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{{Quote|If you are asked, say I sent the Apple away. Tell them I sent it to Cyprus, or Cipango, or that I dropped it into the sea. Tell them anything to keep men away from this place. This Apple must not be found, not until the time is right.|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, on the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Quote|If you are asked, say I sent the Apple away. Tell them I sent it to Cyprus, or Cipango, or that I dropped it into the sea. Tell them anything to keep men away from this place. This Apple must not be found, not until the time is right.|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to his son Darim regarding the Apple, 1257.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Lost Legacy (memory)}}
{{Item Infobox
{{Item Infobox
|image = Apple of Eden 2 render.png
|image=ACO Apple of Eden.png
|type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] ([[Apples of Eden|Apple]])
|type=[[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] ([[Apples of Eden|Apple]])
|powers = *Creating illusions
|powers=*Illusion projection<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
*Human mind control
*Human mind-control<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>
|current = Destroyed
*Advanced knowledge<ref name="AC"/><ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
|period = *Prehistory
*Access to [[calculations]]<ref name="ACR"/>
*High Middle Ages
*Apparitions conjuration<ref name="AC"/><ref name="ACO"/>
*Elizabethan era
*Casting tangible holograms<ref name="ACR"/><ref name="ACO"/>
*Invisibility<ref name="AC"/><ref name="ACO"/>
|current=Destroyed
|period=*Prehistory
*[[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic Egypt]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Graphics]]''</ref>
*[[Middle Ages|High Middle Ages]]
*[[Renaissance]]
*[[Modern times]]
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[First Civilization]]
|created=[[Isu]]
|made = Prehistory
|made=Prehistory
|destroyed = Early 21st century, during the [[DIA satellite accident]]
|destroyed=Early 21st century, during the [[DIA satellite accident]]
|notable = *[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]]
|notable=*[[Medunamun]]
*[[Flavius Metellus]]
*[[Bayek]]
*[[Al Mualim]]
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]
*[[Elizabeth I of England]]
*[[Elizabeth I of England]]
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]]}}
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]]
'''Apple of Eden #2''' was a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]], an item of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the [[First Civilization]] to control [[Humans|humankind]].
}}
'''Apple of Eden #2''' was a [[Piece of Eden]] created by the [[Isu]] with the primary purpose of controlling the [[neurotransmitter]]s in [[human]]s to ensure their obedience. Like other Pieces of Eden, it has a long and storied history and has been referred to by many names over the centuries.  


One of its most notable owners was the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who possessed it for the majority of his life and used its capabilities to reform the Assassin Order.
Some of its most notable owners include the [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] and the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], the latter of whom possessed it for the majority of his life and used its capabilities and advanced knowledge to reform and improve the Assassin Brotherhood.


==Usage==
==Names==
Like many [[Apples of Eden]], it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds. The Apple could presumably be used to look into possible future outcomes, using the {{Wiki|Probability theory|theory of probability}}, as well as impart knowledge of formulas and practices surpassing those of its time, as evidenced in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]].
Due to its long history, this Apple of Eden was given many names by its wielders over the centuries. Following its initial rediscovery in the 1st century BCE, it was known as the '''Oracle's Relic''', due in part to it being in the possession of the [[Oracle of Amun]], [[Medunamun]].<ref name="The False Oracle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The False Oracle]]</ref> Shortly thereafter, once it came into the possession of the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]], it was referred to several times as the '''Orb of Siwa'''<ref name="Blade of the Goddess">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref><ref name="The Aftermath">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Aftermath]]</ref> and, eventually, as the '''Light of Amun-Ra'''.<ref name="Final Weighing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>


==History==
Centuries later, when the Apple resurfaced in [[Jerusalem]], it was broadly referred to by [[Al Mualim]] as the '''Templar Treasure''',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref> before finally taking on the name of the '''Apple of Eden'''.<ref name="Al Mualim Assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Al Mualim)]]</ref> In modern times, it was referred to by [[Abstergo Industries]] and the Assassins as '''Apple of Eden #2'''.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
===Middle Ages===
{{Quote|The Piece of Eden is temptation given form.|Al Mualim, about the Apple of Eden.|Assassin's Creed}}
By the [[Third Crusade]], ten [[Templars]] had found the Apple, which remained hidden in the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Some time in 1191, the Templar [[Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sable]] sought to retrieve the Apple, and use it to seize control of the land for the Templars.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>


Discovering this, [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] sent three of his [[Assassins]] – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the brothers [[Malik Al-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar Al-Sayf]] – to intercept him, and take the artifact to the Assassins' fortress in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="AC"/>
==Usage==
{{Quote|He who holds it, commands the hearts and minds of whoever looks upon it. Whoever "tastes" of it, as they say.|Al Mualim describing the Apple's powers to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191.|Assassin's Creed|Assassination (Majd Addin)}}
[[File:ACO The Final Weighing 47.png|thumb|250px|left|Bayek fighting holograms conjured by the Apple of Eden]]
Like other [[Apples of Eden]], it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds.<ref name="Al Mualim Assassination"/> The Apple could presumably be used to look into [[Calculations|possible future outcomes]], using the {{Wiki|Probability theory|theory of probability}}, as well as impart knowledge of formulae and practices surpassing those of its wielder's time, as evidenced in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]].<ref name="Codex">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]</ref>


