Editing 1725 Manila riot

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{{Quote|Let's show the Governor-General and his lackeys that our faith cannot be shaken!|A protester shortly before the start of the riot, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 51}}
{{Event Infobox
|prev = [[Shimazu clan civil war]]
|conc= [[Golden Age of Piracy]]
|next = [[Maroon rebellion]]
|image = ACFT - Manila riot.png
|date = 1725
|place = [[Manila]], {{Wiki|Spanish East Indies}}
|outcome =
|key = *[[Spanish Empire]]
*[[Zhang Wei Union]]
*[[Dutch East India Company]]
|participants = *[[Edward Kenway]]
*[[Shimazu Saito]]
*[[John Young]]
*[[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]]
*[[Mustafa]]
*[[Xialun Qing]]
*[[Jan van Aert]]
*[[Mad Monk]]
}}
In 1725, a '''riot''' broke out in the city of [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] after a [[Mad Monk|monk]] used a [[Piece of Eden]], the [[Crescent Amulet]], to influence the city's civilian populace to protest against the rule of the Governor-General of the Philippines. The riot mirrored the earlier revolt against Governor-General [[Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda]] in 1719, caused by a feud between him and the {{Wiki|Archbishop of Manila}}, {{Wiki|Francisco de la Cuesta}}.

==Background==
{{Quote|For some reason or another, the Governor-General had the Archbishop and his monks rounded up and thrown in prison. When the Archbishop's local followers caught wind of it, they raised all hell and stormed the Governor-General's mansion.|John Young describing the riot against Governor-General Bustamante, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 51}}
In 1719, the Governor-General at the time, [[Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda]], ordered the arrest of the Archbishop of Manila, Francisco de la Cuesta, after the latter refused to allow the [[Spain|Spanish]] authorities to take action against several individuals with pending charges who had taken church asylum.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda}}</ref> In retalation for the Archbishop's imprisonment, many of his supporters stormed Bustamante's mansion and killed the Governor-General.<ref name="EP 51">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 51|Episode 51]]</ref>

Following Bustamante's assassination, tensions between the Spanish authorities in Manila and the Church were at an all-time high. Meanwhile, Spain began to suspect that the assassination had in fact been an elaborate plot by the [[Dutch East India Company]], meant to keep Spain's influence in [[Southeast Asia]] in check.<ref name="EP 51" />

==The riot==
In 1725, the Spanish authorities arrested [[Jan van Aert]], the Chief Navigator of the Dutch East India Company, due to his alleged role in orchestrating Bustamante's assassination.<ref name="EP 50">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 50|Episode 50]]</ref> The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]] and the members of his [[Zhang Wei Union]], who were working with Jan to search for a [[Piece of Eden]] in the Philippines, were also arrested and were forced to remain aboard their [[ship]], the ''[[Fenghuang]]'', under the watch of several [[Soldier|guards]]. However, the Union members managed to escape confinement and began planning their escape from Manila while Edward went to rescue Jan and his crew from [[Fort Santiago]].<ref name="EP 51" />

At the same time as Edward's infiltration of the fort, the citizens of Manila began to protest against the Governor-General's rule. The protest soon turned into a violent riot, due to the influence of the [[Crescent Amulet]], a Piece of Eden capable of mind control, which was wielded by a [[Mad Monk|monk]] that wished to overthrow the Governor-General. [[Shimazu Saito]] witnessed the monk using the Amulet to control the masses and informed Edward after the latter had rescued Jan and his men. Leaving Jan's crew to return to their ship, Edward and Saito decided to face the monk and take the Amulet from him.<ref name="EP 51" />

==Gallery==
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ACFT - Monk leading the riot.png|The monk leading the riot
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==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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