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{{Quote|We built vaults within which to work, each dedicated to a different method of salvation. They were placed underground to avoid the war which raged above, and also as a precaution, should we fail in our efforts.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
{{Quote|We built vaults within which to work, each dedicated to a different method of salvation. They were placed underground to avoid the war which raged above, and also as a precaution, should we fail in our efforts.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
[[File:Retrieval 13.png|thumb|right|250px|The Temple of Juno in 2012]]
[[File:Retrieval 13.png|thumb|right|250px|The Temple of Juno in 2012]]
'''Temples''', also referred to as '''Vaults''', are underground locations constructed by the [[Isu]]. A number of these were built in an attempt to discover a way to protect the Earth from the [[Toba catastrophe|First Disaster]], as well as any recurrence.
'''Temples''', also referred to as '''Vaults''', are underground locations constructed by the [[Isu]]. A number of these were built in an attempt to discover a way to protect the [[Earth]] from the [[Great Catastrophe|First Disaster]], as well as any [[Second Disaster|recurrence]]. Though Temples are located across the globe, there is a disproportionately high number of them in and around [[Europe]] than elsewhere in the world.
 
Though Temples were located across the globe, there was a disproportionately high number of Temples in the area of [[Rome]], [[Italy]], and also in various parts of [[Egypt]], while the [[Grand Temple]] was located in upstate [[New York]], in the [[United States]].


==History==
==History==
===Creation===
===Creation===
{{Quote|Built by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us –  to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world.|Minerva to Ezio Auditore, 1499.|Assassin's Creed II|In Bocca al Lupo}}[[File:AC2 Hologram 2.png|thumb|250px|left|The Temples in Minerva's projections]]
{{Quote|Built by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us –  to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world.|Minerva to Ezio Auditore, 1499.|Assassin's Creed II|In Bocca al Lupo}}
The Temples were built by members of the First Civilization who avoided the [[Human-Isu War|war]] raging between [[humans]] and their own kind. They functioned as a way to preserve the world and its people and as such were often highly decorated with the [[Isu script]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
[[File:AC2 Hologram 2.png|thumb|250px|left|The Temples in Minerva's projections]]
The Temples were built by members of the First Civilization who avoided the [[Human-Isu War|war]] raging between [[human]]s and their own kind. They functioned as a way to preserve the world and its people and as such were often highly decorated with the [[Isu script]].<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[In Bocca al Lupo]]</ref> The Temples were established underground, as a way both to protect them from the battle present on the surface, and as a precaution should they fail to avert the coming catastrophe.<ref name="ACRModern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>


The Temples were established underground, as a way both to protect them from the battle present on the surface, and as a precaution should they fail to avert the coming catastrophe.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
===First Disaster===
{{Quote|Six we tried in succession, each more encouraging than the last. But none worked. And then the world ended...|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
Each Temple researched a different way to prevent the disaster, and the findings were transmitted to the Grand Temple, located underneath a First Civilization municipality in modern New York. From there, three members of the First Civilization—[[Jupiter]], [[Juno]], and [[Minerva]]—sorted the solutions most likely to succeed. They tested six possible solutions in succession,<ref name="ACRModern"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – Modern day</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> with each being more promising than the last. However, all six solutions ultimately failed, and before any further solutions could be tested, a catastrophe decimated the planet, nearly wiping out the entire First Civilization.<ref name="ACRModern"/>


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===Modern times===
{{Quote|You must go there. To the place where we labored... labored and lost. Take my words. Pass them from your head into your hands. That is how you will open the way.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}
[[File:Mass Exodus 7 v.png|250px|thumb|Ezio within the Vatican Vault]]
In 2012, Minerva spoke to [[Desmond Miles]], who relived the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] of his ancestor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] through a machine known as the [[Animus]]. When Ezio accessed a [[Vatican Vault|vault]] under the [[Sistine Chapel]] in 1499, Minerva told Desmond about the war that had wiped out all of her kind, and its impending repeat. She also briefly told Desmond about the history of the Temples, before telling him to guard against "[[Templars|the cross]]."<ref name="AC2Modern">''Assassin's Creed II'' – Modern day</ref>
 
