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	This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[~~Pieces of Eden\|~~Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.		This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.

	==Owners==		==Owners==
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	==History==		==History==
	~~By 1888,~~ Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] ~~was entrusted with the Staff and~~ used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov ~~[[Borki train disaster\|~~attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home to [[Saint Petersburg~~\|Petrograd~~]] by [[train]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>		The first known human possessor of the Staff was Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]], who used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov attacked the Tsar while he and his family were returning home to [[Saint Petersburg]] by [[train]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was [[Borki train disaster\|derailed]], Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>

	After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed down to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian ~~Royal House~~ and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>		After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed down to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian royal house and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>

	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]
	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a decisive Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be ~~untrue~~, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a decisive Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be incorrect, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was eventually found by Rasputin, who used its powers to both manipulate Nicholas II's wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, ~~the Assassins killed~~ Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> ~~though he~~ took ~~his~~ shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of ~~the shard's~~ existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, Rasputin was assassinated,<ref name="AC2"/> and took the shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of its existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a ~~complete~~ Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a decisive Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home ~~by [[train]]~~ to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>		By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]] by [[train]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>

	After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed on to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>		After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed down to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>

	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]
	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance ~~for~~ retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had ~~disaccredited~~ him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to ~~broadcast destruction into~~ the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion ~~also~~ obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive ~~the event~~. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that ~~remained which~~ Rasputin ~~took for himself and~~ used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff ~~would~~ be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife ~~{{Wiki\|~~Alexandra Feodorovna ~~(Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}~~<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

imported>Master Sima Yi: The PoE numbering is outdated information; Alexander's Staff is also catalogued as PoE 34, and as far as we know, they are not the same artifact.

2025-02-03T09:16:59Z

The PoE numbering is outdated information; Alexander's Staff is also catalogued as PoE 34, and as far as we know, they are not the same artifact.

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	This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}~~</ref> cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"~~</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.		This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.

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	==Powers==		==Powers==
	The Staff was designed to control men's minds and bodies.<ref name="AC2"/> When [[Nikolai Orelov]] approached the Staff in 1908, he heard several voices of the past emanating from it, saying "[[In Bocca al Lupo\|Always]] the fighter," "[[Adam]], I have it," "[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage\|Just]] like [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|your]] [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze\|father]]," and "[[Eve]]."<ref name="TheFall2"/>		The Staff was designed to control men's minds and bodies.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"</ref> When [[Nikolai Orelov]] approached the Staff in 1908, he heard several voices of the past emanating from it, saying "[[In Bocca al Lupo\|Always]] the fighter," "[[Adam]], I have it," "[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage\|Just]] like [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|your]] [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze\|father]]," and "[[Eve]]."<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	==History==		==History==

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	*[[Grigori Rasputin]]		*[[Grigori Rasputin]]
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	This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''– [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.		This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.

	==Owners==		==Owners==

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	This '''Imperial Sceptre''', cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''', ~~of the~~ [[~~Russia~~]]~~n royal family<ref>{{WP~~\|~~Regallia of the Russian tsars}}~~</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.		This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family,<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''',<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''– [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.

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	By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home by [[train]] to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>		By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home by [[train]] to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>

	After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed on to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"~~>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''– [[Glyphs\|Glyph]] #8: "Martyrs"<~~/~~ref~~> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>		After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed on to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>

	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]

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	This '''Imperial Sceptre''' of the [[Russia]]n royal family<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.		This '''Imperial Sceptre''', cataloged by [[Abstergo Industries]] as '''Piece of Eden 34''', of the [[Russia]]n royal family<ref>{{WP\|Regallia of the Russian tsars}}</ref> was a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment known as a [[Pieces of Eden\|Piece of Eden]], specifically a [[Staves of Eden\|Staff of Eden]], created by the [[Isu]] to exert their dominion over their [[Slavery\|slave]] workforce of [[human]]s.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> It was wielded by multiple generations of Russian tsars, all of whom were allied with or influenced by the [[Templars]], until its destruction during the [[Tunguska explosion\|Tunguska event]] in 1908.

	==Owners==		==Owners==

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	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]
	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki\|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki\|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

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References

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	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a ~~complete~~ Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a decisive Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home ~~by [[train]]~~ to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>		By 1888, Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia\|Alexander III]] was entrusted with the Staff and used it to maintain the [[monarchy]]'s power over the Russian Empire.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> On 29 October 1888, the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins\|Russian Assassin]] Nikolai Orelov [[Borki train disaster\|attacked]] the Tsar while he and his family were returning home to [[Saint Petersburg\|Petrograd]] by [[train]]. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. The Tsar subsequently repelled the [[assassination]] attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="TheFall1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1\|Issue #1]]</ref>

	After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed on to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>		After Alexander's death in 1894, the Staff was passed down to his eldest son and successor, Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia\|Nicholas II]]. However, the Templar agent [[Grigori Rasputin]] had by this point infiltrated the Russian Royal House and used his clearance to secretly steal the Staff, replace it with a replica,<ref name="AC2"/> and bring the original to a Templar research station in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="TheFall2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2\|Issue #2]]</ref>

	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]
	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance ~~for~~ retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had ~~disaccredited~~ him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to ~~broadcast destruction into~~ the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion ~~also~~ obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian-American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance to exact retribution on the Templars, after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had discredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to destroy the Tunguska facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion completely obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive ~~the event~~. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that ~~remained which~~ Rasputin ~~took for himself and~~ used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive it. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] of the artifact that survived the explosion. It was found by Rasputin, who used it to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and to psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff ~~would~~ be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff could be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife ~~{{Wiki\|~~Alexandra Feodorovna ~~(Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}~~<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife [[Alexandra Feodorovna]]<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>

	In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>		In 1916, the Assassins killed Rasputin,<ref name="AC2"/> though he took his shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas II and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat.<ref name="TheFall3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3\|Issue #3]]</ref> He carried it for a few years as a necklace before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov\|Nadya]], who retained it as late as October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>

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	[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]		[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Tunguska explosion]]
	In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>		In the summer of 1908, the [[Assassins]] contacted the {{Wiki\|Serbian Americans\|Serbian American}} inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars after his Templar competitor [[Thomas Edison]] had disaccredited him. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki\|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla used the [[Teleforce]] to broadcast destruction into the facility,<ref name="TheFall2"/> creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion\|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest.<ref>{{WP\|Tunguska event}}</ref> The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff itself.<ref name="TheFall2"/>

	The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki\|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>		The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event. Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov\|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="TheFall2"/> However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden\|shard]] that remained which Rasputin took for himself and used to both manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki\|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna}}<ref name="TheFall2"/> and psychologically scar his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ProjectLegacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]: "Polzuchaya Tvar"</ref>