[[File:Failure_4.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple of Eden in its casing]]
While utilizing the Apple's powers, [[Flavius Metellus]] showed a number of advanced abilities; these included conjuring holograms of his fellow [[Order of the Ancients]] members to attack [[Bayek]], turning himself invisible, and generating a kinetic force which slowed down Bayek momentarily.<ref name="Final Weighing"/>
Despite suffering a grievous injury to his left arm and losing his brother Kadar, Malik Al-Sayf was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it to Al Mualim, while Altaïr was routed by the Templars. Throughout the year, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, while sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>


During Altaïr's absence on a mission to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, revealing himself to be a covert Templar, corrupted by the Apple's power.
[[Al Mualim]] displayed similar abilities while using the Apple to fight [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], being able to temporarily restrain his opponent, mask brainwashed [[Assassins]] as Altaïr's previous targets to attack him, and turn himself invisible, though Altaïr's [[Eagle Vision]] allowed him to see through the artifact's illusions.<ref name="Al Mualim Assassination"/> In his later years, Altaïr mastered the Apple after studying it for most of his life, and he could use it to conjure an entire army of holographic soldiers.<ref name="Passing the Torch">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref>


When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr after his return, he utilized several of the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of his own form.<ref name="AC"/>
==Owners==
*[[Isu]] (until 75,000 BCE)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref>
*[[Order of the Ancients]] (until 48 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
**[[Khemu]] (briefly; 49 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
**[[Medunamun]] (49 BCE – 48 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[Bayek]] (48 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[Amunet|Aya]] (48 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[Apollodorus]] (48 BCE – 47 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[Flavius Metellus]] (47 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*Bayek (47 BCE – 46 BCE)<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[Levantine Rite of the Templar Order|Levantine Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] (1191 – 1257)
**[[Malik Al-Sayf]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/>
**[[Al Mualim]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/>
**[[Abbas Sofian]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/>
**[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (1191 – 1257)<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Elizabeth I of England]] (1559 – 1603)<ref name="Glyphs"/>
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]] (? – 1948)<ref name="Glyphs"/>
*Templar Order (1948 – 21st century)<ref name="Glyphs"/>


[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|250px|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple]]
==History==
However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple after it rolled away from his body. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden being emitted from the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
{{Quote|That cursed marked sphere should stay hidden forever. Caused so much pain.|Bayek, as he hid the Apple in a chest, 46 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Last of the Medjay}}
[[File:Origins Quest04TheFalseOracle Part01.PNG|thumb|250px|A captive Khemu holding the Apple]]
The Apple was first known to be in the possession of the [[Order of the Ancients]] in [[Egypt]] during the 1st century BCE. In 49 BCE, the Order brought the Apple to the [[Temple of Amun]] in [[Siwa]], believing the artifact was connected to the [[Siwa Vault|Isu vault]] beneath the temple, and captured the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] and his son [[Khemu]] to force him to open the vault. However, Bayek lacked the knowledge the Order sought and a fight occured, during which Khemu was killed and the Medjay was left for dead.<ref name="The False Oracle"/>


Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even after his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body on a pyre to be certain that he would not return – against the Assassins' beliefs to not cremate a person on their demise.
After their failure in Siwa, the Order entrusted the Apple to one of their own, [[Medunamun]], who was appointed [[Oracle of Amun]] and continued looking for ways to access the Isu vault under the Temple of Amun. Medunamun used the Apple to torture various priests and villagers for information until his death in 48 BCE at the hands of Bayek, who subsequently claimed the artifact.<ref name="The False Oracle"/> Bayek later gave the Apple to his wife [[Amunet|Aya]], who in turn gave it to [[Cleopatra]]'s advisor [[Apollodorus]] for safekeeping.<ref name="Blade of the Goddess"/>


However, Altaïr's intentions were received both positively and negatively, with Altaïr's former friend and rival [[Abbas Sofian]] being the main person to stand against the Assassin.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
[[File:ACO Flavius and Apple.png|thumb|left|250px|Flavius holding the Apple]]
In 47 BCE, Apollodorus was killed by [[Flavius Metellus]], the ''de facto'' leader of the Order, who took the Apple and used its power to enslave all of [[Cyrenaica]] to his will.<ref name="The Aftermath"/> Combining the Apple with [[Scepter of Alexander the Great|Alexander's Staff of Eden]], which the Order also had in their possession, Flavius and [[Lucius Septimius]] unlocked the Siwa Vault, finding a holographic projection of the globe displaying the locations of other Isu sites.<ref name="Final Weighing"/>


{{Quote|Have you anything to teach us, or will you lead us all to ruin?|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, regarding the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
Not long after, Bayek, seeking revenge on Flavius for his role in Khemu's death, tracked him to [[Cyrene]], where he killed him in combat at the [[Temple of Mars]] despite Flavius using the artifact's powers to deceive the Medjay.<ref name="Final Weighing"/> Having retrieved the Apple, Bayek stored it in a [[Treasure chest|chest]] in Aya's [[The Den|old hideout]] beneath the [[Library of Alexandria]], hoping to keep it hidden away forever.<ref name="Last of the Medjay">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref>
[[File:Mentor's wake 11.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple draining the life from Abbas]]
The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two, after Abbas was angered by Altaïr on the burning of their former [[Mentor]]'s body, shoving him off of the cliff they were standing on.


Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, where he retrieved the Apple, and climbed a watchtower outside the Masyaf fortress.
===Middle Ages===
 
====Acquisition by the Assassins====
However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple began to drain the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the effects of a Piece of Eden than other Assassins, was able to obtain the artifact from Abbas before it killed him. To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake,<ref name="ACR"/> and the Order united under Altaïr.<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>
{{Quote|The Piece of Eden is temptation given form.|Al Mualim to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, about the Apple of Eden, 1191.|Assassin's Creed|Assassination (Jubair al Hakim)}}
At some point between the 1st century BCE and the 9th century CE, the Apple was taken from [[Alexandria]], placed within the [[Ark of the Covenant]], and hidden in the catacombs of [[Solomon]]'s [[Solomon's Temple|Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="Acquisition">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Acquisition]]</ref> Circa 862, the [[Mentor]] of the [[Hidden Ones of Alamut|Alamut Hidden Ones]], [[Rayhan]], heard rumors about the artifact and planned to expand the Hidden Ones' influence by establishing several [[Assassin bureau|bureaus]] in Jerusalem and a stronghold to the north.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Notes from Basim's travels]]: "A New Home for the Hidden Ones"</ref>


Despite this accident, Altaïr carefully studied the Apple throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques and weapons for the Assassins to use.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> Altaïr also carried it with him during the journey to [[Cyprus]] to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm a mob that was falsely rallied against him.<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]</ref>
[[File:Failure_4.png|thumb|250px|The Apple of Eden in its casing]]
In 1191, during the [[Third Crusade]], ten [[Templars]] led by the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sablé]] found the location of the Apple and sought to retrieve the artifact and use it to seize control of the Holy Land. Among them was [[Al Mualim]], the Mentor of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins]], the Templars' sworn enemies.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination II (Robert de Sablé)]]</ref> Betraying his secret alliance with Robert, Al Mualim sent three of his Assassins – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the brothers [[Malik Al-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar Al-Sayf]] – to intercept the Grand Master and bring the Apple to the Assassins' fortress in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="Acquisition"/>


In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe|Maria]] and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] traveled to Mongolia to assassinate [[Genghis Khan]] and eliminate the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol threat]]. They returned to Masyaf ten years later, successful in their objective with the help of the Mongolian Assassin, [[Qulan Gal]].
During the mission, Altaïr tried to kill Robert but was overpowered by the Grand Master. As Altaïr was routed by the Templars, the Al-Sayf brothers were forced to fight the Templars alone.<ref name="Acquisition"/> Despite suffering a grievous injury to his left arm and losing his brother Kadar, Malik was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it back to Al Mualim.<ref name="Failure">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Failure]]</ref> For the next few months, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, while sending Altaïr to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the artifact.<ref name="Knowledge">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Knowledge (Masun)|Knowledge]]</ref>


However, in their absence, Abbas had killed Altaïr's second son [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|Sef]] and imprisoned Malik, later having him killed as well. With the acting leader, Malik, in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself at its head.
[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|left|250px|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple]]
During Altaïr's absence, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf to create his [[New World Order|perfect world]], having been corrupted by the Apple's power. When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr upon his return, he utilized the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of himself. However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple from him. As he was joined by Malik and three other Assassins, the Apple projected a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden around the globe.<ref name="Al Mualim Assassination"/>


[[File:New regime 8.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr using the Apple against Swami]]
Following Al Mualim's defeat, Altaïr, fearing that the Mentor might have deceived him with another illusion, decided to burn his body to be certain of his death. As this was against the Assassins' beliefs, several in the Order opposed him, most notably Altaïr's former friend and rival [[Abbas Sofian]]. The Order was soon split into two factions, and a fight broke out between them after Abbas shoved Altaïr off the cliff they were both standing on.<ref name="The Mentor's Wake">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref>
Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr hand over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it.


Swami, revealing himself to be Sef's killer, and that he had told Sef that his father was the one to order his death before killing him, felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it.
[[File:Mentor's wake 11.png|thumb|250px|The Apple draining the life from Abbas]]
Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, retrieving the Apple, then climbed a watchtower outside the Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the artifact began to drain the life from him and other the other Assassins. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the Piece of Eden's effects, managed to climb the tower and recover the artifact from Abbas before it killed him.<ref name="The Mentor's Wake"/> To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake, and the Order united under Altaïr, who was appointed the new Mentor.<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>


A golden glow shining from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr then escaped Masyaf, urged by Maria's final words, and eventually met with Darim along the way, before he began a 20 year self-imposed exile in [[Alamut]].<ref name="ACTSC"/>
====Altaïr's research====
{{Quote|Have you anything to teach us? Or will you lead us all to ruin?|Altaïr, regarding the Apple, 1191.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|The Mentor's Wake}}
Despite this accident, Altaïr decided to keep the Apple and carefully studied it throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques and weapons for the Assassins to use.<ref name="Codex"/> Altaïr also carried it with him during his journey to [[Cyprus]] to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]], and used it once in public to calm down a mob that was falsely rallied against him.<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>


During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, even managing to create a [[Hidden Gun]] through the knowledge he learned.<ref name="AC2"/> Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six [[Memory Seals]], and once the twenty years of exile came to an end, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue – gaining the support from the Assassins – and tested the newly created weapon on Abbas, killing him.<ref name="ACTSC"/>
In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe]] and their eldest son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] traveled to Mongolia to [[Assassination of Genghis Khan|assassinate]] [[Genghis Khan]] and eliminate the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol threat]]. In their absence, Abbas staged a ''coup d'état'', executing Altaïr's youngest son [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|Sef]] and Malik to seize leadership of the Levantine Assassins. When Altaïr and his family returned to Masyaf a decade later, they learned what had happened and decided to confront Abbas and his followers.<ref name="ACTSC"/>


