Editing Crescent amulet

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{{Spoilerhd|9 July 2024|''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''}}
{{Item Infobox
|image = ACFT - Crescent Amulet.png
|type = [[Piece of Eden]]
|powers = *Mind control
*Necromancy
*Illusion projection
*Casting tangible holograms
*Advanced knowledge
*Access to [[calculations]]
|current = Unknown
|period = *Prehistory
*[[Age of Discovery]]
*[[Golden Age of Piracy]]
|created = [[Isu]]
|made = Prehistory
|destroyed = 
|notable = *[[Ferdinand Magellan]]
*[[Mad Monk]]
}}
The '''Crescent Amulet''' was a [[Piece of Eden]] created by the [[Isu]] that was part of a [[Southeast Asian Pieces of Eden|set]] alongside two other artifacts. While its exact purpose is unknown, the Amulet featured powers similar to those of the [[Apples of Eden]].

==Owners==
*[[Isu]] (? – ?)
*[[Ferdinand Magellan]] (1521)
*[[Mad Monk]] (1725)

==Usage==
The Amulet was a small, crescent-shaped artifact which could be worn like a talisman. Its powers seem to be largely the same as those of an Apple of Eden, including [[human]] mind control<ref name="EP 51">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 51|Episode 51]]</ref> and creating realistic, tangible illusions.<ref name="EP 54">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 54</ref> It also granted access to a form of [[calculations]], not just to the wielder, but to anyone who looked into the Amulet. While in this state, a person could witness events from both the past and the future, but were temporarily rendered inert, leaving them vulnerable to an attack.<ref name="EP 56">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 56</ref>

One ability that was seemingly exclusive to the Amulet was its power to resurrect the dead.<ref name="EP 52">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 56</ref> However, this had limitations, as only those who had been killed recently and still had their body relatively intact could be brought back to life. In 1725, [[Edward Kenway]] and [[Shimazu Saito]] were able to exploit this weakness by dismembering a group of [[Scholar|monks]] to prevent them from being resurrected. Additionally, the revived individuals lacked sentience and acted more like {{Wiki|zombies}}, requiring the Amulet's wielder to command them.<ref name="EP 53">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 53</ref>

==History==
===Early history===
The Amulet was created at some point during the [[Isu Era]] alongside two other Pieces of Eden, forming a set.<ref name="EP 41">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 41|Episode 41]]</ref> After the [[Great Catastrophe]] in 75,000 BCE, which wiped out the Isu civilization,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref> knowledge of the set, its location and its powers was lost.<ref name="EP 41" />

===Acquisition by Ferdinand Magellan===
[[File:ACFT - Magellan finding the Piece.png|left|thumb|Magellan finding the Amulet]]
By the early 16th century, both the Amulet and one of its sister Pieces of Eden were located in the [[Philippines]], with the Amulet hidden on the island of [[Cebu]] and the other artifact in the possession of [[Lapu-Lapu]], the chief of {{Wiki|Mactan|Mactan Island}}. In 1521, the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] arrived on Cebu to search for its artifact after learning about it during his travels, and converted the island's population to [[Christianity]] in the process.<ref name="EP 41" />

After finding the Amulet, Magellan was informed by Cebu's chieftain [[Rajah Humabon]] of the other two artifacts that made up the set and attempted to seize the Piece of Eden in Lapu-Lapu's possession. However, Lapu-Lapu used the artifact's power to [[Battle of Mactan|defeat]] the [[Spain|Spanish]] troops under Magellan's command and personally killed the explorer. With Magellan's death, the Amulet became lost once again for the next two centuries.<ref name="EP 41" />

===18th century===
By 1725, the Amulet had been found by a [[Mad Monk|monk]] in [[Manila]]. Inspired by a riot that had occured six years prior after the {{Wiki|Governor-General of the Philippines}}, [[Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda]], ordered the arrest of the {{Wiki|Archbishop of Manila}}, {{Wiki|Francisco de la Cuesta}}, the monk decided to instigate [[1725 Manila riot|another riot]] to remove the current Governor-General. To this end, he used the Amulet's powers of mind control to influence the masses and have them create as much chaos as possible in the city.<ref name="EP 51" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]