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| {{Era|Revelations}} | | {{Era|Memories|ACR}} |
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| {{Memory Infobox | | {{Memory Infobox |
| |image = Polo-symbols-memory.png | | | image = Polo-symbols-memory.png |
| |description = ''Locate the Polo Symbols and unlock the book's location.'' | | | description = ''Locate the [[Niccolò Polo|Polo]] Symbols and unlock the book's location.'' |
| ||appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
| | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' |
| |type = Side | | | type = Book quest |
| |previous = [[Signs and Symbols, Part I]] | | | next = [[The Polo Symbols: Galata]] |
| |next = None | | | source = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] |
| |ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
| | | location = [[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |
| |location = [[Constantinople]] | | | date = 1511 – 1512}} |
| |date = 1511}} | | '''The Polo Symbols: Hippodrome''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus]]. |
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| '''The Polo Symbols''', or '''Book Quests''', were virtual representations of some of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus]]. | |
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| ==Aqueduct==
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| Perching on the southern end of [[Valens Aqueduct]], Ezio used his [[Eagle Vision#Eagle Sense|Eagle Sense]] to scan a [[Niccolò Polo|Polo]] symbol further south, outside the entrance of a building. He found the ''[[Iliad]]''.
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| ==Arsenal==
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| Ezio climbed the tallest mast of the ship in the western part of the [[Harbor of Theodosius]]. His sixth sense detected the book was on the dock just north of him, and he recovered ''[[The Book of Kings]]''.
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| ==Church I==
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| On the [[View Points|view point]] of the [[Rose Mosque|Gul Mosque]]'s minaret, Ezio found a book just beneath him on the roof of the main building. The book contained ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''.
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| ==Church II==
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| A small, unmarked church due East (only a few buildings to the east) of the [[Romanies|Romani]] headquarters, and due West (a fairly significant way West) of the [[Myrelaion Church]]. Ezio sensed a book on the roof, and recovered ''[[The Flute Girl]]''.
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| ==Forum of the Ox==
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| On the column view point, Ezio scanned a symbol between two columns to the east, and found the ''[[Nibelungenlied]]''.
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| ==Galata==
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| Ezio climbed to the top of a minaret and detected the book on the wall connected to [[Galata Tower]]. Parachuting there, he dug up ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''.
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| ==Hippodrome== | | ==Description== |
| Climbing the [[Obelisk of Theodosius]], Ezio scanned a symbol to the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]]'s southeast and dug up ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]''. | | Climbing the [[Obelisk of Theodosius]], Ezio scanned a [[Niccolò Polo|Polo]] symbol to the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]]'s southeast. |
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| ==Dialogue== | | ==Outcome== |
| After purchasing and finding all available books, once Ezio returned to the [[Galata headquarters]], he was surprised to receive a visit from [[Sofia Sartor]].
| | Ezio located and unearthed the book titled ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]''. |
| * '''Sofia:''' ''Hello!''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''Hmmm?''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''Ezio, you old snake, you walked right past me.''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''Forgive me Sofia, I did not notice. What are you doing in Galata?''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''Making some deliveries. Is this where you stay?''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''Ah, sì.'' (Yes). ''It is a kind of... school.''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''What is taught here?''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''Come this way. I want to show you something.'' [Takes her arm] ''I have been stocking the library with rare books. A good start, no?''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''Ah, these are all so beautiful, and such diversity! So are these men and women your students?''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''In a way, yes.''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''Well, if they ever need a literary scholar, give them my name. In a pinch, I am a pretty good teacher.''
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| * '''Ezio:''' ''If they find the time to read, I certainly will.''
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| * '''Sofia:''' ''Oh, Chaucer!'' ''Belissimo'' (Beautiful).
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| ==Trivia== | | {{-}} |
| *The memories were indicated on the map by a book symbol resembling the one for [[Book Shops]], but with a black border.
| | ==Gallery== |
| *If the [[armor of Ishak Pasha]] or [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations outfits|Turkish Assassin Armor]] was equipped during the final cutscene, the mask was not be removed.
| | <gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center"> |
| *As the earliest possible opportunity to return to Galata Headquarters after collecting all the books was at the start of Sequence 8, it lead to a rather hilarious situation, where the supposedly captured Sofia showed up in the building, and Ezio was not bothered by the fact in the slightest.
| | The_Polo_Symbols_Hippodrome_1.png|Ezio locating the book |
| | The_Polo_Symbols_Hippodrome_2.png|Ezio recovering the book |
| | </gallery> |
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| ==Reference== | | ==References== |
| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' |
| [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations memories]] | | {{ACRMemories}} |
| | {{DEFAULTSORT:Polo Symbols: Hippodrome, The}} |
| | [[Category:Memories of Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] |
| | [[Category:Memories relived using the Animus 2.03]] |
Ezio locating the book
Ezio recovering the book
