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	In [[Ptolemaic Kingdom\|Ptolemaic Egypt]], lion claws were popular among commoners as pendants. They were valued at 35 drachmae each in 47 BCE.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>		In [[Ptolemaic Kingdom\|Ptolemaic Egypt]], lion claws were popular among commoners as pendants. They were valued at 35 drachmae each in 47 BCE.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

	===~~17th~~ century===		===18th century===
	During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] obtained a figurehead of a lion for his [[ship]] ''[[Morrigan]]'' after [[Shay Cormac's fleet\|his fleet]] completed a series of [[The Naval Campaign\|missions]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Upon completing more fleet missions in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Brest]], [[France]], Shay acquired a set of sails decorated with a lion ''{{Wiki\|Attitude (heraldry)\|rampant}}'' and a ship wheel named for the beast respectively.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>		During the [[Seven Years' War]], the [[Templars\|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] obtained a figurehead of a lion for his [[ship]] ''[[Morrigan]]'' after [[Shay Cormac's fleet\|his fleet]] completed a series of [[The Naval Campaign\|missions]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Upon completing more fleet missions in [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Brest]], [[France]], Shay acquired a set of sails decorated with a lion ''{{Wiki\|Attitude (heraldry)\|rampant}}'' and a ship wheel named for the beast respectively.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

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	The main entrance of [[Mycenae]], the city said to have been founded by the hero [[Perseus]],<ref name="A Treasury of Legends">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Treasury of Legends]]</ref> was called the Lion Gate due to the sculpture of two lions flanking a column.<ref name="Lion Gate">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: Mycenae]]: "The Lion Gate"</ref>		The main entrance of [[Mycenae]], the city said to have been founded by the hero [[Perseus]],<ref name="A Treasury of Legends">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[A Treasury of Legends]]</ref> was called the Lion Gate due to the sculpture of two lions flanking a column.<ref name="Lion Gate">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: Mycenae]]: "The Lion Gate"</ref>

	Later, the lion became emblematic of [[Sparta]], especially of its nobility. [[Leonidas I of Sparta]], who fell in the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], was revered with the erection of a [[Lion of Leonidas\|lion statue]] at the [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai]].<ref name="Final Moments">''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Tours: Thermopylai]]: "Final Moments"</ref><ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref> [[Pausanias of Sparta]] also used the cryptonym "Red-eyed Lion" in his secret correspondence.<ref name="ACOdnovel">[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' (novel)]]</ref> When the Spartan ''misthios'' Kassandra, the scion of the Spartan ~~{{Wiki\|List of kings of Sparta#~~Agiad dynasty\|Agiad family}}, finished fixing up her ship the ''[[Adrestia]]'', lions adorned the [[shield]]s the ship was equipped with.<ref name="ACOd" />		Later, the lion became emblematic of [[Sparta]], especially of its nobility. [[Leonidas I of Sparta]], who fell in the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], was revered with the erection of a [[Lion of Leonidas\|lion statue]] at the [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai]].<ref name="Final Moments">''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Tours: Thermopylai]]: "Final Moments"</ref><ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref> [[Pausanias of Sparta]] also used the cryptonym "Red-eyed Lion" in his secret correspondence.<ref name="ACOdnovel">[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)\|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' (novel)]]</ref> When the Spartan ''misthios'' Kassandra, the scion of the Spartan [[Agiad dynasty\|Agiad family]], finished fixing up her ship the ''[[Adrestia]]'', lions adorned the [[shield]]s the ship was equipped with.<ref name="ACOd" />

	The lions were revered in 1st century BCE Egypt, especially by a group of bandits around [[Sapi-Res Nome]] who named themselves [[Disciples of the Lioness]], working alongside their revered lionesses.<ref name="ACO" />		The lions were revered in 1st century BCE Egypt, especially by a group of bandits around [[Sapi-Res Nome]] who named themselves [[Disciples of the Lioness]], working alongside their revered lionesses.<ref name="ACO" />
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c\|statue and mount skins only}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c\|statue and mount skins only}}
			*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR]]'' {{Mdat}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}

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			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c\|statue and mount skins only}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c\|statue and mount skins only}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: ~~Codename~~ Jade]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Jade]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==