Several weeks later, on 10 October 2012, Desmond and his team of fellow [[Modern times|modern-day]] [[Assassins]] drove to another [[Colosseum Vault|vault]] beneath the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]]. There, Juno spoke to Desmond as he [[Freerunning|free-ran]] around the Vault attempting to access the [[Vault pedestal|pedestal]] at its center. Juno informed Desmond about the history behind confrontations between humans and the First Civilization. Once Desmond had activated the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple]] of [[Eden]] on the pedestal, Juno's presence took command of Desmond through the Apple and made him stab his fellow Assassin [[Lucy Stillman]] in the abdomen with his [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="ACBModern">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' – Modern day</ref> before he fell unconscious as his subconscious splintered.<ref name="ACRModern">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – Modern day</ref>
[[File:ACIII-Templecamp 1.png|250px|thumb|left|Desmond and the other Assassins inside the Grand Temple]]
After Desmond accessed a [[Synch Nexus|synch nexus]] an appiration of Jupiter spoke to Desmond. Jupiter informed Desmond about the catastrophe that had previously occurred, and also explained the Temples in further detail. Lastly, Jupiter told Desmond that he needed to go to the Grand Temple in order to stop [[Second Disaster|the impending cataclysm]], though he also admitted that he was unsure as to whether the Temples could successfully prevent the disaster.<ref name="ACR"/>


===First Disaster===
==Known Temples==
{{Quote|Six we tried in succession, each more encouraging than the last. But none worked. And then the world ended...|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}Each Temple researched a different way to prevent the disaster, and the findings were transmitted to the Grand Temple, located underneath a First Civilization municipality in modern New York. From there, three members of the First Civilization - [[Jupiter]], [[Juno]], and [[Minerva]] - sorted the solutions most likely to succeed.<ref name="ACR"/>
===North America===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACRG Arctic Temple Main Chamber.png|[[Arctic Temple]]<br>[[Arctic Ocean]]<ref name="ACRo">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Non Nobis Domine]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
AC3 Grand Temple Front.png|[[Grand Temple]]<br>[[Turin, New York|Turin]], [[New York]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Awakening"</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
</gallery>


They tested six possible solutions in succession, with each being more promising than the last. However, all six solutions ultimately failed, and before any further solutions could be tested, a catastrophe decimated the planet, nearly wiping out the entire First Civilization.<ref name="ACR"/>
===South America===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Return to Mexico 7.png|[[Chichen Itza Temples|Chichen Itza Temple #1]]<br>[[Chichen Itza]], [[Mexico]]<ref name="ReturnToMexico">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>{{c|partly submerged}}
Chichen Itza Disk Chamber.png|Chichen Itza Temple #2<br>Chichen Itza, Mexico<ref name="TheSecretOfTheCenote">''Assassin's Creed: Liberation'' – [[The Secret of the Cenote]]</ref><br>{{c|partly submerged}}
</gallery>


===Modern times===
===Caribbean===
{{Quote|You must go there. To the place where we labored... labored and lost. Take my words. Pass them from your head into your hands. That is how you will open the way.|Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|21st century conversations}}[[File:Mass Exodus 7 v.png|250px|thumb|Ezio within the Vatican Vault]]
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
In 2012, Minerva spoke to [[Desmond Miles]], who relived the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] of his ancestor, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], through a machine known as the [[Animus]]. When Ezio accessed a [[Vatican Vault|Vault]] under the [[Sistine Chapel]] in 1499, Minerva told Desmond about the war that had wiped out all of her kind, and its impending repeat. She also briefly told Desmond about the history of the Temples, before telling him to guard against "[[Templars|the cross]]."<ref name="AC2"/>
Caribbean sea vault Entrance.png|[[Isu vault (Caribbean Sea)|Caribbean Vault]]<br>[[Caribbean Sea]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE – Mission 5|Mission 5]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png|[[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]]<br>[[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]<ref name="AC4Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Observatory]]</ref>{{c|intact, buried}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Port-au-Prince Temple]]<br>[[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]<ref name="LessonsAndRevelations">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Lessons and Revelations]]</ref>{{c|destroyed}}
</gallery>


