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	AC4 Blood Vial prop 2.png\|Close-up of the blood vial prop		AC4 Blood Vial prop 2.png\|Close-up of the blood vial prop
	ACI Blood Vial Code Unlock.png\|The unlocked ''Initiates'' database entry		ACI Blood Vial Code Unlock.png\|The unlocked ''Initiates'' database entry
			ACBFR DB Glass Cube.png\|''Black Flag Resynced'' database image
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	==~~Appearences~~==		==Appearances ==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
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	**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}		**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Featured Events]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Featured Events]]''
			*''[[Animus Hub]]'' {{Mdat}} {{Imo}}
	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

Darman36 at 00:46, 17 June 2026

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}
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	~~<!--~~*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[~~Story Drops~~]]''~~-->~~		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Featured Events]]''

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	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion, Havana\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>

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	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion, Havana\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>
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	In 1868, when [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir\|Henry Green]] infiltrated the [[Kenway Mansion]] looking for clues to the whereabouts of a [[Shroud of Eden 2\|Shroud of Eden]], they found a blood vial among Edward's possessions,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing It by Ear]]</ref> which he had either kept as a memento from his pirating days or had recovered sometime during his later years working for the British Assassins.		In 1868, when [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir\|Henry Green]] infiltrated the [[Kenway Mansion]] looking for clues to the whereabouts of a [[Shroud of Eden 2\|Shroud of Eden]], they found a blood vial among Edward's possessions,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing It by Ear]]</ref> which he had either kept as a memento from his pirating days or had recovered sometime during his later years working for the British Assassins.

	During [[World War I]], a member of the [[Instruments of the First Will]] known only as the "[[Master Spy]]" manipulated the Templars into sending two [[German Army]] spies to pose as a nurse and her aide and collect blood vial samples from a [[British Army]] medical camp in [[London]]. When [[Winston Churchill]] informed the ~~British~~ Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] of this medical malpractice, she eliminated the pair, stopping the Master Spy's plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Apothecary Twins]]</ref>		During [[World War I]], a member of the [[Instruments of the First Will]] known only as the "[[Master Spy]]" manipulated the Templars into sending two [[German Army]] spies to pose as a nurse and her aide and collect blood vial samples from a [[British Army]] medical camp in [[London]]. When [[Winston Churchill]] informed the Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] of this medical malpractice, she eliminated the pair, stopping the Master Spy's plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Apothecary Twins]]</ref>

	By the 1980s, [[Abstergo Industries]] had taken great interest in securing more vials and had found dozens since then. Of all of those recovered, only three vials had the DNA inside fully intact, and only one of the three contained Isu blood. In 2013, Abstergo described them in an internal memo, along with other Isu artifacts.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "Crypto–History: Artifacts"</ref> On 2 November of that year, an [[Initiates\|Initiate]] spy escaped [[Abstergo Entertainment]] with one of the vials.<ref> ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Blood Screen"</ref>		By the 1980s, [[Abstergo Industries]] had taken great interest in securing more vials and had found dozens since then. Of all of those recovered, only three vials had the DNA inside fully intact, and only one of the three contained Isu blood. In 2013, Abstergo described them in an internal memo, along with other Isu artifacts.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "Crypto–History: Artifacts"</ref> On 2 November of that year, an [[Initiates\|Initiate]] spy escaped [[Abstergo Entertainment]] with one of the vials.<ref> ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Blood Screen"</ref>
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}
	**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}		**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Story Drops]]''		<!--*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Story Drops]]''-->

	==References==		==References==

Soranin: Text replacement - "Governor's Mansion (Havana)" to "Governor's Mansion, Havana"

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Text replacement - "Governor's Mansion (Havana)" to "Governor's Mansion, Havana"

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	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion, Havana\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Del}}
	**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}		**''[[Black Flag Update]]'' {{Del}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Story Drops]]''

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imported>Gener4l Cl4ank4 at 14:41, 9 November 2025

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	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion, Havana\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>

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	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion, Havana\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>

