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{{Quote|Better in the hands of the Earth, than in the hands of Man.|Mario Auditore, after the Papal Staff was lost during the Renaissance, 1499.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}} | {{Quote|Better in the hands of the Earth, than in the hands of Man.|Mario Auditore, after the Papal Staff was lost during the Renaissance, 1499.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Mass Exodus}} | ||
{{Item Infobox | {{Item Infobox | ||
|image = AC2 Staff of Eden render.png | |image = AC2 Staff of Eden render.png | ||
|type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] | |type = [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] | ||
|powers = *Conjuration of illusions | |powers = | ||
*Conjuration of illusions | |||
*Human mind-control | *Human mind-control | ||
*Invisibility | *Invisibility | ||
*Temple Vault Opening | *Temple Vault Opening | ||
*Conjuration of tangible beings<br> | *Conjuration of tangible beings<br> | ||
Staff of Hermes | '''Staff of Hermes:''' | ||
*Immortality bestowal | *Immortality bestowal | ||
*Energy manipulation | *Energy manipulation | ||
*Regeneration and healing | *Regeneration and healing | ||
*Physical empowerment | *Physical empowerment | ||
|period = *Prehistoric | |period = | ||
*Prehistoric times | |||
*Ancient [[Greece]] | *Ancient [[Greece]] | ||
*[[Makedonia|Macedonian Empire]] | |||
*[[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic Egypt]] | *[[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic Egypt]] | ||
* | *Biblical times | ||
** | *[[Renaissance]] | ||
**''[[Reconquista]]'' | |||
*[[Russia|Russian Empire]] | *[[Russia|Russian Empire]] | ||
|current = *[[Papal Staff of Eden| | *[[Modern times]] | ||
*[[Imperial Sceptre | |current = | ||
*[[Alexander | *[[Papal Staff of Eden|Papal Staff]]: ''Underground beneath the [[Sistine Chapel]], outside the [[Vatican Vault]]''<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Shattered Staff of Eden|Shattered Staff]]: ''Destroyed'' | *[[Imperial Sceptre]]: ''Destroyed''<ref name="ACTF2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2|Issue #2]]</ref> | ||
*[[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]]: [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] | *[[Scepter of Alexander the Great|Alexander's Staff]]: ''Unknown''<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Venetian Staff of Eden|Venetian Staff]]: ''Underground beneath the [[Colosseum Vault]] | *[[Shattered Staff of Eden|Shattered Staff]]: ''Destroyed''<ref name="ACReb">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref> | ||
|created = [[Isu | *[[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff of Hermes]]: With [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]]<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> | ||
|made = | *[[Venetian Staff of Eden|Venetian Staff]]: ''Underground beneath the [[Colosseum Vault]]''<ref name="BoV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''</ref> | ||
|created = [[Isu]] | |||
|made = Prehistory | |||
|notable = | |notable = | ||
*[[Hermes Trismegistus]] | *[[Hermes Trismegistus]] | ||
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*[[Kassandra]] | *[[Kassandra]] | ||
*[[Alexander the Great]] | *[[Alexander the Great]] | ||
*[[Flavius Metellus]] | |||
*[[John the Baptist]] | *[[John the Baptist]] | ||
*[[Papacy|Popes]] {{c|30 – 1499 CE}} | |||
*[[Papacy|Popes]] | |||
*[[Tomás de Torquemada]] | *[[Tomás de Torquemada]] | ||
*[[Alexander III of Russia | *[[Alexander III of Russia]] | ||
*Layla Hassan}} | *[[Layla Hassan]] | ||
The '''Staves of Eden''' are [[Pieces of Eden]] embodying sovereignty and dominion.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> | *[[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] | ||
}} | |||
Known throughout history by various names, the Staves have been used by various [[Egypt]]ian Pharaohs and Priests, [[Israel]]ite Prophets and Scholars, [[Rome|Roman]] Catholic [[Papacy|Popes]], and [[Russia]]n Tsars. | The '''Staves of Eden''' are [[Pieces of Eden]] embodying sovereignty and dominion.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> Known throughout history by various names, the Staves have been used by various [[Egypt]]ian Pharaohs and Priests, [[Israel]]ite Prophets and Scholars, [[Rome|Roman]] Catholic [[Papacy|Popes]], and [[Russia]]n Tsars. | ||
==Powers== | ==Powers== | ||
