength. Though professionally trained, they did not eclipse their subordinate comrades in martial might to the extent that Templar knights and Inquisition captains did, posing a little challenge for Master Assassins.<ref name="ACB" />

When not commanding army divisions in battle, captains could be assigned to other duties, such as overseeing the defense of a military zone in a city.<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="ACAC">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref> Under the rule of the Borgia during the [[papacy]] of [[Rodrigo Borgia|Alexander VI]], [[Rome]] was divided into twelve districts, each under the supervision of a Borgia captain.<ref name="ACB" /> Historically, the Templars were known to even deploy their captains as independent agents on covert operations.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="AC2D" />

==Military units==
===Classical Greek militaries===
====Hoplites====
In the 5th century BCE, [[hoplite]]s formed the backbone of the [[Athenian military|Athenian]] and [[Spartan army|Spartan]] armies.{{Fact|3 November 2019}} These citizen-soldiers were heavily armored in breastplates and greaves; donned helmets with grand, distinguishing plumes; and were always equipped with a [[spear]] and a large [[shield]].<ref name="ACOD" /> Their gear served to facilitate their signature {{Wiki|Phalanx|phalanx formation}} that demanded strict cohesion as a collective fighting unit.{{Fact|3 November 2019}} Greek warfare in this era principally revolved around clashes between phalanxes,{{Fact|3 November 2019}} but once these formations broke, the fighting could devolve into chaotic skirmishes between groups of enemies dispersed across the battlefield.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="The Wolf of Sparta">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Wolf of Sparta]]</ref><ref name="We Will Rise">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[We Will Rise]]</ref> In this environment, other units, such as skirmishers, swordsmen, and mercenaries would become more significant.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="The Wolf of Sparta">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Wolf of Sparta]]</ref><ref name="We Will Rise">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[We Will Rise]]</ref>

====Supplementary units====
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], both the [[Delian League]] and the [[Peloponnesian League]] utilized light infantry that were less skilled than their professionally trained hoplites. The Athenian peltasts and the Spartan phalangites were two examples of such basic soldiers, but they differ markedly in their equipment and tactics. Peltasts were provided with helmets, [[Athenian Linothorax|linothoraxes]], [[Athenian Pteruges|pteruges]], and a round shield for protection and a short sword as a weapon. In contrast, phalangites received little more than a long thrusting spear, a helmet, and greaves; they were typically entirely bare from the waist up and had little means in terms of defense.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="ACOD guide">''[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Official Game Guide]]''</ref>

Although their light infantry differed, both factions fielded ''hypaspists'' and ekdromoi. The former was essentially the Greek iteration of brutes, for they were invariable of bulky build and relied on heavy [[battleaxe]]s in battle. The ekdromoi, however, were swordsmen that were fully-clad in armor like regular hoplites.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="ACOD guide" /> Despite this, they were trained to be swift, operating as light hoplites.<ref name="ACOD guide" />

====Archers and cavalry====
The Greeks made use of [[archer]]s,<ref name="ACOD" /> but they had little in the way of [[horseman|cavalry]] before the rise of [[Makedonia]].{{Fact|3 November 2019}} In terms of archery, the Athenians were superior to the Spartans, for their elite [[marksman|marksmen]] were capable of performing incredible feats with the [[bow]]. A single marksman could accurately target an area with a rain of arrows by firing a cluster of arrows in the air all at once.<ref name="ACOD" /> These archers were well suited for the Athenians' greater focus on defensive warfare in the Peloponnesian War.

====Spartan militarism====
While the Spartans could not match the Athenians in ranged warfare, theirs was a wholly militaristic society. Without exception, the Spartans reared all male citizens from birth to devote their entire lives to being soldiers, for which they developed a reputation as the greatest warriors in all of Greece.{{Fact|3 November 2019}} Whereas Athenian ''[[strategos|strategoi]]'' were popularly elected commanders-in-chief who played the dual roles of general and statesmen, Spartan ''strategoi'' were veteran generals who always partook directly in campaigns.<ref name="ACOD" />