Upon regaining control of the Order once again, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library, intending to hide all of his books there. A few years later, Darim met the [[Venice|Venetian]] tradesmen [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]], and, inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,<ref name="ACTSC"/> the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92 years old, to become Assassins.
[[File:New regime 8.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr using the Apple against Swami]]
During the meeting, Abbas claimed that Altaïr had been corrupted by the Apple, which he had held for over three decades, and demanded that he hand over the artifact. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take the Apple, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it. As Swami revealed himself as Sef's killer,<ref name="A New Regime"/> a furious Altaïr used the Apple to force the Assassin to start mutilating himself, but he was stopped by Maria.<ref name="ACTSC"/> In the resulting confusion, Swami murdered Maria before he himself was killed by Altaïr, who subsequently fled Masyaf alongside Darim, going into a self-imposed exile in [[Alamut]].<ref name="A New Regime">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A New Regime]]</ref>


After a month of training,<ref name="ACR"/> Masyaf was attacked by the Mongols under command of [[Hülegü Khan|Hulagu Khan]], seeking retaliation for Genghis Khan's death.<ref name="ACTSC"/> Altaïr passed on several of his books and his Codex to the Polo brothers, and before they left Masyaf, he gave Niccolò five of the six Memory Seals, which Altaïr had turned into keys needed to open his library.<ref name="ACR"/>
During his exile, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, managing to create a [[Hidden Gun|gun attachement]] for his [[Hidden Blade]] through the knowledge he gained.<ref name="Codex"/> Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to a small Isu [[Alamut Temple|temple]] beneath Alamut, from which he retrieved six [[Memory Seals]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations: Official Game Guide]]''</ref> Eventually, in 1247, Altaïr returned from his exile and, gaining the support of his fellow Assassins, killed Abbas with his Hidden Gun to reclaim leadership of the Levantine Brotherhood.<ref name="The Mentor's Return">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Return]]</ref>


[[File:Lost legacy 3.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal]]
During the last decade of his life, Altaïr ordered the construction of a [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|library]] in Masyaf, secretly intending to hide the Apple there after his death.<ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref> In August 1257, as Masyaf came under [[Fall of Masyaf|siege]] by the Mongols led by [[Hülegü Khan]], who sought retaliation for Genghis Khan's death, Altaïr used the Apple's powers to repel the attack. He then gave his books, including his Codex, and five of his Memory Seals to the [[Venice|Venetian]] tradesmen and Assassins [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]], trusting them to hide them somewhere safe.<ref name="Passing the Torch"/>
Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf's fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bid each other farewell before the entrance to [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr's library]].


Darim was ordered to take Altaïr's remaining books with him to [[Alexandria]], after which Darim realized that the library was not meant for its supposed purpose, instead being used as a vault.
[[File:Lost legacy 3.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal]]
 
Knowing another Mongol attack to be inevitable, Altaïr had Masyaf evacuated before bidding farewell to Darim in front of the entrance to his library. As his son deduced the library's true purpose, Altaïr told him not to tell anyone about it and to lie that he had sent the Apple away, to keep it hidden from "eager hands". With that, he sealed himself inside the library and, after hiding the Apple in a secret wall compartment, passed away from old age.<ref name="Lost Legacy"/>
Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to its end. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal and sealed it behind a shutter, before imprinting the sixth [[Memory Seals|Memory Seal]] with the memory of himself locking the Apple away and peacefully passing away in his chair, where both the Assassin's remains and the artifact would stay hidden for nearly three centuries.<ref name="ACR"/>


===Renaissance===
===Renaissance===
{{Quote|Another artifact? No. You will stay here. I have seen enough for one life.|Ezio Auditore upon finding the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Quote|Another artifact? No. You will stay here. I have seen enough for one life.|Ezio Auditore upon finding the Apple, 1512.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|A Homecoming}}
In 1509, the Mentor of the [[Italian Assassins]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], found a letter written by his father [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] mentioning the library underneath Masyaf and the vast amount of knowledge it supposedly held.
In 1509, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the Mentor of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]], found a letter written by his father [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] mentioning Altaïr's library underneath Masyaf and the vast amount of knowledge it supposedly held. Intrigued by his discovery, Ezio set out on a journey to the Holy Land to reach a better understanding of the Order through Altaïr's knowledge.<ref name="The Hangman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Hangman]]</ref> Ezio arrived in Masyaf in the winter of 1511, and retrieved Niccolò Polo's journal, ''[[The Secret Crusade]]'', from [[Leandros]], the leader of a small army of [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templars]] tasked with opening Altaïr's library.<ref name="The Wounded Eagle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Wounded Eagle]]</ref>


Intrigued by his discovery, Ezio set out on a journey to the Holy Land to reach a better understanding of the Order through Altaïr's knowledge.<ref name="ACR"/>
[[File:Message 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio discovering the Apple]]
Learning about the five Memory Seals which served as the keys to the library, the Assassin proceeded to make his way to [[Constantinople]] to look for the artifacts and prevent the Templars from acquiring them. After several months of searching, during which he was aided by the local [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] and a bookseller named [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the Seals, and together with Sofia, made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="End of the Road">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[End of the Road]]</ref>


