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{{Item Infobox
{{Item Infobox
|image = Apple of Eden.png
|image = ACU Apple of Eden 1 render 001.png
|type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] ([[Apples of Eden|Apple]])
|type = [[Piece of Eden]] ([[Apples of Eden|Apple]])
|powers = *Creating illusions
|powers = *Illusion projection
*Human mind control
*Human mind-control
*Power imbuing
*Casting tangible holograms
*Memory projection/alteration
|current = Unknown
|current = Unknown
|period = *Prehistory
|period = *Prehistory
*[[Roman Empire]]
*[[Middle Ages]]
*[[French Revolution]]
*[[French Revolution]]
*[[Napoleonic Wars]]
*[[Modern times]]
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[First Civilization]]
|created = [[Isu]]
|made = Prehistory
|made = Prehistory
|notable = *[[Suger of Saint-Denis]]
|notable = *[[Saint Denis of Paris]]
*[[Suger of Saint-Denis]]
*[[Arno Dorian]]
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
*[[Harry Houdini]]}}
*[[Harry Houdini]]
'''Apple of Eden #1''' was one of the [[Pieces of Eden]], a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the [[First Civilization]] to control [[Humans|humankind]]. It was the first among several other [[Apples of Eden]]. It is also the smallest know apple of eden
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'''Apple of Eden #1''' was a [[Piece of Eden]], a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the [[Isu]] to control [[human]]ity.
 
The first among several known [[Apples of Eden]], it was relatively small compared to the other artifacts. From the 3rd century until 1794, the Apple was housed within the [[Head of Saint Denis]], a head-shaped [[lantern]], granting it unique properties.


==Owners==
==Owners==
*First Civilization (? – ?)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
*Isu (until c. 75,000 BCE)<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref>
*[[Suger of Saint-Denis]] (11th – 12th century)<ref name="DK">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''[[Dead Kings]]''</ref>
*[[Saint Denis of Paris]] (3rd century)<ref name="SoP">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[Notes from Eivor's travels]]: "Ancient Stone Tablet 2"</ref>
*[[Arno Dorian]] (1794)<ref name="DK"/>
*Saint Denis' successor (3rd century)<ref name="SoP"/>
*[[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]] (1794 – c. 1799)<ref name="DK"/>
*[[Suger of Saint-Denis]] (c. 1140)<ref name="DK">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''[[Dead Kings]]''</ref>
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]] (c. 1799 – ?)<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #2 "Sixty-four Squares"</ref>
*[[Arno Dorian]] (August 1794)<ref name="DK" />
*[[Harry Houdini]] (? – 1926)<ref name="AC2 – Glyph3">''Assassin's Creed II'' - Glyph #3 "Descendants"</ref>
*[[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]] (1794 – c. 1799)<ref name="DK" />
*[[Templars]] (1926 – ?)<ref name="AC2 – Glyph3"/><ref name="AC2 – Glyph9">''Assassin's Creed II'' – Glyph #9 "Hat-trick"</ref>
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]] (c. 1799)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #2: "Sixty-four Squares"</ref>
*[[Harry Houdini]] (until 1926)<ref name="Glyph3">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #3: "Descendants"</ref>
*[[Templars]] (1926 – ?)<ref name="Glyph3" /><ref name="Glyph9">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]]: #9 "Hat-trick"</ref>


==History==
==History==
Until 1794, the artifact was stored within the [[Head of Saint Denis]], locked inside the [[Saint-Denis Temple]]. Constructed by the First Civilization, the artifact was capable of augmenting the Head of Saint Denis' power to project illusions and imbue weapons with mystical power.<ref name="DK"/>
===Early history===
Like the other Apples of Eden, this artifact was created by the Isu to control the minds of their [[Slavery|slave]] race, humanity.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> At some point prior to the [[Great Catastrophe]] in 75,000 BCE,<ref name="ACI" /> which resulted in the near-total extinction of the Isu,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> this particular Apple was locked away within a [[Saint-Denis Temple|temple]] underneath the modern-day town of [[Saint-Denis]], [[France]].
 
===3rd century===
In the 3rd century, the Saint-Denis Temple was discovered by the bishop [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]], who took the Apple and used it to convert the population of [[Paris|Lutetia]] to [[Christianity]]. After the bishop was arrested, imprisoned, and executed by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]], the Apple was retrieved by one of his successors, who used it to implant a false memory of Denis walking with his decapitated head into the minds of the general populace.<ref name="SoP" />
 
However, the Apple soon began to negatively influence the successor, and he created the Head of Saint Denis to contain it.<ref name="SoP" /> The Apple granted the lantern special powers, allowing it to burn indefinitely with no form of fuel and create terrifying illusions that could scare people to the point of death.<ref name="Crown of Thorns">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref> Eventually realizing that the artifact's power was too great for any human to wield, the successor returned it to the temple where Denis had first found it.<ref name="SoP" />
 