====Mercenaries====
The Greek ''poleis'' in the time of the Peloponnesian War made prolific use of mercenaries. Coming from unfathomably diverse backgrounds and skill-sets, the only trait all of these mercenaries had in common were their willingness to sell their services as soldiers to the various peoples and factions across Greece in the midst of their turmoil. Unlike the much later Italian mercenaries of the [[Renaissance]] era, these mercenaries did not form themselves into their own armies but operated more as roving bands or individuals which, depending on the jobs they performed, could be likened to [[vigilante]]s, assassins, bodyguards, saboteurs, [[privateer]]s, or even [[bandit]]s. Notwithstanding this, they frequently doubled as [[bounty hunter]]s which tracked down and killed individuals with prices on their heads. At times, these may even be fellow mercenaries. Among the most renowned mercenaries of this age were [[Exekias|Exekias the Legend]], a secret [[Sage (Cult of Kosmos)|Sage]] of the [[Cult of Kosmos]], and [[Kassandra]], a Spartan exile who fought for Sparta at the Battles of [[Battle of Pylos|Pylos]] and [[Battle of Amphipolis|Amphipolis]] and was responsible for destroying the Cult of Kosmos.<ref name="ACOD" />

When serving in state armies, mercenaries were at their peak in the chaotic mêlée which occasionally occurred near the end of battles when formations broke down. In these moments, free to act without the constraints of military command, mercenaries displayed their full potential as warriors.<ref name="ACOD" />

===Cult of Kosmos===
The soldiers of the Cult of Kosmos were the deadliest warriors in Greece at the time of the Peloponnesian War,<ref name="ACOD guide" /> superior to even the Spartan forces in combat expertise. All were uniformed in dark steel armor, complete with the [[Dark Steel Mask|grotesque mask]] moulded in the visage of a fearsome man. Unlike state militaries of this age, their ranks were not limited to men. However, men and women were segregated between the three units of guardians, vanguards, and scions, where the latter was reserved exclusively for women but the former for men.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="ACOD guide" />

These three units were analogous to the general classifications of regular soldiers, brutes, and agiles respectively and were standardized in their equipment. Guardians were of average stature and each wielded a sword and a large shield while vanguards were quite large and wielded a heavy battleaxe and a large shield. The petite scions were the only ones who did not carry a shield, for they specialized in twin daggers, which they were trained to swing in mad, acrobatic frenzies. None of these units had bows, nor did their forces have regular archers among them.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="ACOD guide" />

Due to the secretive nature of their organization, the Cultists of Kosmos rarely engaged in battles. They were deployed instead on covert operations typically consisting of raids, abductions, and assassinations, striking swiftly and suddenly before withdrawing back to their bases. When not sent out for these missions, they were posted as guards for the Cult's leaders or garrisoned at the Cult's forts and camps.<ref name="ACOD" />

===Greek and Roman militaries in Egypt===
[[Ptolemaic Army|Ptolemaic]] and [[Roman Army|Roman soldiers]] stationed in [[Egypt]] all carried short bows as side-arms but varied in their combination of other equipment. The most basic soldiers only had a simple sword and their bow while others either carried the sword in conjunction with a small shield, replaced the sword with a spear, or wielded a spear with a shield.<ref name="ACO guide">''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Official Game Guide]]''</ref>

The range of weapons utilized by their militaries' brutes was also fairly wide although they always carried a kind of [[heavy weapon]], typically a [[battleaxe]]. Like the average soldiers, a regular brute was provided with a short bow as a secondary weapon, but brutes of greater stature were given [[javelin]]s instead. While the former had no means of protection aside from their armor, the latter wielded enormous, rectangular shields which they were trained to use offensively if need be.<ref name="ACO guide" />

Because every soldier had a bow, every unit could function as archers, but their militaries also deployed dedicated archers with long-ranged bows and little else. Two sub-classes of their archers were trained in the art of rapid fire with a close-combat light bow and in the use of fire arrows respectively.<ref name="ACO guide" />

