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	{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}		{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]
	The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] hidden in the jungles of [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>		The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> was an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] hidden in the jungles of [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

	==Design==		==Design==

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	{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}		{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]
	The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is ~~a hidden~~ [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>		The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] hidden in the jungles of [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

	==Design==		==Design==
	The Observatory operated by placing a [[Blood vial\|vial]] containing a drop of blood from the person to be observed into a Crystal Skull located within an {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}}. The device would then project what the person was seeing and hearing into the room. Around the central altar, there were rows of seats that would allow for a large number of people to view the projection at any one time. In the hallway leading to the main ~~viewing~~ chamber, the Observatory ~~was~~ also ~~used to store~~ a large ~~number~~ of vials ~~containing~~ the ~~blood~~ of ~~numerous Isu~~.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref>		The Observatory operated by placing a [[Blood vial\|vial]] containing a drop of blood from the person to be observed into a Crystal Skull located within an {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}}. The device would then project what the person was seeing and hearing into the room. Around the central altar, there were rows of seats that would allow for a large number of people to view the projection at any one time. In the hallway leading to the main chamber, the Observatory also contained a large storage of vials, each one holding a blood sample from a different Isu, likely for the purpose of being used with the complex.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref>

	The Observatory's skull was not a device that made the user truly omniscient. It could not project a person's experiences without a sample of their blood. Without this, the skull was rendered useless. Blood samples taken from people who were deceased would also not work, for obvious reasons.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		The Observatory's skull was not a device that made the user truly omniscient. It could not project a person's experiences without a sample of their blood. Without this, the skull was rendered useless. Blood samples taken from people who were deceased would also not work, for obvious reasons.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	==Security measures==		==Security measures==
	~~[[File:AC4 Observatory Defense Barrier.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|An active defense barrier]]~~
	If the Crystal Skull was removed, the complex activated a lethal security system which could only be deactivated, in most circumstances, by a [[Sage]]. If left in operation, the system would project energy barriers at regular intervals, strong enough to vaporize [[human]]s on contact.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>		If the Crystal Skull was removed, the complex activated a lethal security system which could only be deactivated, in most circumstances, by a [[Sage]]. If left in operation, the system would project energy barriers at regular intervals, strong enough to vaporize [[human]]s on contact.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	~~It also caused~~ the ~~structure~~'s interior to shift and separate into several platforms in order to impede traversing the complex. During such instances, the only apparent way to deactivate the security system was to return the Crystal Skull to the complex's armillary sphere.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/> In order to ensure the Observatory's security, indigenous [[Guardians]] were tasked by [[16th century Sage\|an unknown Sage]] to protect the structure from encroachers.<ref name="Letter 19">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #19: "On Being a Sage"</ref>		[[File:AC4 Observatory Defense Barrier.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|An active defense barrier]]
			As part of its security measures, the Observatory's interior structure would also shift and separate into several platforms, in order to impede traversing the complex. During such instances, the only apparent way to deactivate the security system was to return the Crystal Skull to the complex's armillary sphere.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/> In order to ensure the Observatory's security, indigenous [[Guardians of the Observatory\|Guardians]] were tasked by [[16th century Sage\|an unknown Sage]] to protect the structure from encroachers.<ref name="Letter 19">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #19: "On Being a Sage"</ref>

	Additionally, the complex's main door could only be opened by inserting a vial containing the blood of a Sage, although the Sage [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] managed to open the door simply by pressing his finger into an opening in the façade.<ref name="Letter 18">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #18: "My Searche"</ref>		Additionally, the complex's main door could only be opened by inserting a vial containing the blood of a Sage, although the Sage [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] managed to open the door simply by pressing his finger into an opening in the façade.<ref name="Letter 18">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #18: "My Searche"</ref>
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	===Origin and early history===		===Origin and early history===
	{{Quote\|There were many stories about this place once. Tales that turned into rumours, and again into legend. The inevitable process of facts becoming fictions, before fading away entirely.\|Bartholomew Roberts, on the legendary status of the complex, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}		{{Quote\|There were many stories about this place once. Tales that turned into rumours, and again into legend. The inevitable process of facts becoming fictions, before fading away entirely.\|Bartholomew Roberts, on the legendary status of the complex, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
	The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu [[Aita]],<ref name="Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages ~~and have~~ the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu scientist [[Aita]],<ref name="Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages. These individuals, as inheritors of Aita's [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]], possessed the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	Prior to the 18th century, at least two Sages visited the Observatory: an unidentified man during the late 15th century, who befriended the native [[Taíno]]s and appointed them as guardians of the ~~complex~~; and Thom Kavanagh, who arrived there in the late 17th century and spent his final years in Jamaica~~, ultimately~~ being buried by the Guardians in an unmarked grave.<ref name="Letter 19"/>		Prior to the 18th century, at least two Sages visited the Observatory: an unidentified man during the late 15th century, who befriended the native [[Taíno]]s and appointed them as guardians of the site; and Thom Kavanagh, who arrived there in the late 17th century and spent his final years in Jamaica before being buried by the Guardians in an unmarked grave.<ref name="Letter 19"/>

