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| {{Pre-release}} | | The '''Imperial Jade Seal''' was a [[Piece of Eden]], one of the many Isu artifacts said to be scattered across [[China]]. Possession of the seal was long regarded as granting legitimacy to rule China.<ref name="JadeSeal">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang|Chang'an Wang]]''</ref> |
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| |type = [[Piece of Eden|Piece]] of [[Eden]]
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| |powers = Human Mind Control<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Cite web| url=https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/publishing/news-updates/48tAiEz3cpKf6pXh0VjvLc/assassins-creed-the-imperial-jade-seal| title=Assassin’s Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal| publisher=Ubisoft| date=21 April 2021| accessdate=22 April 2021| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422005407/https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/publishing/news-updates/48tAiEz3cpKf6pXh0VjvLc/assassins-creed-the-imperial-jade-seal| archivedate=22 April 2021}}</ref>
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| |period = *[[Isu Era]]
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| *{{Wiki|Qin dynasty}}
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| *{{Wiki|Han dynasty}}
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| *{{Wiki|Three Kingdoms}}
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| *{{Wiki|Jin dynasty}}
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| *{{Wiki|Northern and Southern dynasties|Northern and<br>Southern dynasties}}
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| *[[Tang dynasty]]
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| |created = [[Isu]]
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| |notable = *[[Qin Shi Huang]]
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| *[[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]]
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| The '''Imperial Jade Seal''', also known as the '''Heirloom Seal of the Realm'''<ref name="WP">{{WP|Heirloom Seal of the Realm}}</ref> (Chinese: 傳國璽) is a [[Piece of Eden|Piece]] of [[Eden]], a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the [[Isu]] to control [[human]]kind as their [[Slavery|slave]] [[Project Anthropos|workforce]]. The Imperial Seal was made of [[jade]] and granted its possessor the legitimacy to rule [[China]].<ref name="Ubisoft"/> | |
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| ==Owners==
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| *Isu (? – ?)
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| *[[Qin Shi Huang]]<ref name="WP"/> (221 – 210 BCE)
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| *{{Wiki|Qin Er Shi}}<ref name="WP"/> (210 – 207 BCE)
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| *{{Wiki|Ziying of Qin}}<ref name="WP"/> (October – December 207 BCE)
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| *{{Wiki|Emperor Gaozu of Han}}<ref name="WP"/> (202 – 195 BCE)
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| *Successive Emperors<ref name="WP"/>
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| *{{Wiki|Cao Pi}}<ref name="WP"/> (220 – 226 CE)
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| *{{Wiki|Cao Huan}}<ref name="WP"/> (260 – 266)
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| *{{Wiki|Emperor Wu of Jin}}<ref name="WP"/> (266 – 290)
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| *Successive Emperors<ref name="WP"/>
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| *[[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]]<ref name="WP"/> (713 – 756)
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| ==History==
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| Following Qin Shi Huang's successful campaign during the {{Wiki|Warring States period}} conquering the other kingdoms surrounding the state of {{Wiki|Qin (state)|Qin}}, he united China under his sole rule and established the {{Wiki|Qin dynasty}}.<ref name="Dynasty teaser">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Chapter 0|Teaser]]</ref> As one of his prizes of war, he claimed an invaluable piece of jade from the former state of {{Wiki|Zhao (state)|Zhao}} and ordered that it serve as his Imperial seal; the words ''"Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may [the emperor] lead a long and prosperous life"'' (受命於天, 既壽永昌) were soon engraved upon the mineral.<ref name="WP"/>
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| Qin Shi Huang ruled China through the use of the Seal and with the help of the [[Order of the Ancients]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> but soon grew increasingly paranoid of threats against his life. During one of his eastern China tours in 210 BCE, [[Wei Yu]] [[Assassination|assassinated]] him with a [[spear]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[A Change of Plans]]</ref> and the Seal passed to his son. With {{Wiki|Qin Ere Shi}}'s own death a mere three years later, his successor {{Wiki|Ziying of Qin|Ziying}} would offer the Seal to {{Wiki|Emperor Gaozu of Han|Emperor Gaozu}} of {{Wiki|Han dynasty|Han}}, and established the tradition of Emperors conveying their divine right to rule to their heirs.<ref name="WP"/>
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| The Seal would go on to become a physical symbol of the power passed through consecutive dynasties and was regularly fought over, with every claimant self-declaring themselves as the legitimate ruler and establishing their own family line. By the end of the Han dynasty in the 3nd century, the abandoned Imperial Seal was found by General {{Wiki|Sun Jian}} when his forces occupied the Han capital of {{Wiki|Luoyang}}. He gave it to his warlord chief, beginning a rapid series of attacks and counter-attacks by warlords over the next few years for possession of it until the Seal reached {{Wiki|Cao Pi}} of the state {{Wiki|Cao Wei}}, who established the {{Wiki|Wei dynasty}} in 220.<ref name="WP"/> | |
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| The Seal remained in Wei hands until the last Wei emperor {{Wiki|Cao Huan}} was forced to abdicate to {{Wiki|Emperor Wu of Jin|Emperor Wu}}, who would establish the {{Wiki|Jin dynasty}}. From there, the Seal would be passed without issue all the way through to the Tang dynasty, but was lost sometime in the {{Wiki|Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period}} in the 10th century. Various theories have been proposed to explain its disappearance, ranging from the last Tang emperor {{Wiki|Li Congke}} failing to pass it on before committing suicide, to the Seal being lost to the [[Mongol Empire]] when [[Genghis Khan]] claimed it as plunder and established the {{Wiki|Yuan dynasty}}, but none have proven conclusive. By the time of the Ming dynasty, the original jade piece was definitively lost, and the following Emperors of the {{Wiki|Qing dynasty}} obsessively created numerous personal seals in attempts to replace it and recapture the aura of power from ages past<ref name="WP"/>
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| ==Powers and capabilities==
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| Designed to control humanity, the jade piece activated the [[neurotransmitter]]s implanted<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from "Phanes", III of IV"</ref> in human minds<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #18: "Synapses"</ref> to compel obedience to whomever wielded the gemstone, granting them the undisputed legal authority to rule China.<ref name="Ubisoft"/>
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| ==Appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
| *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Prophecy of the Emperor|Prophecy of the Emperor]]'' | | *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Cike Xintiao: Chang'an Wang|Chang'an Wang]]'' {{1st}} |
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