====Predators and supers====
Two special units bolstered the power of the Ptolemaic and Roman forces in Egypt. These were the predators and the supers.<ref name="ACO guide" /> Operating with guerilla-like tactics, predators shrouded themselves in hoods and masks and were exceptionally agile. All wielded twin sickle swords which they swung at their enemies in chaotic flurries during direct engagements, but the better trained and equipped predators were more prone to stalking their targets from afar with their bows and bombs. The most elite among them were entrusted with destructive [[fire bomb]]s while those of a more intermediate calibre utilized [[smoke screen bomb|smoke bombs]] instead.<ref name="ACO" /><ref name="ACO guide" />

The colossal supers encased themselves entirely in layers of heavy armor, sealing their faces in great helmets and metal masks. They formed themselves into two distinct types: one which wielded a greatsword, a short bow, and a medium-sized shield and another which wielded a greatsword, javelin, and a massive shield instead.<ref name="ACO guide" /> Their numbers were small in comparison to the other units in the military, often being stationed at [[fort]]s and palaces, but they were imposing juggernauts which could overwhelm their enemies through their ferocity, sheer might, and virtually impenetrable armor.<ref name="ACO guide" /> Nevertheless, they were not invincible and ultimately could not live up to the skill of the Medjay [[Bayek]] and his wife [[Amunet|Aya]], founders of the [[Hidden Ones]].<ref name="ACO" />

===Assassins===
The [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Assassin state]] that emerged in 1090 under the leadership of [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]] established several conventional military units even though the average Assassin was trained from birth to serve as covert operatives.<ref name="ACAC" /><ref name="AC1guide" /><ref name="tEG">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> These soldiers would be charged with defending their homes with their lives in the event of a frontal assault against the Assassin citadels,<ref name="AC1guide" /> as was the case during the [[Siege of Masyaf]] in 1176.<ref name="TSC" />

Among these guardsmen were the Ceremonial Guard, who wielded glaives, and the heavy infantrymen, who wielded swords. The latter were fully clad in armor. first a hauberk over their robes, then a breastplate of scale armor with corresponding shoulder guards for added protection. A Persian-style ''{{Wiki|spangenhelm}}'' complete with a firmly-sealed, plated visor masked their entire face. In contrast, the Ceremonial Guard donned little more than the typical robes and beaked hood of their people, only wearing a red-rimmed cloak and a face veil for distinction.<ref name="AC1guide" /> Aside from these two units, other Assassins would serve as common soldiers when forced into open battle.<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="ACR" /><ref name="AC1guide" /> Crossbowmen and archers manned their walls and lookout posts.<ref name="TSC" /><ref name="ACAC" />

==Appearances==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Recollection]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
**''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
**''[[Freedom Cry]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
**''[[Dead Kings]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|''Assassin's Creed'' (Titan Comics)]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Templars]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' film]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins – Desert Oath]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
**''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]''
**''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' comic]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
**''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]''
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
**''[[The Way of the Berserker]]''
**''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''
**''[[The Siege of Paris]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood Brothers]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''
**''[[Roma (expansion pack)|Roma]]''
**''[[Creed vs Crows]]'' {{Nc}}
**''[[Tokyo XXI]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Blade of Aizu]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Sword of the White Horse]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Hidden Codex]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Daughter of No One]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]''
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The Maiden's Tower

2026-10-19T15:20:05Z

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{{Era|Memories|ACR}}
{{Youmay|the memory|the location of [[Maiden's Tower|the same name]]}}
{{Memory Infobox
| image =the-maidens-tower-memory.png
| description = ''A clue left behind by [[Niccolò Polo|the]] [[Maffeo Polo|Polos]] has brought [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] to the [[Maiden's Tower]]. Investigate the tower, but be careful....''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
| type = Main
| fullsync = Obtain the [[Masyaf Key]] without falling into the water.
| previous = [[Signs and Symbols, Part III]]
| next = [[The Mentor's Return]]
| source = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
| location = [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| date = 1511}}
'''The Maiden's Tower''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus|Animus 2.03]].
==Description==
Having located the last of [[Niccolò Polo]]'s books, Ezio Auditore discovered that another one of the [[Masyaf]] [[Masyaf Key|Keys]] had been hidden underneath the [[Maiden's Tower]]. Ezio made his way to the tower and traversed the obstacles to obtain the Key.

==Outcome==
Ezio retrieved the fourth Masyaf Key, with the only remaining key being in [[Templars|Templar]] hands.

