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The '''Night of Sorrow''' was an event in 1520, during which the [[Hernán Cortés]] and his army of [[Spain|Spanish]] soldiers murdered their [[Aztecs|Aztec]] hosts in [[Tenochtitlan]] and held their king [[Moctezuma II|Moctezuma]] hostage. | |||
Pretending to be a Spanish scholar, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Giovanni Borgia]] was allowed entrance onto Cortés' ship, earning him the chance to retrieve a Piece of Eden, which turned out to be one of the [[Crystal Skulls]]. | |||
However, the journey resulted in a massacre of the [[Aztecs|Aztec]] people, when the Spanish explorers grew greedy of their golden cities and were offended by the rituals that welcomed their presence. | However, the journey resulted in a massacre of the [[Aztecs|Aztec]] people, when the Spanish explorers grew greedy of their golden cities and were offended by the rituals that welcomed their presence. | ||
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{{Quote|Moctezuma no longer sides with us. His heart is filled with sorrow. He believes he has brought this upon his people.|Giovanni Borgia on the Aztec leader.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | {{Quote|Moctezuma no longer sides with us. His heart is filled with sorrow. He believes he has brought this upon his people.|Giovanni Borgia on the Aztec leader.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:Greed PL.jpg|thumb|250px|The Spaniards voicing their outrage to the Aztecs.]] | ||
Perceiving the Spaniards to be Gods, the Aztecs started their celebration to honor them, having citizens dress up as Gods with expensive jewellery and gold. The Spaniards, however, grew greedy when they noticed how much gold the Aztecs had. | Perceiving the Spaniards to be Gods, the Aztecs started their celebration to honor them, having citizens dress up as Gods with expensive jewellery and gold. The Spaniards, however, grew greedy when they noticed how much gold the Aztecs had. | ||
Meanwhile, Giovanni Borgia started his search for the Piece of Eden, though he had no idea what he was looking for. The Spaniards eventually ended up in a temple where the Aztecs were about to sacrifice one of their own men, which left the Spaniards disgusted. | Meanwhile, Giovanni Borgia started his search for the Piece of Eden, though he had no idea what he was looking for. The Spaniards eventually ended up in a temple where the Aztecs were about to sacrifice one of their own men, which left the Spaniards disgusted. | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 30 March 2012
- "The relic! I hear its hum in my own skull. Faint, but familiar!"
- ―Giovanni Borgia on the discovery of the skull.[src]
The Night of Sorrow was an event in 1520, during which the Hernán Cortés and his army of Spanish soldiers murdered their Aztec hosts in Tenochtitlan and held their king Moctezuma hostage.
Pretending to be a Spanish scholar, the Assassin Giovanni Borgia was allowed entrance onto Cortés' ship, earning him the chance to retrieve a Piece of Eden, which turned out to be one of the Crystal Skulls.
However, the journey resulted in a massacre of the Aztec people, when the Spanish explorers grew greedy of their golden cities and were offended by the rituals that welcomed their presence.
Journey and arrival
- "The Brotherhood has made connections, leveraged deals, and ensured my place aboard Hernán Cortés' ship, bound for the New World. To México."
- ―Giovanni Borgia.[src]
Knowing that there had to be a Piece of Eden somewhere in Mexico, the Assassins used their contacts to place Giovanni Borgia on a Spanish ship, making the crew believe he was merely a scholar. During the journey, Giovanni wrote a journal to inform his fellow Assassins about his journey when he returned, though he made sure no one else would notice anything suspicious about the journal.
Upon their arrival in Mexico, they started contacting the local tribe with the use of several translators, making communication between the two parties slow and troublesome. They were eventually taken to Tenochtitlan, where Giovanni was astonished by the size of the city and the amount of citizens. They were soon greeted by the leader of the tribe, Moctezuma, who believed them to be Gods and allowed them to stay in his palace.
Night of Sorrows
- "Moctezuma no longer sides with us. His heart is filled with sorrow. He believes he has brought this upon his people."
- ―Giovanni Borgia on the Aztec leader.[src]
Perceiving the Spaniards to be Gods, the Aztecs started their celebration to honor them, having citizens dress up as Gods with expensive jewellery and gold. The Spaniards, however, grew greedy when they noticed how much gold the Aztecs had.
Meanwhile, Giovanni Borgia started his search for the Piece of Eden, though he had no idea what he was looking for. The Spaniards eventually ended up in a temple where the Aztecs were about to sacrifice one of their own men, which left the Spaniards disgusted.
After the sacrifice, which involved killing a man in a seemingly brutal way, the Spaniards drew their weapons and started killing the unarmed Aztecs that were honoring them. Giovanni then noticed a priest upholding a crystal skull, and managed to assassinate the priest and claim the skull without anyone noticing.
The Spaniards were driven back to Moctezuma's palace, where they convinced the leader to speak to his people and calm them down. Moctezuma tried to convince his subjects to stand down and return to their homes, but they refused and started throwing rocks at their leader, effective stoning him to death.
Escape
- "The smiles on their faces disgust me! They believe we will get away with this. This slaughter. This theft. They actually believe we have outsmarted the Aztecs until the first arrow strikes a captain through his eye!"
- ―Giovanni Borgia about their escape.[src]
Having been locked up in the city, the Spaniards started preparing their escape. They built a portable bridge to cross the rivers and took as much gold as they could, not realizing the weight of it would slow them down.
They sneaked through the night and were convinced they would escape without any trouble, when one of the captains was suddenly hit in his eye by an arrow. However, the Spaniards managed to fend off the Aztecs and many of them escaped back to Europe.
Aftermath
Having recovered the Crystal Skull, Giovanni travelled to Basel and allowed Bombastus to study it. Bombastus, however, could not make the skull work as he had hoped and the mystery of the skull would haunt Giovanni until later on in his life.
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