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	The cubes comprised of two parts, the larger container and the lid, made by way of a planar slice through one corner so that it resembled a "whole edge" {{Wiki\|vertex figure}}. The lid could not fully detach, but instead was fixed by magnets to slide up and down along a path. The absolute center of the cube had microscopic spikes that punctured skin, drew blood, and then held the sample in place.<ref>Blood vial mechanics concept art in Gallery</ref>		The cubes comprised of two parts, the larger container and the lid, made by way of a planar slice through one corner so that it resembled a "whole edge" {{Wiki\|vertex figure}}. The lid could not fully detach, but instead was fixed by magnets to slide up and down along a path. The absolute center of the cube had microscopic spikes that punctured skin, drew blood, and then held the sample in place.<ref>Blood vial mechanics concept art in Gallery</ref>

	Once a blood sample was collected, the cube was placed inside the [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]] that powered the Observatory, which would then project what the donor saw and heard in real time.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref> It was for this reason that the [[Templars]] first during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]<ref name="MisterWalpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> and ~~centuries later~~ in the [[Modern times\|~~present~~]] ~~sought the Observatory~~,<ref name="Modern">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> hoping ~~that they might~~ make use of its surveillance abilities to spy on and blackmail numerous government officials.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/><ref name="Modern"/>		Once a blood sample was collected, the cube was placed inside the [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]] that powered the Observatory, which would then project what the donor saw and heard in real time.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref> It was for this reason that the [[Templars]] sought the Observatory, first during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]]<ref name="MisterWalpole">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Mister Walpole, I Presume?]]</ref> and then again in the [[Modern times\|21st century]],<ref name="Modern">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> hoping to make use of its surveillance abilities to spy on and blackmail numerous government officials.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/><ref name="Modern"/>

	==History==		==History==
	===Isu Era===		===Isu Era===
	During the [[Isu Era]], thousands of Isu had their blood sampled in vials which were then stored at the Observatory.<ref name="The Observatory"/> However, ~~following their~~ extinction after the [[Great Catastrophe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> their knowledge of how the cubes ~~worked~~ and their purpose ~~died with them~~, with the crystals additionally becoming materially worthless as they could not provide live feedback as intended.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		During the [[Isu Era]], thousands of Isu had their blood sampled in vials which were then stored at the Observatory.<ref name="The Observatory"/> However, with the Isu's extinction after the [[Great Catastrophe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> their knowledge of how the cubes functioned and their purpose was lost, with the crystals additionally becoming materially worthless as they could not provide live feedback as intended.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	===Golden Age of Piracy===		===Golden Age of Piracy===
	Around April 1673,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #12: "The Templar Arrives"</ref> the carpenter and [[Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] set sail from [[Tulum]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #17: Taking my Leave</ref> after spending a week<ref name="ThomLetter16">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #16: "The Observatorie"</ref> with the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Bahlam]], who explained Thom's nature as a Sage,<ref name="ThomLetter15">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #15: "Reste and Repaste"</ref> the visions that plagued him, and their connection to the Observatory.<ref name="ThomLetter16"/> After a year of travel, he finally arrived at [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]] and reached the Observatory, which he entered to explore ~~and saw~~ the vials along its main hallway.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #18: "My Searche"</ref> Thom stayed in the main chamber with the Observatory's {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}} and vial collection for a week, during which time he learned all he could about [[Aita]]'s conflicting identity inside his head.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #19: "On Being A "Sage""</ref>		Around April 1673,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #12: "The Templar Arrives"</ref> the carpenter and [[Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] set sail from [[Tulum]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #17: Taking my Leave</ref> after spending a week<ref name="ThomLetter16">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #16: "The Observatorie"</ref> with the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins\|West Indies Assassins]]' [[Mentor]] [[Bahlam]], who explained Thom's nature as a Sage,<ref name="ThomLetter15">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #15: "Reste and Repaste"</ref> the visions that plagued him, and their connection to the Observatory.<ref name="ThomLetter16"/> After a year of travel, he finally arrived at [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]], and reached the Observatory, which he entered to explore, seeing the vials along its main hallway.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #18: "My Searche"</ref> Thom stayed in the main chamber with the Observatory's {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}} and vial collection for a week, during which time he learned all he could about [[Aita]]'s conflicting identity inside his head.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #19: "On Being A "Sage""</ref>