Designed to control men's minds and bodies, the Staves often held a cradle in their headpiece capable of fitting an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]], which would then enhance the Apple's mind control. This combination of two Pieces of Eden could also be used to open the door to the [[Isu]] locations such as the [[Vatican Vault]]. | Designed to control men's minds and bodies, the Staves often held a cradle in their headpiece capable of fitting an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]], which would then enhance the Apple's mind control. This combination of two Pieces of Eden could also be used to open the door to the [[Isu]] locations such as the [[Vatican Vault]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | ||
The Staves' ends were usually sharpened, and could be wielded as a spear in combat. The artifact also granted the possessor the ability to conceal their presence entirely, and the ability of levitation; though whether these were physical effects or simply manipulations of the viewers' perceptions remains unknown.<ref name="AC2" | The Staves' ends were usually sharpened, and could be wielded as a spear in combat. The artifact also granted the possessor the ability to conceal their presence entirely, and the ability of levitation; though whether these were physical effects or simply manipulations of the viewers' perceptions remains unknown.<ref name="AC2" /> | ||
The Shattered Staff of Eden was able to create tangible holograms of soldiers, able to attack and injure while controlled by the Staff's wielder.<ref name="ACReb" | The Shattered Staff of Eden was able to create tangible holograms of soldiers, able to attack and injure people while controlled by the Staff's wielder.<ref name="ACReb" /> | ||
When [[Nikolai Orelov]] approached one Staff in 1908, he heard several voices of the past emanating from it, playing almost like recordings, and projecting speech such as "Always the fighter," "[[Adam]], I have it," "Just like your [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]," and "[[Eve]]."<ref name="ACTF2" | When [[Nikolai Orelov]] approached one Staff in 1908, he heard several voices of the past emanating from it, playing almost like recordings, and projecting speech such as "Always the fighter," "[[Adam]], I have it," "Just like your [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]," and "[[Eve]]."<ref name="ACTF2" /> | ||
==Known Staves== | ==Known Staves== | ||
===Papal Staff=== | ===Papal Staff=== | ||
{{Main|Papal Staff of Eden}} | {{Main|Papal Staff of Eden}} | ||
A Staff passed into the hands of the first disciple of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], [[Saint Peter]], who established [[Christianity]] and became the first Pope. It is assumed that the Staff circulated through the hands of the Roman Catholic Popes until it was used by [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who became Pope Alexander VI in 1492 so that he could use the Staff to gain access to the Vatican Vault. | A Staff passed into the hands of the first disciple of [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], [[Saint Peter]], who established [[Christianity]] and became the first Pope. It is assumed that the Staff circulated through the hands of the Roman Catholic Popes until it was used by [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who became Pope Alexander VI in 1492 so that he could use the Staff to gain access to the Vatican Vault.<ref name="AC2" /> | ||
[[File:IBAL 9.png|left|thumb|250px|Rodrigo Borgia using the Papal Staff]] | |||
On the 28 December 1499, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] infiltrated the [[Sistine Chapel]] to confront Rodrigo, and [[Confrontation in the Vatican|a fight]] ensued, during which Rodrigo wielded the Staff as a [[Long weapons|spear]] against Ezio. Eventually, Ezio defeated Rodrigo and used the Staff (combined with [[Apple of Eden 6|his Apple of Eden]]) to enter the Vault.<ref name="AC2" /> | On the 28 December 1499, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] infiltrated the [[Sistine Chapel]] to confront Rodrigo, and [[Confrontation in the Vatican|a fight]] ensued, during which Rodrigo wielded the Staff as a [[Long weapons|spear]] against Ezio. Eventually, Ezio defeated Rodrigo and used the Staff (combined with [[Apple of Eden 6|his Apple of Eden]]) to enter the Vault.<ref name="AC2" /> | ||
