Editing User:TiagoFF/Sandbox/Temple (Isu)

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{{Quote|We built vaults within which to work, each dedicated to a different method of salvation. They were placed underground to avoid the war which raged above, and also as a precaution, should we fail in our efforts.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
[[File:Retrieval 13.png|thumb|right|250px|The Temple of Juno in 2012]]
'''Temples''', also referred to as '''Vaults''', are underground locations constructed by the [[Isu]]. A number of these were built in an attempt to discover a way to protect the [[Earth]] from the [[Great Catastrophe|First Disaster]], as well as any [[Second Disaster|recurrence]]. Though Temples are located across the globe, there is a disproportionately high number of them in and around [[Europe]] than elsewhere in the world.

==History==
===Creation===
{{Quote|Built by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us –  to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world.|Minerva to Ezio Auditore, 1499.|Assassin's Creed II|In Bocca al Lupo}}
[[File:AC2 Hologram 2.png|thumb|250px|left|The Temples in Minerva's projections]]
The Temples were built by members of the First Civilization who avoided the [[Human-Isu War|war]] raging between [[human]]s and their own kind. They functioned as a way to preserve the world and its people and as such were often highly decorated with the [[Isu script]].<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> The Temples were established underground, as a way both to protect them from the battle present on the surface, and as a precaution should they fail to avert the coming catastrophe.<ref name="ACRModern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>

===First Disaster===
{{Quote|Six we tried in succession, each more encouraging than the last. But none worked. And then the world ended...|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
Each Temple researched a different way to prevent the disaster, and the findings were transmitted to the Grand Temple, located underneath a First Civilization municipality in modern New York. From there, three members of the First Civilization—[[Jupiter]], [[Juno]], and [[Minerva]]—sorted the solutions most likely to succeed. They tested six possible solutions in succession,<ref name="ACRModern"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – Modern day</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> with each being more promising than the last. However, all six solutions ultimately failed, and before any further solutions could be tested, a catastrophe decimated the planet, nearly wiping out the entire First Civilization.<ref name="ACRModern"/>

===Modern times===
{{Quote|You must go there. To the place where we labored... labored and lost. Take my words. Pass them from your head into your hands. That is how you will open the way.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
[[File:Mass Exodus 7 v.png|250px|thumb|Ezio within the Vatican Vault]]
In 2012, Minerva spoke to [[Desmond Miles]], who relived the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] of his ancestor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] through a machine known as the [[Animus]]. When Ezio accessed a vault under the [[Sistine Chapel]] in 1499, Minerva told Desmond about the war that had wiped out all of her kind, and its impending repeat. She also briefly told Desmond about the history of the Temples, before telling him to guard against "[[Templars|the cross]]."<ref name="AC2Modern">''Assassin's Creed II'' – Modern day</ref>

Several weeks later, on 10 October 2012, Desmond and his team of fellow [[Modern times|modern-day]] [[Assassins]] drove to another vault beneath the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]]. There, Juno spoke to Desmond as he [[Freerunning|free-ran]] around the Vault attempting to access the [[Vault pedestal|pedestal]] at its center. Juno informed Desmond about the history behind confrontations between humans and the First Civilization. Once Desmond had activated the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple]] of [[Eden]] on the pedestal, Juno's presence took command of Desmond through the Apple and made him stab his fellow Assassin [[Lucy Stillman]] in the abdomen with his [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="ACBModern">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – Modern day</ref> before he fell unconscious as his subconscious splintered.<ref name="ACRModern"/>
[[File:ACIII-Templecamp 1.png|250px|thumb|left|Desmond and the other Assassins inside the Grand Temple]]
After Desmond accessed a [[Synch Nexus|synch nexus]] and separated the lives of his ancestors from his own memories, an apparition of Jupiter spoke to Desmond, telling him about the catastrophe that had previously occurred and also explaining the Temples' purposes in further detail. Lastly, Jupiter told Desmond that he needed to go to the Grand Temple in order to stop the impending cataclysm, though he also admitted that he was unsure as to whether the Temples could successfully prevent the disaster.<ref name="ACRModern"/>

==Known Temples==
Unless otherwise noted, current status of the Temple is unknown.

