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'''Memory Seals''' are [[Precursor relic]]s with the ability to contain recorded memories. They were said{{Cite|24 March 2022. Where?}} to be the technological basis of the [[Animus]] device of [[Abstergo Industries]].
'''Memory Seals''' are [[Precursor relic]]s with the ability to contain the recorded memories of their users, whether [[Isu]] or [[human]].


==History==
==History==
===Grand Temple===
===Isu Era===
While the [[Isu]] [[Capitoline Triad]]—[[Minerva]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Juno]]—worked within the [[Grand Temple]] to avert a [[Great Catastrophe|solar catastrophe]], Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for [[Desmond Miles]] to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, later telling Desmond via [[Emails|email]] that they were ''"filled with lies"''.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
While the [[Isu]] [[Capitoline Triad]] of [[Minerva]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Juno]] worked within the [[Grand Temple]] to avert a [[Great Catastrophe|solar catastrophe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for [[Desmond Miles]] to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, believing them to be nothing more but "filled with lies".<ref name="AC3">''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Desmond Miles' email]]: Subject line "They left"</ref>


===Altaïr's library===
===Middle Ages===
[[File:ACMirage The Master Thief of Anbar 37.png|thumb|250px|A Memory Seal in Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's locked box]]
In 861, the [[thief]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] hoped to ingratiate himself with the [[Hidden Ones]] and sneaked into the [[Winter Palace]] in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital of [[Baghdad]], intending to bring them the contents of a [[Treasure chest|chest]] there that they sought. Making his way to where [[Caliph]] [[Al-Mutawakkil]] was meeting with the [[Order of the Ancients]], he broke the lock when their backs were turned and saw a single Memory Seal on a cushion, only to be spotted when the caliph turned around. In the ensuing struggle, Basim inadvertently killed the caliph before escaping the palace in shock with the seal still in his pocket.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Master Thief of Anbar]]</ref>
[[File:The torch 7.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr passing the seals to Niccolò Polo]]
[[File:The torch 7.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr passing the seals to Niccolò Polo]]
In his late life, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]], came upon six memory seals, after discovering that the Assassin fortress of [[Alamut]] was built upon the remains of a small First Civilization temple. This temple contained a large number of memory seals, and Altaïr used each of them to record an important event in his life, as well as making five of them the [[Masyaf Key|keys]] necessary to enter [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]], hidden beneath the fortress in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="ACRGuide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide]]''</ref>
In his late life, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]], came upon six Memory Seals after discovering that the Assassin fortress of [[Alamut]] was built upon the [[Alamut Temple|remains]] of a small [[Temple (Isu)|Isu temple]]. This temple contained a large number of memory seals, and Altaïr used 6 of them to record important events in his life, five of which also became the [[Masyaf Key|keys]] necessary to enter [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]] hidden beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref name="ACRGuide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide]]''</ref> The six memories that Altaïr chose to record all took place within Masyaf. In order, they involved a [[Crusaders|Crusader]] skirmish in 1189,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Keeper]]</ref> the revolt shortly after [[Al Mualim]]'s death in 1191,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref> [[Maria Thorpe]]'s death and Altaïr's [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins|exile]] in 1227,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A New Regime]]</ref> Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Return]]</ref> [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]]'s departure in 1257 during the [[Fall of Masyaf]],<ref name="PassingTheTorch">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref> and Altaïr's death shortly thereafter.<ref name="LostLegacy">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref>
 
At Altaïr's request, Niccolò Polo took the 5 Memory Seals<ref name="PassingTheTorch"/> and hid them underground throughout [[Constantinople]].<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Journal of Some Kind]]</ref> Respectively, the seals were placed within [[Topkapı Palace]],<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind"/> the [[Yerebatan Cistern]],<ref name="YerebatanMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Yerebatan Cistern]]</ref> [[Galata Tower]],<ref name="GalataMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Galata Tower (memory)|Galata Tower]]</ref> the [[Forum of the Ox]],<ref name="ForumMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Forum of the Ox]]</ref> and the [[Maiden's Tower]].<ref name="MaidenTowerMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Maiden's Tower]]</ref> The sixth memory seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.<ref name="LostLegacy"/>
The six memories that Altaïr chose to record all took place within Masyaf. In order, they involved a Crusader skirmish in 1189, the revolt shortly after [[Al Mualim]]'s death in 1191, the death of [[Maria Thorpe]] and Altaïr's [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins|exile]] in 1227, Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247, the departure of the Polo brothers in 1257, and Altaïr's death that same year.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>


===Renaissance===
[[File:ACR Masyaf Key.png|thumb|250px|Ezio retrieving a memory seal]]
[[File:ACR Masyaf Key.png|thumb|250px|Ezio retrieving a memory seal]]
Upon Altaïr's request, [[Niccolò Polo]] took five of the memory seals, and hid them in small tombs throughout [[Constantinople]]. Respectively, the seals were placed within [[Topkapı Palace]], the [[Yerebatan Cistern]], [[Galata Tower]], the [[Forum of the Ox]], and the [[Maiden's Tower]]. The sixth memory seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.<ref name="ACR"/>
In 1511, two Memory Seals in [[Alexandria]] were located by Mamluk Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri]]'s [[soldier]]s during the excavation of the [[Library of Alexandria]]. These seals, kept within a chest dated to 331 BCE, were recovered by both the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]] and their [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman brethren]] shortly afterwards. The seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an woman initiate. As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the Templars led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria"</ref>
 
Around 1512, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] uncovered four of the seals, reclaimed the fifth one from [[Templars]] in [[Derinkuyu]], and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.<ref name="ACR"/>
 
