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	In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>		In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>

	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" /> This also caused another Assassin, [[Murat Bin Husn]], who's a Janissary as well.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – [[Database: Murat Bin Husn]]</ref> Fearing the punishment for the destruction of the chain, Murat and his family fled from the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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History

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	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />

			==Trivia==
			* There is no evidence that the Great Chain continued to be used after the Byzantine era.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />		In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />

	In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – ~~{{Cite\|7 Apr 2021. Memories needed.}}~~</ref>		In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>

	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />

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	{{Quote\|The Great Chain was an ingenious—if slightly mad—defensive measure.\|Clay Kaczmarek's observation on the Great Chain.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Database: Great Chain}}		{{Quote\|The Great Chain was an ingenious—if slightly mad—defensive measure.\|Clay Kaczmarek's observation on the Great Chain.\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|Database: Great Chain}}
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	\|name = The Great Chain		\|name = The Great Chain
	\|image = The Great Chain Database image.png		\|image = The Great Chain Database image.png
	\|description = A chain running between two towers in the [[Golden Horn]].		\|description = A chain running between two towers in the Golden Horn.
	\|location = [[Constantinople]]		\|location = [[Constantinople]]
	\|dateconstructed= c. 1000 CE		\|dateconstructed= c. 1000 CE
	\|functions= Prevented warships from passing into the harbor.		\|functions= Prevented warships from passing into the harbor.
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	The '''Great Chain''' was a giant chain suspended between two large towers, which guarded the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]] harbor in [[Constantinople]].		The '''Great Chain''' was a giant chain suspended between two large towers, which guarded the mouth of the [[Golden Horn]] harbor in [[Constantinople]].

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	==History==		==History==
	After its construction around 1000 CE, the chain was mainly used to keep enemy ships from entering the waterway, and attacking any of the undefended ports within Constantinople. It did so successfully for more than 400 years, with only rare cases of men circumventing it.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>		After its construction around 1000 CE, the chain was mainly used to keep enemy ships from entering the waterway, and attacking any of the undefended ports within Constantinople. It did so successfully for more than 400 years, with only rare cases of men circumventing it.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Database: Great Chain]]</ref>

	In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />		In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />

	In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''</ref>		In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – {{Cite\|7 Apr 2021. Memories needed.}}</ref>

	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek ~~Fire~~]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	{{Quote\|The Great Chain was an ~~ingenious - if~~ slightly ~~mad - defensive~~ measure.\|[[Clay Kaczmarek]].\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}		{{Quote\|The Great Chain was an ingenious—if slightly mad—defensive measure.\|[[Clay Kaczmarek]].\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
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	==History==		==History==
	After its construction in around 1000 CE, the chain was mainly used to keep enemy ships from entering the waterway, and attacking any of the undefended ports within Constantinople. It did so successfully for more than 400 years, with only rare cases of men circumventing it.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>		After its construction around 1000 CE, the chain was mainly used to keep enemy ships from entering the waterway, and attacking any of the undefended ports within Constantinople. It did so successfully for more than 400 years, with only rare cases of men circumventing it.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

	In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />		In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />

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	In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />		In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />

	In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – ~~{{Cite\|7 Apr 2021. Memories needed.}}~~</ref>		In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their Captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>

	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then proceeded to burn through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" />

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	In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />		In 1453, Sultan [[Mehmet II]] managed to bypass the [[Byzantine Empire\|Byzantine]] defenses by sliding his warships over the hills of [[Galata District\|Galata]] on greased tracks, and into the Golden Horn far upriver from the chain.<ref name="Database" />

	In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their ~~Captain~~, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>		In 1511, the chain was raised by the [[Janissaries]], in order to investigate the death of their captain, [[Tarik Barleti]], and prevent the one responsible from escaping by ship. However, the [[Assassins\|Assassin]] responsible, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], gained help from [[Yusuf Tazim]] and the other [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins\|Ottoman Assassins]] to break through the defenses.<ref name="Revelations">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Setting Sail]]</ref>

	That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then ~~proceeded to burn~~ through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" /> ~~This also caused another Assassin,~~ [[Murat Bin Husn]], ~~who's~~ a Janissary ~~as well.~~<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – [[Database: Murat Bin Husn]]</ref> Fearing the punishment for ~~the~~ destruction ~~of the chain~~, Murat and his family fled ~~from~~ the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref>		That day, Ezio [[Destruction of the Great Chain\|destroyed the chain]] by bringing down one tower supporting it with a powerful [[Bombs\|explosive]]. He then burned through the Ottoman fleet with [[Greek fire]], before escaping on a ship bound for [[Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations" /> News of the incident soon reached [[Murat Bin Husn]], a Janissary and fellow Assassin<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – [[Database: Murat Bin Husn]]</ref> who had recently renovated the chain. Fearing the punishment for its destruction, Murat and his family fled the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy]]'' – Bloodlines: "Murat Bin Husn"</ref>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* There is no evidence that the Great Chain continued to be used after the Byzantine era.		*There is no evidence that the Great Chain continued to be used after the Byzantine era.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center~~" spacing="small~~" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	Setting sail 4.png\|Ezio Auditore standing beside the chain mechanism		Setting sail 4.png\|Ezio Auditore standing beside the chain mechanism
	Setting sail 5.png\|Ezio aiming at the bomb placed near the chain		Setting sail 5.png\|Ezio aiming at the bomb placed near the chain
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