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The '''Isu Era''' was a period of time marked by the existence of the [[Isu]] as the dominant species on [[Earth]].<ref name="ACSdb003">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 003]]</ref> What time period preceded the beginning | The '''Isu Era''' was a period of time marked by the existence of the [[Isu]] as the dominant species on [[Earth]].<ref name="ACSdb003">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 003]]</ref> What time period preceded the era's beginning is unclear, but the Isu species had a presence within the border of modern-day [[Jordan]] around 80,000 BCE.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 15. Precursor Memo]]</ref> | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
===Pre 1923 IE=== | ===Pre 1923 IE=== | ||
*[[Hephaistos]] created the [[Swords of Eden]] during the [[War of Unification]].<ref name="ACSdb003" /> | *[[Hephaistos]] created the [[Swords of Eden]] during the [[War of Unification]].<ref name="ACSdb003"/> | ||
===1923 IE=== | ===1923 IE=== | ||
*During the War of Unification, [[Consus]] created the [[Shroud of Eden 1|first]] [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]] to treat casualties of the war. He later transferred his consciousness into the Shroud in a desperate bid to escape death, but became trapped within his own creation<ref name="ACSdb003" /> | *During the War of Unification, [[Consus]] created the [[Shroud of Eden 1|first]] [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]] to treat casualties of the war. He later transferred his consciousness into the Shroud in a desperate bid to escape death, but became trapped within his own creation.<ref name="ACSdb003"/> | ||
===2161 IE=== | ===2161 IE=== | ||
*'''Day 24:''' The [[High Council]] ordered the | *'''Day 24:''' The [[High Council]] ordered the creation of a new workforce under the supervision of the [[Father of Understanding]] [[Yaldabaoth]], the [[Mother of Wisdom]] [[Saklas]], and the [[Sacred Voice]] [[Samael]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – SecureShare: "PRE_trslt_Canterbury.odt <v. 1 by ahenry>"</ref> | ||
*With approval from the Isu's [[Isu Authority in Eden|governing body]] in [[Eden]], and directed by the scientist [[Phanes]], the Isu enacted [[Project Anthropos]], an initiative that saw the creation of [[human]]ity as [[Slavery|slaves]]<ref name="Phanes 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', II of IV"</ref> from a pre-existing species.<ref name="Glyph 20">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #20: "Origin of the Species"</ref> The humans were made to be susceptible to the powers of the [[adamant]]-based [[Apples of Eden]].<ref name="Phanes 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', III of IV"</ref> | *With approval from the Isu's [[Isu Authority in Eden|governing body]] in [[Eden]], and directed by the scientist [[Phanes]], the Isu enacted [[Project Anthropos]], an initiative that saw the creation of [[human]]ity as [[Slavery|slaves]]<ref name="Phanes 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', II of IV"</ref> from a pre-existing species.<ref name="Glyph 20">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #20: "Origin of the Species"</ref> The humans were made to be susceptible to the powers of the [[adamant]]-based<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Deadly Little Secrets]]</ref> [[Apples of Eden]].<ref name="Phanes 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "Encrypted message from 'Phanes', III of IV"</ref> | ||
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*[[Seth]] killed his brother [[Osiris]]. Overwhelmed by grief, Osiris' sister-wife [[Isis]] used the [[Ankh]] to revive him for one night, during which they conceived their son [[Horus]].<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed (Les Deux Royaumes comics)|Assassin's Creed]] – [[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter|Accipiter]]''</ref> | |||
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[[File:Atlantis simulation.jpg|thumb|250px|Atlantis before its sinking]] | [[File:Atlantis simulation.jpg|thumb|250px|Atlantis before its sinking]] | ||
*[[Poseidon]] took control of the city of [[Atlantis]] from his son [[Atlas (Isu)|Atlas]], and let Atlas and his other sons serve as [[Archons of Atlantis|archons]].<ref name="Father of Atlantis 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "The Father of Atlantis, II of II"</ref><ref name="ACOd Files Atlas">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Atlas"</ref> | *[[Poseidon]] took control of the city of [[Atlantis]] from his son [[Atlas (Isu)|Atlas]], and let Atlas and his other sons serve as [[Archons of Atlantis|archons]].<ref name="Father of Atlantis 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "The Father of Atlantis, II of II"</ref><ref name="ACOd Files Atlas">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Atlas"</ref> | ||
