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| | *http://collider.com/assassins-creed-movie-things-to-know/ |
| [[File:Acreharbourlighthousesouth.png|thumb|250px|A [[Crusaders|Crusader]] ship in [[Acre harbor]]]]
| | *http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/assassin-creed-everything-need-know/ |
| '''Ships''' are large seafaring vessels used to transport goods and passengers. During the Medieval Ages, ships were often used as outposts for [[merchants]], [[guards]] or [[thieves]], and fleets could form a blockade.
| | *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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| The introduction of [[cannons]] on ships turned them into weapons and guards for the colonial powers in America, while enabling the [[Assassins]] and [[Piracy|pirates]] to become naval powers in their own right.
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| | *[[Palais de Justice]] |
| | *[[Les Invalides]] |
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| During Medieval times, ships were divided into the smaller two-masted ''traghetti'' and larger, triple-masted ''carracks''. The former were normally used as ferries, while the latter could serve as warships.<ref name="AC2D">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Database]]</ref><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Crafting (Project Legacy)|Crafting]]</ref> Most [[Italy|Italian]] ferries were painted blue,<ref>''Assassin's Creed II''</ref> although the ones in [[Rome]] appeared brown.<ref name="ACB"/> Italian and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] carracks were identical in shape, but Ottoman ferries were a different model, and could be rowed if necessary.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
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| | *[[The Louvre]] ([[Divine Science: Chapter 1 - Maria Amiel]]) |
| | *{{Wiki|Besançon}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Perenelle Flamel}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Holy Innocents' Cemetery}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Troyes Cathedral}} (") |
| | *{{Wiki|Coroebus of Elis}} ([[Divine Science: Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax]]) |
| | *{{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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| Building ships required elm, oak and fir wood, while sails were made of flax.<ref name="ACPL"/> Dockworkers at the [[Arsenale di Venezia]] were capable of building a ship every day at the height of [[Venice]]'s power.<ref name="AC2D"/> Ships were typically defended by [[archers]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> although the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] and Ottoman Empires utilized [[Greek Fire]]. Ships were susceptible to [[Sticky bomb casing|sticky bombs]], which would detonate after being thrown onto the hull.<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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| Port-authority-memory.png|Traghetti
| | {{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}} |
| A-warm-welcome-memory.png|Carrack | | '''Smuggling''' is the illegal transportation of goods. |
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| ==Colonial ships== | | ==Far East== |
| Cannons meant naval engagements were common in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[Caribbean Sea]] by the 18th century. Ships would line up against each other and fire cannons, swivel guns or mortars, or ram each other. Chain shot could be fired to demast a ship if the captain decided to board instead of sink them. The [[Colonial Assassins]] formed their own navy by the 18th century.
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| Ship types of this era, from smallest to largest, included:
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| *'''{{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="AC3D">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - Database</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>
| | The '''Far East''' referred to the countries located in east [[Asia]]. |
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| *'''{{Wiki|Schooner}}s''' were small light craft, armed with several cannons. They were the preferred ships for privateers during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3D"/> Their speed meant they could scout ahead and dump gunpowder kegs in the sea, causing them to explode on impact with pursuing enemies (similar to laying [[naval mines]]).<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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| *'''{{Wiki|Brig}}s''' were larger than a schooner and equipped with a bow ram and 24 cannons, allowing them to flank and heavily damage targets in battle. Brigs and schooners had two sailing masts.<ref name="Shipclass"/>
| | 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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| *'''{{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="AC3D"/><ref name="Shipclass"/>
| | 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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| *'''{{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 (except grapeshot). Men-of-War and frigates had three sailing masts.<ref name="AC3D"/>
| | ==Religion== |
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| | '''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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| Customized ships like the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' and the ''[[Aquila]]'' appeared to be a cross between a brig and frigate, while possessing the firepower of a Man-of-War, giving them the advantage in strength and speed.<ref name="Shipclass"/> In 1754, [[Haytham Kenway]] sailed to [[Boston]] on the ''[[Providence]]'', an English merchant ship that resembled a Man-of-War, due to her number of sails and gun decks.<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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| Ships needed to be [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|crafted]] with {{Wiki|spruce}} lumber, Oak bark and [[Bears|bear]] grease, while sails could be sown with {{Wiki|Linsey-woolsey}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|Crafting]]</ref> Ships could be damaged by extreme weather, but this could be avoided by having the crew brace during a storm. [[Harbormasters]] could be paid to outfit a ship's hull with more wood or iron to make it more durable.<ref name="AC3">''Assassin's Creed III''</ref>
| | 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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| | The [[Freemasons]] were a Brotherhood founded after the Renaissance which allowed any man, regardless of what god he believed in, to join. |
| The_Sea_Wolves_1.png|The ''Aquila'' escorting merchant schooners and gunboats
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| ACIII-LaBelladonna.png|''[[Belladonna|La Belladonna]]'', a French frigate
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| Journey_to_the_New_World_1.png|The ''Providence'' resembled a Man-of-War
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| ==Modern times==
| | 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] |
| The [[Modern times|modern]] Assassins operated a surveillance ship, the ''[[Altair II]]'', which was captained by [[Gavin]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>
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| ==Swimming (real world write-up)==
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| [[File:Wet Work 1.png|thumb|250px|Ezio swimming in [[Romagna]]]]
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| '''Swimming''' is a game mechanic introduced in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', allowing [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] to navigate through water, or to use it as a [[Hiding spots|hiding spot]].