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	In 1719, the Observatory was visited by the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] and [[Edward Kenway]], a fellow [[Piracy\|pirate]]. After neutralizing the Guardians protecting the complex, Edward learned of the Observatory's power to spy across vast distances and was sure he had found the perfect way to earn wealth and conquer the seas.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		In 1719, the Observatory was visited by the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] and [[Edward Kenway]], a fellow [[Piracy\|pirate]]. After neutralizing the Guardians protecting the complex, Edward learned of the Observatory's power to spy across vast distances and was sure he had found the perfect way to earn wealth and conquer the seas.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	~~However, he~~ was betrayed and sealed inside by Roberts, but managed to climb to the Observatory's ceiling and escape via a secondary exit leading to a waterfall near the beach. There, he was captured by Roberts, who sold him to the British for the bounty on his head.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		Edward was soon betrayed and sealed inside by Roberts, but managed to climb to the Observatory's ceiling and escape via a secondary exit leading to a waterfall near the beach. There, he was captured by Roberts and his crew, who sold him to the [[United Kingdom\|British]] authorities for the bounty on his head.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	The Observatory's projector was rendered inactive once Roberts removed the Crystal Skull from its sphere, which caused the entire complex to enter into a state of lockdown that could only be undone if the Skull was returned to the chamber.<ref name="The Observatory"/> Three years later, in 1722, Edward once again visited the complex, this time in pursuit of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>		The Observatory's projector was rendered inactive once Roberts removed the Crystal Skull from its sphere, which caused the entire complex to enter into a state of lockdown that could only be undone if the Skull was returned to the chamber.<ref name="The Observatory"/> Three years later, in 1722, Edward once again visited the complex, this time in pursuit of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	[[File:Ever a Splinter 10.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ah Tabai returning the Crystal Skull]]		[[File:Ever a Splinter 10.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ah Tabai returning the Crystal Skull]]
	With Torres unaware of the complex's state, many of his men died both by Kenway's hand and the Observatory's defenses. Leaping and climbing around the walls and ceiling, Kenway was able to make his way across the chamber, before jumping down to assassinate Torres. Soon after, the [[Assassins]] [[Ah Tabai]] and [[Adéwalé]], along with Kenway's ~~new~~ quartermaster [[Anne Bonny]], arrived. Ah Tabai returned the Crystal Skull to the sphere, calming the Observatory's systems.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>		With Torres unaware of the complex's state, many of his men died both by Kenway's hand and the Observatory's defenses. Leaping and climbing around the walls and ceiling, Kenway was able to make his way across the chamber, before jumping down to assassinate Torres. Soon after, the [[Assassins]] [[Ah Tabai]] and [[Adéwalé]], along with Kenway's quartermaster [[Anne Bonny]], arrived. Ah Tabai returned the Crystal Skull to the sphere, calming the Observatory's systems.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	The four then decided to seal the Observatory until another Sage appeared. However, by this point the blood vials had been removed, and the Assassins devoted themselves to locating and returning them to their rightful place, in time.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>		The four then decided to seal the Observatory until another Sage appeared. However, by this point the blood vials had been removed, and the Assassins devoted themselves to locating and returning them to their rightful place, in time.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	===Modern times===		===Modern times===
	In 2013, an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] employee noted that while the Observatory's observational facilities were on par with modern-day surveillance techniques, and thus not entirely important to the Templars, the location of the blood vials would provide them with an abundance of Isu genetic material to work with and possibly decode into ~~viewable [[genetic memory]]~~.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]</ref> The following year, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] confided in his fellow Templar [[Violet da Costa]] that he would be traveling to the region to try to excavate the site.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Numbskull's personal files]]: Phoenix Project: "The Ankh"</ref>		In 2013, an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] employee noted that while the Observatory's observational facilities were on par with modern-day surveillance techniques, and thus not entirely important to the Templars, the location of the blood vials would provide them with an abundance of Isu genetic material to work with and possibly decode into viewable genetic memories.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]</ref> The following year, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] confided in his fellow Templar [[Violet da Costa]] that he would be traveling to the region to try to excavate the site.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Numbskull's personal files]]: Phoenix Project: "The Ankh"</ref>