*[[Hades]] abducted [[Persephone]] and forced her to become his wife, with | *[[Hades]] abducted [[Persephone]] and forced her to become his wife, with his brother [[Jupiter]]'s approval.<ref name="ACOd Files Hades">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Hades"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]]: "Attika: Entrance to the Underworld"</ref> He imprisoned Persephone in an area of the [[Underworld]] that she reshaped as [[Elysium]], which Hades allowed her to rule alongside her friend [[Hekate]].<ref name="TFoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis]]''</ref><ref name="ACOd Files Hekate">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: Bios of the Gods: "Hekate"</ref> | ||
*The [[Sister Realms]] were formed between Atlantis, ruled by Poseidon; the Underworld, ruled by Hades; and Elysium, ruled by Persephone.<ref name="TFoA"/> | *The [[Sister Realms]] were formed between Atlantis, ruled by Poseidon; the Underworld, ruled by Hades; and Elysium, ruled by Persephone.<ref name="TFoA"/> | ||
===2194 IE=== | ===2194 IE=== | ||
*'''Day 6:''' The human workers from a construction site in [[Qobustan]], {{Wiki|Azerbaijan}} were reassigned to the sanitation of a nearby lake.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – SecureShare: "PRE_trslt_Qobustan.odt <v. 1 by ahenry>"</ref> | *'''Day 6:''' The human workers from a construction site in [[Qobustan]], {{Wiki|Azerbaijan}}, were reassigned to the sanitation of a nearby lake.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – SecureShare: "PRE_trslt_Qobustan.odt <v. 1 by ahenry>"</ref> | ||
===2195 IE=== | ===2195 IE=== | ||
*The Isu scientist [[Juno]] was born in [[Feyan | *The Isu scientist [[Juno]] was born in [[Feyan]].<ref name="ACS Modern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref> | ||
===c. 2200 IE | ===c. 2200 IE (c. 75,100 BCE)<ref name="Staff file">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – Staff of Hermes Trismegistus (file)</ref>=== | ||
*The [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]] was forged in the late "Isu Singularity Age".<ref name="Staff file"/> | |||
===c. 2223 IE=== | ===c. 2223 IE=== | ||
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*Poseidon granted Juno and her husband [[Aita]] access to Atlantis, where they secretly started the [[Olympos Project]], in which they experimented on humans and created monstrosities.<ref name="The Failed Experiment">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: The Failed Experiment</ref> Poseidon banished them | *Poseidon granted Juno and her husband [[Aita]] access to Atlantis, where they secretly started the [[Olympos Project]], in which they experimented on humans and created monstrosities.<ref name="The Failed Experiment">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: The Failed Experiment</ref> Poseidon banished them back to Feyan,<ref name="Poseidon Aita">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]] – Poseidon's logs: "Aita: The Great Mind"</ref><ref name="Historian 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]] – Historian: "Musings on Juno's Expulsion"</ref> and outlawed human experimentation in Atlantis.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Welcome Home]]</ref> | ||
* | *The Sister Realms held a summit through their Atlantean embassies regarding the findings of Atlantis' [[Solar Dynamics Observatory]] and the [[Great Catastrophe|threat of solar instability]]. Hades was the only leader to attend but embraced the prospect of annihilation.<ref name="I.A.O.P. Cycle 44.160">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[Isu codex]]: "I.A.O.P. Cycle 44.160"</ref> | ||
* | *On the advice of his ''[[dikastes]]'' [[Aletheia]], Posidon destroyed Atlantis by sinking it into the ocean, due to recurring upheaval and friction between its Isu and human populations.<ref name="The Fate of Atlantis">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Judgment of Atlantis]]'' – [[The Fate of Atlantis (memory)]]</ref> | ||
[[File:Eden 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Adam and Eve fleeing Eden with an Apple]] | [[File:Eden 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Adam and Eve fleeing Eden with an Apple]] | ||
*[[Adam]] and [[Eve]], two Isu-human [[hybrid]] slaves, escaped from the city of [[Eden]] with an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="The Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[The Truth]]</ref> | *[[Adam]] and [[Eve]], two Isu-human [[hybrid]] slaves, escaped from the city of [[Eden]] with an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="The Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[The Truth]]</ref> | ||
* | *Ruling as the new Father of Understanding, Mother of Wisdom, and Sacred Voice,<ref name="The Price of Wisdom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> the [[Capitoline Triad]] comprised of Jupiter, Juno, and [[Minerva]], respectively, retreated to the [[Grand Temple]] to find a solution for the impending solar flare, ultimately trying [[Six methods of salvation|six unsuccessful options]].<ref name="ACRV Modern Day">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref><ref name="AC3 Modern Day">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref><ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Hlutrholt"</ref> | ||
*The | {{Simulation Start}} | ||