===Library of Alexandria===
Two memory seals in [[Alexandria]] were located by the [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri|Mamluk Sultan]]'s soldiers in 1511, during the excavation of the [[Library of Alexandria]]. These seals, kept within a chest dated 331 BCE, were recovered by the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian]] and [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman]] Assassins shortly afterwards.<ref name="Mediterranean Defense">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>
 
These two seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an unidentified woman referred to as a "blessed initiate". As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the Templars led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.<ref name="Mediterranean Defense" />


In 2013, an embedded file in the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
The next year, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]]' Mentor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] journeyed to Constantinople and uncovered four of the seals,<ref name="YerebatanMemory"/><ref name="GalataMemory"/><ref name="ForumMemory"/><ref name="MaidenTowerMemory"/> reclaimed the fifth one from the dying [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templar]] [[Manuel Palaiologos]] in [[Derinkuyu]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Last of the Palaiologi]]</ref> and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Homecoming]]</ref>


==Trivia==
===Modern era===
*The Memory Seals bear passing resemblance to the real-world {{Wiki|Phaistos Disk}}, as depicted in an Abstergo Industries [[Noob's_personal_files#Abstergo_Industries|Crypto-History]] file from ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''.
In 2013, an embedded file in the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]] – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"</ref>
**The [[Phaistos Disk]] itself has since then made an appearance in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
AC4 Memory Seal.png|An Abstergo Industries depiction of a Memory Seal
Vault4.png|One of Minerva's visions in the [[Vatican Vault]] depicting a glowing Memory Seal
Vault4.png|One of Minerva's visions in the [[Vatican Vault]], vaguely depicting a glowing Memory Seal
ACMirage The Master Thief of Anbar 45.png|Basim Ibn Ishaq staring at an inert Memory Seal
ACR Ezio reliving memory.png|Ezio reliving a memory stored in one of the Memory Seals
ACR Ezio reliving memory.png|Ezio reliving a memory stored in one of the Memory Seals
ACR Galata Keys.png|Memory Seals in [[Galata headquarters]]
ACR Galata Keys.png|Memory Seals in [[Galata headquarters]]
ACBM Voynich page.jpg|A Memory Seal featured on an extract of the [[Voynich manuscript]]
ACBM Voynich page.jpg|A Memory Seal featured on an extract of the [[Voynich manuscript]]
AC4 Memory Seal.png|Abstergo Industries'
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''


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Memory Seals are Precursor relics with the ability to contain the recorded memories of their users, whether Isu or human.

History

Isu Era

While the Isu Capitoline Triad of Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno worked within the Grand Temple to avert a solar catastrophe,[1] Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for Desmond Miles to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, believing them to be nothing more but "filled with lies".[2]

Middle Ages

A Memory Seal in Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's locked box

In 861, the thief Basim Ibn Ishaq hoped to ingratiate himself with the Hidden Ones and sneaked into the Winter Palace in the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Baghdad, intending to bring them the contents of a chest there that they sought. Making his way to where Caliph Al-Mutawakkil was meeting with the Order of the Ancients, he broke the lock when their backs were turned and saw a single Memory Seal on a cushion, only to be spotted when the caliph turned around. In the ensuing struggle, Basim inadvertently killed the caliph before escaping the palace in shock with the seal still in his pocket.[3]

Altaïr passing the seals to Niccolò Polo

In his late life, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, came upon six Memory Seals after discovering that the Assassin fortress of Alamut was built upon the remains of a small Isu temple. This temple contained a large number of memory seals, and Altaïr used 6 of them to record important events in his life, five of which also became the keys necessary to enter his library hidden beneath Masyaf.[4] The six memories that Altaïr chose to record all took place within Masyaf. In order, they involved a Crusader skirmish in 1189,[5] the revolt shortly after Al Mualim's death in 1191,[6] Maria Thorpe's death and Altaïr's exile in 1227,[7] Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247,[8] Niccolò and Maffeo Polo's departure in 1257 during the Fall of Masyaf,[9] and Altaïr's death shortly thereafter.[10] At Altaïr's request, Niccolò Polo took the 5 Memory Seals[9] and hid them underground throughout Constantinople.[11] Respectively, the seals were placed within Topkapı Palace,[11] the Yerebatan Cistern,[12] Galata Tower,[13] the Forum of the Ox,[14] and the Maiden's Tower.[15] The sixth memory seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.[10]

Renaissance

Ezio retrieving a memory seal

In 1511, two Memory Seals in Alexandria were located by Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri's soldiers during the excavation of the Library of Alexandria. These seals, kept within a chest dated to 331 BCE, were recovered by both the Egyptian Assassins and their Ottoman brethren shortly afterwards. The seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an woman initiate. As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the Templars led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.[16]

The next year, the Italian Assassins' Mentor Ezio Auditore journeyed to Constantinople and uncovered four of the seals,[12][13][14][15] reclaimed the fifth one from the dying Byzantine Templar Manuel Palaiologos in Derinkuyu,[17] and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.[18]

Modern era

In 2013, an embedded file in the Abstergo Entertainment mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.[19]

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Modern day
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Desmond Miles' email: Subject line "They left"
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Mirage – The Master Thief of Anbar
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Mentor's Keeper
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Mentor's Wake
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A New Regime
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Mentor's Return
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Passing the Torch
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Lost Legacy
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A Journal of Some Kind
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Yerebatan Cistern
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Galata Tower
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Forum of the Ox
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Maiden's Tower
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Mediterranean Defense: "Alexandria"
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Last of the Palaiologi
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A Homecoming
  19. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"

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