Several weeks later, on 10 October 2012, Desmond and his team of fellow [[Modern times|modern-day]] [[Assassins]] drove to a [[Colosseum Vault|Vault]] located beneath the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]]. There, Juno spoke to Desmond as he [[Freerunning|free-ran]] around the Vault, attempting to access the [[Vault pedestal|pedestal]] at its center.<ref name="ACR"/>
===Africa===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo 7.jpeg|[[Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo]]<br>[[Giza]], [[Egypt]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat 7.jpeg|[[Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat]]<br>[[Haueris Nome]], Egypt.<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb 3.jpeg|[[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb]]<br>Giza, Egypt.<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot 6.jpeg|[[Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot]]<br>[[Isolated Desert]], Egypt.<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye 6.jpeg|[[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]]<br>[[Desheret Desert]], Egypt.<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Seshem.eff Er Aat 2.jpeg|[[Seshem.eff Er Aat]]<br>[[Black Desert]], Egypt.<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Siwa Vault 1.jpeg|[[Siwa Vault]]<br>[[Siwa]], Egypt<ref name="ACO"/><br>{{c|intact}}
</gallery>


Juno informed Desmond about the history behind confrontations between humans and the First Civilization, and soon after, once Desmond had activated the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]] on the pedestal, Juno reappeared and forced Desmond to stab his fellow Assassin, [[Lucy Stillman]]. After impaling Lucy in the abdomen with his [[Hidden Blade]], Desmond fell unconscious, with his subconscious splintered.<ref name="ACR"/>
===Europe===
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Buckingham Palace Vault 1.png|[[Buckingham Palace Vault]]<br>[[London]], England<br><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Boudicca Tomb]]<br>[[East Anglia]], England<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Cassivellaunus Tomb]]<br>[[Shropshire]], England<ref name="ACV"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Retrieval 14.png|[[Colosseum Vault]]<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]<ref name="ACBModern"/><br>{{c|intact}}
ACReb Torquemada at The Forge.jpg|[[The Forge (Isu)|The Forge]]<br>[[Ávila]], [[Spain]]<ref name="TheForge">''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – [[The Forge]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
ACV Freya's Tomb Inside.Jpeg|[[Freyja's Cave]]<br>[[Mercia]], [[England]].<ref name="ChallengeFromTheGods">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Mastery Challenge]]'' – [[A Challenge from the Gods]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
ACV DB Isu Barracks.png|[[Isu Barracks]]<br>[[Hampshire]], England<ref name="ACV"/><br>{{c|intact}}
ACRG Lisbon Temple Front.png|[[Lisbon Temple]]<ref name="KyrieEleison">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Kyrie Eleison]]</ref><br>[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]<br>{{c|destroyed}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Manius's Sanctum]]<br>[[Cambridge]], England<ref name="ACV"/><br>{{c|intact}}
TToP 6.png|[[Pythagorean Vault]]<br>Rome, Italy<ref name="TheTempleOfPythagoras">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – [[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'' – [[The Temple of Pythagoras]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
ACU Saint-Denis Temple Main Chamber.png|[[Saint-Denis Temple]]<br>[[Saint-Denis]], [[France]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
Vatican Vault - Inner Chamber.jpg|[[Vatican Vault]]<br>Rome, Italy<ref name="InBoccaAlLupo"/><br>{{c|intact}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Venutius Tomb]]<br>[[Yorkshire]], England<ref name="ACV"/><br>{{c|intact}}
ACV - Yggdrasil chamber concept 1.jpg|[[Yggdrasil|Yggdrasil Chamber]]<br>[[Hordaland]], [[Norway]]<ref name="ABrothersKeeper">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
</gallery>


