Editing Battle of Mactan

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{{Battle Infobox
|prev = [[Fight for the Masyaf Keys]]
|next = [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]]
|image = ACFT Lapu-Lapu holds Pieces of Eden.jpg
|conflict = 
|date = 27 April 1521
|place = {{Wiki|Mactan|Chiefdom of Mactan}} (modern day Mactan, [[Philippines]])
|result = Mactan victory
*[[Ferdinand Magellan]] killed in battle
*[[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] colonization of the Philippines delayed until 1565
|side1 = [[Spanish Empire]]<br>[[Cebu|Rajahnate of Cebu]]
|side2 = Chiefdom of Mactan
|commanders1 = [[Ferdinand Magellan]] †<br>[[Rajah Humabon]]
|commanders2 = [[Lapu-Lapu]]
|forces1 = c. 60 Spanish soldiers and native allies<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Battle of Mactan}}</ref>
|forces2 = c. 1,500 {{Wiki|Visayans|Visayan}} warriors<ref name="Wiki" />
|casual1 = *Ferdinand Magellan
*Unknown number of Spanish soldiers
|casual2 = *Unknown number of Visayan warriors
|conc=[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]]}}
The '''Battle of Mactan''' was fought on 27 April 1521 between the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] {{Wiki|Magellan expedition|expedition}} led by [[Ferdinand Magellan]], along with native allies from the island of [[Cebu]], and an army of {{Wiki|Visayans|Visayan}} warriors from {{Wiki|Mactan}}. The Visayan chieftan [[Lapu-Lapu]] used a [[Piece of Eden]] in his possession to defeat the Spanish forces and kill Magellan, delaying Spain's colonization of the [[Philippines]] by over four decades.

==Prelude==
In April 1521, the Spanish expedition led by [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, where they quickly established an alliance with the local chief [[Rajah Humabon]], converting him and his subjects to [[Christianity]]. While the expedition's goal was allegedly to find [[gold]] and spices, in reality Magellan was searching for a Piece of Eden which he had managed to track to the region.<ref name="FT 41">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 41|Episode 41]]</ref>

After finding the Piece of Eden located on Cebu, Magellan was informed by Humabon that the artifact he had recovered was just a fragment of a [[Southeast Asian Pieces of Eden|larger one]]. With another Piece in the possession of Humabon's rival Lapu-Lapu, the chief of the neighboring Mactan Island, Magellan began making plans to acquire the artifact and turn both Cebu and Mactan into colonies of the Spanish Empire.<ref name="FT 41" />

==The battle==
On the morning of 27 April, Magellan led a coalition of several dozen Spanish soldiers to the shoreline of Mactan, where they were confronted by Lapu-Lapu and the native Visayans.<ref name="Wiki" /> Despite their far superior technology, the Spanish were overwhelmed when Lapu-Lapu used the power of the Piece of Eden in his possession against them, resulting in their defeat. Among the casualties of the battle was Magellan himself, who was personally executed by Lapu-Lapu.<ref name="FT 41" />

==Aftermath==
Following Magellan's death, leadership of what was left of the Spanish expedition fell to Juan Sebastian de Elcano, who departed the Philippines and eventually completed the journey in September 1522. The Spanish Empire continued to send expeditions to the archipelago with little to no success until Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's expedition to Cebu and [[Manila]] in 1565, starting a period of three centuries of Spanish rule over the archipelago.<ref name="Wiki" />

The fate of both Magellan and Lapu-Lapu's Pieces of Eden after the battle remained a mystery until the early 18th century, when the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] navigator [[Hendrik]] came to investigate the legend of a "forgotten [[Temple (Isu)|temple]]" allegedly located in the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]]. During his investigation, Hendrik met a [[monk]] at the [[Basilica del Santo Niño]] in Cebu who told him of Magellan's pursuit of the Pieces of Eden and his fate. This made the navigator realize that the artifacts and the legend were somehow connected and eventually allowed him to find Angkor and its temple.<ref name="FT 41" />

==Gallery==
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ACFT Lapu-Lapu.jpg|Lapu-Lapu wielding the Piece of Eden during the battle
ACFT Ferdinand Magellan death.jpg|Ferdinand Magellan's demise
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' {{c|flashback only}}

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