*[[Balor]] killed [[Cú Chulainn]] but was struck by Cú's [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which became lodged into his back. Later, the Isu [[Odin]] faced Balor in combat and claimed Gae Bolg following his victory.<ref name="Amber Sun">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Wrath of the Druids]]'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref> | |||
*After Odin learned from the supercomputer [[Yggdrasil]] that [[Loki]] and Alethia's illegitimate child [[Fenrir]] was [[Calculations|projected]] to kill him during the impending catastrophe,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> he had the boy imprisoned<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Binding Fate]]</ref> for "{{Wiki|Pre-crime|invented crimes}}".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Thornburg Henges"</ref> | |||
*Outraged at Fenrir's unjust imprisonment,<ref name="Anomaly3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Quartzite Ridge"</ref> and after learning that Odin's son [[Baldr]] was vulnerable to [[mistletoe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 2|Issue #2]]</ref> Loki arranged for the warlord [[Surtr]] to capture Baldr<ref name="Forgotten Myths 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 3|Issue #3]]</ref> and have him fatally [[poison]]ed.<ref name="Anomaly3"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[The Rescue (Valhalla)|The Rescue]]</ref> Odin attempted to rescue him but arrived too late and could only grieve his own loss.<ref name="Anomaly3"/><ref name="Pride of the Aesir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Pride of the Aesir]]</ref> | |||
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*After learning of Loki's involvement in Baldr's murder, Odin had him arrested,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Kildesbig"</ref> imprisoned,<ref name="Forgotten Myths 3"/> and tortured in an underground [[Alamut Temple|vault]] beneath what would become the [[fort]]ress of [[Alamut]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref> | |||
*Aita volunteered as a test subject in an experiment to transfer Isu consciousness into human bodies, though his mind swiftly deteriorated.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/><ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 13">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #13: "Another Fryghtfull Reverie"</ref> | |||
*Juno continued researching this process and developed a [[Mead of poetry|serum]] that facilitated the Isu being [[Isu incarnation|incarnated]] as humans. Due to worries that it would pollute the human genome, Jupiter and Minerva abandoned the initiative and had the serum locked away.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> | |||
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*With Juno's aid, Odin stole the untested serum in order to survive the impending catastrophe. Taking a sample for herself,<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> Juno secretly added parts of Aita's genetic code into the human DNA, allowing him to be reborn in humans as [[Sage]]s,<ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 20">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]] #20: "A Secret Incomprehensible"</ref> after which she agreed to end his suffering.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/><ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 20"/> [[Vejovis]] also took advantage of a similar method to develop Sages of his own self.<ref name="AC:ERPB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]''</ref> | |||
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*Juno secretly tampered with Minerva's [[Eye]], a device that could calculate potential futures, to manipulate humanity and ensure her global domination. After her treachery<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> and role in Odin's theft of the serum<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> were discovered, the High Council stripped her of her title,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Briudun Hill"</ref> before Minerva<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> and Jupiter attacked and killed her in the Grand Temple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Official Game Guide]]'': "Analysis & Speculation", pg. 308</ref> However, Juno survived and digitally transferred her consciousness inside the [[Temple (Isu)|temple]]'s walls.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> | |||
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*With Surtr's wife [[Sinmara]] having extracted Baldr's soul into the [[Salakar]] artifact,<ref name="Pride of the Aesir"/> Odin obsessed over trying to revive him and traveled the world seeking answers.<ref name="Anomaly 6">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Aqueduct"</ref> With no luck, he entered [[Hel]]'s domain of [[Niflheimr]] to demand Baldr's return, but after she thwarted his repeated attempts, he had a vision in which Baldr revealed that he would resurrect and lead the world to a brighter future, but only if his enemies perished in the catastrophe still believing that he remained dead.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Forgotten Saga]]'' – [[A Gift from the Otherworld]]</ref> | |||
