Editing Isu Era

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[[File:ACU DB Precursor Memo.png|thumb|200px|A fragmented still depicting life before the Great Catastrophe.]]
The '''Isu Era''' was a period of time marked by the existence of the [[Isu]] as the dominant species on [[Earth]].<ref name="ACSdb003">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 003]]</ref> What time period preceded the era's beginning is unclear, but the Isu species had a presence within the border of modern-day [[Jordan]] around 80, 000 BCE.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 15. Precursor Memo]]</ref>

==Timeline==
===Pre 1923 IE===
*[[Hephaistos]] created the [[Swords of Eden]] during the [[War of Unification]].<ref name="ACSdb003"/>

===1923 IE===
*During the War of Unification, [[Consus]] created the [[Shroud of Eden 1|first]] [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]] to treat casualties of the war. He later transferred his consciousness into the Shroud in a desperate bid to escape death, but became trapped within his own creation.<ref name="ACSdb003"/>

===2161 IE===
*'''Day 24:''' The [[High Council]] ordered the creation of a new workforce under the supervision of the [[Father of Understanding]] [[Yaldabaoth]], the [[Mother of Wisdom]] [[Saklas]], and the [[Sacred Voice]] [[Samael]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – SecureShare: "PRE_trslt_Canterbury.odt <v. 1 by ahenry>"</ref>
*With approval from the Isu's [[Isu Authority in Eden|governing body]] in [[Eden]], and directed by the scientist [[Phanes]], the Isu enacted [[Project Anthropos]], an initiative that saw the creation of [[human]]ity as [[Slavery|slaves]]<ref name="Phanes 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', II of IV"</ref> from a pre-existing species.<ref name="Glyph 20">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #20: "Origin of the Species"</ref> The humans were made to be susceptible to the powers of the [[adamant]]-based<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Deadly Little Secrets]]</ref> [[Apples of Eden]].<ref name="Phanes 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', III of IV"</ref>

===Unknown===
*[[Seth]] killed his brother [[Osiris]]. Overwhelmed by grief, Osiris' sister-wife [[Isis]] used the [[Ankh]] to revive him for one night, during which they conceived their son [[Horus]].<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed (Les Deux Royaumes comics)|Assassin's Creed]] – [[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter|Accipiter]]''</ref>
[[File:Atlantis simulation.jpg|thumb|250px|Atlantis before its sinking]]
*[[Poseidon]] took control of the city of [[Atlantis]] from his son [[Atlas (Isu)|Atlas]], and let Atlas and his other sons serve as [[Archons of Atlantis|archons]].<ref name="Father of Atlantis 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "The Father of Atlantis, II of II"</ref><ref name="ACOd Files Atlas">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Atlas"</ref>
*[[Hades]] abducted [[Persephone]] and forced her to become his wife, with his brother [[Jupiter]]'s approval.<ref name="ACOd Files Hades">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Hades"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]]: "Attika: Entrance to the Underworld"</ref> He imprisoned Persephone in an area of the [[Underworld]] that she reshaped as [[Elysium]], which Hades allowed her to rule alongside her friend [[Hekate]].<ref name="TFoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis]]''</ref><ref name="ACOd Files Hekate">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Hekate"</ref>
*The [[Sister Realms]] were formed between Atlantis, ruled by Poseidon; the Underworld, ruled by Hades; and Elysium, ruled by Persephone.<ref name="TFoA"/>

===2194 IE===
*'''Day 6:''' The human workers from a construction site in [[Qobustan]], {{Wiki|Azerbaijan}} were reassigned to the sanitation of a nearby lake.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – SecureShare: "PRE_trslt_Qobustan.odt <v. 1 by ahenry>"</ref>

===2195 IE===
*The Isu scientist [[Juno]] was born in [[Feyan]].<ref name="ACSModern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

===c. 2200 IE (c.75, 100 BCE)<ref name="Staff file">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – Staff of Hermes Trismegistus (file)</ref>===
*The [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]] was forged in the late "Isu Singularity Age".<ref name="Staff file"/>

===c. 2220 IE===
*Juno recovered the prototype Shroud of Eden housing Consus' preserved consciousness.<ref name="ACSdb005">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 005]]</ref>

