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| *Bribery (merge [[Heralds]] and [[Town criers]]?) | | *http://collider.com/assassins-creed-movie-things-to-know/ |
| *Smuggling? | | *http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/assassin-creed-everything-need-know/ |
| | *http://www.gamesradar.com/ive-seen-the-first-15-minutes-of-the-assassins-creed-movie-and-its-exactly-what-i-wanted/ |
| | *http://blog.ubi.com/assassins-creed-movie-impressions-from-the-set-outside-almeria-spain/ |
| | *http://www.gamesradar.com/how-a-visit-to-the-set-of-assassins-creed-proved-this-is-no-ordinary-video-game-movie/ |
| | *https://council.assassinscreed.com/#!/article/costume-design-and-assassins-attire-35791 |
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| =Ships= | | ==Parisian locations== |
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| | *[[Palais de Justice]] |
| '''Ships''' are large watercraft used for transport or war. Medieval [[Assassins]] hired ships to sail across the [[Mediterranean Sea]], but by the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], they were sailing their own ships for naval combat. The ''[[Aquila]]'' was launched from [[France]] in 1749 as the flagship of the Assassin Navy.<ref name="AC3"/> The Assassin [[Gavin]] manned a ship, the ''[[Altair II]]'', in 2012.
| | *[[Les Invalides]] |
| | *[[Hôtel-Dieu]] |
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| ==Medieval ships== | | ==Project Legacy== |
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| | These require wikilinks, or could do with articles of their own: |
| Acreharbourlighthousesouth.png|A [[Crusaders|Crusader]] ship in [[Acre harbor]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>
| | *[[The Louvre]] ([[Divine Science: Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel]]) |
| Wet Work 1.png|[[Renaissance]] merchant vessel/ferry<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
| | *{{Wiki|Besançon}} (") |
| High-stakes-negotiation-memory.png|16th century trading ship<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
| | *{{Wiki|Perenelle Flamel}} (") |
| Loose_Cannon_7.png|16th century warship<ref name="ACB"/>
| | *{{Wiki|Holy Innocents' Cemetery}} (") |
| A-warm-welcome-memory.png|[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] variant<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
| | *{{Wiki|Troyes Cathedral}} (") |
| ACR_Mediterranean_Sea.png|Ottoman ferry<ref name="ACR"/>
| | *{{Wiki|Coroebus of Elis}} ([[Divine Science: Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax]]) |
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| | *{{Wiki|Pherecydes of Syros}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Theano (philosopher)|Theano}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Třeboň}} ([[Divine Science: Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston]]) |
| | *{{Wiki|William of Rosenberg|Count Rožmberk}} (") |
| | *''Jane Cooper'' (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Hněvín Castle}} (") |
| | *[[Palace of Westminster]] ([[Contracts (Project Legacy)]]) |
| | *[[Wittenberg]] (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Strigolniki}} (") |
| | *[[Georg von Frundsberg]] (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Landsknecht|Landsknechte}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Saamoothiri}} (") |
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| [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] and Ottoman ships used [[Greek Fire]].<ref name="ACR"/>
| | ==Other things to do== |
| | *Bocce |
| | *Checkers |
| | *Morris |
| | *Fanorona |
| | *{{Wiki|Ivan the Terrible}}? |
| | *{{Wiki|John Gay}} and ''{{Wiki|The Beggar's Opera}}''? |
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| ==Colonial ships==
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| ===Types===
| | {{Quote|Hey, did you ever think about that word? "Smuggler?" Rather funny, isn't it?|A smuggler working for [[Upton Travers]], 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}} |
| In order of smallest to largest:
| | '''Smuggling''' is the illegal transportation of goods. |
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| ACIII-Frenchinvolvement_3.png|'''{{Wiki|Gunboat}}s''' were small, inexpensive and easy to assemble ships armed with one or two large cannons. They would grouped together to fire in numbers.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> <ref name="Shipclass">[http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/edgeonline/2013/07/Assassins-Creed-IV-Ship-Classes.jpg ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' Ship Classes promotional image]</ref>
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| A_Call_for_Help_3.png|'''{{Wiki|Schooner}}s''' were small light craft built for speed, armed with several cannons. They were the preferred ships for privateers during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3"/><ref name="Shipclass"/>
| | ==Far East== |
| | For the inevitable Shao Jun or Japanese ACs. |
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| Wiki_noimage.jpg|'''{{Wiki|Brig}}s''' were larger than a schooner and equipped with a bow ram and 24 cannons. Brigs and schooners had two sailing masts.<ref name="Shipclass"/>
| | {{Era|AC2|ACB|ACR|DYL|TSC|ACE}} |
| | The '''Far East''' referred to the countries located in east [[Asia]]. |
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| ACIII-LaBelladonna.png|'''{{Wiki|Frigate}}s''' were long, relatively light warships loaded with 24-46 cannons. Due to their size and speed, they were often used for reconnaisance, or to escort merchant ships.<ref name="AC3"/><ref name="Shipclass"/>