When leaving the Vault, Ezio tried to remove the Staff from the center of the room where it was secured within the Vault's antechamber floor. Upon doing so, Ezio activated machinery that made the Staff descend underground, despite Ezio's efforts to retrieve it.<ref name="ACBH" | When leaving the Vault, Ezio tried to remove the Staff from the center of the room where it was secured within the Vault's antechamber floor. Upon doing so, Ezio activated machinery that made the Staff descend underground, despite Ezio's efforts to retrieve it.<ref name="ACBH" /> | ||
===Imperial Sceptre=== | ===Imperial Sceptre=== | ||
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On October 29 of that year, while returning home to [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], the Tsar was [[Borki train disaster|attacked]] by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. | On October 29 of that year, while returning home to [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], the Tsar was [[Borki train disaster|attacked]] by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it. | ||
The Tsar subsequently repelled the assassination attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="ACTF1">''Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' – Issue #1</ref> After his death, it was passed on to his son [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsarevich Nicholas II]].<ref name="ACTF3">''Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' – Issue #3</ref> | The Tsar subsequently repelled the assassination attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.<ref name="ACTF1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 1|Issue #1]]</ref> After his death, it was passed on to his son [[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsarevich Nicholas II]].<ref name="ACTF3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3|Issue #3]]</ref> | ||
However, the Staff was secretly stolen and replaced with a replica by [[Grigori Rasputin]], who had infiltrated the Russian Royal House,<ref name="AC2" /> and brought the Staff to a [[Templars|Templar]] research station in [[Tunguska]]. | However, the Staff was secretly stolen and replaced with a replica by [[Grigori Rasputin]], who had infiltrated the Russian Royal House,<ref name="AC2" /> and brought the Staff to a [[Templars|Templar]] research station in [[Tunguska]]. | ||
[[File:Tungaska Explod v.png|thumb | [[File:Tungaska Explod v.png|thumb|250px|The Tunguska explosion]] | ||
In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars, for his dis-accreditation by the Templar [[Thomas Edison]]. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla broadcast destruction into the facility, creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest. The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff within. | In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted [[Nikola Tesla]] and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars, for his dis-accreditation by the Templar [[Thomas Edison]]. Using his mastery of electricity and the {{Wiki|Wardenclyffe Tower}}, Tesla broadcast destruction into the facility, creating one of the [[Tunguska explosion|largest explosions in history]], which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest. The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff within. | ||
The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event.<ref name="ACTF2" /> Nikolai later returned to his | The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event.<ref name="ACTF2" /> Nikolai later returned to his wife [[Anna Orelov|Anna]], bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.<ref name="ACTF3" /> | ||
However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden|shard]] that remained. This shard somehow came into the possession of Rasputin, who used it to manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna}} and psychologically scar one of his disciples, a woman named [[Khioniya Guseva]], after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ACTF3" /> | However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one [[Shards of Eden|shard]] that remained. This shard somehow came into the possession of Rasputin, who used it to manipulate Nicholas' wife {{Wiki|Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna}} and psychologically scar one of his disciples, a woman named [[Khioniya Guseva]], after her failed attempt to kill him.<ref name="ACTF3" /> | ||