	From 25 to 30 May 2014, Berg oversaw the site's excavation and concluded that it had been deliberately buried between 200 and 230 years prior, presumably by the Assassins. After unearthing the Observatory's entrance, he suspected that the Observatory suffered a catastrophic collapse during the 18th century, causing ~~most of~~ the facility to be destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 11. Reconnaissance Report]]</ref>		From 25 to 30 May 2014, Berg oversaw the site's excavation and concluded that it had been deliberately buried between 200 and 230 years prior, presumably by the Assassins. After unearthing the Observatory's entrance, he suspected that the Observatory suffered a catastrophic collapse during the 18th century, causing the facility to be destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 11. Reconnaissance Report]]</ref>

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Appearances

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Imo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Imo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Story Drops]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu [[Aita]],<ref name="Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages and have the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="The Observatory"/>		The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu [[Aita]],<ref name="Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages and have the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	Prior to the 18th century, at least two Sages visited the Observatory: an unidentified man during the late 15th century, who befriended the native [[~~Taino~~]]s and appointed them as guardians of the complex;~~<ref name="Letter 19"/>~~ and Thom Kavanagh, who arrived there in the late 17th century and spent his final years in Jamaica, ultimately being buried by the Guardians in an unmarked grave.<ref name="Letter ~~20">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #20:~~ "~~A Secret Incomprhensible"<~~/~~ref~~>		Prior to the 18th century, at least two Sages visited the Observatory: an unidentified man during the late 15th century, who befriended the native [[Taíno]]s and appointed them as guardians of the complex; and Thom Kavanagh, who arrived there in the late 17th century and spent his final years in Jamaica, ultimately being buried by the Guardians in an unmarked grave.<ref name="Letter 19"/>

	===Golden Age of Piracy===		===Golden Age of Piracy===

imported>Gener4l Cl4ank4 at 12:29, 18 July 2025

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imported>Lacrossedeamon: small thing i just thought of so the links take you to the correct section of the article

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small thing i just thought of so the links take you to the correct section of the article

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	{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}		{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]
	The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="EverASplinter">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is a hidden [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|crystal skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – Modern day: "World War I simulation"</ref>		The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="EverASplinter">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is a hidden [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|crystal skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

	==Design==		==Design==

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	{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}		{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]
	The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] hidden in the jungles of [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>		The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> was an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] hidden in the jungles of [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

	==Design==		==Design==

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	{{Update\|''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard – The Lost Journal\|Blackbeard's Lost Journal]]''}}		{{Update\|''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard – The Lost Journal\|Blackbeard's Lost Journal]]''}}
	{{Youmay\|the Isu surveillance device\|another [[observatory]]}}		{{Youmay\|the Isu surveillance device\|another [[observatory]]}}
	{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}		{{Quote\|Dirty and decrepit. Not quite as I remember. But it has been over 80 millennia.\|Bartholomew Roberts, commenting on the state of the Observatory, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png\|thumb\|250px\|The Observatory's main chamber]]
	The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is a hidden [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|~~crystal skull~~]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>		The '''Observatory''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]: "A Small Favor"</ref> also jokingly referred to as '''Captain Kenway's Folly''',<ref name="Ever a Splinter">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Ever a Splinter]]</ref> is a hidden [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Built to allow the remote viewing of any individual's vision through the use of a [[Crystal Skulls\|Crystal Skull]], it was essentially a surveillance center used by the Isu to keep track of humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref>

	==Design==		==Design==
	The Observatory operated by placing a [[Blood vial\|vial]] containing a drop of blood from the person to be observed into a ~~crystal skull~~ located within an {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}}. The device would then project what the person was seeing and hearing into the room. Around the central altar, there were rows of seats that would allow for a large number of people to view the projection at any one time. In the hallway leading to the main viewing chamber, the Observatory was also used to store a large number of vials containing the blood of numerous Isu.		The Observatory operated by placing a [[Blood vial\|vial]] containing a drop of blood from the person to be observed into a Crystal Skull located within an {{Wiki\|armillary sphere}}. The device would then project what the person was seeing and hearing into the room. Around the central altar, there were rows of seats that would allow for a large number of people to view the projection at any one time. In the hallway leading to the main viewing chamber, the Observatory was also used to store a large number of vials containing the blood of numerous Isu.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref>