| | The [[Chinese Assassins|Chinese]] and [[Mongolian Assassins|Mongolian]] branches of the [[Assassins]] were active in the region, removing tyrants like [[Qin Shi Huang]] and [[Genghis Khan]]. Despite Genghis' assassination at the hands of [[Qulan Gal]], and the aid of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], they were unable to stop the spread of the [[Mongol Empire]] and the conquering of [[China]]. |
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| ACIII-Bitterend 6.png|'''{{Wiki|Man-of-war}}''' was a catch-all term for the largest and most powerful warships, many of which were {{Wiki|Ship of the Line|Ships of the Line}}, designed with multiple gun decks bearing 16-50 cannons and all avaliable types of ammunition. Men-of-War and frigates had three sailing masts.<ref name="AC3"/>
| | The [[Italian Assassins]], including [[Marco Polo]], travelled through the Far East and to the court of [[Kublai Khan]], where they recovered [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]]. |
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| | By 1524, the Chinese Assassins had been wiped out by the Emperor [[Jiajing]]. After seeking the aid of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the former Mentor of the Italian Assassins, [[Shao Jun]] journey back to her country to rebuild the Order. By the 21st century, the Assassins had a cell located in [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]. |
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| Jackdaw.png|The ''[[Jackdaw]]'', a [[Piracy|pirate]] ship captained by [[Edward Kenway]], resembled a cross between a brig and a frigate, while armed like a Man-of-War.<ref name="Shipclass"/>
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| AC3_Aquila_Homestead_Bay.png|The ''[[Aquila]]'', [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]]'s ship, continued the jack-of-all-trades design approach, combining speed with heavy offensive capabilities.<ref name="AC3"/>
| | ==Religion== |
| | {{Era|AC|ACBL|AC2|AC2D|ACB|ACR|AC3}} |
| | '''Religion''' is something the leaders of the [[Templars]] and [[Assassins]] do not practice due to their knowledge of the [[First Civilization]]. The former often moved into religious positions of power to control people, while the latter protected the rights of people to believe what they wanted. |
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| Journey_to_the_New_World_1.png|The ''[[Providence]]'' was an unusually large and heavily armed 18th century merchant vessel.<ref name="AC3"/>
| | The [[Aztecs]]' worship of {{Wiki|Tezcatlipoca}} involved human sacrifices, greatly disgusting the [[Spanish Army|troops]] under [[Hernán Cortés]]. |
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| ACIII-Conflictlooms_13.png|Three-masted ship with one gun deck.<ref name="AC3"/>
| | The [[Hermeticists]] believed man, the gods and the world were all equal, and were driven underground as their beliefs undermined the Church. |
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| ===Ammunition===
| | The [[Freemasons]] were a Brotherhood founded after the Renaissance which allowed any man, regardless of what god he believed in, to join. |
| Ships were equipped with numerous forms of cannon fire:
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| ACIII-HardWay_9.png|'''{{Wiki|Round shot}}''' is the term for a normal cannonball.<ref name="AC3"/>
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| ACIII-Biddlehideout_2.png|'''{{Wiki|Chain-shot}}s''' consisted of two linked cannonballs designed to disable a ship's sails, allowing her to be boarded.<ref name="AC3"/>
| | During the [[French Revolution]], the revolutionary government tried to replace Christianity with the worship of the Supreme Being, an anthromorphisation of reason. [http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32] |
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| ACIII-HardWay_10.png|'''{{Wiki|Swivel gun}}s''' were designed to fire beyond the normal range of a cannon. A single shot could blow up a ship after barrage had exposed its gunpowder supply, or detonate [[naval mines]].<ref name="AC3"/>
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| The_Ghost_War_Act_1_1.png|'''{{Wiki|Grapeshot}}''' were group of small balls or slugs fired through the gun muzzle from a bag. Small ships would fire grapeshot due to their small number of guns, but were also susceptible to it.<ref name="AC3"/>
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| Dread_of_Night_2.png|'''{{Wiki|Heated shot}}s''' were designed to set a ship on fire. Men-of-War and frigates were armed with these.<ref name="AC3"/>
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| ACIII-Chase 7.png|'''{{Wiki|Mortar (weapon)|Mortars}}''' were commonly used in [[forts]], but could also be installed on ships like the Man-of-War the ''Aquila'' faced during the [[Battle of the Chesapeake]].<ref name="AC3"/>
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| Wiki_noimage.jpg|'''Fire barrels''' filled with gunpowder could be dumped from a ship to explode on impact when the enemy sailed into it. Schooners could use their speed to lay a trap with fire barrels.<ref name="Shipclass"/>
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| ==Modern ships==
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| ACI_Altair_II.jpg|The ''[[Altair II]]'', a 21st century Assassin surveillance ship.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *In ''Assassin's Creed III'', [[Lance O'Donnell]] can [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|craft]] naval convoys with {{Wiki|spruce}} lumber, Oak bark and [[Bears|bear]] grease, while [[Ellen]] can sow sails with {{Wiki|Linsey-woolsey}}.