[[File:ACIII-Templecamp 1.png|250px|thumb|left|Desmond and the other Assassins inside the Grand Temple]]
===Mediterranian and Mideast===
After Desmond accessed Ezio's [[Synch Nexus|nexus of time]] from 1512, another member of the First Civilization, Jupiter, spoke to Desmond. Jupiter informed Desmond about the catastrophe that had previously occurred, and also explained the Temples in further detail. Lastly, Jupiter told Desmond that he needed to go to the Grand Temple in order to stop [[Second Disaster|the impending cataclysm]], though he also admitted that he was unsure as to whether the Temples could successfully prevent the disaster.<ref name="ACR"/>
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
{{-}}
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Alamut Temple]]<br>[[Alamut]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
==Known Temples==
ACOD Forge of Hephaistos interior.jpg|[[Ancient Forge]]<br>[[Andros]], [[Greece]]<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
[[File:Possible vault locations.jpg|300px|thumb|Possible Temple locations]]
CaveOfTheForgottenIsle1.jpg|[[Cave of the Forgotten Isle]]<br>[[Phokis]], Greece<ref name="ACOD"/><br>{{c|partly collapsed}}
*The [[Alamut Temple]]: located beneath the [[Assassins]]' fortress in [[Alamut]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "Lawrence of America"</ref>
Gateway to the Lost City.jpg|[[Gateway to the Lost City]]<br>[[Thera]], Greece<ref name="ACOd"/><br>{{c|intact}}
*The [[Ancient Forge]]: located on the island of [[Andros]] in [[Greece]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
Solomonaltairwatchingrobert.png|[[Jerusalem Vault]]<br>[[Jerusalem]]<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Acquisition]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
*The [[Arctic Temple]]: located in an unknown location in the Arctic.<ref name="ACRo">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Non Nobis Domine]]</ref>
MinotaurLabyrinth2.jpg|[[Labyrinth of Lost Souls]]<br>[[Messara]], Greece<ref name="ACOd"/><br>{{c|intact}}
*The [[Amritsar Temple]]: located beneath [[Ranjit Singh]]'s palace in [[Amritsar]].<ref name="ACBM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref><ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref>
ACOD Sphinx's Lair 1.jpg|[[Lair of the Sphinx]]<br>[[Boeotia]], Greece<ref name="ACOd"/><br>{{c|intact}}
*The [[Isu vault (Caribbean Sea)|Caribbean Vault]]: located somewhere in the Caribbean.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE]] – [[Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE – Mission 5|Mission 5]]</ref>
[[Petrified Temple]]<br>[[Lesbos]], Greece.<ref name="ACOd"/>
*The [[Chichen Itza Temples]]: located in the tunnels beneath [[Chichen Itza]].<ref name="ACLib">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
</gallery>
*The [[Colosseum Vault]]: located below the [[Santa Maria in Aracoeli]] in Rome.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – Modern day</ref>
*[[Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo]]: located below the [[Great Sphinx of Giza]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
*[[Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat]]: located below the [[Tomb of Smenkhkare|tomb]] of [[Smenkhkare]].<ref name="ACO"/>
*[[The Forge (Isu)|The Forge]]: located beneath the [[Real Monasterio de Santo Tomás|Monastery]] of Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] in [[Ávila]], [[Spain]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – [[The Forge]]</ref>
*[[Freyja's Cave]]: located below the hills near [[Ravensthorpe]] in [[Mercia]], [[England]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Mastery Challenge]]'' – [[A Challenge from the Gods]]</ref>
*The [[Gateway to the Lost City]]: located beneath the Greek island of [[Thera]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
*The [[Grand Temple]]: located near [[Turin, New York]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Awakening"</ref>
*The [[Herat Temple]]: located beneath [[Herat Citadel]] in [[Herat]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India'' – [[What Lies Beneath]]</ref>
*The [[Isu Barracks]]: located beneth [[Stonehenge]] in [[Hampshire]], [[England]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>
*The [[Jerusalem Vault]]: located beneath [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Acquisition]]</ref>
*[[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb]]: located beneath the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].<ref name="ACO"/>
*The [[Labyrinth of Lost Souls]]: located beneath the [[Knossos Palace]] in [[Messara]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
*The [[Lair of the Sphinx]]: located on the southern shore of [[Lake Kopais]] in [[Boeotia]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
*The [[Lisbon Temple]]: located below the [[Carmo Convent]] in Lisbon.<ref name="ACRo"/>
*The [[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]]: located near [[Long Bay]] in [[Jamaica]].<ref name="ACBF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref>
*[[Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot]]: located below the [[Golden Tomb]] of [[Ahmose-ankh]].<ref name="ACO"/>
*The [[Petrified Temple]]: located near the [[Dread Ruins]] in [[Lesbos]].<ref name="ACOd"/>
*The [[Port-au-Prince Temple]]: located near Port-au-Prince.<ref name="ACRo"/>
*The [[Pythagorean Vault]]: located in the [[Temple of Pythagoras]] in Rome.<ref name="ACB"/>
*[[Qeneb.too Kah'Aiye]]: located below the sands of the [[Desheret Desert]].<ref name="ACO"/>
*The [[Saint-Denis Temple]]: located below [[Saint-Denis]].<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]''</ref>
*[[Seshem.eff Er Aat]]: located below the tomb of an Egyptian Nomarch.<ref name="ACO"/>
*The [[Siwa Vault]]: located under the Temple of Amun in Siwa.<ref name="ACO"/>
*The [[Vatican Vault]]: located below the Sistine Chapel in Rome.<ref name="AC2"/><ref name="ACB"/>
*The [[Yggdrasil|Yggdrasil chamber]]: Located below [[Hordafylke]], [[Norway]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]''</ref>


