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{{ | {{Quote|In the beginning, when we thought we could be saved, we sought to face the sun's wrath and contain it. Four towers would be built–to pull her fury into this place and dispel it.|Juno explaining the device to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed III|21st century conversations}} | ||
[[File:ACIII- | [[File:ACIII-GTEnd 5.png|thumb|250px|Desmond Miles activating the device]] | ||
The ''' | The '''global aurora borealis device'''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "The Empirical Truth: Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat"</ref> was an [[Isu]] device housed in the [[Grand Temple]] with the aim of preventing the {{Wiki|coronal mass ejection}}s that were behind the [[Great Catastrophe]] in prehistory and the expected [[Second Disaster]] in 2012. It functioned by emitting a shield resembling an aurora around [[Earth]] to protect it from the Sun's plasma bursts.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> | ||
Initially considered a failed solution due to the fact that constructing the necessary [[Towers|power facilities]] would take too long to prevent the Great Catastrophe, the eventual automation of the process allowed it to prevent the Second Disaster in 2012.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide]]''</ref> However, its spherical activation mechanism also would kill any [[human]] who interacted with it by unleashing a torrent of searing energy. Thus, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Desmond Miles]] chose to sacrifice himself to save the world when he triggered it in 2012. Simultaneously, the instrument became a vessel for the consciousness of the Isu [[Juno]] when she tampered with it millennia before, with its activation being the key to releasing her from it.<ref name="AC3"/> | |||
==History== | |||
During her imprisonment in the Grand Temple, Juno tampered with the device so that upon activation it would free her consciousness from the Grand Temple, and manipulated Desmond Miles, a human with a sufficient amount of Isu DNA, into using it, so that she would be released. In the meantime, Minerva constructed a second [[Eye]] to commune with Desmond on 21 December 2012 to see if he found a way to prevent the catastrophe.<ref name="AC3"/> | |||
Seeing that Juno had survived and manipulated Desmond into using the device, Minerva warned him not to activate the device, believing it would be better if the world endured another apocalypse than allow Juno to be freed. Desmond disagreed, stating that Minerva's solution would offer no hope to the world and that humanity would find a way to resist Juno's efforts, before activating the device and saving the world, at the cost of his own life and unleashing Juno in the process.<ref name="AC3"/> Hours later, [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] agents entered the Grand Temple and recovered Desmond's body, though the device had disappeared from its pedestal by this time.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> | |||
= | In 2018, the Assassin [[Layla Hassan]] compiled a group of files on [[Aletheia]] in her research of the Isu, wherein she asked in the margins if the Eye was the "world-saving solution [...] that killed Desmond". Her assistant [[Alannah Ryan]] replied affirmatively although they were both incorrect as the Eye was a different instrument, one which the Isu used to perform their [[calculations]] of the future.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – Layla Hassan's personal files: "Who Is Aletheia: The Capitoline Triad"</ref> | ||
{{ | [[File:ACV Aurora.png|thumb|250px|left|The global aurora seen from North America]] | ||
{{ | By 2020, a series of anomalies had begun manifesting all across the globe, including an aurora visible from anywhere on Earth. Layla and her fellow Assassins [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] deduced this to be a result of the device's activation eight years prior, which had strengthened the Earth's magnetic field. Believing that if the process was not reversed it could lead to another world-ending catastrophe, the Assassins searched for a solution, ultimately finding it in the form of [[Yggdrasil]], which Layla used to restore the magnetic field to normal proportions, at the cost of her life.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | |||
===Misnomer=== | |||
The name of the "global aurora borealis device" is a likely reference to the appearance of an {{wiki|aurora}} blanketing the world when it is used, but ''boreālis'' is Latin for 'northern', ''aurora borealis'' being the name of the aurora that is regularly visible in the Arctic (cf. ''aurora australis'', the aurora of Antarctica). That the aurora is global renders ''boreālis'' a nonsensical addition to the device's name. | |||
===Confusion with the Eye=== | |||
{{Quote|One of those world-saving solutions was the Eye that killed Desmond, wasn't it?|Layla Hassan in "The Capitoline Isu"|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | |||
The aurora device has been mistaken by fans to be the Eye because they are introduced in the same scene in ''Assassin's Creed III'' by Minerva and Juno; the camera even focuses around the device's activation mechanism while the Eye is being described. However, the Eye actually refers to the "[[calculations|divination by numbers]]" technology used by the Isu. This error was replicated in the "Who is Aletheia" files found in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', where Layla Hassan asks if the Eye was what killed Desmond, to which her friend Alannah Ryan incorrectly replies in the affirmative. | |||
The misidentification would be continued in the ''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' where a timeline given in the ''[[Animus Handbook]]'' stated Desmond died activating the Eye.<ref name="ACRPGAH">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' – ''[[Animus Handbook]]'' – Supplementary material: Key Events Overview</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