==References==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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Sabin Lalancette

2026-10-19T15:18:52Z

Soranin:

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'''Sabin Lalancette''' is a Level Artist and Character Modeler at Ubisoft Quebec.

==Biography==
===Early career===
After working for over a decade in the managerial domain, Lalancette decided to seek a career more orienteered towards his artistic interests. He started off as a Level Artist for Ubisoft projects such as ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas'' and the ''Combat of Giants'' series.

===''Assassin's Creed''===
In 2011, Lalancette worked on his first [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'']] game, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', creating [[Atlas Village]], which was shown in the Gamescom demo. He also contributed to its DLC, ''[[The Lost Archive]]''. He then contributed to ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' and its accompanying DLC, ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'' in level designs.<ref name="Mobygames">{{Cite web| url=https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,500128/| title=Sabin Lalancette Video Game Credits and Biography| publisher=MobyGames| accessdate=13-01-2020}}</ref>

For the ''[[Freedom Cry]]'' DLC, Lalancette was Lead Character Modeler, reusing old assets and creating new ones to make the character models of [[Adéwalé]], [[Bastienne Josèphe]], [[Augustin Dieufort]] and others. During the development of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'', Lalancette led the project's team of character artists. Lalancette later worked on ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' as a character artist.<ref name="Mobygames" />

==''Assassin's Creed'' credits==
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' (2011) – 3D artist
**''[[The Lost Archive]]'' (2011) – 3D artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' (2012) - Level artist
**''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'' (2013) – Level artist
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]'' (2013) – Character modelers team leader
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014) – Special thanks
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015) – Character modelers team leader
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) - Character artist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.artstation.com/artist/binet Sabin Lalancette]'s Artstation
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabinlalancette Sabin Lalancette] at LinkedIn
*[http://binetsgameart.blogspot.ca/ Sabin Lalancette]'s blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalancette, Sabin}}
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations development team]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed III development team]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag development team]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Syndicate development team]]

Rouecistre Fortress

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{{Era|Locations}} {{WP-REAL|Rochester Castle}}
[[File:ACV Rouecistre Fortress Overview.jpg|thumb|250px|Rouecistre Fortress]]
'''Rouecistre Fortress''' was a [[fort]]ress in 9th century northern [[Kent|Cent]], [[England]], that was under the control of ''[[Thegn]]'' [[Tedmund]].

==History==
In 874, [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], the [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], and ''Thegn'' [[Geadric]] of [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]] [[Assault on Rouecistre Fortress|assaulted]] the fortress in search of Tedmund to abduct for their plan with {{Wiki|Abbot}} [[Cynebert]]. After breaking through gates and forcibly bringing down the drawbridge, Eivor searched for Tedmund. Climbing to the roof of the central structure, she caught sight of the thegn. Tedmund and Eivor fought each other, which led to Eivor besting him in combat.<ref name="TheManBehindtheMan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Man]]</ref>

After the assault, Basim and Eivor tied Tedmund up and brought him outside the entrance of the fortress. Waiting for them, Abbot Cynebert came just in time and argued for the life of Tedmund. Within the shadow play, Tedmund grew suspicious but started to have trouble breathing. Within a matter of coughs, he fell over. Eivor checked his pulse and declared Tedmund dead. Basim theorized that he committed suicide from poison while Eivor made sure that Cynebert followed through on his promise. After Cynebert left to produce [[Fulke]], Basim followed the abbot as Eivor later thanked Geadric for his aid.<ref name="TheManBehindtheMan"/>

==Behind the scenes==
Historically, the castle at Rochester was not constructed until the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England. Like with many other forts in the game, the anachronistic depiction was a design choice to add more verticality to the gameplay.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://raphael-lacoste.com/projects/g2OylQ| title=Castles & Forts : AC Valhalla|author=Raphael Lacoste|publisher=''raphael-lacoste.com''|date=|accessdate=7 September 2023|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Rouecistre Fortress}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Locations in Kent]]
[[Category:Forts]]

Roxana

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{{Youmay|the Hydrean champion|the [[Roxana (hetaera)|Korinthian ''hetaera'']]}}
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'''Roxana''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] champion who lived during the 5th century BCE.