In 1916, Rasputin was assassinated | In 1916, Rasputin was assassinated,<ref name="AC2" /> and he took the shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat, exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse.<ref name="ACTF3" /> He went on to carry it as a necklace for several years before passing it down to his daughter [[Nadya Orelov]], who still had the shard in her possession as of October 2002.<ref name="ACTC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Chain]]''</ref> | ||
===Alexander's Staff=== | ===Alexander's Staff=== | ||
{{Main|Alexander's Staff | {{Main|Scepter of Alexander the Great}} | ||
During the 4th century BCE, the | [[File:ACO Staff 2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Flavius Metellus wielding Alexander's Staff]] | ||
During the 4th century BCE, the [[Order of the Ancients]] managed to acquire a Staff of Eden and entrusted it to their ally, [[Alexander the Great]], who used it to create one of the largest empires in history.<ref name="Encyclopedia" /> After Alexander's death, the staff was buried along with him in a [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]] in [[Alexandria]], the city he founded. It would remain there for almost 300 years until it was discovered in 48 BCE by [[Bayek]] and [[Amunet|Aya]].<ref name="ACO" /> | |||
In 47 BCE, the | In 47 BCE, the Order recovered the staff along with an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] from [[Apollodorus]] in the tomb and brought the two artifacts to an Isu [[Siwa Vault|vault]] in [[Siwa]], where they unlocked the secrets within it. Shorty afterwards, [[Lucius Septimius]] left [[Egypt]] and brought the staff with him, giving it to his fellow Order members based in [[Rome]].<ref name="ACO" /> | ||
===Shattered Staff of Eden=== | ===Shattered Staff of Eden=== | ||
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===Staff of Hermes Trismegistus=== | ===Staff of Hermes Trismegistus=== | ||
{{Main|Staff of Hermes Trismegistus}} | {{Main|Staff of Hermes Trismegistus}} | ||
[[File:PythagorasInAtlantis.jpg|thumb|250px|Pythagoras holding the Staff of Hermes]] | |||
Created by the Isu [[Hermes Trismegistus]] around 75 100 BCE, the Staff was used by the Isu [[Loki]] as a vessel for the consciousness of his dying lover [[Aletheia]], securing that they will meet one day again. During the 6th century BCE, Hermes met the [[Greece|Greek]] scholar [[Pythagoras]] and designate him as the new wielder of the staff.<ref name="PL - Kyros">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 2 – Kyros of Zarax]]</ref> | Created by the Isu [[Hermes Trismegistus]] around 75 100 BCE, the Staff was used by the Isu [[Loki]] as a vessel for the consciousness of his dying lover [[Aletheia]], securing that they will meet one day again. During the 6th century BCE, Hermes met the [[Greece|Greek]] scholar [[Pythagoras]] and designate him as the new wielder of the staff.<ref name="PL - Kyros">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Divine Science: Chapter 2 – Kyros of Zarax]]</ref> | ||
The artifact expanded the life of Pythagoras until the end of the 5th century BCE. Around 422 BCE, on the advice of Aletheia, Pythagoras handed over the Staff to his daughter [[Kassandra]] who sealed the [[Atlantis]] with it.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> Later, Kassandra was contact by the consciousness of Aletheia which tasked her as the Keeper to unleash the power of the staff for the [[Layla Hassan|Heir of Memories]]. In the Atlantis' sealed room, Kassandra experienced [[Aletheia's simulations|simulations]] of the [[Elysium]], [[Underworld]] and Atlantis, discovering the true potential of the artifact.<ref name="TFOTA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]''</ref> | The artifact expanded the life of Pythagoras until the end of the 5th century BCE. Around 422 BCE, on the advice of Aletheia, Pythagoras handed over the Staff to his daughter [[Kassandra]] who sealed the [[Atlantis]] with it.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> Later, Kassandra was contact by the consciousness of Aletheia which tasked her as the Keeper to unleash the power of the staff for the [[Layla Hassan|Heir of Memories]]. In the Atlantis' sealed room, Kassandra experienced [[Aletheia's simulations|simulations]] of the [[Elysium]], [[Underworld]] and Atlantis, discovering the true potential of the artifact.<ref name="TFOTA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]''</ref> | ||
