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{{Quote|The priest pulls out another skull, crystal, and holds it high. The relic! I hear its hum in my own skull. Faint, but familiar!|Giovanni Borgia, upon first sighting a Crystal Skull.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | {{Quote|The priest pulls out another skull, crystal, and holds it high. The relic! I hear its hum in my own skull. Faint, but familiar!|Giovanni Borgia, upon first sighting a Crystal Skull.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | ||
[[File:Phrenology.PNG|thumb|250px|Bombastus and Giovanni Borgia studying a Crystal Skull.]] | [[File:Phrenology.PNG|thumb|250px|Bombastus and Giovanni Borgia studying a Crystal Skull.]] | ||
The '''Crystal Skulls''' were [[Pieces of Eden]] created by the [[First Civilization]]. They were scattered throughout Central and South America, mainly coming into the possession of Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations. | The '''Crystal Skulls''' were [[Pieces of Eden]] created by the [[First Civilization]]. They were scattered throughout Central and South America, mainly coming into the possession of [[Aztecs|Aztec]], Maya, and Inca Civilizations. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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{{Quote|I hear talking, but I cannot understand the words! I see a face within its cloudy core. No... in my mind. It has appeared in my mind!|Giovanni studying the Skull, 1542.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | {{Quote|I hear talking, but I cannot understand the words! I see a face within its cloudy core. No... in my mind. It has appeared in my mind!|Giovanni studying the Skull, 1542.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | ||
In 1520, one Skull was located by [[Giovanni Borgia]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] who had been sent to become a member of [[Hernán Cortés]]' crew, in order to search for Pieces of Eden. He managed to intercept one from an Aztec priest in Tenochtitlan, where it was being used as part of a human sacrifice ritual.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia|Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref> | In 1520, one Skull was located by [[Giovanni Borgia]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] who had been sent to become a member of [[Hernán Cortés]]' crew, in order to search for Pieces of Eden. He managed to intercept one from an Aztec priest in [[Tenochtitlan]], where it was being used as part of a human sacrifice ritual.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia|Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref> | ||
[[File:Vision01-1-.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The skull in use.]] | [[File:Vision01-1-.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The skull in use.]] | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 15 August 2012
- "The priest pulls out another skull, crystal, and holds it high. The relic! I hear its hum in my own skull. Faint, but familiar!"
- ―Giovanni Borgia, upon first sighting a Crystal Skull.[src]
The Crystal Skulls were Pieces of Eden created by the First Civilization. They were scattered throughout Central and South America, mainly coming into the possession of Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations.
History
Renaissance
- "I hear talking, but I cannot understand the words! I see a face within its cloudy core. No... in my mind. It has appeared in my mind!"
- ―Giovanni studying the Skull, 1542.[src]
In 1520, one Skull was located by Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin who had been sent to become a member of Hernán Cortés' crew, in order to search for Pieces of Eden. He managed to intercept one from an Aztec priest in Tenochtitlan, where it was being used as part of a human sacrifice ritual.[1]
Upon returning to Europe, Giovanni took it to the scientist Bombastus, who was an expert in studying the Pieces of Eden. Though he subjected it to several tests, Bombastus was unable to discover its purpose, and the Brotherhood dismissed the Skull as little more than an ornate treasure.[1]
Despite this, Giovanni continued to study the Skull, gazing into it for at least an hour each day for about 22 years. Finally, in 1542, an unknown Chinese man, who had apparently also acquired a Skull, used its communicative powers to contact Giovanni.[1]
Modern times
- "The good news is that they work. As a result, we now have a safe and secure communication channel for use after the launch."
- ―Alan Rikkin reporting on the Skulls.[src]
As of 2012, a number of the Skulls had come into the possession of Abstergo Industries. Alan Rikkin noted in an email to Warren Vidic that the "Mitchell-Hedges Communicators" worked, but were extremely few in number.[2]
The Templars planned to use them as a completely secure means of communication, which the modern-day Assassins would be unable to trace. Due to their limited number, only the most essential facilities or members (including Warren Vidic) would have access to them.[2]
Trivia
- A message that Clay Kaczmarek wrote states that "Within Emperor Jiajing's sin and Quetzalcoatl's hunger lies the answers." The Chinese man who contacted Giovanni was perhaps Emperor Jiajing, a Templar-aided Chinese emperor, who hunted the Chinese Assassins. Quetzalcoatl is a reference to the Mesoamerican deity, which would tie to the Mitchell-Hedges Skull.
References
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