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[[File:ACFT - Hendrik | [[File:ACFT - Hendrik's sea log.png|thumb|257x257px|The sea log]] | ||
'''Hendrik's sea log''' was a personal log written by [[Hendrik]], an explorer working for the [[Dutch East India Company]] in early 18th century [[Southeast Asia]]. The log was disputed by many warring factions in [[Macau]] due to | '''Hendrik's sea log''' was a personal log written by [[Hendrik]], an explorer working for the [[Dutch East India Company]] in early 18th-century [[Southeast Asia]]. The log was disputed by many warring factions in [[Macau]] due to containing valuable information on the location of [[Angkor]], the lost city of the [[Khmer Empire]] and an alleged [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|site]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
At some point prior to February 1725, Hendrik was part of a company expedition to {{Wiki|Indochina}}. While there, he discovered the location to the ruins of | At some point prior to February 1725, Hendrik was part of a company expedition to {{Wiki|Indochina}}. While there, he discovered the location to the ruins of Angkor, documenting what he found and knew in his personal sea log. To make the information more difficult to access should the log fall into the wrong hands, he encrypted it using a cipher, which he kept hidden inside the book, both of which he kept in a bank safe in Macau upon his return. Hendrik attempted to find a way to return to Angkor, asking the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merchant [[Lee Huiyin]] to sponsor an expedition there, though she rejected his offer, believing his story to be absurd.<ref name="EP 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACFT - Lee acquires Hendrik's sea log.png|thumb| | [[File:ACFT - Lee acquires Hendrik's sea log.png|left|thumb|211x211px|Madam Lee acquiring the sea log]] | ||
In February 1725, Hendrik was | In February 1725, Hendrik was murdered by the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Shimazu Saito]]'s [[ninja]] followers, who sought to find Angkor and to silence anyone who knew about its existence.<ref name="EP 03">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> Shortly after Hendrik's death, his sea log was acquired by Lee, who despite her doubts about his story, had been keeping an eye on Hendrik and purchased the log from the bank safe. This caught the attention of the Templars, who approached Lee to demand the log, though she refused to give it to them.<ref name="EP 12" /> | ||
Later, Saito was forced to give | The Templars would eventually get their hands on the log after attacking Lee's private residence, the [[Mandarin's House]], where Saito took it from the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who had also come to recover the log and had found it shortly before the attack.<ref name="EP 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> However, Edward managed to keep the cipher needed to decode the contents of the log pertaining to Angkor.<ref name="EP 12" /> | ||
Later, Saito was forced to give the sea log to the businessman [[Sun (Hualien Trading Company)|Sun]] in exchange for his protection of the Templar's subordinates. Unable to find anyone to decipher the log, Sun reached out to his nephew [[Xiao Han]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Assassins]], who was familiar with the [[Isu script|language]] used to encrypt the book. However, rather than help his uncle decode the log, Xiao Han took it for himself,<ref name="EP 34">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34|Episode 34]]</ref> intending to find Angkor and use its treasure to overthrow the Qing dynasty.<ref name="EP 36">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 36|Episode 36]]</ref> | |||
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== Gallery == | |||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | |||
File:ACFT - Hendrik with his sea log.jpg|Hendrik with his sea log | |||
File:ACFT - Sea log in Lee's safe.png|The sea log inside Madam Lee's safe | |||
File:ACFT - Edward holding the cipher.png|Edward Kenway holding the cipher to the sea log | |||
File:ACFT - Sun with the sea log.png|Sun with the sea log | |||
File:ACFT - Xiao Han reading the sea log.png|Xiao Han reading the sea log | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' | ||
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Hendrik's sea log was a personal log written by Hendrik, an explorer working for the Dutch East India Company in early 18th-century Southeast Asia. The log was disputed by many warring factions in Macau due to containing valuable information on the location of Angkor, the lost city of the Khmer Empire and an alleged Isu site.
History
At some point prior to February 1725, Hendrik was part of a company expedition to Indochina. While there, he discovered the location to the ruins of Angkor, documenting what he found and knew in his personal sea log. To make the information more difficult to access should the log fall into the wrong hands, he encrypted it using a cipher, which he kept hidden inside the book, both of which he kept in a bank safe in Macau upon his return. Hendrik attempted to find a way to return to Angkor, asking the Qing merchant Lee Huiyin to sponsor an expedition there, though she rejected his offer, believing his story to be absurd.[1]
In February 1725, Hendrik was murdered by the Templar Shimazu Saito's ninja followers, who sought to find Angkor and to silence anyone who knew about its existence.[2] Shortly after Hendrik's death, his sea log was acquired by Lee, who despite her doubts about his story, had been keeping an eye on Hendrik and purchased the log from the bank safe. This caught the attention of the Templars, who approached Lee to demand the log, though she refused to give it to them.[1]
The Templars would eventually get their hands on the log after attacking Lee's private residence, the Mandarin's House, where Saito took it from the Assassin Edward Kenway, who had also come to recover the log and had found it shortly before the attack.[3] However, Edward managed to keep the cipher needed to decode the contents of the log pertaining to Angkor.[1]
Later, Saito was forced to give the sea log to the businessman Sun in exchange for his protection of the Templar's subordinates. Unable to find anyone to decipher the log, Sun reached out to his nephew Xiao Han, the Mentor of the Chinese Assassins, who was familiar with the language used to encrypt the book. However, rather than help his uncle decode the log, Xiao Han took it for himself,[4] intending to find Angkor and use its treasure to overthrow the Qing dynasty.[5]
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Hendrik with his sea log -
The sea log inside Madam Lee's safe -
Edward Kenway holding the cipher to the sea log -
Sun with the sea log -
Xiao Han reading the sea log
Appearances
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