Editing Spear of Leonidas

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{{Item_Infobox
|image = Spear of Leonidas.png
|type = Piece of Eden
|powers = *Physical Empowerment
*Vitality Regeneration
*Harnessing Poison
*Harnessing Fire
*Imbuing Arrows with Power
*Limited Invisibility
*Limited Speed Enhancement
*Echolocation
|current = With [[Layla Hassan]]
|period = Prehistory
*[[Greco-Persian Wars]]
*[[Peloponnesian War]]
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[Hephaestus|Hephaistos]]
|made = Prehistory
|notable = *[[Leonidas]]
*[[Kassandra]]
*[[Layla Hassan]]
}}
The '''Spear of Leonidas''', also known as the '''Blade of Leonidas''', was a [[Piece of Eden]] wielded by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]]. Following his death, Leonidas' now broken spear was passed on to his daughter [[Myrrine]], and then to his granddaughter [[Kassandra]].

During Kassandra's quest to locate her family and destroy the [[Cult of Kosmos]], Kassandra regularly visited the [[Ancient Forge]] to enhance the Spear's combat efficiency, structural durability, and supernatural power through the use of [[Isu]] [[Artifact Fragment]]s.

==History==
The first known human to wield the spear was Leonidas himself, who wielded it during the Battle of Thermopylae and killed many [[Iran|Persians]] with it.<ref name="Battle of Thermopylae">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Battle of Thermopylae]]</ref><ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

Kassandra left the Spear to Herodotus as something to remember her by once its power was exhausted. The Spear was subsequently buried beneath the ''Book of Herodotus'' and laid untouched for centuries until 2018 when both objects were recovered by [[Layla Hassan]]. Using Kassandra's DNA found on the Spear, Layla was able to relieve her [[Genetic memory|memories]] through the [[Animus]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

==Functionality==
The Spear was able to bestow upon its wielder enhanced strength, as well as grant them access to myriad other supernatural abilities. The Spear seemed able to harness its wielder's adrenaline to produce supernatural effects, such as cloaking its user, regenerating health or harnessing some of the natural elements such as poison and fire. It could even briefly increase the wielder's speed and reflexes, charge arrows with explosive energy, produce shockwaves and augment arrows so they could phase through walls. While quite literally granting its wielder god-like powers and abilities the spear did in fact have a limited amount of power and turned back into a normal spear when depleted, though this well of power appeared to be quite extensive as the spear was liberally used by Leonidas, Myrrine and finally Kassandra.<ref name="ACOD">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

==Owners==
*[[Isu]] (? – ?)<ref name="ACOD" />
*[[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] (? – 480 BCE)<ref name="ACOD" />
*[[Myrrine]] (c. 480 BCE – c. 448 BCE)<ref name="ACOD" />
*[[Kassandra]] (c. 448 BCE – ?)<ref name="ACOD" />
*[[Herodotus]] (? – ?)<ref name="ACOD" />
*[[Layla Hassan]] (2018 – present)<ref name="ACOD" />

==Trivia==
*The Spear effectively replaces the [[Hidden Blade]] in-game, and is used as the historical protagonist's main weapon of assassination.
*When not being used in combat, the Spear is holstered on Kassandra's [[quiver]], while in combat it is dual-wielded as an off-hand weapon.
*From a gameplay sense, the Spear takes reference from the Pieces of Eden encountered in past games. However, the impetus here was to let players wield an Isu artifact throughout the game rather than just at the end of it.<ref>''Game Informer #105: Create Your Own Creed''</ref>
*A replica of the spear is available in the [[Medusa]] Edition of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''.
*In the memory [[A Mother's Prayers]], even if the Spear is upgraded using the [[Ancient Forge]], when Kassandra presents it to Myrrine, it appears in its default, broken state.
*The fundamental concept of the Spear of Leonidas is similar to that of the the [https://princeofpersia.fandom.com/wiki/Dagger_of_Time Dagger of Time] from ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', another [[Ubisoft]] property. Both are weapons of the gods that provide numerous powers to the protagonist and are dual-wielded with other weapons.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
File:Kassandra wielding the Spear.png|Kassandra wielding the Spear
Spear of Leonidas Replica.jpg|Spear of Leonidas Replica
Spear of Leonidas Level 2.PNG|Spear of Leonidas Level 2
spear of leonidas mold.jpg|Spear mold in the Forge of Hephaistos
ACOD Spear of Leonidas 01 - Pierre Fleau.jpg
ACOD Spear of Leonidas 02 - Pierre Fleau.jpg
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

==References==
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[[ru:Копьё Леонида]]
[[Category:Precursor relics]]
[[Category:Personal weapons]]
[[Category:Long weapons]]
[[Category:Spears]]
[[Category:Isu technology]]
[[Category:5th century BCE weapons]]
[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]