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[[File:ACFT - Angkor.jpg|thumb|250px|Angkor]]
[[File:ACFT - Angkor.jpg|thumb|250px|Angkor]]
'''Angkor''' was the capital city of the [[Khmer Empire]].
'''Angkor''' was the capital city of the [[Khmer Empire]]. It was also the rumored location of an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|temple]] containing [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], which caused various parties, including the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]], to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century.


==History==
==History==
On 24 December 1724, a member of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins]] met with [[Edward Kenway]] in [[London]] to pass along information gathered from an [[East India Company]] ship that [[Adéwalé]] thought Edward would find interesting. The message said that the natives called Angkor, the "Lost City" or the "Territory of [[Isu|Those Who Came Before]]", and called on Edward for a detailed investigation.<ref name="FT 02" />
At some point prior to 1725, [[Hendrik]], a navigator for the [[Dutch East India Company]], found Angkor during a company expedition in the jungles of {{Wiki|Indochina}} and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]], which he then encrypted using a special cipher. Upon becoming stationed in [[Macau]], Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merchant [[Lee Huiyin|Madam Lee]] to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref>


At some point prior to February 1725, [[Hendrik]], a navigator for the [[Dutch East India Company]], found the location of the ruins of Angkor during a company expedition to {{Wiki|Indochina}}. He documented his discovery in his personal sea log, and also told his friend [[John Young]] about it while drunk, not knowing that John would then steal his story.<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref> Upon being stationed in [[Macau]], then under the [[Portuguese Empire]], Hendrik approached the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merchant [[Madam Lee]] to ask her to sponsor an expedition to Angkor, but she turned him down, believing his story to be absurd.<ref name=":0">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref>
Around this time, both the Assassins and Templars learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city. After the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins]] intercepted an [[East India Company]] [[ship]] and recovered a document mentioning Angkor, referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Territory of [[Isu|Those Who Came Before]]", an Assassin met with [[Edward Kenway]] in [[London]] on 24 December 1724 to pass along the information and request a detailed investigation. Edward subsequently departed for Macau to search for leads to Angkor's location, arriving in the city in February 1725.<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref>  


In February 1725, both Hendrik and John Young were targeted by [[ninja]] from the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Shimazu clan]] working for the [[Templars]], who sought to find the ruins of Angkor and to silence anyone else who knew about them. While John was saved by Edward Kenway, who by this point had arrived in Macau to begin his own search for Angkor, Hendrik was not as lucky and was mortally wounded, only living long enough to reveal some information about Angkor to Edward and to give him a letter to deliver to his family.<ref name="FT 03">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref>  
Meanwhile, the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]] in [[Japan]] dispatched [[Shimazu Saito]] and her mixed-blood subordinates, alongside a faction of Japanese [[ninja]] led by [[Fuma Sukuna]], to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure for the Templars.<ref name="FT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> Arriving in Macau around the same time as Edward, Saito and her followers attempted to silence everyone who knew about Angkor to maintain the site's existence secret, including Hendrik and his friend and fellow navigator [[John Young]], who had stolen Hendrik's story and was bragging about his alleged discovery.<ref name="FT 02" /> While Saito's ninja killed Hendrik, John was protected by Edward<ref name="FT 03">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> and subsequently teamed up with the Assassin to find Angkor by retrieving Hendrik's sea log,<ref name="FT 05">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 5|Episode 5]]</ref> which had been purchased by Madam Lee.<ref name="FT 07">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 7|Episode 7]]</ref>  


After learning about Hendrik's sea log, which had been purchased by Madam Lee,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 7|Episode 7]]</ref> Edward entered a race with the Templar [[Shimazu Saito]] to retrieve it, as it was the only remaining lead to Angkor's location. While the log was ultimately stolen by Saito,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> Edward managed to retrieve a cipher needed to decode its contents, which had been intentionally encrypted by Hendrik. Edward also entered a partnership with Madam Lee, who agreed to fund his expedition to Angkor in exchange for dealing with the Templars and her business rivals.<ref name=":0" />
After managing to steal Hendrik's sea log during an attack on Madam Lee's estate, the [[Mandarin's House]], but losing its cipher to Edward,<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> Saito gave the log to the businessman [[Sun (Hualien Trading Company)|Sun]] in exchange for his protection of the Templar's subordinates.<ref name="FT 34">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34|Episode 34]]</ref> Unable to find anyone to decode the log without the cipher, Sun reached out to his nephew [[Xiao Han]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Assassins]], who was familiar with the [[Isu script|language]] used to encrypt the log.<ref name="FT 33">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 33|Episode 33]]</ref> After learning about Sun's plan to gift Angkor's treasure to the {{Wiki|Qianlong Emperor|Qing Emperor}}, Xiao Han killed him and seized the log,<ref name="FT 38">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 38</ref> intending to use the Piece of Eden in Angkor to overthrow the Qing dynasty.<ref name="FT 36">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 36|Episode 36]]</ref> The Chinese Assassins subsequently formed an alliance with Madam Lee to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure.<ref name="FT 40">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 40</ref>  
 
