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	===Prehistory===		===Prehistory===
	{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Database: Reconstructed Data 003}}		{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Database: Reconstructed Data 003}}
	The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>
	[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|165px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]		[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|165px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]
	However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake and alive but unable to talk, Consus could only communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst the Shroud healed them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on. However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake and alive but unable to talk, Consus could only communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst the Shroud healed them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

	The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, told him about the creation of the human species as servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>		The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, told him about the creation of the human species as servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>

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	{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Database: Reconstructed Data 003}}		{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate\|Database: Reconstructed Data 003}}
	The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

	[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|165px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]		[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|165px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]
	However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake, alive ~~and able~~ to ~~watch~~, Consus ~~was~~ only ~~able to~~ communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst the Shroud healed them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake and alive but unable to talk, Consus could only communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst the Shroud healed them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

	The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, told him about the creation of the human species as servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>		The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, told him about the creation of the human species as servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>

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{{Quote|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past}}
{{Quote|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past}}

[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png|250px|thumb|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png|250px|thumb|The Shroud covering Brutus]]

The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. Following the suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Makedonia]]. Since they had never used it before, they feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. <ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>
The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. Following the suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Makedonia]]. Since they had never used it before, they feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''. As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle, and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>
Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''. As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle, and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

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	{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}		{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
	[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]		[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
	The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in ~~[[Philippi]],~~ [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

	Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>
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	===Renaissance===		===Renaissance===
	====Monteriggioni====		====Monteriggioni====
	{{Quote\|What better place than our walled city to hide such abominations from mankind? We will bury it deep and set up measures to ensure it remains hidden.\|An Assassin regarding the concealment of the Shroud.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}[[File:Monteriggioni, Italy.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Assassins of Monteriggioni examining the Shroud]]		{{Quote\|What better place than our walled city to hide such abominations from mankind? We will bury it deep and set up measures to ensure it remains hidden.\|An Assassin regarding the concealment of the Shroud.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
			[[File:Monteriggioni, Italy.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|The Assassins of Monteriggioni examining the Shroud]]
	The Shroud eventually came into the possession of [[Geoffroy de Charny]], a [[France\|French]] Templar of the mid-14th century. It was stolen from him by the Assassins of [[Monteriggioni]], who replaced it with a careful forgery.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		The Shroud eventually came into the possession of [[Geoffroy de Charny]], a [[France\|French]] Templar of the mid-14th century. It was stolen from him by the Assassins of [[Monteriggioni]], who replaced it with a careful forgery.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

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	====Lonigo====		====Lonigo====
	{{Quote\|I have no choice. Whatever power this thing holds, I must try to unleash it!\|Niccolò di Pitigliano, just before attempting to use the Shroud.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}[[File:White2.png\|250px\|thumb\|Niccolò di Pitigliano wrapped in the Shroud]]		{{Quote\|I have no choice. Whatever power this thing holds, I must try to unleash it!\|Niccolò di Pitigliano, just before attempting to use the Shroud.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
			[[File:White2.png\|250px\|thumb\|Niccolò di Pitigliano wrapped in the Shroud]]
	The original Shroud then fell into the hands of [[Niccolò di Pitigliano]], likely during or around the [[Battle of Agnadello]] in 1509, of which he was a participant. In 1510, the Assassin [[Francesco Vecellio]] was sent to kill Niccolò, and to retrieve the Piece of Eden.<ref name="ACPL Francesco Vecellio"/>		The original Shroud then fell into the hands of [[Niccolò di Pitigliano]], likely during or around the [[Battle of Agnadello]] in 1509, of which he was a participant. In 1510, the Assassin [[Francesco Vecellio]] was sent to kill Niccolò, and to retrieve the Piece of Eden.<ref name="ACPL Francesco Vecellio"/>

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	Additionally, Giovanni frequently communed with Consus, even when not in contact with the Shroud itself.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome"/>		Additionally, Giovanni frequently communed with Consus, even when not in contact with the Shroud itself.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome"/>

	According to analysis by Abstergo Industries, when a Shroud is wrapped around a body, it scans it for damage, then reconstructs it on a cellular level, enabling potential reconstruction of decomposed organisms and, possibly, resurrection of deceased ~~members of the Isu civilization~~.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>		According to analysis by Abstergo Industries, when a Shroud is wrapped around a body, it scans it for damage, then reconstructs it on a cellular level, enabling potential reconstruction of decomposed organisms and, possibly, resurrection of deceased individuals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

	Due to Consus' decision to transfer his consciousness to this particular Shroud, his prototype Shroud was unique amongst the Pieces of Eden in allowing direct communication with an Isu. Whenever the Shroud was used to heal fatal injuries, Consus temporarily possessed the body of the wearer, and was able to communicate with a third party, although the wearer would never retain any memory of these communications once their wound had healed.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		Due to Consus' decision to transfer his consciousness to this particular Shroud, his prototype Shroud was unique amongst the Pieces of Eden in allowing direct communication with an Isu. Whenever the Shroud was used to heal fatal injuries, Consus temporarily possessed the body of the wearer, and was able to communicate with a third party, although the wearer would never retain any memory of these communications once their wound had healed.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