AC3 GlobalAuroraPedestal.png|Early pre-vis model of the device | |||
2012 cme.png|The protective aurora around the Earth | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c|indirect mention only; misidentified as 'the Eye'}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{c|indirect mention only; misidentified as 'the Eye'}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Isu}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:10, 13 May 2026
The global aurora borealis device[1] was an Isu device housed in the Grand Temple with the aim of preventing the coronal mass ejections that were behind the Great Catastrophe in prehistory and the expected Second Disaster in 2012. It functioned by emitting a shield resembling an aurora around Earth to protect it from the Sun's plasma bursts.[2]
Initially considered a failed solution due to the fact that constructing the necessary power facilities would take too long to prevent the Great Catastrophe, the eventual automation of the process allowed it to prevent the Second Disaster in 2012.[3] However, its spherical activation mechanism also would kill any human who interacted with it by unleashing a torrent of searing energy. Thus, the Assassin Desmond Miles chose to sacrifice himself to save the world when he triggered it in 2012. Simultaneously, the instrument became a vessel for the consciousness of the Isu Juno when she tampered with it millennia before, with its activation being the key to releasing her from it.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
During her imprisonment in the Grand Temple, Juno tampered with the device so that upon activation it would free her consciousness from the Grand Temple, and manipulated Desmond Miles, a human with a sufficient amount of Isu DNA, into using it, so that she would be released. In the meantime, Minerva constructed a second Eye to commune with Desmond on 21 December 2012 to see if he found a way to prevent the catastrophe.[2]
Seeing that Juno had survived and manipulated Desmond into using the device, Minerva warned him not to activate the device, believing it would be better if the world endured another apocalypse than allow Juno to be freed. Desmond disagreed, stating that Minerva's solution would offer no hope to the world and that humanity would find a way to resist Juno's efforts, before activating the device and saving the world, at the cost of his own life and unleashing Juno in the process.[2] Hours later, Abstergo agents entered the Grand Temple and recovered Desmond's body, though the device had disappeared from its pedestal by this time.[4]
In 2018, the Assassin Layla Hassan compiled a group of files on Aletheia in her research of the Isu, wherein she asked in the margins if the Eye was the "world-saving solution [...] that killed Desmond". Her assistant Alannah Ryan replied affirmatively although they were both incorrect as the Eye was a different instrument, one which the Isu used to perform their calculations of the future.[5]
By 2020, a series of anomalies had begun manifesting all across the globe, including an aurora visible from anywhere on Earth. Layla and her fellow Assassins Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane deduced this to be a result of the device's activation eight years prior, which had strengthened the Earth's magnetic field. Believing that if the process was not reversed it could lead to another world-ending catastrophe, the Assassins searched for a solution, ultimately finding it in the form of Yggdrasil, which Layla used to restore the magnetic field to normal proportions, at the cost of her life.[6]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Misnomer[edit | edit source]
The name of the "global aurora borealis device" is a likely reference to the appearance of an aurora blanketing the world when it is used, but boreālis is Latin for 'northern', aurora borealis being the name of the aurora that is regularly visible in the Arctic (cf. aurora australis, the aurora of Antarctica). That the aurora is global renders boreālis a nonsensical addition to the device's name.
Confusion with the Eye[edit | edit source]
- "One of those world-saving solutions was the Eye that killed Desmond, wasn't it?"
- ―Layla Hassan in "The Capitoline Isu"[src]
The aurora device has been mistaken by fans to be the Eye because they are introduced in the same scene in Assassin's Creed III by Minerva and Juno; the camera even focuses around the device's activation mechanism while the Eye is being described. However, the Eye actually refers to the "divination by numbers" technology used by the Isu. This error was replicated in the "Who is Aletheia" files found in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, where Layla Hassan asks if the Eye was what killed Desmond, to which her friend Alannah Ryan incorrectly replies in the affirmative.
The misidentification would be continued in the Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game where a timeline given in the Animus Handbook stated Desmond died activating the Eye.[7]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
-
Early pre-vis model of the device
-
The protective aurora around the Earth
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed III (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed Origins (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (indirect mention only; misidentified as 'the Eye')
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game (indirect mention only; misidentified as 'the Eye')
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Origins – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Empirical Truth: Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Layla Hassan's personal files: "Who Is Aletheia: The Capitoline Triad"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Animus Handbook – Supplementary material: Key Events Overview
