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The '''Castle of Saint-Pée''' (French: ''Château de Saint-Pée'') is a castle in the commune of {{Wiki|Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle}} in southwestern [[France]].

==History==
In 1609, the castle belonged to Baron d'Amou, a man who sought to be in judge [[Pierre de Lancre]]'s good graces, and, as such, offered him the castle to be used as his headquarters during the [[Labourd witch-hunt of 1609|Labourd witch-hunt]].<ref name = "Chapter 16">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors]]'' – Chapter 16 - Ermeline</ref>

Following a successful [[Templars|Templar]] attack against the [[Assassins]] and their recovery of the [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]], Pierre de Lancre had [[François Ascair]] sent to the Castle of Saint-Pée with the [[Piece of Eden]] for safekeeping along with Templar reinforcements from [[Bordeaux]] and {{Wiki|Toulouse}}.<ref name = "Chapter 16"/>

Afterwards, during a procession for an execution at [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]], a riot erupted, led by a group of sailors recently arrived from [[Newfoundland]]. This effort by the Assassins to allow the people of France to fight the inquisition effectively cut off Pierre de Lancre and fellow Templar [[La Morguy]] from reaching the Castle of Saint-Pée.<ref name = "Chapter 18">''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors'' – Chapter 18 - Pierre de Lancre</ref>

Meanwhile, a group of ten Assassins led by [[Fabrizzio Auditore]] and including [[Margaux]], planned a full-scale infiltration of the castle, wanting to take those remaining at the fortress by surprise and preventing from calling on reinforcements while recovering the Shroud of Eden. Playing to their strength in stealth, the group managed to take care of a great number of sentries, essentially halving the numbers of enemies at the location, though eventually the alarm was raised.<ref name = "Chapter 19">''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors'' – Chapter 19 - Margaux</ref>

François Ascair was stationed outside [[Ermeline]]'s bedroom at the castle, along with other four [[soldier]]s, surprising Margaux and Fabrizzio as the pair tracked down the Shroud. François and Fabrizzio taunted each other before two other Assassins emerged and killed two of the five enemies in the room. Ascair rushed Auditore and Margaux slipped into the bedroom,<ref name = "Chapter 19"/> where she fought Ermeline for the Shroud, emerging victorious. To slow down the reinforcements called by Ascair, the Assassins set the castle on fire before slipping away,<ref name = "Chapter 20">''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors'' – Chapter 20 - Ermeline</ref> devastating a quarter of the fortress and reducing dozens of important documents to ashes.<ref name = "Chapter 21">''Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors'' – Chapter 21 - Pierre de Lancre</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors]]''

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