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*With Odin distracted, Loki and Aletheia stole the serum from [[Ásgarðr]],<ref name="Anomaly 6"/> but Aletheia was gravely injured in the endeavor.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Basilica Ruins"</ref> Loki helped upload her consciousness into the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Needham Lake"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "Seven Sisters"</ref> and the pair hoped to reunite after the impending catastrophe.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "The Needles"</ref> | |||
=== | ===c. 75,010 BCE<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref>=== | ||
*Humanity rose up in [[Human-Isu War|rebellion]] against the Isu,<ref name="In Bocca Al Lupo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> prompting a ten-year long war.<ref name="Initiates"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{c|2nd ed.}} – Chapter 1: Introduction: "Timeline: Key Events Overview"</ref> Juno's father [[Saturn]] was one of the war's first victims.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Uprising 4|Issue #4]]</ref> | |||
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===2306 IE (c. 75,000 BCE)<ref name="Initiates"/>=== | ===2306 IE<ref name="ACS Modern"/> (c. 75,000 BCE)<ref name="Initiates"/>=== | ||
[[File:ACR-Toba 4.png|thumb|250px|Earth after the Great Catastrophe]] | [[File:ACR-Toba 4.png|thumb|250px|Earth after the Great Catastrophe]] | ||
*Minerva made preparations for another solution involving the [[global aurora borealis device]] to be tried during the next solar cycle, hoping that it would be successful without Juno's influence.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> | *Minerva made preparations for another solution involving the [[global aurora borealis device]] to be tried during the next solar cycle, hoping that it would be successful without Juno's influence.<ref name="AC3 Modern Day"/> | ||
*The | *The Great Catastrophe occurred<ref name="ACS Modern"/> when a {{Wiki|coronal mass ejection}} struck the Earth. Less than 10,000 humans and far fewer Isu survived the cataclysm, bringing an end to the Human-Isu War.<ref name="In Bocca Al Lupo"/> | ||
*As the Great Catastrophe struck the Earth, Odin, [[Týr]], [[Thor]], [[Freyja]], [[Idun]], [[Frey]], [[Sif]], and [[Heimdall]] used the serum to upload their DNA into | *As the Great Catastrophe struck the Earth, Odin, [[Týr]], [[Thor]], [[Freyja]], [[Idun]], [[Frey]], [[Sif]], and [[Heimdall]] used the serum to upload their DNA into Yggdrasil to be incarnated as humans in future generations, before meeting their inevitable doom. Loki killed Heimdall before he could leave Yggdrasil's chamber, and secretly used the serum to be incarnated as well.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: "AA_Complete"</ref> | ||
===Post 2306 IE=== | ===Post 2306 IE=== | ||
*In the wake of the Great Catastrophe, | *Three months after the Great Catastrophe, six Isu [[The Messenger|Messengers]] recorded reports over two weeks' time intended for [[Layla Hassan]], which were stored in vaults scattered around [[Egypt]]. In order, they were the [[Amun Amunet messenger]] at [[Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot"</ref> the [[Nomarch messenger]] at [[Seshem.eff Er Aat]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Seshem.eff Er Aat"</ref> the [[Khufu messenger]] at [[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb"</ref> the [[Khnum and Hequet messenger]] at [[Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot"</ref> the [[Seth Anath messenger]] at [[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Qeneb too Kah'Aiye"</ref> and the [[Sphinx messenger]] at [[Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Empirical Truth: "Sphinx messenger"</ref> | ||
*The last Isu died roughly | *In the wake of the Great Catastrophe, Earth experienced severe climate changes, with the ash in the atmosphere making the air toxic and causing global temperatures to drop,<ref name="Thom Kavanagh Letter 13"/> as a result of the particulate matter {{Wiki|backscatter}}ing incoming solar radiation and inducing a {{Wiki|volcanic winter}}. | ||
*The human and Isu survivors of the Great Catastrophe worked together to rebuild civilization. The Isu influenced human civilizations' early stages and would subsequently come to be revered as gods by the humans.<ref name="In Bocca Al Lupo"/><ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> | |||
===c. 74,900 BCE=== | |||
*The last Isu died roughly a century after the Great Catastrophe, according to estimates made by the [[Assassins]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]] – The Messengers: "Isu Messengers III"</ref> | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