Ezio arrived in Masyaf in the winter of 1511, and retrieved Niccolò Polo's journal "[[The Secret Crusade]]" from [[Leandros]], the leader of a small army of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Templars tasked with opening Altaïr's library.
Entering the library, Ezio found Altaïr's remains, as well as the sixth Memory Seal.<ref name="A Homecoming">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A Homecoming]]</ref> Through it, Ezio relived Altaïr's final moments and discovered the Apple's location, but decided not to take the artifact from its pedestal, leaving it in the library. At that moment, the Apple imparted a message from the [[Nexus]], intended for Ezio's descendant, [[Desmond Miles]], who was viewing his [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] in the [[Animus]]. In the message, [[Jupiter]] recounted the Isu's [[Great Catastrophe|final days]] and provided Desmond with the means to access the [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="The Message">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Message]]</ref>


The Assassin proceeded to make his way to [[Constantinople]] to retrieve the five keys and unlock the entrance to the library. After several months of searching, aided by the [[Turkish Assassins|local Assassins Guild]] and a Venetian-[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] bookseller named [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the keys, and together with her, he made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="ACR"/>
===Elizabethan era===
{{Quote|You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses.|John Dee, describing the painting he gave to Elizabeth Jane Weston, 1603.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Divine Science: Chapter 3 – Elizabeth Jane Weston}}
[[File:Glyph 2 1.png|thumb|250px|The Apple hidden in the globus cruciger]]
Despite both Altaïr's and Ezio's protective actions, the Apple soon found its way into the hands of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] of [[England]], who succeeded her sister [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] after she was killed by the Assassins.<ref name="Glyphs">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs]]</ref> Elizabeth made ample use of the Apple during her reign, so much so that her trusted advisor [[John Dee]] became aware of the artifact and its powers.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 3 – Elizabeth Jane Weston]]</ref>


[[File:Message 2.png|thumb|250px|Ezio discovering the Apple]]
Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the {{Wiki|Judgement of Paris}}, as a wedding present to [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]], the stepdaughter of his former colleague [[Edward Kelley]], after Elizabeth's death.<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
Entering the library, Ezio found Altaïr's remains, as well as the sixth Memory Seal. Ezio relived Altaïr's final moments and discovered the Apple, but decided not to take the artifact from its pedestal, leaving it in the library instead.


At that moment, the Apple imparted a message from the [[Synch Nexus]], intended for Ezio's descendant, [[Desmond Miles]], who was viewing his [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] in the [[Animus]]. In the message, [[Jupiter]] recounted the First Civilization's final days, and provided Desmond the means to access the [[Grand Temple]].<ref name="ACR"/><ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>
===Modern times===
{{Quote|I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble.|An unknown Templar in a letter, referring to William Greer.|Assassin's Creed II|Glyphs}}
By the 20th century, the Apple had passed into the hands of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who used it to acquire a large religious following in [[India]]. However, the Templars discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948 to obtain the Apple.<ref name="Glyphs"/>


===Elizabethan era===
By 1963, the Templars were in possession of both this Apple and [[Apple of Eden 1|another one]], and used them during their [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]], who possessed a [[Apple of Eden 3|third Apple]]. [[William Greer]], the Secret Service agent assigned to drive Kenney's limousine, was trained in the use of Apple of Eden #2 and was instructed to steal the president's Apple after he was killed.<ref name="Glyphs"/>
{{Quote|You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses.|John Dee, describing the painting he gave Elizabeth Jane Weston.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
Somehow, the Apple wound up in the hands of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], an important monarch in 16th century [[United Kingdom|England]], who succeeded her sister [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] after she was assassinated by the Assassin Order.<ref name="AC2"/>


Using the Apple during her reign, her most trusted adviser [[John Dee]] was aware of Elizabeth possessing the artifact, even using one himself during his time living in [[Prague]].<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Divine Science: Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston]]</ref>
Later on, during the early 21st century, [[Abstergo Industries]] experimented with Apple of Eden #2 underneath {{Wiki|Denver International Airport}}. This continued until what would later be called the [[DIA satellite accident]];<ref name="Email">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]] – Subject header: "Additional Subjects?"</ref> [[Daniel Cross]], who was visiting the facility, suddenly experienced a psychotic episode as a result of his [[Bleeding Effect]] and his close proximity to the Apple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Assignment in Denver"</ref> The manic Templar killed everyone in the facility, while the Apple was destroyed in unspecified circumstances that resulted in the devastation of the airport and the deaths of many innocents.<ref name="Email"/>


John Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the {{Wiki|Judgment of Paris}}, as a wedding present to the stepdaughter of his former colleague [[Edward Kelley]], [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]], after Queen Elizabeth's death.<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
==Behind the scenes==
In ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', the Apple was described as being made of silver, but in all subsequent games it was given a golden appearance to match the color of the other Apples of Eden.  


===Modern times===
Unlike [[Apple of Eden 6|Ezio's Apple of Eden]], Altaïr's health did not drain while he used the Apple.<ref name="Passing the Torch"/>
{{Quote|I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble.|An unknown Templar in a letter, referring to William Greer.|Assassin's Creed II}}
By modern times, the Apple had passed into the hands of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who used it to acquire a large religious following in [[India]] during the early 20th century. However, the Templars discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, in order to recover it for themselves.<ref name="AC2"/>


By 1963, the Templars had both [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple #1]] and Apple #2, using the pair in the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]]. [[William Greer]], the Secret Service agent assigned to drive [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]'s limousine, was trained in the use of Apple #2, and was instructed to steal [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple #3]] from Kennedy after he was killed.<ref name="AC2"/>
A deleted [[database]] entry in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' for the Apples of Eden revealed that Templars working for Queen Elizabeth sent out an envoy to Masyaf in the late 16th century to find and recover the Apple from Altaïr's library.