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| =Swimming=
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| '''Swimming''' is the skill of staying afloat, moving and diving in water. The [[Assassins]] could swim to sneak past [[guards]] or escape them.
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| [[Desmond Miles]]' ancestors [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] were capable swimmers, able to dive from great heights and hold their breath for several seconds.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> Ezio's [[apprentices]] in [[Rome]] were trained to swim, as their [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|initiation ceremony]] required performing the [[Leap of Faith]] into the [[Tiber]] river. However, swimming was slower than [[freerunning]], and it was preferrable to jump on whatever surface they could find.<ref>'''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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| [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] was capable of swimming, but a glitch in the [[Animus|Animus 1.28]] would cause him to drown on contact with water, which was corrected in the Animus 2.0 when Desmond began to relive Ezio's memories.<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' game manual</ref> Desmond himself could swim, and used to wash in the creek after morning exercise on [[the Farm]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
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| Connor's grandfather [[Edward Kenway]] was a [[piracy|pirate]] and could dive to the seabed to find treasure. His ship the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' was equipped with a {{Wiki|diving bell}} which allowed him to dive for extended periods of time as he could place his head in the diving bell whenever he needed to take a breath.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
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| [[Aveline de Grandpré]], a member of the [[French Colonial Assassins]] from [[New Orleans]], was a capable diver. She swam through the flooded caverns beneath [[Chichen Itza]] to find the [[Prophecy Disk]], and could hold her breath for under a minute.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
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| *[[Civilians]], guards and other nonplayable characters will instantly drown in water. Apprentices will disappear but not be killed.
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| *Swimming in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series typically consists of {{Wiki|breaststroke}}s, while fast swimming uses the {{Wiki|front crawl}}.
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| Wet Work 1.png|Ezio swimming in [[Romagna]]
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| Loose Cannon 10.png|Ezio diving from the exploding [[Naval Cannon]]
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| Narrow Escape 9.png|Ezio swimming beneath [[Masyaf]]
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| AC4-DivingBell.jpg|Edward using a diving bell
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| Edward underwater.jpg|Edward searching for sunken treasure
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| AC4 promo 2.jpg|Edward swimming with a shark
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| AC3L SC Aveline Diving.png|Aveline swimming through sea caves
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| ACIII-HostileNegotiations 10.png|Connor diving into a lake
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| ACIII-Conflictlooms_13.png|Connor swimming away from the bombardment at [[Charlestown]]
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| The [[First Civilization]]'s mathematical studies made them proficient in the studies of alternate timelines.
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| *The [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]] showed [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] that if his mother [[Kaniehtí:io]] had never died, then he would not have been around to confiscate it from [[George Washington]] and prevent him from being corrupted by its power.
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| *[[Juno]] showed [[Desmond Miles]] what would happen if [[Lucy Stillman]] had lived: [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] would have arrived to claim [[Ezio's Apple of Eden]], and then failed to prevent the cataclysm after placing it in the [[Eye-Abstergo]] satellite.
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| *She later showed Desmond that if he did not release her from the [[Grand Temple]], then the cataclysm would have destroyed humanity, and he would have led the survivors in a restart of civilization. Long after his death, history would have repeated itself, as Desmond would have been worshipped as a god, and his teachings used to justify mass murder.