===Unknown===
*Poseidon granted Juno and her husband [[Aita]] access to Atlantis, where they secretly started the [[Olympos Project]], in which they experimented on humans and created monstrosities.<ref name="The Failed Experiment">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: The Failed Experiment</ref> Poseidon banished them back to Feyan<ref name="Poseidon Aita">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]] – Poseidon's logs: "Aita: The Great Mind"</ref><ref name="Historian 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]] – Historian: "Musings on Juno's Expulsion"</ref> and outlawed human experimentation in Atlantis.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Welcome Home]]</ref>
*The Sister Realms held a summit through their Atlantean embassies regarding the findings of Atlantis' [[Solar Dynamics Observatory]] and the [[Great Catastrophe|threat of solar instability]]. Hades was the only leader to attend but embraced the prospect of annihilation.<ref name="I.A.O.P. Cycle 44.160">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "I.A.O.P. Cycle 44.160"</ref>
*On the advice of his ''[[dikastes]]'' [[Aletheia]], Posidon destroyed Atlantis by sinking it into the ocean due to recurring upheaval and friction between its Isu and human populations.<ref name="The Fate of Atlantis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[The Fate of Atlantis (memory)]]</ref>
[[File:Eden 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Adam and Eve fleeing Eden with an Apple]]
*[[Adam]] and [[Eve]], two Isu-human [[hybrid]] slaves, escaped from the city of [[Eden]] with an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="The Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[The Truth]]</ref>
*Ruling as the new Father of Understanding, Mother of Wisdom, and Sacred Voice,<ref name="The Price of Wisdom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Price of Wisdom]]''</ref> the [[Capitoline Triad]] comprised of Jupiter, Juno, and [[Minerva]], respectively, retreated to the [[Grand Temple]] to find a solution from the impending solar flare, ultimately trying [[Six methods of salvation|six unsuccessful options]].<ref name="ACRV Modern Day">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref><ref name="AC3 Modern Day">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref><ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Hlutrholt"</ref>
{{Simulation Start}}
*[[Balor]] killed [[Cú Chulainn]] but was struck by Cú's [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which became lodged into his back. Later, the Isu [[Odin]] faced Balor in combat and claimed Gae Bolg following his victory.<ref name="Amber Sun">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Wrath of the Druids]]'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>
*After Odin learned from the supercomputer [[Yggdrasil]] that [[Loki]] and Alethia's illegitimate child [[Fenrir]] was [[Calculations|projected]] to kill him during the impending catastrophe,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> he had the boy imprisoned<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Binding Fate]]</ref> for "{{Wiki|Pre-crime|invented crimes}}".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Thornburg Henges"</ref>
*Outraged at Fenrir's unjust imprisonment,<ref name="Anomaly3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Quartzite Ridge"</ref> and after learning that Odin's son [[Baldr]] was vulnerable to [[mistletoe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 2|Issue #2]]</ref> Loki arranged for the warlord [[Surtr]] to capture Baldr<ref name="ForgottenMyths3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 3|Issue #3]]</ref> and have him fatally [[poison]]ed;<ref name="Anomaly3"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[The Rescue (Valhalla)|The Rescue]]</ref> Odin attempted a rescue but arrived too late and could only grieve his own loss.<ref name="Anomaly3"/><ref name="Anomaly3"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Pride of the Aesir]]</ref>
{{Simulation End}}
*After learning of Loki's involvement in Baldr's murder, Odin had him arrested,<ref name="Anomaly3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Kildesbig"</ref>, imprisoned,<ref name="ForgottenMyths3"/> and tortured in an underground [[Alamut Temple|vault]] beneath would later become the [[fort]]ress [[Alamut]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref>
*Aita volunteered as a test subject in an experiment to transfer Isu consciousness into human bodies, though his mind swiftly deteriorated.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/><ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref>
*Juno continued researching this process and developed a [[Mead of poetry|serum]] that facilitated the Isu being [[Isu incarnation|incarnated]] as humans. Due to worries that it would pollute the human genome, Jupiter and Minerva abandoned the initiative and had the serum locked away.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/>
{{Simulation Start}}
*With Juno's aid, Odin stole the untested serum in order to survive the impending catastrophe. Taking a sample for herself,<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> Juno secretly added parts of Aita's genetic code into the human DNA allowing him to be reborn in humans as [[Sage]]s,<ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 20">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #20: "A Secret Incomprehensible"</ref> after which she agreed to end his suffering.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/><ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 20"/> [[Vejovis]] also took advantage of a similar method to develop Sages of himself.<ref name="AC:ERPB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]''</ref>
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*Juno secretly tampered with Minerva's [[Eye]], a device that could calculate potential futures, to manipulate humanity and ensure her global domination. After her treachery<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> and role in Odin's theft of the serum<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> were discovered, the High Council stripped her of her title<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Briudun Hill"</ref> before Minerva<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> and Jupiter attacked and killed her in the Grand Temple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide]]'': "Analysis & Speculation", pg. 308</ref> However, Juno survived and digitally transferred her consciousness inside the [[Temple (Isu)|temple]]'s walls.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/>
*After Aletheia was gravely injured,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Basilica Ruins"</ref> Loki helped upload her consciousness into the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Needham Lake"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Seven Sisters"</ref> and the pair hoped to reunite after the impending catastrophe.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "The Needles"</ref>
;(c. 75, 010 BCE)<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref>
:*Humanity rose up in [[Human-Isu War|rebellion]] against the Isu,<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> prompting a ten-year long war.<ref name="Initiates"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{c|2nd ed.}} – Chapter 1: Introduction: "Timeline: Key Events Overview"</ref> Juno's father [[Saturn]] was one of the war's first victims.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 4|Issue #4]]</ref>

