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==History==
==History==
===Isu Era===
===Isu Era===
While the [[Isu]] [[Capitoline Triad]] of [[Minerva]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Juno]] worked within the [[Grand Temple]] to avert a [[Great Catastrophe|solar catastrophe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for [[Desmond Miles]] to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, believing them to be nothing more but "filled with lies".<ref name="AC3">''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Desmond Miles' email]]: Subject line "They left"</ref>
While the Isu [[Capitoline Triad]] of [[Minerva]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Juno]] worked within the [[Grand Temple]] to avert a [[Great Catastrophe|solar catastrophe]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for [[Desmond Miles]] to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, believing them to be "filled with lies".<ref name="AC3">''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Desmond Miles' email]]: Subject line "They left"</ref>


===Middle Ages===
===Middle Ages===
[[File:ACMirage The Master Thief of Anbar 37.png|thumb|250px|A Memory Seal in Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's locked box]]
[[File:ACMirage The Master Thief of Anbar 37.png|thumb|250px|A Memory Seal in Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's locked box|left]]
In 861, the [[thief]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] hoped to ingratiate himself with the [[Hidden Ones]] and sneaked into the [[Winter Palace]] in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital of [[Baghdad]], intending to bring them the contents of a [[Treasure chest|chest]] there that they sought. Making his way to where [[Caliph]] [[Al-Mutawakkil]] was meeting with the [[Order of the Ancients]], he broke the lock when they were out of the room and saw a single Memory Seal on a cushion. Upon picking it up, the seal projected a hologram of an unknown male striking a prisoner, shortly before Basim was interrupted by the caliph. In the ensuing struggle, Basim inadvertently killed the caliph before escaping the palace in shock with the seal still in his pocket. When he returned to his dwelling, the Hidden One [[Roshan]] visited him the next morning and claimed the seal from him and took it back with her to Alamut.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Master Thief of Anbar]]</ref>
By 861, [[Al-Mutawakkil]], ruler of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] and a puppet of the [[Order of the Ancients]], had acquired a Memory Seal which he kept safe within a locked chest. On 11 December 861, the [[caliph]] organized a meeting with five Order members at his [[Winter Palace]] in [[Anbar]] to present them the artifact, which the Order had forbidden him from laying his eyes on.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:The torch 7.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr passing the seals to Niccolò Polo]]
 
In his late life, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]], came upon six Memory Seals after discovering that the Assassin fortress of [[Alamut]] was built upon the [[Alamut Temple|remains]] of a small [[Temple (Isu)|Isu temple]]. This temple contained a large number of memory seals, and Altaïr used 6 of them to record important events in his life, five of which also became the [[Masyaf Key|keys]] necessary to enter [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]] hidden beneath [[Masyaf]].<ref name="ACRGuide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide]]''</ref> The six memories that Altaïr chose to record all took place within Masyaf. In order, they involved a [[Crusaders|Crusader]] skirmish in 1189,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Keeper]]</ref> the revolt shortly after [[Al Mualim]]'s death in 1191,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref> [[Maria Thorpe]]'s death and Altaïr's [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins|exile]] in 1227,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A New Regime]]</ref> Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Return]]</ref> [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]]'s departure in 1257 during the [[Fall of Masyaf]],<ref name="PassingTheTorch">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref> and Altaïr's death shortly thereafter.<ref name="LostLegacy">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref>
During the meeting, Al-Mutawakkil asked that he may be allowed to take a look at the contents of the chest, but the Order members threatened him in response and ordered him to keep the artifact safe until their work was done. After the Order members left, the [[thief]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] attempted to steal the contents of the chest to  ingratiate himself with the [[Hidden Ones]]. Upon picking the seal up, it projected a hologram of an unknown male striking a prisoner, shortly before Basim was interrupted by the caliph.<ref name=":0" />
At Altaïr's request, Niccolò Polo took the 5 Memory Seals<ref name="PassingTheTorch"/> and hid them underground throughout [[Constantinople]].<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Journal of Some Kind]]</ref> Respectively, the seals were placed within [[Topkapı Palace]],<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind"/> the [[Yerebatan Cistern]],<ref name="YerebatanMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Yerebatan Cistern]]</ref> [[Galata Tower]],<ref name="GalataMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Galata Tower (memory)|Galata Tower]]</ref> the [[Forum of the Ox]],<ref name="ForumMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Forum of the Ox]]</ref> and the [[Maiden's Tower]].<ref name="MaidenTowerMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Maiden's Tower]]</ref> The sixth memory seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.<ref name="LostLegacy"/>
 
In the ensuing struggle, Basim inadvertently killed Al-Mutawakkil before fleeing the palace in shock with the seal still in his pocket. When he returned to his dwelling, the Hidden One [[Roshan]] visited him the next morning and took the seal from him, bringing it, along with Basim, back to [[Alamut]].<ref name=":0">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Master Thief of Anbar]]</ref> Years later, when Basim entered the Isu [[Alamut Temple|temple]] underneath Alamut, he found dozens more Memory Seals locked away.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Mirage'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref>
In the 13th century, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]], was exiled from [[Masyaf]] and took refuge in Alamut, where his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] guided him to the Isu temple underneath the fortress. Altaïr subsequently claimed six of the Memory Seals he found there, using them to record important events in his life for an [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|unknown person]] to view centuries later. Following his return to Masyaf, Altaïr began construction on a secret [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|library]] and used five of his seals as the [[Masyaf Key|keys]].<ref name="ACRGuide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide]]''</ref>[[File:The torch 7.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr passing the Memory Seals to Niccolò Polo]]
In order, the events chosen by Altaïr to be recorded involved a [[Crusaders|Crusader]] skirmish in 1189,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Keeper]]</ref> the revolt shortly after [[Al Mualim]]'s death in 1191,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref> [[Maria Thorpe]]'s death and Altaïr's exile in 1228,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A New Regime]]</ref> Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Mentor's Return]]</ref> [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]]'s departure in 1257 during the [[Fall of Masyaf]],<ref name="PassingTheTorch">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref> and Altaïr's death shortly thereafter.<ref name="LostLegacy">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref>
 