	The Observatory's skull was not a device that made the user truly omniscient. It could not project a person's experiences without a sample of their blood. Without this, the skull was rendered useless. Blood samples taken from people who were deceased would also not work, for obvious reasons.		The Observatory's skull was not a device that made the user truly omniscient. It could not project a person's experiences without a sample of their blood. Without this, the skull was rendered useless. Blood samples taken from people who were deceased would also not work, for obvious reasons.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	==Security measures==		==Security measures==
	[[File:AC4 Observatory Defense Barrier.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|An active defense barrier]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory Defense Barrier.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|An active defense barrier]]
	If the ~~crystal skull~~ was removed, the complex activated a lethal security system which could only be deactivated, in most circumstances, by a [[Sage]]. If left in operation, the system would project energy barriers at regular intervals, strong enough to vaporize [[human]]s on contact.<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~"/>		If the Crystal Skull was removed, the complex activated a lethal security system which could only be deactivated, in most circumstances, by a [[Sage]]. If left in operation, the system would project energy barriers at regular intervals, strong enough to vaporize [[human]]s on contact.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	It also caused the structure's interior to shift and separate into several platforms in order to ~~make~~ impede traversing the complex. During such instances, the only apparent way to deactivate the security system was to return the ~~crystal skull~~ to the complex's armillary sphere.<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~"/> In order to ensure the Observatory's security, indigenous [[Guardians]] were tasked by [[16th century Sage\|an unknown Sage]] to protect the structure from encroachers.<ref name="~~AC4~~">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ~~{{Cite\|29 July 2022}}~~</ref>		It also caused the structure's interior to shift and separate into several platforms in order to impede traversing the complex. During such instances, the only apparent way to deactivate the security system was to return the Crystal Skull to the complex's armillary sphere.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/> In order to ensure the Observatory's security, indigenous [[Guardians]] were tasked by [[16th century Sage\|an unknown Sage]] to protect the structure from encroachers.<ref name="Letter 19">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #19: "On Being a Sage"</ref>

	Additionally, the complex's main door could only be opened by inserting a vial containing the blood of a Sage, although the Sage [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] managed to open the door simply by pressing his finger into an opening in the façade.<ref name="~~AC4~~"/>		Additionally, the complex's main door could only be opened by inserting a vial containing the blood of a Sage, although the Sage [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] managed to open the door simply by pressing his finger into an opening in the façade.<ref name="Letter 18">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #18: "My Searche"</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	===Origin===		===Origin and early history===
	{{Quote\|There were many stories about this place once. Tales that turned into rumours, and again into legend. The inevitable process of facts becoming fictions, before fading away entirely.\|Bartholomew Roberts, on the legendary status of the complex, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu [[Aita]], who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages, and have the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="~~AC4~~"/>		{{Quote\|There were many stories about this place once. Tales that turned into rumours, and again into legend. The inevitable process of facts becoming fictions, before fading away entirely.\|Bartholomew Roberts, on the legendary status of the complex, 1719.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|The Observatory}}
			The Observatory was built more than eighty thousand years ago, in the dense jungle of what would one day become Jamaica. Its construction and operation were overseen by the Isu [[Aita]],<ref name="Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> who would eventually have his genetic code and memories passed on to the humans who would become Sages and have the power to use the facility that their predecessor had built.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

			Prior to the 18th century, at least two Sages visited the Observatory: an unidentified man during the late 15th century, who befriended the native [[Taino]]s and appointed them as guardians of the complex;<ref name="Letter 19"/> and Thom Kavanagh, who arrived there in the late 17th century and spent his final years in Jamaica, ultimately being buried by the Guardians in an unmarked grave.<ref name="Letter 20">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #20: "A Secret Incomprhensible"</ref>

	===Golden Age of Piracy===		===Golden Age of Piracy===
	[[File:AC4 Observatory In Use.png\|thumb\|250px\|Bartholomew Roberts using the armillary sphere]]		[[File:AC4 Observatory In Use.png\|thumb\|250px\|Bartholomew Roberts using the armillary sphere]]
	In 1719, the Observatory was visited by the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] and [[Edward Kenway]], a fellow [[Piracy\|pirate]]. After neutralizing the Guardians protecting the complex, Edward learned of the Observatory's power to spy across vast distances and was sure he had found the perfect way to earn wealth and conquer the seas.<ref name="~~AC4~~"/>		In 1719, the Observatory was visited by the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]] and [[Edward Kenway]], a fellow [[Piracy\|pirate]]. After neutralizing the Guardians protecting the complex, Edward learned of the Observatory's power to spy across vast distances and was sure he had found the perfect way to earn wealth and conquer the seas.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	However, he was betrayed and sealed inside by Roberts, but managed to climb to the Observatory's ceiling and escape via a secondary exit leading to a waterfall near the beach, ~~where~~ he was captured by Roberts, who sold him to the British for the bounty on his head.<ref name="~~AC4~~"/>		However, he was betrayed and sealed inside by Roberts, but managed to climb to the Observatory's ceiling and escape via a secondary exit leading to a waterfall near the beach. There, he was captured by Roberts, who sold him to the British for the bounty on his head.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