Hailing from the island of [[Hydrea]], Roxana was the last surviving member of her family, who all perished while participating in the [[Battle of One Hundred Hands]]. Roxana trained hard in order to participate and win the tournament to bring glory to her family. It was during this encounter that she met the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], with whom she shared a close bond.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Living on her [[Hydrea Apple Farm|farm]] near the [[small settlement]] on Hydrea, Roxana followed in the footsteps of her father, brother, and mother in competing for the title and reward of Champion of the Battle of One Hundred Hands.<ref name="Sparring">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Sparring with Roxana]]</ref> She made sacrifices and prayed to both [[Ares]] and [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermes]] as well as training from morning to sunset, and waking up during the night to strategize in order to become the best.<ref name="Sparring" /><ref name="Foot Race">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Foot Race]]</ref> Though dedicated to honing her skills, Roxana did enjoy [[Sophokles]]' works, which captivated her.<ref name="Archery Practice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Archery Practice]]</ref>

Roxana made the acquaintance of [[Drakios]], the creator and organizer of the Battle of One Hundred Hands due to her family's involvement in his tournament. Drakios admired her, and in turn, she kept him informed of whoever she sparred with.<ref name="Arms">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Call to Arms (Melos)|Call to Arms]]</ref>

===Battle of One Hundred Hands===
[[File:ACOD Legend No More 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Roxana facing off against Kassandra in the finals]]
At some point during the 420s BCE, Roxana met the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]]. They sparred and trained together<ref name="Sparring" />, and grew close. Despite knowing that participating in the tournament would mean the death of the other, neither of them backed out of it.<ref name="Foot Race" /> In the end, they were the two finalists, and faced each other on [[Typhon's Revenge]], as Drakios demanded there to be a Champion.<ref name="Legend No More">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Legend No More]]</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
The name of Roxana, a character in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', is the Hellenization of the [[Iran|Persian]] name ''Roshanak'', which she shares with a few notable Persian noblewomen, particularly the wife of [[Alexander the Great]]. Based on this, it is possible that Roxana has some Persian heritage, and is most likely from either [[Asia Minor]] or [[Cyprus]], as there was intermarriage between Greeks and Persians within the [[Achaemenid Empire]]. Her relatively dark skin tone, however, is inconsistent with the typical appearance of either Greeks or Persians at the time; it may be considered a case of artistic license by [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft Quebec]].

Roxana's shield features the emblem of [[Boeotia]] in [[Athens|Athenian]] colors. This may suggest that her family either hailed from said regions, or was dedicated to them. If Roxana is slain, her shield can be looted as a [[Trade Goods|trade good]], with the description mentioning how even "the goddess [[Athena]] herself would be pleased to possess a shield such as this."

If Roxana is met before the Battle of One Hundred Hands, she can be recruited as a lieutenant aboard the ''[[Adrestia]]''. This may also require pursuing a romance with her. If Roxana is romanced and recruited, she makes an appearance at the end of the memory [[Retribution]], replacing [[Mikkos]] to share a moment with the Eagle Bearer.

The [[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|novel]] of the game features Roxana's [[Roxana (hetaera)|namesake]] but they are otherwise different characters.

Roxana will be tagged as a [[Daughters of Artemis|huntress]], but she is not affiliated with the Daughters of Artemis.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Roxana}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACOD}}
[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Greeks]]
[[Category:Ethnic Greeks]]
[[Category:LGBT individuals]]
[[Category:Adrestia crew]]

Kakurega

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[[File:ACSH Homestead Kakurega 1.png|thumb|250px|A kakurega at Tomiko's Homestead]]
'''''Kakuregas''''' were secret hideouts or small refuges which held supplies, contracts, and correspondence with the members of the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] during the late [[Sengoku period]].

