Editing Swords of Eden

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{{Item Infobox
|image = SoE.png
|type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]]
|powers = Latent:
*Grant charisma and leadership
*Negate the effectiveness of illusions 
Active:
*Instant translocation
*Echolocation of foes
*Project energy blasts
|current = *[[Sword of Eden 1|#1]]: [[Abstergo Industries]], [[London]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref>
*[[Sword of Eden 2|#2]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Perseus' Sword of Eden]]: ''Unknown''
*[[Sword of Damokles]]: ''Unknown''
|period = Prehistory
|created = [[Hephaestus]] and [[Consus]], [[Isu]]
|made = c. 1923 [[Isu Era]]
|notable = *[[Perseus]]
*[[Alexios]]
*[[Kassandra]]
*[[Attila the Hun]]
*[[Arthur]]
*[[Genghis Khan]]
*[[Jacques de Molay]]
*[[Jeanne d'Arc]]
*[[Oda Nobunaga]]
*[[François-Thomas Germain]]
*[[Arno Dorian]]}}
The '''Swords of Eden''' are [[Pieces of Eden]] created by the [[Isu]] in the manner of [[sword]]s. Invented by [[Hephaestus]] and [[Consus]] for the [[War of Unification]], since the fall of the Isu, the Swords have been most commonly used by influential [[human]]s in war and conquest.

==History==
===Antiquity===
The first known human user of a [[Perseus' Sword of Eden|Sword of Eden]] was [[Perseus]], who in Greek mythology was said to have slain the [[Gorgon]] [[Medusa]] using the weapon.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Cult of Kosmos]] had a Sword of Eden under their possession, namely the [[Sword of Damokles]]. It was used as a personal weapon by [[Alexios|Deimos]], the younger half-brother of the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], who used it in battles against the Spartans.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> After his death,<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]</ref> Kassandra obtained the sword for her own use.<ref name="ACOD" />

During the 5th century CE, a Sword came into the possession of [[Attila the Hun]], after a shepherd unearthed it and gave it to him. With the Sword, Attila ravaged Eurasia during his reign, and over time the weapon became known as the Sword of Mars or the Sword of Attila.<ref name="AC2"/>

In the early 6th century [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Arthur]] pulled a Sword of Eden out of a stone, naming it "{{Wiki|Excalibur}}", and used it to become King of Britain.<ref name="AC2"/>

During the late 6th century, a being claiming to be the Norse god {{Wiki|Odin}}, disguised as a beggar, plunged a Sword into a tree called {{Wiki|Barnstokkr}}, stating that whomever was able to pull it free would receive it as a gift. Only the warrior [[Sigmund]] proved able to do so, and subsequently claimed the Sword as his own.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Middle Ages===
[[File:ACM Genghis Khan 1.png|thumb|200px|left|Genghis Khan with a Sword of Eden]]
During the early 13th century, the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] warlord [[Genghis Khan]] led his Empire through mass expansions into the West. The [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], suspected Genghis Khan of wielding a Piece of Eden, presumably a Sword.<ref name="AC2" /> Altaïr's son, [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]], and the [[Mongolian Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]] killed Genghis Khan in 1227.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> The artifact remained in Mongol hands however, and [[Hülegü Khan]] used it in his conquests of the [[Levant]] during the 1250s, notably during his attacks on the Assassin strongholds in [[Alamut]] and [[Masyaf]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref>

By the early 14th century a Sword was in possession of the [[Templars|Knights Templar]]. After the Templars were branded as heretics in 1307 by Pope [[Clement V]], and the [[Paris]]ian [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]] was attacked by King [[Philip IV of France|Philip the Fair]]'s forces, [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Jacques de Molay]] entrusted his [[Jacques de Molay's advisor|advisor]] with hiding the Sword and the ''[[Codex Pater Intellectus]]'', a book written by de Molay.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> The Sword was briefly in possession of the [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]], who attempted to steal it along with the book during the attack on the Temple.

[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 11.png|thumb|250px|De Molay's advisor placing the Sword on a statue]]
However, the Assassin was defeated in combat with de Molay's advisor, who used the Sword's power to project an energy blast at de Carneillon, before hiding both artifacts in a vault beneath the Temple, where the Codex remained entombed for four centuries.<ref name="ACU" />

In the early 15th century, a [[France|French]] peasant girl, [[Jeanne d'Arc]], discovered de Molay's Sword and took ownership of it during the [[Hundred Years' War]], entering into the war on the side of the French forces. Becoming into a heroine of her people, Jeanne led the French to many victories over the English and their allies. However, she was eventually captured by Burgundian soldiers and handed over to the English. The Templars then burned her at the stake, in order to take possession of her Sword. This particular sword was named "Piece of Eden 25" by [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]].<ref name="AC2" />

===Feudal Japan===
In the later half of the 16th century, a Sword of Eden wound up in the hands of the [[Japan]]ese warlord [[Takeda Shingen]]. With the power of the artifact at his disposal, Shingen began making his way to the capital of Kyoto to conquer Japan. Several months after routing [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s army at the {{Wiki|Battle of Mikatagahara}}, Shingen was killed in a raid led by Ieyasu's vassals, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Hattori Hanzō]] and [[Honda Tadakatsu]]. The artifact was eventually obtained by Ieyasu's ally, [[Oda Nobunaga]], who in turn used it to conquer the lands of other warlords. When Nobunaga's vassal [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] betrayed Nobunaga and attacked him in Kyoto, Nobunaga was killed by the Assassin [[Yamauchi Taka]] and the artifact was transported to [[China]] by [[Liu Yan (Chinese Brotherhood)|Liu Yan]].<ref name="ACM" />

===French Revolution===
In 1794, during the [[French Revolution]], the Sword of de Molay was acquired by [[François-Thomas Germain]], the Grand Master of the extremist faction of the Templar Order. Germain used the Sword during his fight with [[Arno Dorian]] and [[Élise de la Serre]]. The Sword was damaged in the confrontation, shattering and emitting a shockwave which killed Élise and mortally wounded Germain himself. Following the event, the Sword ended up in Arno's possession, though while it no longer possessed its former powers on account of the damage caused in Élise's final charge, it remained as one of the most powerful weapons in Arno's arsenal.<ref name="ACU" />

==Powers==
The Swords of Eden are some of the most powerful [[Pieces of Eden|pieces of technology]] created by the [[First Civilization]] and they possess a myriad of advanced abilities. The Swords of Eden empower their wielders with incredible charisma, which would make humans who are disloyal, obedient and loyal as well as render their wielders  immune to the illusion casting effects of the [[Staves of Eden|Staves]] and the [[Apples of Eden]].

The Sword of Eden can also cast a sonar-like echolocation, akin to [[Eagle Vision]], which can detect the presence of enemies within the wielders' vicinity.<ref name="ACU" /> The Sword can also project energy blasts which can instantly knock out even the strongest of foes. This was seen when a [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|Parisian]] [[Jacques de Molay's advisor|Templar Knight]] used the Sword of Eden to project an energy blast which instantly knocked out a [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian]] [[Thomas de Carneillon|Assassin]].<ref name="ACU" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{c|Glyphs only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

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