	The Observatory's projector was rendered inactive once Roberts removed the Crystal Skull from its sphere, ~~but it~~ caused the entire complex to enter into a state of lockdown, that could only be undone if the Skull was returned to the chamber.<ref name="~~AC4~~"/> Three years later, in 1722, Edward once again visited the complex, this time in pursuit of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~"/>		The Observatory's projector was rendered inactive once Roberts removed the Crystal Skull from its sphere, which caused the entire complex to enter into a state of lockdown that could only be undone if the Skull was returned to the chamber.<ref name="The Observatory"/> Three years later, in 1722, Edward once again visited the complex, this time in pursuit of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]].<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	[[File:Ever a Splinter 10.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ah Tabai returning the Crystal Skull]]		[[File:Ever a Splinter 10.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Ah Tabai returning the Crystal Skull]]
	With Torres unaware of the complex's state, many of his men died both by Kenway's hand and the Observatory's defenses. Leaping and climbing around the walls and ceiling, Kenway was able to make his way across the chamber, before jumping down to assassinate Torres. Soon after, the [[Assassins]] [[Ah Tabai]] and [[Adéwalé]], along with Kenway's new quartermaster [[Anne Bonny]], arrived. Ah Tabai returned the Skull to the sphere, calming the Observatory's systems.<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~"/>		With Torres unaware of the complex's state, many of his men died both by Kenway's hand and the Observatory's defenses. Leaping and climbing around the walls and ceiling, Kenway was able to make his way across the chamber, before jumping down to assassinate Torres. Soon after, the [[Assassins]] [[Ah Tabai]] and [[Adéwalé]], along with Kenway's new quartermaster [[Anne Bonny]], arrived. Ah Tabai returned the Crystal Skull to the sphere, calming the Observatory's systems.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	The four then decided to seal the Observatory until another Sage appeared. However, by this point the blood vials had been removed, and the Assassins devoted themselves to locating and returning them to their rightful place, in time.<ref name="~~EverASplinter~~"/>		The four then decided to seal the Observatory until another Sage appeared. However, by this point the blood vials had been removed, and the Assassins devoted themselves to locating and returning them to their rightful place, in time.<ref name="Ever a Splinter"/>

	===Modern times===		===Modern times===
	In 2013, an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] employee noted that while the Observatory's observational facilities were on par with modern-day surveillance techniques, and thus not entirely important to the Templars, the location of the blood vials would provide them with an abundance of Isu genetic material to work with and possibly decode into viewable [[genetic memory]].<ref ~~name="AC4"~~/> The following year, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] confided in his fellow Templar [[Violet da Costa]] that he would be traveling to the region to try to excavate the site.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – ~~{{Cite\|29 July 2022}}~~</ref>		In 2013, an [[Abstergo Entertainment]] employee noted that while the Observatory's observational facilities were on par with modern-day surveillance techniques, and thus not entirely important to the Templars, the location of the blood vials would provide them with an abundance of Isu genetic material to work with and possibly decode into viewable [[genetic memory]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed IV: Black_Flag\|Modern day]]</ref> The following year, [[Juhani Otso Berg]] confided in his fellow Templar [[Violet da Costa]] that he would be traveling to the region to try to excavate the site.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Numbskull's personal files]]: Phoenix Project: "The Ankh"</ref>

	From 25 to 30 May 2014, Berg oversaw the site's excavation and concluded that it had been deliberately buried between 200 and 230 years prior, presumably by the Assassins. After unearthing the Observatory's entrance, he suspected that the Observatory suffered a catastrophic collapse during the 18th century, causing most of the facility to be destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ~~{{Cite\|29 July 2022}}~~</ref>		From 25 to 30 May 2014, Berg oversaw the site's excavation and concluded that it had been deliberately buried between 200 and 230 years prior, presumably by the Assassins. After unearthing the Observatory's entrance, he suspected that the Observatory suffered a catastrophic collapse during the 18th century, causing most of the facility to be destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 11. Reconnaissance Report]]</ref>

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