	Decades later in 1714, the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Duncan Walpole]] decided to betray his comrades and join the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Templars]], dissatisfied at being passed over for promotion both [[Assassin rank\|within the Assassins]] and at his job in the [[East India Company]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]'' – Regressions: Nathan</ref> Upon arriving in the [[Caribbean]] in 1715<ref name="EdwardMemory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Edward Kenway (memory)\|Edward Kenway]]</ref> on an assignment to train under the new local Mentor [[Ah Tabai]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Nothing Is True...]]</ref> Walpole wrote to the Templars' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] offering to meet in [[Havana]] and deliver "the information [they] desire" as proof of his new allegiance;<ref name="EdwardMemory"/> namely, an empty blood vial<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> and maps of Assassin camps in the surrounding areas.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[This Old Cove]]</ref>		Decades later in 1714, the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins\|British Assassin]] [[Duncan Walpole]] decided to betray his comrades and join the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|West Indies Templars]], dissatisfied at being passed over for promotion both [[Assassin rank\|within the Assassins]] and at his job in the [[East India Company]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]'' – Regressions: Nathan</ref> Upon arriving in the [[Caribbean]] in 1715<ref name="EdwardMemory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Edward Kenway (memory)\|Edward Kenway]]</ref> on an assignment to train under the new local Mentor [[Ah Tabai]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Nothing Is True...]]</ref> Walpole wrote to the Templars' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], offering to meet in [[Havana]] and deliver "the information [they] desire" as proof of his new allegiance;<ref name="EdwardMemory"/> namely, an empty blood vial<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> and maps of Assassin camps in the surrounding areas.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[This Old Cove]]</ref>

	Duncan boarded the [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]] [[HMS Intrigue\|HMS ''Intrigue'']] heading to Havana, but he never reached his destination. In June 1715, the [[ship]] met the [[Piracy\|pirate]] [[brig]] ''[[Jacobite]]'' off the coast of [[Cape Bonavista]] and attacked it. In the skirmish, the ''Intrigue'' sank, but not before setting the ''Jacobite''{{'}}s [[gunpowder]] alight with a [[cannon]] volley, blowing both ships to splinters and washing a wounded Duncan ashore with his belongings and the ''Jacobite''{{'}}s only survivor, [[Edward Kenway]]. When Edward tried to haggle a price for helping Duncan reach Havana, he fled into the jungle, initiating a chase that ended when Edward killed Duncan, looted the cube and maps in his bag, and assumed his identity to claim the rewards himself, unaware of their wider importance.<ref name="EdwardMemory"/>		Duncan boarded the [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]] [[HMS Intrigue\|HMS ''Intrigue'']] heading to Havana, but he never reached his destination. In June 1715, the [[ship]] met the [[Piracy\|pirate]] [[brig]] ''[[Jacobite]]'' off the coast of [[Cape Bonavista]] and attacked it. In the skirmish, the ''Intrigue'' sank, but not before setting the ''Jacobite''{{'}}s [[gunpowder]] alight with a [[cannon]] volley, blowing both ships to splinters and washing a wounded Duncan ashore with his belongings and the ''Jacobite''{{'}}s only survivor, [[Edward Kenway]]. When Edward tried to haggle a price for helping Duncan reach Havana, he fled into the jungle, initiating a chase that ended when Edward killed Duncan, looted the cube and maps in his bag, and assumed his identity to claim the rewards himself, unaware of their wider importance.<ref name="EdwardMemory"/>

	[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]		[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Laureano Torres holding a blood vial]]
	Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl,<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> ~~though he quickly~~ infiltrated the ~~nearby~~ [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects<ref name="AndMySugar"/> ~~which he promptly delivered~~ to Torres and the other Templars.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>		Edward reached Havana in early July,<ref name="LivelyHavana">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Lively Havana]]</ref> only to immediately lose the blood vial and maps when [[soldier]]s from the occupying [[Spanish Empire\|Spaniards]] seized "his" effects<ref name="AndMySugar">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...And My Sugar?]]</ref> once he escaped a [[Tavern\|bar]] brawl.<ref name="LivelyHavana"/> This loss was only temporary, however, as Edward later infiltrated the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and recovered the objects from the fort's lockup,<ref name="AndMySugar"/> before delivering them to Torres and the other Templars at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)\|Governor's Mansion]] in the city.<ref name="MisterWalpole"/>