===North America===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACRG Arctic Temple Main Chamber.png|link=Arctic Temple|'''[[Arctic Temple]]'''<br>[[Arctic Ocean]]<ref name="ACRo">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Non Nobis Domine]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
Return to Mexico 7.png|link=Chichen Itza Temples|'''[[Chichen Itza Temples|Chichen Itza Temple #1]]'''<br>[[Chichen Itza]], [[Mexico]]<ref name="ReturnToMexico">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' - [[Return to Mexico]]</ref>
Chichen Itza Disk Chamber.png|link=Chichen Itza Temples|'''Chichen Itza Temple #2'''<br>Chichen Itza, Mexico<ref name="TheSecretOfTheCenote">''Assassin's Creed: Liberation'' – [[The Secret of the Cenote]]</ref>
AC3 Grand Temple Front.png|link=Grand Temple|'''[[Grand Temple]]'''<br>[[Turin, New York|Turin]], [[New York]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Awakening"</ref><br>{{c|intact; active}}
</gallery>

===Caribbean===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Caribbean sea vault Entrance.png|link=Isu vault (Caribbean Sea)|'''[[Isu vault (Caribbean Sea)|Caribbean Vault]]'''<br>[[Caribbean Sea]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE – Mission 5|Mission 5]]</ref>
AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png|link=Observatory (Isu)|'''[[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]]'''<br>[[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]<ref name="AC4Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref><br>{{c|buried}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Port-au-Prince Temple|'''[[Port-au-Prince Temple]]'''<br>[[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]<ref name="LessonsAndRevelations">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Lessons and Revelations]]</ref>{{c|destroyed}}
</gallery>

===Africa===
====[[Egypt]]====
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo 7.jpeg|link=Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo|'''[[Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo]]'''<br>[[Giza]]<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat 7.jpeg|link=Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat|'''[[Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat]]'''<br>[[Haueris Nome]]<ref name="ACO"/>
Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb 3.jpeg|link=Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb|'''[[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb]]'''<br>Giza<ref name="ACO"/>
Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot 6.jpeg|link=Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot|'''[[Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot]]'''<br>[[Isolated Desert]]<ref name="ACO"/>
Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye 6.jpeg|link=Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye|'''[[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]]'''<br>[[Desheret Desert]]<ref name="ACO"/>
Seshem.eff Er Aat 2.jpeg|link=Seshem.eff Er Aat|'''[[Seshem.eff Er Aat]]'''<br>[[Black Desert]]<ref name="ACO"/>
Siwa Vault 1.jpeg|link=Siwa Vault|'''[[Siwa Vault]]'''<br>[[Siwa]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' - [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>
</gallery>

===Europe===
====[[Greece]]====
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACOD Forge of Hephaistos interior.jpg|link=Ancient Forge|'''[[Ancient Forge|Forge of Hephaistos]]'''<br>[[Andros]]<ref name="MemoriesAwoken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' - [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>
CaveOfTheForgottenIsle1.jpg|link=Cave of the Forgotten Isle|'''[[Cave of the Forgotten Isle]]'''<br>[[Phokis]]<ref name="Stairway">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[Stairway to Olympos]]</ref>
MtZas1.jpg|link=Cave of Mt. Zas|'''[[Cave of Mt. Zas]]'''<br>[[Naxos]]<ref name="ACOD"/>
Gateway to the Lost City.jpg|link=Gateway to the Lost City|'''[[Gateway to the Lost City]]'''<br>[[Thera]]<ref name="Family Legacy">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[A Family's Legacy]]</ref><br>{{c|intact; active}}
MinotaurLabyrinth2.jpg|link=Labyrinth of Lost Souls|'''[[Labyrinth of Lost Souls]]'''<br>[[Messara]]<ref name="HeWaits">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[He Waits]]</ref>
ACOD Sphinx's Lair 1.jpg|link=Lair of the Sphinx|'''[[Lair of the Sphinx]]'''<br>[[Boeotia]]<ref name="LoreSphinx">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[Lore of the Sphinx]]</ref>
MysonCave3.jpg|link=Myson Cave|'''[[Myson Cave]]'''<br>[[Malis]]<ref name="ACOD">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>
Lesbos-PV-PetrifiedTemple.jpg|link=Petrified Temple|'''[[Petrified Temple]]'''<br>[[Lesbos]]<ref name="WrithingDead">"Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" - [[Writhing Dead]]</ref>
TeichosHerakles3.jpg|link=Teichos of Herakles|'''[[Teichos of Herakles]]'''<br>[[Achaia]]<ref name="ACOD"/>
</gallery>