Later on, Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple #2 underneath {{Wiki|Denver International Airport}}, though they eventually caused the DIA satellite accident, ultimately losing the Apple.<ref name="AC"/>
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
Origins Quest04TheFalseOracle Part07.PNG|Bayek holding the bloodied Apple after beating Medunamun to death with it
ACO The Final Weighing 46.jpg|Flavius using the Apple against Bayek
ACO Last of the Medjay 8.png|Bayek hiding the Apple beneath the Library of Alexandria
AC1 Ark of the Covenant.png|The Ark of the Covenant, which used to house the Apple
Almualim-poe-study.png|Al Mualim showing the Apple to Altaïr
AssassinsCreed Al Mualim holding the Piece of Eden.png|Al Mualim wielding the Apple
AC-AltairMalikMap.png|The Apple projecting a holographic map
Mentor's wake 16.png|Altaïr gazing into the Apple
Message 2.png|The Apple creating a Synch Nexus for Ezio
AC Blade of Shao Jun - Pieces of Eden.png|The Apple in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]''
ACRPG - Apple 2.jpg|The Apple in ''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Appearances==
*Unlike [[Ezio's Apple of Eden]], Altaïr's health did not drain while he used the Apple.
*''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' {{c|vision}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' {{c|cameo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]


==References==
==References==
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"If you are asked, say I sent the Apple away. Tell them I sent it to Cyprus, or Cipango, or that I dropped it into the sea. Tell them anything to keep men away from this place. This Apple must not be found, not until the time is right."
―Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to his son Darim regarding the Apple, 1257.[src]-[m]

Apple of Eden #2 was a Piece of Eden created by the Isu with the primary purpose of controlling the neurotransmitters in humans to ensure their obedience. Like other Pieces of Eden, it has a long and storied history and has been referred to by many names over the centuries.

Some of its most notable owners include the Hidden One Bayek of Siwa and the Levantine Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, the latter of whom possessed it for the majority of his life and used its capabilities and advanced knowledge to reform and improve the Assassin Brotherhood.

Names[edit | edit source]

Due to its long history, this Apple of Eden was given many names by its wielders over the centuries. Following its initial rediscovery in the 1st century BCE, it was known as the Oracle's Relic, due in part to it being in the possession of the Oracle of Amun, Medunamun.[5] Shortly thereafter, once it came into the possession of the Medjay Bayek of Siwa, it was referred to several times as the Orb of Siwa[6][7] and, eventually, as the Light of Amun-Ra.[8]

Centuries later, when the Apple resurfaced in Jerusalem, it was broadly referred to by Al Mualim as the Templar Treasure,[9] before finally taking on the name of the Apple of Eden.[10] In modern times, it was referred to by Abstergo Industries and the Assassins as Apple of Eden #2.[11]

Usage[edit | edit source]

"He who holds it, commands the hearts and minds of whoever looks upon it. Whoever "tastes" of it, as they say."
―Al Mualim describing the Apple's powers to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191.[src]-[m]
Bayek fighting holograms conjured by the Apple of Eden

Like other Apples of Eden, it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds.[10] The Apple could presumably be used to look into possible future outcomes, using the theory of probability, as well as impart knowledge of formulae and practices surpassing those of its wielder's time, as evidenced in Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex.[12]

While utilizing the Apple's powers, Flavius Metellus showed a number of advanced abilities; these included conjuring holograms of his fellow Order of the Ancients members to attack Bayek, turning himself invisible, and generating a kinetic force which slowed down Bayek momentarily.[8]

Al Mualim displayed similar abilities while using the Apple to fight Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, being able to temporarily restrain his opponent, mask brainwashed Assassins as Altaïr's previous targets to attack him, and turn himself invisible, though Altaïr's Eagle Vision allowed him to see through the artifact's illusions.[10] In his later years, Altaïr mastered the Apple after studying it for most of his life, and he could use it to conjure an entire army of holographic soldiers.[13]

Owners[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Ptolemaic Egypt[edit | edit source]

"That cursed marked sphere should stay hidden forever. Caused so much pain."
―Bayek, as he hid the Apple in a chest, 46 BCE.[src]-[m]
A captive Khemu holding the Apple

The Apple was first known to be in the possession of the Order of the Ancients in Egypt during the 1st century BCE. In 49 BCE, the Order brought the Apple to the Temple of Amun in Siwa, believing the artifact was connected to the Isu vault beneath the temple, and captured the Medjay Bayek and his son Khemu to force him to open the vault. However, Bayek lacked the knowledge the Order sought and a fight occured, during which Khemu was killed and the Medjay was left for dead.[5]

After their failure in Siwa, the Order entrusted the Apple to one of their own, Medunamun, who was appointed Oracle of Amun and continued looking for ways to access the Isu vault under the Temple of Amun. Medunamun used the Apple to torture various priests and villagers for information until his death in 48 BCE at the hands of Bayek, who subsequently claimed the artifact.[5] Bayek later gave the Apple to his wife Aya, who in turn gave it to Cleopatra's advisor Apollodorus for safekeeping.[6]

Flavius holding the Apple

In 47 BCE, Apollodorus was killed by Flavius Metellus, the de facto leader of the Order, who took the Apple and used its power to enslave all of Cyrenaica to his will.[7] Combining the Apple with Alexander's Staff of Eden, which the Order also had in their possession, Flavius and Lucius Septimius unlocked the Siwa Vault, finding a holographic projection of the globe displaying the locations of other Isu sites.[8]

