X Marks the Spot

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X Marks the Spot is a memory in Assassin's Creed II.

Description

This is the second to last memory of the game and can only be started after Ezio has collected all the Codex pages over Italy, and had them decoded by Leonardo. It begins with Ezio meeting his uncle Mario Auditore and the other Assassins at the Villa Auditore.

Ezio places all the Codex pages on the Codex Wall, and solves the puzzle by using Eagle Vision and rotating the pages. Once solved, the image turns out to be a map of the world, showing the locations of the Vault and other Pieces of Eden throughout the world.

Dialogue

Ezio placing the Apple on the pedestal.

Ezio and the other Assassins gather in Mario's study.

• Mario: Ezio!
• Ezio: It is time, uncle. Let us finish what you and my father started all those years ago...
• Mario: Indeed. Perhaps now we can finally make sense of this prophecy - and put a stop to whatever it is The Spaniard is plotting.
• Ezio: We should start by locating the Vault. The Codex pages will lead us to it. Let's take a look.

Ezio places the Apple in front of the Codex pages and assembles the map, causing the apple to activate.

• Ezio: It... It is a map of the entire world... But... there are lands shown here that do not exist...
• Machiavelli: Apparently they do exist. I imagine they've yet to be discovered. Or rediscovered...
• Ezio: How is this possible?
• Machiavelli: Perhaps the Vault will hold the answer.
• Paola: Do you see where it is then?
• Ezio: No! It can't be! The Vault... It looks like the Vault is in Roma. Then the Spaniard... This is why he became Pope!
• Mario: Now I understand! It's not the Vault alone he's gained access to - but the staff as well!

The Assassins gaze at the Codex wall.

• Teodora: What staff?
• Mario: The Codex always spoke of two keys... two Pieces of Eden needed to open the Vault. One is the Apple...
• Ezio: And the other is the staff... The Papal Staff is the second Piece of Eden.
• Mario: For years... No, decades... We have sought these answers.
• Paola: And now, at last, we have them...
• Antonio: But so too could the Spaniard... And if he does... if he finds a way into the Vault... Its contents will make the Apple seem a trifling thing.
• Ezio: I must go to Roma and find the Vault. What of the rest of you?
• Bartolomeo: We'll do what we do best, cause some trouble in the city, giving you the freedom to conduct your search.
• Mario: Just let me know when you are ready, nipote (nephew).

Outcome

The Assassins find the location of the Vatican Vault, and Ezio goes to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia. The other Assassins aid Ezio by causing riots in the city to distract the guards and let Ezio make it to the Vatican.

Trivia

• The "undiscovered lands" that Ezio and Machiavelli discuss are the Americas, which actually had unknowingly been rediscovered 7 years earlier in 1492 on Christopher Columbus's voyage, whom Ezio had met years earlier.

Gallery

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  The Codex wall as seen by Ezio.
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  Machiavelli and Ezio discuss the locations indicated.
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  Teodora and Antonio suggesting Ezio to act soon.
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  Mario informing of the plan to visit Rome.
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  Bartolomeo explaining his plan to cause chaos.