===12th century===
At some point during the 12th century, the Head of Saint Denis and the Apple were discovered by the abbot [[Suger of Saint-Denis]], who used the knowledge he gained from the Apple to create the [[Eagle of Suger]], a powerful [[sword]]. Moreover, his architectural redesign of the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]], generally considered to be the first {{Wiki|Gothic architecture|Gothic}} church, also came from visions induced by the artifact.<ref name="Suger's Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[Suger's Legacy]]</ref>


In August 1794, Napoleon Bonaparte employed a group of tomb [[raiders]] led by [[Philippe Rose]] to find the Temple and the artifact stored within. [[Arno Dorian]] was able to open the temple ahead of the raiders and retrieve the Head of Saint Denis, using its power to repel the raiders and make his escape.<ref name="DK"/>
===18th century===
In August 1794, [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] employed a group of tomb [[raider]]s led by [[Philippe Rose]] to find the Saint-Denis Temple and the artifact stored within.<ref name="Book Thief">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[The Book Thief]]</ref> The former [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] was able to access the temple ahead of the raiders and retrieve the Head of Saint Denis, using its power to repel the raiders and make his escape.<ref name="Crown of Thorns" />


Unwilling to let the artifact fall into Napoleon's hands, Arno removed the Apple from the lantern and passed it to a member of the [[French Assassins|French Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], with instructions to bring it to [[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]] in [[Cairo]]. In 1798, Napoleon led an expedition to Egypt,<ref name="DK"/> and returned home after acquiring the artifact.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9q3F1JS7E YouTube: ''The Assassin's Den - ft. Jeffrey Yohalem (Dead Kings discussion and more)'']</ref>
[[File:ACU Sphere of Eden.png|thumb|250px|left|Arno holding the Apple]]
Unwilling to let the artifact fall into Napoleon's or anyone else's hands, Arno later removed the Apple from the lantern and passed it to a member of the French Brotherhood with instructions to deliver it to the leader of the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]], [[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]], in [[Cairo]].<ref name="Crown of Thorns" /> In 1798, Napoleon led an expedition to [[Egypt]] and returned home after acquiring the Apple, which allowed him to rise to power as First Consul and later [[French Empire|Emperor of the French]].<ref>{{Youtube|video=Rt9q3F1JS7E|text=The Assassin's Den - ft. Jeffrey Yohalem (Dead Kings discussion and more)|channel=@loomer|channelname=Loomer|quote={{Cite}}}}</ref>


The next known owner of the Apple was Harry Houdini, a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist. He used the Apple to execute stunts that, even to this day, are considered impossible. While Houdini officially died from peritonitis from a ruptured appendix, [[Clay Kaczmarek]]'s [[Glyphs]] suggested that Houdini had been killed by Templar agents who wished to take possession of his Apple.<ref name="AC2 – Glyph3"/>
Before being exiled to {{Wiki|Saint Helena}}, Napoleon hid the Apple of Eden in a crypt underneath [[Les Invalides]], where it would stay until 1840, when his remains were repatriated. That year, General [[Henri-Gatien Bertrand]] moved it to the Saint-Jérôme chapel at Les Invalides, to keep it close to the late emperor, hiding it under a golden cushion atop of which rested Napoleon's precious sword from {{Wiki|Austerlitz}}. It was transferred to an even safer location in 1861.<ref>''[[Le Secret de Napoléon Ier]]''</ref>


The Apple was later used in the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]], to cause the "Phantom on the Hill" effect. This effect created the illusion of a second gunman on the grassy knoll of Dealey Plaza in Dallas, [[Texas]]. The goal of this illusion was to make it more difficult to persecute [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] – a Templar sleeper agent – later on, and to disguise the true intentions of the Templar-executed assassination from later investigation.<ref name="AC2 – Glyph9"/>
===19th and 20th centuries===
The next known owner of the Apple was [[Harry Houdini]], a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[United States|American]] magician and escapologist. He used the artifact to execute stunts that, even to this day, are considered impossible. While Houdini officially died from peritonitis from a ruptured appendix in 1926, [[Clay Kaczmarek]]'s [[Glyphs]] suggested that Houdini had been killed by [[Templars|Templar]] agents who wished to take possession of his Apple.<ref name="Glyph3" />
 
The Apple was later used in the 1963 [[assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]] to cause the "Phantom on the Hill" effect. This created the illusion of a second gunman on the grassy knoll of {{Wiki|Dealey Plaza}} in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. The goal of this illusion was to make it more difficult to persecute the Templar sleeper agent [[Lee Harvey Oswald]],<ref name="Glyph9"/> and to disguise the true intentions of the [[Assassin]]-executed [[assassination]] from later investigations.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]''</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACU Sphere of Eden.png|Arno holding the Apple of Eden
ACU Sphere of Eden 2.png|Arno packing the Apple for its journey to Egypt
ACU Sphere of Eden 2.png|Arno packing the Apple for its journey
Glyph 2 2.png|Napoleon hiding the Apple under his vest
Glyph 2 2.png|Napoleon hiding the Apple under the vest
Glyph 3 2.png|Houdini using the Apple during an act
Glyph 3 2.png|Houdini using the Apple during an act
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{C|Glyphs only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]'' {{C|2nd edition}}
*''[[Le Secret de Napoléon Ier]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' {{Imo}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{PoE}}
{{Isu}}
[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]
{{ACU}}
[[Category:Apples of Eden]]

Latest revision as of 19:39, 8 May 2026

Apple of Eden #1 was a Piece of Eden, a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the Isu to control humanity.