Not long after, Bayek, seeking revenge on Flavius for his role in Khemu's death, tracked him to Cyrene, where he killed him in combat at the Temple of Mars despite Flavius using the artifact's powers to deceive the Medjay.[8] Having retrieved the Apple, Bayek stored it in a chest in Aya's old hideout beneath the Library of Alexandria, hoping to keep it hidden away forever.[16]

Middle Ages[edit | edit source]

Acquisition by the Assassins[edit | edit source]

"The Piece of Eden is temptation given form."
―Al Mualim to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, about the Apple of Eden, 1191.[src]-[m]

At some point between the 1st century BCE and the 9th century CE, the Apple was taken from Alexandria, placed within the Ark of the Covenant, and hidden in the catacombs of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.[17] Circa 862, the Mentor of the Alamut Hidden Ones, Rayhan, heard rumors about the artifact and planned to expand the Hidden Ones' influence by establishing several bureaus in Jerusalem and a stronghold to the north.[18]

The Apple of Eden in its casing

In 1191, during the Third Crusade, ten Templars led by the Grand Master Robert de Sablé found the location of the Apple and sought to retrieve the artifact and use it to seize control of the Holy Land. Among them was Al Mualim, the Mentor of the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins, the Templars' sworn enemies.[19] Betraying his secret alliance with Robert, Al Mualim sent three of his Assassins – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and the brothers Malik and Kadar Al-Sayf – to intercept the Grand Master and bring the Apple to the Assassins' fortress in Masyaf.[17]

During the mission, Altaïr tried to kill Robert but was overpowered by the Grand Master. As Altaïr was routed by the Templars, the Al-Sayf brothers were forced to fight the Templars alone.[17] Despite suffering a grievous injury to his left arm and losing his brother Kadar, Malik was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it back to Al Mualim.[20] For the next few months, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, while sending Altaïr to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the artifact.[21]

Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple

During Altaïr's absence, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf to create his perfect world, having been corrupted by the Apple's power. When Al Mualim was confronted by Altaïr upon his return, he utilized the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of himself. However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple from him. As he was joined by Malik and three other Assassins, the Apple projected a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden around the globe.[10]

Following Al Mualim's defeat, Altaïr, fearing that the Mentor might have deceived him with another illusion, decided to burn his body to be certain of his death. As this was against the Assassins' beliefs, several in the Order opposed him, most notably Altaïr's former friend and rival Abbas Sofian. The Order was soon split into two factions, and a fight broke out between them after Abbas shoved Altaïr off the cliff they were both standing on.[22]

The Apple draining the life from Abbas

Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, retrieving the Apple, then climbed a watchtower outside the Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the artifact began to drain the life from him and other the other Assassins. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the Piece of Eden's effects, managed to climb the tower and recover the artifact from Abbas before it killed him.[22] To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake, and the Order united under Altaïr, who was appointed the new Mentor.[23]

Altaïr's research[edit | edit source]

"Have you anything to teach us? Or will you lead us all to ruin?"
―Altaïr, regarding the Apple, 1191.[src]-[m]

Despite this accident, Altaïr decided to keep the Apple and carefully studied it throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques and weapons for the Assassins to use.[12] Altaïr also carried it with him during his journey to Cyprus to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm down a mob that was falsely rallied against him.[24]

In 1217, Altaïr, his wife Maria Thorpe and their eldest son Darim traveled to Mongolia to assassinate Genghis Khan and eliminate the Mongol threat. In their absence, Abbas staged a coup d'état, executing Altaïr's youngest son Sef and Malik to seize leadership of the Levantine Assassins. When Altaïr and his family returned to Masyaf a decade later, they learned what had happened and decided to confront Abbas and his followers.[23]

Altaïr using the Apple against Swami

During the meeting, Abbas claimed that Altaïr had been corrupted by the Apple, which he had held for over three decades, and demanded that he hand over the artifact. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take the Apple, and Abbas' henchman Swami came to retrieve it. As Swami revealed himself as Sef's killer,[25] a furious Altaïr used the Apple to force the Assassin to start mutilating himself, but he was stopped by Maria.[23] In the resulting confusion, Swami murdered Maria before he himself was killed by Altaïr, who subsequently fled Masyaf alongside Darim, going into a self-imposed exile in Alamut.[25]

During his exile, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, managing to create a gun attachement for his Hidden Blade through the knowledge he gained.[12] Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to a small Isu temple beneath Alamut, from which he retrieved six Memory Seals.[26] Eventually, in 1247, Altaïr returned from his exile and, gaining the support of his fellow Assassins, killed Abbas with his Hidden Gun to reclaim leadership of the Levantine Brotherhood.[27]

During the last decade of his life, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library in Masyaf, secretly intending to hide the Apple there after his death.[28] In August 1257, as Masyaf came under siege by the Mongols led by Hülegü Khan, who sought retaliation for Genghis Khan's death, Altaïr used the Apple's powers to repel the attack. He then gave his books, including his Codex, and five of his Memory Seals to the Venetian tradesmen and Assassins Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, trusting them to hide them somewhere safe.[13]

Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal

Knowing another Mongol attack to be inevitable, Altaïr had Masyaf evacuated before bidding farewell to Darim in front of the entrance to his library. As his son deduced the library's true purpose, Altaïr told him not to tell anyone about it and to lie that he had sent the Apple away, to keep it hidden from "eager hands". With that, he sealed himself inside the library and, after hiding the Apple in a secret wall compartment, passed away from old age.[28]

Renaissance[edit | edit source]

"Another artifact? No. You will stay here. I have seen enough for one life."
―Ezio Auditore upon finding the Apple, 1512.[src]-[m]

