Editing Blood vial

{{Era|Technology|Isu}}[[File:ACI Blood vial.png|thumb|250px|A blood vial]]
'''Blood vials''' are small crystalline cubes, designed by the [[Isu|First Civilization]] to contain the blood of an individual, for the purpose of viewing their actions through the [[Observatory]].

Once a blood sample had been collected, it was placed inside the [[Crystal Skulls|Crystal Skull]] that powered the Observatory, which would then project what the donor was seeing and hearing in real time. Thousands of these vials were stored at the Observatory, containing the blood of a number of Precursors, but they were materially worthless to anyone in conjunction with the complex, as their race had long died out and feedback from them could not be obtained.<ref name ="ACIVBF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

It was for this reason that the [[Templars]] under [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] sought the Observatory; so that they might make use of its abilities to spy on and blackmail numerous government officials. A few vials existed beyond the Observatory's walls, as one was needed in conjunction with a sample of a [[Sages|Sage]]'s blood to permit access. During Torres' tenure as [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order|Caribbean Templars]], he made it compulsory for all Templars to donate a dram of blood within a vial, as a means for Torres to ensure that he kept control over his allies; the Grand Master himself, however, used the blood of a decoy and intentionally mislabelled it. <ref name ="ACIVBF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

Following Torres' arrival at the complex in 1722, Edward saw that thousands vials containing DNA from First Civilization members were missing, implied to have been taken and hidden by Bartholomew Roberts, prompting the [[Caribbean Assassins]] to devote their resources to locating these missing vials before the Templars found out about them. <ref name ="ACIVBF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

In 1868, when [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] infiltrated Edward Kenway's mansion, among his possessions was a blood vial.<ref name = "ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In 1916, during [[World War I]], two German spies, led by Templars but controlled by [[Instruments of the First Will|a follower of Juno]] collected blood samples from a medical camp in [[London]] using blood vials.<ref name = "ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

By the 1980s, [[Abstergo Industries]] had taken great interest in securing more vials, finding dozens since then. Of all of those recovered, only three vials had the DNA inside fully intact, and only one of the three contained the blood of a First Civilization member. In 2013, Abstergo described them in an internal memo, along with other First Civilization artifacts.

In 2013, an [[Initiates|Initiate]] spy obtained a blood vial from [[Abstergo Entertainment]] and escaped with it.<ref name = "ACi"> ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

By 2014, Abstergo had recovered blood vials from Bartholomew Roberts’ stash. They were given to Álvaro Gramática to study the blood samples. The vials seem to have been destroyed during an Assassin attack on the Paris facility.

==Trivia==
*[https://store.ubi.com/us/assassins-creed---the-vial/577bd692a3be1616208b4f2e.html A replica] of a blood vial can be bought from [[Ubiworkshop]] for 59.99 US dollars. The vial also comes with a code to be used on the ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' website to unlock a special trophy, as well as unlocking the Initiate side quests.
*The Blood Vials look similar to certain real-life [http://www.3dcrystalart.co.uk/catalog/corporate-awards/crystal-glass-cube-paperweight-or-award-trophy-with-3d-laser-engraved-image-logo-in-centre-4/ 3-D glass art] paperweights.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" spacing="small" position="center" widths="180">
AC4 Blood Vial.png|An Abstergo Industries depiction of a blood vial
And My Sugar 7.png|Edward recovering a stolen blood vial
Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png|Torres with a blood vial
Black Bart's Gambit 9.png|Edward looking at a vial recovered from a Portuguese fleet
AC4 Observatory Bloodvials.png|Blood vials housed in the Observatory
Tainted Blood 2.png|Edward inserting a vial into the Crystal Skull
ACi-BloodScreen.jpg|An unknown Initiate with a blood vial
</gallery>

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