==History==
By 1582, the Kakushiba ''ikki'' members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] discovered and established multiple ''kakuregas'' across Japan during the late [[Sengoku period]].<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref><ref name="CoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]''</ref>

{{Main|Sumoto Kakurega}}
In 1585, [[Konatsu]], a close ally of [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]], found and offered the safehouse to Kakushiba ''ikki'' member Yasuke for both him and Naoe.<ref name="Not Alone in this World">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[Not Alone in this World]]</ref> After Yasuke rescued Naoe and her mother and [[Master Assassin]] [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu|Tsuyu]], they reconvened at the safehouse.<ref name="Prison Break">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[Prison Break (Shadows)|Prison Break]]</ref> Together, they planned and succeeded in eliminating Yukari<ref name="The Final Assault">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> and her forces,<ref name="A Garrison to Dismantle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[A Garrison to Dismantle]]</ref><ref name="A Snake in the Shrine">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[A Snake in the Shrine]]</ref><ref name="Turning the Tables">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[Turning the Tables (Shadows)|Turning the Tables]]</ref> recovered the {{Wiki|Kusanagi no Tsurugi|Sword}} [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Regalia]], and returned all the three Regalia to [[Michihito|Emperor Ōgimachi]].<ref name="Trouble with the Regalia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[Trouble with the Regalia]]</ref> Naoe and Yasuke later returned to Awaji at the safehouse and met with Konatsu, agreeing to help in her efforts to assassinate the remaining ''[[Sanzoku Ippa]]'' operatives.<ref name="All That We Leave Behind">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[All That We Leave Behind]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Kakurega}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Claws of Awaji]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Kakuregas]]

Trireme

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[[File:ACO Klysma Trireme.jpg|thumb|250px|A trireme docked near the Klysma Quarry]]
A '''trireme''' (Latin: ''trirēmis'' "with three banks of oars"; [[Greece|Ancient Greek]]: τριήρης ''triērēs'', literally "three-rower") was a seafaring [[Ship|vessel]] and a type of galley used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], especially the {{Wiki|Phoenicia|Phoenicians}}, ancient Greeks, and [[Rome|Romans]].<ref name="The Athenian Trireme">Coates, John F. (2000). ''The Athenian Trireme''. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 127–230.</ref><ref>Welsh, Frank (1988). ''Building the Trireme''. London: Constable and Company Limited.</ref>

==History==
The [[Korinthia]]ns are regarded as the inventors of this ship class.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Bounty on a Spartan Ship]]</ref>

Triremes played a vital role in the [[Greco-Persian Wars]], as the [[Achaemenid Empire]] used the ships to transport their [[soldier]]s to the battles of [[Battle of Marathon|Marathon]] and [[Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Battle of Thermopylae (memory)|Battle of Thermopylae]]</ref> Triremes also formed the basis of the [[Athens|Athenian]] maritime empire until its downfall during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

[[File:ACOD Battle of Thermopylae 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Persian triremes at the Battle of Thermopylae]]
In 431 BCE, the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] became the commander of the ''[[Adrestia]]'', a light trireme captained by [[Barnabas]].<ref name="ACOd"/>

After the 4th century BCE, triremes were gradually superseded by the larger {{Wiki|Hellenistic-era warships#Heavy warships|quadriremes and quinqueremes}}.<ref>{{WP|Trireme}}</ref> Despite this, they continued to see usage until as late as the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] of [[Egypt]]. In the 1st century BCE, Egyptian triremes patrolled the waters of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and [[Lake Mareotis]] and were regularly raided by the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] for their valuables.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==Qualities==
Triremes were larger than [[bireme]]s, whereas [[penteconter]]s were smallest of the three classes. During the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BCE the triremes were further classified into light and heavy variants, as well as elite versions of these. The heavy triremes had multiple sails and heavier artillery at their disposal than their lighter counterparts.<ref name="ACOd" />

==Behind the scenes==
Characters in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' say ''trireme'' with Greek pronunciation. This is slightly false, since trireme is an English word, derived from the Latin word ''trirēmis''. The Greek word for trireme is [[wikt:τριήρης|τριήρης]] (''triērēs'').

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Trireme}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Triremes| ]]

Tomb of Alexander the Great

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{{Landmark Infobox
|image = ACO Tomb of Alexander.jpg
|description = The tomb of Alexander the Great
|location = [[Alexandria]], [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]]
|dateconstructed = Late 4th century BCE
|functions = Tomb
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The '''Tomb of Alexander the Great''' was a tomb located in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], that, during the late 1st century BCE, housed the remains of [[Alexander the Great]] and his [[Scepter of Alexander the Great|personal]] [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].