==Gallery==
===Asia===
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACOD_Forge_of_Hephaistos_interior.jpg|The Ancient Forge
ACCI What Lies Beneath Main.jpg|[[Herat Temple]]<br>[[Herat]], [[Afghanistan]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[What Lies Beneath]]</ref><br>{{c|intact}}
ACRG Arctic Temple Main Chamber.png|The Arctic Temple
ACCI Enemy Revealed (1).jpg|[[Tosha Khana]]<br>[[Amritsar]], [[India]].<ref name="ACBM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref><ref name="TheEnemyRevealed">''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India'' – [[The Enemy Revealed]]</ref><br>{{c|destroyed}}
Return to Mexico 7.png|One of the Chichen Itza Temples
Chichen Itza Disk Chamber.png|The other Chichen Itza Temple
Retrieval 14.png|The Colosseum Vault
Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo 7.jpeg|Eesfet Oon-m'Aa Poo
Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat 7.jpeg|Eeyoo Sekedoo Aat
Gateway_to_the_Lost_City.jpg|The Gateway to the Lost City
AC3 Gra[http://www.example.com link title]nd Temple Front.png|The Grand Temple
Solomonaltairwatchingrobert.png|The Jerusalem Vault
File:Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb 3.jpeg|Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb
MinotaurLabyrinth2.jpg|The Labyrinth of Lost Souls
ACOD_Sphinx's_Lair_1.jpg|The Lair of the Sphinx
ACRG Lisbon Temple Front.png|The Lisbon Temple
AC4 Observatory Main Chamber.png|The Observatory
Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot 6.jpeg|Oun-mAa Niye Ressoot
TToP 6.png|The Pythagorean Vault
ACU Saint-Denis Temple Main Chamber.png|The Saint-Denis Temple
Seshem.eff Er Aat 2.jpeg|Seshem.eff Er Aat
Siwa Vault 1.jpeg|The Siwa Vault
Vatican Vault - Inner Chamber.jpg|The Vatican Vault
</gallery>
</gallery>


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"We built vaults within which to work, each dedicated to a different method of salvation. They were placed underground to avoid the war which raged above, and also as a precaution, should we fail in our efforts."
―Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.[src]-[m]
The Temple of Juno in 2012

Temples, also referred to as Vaults, are underground locations constructed by the Isu. A number of these were built in an attempt to discover a way to protect the Earth from the First Disaster, as well as any recurrence. Though Temples are located across the globe, there is a disproportionately high number of them in and around Europe than elsewhere in the world.