Kassandra remained the keeper of the Staff until the year 2018, when she met in Atlantis the Heir of Memories, Layla Hassan, an Assassin who had relived Kassandra's memories | Kassandra remained the keeper of the Staff until the year 2018, when she met in Atlantis the Heir of Memories, Layla Hassan, an Assassin who had relived Kassandra's memories in the [[Animus]] to recover the staff. Kassandra untrusted the artifact to Layla, asking her to destroy it after bringing balance between Order and Chaos. After Layla took the staff, Kassandra died moments later.<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
[[File:ACOd Layla Kassandra.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Kassandra passing the Staff to Layla Hassan]] | |||
Shortly after, Aletheia's consciousness spoke with Lalyla and asked her to relive Kassandra's memories in the simulations she had created to control the staff.<ref name="HoM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Heir of Memories]]</ref> While Layla relived the memories of Kassandra and her Trials, the staff started corrupting her due to her low amount of Isu dna. After Layla accidentally killed her friend [[Victoria Bibeau]] with the staff, the Assassins decided to kept the artifact under glass while monitoring Layla with a mood stabilizer.<ref name="Torment of Hades">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]''</ref> | |||
In 2020, | In 2020, Layla used the Staff to protect herself from radiation while entering the [[Yggdrasil]] vault in [[Norway]]. After approaching the Yggdrasil device, Layla was picked up by the machine and, as she entered the simulation, she dropped the staff to the floor below. The artifact was quickly recovered by [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], a [[Reborn Isu|human incarnation]] of Loki and former member of the Hidden Ones trapped in the Yggdrasil since 877 CE. Basim used the power of the staff to rejuvenate his body before heading to Layla's safehouse to meet her fellow Assassins [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] and form an alliance.<ref name="ACV"/> | ||
===Other Staves=== | ===Other Staves=== | ||
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*One Staff of Eden is also known to have been used by the Pharaoh [[Shabataka]], who used it to rule over Ancient Egypt in the early 7th century BCE. It was likely used by various pharaohs before and after him.<ref name="AC2" /> | *One Staff of Eden is also known to have been used by the Pharaoh [[Shabataka]], who used it to rule over Ancient Egypt in the early 7th century BCE. It was likely used by various pharaohs before and after him.<ref name="AC2" /> | ||
*[[John the Baptist]], the prophet and religious leader who baptized Jesus Christ, was in possession of a Staff of Eden during his lifetime.<ref name="AC2" /> | *[[John the Baptist]], the prophet and religious leader who baptized Jesus Christ, was in possession of a Staff of Eden during his lifetime.<ref name="AC2" /> | ||
*A statue of [[Durga]] in the | *A statue of [[Durga]] in the Isu [[Tosha Khana|ruins]] amongst the caverns beneath [[Ranjit Singh]]'s [[Ranjit Singh's summer palace|summer palace]] was – by 1839 – depicted to have held a Staff of Eden, similar in appearance to the Imperial Sceptre.<ref name="ACBM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Unlike most Pieces of Eden, each known Staff of Eden so far has looked very different from the others | *Unlike most Pieces of Eden, each known Staff of Eden so far has looked very different from the others. The Papal Staff has a cross on the tip and four bars extending to the sides. The Imperial Scepter is very simplistic; it was quite small, and had a tip resembling the container of the Apple of Eden in the first Assassin's Creed game. Alexander's Staff was also quite simplistic, but was much longer, and had a stand on the tip where an Apple of Eden could be placed. Finally, the Staff of Hermes was much more ornate, with wings and two coiling snakes decorated on the tip. | ||
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', while facing Rodrigo Borgia in the Sistine Chapel, the Staff could be knocked from his hand by using the disarm smash technique with a [[Heavy weapons|heavy weapon]] picked up from a dead [[Brutes|Brute]] nearby. After this, the Staff could be picked up and wielded, though none of its powers could be used. | *In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', while facing Rodrigo Borgia in the Sistine Chapel, the Staff could be knocked from his hand by using the disarm smash technique with a [[Heavy weapons|heavy weapon]] picked up from a dead [[Brutes|Brute]] nearby. After this, the Staff could be picked up and wielded, though none of its powers could be used. | ||
