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'''Aconite''' is a substance that can be medicinal in small doses for heart trouble, but can be used to kill in high quantities as an extremely effective poison. | '''Aconite''' is a substance that can be medicinal in small doses for heart trouble, but can be used to kill in high quantities as an extremely effective poison. | ||
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By | The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] acquired some aconite for a [[Doctors|doctor]], who fashioned a faster-acting poison for the Assassin's [[Poison Blade]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | ||
By the onset of the [[French Revolution]], aconite was infamous as a poison used especially by the [[Templars]]. | |||
[[Hervé Quemar]], a member of the [[Assassin Council]] of the [[French Assassins]], | [[Hervé Quemar]], a member of the [[Assassin Council]] of the [[French Assassins]], used small quantities of aconite as a medicine for his heart problems. | ||
[[Pierre Bellec]] took a store of aconite from a shifty apothecary who did not care as much about dosages as other doctors, threatening his life in the process. He used the first dosage he had in order to poison French [[Mentor]] [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau]], and planned to use a second store in order to poison the remaining leadership of the Assassins in order to force them to rebuild themselves in a fanatical attempt to recreate the tragedies that befell the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Italian Assassins]], and [[Colonial Assassins]]. | [[Pierre Bellec]] took a store of aconite from a shifty apothecary who did not care as much about dosages as other doctors, threatening his life in the process. He used the first dosage he had in order to poison French [[Mentor]] [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], and planned to use a second store in order to poison the remaining leadership of the Assassins in order to force them to rebuild themselves in a fanatical attempt to recreate the tragedies that befell the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Italian Assassins]], and [[Colonial Assassins]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> | ||
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Aconite is a substance that can be medicinal in small doses for heart trouble, but can be used to kill in high quantities as an extremely effective poison.
History
The Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze acquired some aconite for a doctor, who fashioned a faster-acting poison for the Assassin's Poison Blade.[1]
By the onset of the French Revolution, aconite was infamous as a poison used especially by the Templars.
Hervé Quemar, a member of the Assassin Council of the French Assassins, used small quantities of aconite as a medicine for his heart problems.
Pierre Bellec took a store of aconite from a shifty apothecary who did not care as much about dosages as other doctors, threatening his life in the process. He used the first dosage he had in order to poison French Mentor Mirabeau, and planned to use a second store in order to poison the remaining leadership of the Assassins in order to force them to rebuild themselves in a fanatical attempt to recreate the tragedies that befell the Levantine Assassins, Italian Assassins, and Colonial Assassins.[2]