The page image comes from a [[database]] entry in the 2014 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'', which presents it as a fragmented representation of an unidentified [[Isu]]'s [[genetic memory]] of their time. From a development angle, it is a {{Wiki|collage}} made up of various unrelated pieces, some of which have been released and identified as part of the environment concept art for the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]]' later 2017 entry, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''. The [[stone]] pillars in the top right are from [[:File:ACO Concept Desert Isu Pillars.jpg|a work]] by [[Raphael Lacoste]], while the lone figure on a [[camel]] in the bottom right is from [[Martin Deschambault]]'s [[:File:ACO First Civilization Canyon Concept Art 1 - Martin Deschambault.jpg|concept]] of the [[Temple (Isu)|vault]] [[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]]. | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Imo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mdat}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}} {{C|first identified as Isu Era}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}} {{C|first identified as Isu Era}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Imo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Imo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis]]'' {{c|simulation}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis]]'' {{ | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]'' {{Imo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{c|Seer vision}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{ | |||
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c|Seer vision}} | **''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{c|Seer vision}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' | |||
== | ==References== | ||
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{{Timeline}} | {{Timeline}} | ||
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[[Category:Timeline]] | [[Category:Timeline]] | ||
[[Category:Isu society]] | [[Category:Isu society]] | ||
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The Isu Era was a period of time marked by the existence of the Isu as the dominant species on Earth.[1] What time period preceded the era's beginning is unclear, but the Isu species had a presence within the border of modern-day Jordan around 80,000 BCE.[2]
Timeline[edit | edit source]
Pre 1923 IE[edit | edit source]
- Hephaistos created the Swords of Eden during the War of Unification.[1]
1923 IE[edit | edit source]
- During the War of Unification, Consus created the first Shroud of Eden to treat casualties of the war. He later transferred his consciousness into the Shroud in a desperate bid to escape death, but became trapped within his own creation.[1]
2161 IE[edit | edit source]
- Day 24: The High Council ordered the creation of a new workforce under the supervision of the Father of Understanding Yaldabaoth, the Mother of Wisdom Saklas, and the Sacred Voice Samael.[3]
- With approval from the Isu's governing body in Eden, and directed by the scientist Phanes, the Isu enacted Project Anthropos, an initiative that saw the creation of humanity as slaves[4] from a pre-existing species.[5] The humans were made to be susceptible to the powers of the adamant-based[6] Apples of Eden.[7]
Unknown[edit | edit source]
- Seth killed his brother Osiris. Overwhelmed by grief, Osiris' sister-wife Isis used the Ankh to revive him for one night, during which they conceived their son Horus.[8]

- Poseidon took control of the city of Atlantis from his son Atlas, and let Atlas and his other sons serve as archons.[9][10]
- Hades abducted Persephone and forced her to become his wife, with his brother Jupiter's approval.[11][12] He imprisoned Persephone in an area of the Underworld that she reshaped as Elysium, which Hades allowed her to rule alongside her friend Hekate.[13][14]
- The Sister Realms were formed between Atlantis, ruled by Poseidon; the Underworld, ruled by Hades; and Elysium, ruled by Persephone.[13]
2194 IE[edit | edit source]
- Day 6: The human workers from a construction site in Qobustan, Azerbaijan, were reassigned to the sanitation of a nearby lake.[15]
2195 IE[edit | edit source]
c. 2200 IE (c. 75,100 BCE)[17][edit | edit source]
- The Staff of Hermes Trismegistus was forged in the late "Isu Singularity Age".[17]
c. 2223 IE[edit | edit source]
- Juno recovered the prototype Shroud of Eden housing Consus' preserved consciousness.[18]
Unknown[edit | edit source]
- Poseidon granted Juno and her husband Aita access to Atlantis, where they secretly started the Olympos Project, in which they experimented on humans and created monstrosities.[19] Poseidon banished them back to Feyan,[20][21] and outlawed human experimentation in Atlantis.[22]
- The Sister Realms held a summit through their Atlantean embassies regarding the findings of Atlantis' Solar Dynamics Observatory and the threat of solar instability. Hades was the only leader to attend but embraced the prospect of annihilation.[23]
- On the advice of his dikastes Aletheia, Posidon destroyed Atlantis by sinking it into the ocean, due to recurring upheaval and friction between its Isu and human populations.[24]

- Adam and Eve, two Isu-human hybrid slaves, escaped from the city of Eden with an Apple of Eden.[25]