**Additionally, the Staff's statistics - Damage, Speed, and Deflect - were maxed out, making it one of the most powerful weapons in the game. | **Additionally, the Staff's statistics - Damage, Speed, and Deflect - were maxed out, making it one of the most powerful weapons in the game. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | ||
Hermes Trismegistus.jpg|Hermes Trismegistus with his Staff | |||
AC2 Staff with Apple.png|An Apple of Eden affixed to the Papal Staff | AC2 Staff with Apple.png|An Apple of Eden affixed to the Papal Staff | ||
IBAL 14.png|Ezio Auditore using the Papal Staff to open the Vatican Vault | IBAL 14.png|Ezio Auditore using the Papal Staff to open the Vatican Vault | ||
StaffOfEden(Rebellion) Part2.png|The upper part of the Shattered Staff of Eden | StaffOfEden(Rebellion) Part2.png|The upper part of the Shattered Staff of Eden | ||
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Tsar 3 v.png|The Russian Imperial Sceptre, as wielded by Tsar Alexander III | Tsar 3 v.png|The Russian Imperial Sceptre, as wielded by Tsar Alexander III | ||
Shard of Staff.png|A shard from the Imperial Sceptre as Rasputin's necklace | Shard of Staff.png|A shard from the Imperial Sceptre as Rasputin's necklace | ||
ACV Basim Recovering in 2020.png|Basim Ibn Ishaq wielding the Staff of Hermes | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | ||
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' {{c|appears in flashback}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun]]'' {{c|appears in flashback}} | ||
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The Staves of Eden are Pieces of Eden embodying sovereignty and dominion.[7] Known throughout history by various names, the Staves have been used by various Egyptian Pharaohs and Priests, Israelite Prophets and Scholars, Roman Catholic Popes, and Russian Tsars.
Powers
Designed to control men's minds and bodies, the Staves often held a cradle in their headpiece capable of fitting an Apple of Eden, which would then enhance the Apple's mind control. This combination of two Pieces of Eden could also be used to open the door to the Isu locations such as the Vatican Vault.[8]
The Staves' ends were usually sharpened, and could be wielded as a spear in combat. The artifact also granted the possessor the ability to conceal their presence entirely, and the ability of levitation; though whether these were physical effects or simply manipulations of the viewers' perceptions remains unknown.[8]
The Shattered Staff of Eden was able to create tangible holograms of soldiers, able to attack and injure people while controlled by the Staff's wielder.[4]
When Nikolai Orelov approached one Staff in 1908, he heard several voices of the past emanating from it, playing almost like recordings, and projecting speech such as "Always the fighter," "Adam, I have it," "Just like your father," and "Eve."[2]
Known Staves
Papal Staff
- Main article: Papal Staff of Eden
A Staff passed into the hands of the first disciple of Jesus, Saint Peter, who established Christianity and became the first Pope. It is assumed that the Staff circulated through the hands of the Roman Catholic Popes until it was used by Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI in 1492 so that he could use the Staff to gain access to the Vatican Vault.[8]
On the 28 December 1499, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze infiltrated the Sistine Chapel to confront Rodrigo, and a fight ensued, during which Rodrigo wielded the Staff as a spear against Ezio. Eventually, Ezio defeated Rodrigo and used the Staff (combined with his Apple of Eden) to enter the Vault.[8]
When leaving the Vault, Ezio tried to remove the Staff from the center of the room where it was secured within the Vault's antechamber floor. Upon doing so, Ezio activated machinery that made the Staff descend underground, despite Ezio's efforts to retrieve it.[1]
Imperial Sceptre
- Main article: Imperial Sceptre
By 1888, a Staff had been recovered by Tsar Alexander III, and was used as the Imperial Sceptre to maintain the monarch's power over the Russian Empire. This particular Staff was named "Piece of Eden 34" by Abstergo.[8]
On October 29 of that year, while returning home to Petrograd, the Tsar was attacked by the Assassin Nikolai Orelov. After the Russian Imperial Train was derailed, Alexander threw the Staff to Nikolai, challenging his assailant to attack him with it.
