Editing Lotus disk

{{Era|Technology|Isu}}
{{Spoilerhd|25 May 2025|[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]}}
{{Conjecture}}
{{Quote|As for the third and final artifact that we'll find in the forgotten temple... it serves to spread the other two artifacts's immense power far and wide. Its reach could stretch across an entire continent... perhaps even to the ends of Earth.|Edward Kenway on the Piece of Eden's powers, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 96}}
{{Item Infobox
|name = Lotus disk
|image = ACFT - Lotus disk.png
|type = [[Piece of Eden]]
|powers = *Power imbuing
*Power spreading
*Transmitting signals
|current = [[Angkor]]
|period = *Prehistory
*[[Golden Age of Piracy]]
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[Isu]]
|made = Prehistory
|notable =
}}
The '''lotus disk''' is a [[Piece of Eden]] created by the [[Isu]] alongside two other artifacts: the [[crescent amulet]] and the [[Lantern (Piece of Eden)|lantern]]. Designed to spread the other two Pieces' power, it functions as a transmission device, capable of sending signals across large distances.

For centuries, the disk was housed within an Isu [[Temple (Isu)|temple]] in the former [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]]. In both the 18th and 21st centuries, the artifact and its two [[Southeast Asian Pieces of Eden|sister Pieces of Eden]] were sought after by various factions intending to use their powers for their own ends.

==Owners==
*[[Isu]] (until 75,000 BCE)<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref>

==Functionality==
While its powers were more limited that both the crescent amulet's and the lantern's, the lotus disk nonetheless served as an essential component of the set, as it was what allowed the other two Pieces of Eden's powers to be spread across large distances.<ref name="FT 96">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 96|Episode 96]]</ref>

It was believed that the disk's transmission capabilities could stretch across a continent, or perhaps even the entire [[Earth|world]]. This made it a potentially deadly tool in the hands of individuals who wished to assert their will over [[human]]ity, as they could easily use the combined power of the three Pieces of Eden to [[Slavery|enslave]] the human race.<ref name="FT 96" />

==History==
===Early history===
The disk was created at some point during the [[Isu Era]] alongside its two sister 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="Initiates"/> knowledge of the set, its location, and its powers was lost.<ref name="EP 41" />

===18th century===
By the early 18th century, the disk had come to be housed in an Isu temple in the [[Khmer Empire]]'s former capital city of [[Angkor]].<ref name="FT 96" /> At some point during his travels, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] navigator [[Hendrik]] discovered the temple and found the disk atop a tower facing the [[Sun]].<ref name="FT 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> Unable to retrieve it, he wrote down clues regarding its location in his [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]], intending to return to the ruins at a later date.<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref> However, he would never get the chance to do so before his untimely death in February 1725.<ref name="FT 3" />

That same year, the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]] and the members of his [[Zhawang Corporation|Zhang Wei Union]] began a search for the three Pieces of Eden in [[Southeast Asia]], seeking to keep them out of the wrong hands. After coming into contact with the crescent amulet, Edward began to experience [[Calculations|visions]] of the past and the future, which informed him of the other two artifacts' whereabouts. Choosing to focus on the other two Pieces first, Edward and his companions decided to sail to [[Myanmar|Burma]] to recover the lantern, before they would then travel to Angkor to find the disk.<ref name="FT 96" />

Meanwhile, [[Xiao Han]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Assassins]], and his ally [[Lee Huiyin]] also discovered the artifacts' location after acquiring Hendrik's sea log.<ref name="FT 73">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 73|Episode 73]]</ref> Upon stealing the amulet from Edward,<ref name="FT 91">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 91|Episode 91]]</ref> they organized an expedition into the jungles of {{Wiki|Indochina}}, seeking to retrieve the lotus disk from Angkor's temple.<ref name="FT 96" />

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACFT - Pieces of Eden transmitting a signal.png|The disk, combined with the other two Pieces of Eden, transmitting a signal
</gallery>

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

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