Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-18014300-20170124110033/@comment-2112031-20170125221530

I think the main problem with the portrayal of the Spanish Assassins and the modern day descendants is that their cult-like devotion to the Creed is more or less presented as the norm rather than the exception. I don't have any problems with the portrayal of the Spanish Assassins as traditionalists nor with how the inmates practically worship it. Especially Moussa and Nathan, who were both descendants of men who betrayed the Creed (albeit under different circumstances and for different reasons).

Perhaps will get sorted out in the next movie (assuming there will be a next one), or perhaps some other medium in which Cal, Moussa and Lin could appear in.

As for how they make it sound like there is only one Apple, I could think of 2 possibilities:

1. Sophia, despite being Alan Rikkin's daughter, does not have the necessary clearance to be informed of the existence of multiple POEs or the Isu (when explaining the Apple to Cal, Sophia stated that they didn't know for sure where it even came from, talking about the existence of a precursor race as though it was mere speculation rather than fact).

2. Sophia does know about all of that and was keeping Cal on a "need to know" basis, essentially telling him partial truths in order to gain his trust but not explicitly telling him any confidential information.