The Tsar subsequently repelled the assassination attempt, leaving with the Piece of Eden still in his possession.[9] After his death, it was passed on to his son Tsarevich Nicholas II.[10]
However, the Staff was secretly stolen and replaced with a replica by Grigori Rasputin, who had infiltrated the Russian Royal House,[8] and brought the Staff to a Templar research station in Tunguska.
In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted Nikola Tesla and offered him a chance for retribution on the Templars, for his dis-accreditation by the Templar Thomas Edison. Using his mastery of electricity and the Wardenclyffe Tower, Tesla broadcast destruction into the facility, creating one of the largest explosions in history, which was estimated to have a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT, and flattened more than 2,000 kilometers of forest. The explosion also obliterated the research facility and the Staff within.
The event was a complete Assassin victory, though Nikolai Orelov was the only one to survive the event.[2] Nikolai later returned to his wife Anna, bloodied and barely alive, muttering that the Staff had finally been destroyed.[10]
However, Nikolai's statement proved to be untrue, as there was at least one shard that remained. This shard somehow came into the possession of Rasputin, who used it to manipulate Nicholas' wife Alexandra Feodorovna and psychologically scar one of his disciples, a woman named Khioniya Guseva, after her failed attempt to kill him.[10]
In 1916, Rasputin was assassinated,[8] and he took the shard with him to his grave. In 1917, Nikolai, having learned of the shard's existence from Nicholas and concluding that even a fragment of the Staff would be a threat, exhumed Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard from his corpse.[10] He went on to carry it as a necklace for several years before passing it down to his daughter Nadya Orelov, who still had the shard in her possession as of October 2002.[11]
Alexander's Staff
- Main article: Scepter of Alexander the Great
During the 4th century BCE, the Order of the Ancients managed to acquire a Staff of Eden and entrusted it to their ally, Alexander the Great, who used it to create one of the largest empires in history.[7] After Alexander's death, the staff was buried along with him in a tomb in Alexandria, the city he founded. It would remain there for almost 300 years until it was discovered in 48 BCE by Bayek and Aya.[3]
In 47 BCE, the Order recovered the staff along with an Apple of Eden from Apollodorus in the tomb and brought the two artifacts to an Isu vault in Siwa, where they unlocked the secrets within it. Shorty afterwards, Lucius Septimius left Egypt and brought the staff with him, giving it to his fellow Order members based in Rome.[3]
Shattered Staff of Eden
- Main article: Shattered Staff of Eden
Rumored to have belonged to Saint James, at some point before the Reconquista, this staff was broken into three parts: the top section, the upper section and the shaft. Spanish Inquisition leader Tomás de Torquemada coveted both the Staff and the Apple of Eden in order to control Spain and destroy the Brotherhood, sending his soldiers to hunt for the parts.[4]
After battling many staff-created enemies and Torquemada himself the assassins managed to silence Torquemada and take the Staff. To avoid it falling into Templar hands again, it was destroyed, using the Isu architecture in the Forge. The Ancient vault disappeared, buried under the Monastery of Saint Thomas, and the Staff of Eden along with it.[4]
Staff of Hermes Trismegistus
- Main article: Staff of Hermes Trismegistus
Created by the Isu Hermes Trismegistus around 75 100 BCE, the Staff was used by the Isu Loki as a vessel for the consciousness of his dying lover Aletheia, securing that they will meet one day again. During the 6th century BCE, Hermes met the Greek scholar Pythagoras and designate him as the new wielder of the staff.[12]
The artifact expanded the life of Pythagoras until the end of the 5th century BCE. Around 422 BCE, on the advice of Aletheia, Pythagoras handed over the Staff to his daughter Kassandra who sealed the Atlantis with it.[13] Later, Kassandra was contact by the consciousness of Aletheia which tasked her as the Keeper to unleash the power of the staff for the Heir of Memories. In the Atlantis' sealed room, Kassandra experienced simulations of the Elysium, Underworld and Atlantis, discovering the true potential of the artifact.[14]