Meanwhile, Edward managed to secure a partnership with Saito, who had been branded a traitor by the Shimazu clan, and recruited her into his organization, the [[Zhang Wei Union]], following the deaths of all of her subordinates at the hands of Fuma Sukuna's ninja.<ref name="FT 39">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 39</ref> Using the cipher to Hendrik's sea log in Edward's possession and Saito's memory of the log's contents, they were able to learn that Hendrik had been following up on [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s trail to find Angkor and decided to do the same, sailing to the [[Philippines]].<ref name="FT 41">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 41</ref>  


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

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Angkor

Angkor was the capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was also the rumored location of an Isu temple containing Pieces of Eden, which caused various parties, including the Assassins and Templars, to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century.

History

At some point prior to 1725, Hendrik, a navigator for the Dutch East India Company, found Angkor during a company expedition in the jungles of Indochina and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal sea log, which he then encrypted using a special cipher. Upon becoming stationed in Macau, Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the Qing merchant Madam Lee to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.[1]

Around this time, both the Assassins and Templars learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city. After the West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins intercepted an East India Company ship and recovered a document mentioning Angkor, referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Territory of Those Who Came Before", an Assassin met with Edward Kenway in London on 24 December 1724 to pass along the information and request a detailed investigation. Edward subsequently departed for Macau to search for leads to Angkor's location, arriving in the city in February 1725.[2]

Meanwhile, the Templar-affiliated Shimazu clan in Japan dispatched Shimazu Saito and her mixed-blood subordinates, alongside a faction of Japanese ninja led by Fuma Sukuna, to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure for the Templars.[3] Arriving in Macau around the same time as Edward, Saito and her followers attempted to silence everyone who knew about Angkor to maintain the site's existence secret, including Hendrik and his friend and fellow navigator John Young, who had stolen Hendrik's story and was bragging about his alleged discovery.[2] While Saito's ninja killed Hendrik, John was protected by Edward[4] and subsequently teamed up with the Assassin to find Angkor by retrieving Hendrik's sea log,[5] which had been purchased by Madam Lee.[6]

After managing to steal Hendrik's sea log during an attack on Madam Lee's estate, the Mandarin's House, but losing its cipher to Edward,[7] Saito gave the log to the businessman Sun in exchange for his protection of the Templar's subordinates.[8] Unable to find anyone to decode the log without the cipher, Sun reached out to his nephew Xiao Han, Mentor of the Chinese Assassins, who was familiar with the language used to encrypt the log.[9] After learning about Sun's plan to gift Angkor's treasure to the Qing Emperor, Xiao Han killed him and seized the log,[10] intending to use the Piece of Eden in Angkor to overthrow the Qing dynasty.[11] The Chinese Assassins subsequently formed an alliance with Madam Lee to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure.[12]

Meanwhile, Edward managed to secure a partnership with Saito, who had been branded a traitor by the Shimazu clan, and recruited her into his organization, the Zhang Wei Union, following the deaths of all of her subordinates at the hands of Fuma Sukuna's ninja.[13] Using the cipher to Hendrik's sea log in Edward's possession and Saito's memory of the log's contents, they were able to learn that Hendrik had been following up on Ferdinand Magellan's trail to find Angkor and decided to do the same, sailing to the Philippines.[14]

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 12
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 2
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 37
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 3
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 5
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 7
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 11
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 34
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 33
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 38
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 36
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 40
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 39
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 41

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Claire Zhang • Nathan Zhang • Noa Kim's father | Edward Kenway • John Young • Mustafa • Shimazu Saito • Xialun Qing (Wukong) • Yun Pyeong-Gyu • Zhang
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