The first among several known Apples of Eden, it was relatively small compared to the other artifacts. From the 3rd century until 1794, the Apple was housed within the Head of Saint Denis, a head-shaped lantern, granting it unique properties.

Owners[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Early history[edit | edit source]

Like the other Apples of Eden, this artifact was created by the Isu to control the minds of their slave race, humanity.[7] At some point prior to the Great Catastrophe in 75,000 BCE,[1] which resulted in the near-total extinction of the Isu,[8] this particular Apple was locked away within a temple underneath the modern-day town of Saint-Denis, France.

3rd century[edit | edit source]

In the 3rd century, the Saint-Denis Temple was discovered by the bishop Denis, who took the Apple and used it to convert the population of Lutetia to Christianity. After the bishop was arrested, imprisoned, and executed by the Romans, the Apple was retrieved by one of his successors, who used it to implant a false memory of Denis walking with his decapitated head into the minds of the general populace.[2]

However, the Apple soon began to negatively influence the successor, and he created the Head of Saint Denis to contain it.[2] The Apple granted the lantern special powers, allowing it to burn indefinitely with no form of fuel and create terrifying illusions that could scare people to the point of death.[9] Eventually realizing that the artifact's power was too great for any human to wield, the successor returned it to the temple where Denis had first found it.[2]

12th century[edit | edit source]

At some point during the 12th century, the Head of Saint Denis and the Apple were discovered by the abbot Suger of Saint-Denis, who used the knowledge he gained from the Apple to create the Eagle of Suger, a powerful sword. Moreover, his architectural redesign of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, generally considered to be the first Gothic church, also came from visions induced by the artifact.[10]

18th century[edit | edit source]

In August 1794, Napoleon Bonaparte employed a group of tomb raiders led by Philippe Rose to find the Saint-Denis Temple and the artifact stored within.[11] The former French Assassin Arno Dorian was able to access the temple ahead of the raiders and retrieve the Head of Saint Denis, using its power to repel the raiders and make his escape.[9]

Arno holding the Apple

Unwilling to let the artifact fall into Napoleon's or anyone else's hands, Arno later removed the Apple from the lantern and passed it to a member of the French Brotherhood with instructions to deliver it to the leader of the Egyptian Assassins, Al Mualim, in Cairo.[9] In 1798, Napoleon led an expedition to Egypt and returned home after acquiring the Apple, which allowed him to rise to power as First Consul and later Emperor of the French.[12]

Before being exiled to Saint Helena, Napoleon hid the Apple of Eden in a crypt underneath Les Invalides, where it would stay until 1840, when his remains were repatriated. That year, General Henri-Gatien Bertrand moved it to the Saint-Jérôme chapel at Les Invalides, to keep it close to the late emperor, hiding it under a golden cushion atop of which rested Napoleon's precious sword from Austerlitz. It was transferred to an even safer location in 1861.[13]

19th and 20th centuries[edit | edit source]

The next known owner of the Apple was Harry Houdini, a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist. He used the artifact to execute stunts that, even to this day, are considered impossible. While Houdini officially died from peritonitis from a ruptured appendix in 1926, Clay Kaczmarek's Glyphs suggested that Houdini had been killed by Templar agents who wished to take possession of his Apple.[5]

The Apple was later used in the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy to cause the "Phantom on the Hill" effect. This created the illusion of a second gunman on the grassy knoll of Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The goal of this illusion was to make it more difficult to persecute the Templar sleeper agent Lee Harvey Oswald,[6] and to disguise the true intentions of the Assassin-executed assassination from later investigations.[14]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Arno packing the Apple for its journey to Egypt
    Arno packing the Apple for its journey to Egypt
  • Napoleon hiding the Apple under his vest
    Napoleon hiding the Apple under his vest
  • Houdini using the Apple during an act
    Houdini using the Apple during an act

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Timeline
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris – Notes from Eivor's travels: "Ancient Stone Tablet 2"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #2: "Sixty-four Squares"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #3: "Descendants"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed II – Glyph: #9 "Hat-trick"
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Modern day
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – In Bocca al Lupo
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – A Crown of Thorns
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Suger's Legacy
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – The Book Thief
  12. ↑ The Assassin's Den - ft. Jeffrey Yohalem (Dead Kings discussion and more) on the Loomer YouTube channel. " [citation needed] "
  13. ↑ Le Secret de Napoléon Ier
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone – Book 1

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