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| [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] is unable to swim in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. In the instruction manual of ''Assassin's Creed II'', [[Lucy Stillman]] attributes this to a bug in the [[Animus]].
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| Ezio's swimming moves consists of {{Wiki|breaststroke}}s, but he uses the {{Wiki|front crawl}} for fast swimming. He is able to dive and hold his breath for several seconds. The mechanics went unchanged for the three subsequent console games, including for the ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' playable characters [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] and [[Haytham Kenway]]. [[Civilians]], [[guards]] and other nonplayable characters will instantly drown in water, while [[apprentices]] will disappear but not be killed.
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| In the portable game ''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'', swimming is expanded for missions where [[Aveline de Grandpré]] explores the flooded caverns beneath [[Chichen Itza]]. The camera follows her underwater, and she can hold her breath for under a minute.
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| ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'''s main playable character is Haytham's father [[Edward Kenway]], a [[Piracy|pirate]] who can dive to the seabed to find treasure. His ship, the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', is equipped with a {{Wiki|diving bell}} allowing him to dive for extended periods of time by placing his head in it whenever he needs to take a breath. The game also introduces underwater combatants in sharks.
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| AC3L SC Aveline Diving.png|Aveline swimming through sea caves
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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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| =Kenway family=
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| The '''Kenway family''' were a [[United Kingdom|British]] family during the 18th century, whose members individually swore allegiance to the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]].
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| The earliest known member of the Kenway family was the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], born to an English father and Welsh mother. He married [[Caroline Scott]] and had a daughter named [[Jenny Kenway|Jenny]]. After joining the Assassins and ending his life in the [[Caribbean]], Edward remarried to [[Tessa Kenway|Tessa Stephenson-Oakley]], and they had a son named [[Haytham Kenway|Haytham]] in [[London]].
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| In 1735, Edward was murdered by men secretly working for [[Reginald Birch]], who also kidnapped Jenny and sold her into [[slavery]]. Birch took in Haytham under his wing and trained him to become a Templar. In 1757, Haytham rescued Jenny from [[Damascus]] and learned the truth, and they killed Birch. Despite this, Haytham remained loyal to the Order.
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| Two years beforehand, while searching for the [[Grand Temple]] in [[North America]], Haytham conceived a child with the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] woman [[Kaniehtí:io]]. Their son [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] became the [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] Connor, who eventually killed his father when it became clear their ideologies were irreconcilable.
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| Connor eventually had children, whose bloodline continued to [[Desmond Miles]].
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| And that's it for now, until we learn about Connor's kids or if Haytham had a French child or something. :S
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| Edward, Haytham and Connor were masters of [[Fists|hand-to-hand combat]] and [[dual-wielding]], and trained in [[freerunning]] and [[swimming]]. They were also adept at being inconspicuous while [[blending]] and [[eavesdropping]], making more of an effort to socialize while doing the former.
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| As he was trained by Templars rather than Assassins, Haytham lacked skills his father and his son shared, like the ability to balance on tree branches or [[hunting]] and fighting wild animals. He also never commanded his own ship.
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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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| “He has such a mixed heritage and upbringing and exposure to so many different ideas, so he’s quite unique in the world,” May said. “It makes him more thoughtful. He’s more considerate of different perspectives. He spends a lot more time observing and thinking than he does making snap judgments and proclamations.”
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| Unlike previous Assassin Altaïr, who was motivated by his desire to restore his honor, and Ezio, who was motivated by revenge, Connor is motivated by a desire to “just do good in the world,” May said.
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| “He sees a lot of wrong in the world … and he finds that there’s no one else out there willing to do anything about it,” May said. “It definitely makes him a bit of an idealist and in some sense, it makes him a little bit naive, that he thinks that one person can make a difference, but he clings to that belief and remains very firm in his convictions, so I think it makes him endearing in a way that previous assassins haven’t been.”<ref>[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/assassins-creed-3-writer-corey-may/ ''Los Angeles Times'': ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ writer Corey May adds revolutionary details]</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]