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| {{Quote|What follows are the three great ironies of the Assassin Order: (1) Here we seek to promote peace, but murder is our means. (2) Here we seek to open the minds of men, but require obedience to a master and set of rules. (3) Here we seek to reveal the danger of blind faith, yet we are practitioners ourselves.|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]'s [[Codex]]|Assassin's Creed II}}
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| Despite their relative benevolence to the majority of Templar activities, many Assassins expressed discomfort with their Order. When [[Desmond Miles]] was rescued by the Assassins, he assumed they were the "good guys", but [[Shaun Hastings]] advised him to "not get carried away", reminding him their function was to kill people. [[Rebecca Crane]] acknowledged "it's not ideal. And taking a life is never easy. But sometimes there's no other way. Sometimes, Desmond, people have to die for things to change."<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> Desmond's ancestor [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] tried to avoid killing [[William Johnson]], and when he had to, he told his Mentor [[Achilles Davenport|Achilles]] that "I thought it might bring clarity. Or instill a sense of accomplishment. But all I feel is regret." Achilles comforted him, explaining to "hold fast to that. Such sacrifices must never come lightly."<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
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| Both Desmond and [[Lucy Stillman]] fell out with their leader [[William Miles]]: his cold demeanour and the harsh training he put them through since childhood led Desmond to regard his father as a "[prison] warden" rather than a father.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> Lucy defected to the Templars after being sent to infiltrate them, telling [[Clay Kaczmarek]] that William was "using" them and claimed "he doesn't think about the lives he's hurting. We aren't people to him."<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - ''[[The Lost Archive]]''</ref>
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| [[Nikolai Orelov]] served the Order to please his father, with whom he had a negative relationship. When he left, he felt "I began as a crusader for change and now I am no better than a common grave-robber."<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref> When the Assassins in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] began holding his family hostage to make him give up his secrets, he opined to his son [[Innokenti Orelov|Innokenti]] "These are not honourable men, Kenya. They are killers. They live by old laws which apply only to them and then call themselves heroes." However, Orelov was also brutal towards his son when training him to fight the Assassins. Viewing these events via his [[genetic memory]], Orelov's great-grandson [[Daniel Cross]] deemed the Assassins "a family of wolves, opportunistic, savage. They'll turn on each other at a moment's notice: they're anarchists. And anarchy can never lead to a unified world."<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref>
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| Connor expressed disdain for the Assassins' secrecy, an opinion shared centuries earlier by some Assassins under Altaïr's leadership, who disagreed with him taking the Order back underground. Altaïr wrote "They grow angry, insisting it is a mistake to shroud ourselves. They say it slows our work. But they do not understand the risks. To expose ourselves now would be too dangerous. I fear we would be branded madmen and attacked."<ref name="AC2"/>
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| The Assassins also allied with dubious figures such as members of the [[House of Medici]] or [[Vladimir Lenin]], or would spare the likes of [[Tomas de Torquemada]], simply because they were not Templars. [[Vali cel Tradat]] left the Assassins before the Templars because they did not try to stop the [[Ottoman Empire]]'s conquest of his native [[Wallachia]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
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These require wikilinks, or could do with articles of their own:
- "Hey, did you ever think about that word? "Smuggler?" Rather funny, isn't it?"
- ―A smuggler working for Upton Travers, 1715.[src]
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of goods.
For the inevitable Shao Jun or Japanese ACs.
The Far East referred to the countries located in east Asia.
The Chinese and Mongolian branches of the Assassins were active in the region, removing tyrants like Qin Shi Huang and Genghis Khan. Despite Genghis' assassination at the hands of Qulan Gal, and the aid of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, the Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, they were unable to stop the spread of the Mongol Empire and the conquering of China.
The Italian Assassins, including Marco Polo, travelled through the Far East and to the court of Kublai Khan, where they recovered Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex.
By 1524, the Chinese Assassins had been wiped out by the Emperor Jiajing. After seeking the aid of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the former Mentor of the Italian Assassins, Shao Jun journey back to her country to rebuild the Order. By the 21st century, the Assassins had a cell located in Osaka, Japan.
Religion is something the leaders of the Templars and Assassins do not practice due to their knowledge of the First Civilization. The former often moved into religious positions of power to control people, while the latter protected the rights of people to believe what they wanted.
The Aztecs' worship of Tezcatlipoca involved human sacrifices, greatly disgusting the troops under Hernán Cortés.
The Hermeticists believed man, the gods and the world were all equal, and were driven underground as their beliefs undermined the Church.
The Freemasons were a Brotherhood founded after the Renaissance which allowed any man, regardless of what god he believed in, to join.
During the French Revolution, the revolutionary government tried to replace Christianity with the worship of the Supreme Being, an anthromorphisation of reason. [1]