====[[Italy]]====
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Retrieval 14.png|link=Colosseum Vault|'''[[Colosseum Vault]]'''<br>Rome<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - [[A Seed]]</ref><br>{{c|intact; active}}
TToP 6.png|link=Pythagorean Vault|'''[[Pythagorean Vault]]'''<br>Rome<ref name="TheTempleOfPythagoras">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – [[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'' – [[The Temple of Pythagoras]]</ref>
Vatican Vault - Inner Chamber.jpg|link=Vatican Vault|'''[[Vatican Vault]]'''<br>Rome<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/>
</gallery>

====[[United Kingdom]]====
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Buckingham Palace Vault 1.png|link=Buckingham Palace Vault|'''[[Buckingham Palace Vault]]'''<br>[[London]], [[England]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Boudicca Tomb|'''[[Boudicca Tomb]]'''<br>[[East Anglia]], England<ref name="TotF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' - [[Floating conversations]]: Tombs of the Fallen</ref>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Cassivellaunus Tomb|'''[[Cassivellaunus Tomb]]'''<br>[[Shropshire]], England<ref name="TotF"/>
ACV Night and Day 2.jpg|link=Cave of Gold|'''[[Cave of Gold]]'''<br>[[Isle of Skye]], [[Scotland]]<ref name="NightDay">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' - [[Night and Day]]</ref>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Eden Ring Station|'''[[Eden Ring Station]]'''<br>[[Cambridgeshire]], England<ref name="TotF"/>
ACV Freya's Tomb Inside.Jpeg|link=Freyja's Cave|'''[[Freyja's Cave]]'''<br>[[Mercia]], England<ref name="ChallengeFromTheGods">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Mastery Challenge]]'' – [[A Challenge from the Gods]]</ref>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Iona Vault|'''[[Iona Vault]]'''<br>[[Iona]], Scotland<ref name="Highlands">''[[Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children]]''</ref>
ACV DB Isu Barracks.png|link=Isu Barracks|'''[[Isu Barracks]]'''<br>[[Hampshire]], England<ref name="ACV">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</ref>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Manius's Sanctum|'''[[Manius's Sanctum]]'''<br>Cambridgeshire, England<ref name="TotF"/>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Scone Vault|'''[[Scone Vault]]'''<br>[[Scone]], Scotland<ref name="Highlands"/>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Togodomnus' Tomb|'''[[Togodomnus' Tomb]]'''<br>[[Sussex]], England<ref name="TotF"/>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Verica's Tomb|'''[[Verica's Tomb]]'''<br>Hampshire, England<ref name="TotF"/>
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Venutius Tomb|'''[[Venutius Tomb]]'''<br>[[Yorkshire]], England<ref name="TotF"/>
</gallery>

====Other====
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACReb Torquemada at The Forge.jpg|link=The Forge (Isu)|'''[[The Forge (Isu)|The Forge]]'''<br>[[Ávila]], [[Spain]]<ref name="TheForge">''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – [[The Forge]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
ACRG Lisbon Temple Front.png|link=Lisbon Temple|'''[[Lisbon Temple]]'''<br>[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]<ref name="KyrieEleison">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Kyrie Eleison]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
ACU Saint-Denis Temple Main Chamber.png|link=Saint-Denis Temple|'''[[Saint-Denis Temple]]'''<br>[[Saint-Denis]], [[France]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref>
ACV A Brother's Keeper 14.png|link=Yggdrasil|'''[[Yggdrasil|Yggdrasil Chamber]]'''<br>[[Hordaland]], [[Norway]]<ref name="ABrothersKeeper">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref><br>{{c|intact; active}}
</gallery>

===Asia ===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Wiki noimage.jpg|link=Alamut Temple|'''[[Alamut Temple]]'''<br>[[Alamut]], [[Iran]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref>
ACCI What Lies Beneath Main.jpg|link=Herat Temple|'''[[Herat Temple]]'''<br>[[Herat]], [[Afghanistan]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[What Lies Beneath]]</ref>
Solomonaltairwatchingrobert.png|link=Jerusalem Vault|'''[[Jerusalem Vault]]'''<br>[[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Acquisition]]</ref>
ACCI Enemy Revealed (1).jpg|link=Tosha Khana|'''[[Tosha Khana]]'''<br>[[Amritsar]], [[India]]<ref name="ACBM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref><ref name="TheEnemyRevealed">''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India'' – [[The Enemy Revealed]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Isu}}
[[pt-br:Templos]]
[[es:Templo (Isu)]]
[[Category:Isu locations]]