===2306 IE<ref name="ACSModern"/> (c. 75, 000 BCE)<ref name="Initiates"/>===
[[File:ACR-Toba 4.png|thumb|250px|Earth after the Great Catastrophe]]
*Minerva made preparations for another solution involving the [[global aurora borealis device]] to be tried during the next solar cycle, hoping that it would be successful without Juno's influence.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/>
*The Great Catastrophe occurred<ref name="ACSModern"/> when a {{Wiki|coronal mass ejection}} struck Earth. Less than 10,000 humans, and far fewer members of the Isu, survived the cataclysm, bringing an end to the Human-Isu War.<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/>
*As the Great Catastrophe struck the Earth, Odin, [[Týr]], [[Thor]], [[Freyja]], [[Idun]], [[Frey]], [[Sif]], and [[Heimdall]] used the serum to upload their DNA into Yggdrasil to be incarnated as humans in future generations, before meeting their inevitable doom. Loki killed Heimdall before he could leave Yggdrasil's chamber and secretly used the serum to be incarnated as well.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "AA_Complete"</ref>

===Post 2306 IE===
*Three months after the Great Catastrophe, six [[The Messenger|Messengers]] recorded reports over two weeks' time for [[Layla Hassan]] before storing them in [[Temple (Isu)|vaults]] scattered around [[Egypt]]. In order, they were the [[Amun Amunet messenger]] at [[Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot"</ref> the [[Nomarch messenger]] at  [[Seshem.eff Er Aat]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Seshem.eff Er Aat"</ref> the [[Khufu messenger]] at [[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb"</ref> the [[Khnum and Hequet messenger]] at [[Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot"</ref> the [[Seth Anath messenger]] at [[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Qeneb too Kah'Aiye"</ref> and the [[Sphinx messenger]] at [[Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Sphinx messenger"</ref>
*In the wake of the Great Catastrophe, Earth experienced severe climate change, with the ash in the atmosphere making the air toxic while also causing global temperatures drop<ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 13"/> because the particulate matter {{Wiki|backscatter}}ed incoming solar radiation and induced a {{Wiki|volcanic winter}}. Humanity and the Isu worked together to rebuild civilization. The Isu influenced human civilizations' early stages and would subsequently come to be revered as gods by the humans.<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/><ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
;c. 74, 900 BCE
:*The last Isu died roughly 100 human years after the catastrophe, according to estimates made by the [[Assassins]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Messengers: "Isu Messengers III"</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''  {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}} {{C|first identified as Isu Era}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis]]'' {{c|Simulation}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{c|2nd ed.}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c|Seer vision}}
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c|Seer vision}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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