==History==
During the reign of pharaoh [[Ptolemy XII Auletes]], an earthquake struck the city, damaging and altering the structure of the tomb. As a result, the entrance was blocked, preventing access to the inner tomb.<ref name="Blade of the Goddess">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref>

Years later, in 47 BCE, [[Cleopatra]] enlisted the aid of [[Amunet|Aya]] and her husband [[Bayek]] to gain access to the tomb so that she could use it to impress her lover [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and gain his support. The two [[Medjay]] were able to locate another entrance to the tomb and remove the blockade, allowing Caesar and Cleopatra access into the inner tomb.<ref name="Blade of the Goddess"/>

Shortly after the [[Battle of the Nile]], when Cleopatra was proclaimed the sole ruler of Egypt, [[Flavius Metellus]], revealed to be an [[Order of the Ancients]] member, broke into the tomb alongside [[Lucius Septimius]] and stole the Staff. In the process, they also stole the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] from [[Apollodorus]], who discovered their true purpose in the tomb. Dispatching [[soldier]]s to deal with Apollodorus, the two Order members left the tomb and made their way to the [[Isu]] [[Siwa Vault|vault]] in [[Siwa]]. Both Aya and Bayek arrived too late to stop them and save Apollodorus, who succumbed to his injuries sustained during the fight.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Aftermath]]</ref>

Around the same time, Bayek also found the [[Papyrus Puzzle]] clue "Ray of Hope" within the tomb.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==Layout==
Located in the center of the room, Alexander the Great's sarcophagus had several inscriptions around the outside;
*ΑΜΩΝ ΕΝ ΑΓΡΩΙ ΔΕΝΔΡΩΝ ΙΣΤΗΣΙΝ. ΤΟ ΕΝ ΣΙΒΑΙ ΙΕΡΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗΝ ΕΞΟΥΣIΑΝ ΚΑΤΕΧΕΙ (''[[Amun (deity)|Amun]] stands in a field of trees. The [[Temple of Amun|Sanctuary]] in Siwa holds the highest authority'')
*ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΟΝ ΔΥΝΑΜIΝ ΘΕΩΝ ΕΝ ΧΕΡΣIΝ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΣΤΡΕΦΕΙ (''From man to king and from king to god, [he] handles god-like might with [his] mortal hands'')
*ΟΦΘΑΛΜΟΣ ΕΗΣ ΚΩΠΗΣ ΤΥΓΧΑΝΕΙ ΕΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΣΦΑΙΡΑ ΕΠΙ ΤΗΣ ΡΑΒΔΟΥ ΤΕΘΕΙΣΑ (''The eye of its handle has [[Apples of Eden|a marked sphere]] set on the staff'')
*ΤΑΞΙΣ ΑΠΑNΤΑ ΑNΑΓKΑZΕI ΚΑΙ ΤIΣ ΠΑNΤOΣ ΔYNΑΤΑI KPΑΤΕIN ΕI KΑΤΩPHΞ ΑNΕΩΙΚΤΑΙ (roughly translates to: ''the order compels everything and one is surely able to have sway if [...] has been disclosed'')

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Tomb of Alexander the Great}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Landmarks in Alexandria]]
[[Category:Tombs]]

Thebes, Egypt

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{{Youmay|a city in ancient Egypt|[[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], a city in Greece}}
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{{Quote|On the east bank of the Nile sits the sprawling grandeur of the city of Thebes. Once Egypt's capital, the city's importance arose from a cult dedicated to Amun.|Description about Thebes.|Assassin's Creed: Origins}}
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|name = Thebes, Egypt
|image = ACO Thebes.jpg
|state = [[Egypt]]
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'''Thebes''', known to ancient [[Egypt]]ians as '''Waset''',<ref>{{WP|Thebes, Egypt}}</ref> was a city on the eastern bank of the [[Nile]] and the capital of Egypt during the {{Wiki|Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle}} and {{Wiki|New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom}} periods. It resided across the river from the [[Valley of the Kings]] and was home to a cult of [[Amun]] which operated out of [[Karnak]]. Thebes was also the birthplace of two [[Order of the Ancients]] members, [[Khaliset]] and [[Medunamun]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Origins: Official Game Guide]]''</ref>