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	{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}		{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
	[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]		[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
	The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]] ~~for some time~~. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Philippi]], [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Philippi]], [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

	Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

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	==History==		==History==
	===Prehistory===		===Prehistory===
	{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus, to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate}}The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		{{Quote\|I was old. I wanted more time. Bodies constructs, minds are programs. Uploaded my program into the Shroud, to cheat death. Succeeded. Failed. Trapped in my prototype. Trapped in my forgotten lab. Alive. Awake. Cannot speak. Only watch. Generations passed, technology grew. My kind created yours. I never imagined machines like you were possible. My descendants proved me wrong.\|Consus, to Álvaro Gramática, 2012.\|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate}}
			The prototype Shroud of Eden was created by the Isu scientist Consus in 1923 Isu Era in order to act as combat medicinal equipment during the War of Unification. When Consus became aware of his impending death, the one thing the Shroud could not heal, he chose to transfer his consciousness into the prototype Shroud, in order to live on.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

	However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake, alive and able to watch, Consus was only able to communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst ~~healing~~ them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>		[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|165px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]
			However, Consus became trapped within his prototype and was stuck within his forgotten lab. Awake, alive and able to watch, Consus was only able to communicate with others by possessing the wearer whilst the Shroud healed them from fatal injuries.<ref name="AssassinIntel3"/>

	The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, informed him about the creation of the Human species as the servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>		The prototype Shroud remained within Consus' abandoned lab for three centuries before finally being found by [[Juno]], another Isu scientist. Planning to use it for her own ends, she learned everything she could about it from Consus and, in turn, informed him about the creation of the Human species as the servants of the Isu, a feat that Consus didn't believe possible.<ref name="AssassinIntel5"/>
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	===Classical antiquity===		===Classical antiquity===
	====Greece====		====Greece====
	~~[[File:Jason.png\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Jason retrieving the Shroud]]~~
	The earliest known appearance of the original Shroud seems to have been in [[Greece\|Greek]] myth, where it became known as the {{Wiki\|Golden Fleece}}, a legendary object of strange power. It was recovered by [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], who took it from a tree guarded by a sleepless dragon in Colchis.<ref name="Glyph7"/>		The earliest known appearance of the original Shroud seems to have been in [[Greece\|Greek]] myth, where it became known as the {{Wiki\|Golden Fleece}}, a legendary object of strange power. It was recovered by [[Jason]] and the [[Argonauts]], who took it from a tree guarded by a sleepless dragon in Colchis.<ref name="Glyph7"/>

	====Macedonia====		====Macedonia====
	{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]] for some time. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Philippi]], [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

	[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]		[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
			The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]] for some time. After the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar\|assassination]] of [[Gaius Julius Caesar\|Julius Caesar]] in 44 BCE, and the subsequent suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Philippi]], [[Makedonia]].<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

	Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>
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	The Shroud was also known to cause severe hallucinations in those who had used it, and in extreme cases, (such as that of Niccolò di Pitigliano) could also seem to tear a person from the inside out.<ref name="ACPL Francesco Vecellio"/>		The Shroud was also known to cause severe hallucinations in those who had used it, and in extreme cases, (such as that of Niccolò di Pitigliano) could also seem to tear a person from the inside out.<ref name="ACPL Francesco Vecellio"/>

	~~[[File:Lateral Vision PL.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Perotto appearing in Giovanni's dreams]]~~
	Giovanni Borgia in particular suffered lasting effects from the Shroud. Though the artifact healed his deformed body as a baby, throughout his childhood, he would have vivid dreams of the [[Bleeding Effect\|memories of others]] who had come into contact with the Shroud, such as his father and Marcus Junius Brutus.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>		Giovanni Borgia in particular suffered lasting effects from the Shroud. Though the artifact healed his deformed body as a baby, throughout his childhood, he would have vivid dreams of the [[Bleeding Effect\|memories of others]] who had come into contact with the Shroud, such as his father and Marcus Junius Brutus.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

			[[File:Lateral Vision PL.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|Perotto appearing in Giovanni's dreams]]
	Additionally, Giovanni frequently communed with Consus, even when not in contact with the Shroud itself.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome"/>		Additionally, Giovanni frequently communed with Consus, even when not in contact with the Shroud itself.<ref name="ACPL Giovanni Borgia Rome"/>

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	{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy\|Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past}}		{{Quote\|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.\|An Assassin commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.\|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy\|Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past}}
	[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]		[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png\|250px\|thumb\|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
	The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. Following the suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Makedonia]]. Since they had never used it before, they feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. <ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		The Shroud later came into the possession of the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]] of ancient [[Rome]]. Following the suicide of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] in 42 BCE, Brutus' fellow Hidden Ones tried to reanimate him with the Shroud in [[Makedonia]]. Since they had never used it before, they feared its effects, but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>

	Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''. As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle, and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>		Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming ''"second death"''. As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle, and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL Christmas"/>