In 1509, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, found a letter written by his father Giovanni mentioning Altaïr's library underneath Masyaf and the vast amount of knowledge it supposedly held. Intrigued by his discovery, Ezio set out on a journey to the Holy Land to reach a better understanding of the Order through Altaïr's knowledge.[29] Ezio arrived in Masyaf in the winter of 1511, and retrieved Niccolò Polo's journal, The Secret Crusade, from Leandros, the leader of a small army of Byzantine Templars tasked with opening Altaïr's library.[30]

Ezio discovering the Apple

Learning about the five Memory Seals which served as the keys to the library, the Assassin proceeded to make his way to Constantinople to look for the artifacts and prevent the Templars from acquiring them. After several months of searching, during which he was aided by the local Ottoman Assassins and a bookseller named Sofia Sartor, Ezio was able to obtain the Seals, and together with Sofia, made his way to Masyaf once again.[31]

Entering the library, Ezio found Altaïr's remains, as well as the sixth Memory Seal.[32] Through it, Ezio relived Altaïr's final moments and discovered the Apple's location, but decided not to take the artifact from its pedestal, leaving it in the library. At that moment, the Apple imparted a message from the Nexus, intended for Ezio's descendant, Desmond Miles, who was viewing his genetic memories in the Animus. In the message, Jupiter recounted the Isu's final days and provided Desmond with the means to access the Grand Temple.[33]

Elizabethan era[edit | edit source]

"You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses."
―John Dee, describing the painting he gave to Elizabeth Jane Weston, 1603.[src]-[m]
The Apple hidden in the globus cruciger

Despite both Altaïr's and Ezio's protective actions, the Apple soon found its way into the hands of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who succeeded her sister Mary I after she was killed by the Assassins.[15] Elizabeth made ample use of the Apple during her reign, so much so that her trusted advisor John Dee became aware of the artifact and its powers.[34]

Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the Judgement of Paris, as a wedding present to Elizabeth Jane Weston, the stepdaughter of his former colleague Edward Kelley, after Elizabeth's death.[34]

Modern times[edit | edit source]

"I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble."
―An unknown Templar in a letter, referring to William Greer.[src]-[m]

By the 20th century, the Apple had passed into the hands of Mahatma Gandhi, who used it to acquire a large religious following in India. However, the Templars discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948 to obtain the Apple.[15]

By 1963, the Templars were in possession of both this Apple and another one, and used them during their assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who possessed a third Apple. William Greer, the Secret Service agent assigned to drive Kenney's limousine, was trained in the use of Apple of Eden #2 and was instructed to steal the president's Apple after he was killed.[15]

Later on, during the early 21st century, Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple of Eden #2 underneath Denver International Airport. This continued until what would later be called the DIA satellite accident;[35] Daniel Cross, who was visiting the facility, suddenly experienced a psychotic episode as a result of his Bleeding Effect and his close proximity to the Apple.[36] The manic Templar killed everyone in the facility, while the Apple was destroyed in unspecified circumstances that resulted in the devastation of the airport and the deaths of many innocents.[35]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

In Assassin's Creed, the Apple was described as being made of silver, but in all subsequent games it was given a golden appearance to match the color of the other Apples of Eden.

Unlike Ezio's Apple of Eden, Altaïr's health did not drain while he used the Apple.[13]

A deleted database entry in Assassin's Creed III for the Apples of Eden revealed that Templars working for Queen Elizabeth sent out an envoy to Masyaf in the late 16th century to find and recover the Apple from Altaïr's library.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Bayek holding the bloodied Apple after beating Medunamun to death with it
    Bayek holding the bloodied Apple after beating Medunamun to death with it
  • Flavius using the Apple against Bayek
    Flavius using the Apple against Bayek
  • Bayek hiding the Apple beneath the Library of Alexandria
    Bayek hiding the Apple beneath the Library of Alexandria
  • The Ark of the Covenant, which used to house the Apple
    The Ark of the Covenant, which used to house the Apple
  • Al Mualim showing the Apple to Altaïr
    Al Mualim showing the Apple to Altaïr
  • Al Mualim wielding the Apple
    Al Mualim wielding the Apple
  • The Apple projecting a holographic map
    The Apple projecting a holographic map
  • Altaïr gazing into the Apple
    Altaïr gazing into the Apple
  • The Apple creating a Synch Nexus for Ezio
    The Apple creating a Synch Nexus for Ezio
  • The Apple in Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
    The Apple in Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
  • The Apple in Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game
    The Apple in Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Assassin's Creed: Origins
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Assassin's Creed
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Graphics
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed: Origins – The False Oracle
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya: Blade of the Goddess
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Aftermath
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Final Weighing
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Majd Addin)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Al Mualim)
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed II
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed II – Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Passing the Torch
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Timeline
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Assassin's Creed II – Glyphs
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Last of the Medjay
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Assassin's Creed – Acquisition
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Notes from Basim's travels: "A New Home for the Hidden Ones"
  19. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Assassination II (Robert de Sablé)
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Failure
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Knowledge
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Mentor's Wake
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
  24. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A New Regime
  26. ↑ Assassin's Creed Revelations: Official Game Guide
  27. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Mentor's Return
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Lost Legacy
  29. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Hangman
  30. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Wounded Eagle
  31. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – End of the Road
  32. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A Homecoming
  33. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Message
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 3 – Elizabeth Jane Weston
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Assassin's Creed – Warren Vidic's email – Subject header: "Additional Subjects?"
  36. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files: "Assignment in Denver"

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