Editing Aletheia

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{{Quote|Call me Aletheia. I am truth and its revelation, and I am calling you out.|Aletheia|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = File:ACOD TFoA Aletheia.png
|active = [[Isu Era]], 431 BCE – 2020 CE {{c|conciousness preserved within the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]]}}
|species = [[Isu]]
|database = [[Database: Angrboda|Angrboda]]
|affiliates = }}
'''Aletheia''' was an [[Isu]] and the ''[[Dikastes]]'' of [[Atlantis]] around the time of the [[Human-Isu War]]. Unlike many of the known Isu who were deified by their [[human]] slave species, Aletheia became a personification of truth and was repulsed by those among her own people who had embraced divine status.<ref name="WiA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "Who is Aletheia"</ref>

Aletheia later was gravely wounded. [[Loki]], wanting to save his lover, transferred her mind into a [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff of Eden]] so that she could one day interact with the [[Kassandra|Keeper]] of the staff and help the Staff's [[Layla Hassan|heir]] in her journey. She also made numerous recordings on the [[Olympos Project]] and stored them in the [[Gateway to the Lost City]], a vault connected to [[Atlantis]]. In order to teach Kassandra how to use the staff, Aletheia also created several [[Aletheia's simulations|simulations]] based on the memories of her time as ''Dikastes'' of Atlantis.

==Names==
Aletheia was considered a god in [[Greek mythology]], she was also known by her [[Roman mythology|Roman]] counterpart '''{{Wiki|Veritas}}'''. The Norse name for Aletheia was '''{{Wiki|Angrboða}}''', considered among one of the ''[[jötnar]]'' in [[Norsemen|Norse]] [[Norse mythology|mythology]]. Her name of Angrboða could roughly be translated into ''"the one who brings grief," "she who offers sorrow,"'' or ''"harm-bidder"'', while other sources translated it as ''"truth-giver."''<ref name="ACV DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Angrboda]]</ref>

==Biography==
===Dikastes of Atlantis===
{{Quote|In my time as ''Dikastes'', I also tried to bring balance to Atlantis, but it wasn't enough.|Aletheia to Kassandra, c. 422 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey|The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis}}During the [[Isu Era]], Aletheia served, for a time, as the ''Dikastes'' of Atlantis, appointed by the city's ruler [[Poseidon]]. During her tenure, she attempted to bring balance by passing judgement on the city's laws and customs.<ref name="Fate of Atlantis Memory">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[The Fate of Atlantis (memory)|The Fate of Atlantis]]</ref> At one point, Aletheia became aware of the [[Olympos Project]],<ref name="TGoA">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Gates of Atlantis]]</ref> a scientific exercise conducted by her fellow Isu [[Aita]] and [[Juno]] as a means to quell a [[Human-Isu War|rebellion]] by the [[human]]s if they ever revolted.<ref name="Fate of Atlantis Memory" /> Horrified at their experiments, Aletheia made numerous recordings detailing their actions and stored them in a number of steles in a [[Gateway to the Lost City|vault]] connected to Atlantis.<ref name="HoM">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[The Heir of Memories]]</ref>

In time, she also became acquainted with [[Hermes Trismegistus]], and after she was fatally wounded and [[Loki]] wanting to save his lover transferred her consciousness into Hermes' own [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref> so that she could interact with and help the wielder of the staff, known as the Keeper, to control its power in the future beyond her time.<ref name="HoM" />

===Helping the Keeper===
[[File:ACOD The Heir of Memories Memory Screenshot 01.png|thumb|250px|left|Aletheia meeting Kassandra on the Island of Triton]]
Around 422 BCE, a projection of Aletheia summoned the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], now the owner of the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, to the [[Island of Triton|Island]] of [[Triton]]. There, Aletheia introduced herself to Kassandra, asking her to pledge herself as the "Heir of Memories". She then told Kassandra to find [[Theras]], in order for the Heir to continue her journey.<ref name="HoM" />

===Aiding the Heir of Memories===
After finding Theras, Kassandra was sent to [[Agamemnon's Tomb|find]] [[Tomb of Eteokles|three]] [[Tomb of Orion|tombs]]. Aletheia appeared at the entrance of each, in order that Layla, acting as the Heir of Memories, would be able to unlock the gate to Atlantis. During Layla's exploration of three tombs, Aletheia revealed that she had a consciousness kept within the Staff, able to communicate with Layla and listen to frequencies, speaking of a currently unidentified male "interloper" who was interfering with the communications frequency between the Altair II and Layla.<ref name="ACOD">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – Modern day</ref>

After the gate to Atlantis was unlocked, Aletheia appeared as a projection to Layla, and later to Victoria Bibeau, instructing that Layla synchronise with Kassandra's experience of Aletheia's custom built simulations in order to unlock the full potential of the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus.<ref name="ACOD" />

When three members of [[Sigma Team]] attacked, Layla remarked that Aletheia had turned tail, and as such is nowhere to be found after the attack.<ref name="ACOD" />

Aletheia eventually resurfaced to let Laya continue with the trials until Victoria interrupted, fearing for Layla's destabilizing vitals. Aletheia witnessed a [[Bleeding Effect]]-crazed Layla strike Victoria dead with the Staff's power, to which caused her to regret choosing Layla as the Heir of Memories.<ref name="ACOD" />

Aletheia reluctantly agreed to let Layla conclude the final trial, but followed her into the simulation supervise her actions. Upon completion, Alethiea returned Kassandra from the simulation and congratulated her. Aletheia then spoke out to Laya one final time and warned her that the interloper, revealed to be [[Juhani Otso Berg]], had reached their location before fading away with the Animus transmission.<ref name="ACOD" />

==Legacy==
In 431 BCE, when Kassandra visited the [[Ancient Forge]] on the island of [[Andros]], Aletheia spoke to her, acting as the system voice for the Forge as it upgraded the [[Spear of Leonidas]].<ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

Aletheia's recordings on the Olympos Project was later discovered by Kassandra, who traveled to the vault in search of her father, [[Pythagoras]].<ref name="TGoA" />

In 2018, Layla Hassan kept a record of her findings about Aletheia on her laptop.<ref name="WiA" />

In 2020 when the planet stabilized, Aletheia contacted [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – Modern day</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
According to {{Wiki|Pindar}}'s ''{{Wiki|Pindar's First Olympian Ode|Olympian Ode}}'', Aletheia was the daughter of [[Zeus]], however according to [[Aesop]]'s ''[[Aesop's Fables|Fables]]'', she was crafted by [[Prometheus]].<ref>{{WP|Veritas}}</ref> Aletheia was also revered as the [[Greece|Greek]] goddess of truth, as was her [[Rome|Roman]] equivalent Veritas. Aletheia, [[wikt:ἀλήθεια|ἀλήθεια]], is [[Greece|Greek]] for 'not a lie, truth'.

The 'impression' of Aletheia on Layla's computer is similar to [[Martin Deschambault]]'s concept art of [[Minerva]].

==Gallery==
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Aletheia.png|Impression of Aletheia on Layla's laptop
File:ACV DB Angrboda.PNG|Aletheia as Angrboda

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==Appearances==

*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c|voice only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]'' {{c|''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium|Fields of Elysium]]'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades|Torment of Hades]]'' <nowiki>|</nowiki> ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis|Judgment of Atlantis]]''}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c|as Angrboda}}

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