Sometime around 34 BCE, the city was plagued by a "[[Curse of the Pharaohs|curse]]" where various deceased [[pharaoh]]s from the New Kingdom were seemingly brought back from the dead to terrorize and kill local [[civilian]]s. The news of these events eventually reached the [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Amunet]], who sent her ex-husband and fellow Hidden One [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] to meet her contact in the city.<ref name="CoTP">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''</ref>

==History==
In 34 BCE, upon arriving in the harbors of the city, Bayek was greeted by [[Sutekh]], an [[Egypt]]ian who welcomed him to the city. They were soon interrupted by the manifestation of an apparition of [[Nefertiti]], who attacked the residents and [[soldier]]s. Having defeated the apparition, Bayek met with Amunet's contact outside [[Luxor]], an Egyptian [[Smuggling|smuggler]] named [[Merti]] who owed Amunet a favor some time prior. Bayek handed a parcel to the smuggler, who discussed the details surrounding the curse: a relic was stolen from a pharaoh's tomb in the [[Valley of the Kings]], which supposedly brought down the curse onto Thebes. Merti informed Bayek to head to the black market, believing the [[merchant]]s there to have more information on the curse. She also told Bayek to look for the [[God's Wife of Amun]] [[Isidora]] in Karnak, should he have more questions.<ref name="CoTP Memory">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]] – [[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'' – [[The Curse of the Pharaohs (genetic memory)|The Curse of the Pharaohs]]</ref>

==Locations==
;Military locations
*[[Luxor]]
*[[Thebes Garrison]]

;Treasure locations
*[[Eastern Gate Guard Post]]
*Seized Warehouse
*Ship Graveyard
*[[Southern Guard Post]]
*[[Theban Archive]]
*[[Theban Dock Guard Post]]
*Temple of Karnak
*[[Tychon's Villa]]

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Thebes, Egypt}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins – Desert Oath]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]] – [[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACO}}


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[[Category:Port cities]]
[[Category:Capital cities]]

Theatre of Pompey

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{{Landmark Infobox
|image = ACO Theatre of Pompey Garden 1.jpg
|description = The first permanent theatre built in Rome.
|location = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|architect = [[Pompey]]
|dateconstructed = 55 BCE
|datedestroyed = 535 – 554 CE
|abandoned =
|functions = Theatre Meeting place for the Roman Senate
|affiliation = [[Roman Republic]]
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The '''Theatre of Pompey''' was a theatre in ancient [[Rome]] built during the latter part of the [[Roman Republic]]. Built for the Roman general [[Pompey]], it was the site of the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE.

==History==
On 15 March 44 BCE, the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] [[Amunet|Aya]], [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]] travelled to the theatre to enact their plan to assassinate Julius Caesar, who had recently been appointed {{Wiki|Roman dictator|dictator}} {{Wiki|Dictator perpetuo|for life}}, solidifying his and the [[Order of the Ancients]]' control over Rome.<ref name="Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another]]</ref>

At the theatre, the Hidden Ones discovered Caesar speaking with [[Lucius Septimius]] across the arena. Aya decided to deal with Septimius and his [[Soldier|guards]], instructing Brutus and Cassius to delay Caesar at the Senate before they proceeded with their plan. Engaging Septimius in the arena, Aya eventually defeated and killed him.<ref name="Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another" />

Shorty after eliminating Septimius, Aya navigated through the garden complex, eventually reaching the Senate's meeting chamber, where she saw Caesar giving a speech to the Senate. Aya approached Caesar from behind and stabbed him with her [[Hidden Blade]], prompting Brutus, Cassius and the other Roman Senators involved in the conspiracy to follow suit and stab Caesar to death.<ref name="Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another" /><ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Scrolls of Romulus]]: III</ref>

==Trivia==
*The floor tiles of the Curia within the theatre are actually based on the floor tiles of the {{Wiki|Curia Julia}}, which is an entirely different building.

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Theatre of Pompey}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' comic]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Theatres]]
[[Category:Landmarks in Rome]]