	In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>		In September 1719, the new Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] interrogated a sailor from the [[Portuguese Navy]] and learned that they had acquired a large [[Treasure chest\|chest]] of vials with active blood samples. Wanting the vials himself, he convinced Edward to sail the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' into the heart of the navy under a false flag, capture the [[Man O' War]] flagship ''[[Royal Fortune\|Nosso Senhor da Compreensão]]'' that held the vials, and escape with both prizes. Although the Portuguese caught onto the ruse, it was too late to stop Edward and Roberts, who sank their pursuers and made off with two chests of vials.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Black Bart's Gambit]]</ref>

	One of the recovered chests was full of empty cubes, but the other had many active blood samples, including those of the Templars themselves; ~~spcifically~~, the late [[Slavery\|slaver]] [[Laurens Prins]], the [[The Bahamas\|Bahaman]] governor [[Woodes Rogers]], the pirate [[Benjamin Hornigold]], and even Grand Master Torres.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit"/> Unbeknownst to Edward at the time, while Torres had taken samples from his fellow Templars to ensure their loyalty, he had never donated a sample of his own blood, instead using that of a decoy and intentionally mislabeling it.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Tainted Blood]]</ref>		One of the recovered chests was full of empty cubes, but the other had many active blood samples, including those of the Templars themselves; specifically, the late [[Slavery\|slaver]] [[Laurens Prins]], the [[The Bahamas\|Bahaman]] governor [[Woodes Rogers]], the pirate [[Benjamin Hornigold]], and even Grand Master Torres.<ref name="BlackBartsGambit"/> Unbeknownst to Edward at the time, while Torres had taken samples from his fellow Templars to ensure their loyalty, he had never donated a sample of his own blood, instead using that of a decoy and intentionally mislabeling it.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Tainted Blood]]</ref>

	[[File:AC4 Observatory Bloodvials.png\|thumb\|250px\|Blood vials housed in the Observatory]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Bloodvials.png\|thumb\|250px\|Blood vials housed in the Observatory]]
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	In 1868, when [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir\|Henry Green]] infiltrated the [[Kenway Mansion]] looking for clues to the whereabouts of a [[Shroud of Eden 2\|Shroud of Eden]], they found a blood vial among Edward's possessions,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing It by Ear]]</ref> which he had either kept as a memento from his pirating days or had recovered sometime during his later years working for the British Assassins.		In 1868, when [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir\|Henry Green]] infiltrated the [[Kenway Mansion]] looking for clues to the whereabouts of a [[Shroud of Eden 2\|Shroud of Eden]], they found a blood vial among Edward's possessions,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing It by Ear]]</ref> which he had either kept as a memento from his pirating days or had recovered sometime during his later years working for the British Assassins.

	During [[World War I]], a member of the [[Instruments of the First Will]] known only as the "[[Master Spy]]" manipulated the Templars into sending two [[German Army]] spies to pose as a nurse and her aide and collect blood vial samples from a [[British Army]] medical camp in [[London]]. When [[Winston Churchill]] informed the British Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] of this medical malpractice, she ~~assassinated~~ the pair, stopping the Master Spy's plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Apothecary Twins]]</ref>		During [[World War I]], a member of the [[Instruments of the First Will]] known only as the "[[Master Spy]]" manipulated the Templars into sending two [[German Army]] spies to pose as a nurse and her aide and collect blood vial samples from a [[British Army]] medical camp in [[London]]. When [[Winston Churchill]] informed the British Assassin [[Lydia Frye]] of this medical malpractice, she eliminated the pair, stopping the Master Spy's plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Apothecary Twins]]</ref>

	By the 1980s, [[Abstergo Industries]] had taken great interest in securing more vials and had found dozens since then. Of all of those recovered, only three vials had the DNA inside fully intact, and only one of the three contained Isu blood. In 2013, Abstergo described them in an internal memo, along with other Isu artifacts.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "Crypto–History: Artifacts"</ref> On 2 November of that year, an [[Initiates\|Initiate]] spy escaped [[Abstergo Entertainment]] with one of the vials.<ref> ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Blood Screen"</ref>		By the 1980s, [[Abstergo Industries]] had taken great interest in securing more vials and had found dozens since then. Of all of those recovered, only three vials had the DNA inside fully intact, and only one of the three contained Isu blood. In 2013, Abstergo described them in an internal memo, along with other Isu artifacts.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "Crypto–History: Artifacts"</ref> On 2 November of that year, an [[Initiates\|Initiate]] spy escaped [[Abstergo Entertainment]] with one of the vials.<ref> ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Blood Screen"</ref>