Editing Brazier

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[[File:ACOd-Messenia-IthomeFort-trap.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Kassandra]] sabotaging a brazier]]
A '''brazier''' is a container used to burn solid fuel, such as [[wood]] or [[charcoal]], that is typically forged out of metal and may be elevated with legs.<ref name="Cambridge dictionary">"[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/brazier Brazier]". ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Cambridge University Press. Accessed 21 September 2023.</ref><ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==History==
Apart from cooking and providing light and warmth, braziers have had a military function across human societies for thousands of years. Lit braziers serve as a visual signal for a crisis and an effective means of calling for reinforcements from afar. Fortresses and military camps from ancient [[Greece]]<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> and [[Rome]] to [[Egypt]]<ref name="ACO" /> and [[China]]<ref name="ACD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''</ref><ref name="ACJ">''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]''</ref> all had giant braziers installed atop a high position to be lit by [[soldier|guards]] when the need to alert their base to intruders or enemy invaders arose. Infiltrators, be they [[mercenary|mercenaries]],<ref name="ACOD" /> ''[[youxia]]'',<ref name="ACJ" /> or [[Hidden Ones]]s,<ref name="ACO" /> had to be cautious of these alarms and in some cases resorted to sabotaging them with traps that would cause the brazier to explode when lit.<ref name="ACOD" /><ref name="ACJ" />

A network of beacons was also a mainstay of historical defensive systems, and this was a prominent feature of the [[Great Wall of China]], which had braziers emplaced atop turrets at regular intervals all along its length. With the towers properly manned, a single lit brazier at any point of the system would quickly set off a cascading chain of activated beacons, alerting the entire nation to danger. These beacons were not exclusive to the Great Wall as major cities in [[Hebei]] during the [[Tang dynasty]] also had designated watchtowers for this purpose. When the [[An Lushan Rebellion]] broke out in 755, the [[An Lushan|eponymous rebel]] had his [[Yeluohe]] shock troops seize control of beacons to deny local populations from raising the call-to-arms or otherwise cowed Tang guards into submission. Eventually, a lone Hidden One, [[Li E]], and his partner [[Yan Jiming]] from [[Changshan]] were able to breakthrough the garrison at [[Julu]] to light its beacon, immediately reviving morale in the citizenry and igniting the whole beacon network in short order.<ref name="Dynasty 16">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 9)]]</ref>

In 1485, a more ingenious way of utilizing braziers was devised by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] to assist [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in infiltrating the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]] of [[Venice]] and thwarting [[Templars|Templar]] [[Carlo Grimaldi]]'s plot to murder Doge [[Giovanni Mocenigo]].<ref name="Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained]]</ref> Ezio had been unable to scale the walls of the palace<ref name="If at first you don't succeed">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[If At First You Don't Succeed...]]</ref> and decided to attempt to fly into it with Leonardo's prototype [[Flying Machine]], which Leonardo theorized would work by using the heat from braziers as lift.<ref name="Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" /> To pave the way, Ezio eliminated guards posted at braziers on rooftops along the flight path while the [[thief|thieves]] of [[Antonio de Magianis]] set them alight in preparation for Ezio's flight.<ref name="Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" /><ref name="Well Begun is Half Done">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Well Begun is Half Done]]</ref> Despite [[arrow]]s by alarmed Venetian guards, Ezio was able to make it to the palace on the Flying Machine without injury and [[assassinationn|assassinating]] Grimaldi, albeit moments too late to save the doge from Grimaldi's [[poison]].<ref name="Infrequent Flier">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Infrequent Flier]]</ref>

==Appearances==
{{Incomplete list}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]''

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