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The '''Toba catastrophe''' was an event during pre-history which nearly eradicated both [[Humans|Humanity]] and the [[First Civilization]].
The '''Toba catastrophe''' was an event during pre-history which nearly eradicated both [[Humans|Humanity]] and the [[First Civilization]].


The catastrophe was as a planet-wide scorching that originated from the Sun.<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="glyph19">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #19</ref> Most likely the Earth's magnetic field was disrupted by an [[wikipedia:Coronal mass ejection|ejection of matter]] from the Sun, which made the planet geologically unstable.<ref name="ac2"/>  
The Catastrophe was as a planet-wide scorching that originated from the Sun.<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="glyph19">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #19</ref> The polarity of the Earth's magnetic field was flipped by an [[wikipedia:Coronal mass ejection|coronal mass ejection]], or solar flare, from the Sun, which exposed humans and Those Who Came Before to deadly radiation.<ref name="ac2"/>


A massive solar flare struck the Earth, followed by planet-wide lightning strikes, firestorms and earthquakes, with large fissures opening on the Earth's surface. The earthquakes continued for days, while worldwide blazes raged for several weeks.<ref name="acr">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
Earthquakes continued for days, while worldwide blazes raged for several weeks.<ref name="acr">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>


Less than ten thousand humans and "far fewer" members of the First Civilization survived the catastrophe, while the surface of the earth was rendered barren.<ref name="acr"/> This incident, rather than the eruption of a supervolcano, was the true nature of the Toba catastrophe and subsequent mass extinction.<ref name="glyph19"/> In order to recover from the event, the remaining members of the First Civilization worked with humanity to restore life to the planet.<ref name="acr"/>
Less than ten thousand humans and "far fewer" members of the First Civilization survived the catastrophe, while the surface of the earth was rendered barren.<ref name="acr"/> This incident, rather than the eruption of a supervolcano, was the true nature of the Toba catastrophe and subsequent mass extinction.<ref name="glyph19"/> In order to recover from the event, the remaining members of the First Civilization worked with humanity to restore life to the planet.<ref name="acr"/>


Fortunately, some members of the First Civilization were aware of the impending disaster and attempted to prevent it,<ref name="acr"/> by constructing a series of [[temples]]. Built by "those who knew to turn away from war,"<ref name="ac2"/> the temples were said to have been placed underground, both to protect them from the ongoing [[Human-First Civilization War]] and as a "precaution" in case of failure.<ref name="acr"/>
Because their numbers were too few, Those Who Came Before would fail to live on long after The Catastrophe. Humans were built to survive and thus were more capable of rebuilding a new civilization. Over time, the regrowth of the earth's landscape and geography would eliminate nearly all physical evidence of Those Who Came Before.<ref >''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide]]''</ref>


For those within the temples, each attempted to find a solution to prevent the catastrophe, with each temple "dedicated to a different method of salvation." The information collected at each temple was transmitted to a single location from which Jupiter, Juno and Minerva would "sort and sample all that was collected." The three then tested six possible solutions in succession, "each more encouraging than the last," but all six solutions ultimately failed.<ref name="acr"/>
As time continued, after The Catastrophe, mankind declared that Those Who Came Before were supernatural in origin. The only evidence of the truth of The First Civilization are the underground vaults that were built in anticipation of a second planetary catastrophe.
 
It was to be this point that Jupiter would refer Desmond Miles to in 2012, where they had "laboured and lost", in order for him to "take his words" and "pass them from [his] head into [his] hands."<ref name="acr"/>
 
These were most likely instructions for Desmond to carry on the work of Those Who Came Before, and to prevent the second catastrophe.


==References==
==References==

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"The earth shook for days, the fires burned for weeks, and when the ash had settled, less than ten thousand of your kind still lived, and far fewer of ours. But we carried on, together..."
―Jupiter to Desmond in the Synch Nexus[src]
Earth following the catastrophe.

The Toba catastrophe was an event during pre-history which nearly eradicated both Humanity and the First Civilization.

The Catastrophe was as a planet-wide scorching that originated from the Sun.[1][2] The polarity of the Earth's magnetic field was flipped by an coronal mass ejection, or solar flare, from the Sun, which exposed humans and Those Who Came Before to deadly radiation.[1]

Earthquakes continued for days, while worldwide blazes raged for several weeks.[3]

Less than ten thousand humans and "far fewer" members of the First Civilization survived the catastrophe, while the surface of the earth was rendered barren.[3] This incident, rather than the eruption of a supervolcano, was the true nature of the Toba catastrophe and subsequent mass extinction.[2] In order to recover from the event, the remaining members of the First Civilization worked with humanity to restore life to the planet.[3]

Because their numbers were too few, Those Who Came Before would fail to live on long after The Catastrophe. Humans were built to survive and thus were more capable of rebuilding a new civilization. Over time, the regrowth of the earth's landscape and geography would eliminate nearly all physical evidence of Those Who Came Before.[4]

As time continued, after The Catastrophe, mankind declared that Those Who Came Before were supernatural in origin. The only evidence of the truth of The First Civilization are the underground vaults that were built in anticipation of a second planetary catastrophe.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed II Glyph #19
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide

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