- Ruling as the new Father of Understanding, Mother of Wisdom, and Sacred Voice,[26] the Capitoline Triad comprised of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, respectively, retreated to the Grand Temple to find a solution for the impending solar flare, ultimately trying six unsuccessful options.[27][28][26][29]
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- After learning of Loki's involvement in Baldr's murder, Odin had him arrested,[39] imprisoned,[36] and tortured in an underground vault beneath what would become the fortress of Alamut.[40]
- Aita volunteered as a test subject in an experiment to transfer Isu consciousness into human bodies, though his mind swiftly deteriorated.[28][41]
- Juno continued researching this process and developed a serum that facilitated the Isu being incarnated as humans. Due to worries that it would pollute the human genome, Jupiter and Minerva abandoned the initiative and had the serum locked away.[26]
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- Juno secretly tampered with Minerva's Eye, a device that could calculate potential futures, to manipulate humanity and ensure her global domination. After her treachery[28] and role in Odin's theft of the serum[26] were discovered, the High Council stripped her of her title,[44] before Minerva[28] and Jupiter attacked and killed her in the Grand Temple.[45] However, Juno survived and digitally transferred her consciousness inside the temple's walls.[28]
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- With Odin distracted, Loki and Aletheia stole the serum from Ásgarðr,[46] but Aletheia was gravely injured in the endeavor.[48] Loki helped upload her consciousness into the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus,[49][50] and the pair hoped to reunite after the impending catastrophe.[51]
c. 75,010 BCE[52][edit | edit source]
- Humanity rose up in rebellion against the Isu,[53] prompting a ten-year long war.[52][54] Juno's father Saturn was one of the war's first victims.[55]
2306 IE[16] (c. 75,000 BCE)[52][edit | edit source]

- Minerva made preparations for another solution involving the global aurora borealis device to be tried during the next solar cycle, hoping that it would be successful without Juno's influence.[28]
- The Great Catastrophe occurred[16] when a coronal mass ejection struck the Earth. Less than 10,000 humans and far fewer Isu survived the cataclysm, bringing an end to the Human-Isu War.[53]
- As the Great Catastrophe struck the Earth, Odin, Týr, Thor, Freyja, Idun, Frey, Sif, and Heimdall used the serum to upload their DNA into Yggdrasil to be incarnated as humans in future generations, before meeting their inevitable doom. Loki killed Heimdall before he could leave Yggdrasil's chamber, and secretly used the serum to be incarnated as well.[56]
Post 2306 IE[edit | edit source]
- Three months after the Great Catastrophe, six Isu Messengers recorded reports over two weeks' time intended for Layla Hassan, which were stored in vaults scattered around Egypt. In order, they were the Amun Amunet messenger at Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot,[57] the Nomarch messenger at Seshem.eff Er Aat,[58] the Khufu messenger at Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb,[59] the Khnum and Hequet messenger at Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat,[60] the Seth Anath messenger at Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye,[61] and the Sphinx messenger at Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo.[62]
- In the wake of the Great Catastrophe, Earth experienced severe climate changes, with the ash in the atmosphere making the air toxic and causing global temperatures to drop,[41] as a result of the particulate matter backscattering incoming solar radiation and inducing a volcanic winter.
- The human and Isu survivors of the Great Catastrophe worked together to rebuild civilization. The Isu influenced human civilizations' early stages and would subsequently come to be revered as gods by the humans.[53][63]
c. 74,900 BCE[edit | edit source]
- The last Isu died roughly a century after the Great Catastrophe, according to estimates made by the Assassins.[64]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The page image comes from a database entry in the 2014 video game Assassin's Creed: Unity, which presents it as a fragmented representation of an unidentified Isu's genetic memory of their time. From a development angle, it is a collage made up of various unrelated pieces, some of which have been released and identified as part of the environment concept art for the Assassin's Creed series' later 2017 entry, Assassin's Creed: Origins. The stone pillars in the top right are from a work by Raphael Lacoste, while the lone figure on a camel in the bottom right is from Martin Deschambault's concept of the vault Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed II (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (mentioned only) (first identified as Isu Era)
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis (simulation)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Seer vision)
- Dawn of Ragnarök (Seer vision)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage
- Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
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