Adha

Adha is a character in Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles. She is the Chalice itself, a sacred artifact like the Piece of Eden.

Biography

Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

In Altaïr's Chronicles, Adha is a woman revealed to be the Chalice, a holy artifact believed to be able to unite people. When Altair identifies her as the Chalice, he is absolutely surprised, as he apparently knew Adha before the events of the game. She, too, knew his name, so they probably at least heard about each other. Altair also expresses sympathy to her, suggesting him at least once encountering her in the past.

Adha is originally at Jerusalem, under Templars' watch, where she is rescued by Altaïr. From her, Altair learns that the Templars have paid off Harash, the second-in-command of the Assassins. Altair plans to attack Alep, the assassin fortress, kill Harash and run away with Adha, but after killing Harash, Adha is kidnapped by Basilisk and taken to the port in Tyre. Altair fights through the Templar knights and kills Basilisk on his ship. But Adha is on a different ship, which escapes before Altair can catch it. He swims to shore and, seeing the Templar ship far off in the distance, yells "I will find you, Adha!".

Assassin's Creed

Although she does not appear in Assassin's Creed, during Altair's preparations to assassinate Abu'l Nuqoud in Damascus, an Assassin informant asks Altaïr if he heard from Adha. While Altaïr remain silent (as always with informants), he says he is sure that one day she will come back to him.

Assassin's Creed II

Altaïr's codex reveals that he later caught up to Adha and had found her corpse. In the text, Altaïr states that he held her corpse and exacted vengeance on those that killed her.  It is hinted that he loved her, and her death deeply hurt him. The circumstances of Adha's death are not made clear.

Her role as a Piece of Eden

According to Al Mualim in Altair's Chronicles, whoever has the Chalice can unite all the factions of whoever has it, giving them victory over all and allowing them to rule the land. If she is indeed a Piece of Eden, it may be possible she is one of Those Who Have Gone Before or may be 'created' by them.

Another possibility is that she is not a Piece of Eden, but just a keeper of a one, as in the Temple of the Sand Altair discovers an empty golden chest where an artifact was supposed to be hidden. So, both Al Mualim and the Templars misunderstood the Chalice's true purpose, probably mistaking her for Apple of Eden. It may explain why she was later killed.