Kassandra remained the keeper of the Staff until the year 2018, when she met in Atlantis the Heir of Memories, Layla Hassan, an Assassin who had relived Kassandra's memories in the Animus to recover the staff. Kassandra untrusted the artifact to Layla, asking her to destroy it after bringing balance between Order and Chaos. After Layla took the staff, Kassandra died moments later.[13]
Shortly after, Aletheia's consciousness spoke with Lalyla and asked her to relive Kassandra's memories in the simulations she had created to control the staff.[15] While Layla relived the memories of Kassandra and her Trials, the staff started corrupting her due to her low amount of Isu dna. After Layla accidentally killed her friend Victoria Bibeau with the staff, the Assassins decided to kept the artifact under glass while monitoring Layla with a mood stabilizer.[16]
In 2020, Layla used the Staff to protect herself from radiation while entering the Yggdrasil vault in Norway. After approaching the Yggdrasil device, Layla was picked up by the machine and, as she entered the simulation, she dropped the staff to the floor below. The artifact was quickly recovered by Basim Ibn Ishaq, a human incarnation of Loki and former member of the Hidden Ones trapped in the Yggdrasil since 877 CE. Basim used the power of the staff to rejuvenate his body before heading to Layla's safehouse to meet her fellow Assassins Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings and form an alliance.[5]
Other Staves
- The earliest known use of a Staff was by the prophet Moses, who used its innate powers of illusion and mind control to "part" the Red Sea, freeing the Israelites from Egypt.[8]
- One Staff of Eden is also known to have been used by the Pharaoh Shabataka, who used it to rule over Ancient Egypt in the early 7th century BCE. It was likely used by various pharaohs before and after him.[8]
- John the Baptist, the prophet and religious leader who baptized Jesus Christ, was in possession of a Staff of Eden during his lifetime.[8]
- A statue of Durga in the Isu ruins amongst the caverns beneath Ranjit Singh's summer palace was – by 1839 – depicted to have held a Staff of Eden, similar in appearance to the Imperial Sceptre.[17]
Trivia
- Unlike most Pieces of Eden, each known Staff of Eden so far has looked very different from the others. The Papal Staff has a cross on the tip and four bars extending to the sides. The Imperial Scepter is very simplistic; it was quite small, and had a tip resembling the container of the Apple of Eden in the first Assassin's Creed game. Alexander's Staff was also quite simplistic, but was much longer, and had a stand on the tip where an Apple of Eden could be placed. Finally, the Staff of Hermes was much more ornate, with wings and two coiling snakes decorated on the tip.
- In Assassin's Creed II, while facing Rodrigo Borgia in the Sistine Chapel, the Staff could be knocked from his hand by using the disarm smash technique with a heavy weapon picked up from a dead Brute nearby. After this, the Staff could be picked up and wielded, though none of its powers could be used.
- Additionally, the Staff's statistics - Damage, Speed, and Deflect - were maxed out, making it one of the most powerful weapons in the game.
Gallery
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Hermes Trismegistus with his Staff
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An Apple of Eden affixed to the Papal Staff -
Ezio Auditore using the Papal Staff to open the Vatican Vault -
The upper part of the Shattered Staff of Eden -
The shaft of the Shattered Staff of Eden -
The reforged Shattered Staff of Eden -
The Russian Imperial Sceptre, as wielded by Tsar Alexander III -
A shard from the Imperial Sceptre as Rasputin's necklace -
Basim Ibn Ishaq wielding the Staff of Hermes
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Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)
- Assassin's Creed: Brahman
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun (appears in flashback)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Origins
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #3
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Chain
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 2 – Kyros of Zarax
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Heir of Memories
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brahman