History

Creation

"Built by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us – to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world."
―Minerva to Ezio Auditore, 1499.[src]-[m]
The Temples in Minerva's projections

The Temples were built by members of the First Civilization who avoided the war raging between humans and their own kind. They functioned as a way to preserve the world and its people and as such were often highly decorated with the Isu script.[1] The Temples were established underground, as a way both to protect them from the battle present on the surface, and as a precaution should they fail to avert the coming catastrophe.[2]

First Disaster

"Six we tried in succession, each more encouraging than the last. But none worked. And then the world ended..."
―Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.[src]-[m]

Each Temple researched a different way to prevent the disaster, and the findings were transmitted to the Grand Temple, located underneath a First Civilization municipality in modern New York. From there, three members of the First Civilization—Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva—sorted the solutions most likely to succeed. They tested six possible solutions in succession,[2][3][4] with each being more promising than the last. However, all six solutions ultimately failed, and before any further solutions could be tested, a catastrophe decimated the planet, nearly wiping out the entire First Civilization.[2]

Modern times

"You must go there. To the place where we labored... labored and lost. Take my words. Pass them from your head into your hands. That is how you will open the way."
―Jupiter to Desmond Miles, 2012.[src]-[m]
Ezio within the Vatican Vault

In 2012, Minerva spoke to Desmond Miles, who relived the genetic memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore through a machine known as the Animus. When Ezio accessed a vault under the Sistine Chapel in 1499, Minerva told Desmond about the war that had wiped out all of her kind, and its impending repeat. She also briefly told Desmond about the history of the Temples, before telling him to guard against "the cross."[5]

Several weeks later, on 10 October 2012, Desmond and his team of fellow modern-day Assassins drove to another vault beneath the Colosseum in Rome. There, Juno spoke to Desmond as he free-ran around the Vault attempting to access the pedestal at its center. Juno informed Desmond about the history behind confrontations between humans and the First Civilization. Once Desmond had activated the Apple of Eden on the pedestal, Juno's presence took command of Desmond through the Apple and made him stab his fellow Assassin Lucy Stillman in the abdomen with his Hidden Blade,[6] before he fell unconscious as his subconscious splintered.[2]

Desmond and the other Assassins inside the Grand Temple

After Desmond accessed a synch nexus an appiration of Jupiter spoke to Desmond. Jupiter informed Desmond about the catastrophe that had previously occurred, and also explained the Temples in further detail. Lastly, Jupiter told Desmond that he needed to go to the Grand Temple in order to stop the impending cataclysm, though he also admitted that he was unsure as to whether the Temples could successfully prevent the disaster.[7]

Known Temples

North America

South America

Caribbean

Africa

Europe

Mediterranian and Mideast

Asia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed II – In Bocca al Lupo
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Modern day Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ACRModern" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Modern day
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Feast to Remember
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Modern day
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Modern day
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ACR
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Non Nobis Domine
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files: "Awakening"
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Liberation – The Secret of the Cenote
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – Caribbean Sea, 1713 CE – Mission 5
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – The Observatory
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Lessons and Revelations
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Assassin's Creed: Origins
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – A Night to Remember
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Forge
  19. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery Challenge – A Challenge from the Gods
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Kyrie Eleison
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Da Vinci Disappearance – The Temple of Pythagoras
  22. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – A Crown of Thorns
  23. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brother's Keeper
  24. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "Lawrence of America"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  26. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ACOD
  27. ↑ Assassin's Creed – Acquisition
  28. ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – What Lies Beneath
  29. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brahman
  30. ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Enemy Revealed

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