Prior to his death, Altaïr passed the five seals used as the keys to his library to Niccolò Polo, trusting him to hide them.<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Journal of Some Kind]]</ref> Upon arriving in [[Constantinople]], Niccolò hid the seals in several secret locations around the city, and left behind clues to their whereabouts in his book, ''[[The Secret Crusade]]''.<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind" /> Respectively, the five seals were placed within [[Topkapı Palace]],<ref name="AJournalOfSomeKind" /> the [[Yerebatan Cistern]],<ref name="YerebatanMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Yerebatan Cistern]]</ref> [[Galata Tower]],<ref name="GalataMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Galata Tower (memory)|Galata Tower]]</ref> the [[Forum of the Ox]],<ref name="ForumMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Forum of the Ox]]</ref> and the [[Maiden's Tower]].<ref name="MaidenTowerMemory">''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Maiden's Tower]]</ref> Meanwhile, the sixth and final seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.<ref name="LostLegacy" />


===Renaissance===
===Renaissance===
[[File:ACR Masyaf Key.png|thumb|250px|Ezio retrieving a memory seal]]
In 1509, the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templars]] recovered the Memory Seal hidden by Niccolò Polo underneath Topkapı Palace after an earthquake struck Constantinople, allowing them to claim the artifact. They subsequently set out to retrieve the remaining four seals and uncover the secrets of Altaïr's library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' - [[The Wounded Eagle]]</ref>[[File:ACR Masyaf Key.png|thumb|250px|Ezio retrieving a Memory Seal|left]]
In 1511, two Memory Seals in [[Alexandria]] were located by Mamluk Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri]]'s [[soldier]]s during the excavation of the [[Library of Alexandria]]. These seals, kept within a chest dated to 331 BCE, were recovered by both the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]] and their [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman brethren]] shortly afterwards. The seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an woman initiate. As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the Templars led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria"</ref>
In 1511, two Memory Seals in [[Alexandria]] were located by Mamluk Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri]]'s [[soldier]]s during the excavation of the [[Library of Alexandria]]. These seals, kept within a chest dated to 331 BCE, were recovered by both the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]] and their [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman brethren]] shortly afterwards. The seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an woman initiate. As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the [[Templars]] led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria"</ref>


The next year, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]]' Mentor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] journeyed to Constantinople and uncovered four of the seals,<ref name="YerebatanMemory"/><ref name="GalataMemory"/><ref name="ForumMemory"/><ref name="MaidenTowerMemory"/> reclaimed the fifth one from the dying [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templar]] [[Manuel Palaiologos]] in [[Derinkuyu]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Last of the Palaiologi]]</ref> and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Homecoming]]</ref>
That same year, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]]' Mentor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] journeyed to Constantinople after learning about Altaïr's library and the five Memory Seals required to access it. Using information from ''The Secret Crusade'', Ezio was able to find and recover the seals kept within the Yerebatan Cistern,<ref name="YerebatanMemory" /> Galata Tower,<ref name="GalataMemory" /> the Forum of the Ox,<ref name="ForumMemory" /> and the Maiden's Tower<ref name="MaidenTowerMemory" /> ahead of the Byzantine Templars. Later, he journeyed to [[Cappadocia]] where he reclaimed the fifth seal from a dying [[Manuel Palaiologos]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Last of the Palaiologi]]</ref> and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[A Homecoming]]</ref> Following his return to Constantinople, Ezio entrusted all six seals to the Ottoman Assassins, who hid them within the Yerebatan Cistern.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>


===Modern era===
===Modern times===
In 2013, an embedded file in the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]] – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"</ref>
In 2013, an embedded file in the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Noob's personal files]] – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"</ref>


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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{c|first identified as Memory Seals}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]'' {{c|picture only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin?]]'' {{c|non-canonical appearance}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''



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Memory Seals are Precursor relics with the ability to contain the recorded memories of their users, whether Isu or human.

History

Isu Era

While the Isu Capitoline Triad of Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno worked within the Grand Temple to avert a solar catastrophe,[1] Minerva and Jupiter recorded messages on several seals that were intended for Desmond Miles to view thousands of years later. However, after Juno was imprisoned within the Temple, she found the seals and threw them into the chasm below the compound, believing them to be "filled with lies".[2]

Middle Ages

A Memory Seal in Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's locked box

By 861, Al-Mutawakkil, ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate and a puppet of the Order of the Ancients, had acquired a Memory Seal which he kept safe within a locked chest. On 11 December 861, the caliph organized a meeting with five Order members at his Winter Palace in Anbar to present them the artifact, which the Order had forbidden him from laying his eyes on.[3]

During the meeting, Al-Mutawakkil asked that he may be allowed to take a look at the contents of the chest, but the Order members threatened him in response and ordered him to keep the artifact safe until their work was done. After the Order members left, the thief Basim Ibn Ishaq attempted to steal the contents of the chest to ingratiate himself with the Hidden Ones. Upon picking the seal up, it projected a hologram of an unknown male striking a prisoner, shortly before Basim was interrupted by the caliph.[3]

In the ensuing struggle, Basim inadvertently killed Al-Mutawakkil before fleeing the palace in shock with the seal still in his pocket. When he returned to his dwelling, the Hidden One Roshan visited him the next morning and took the seal from him, bringing it, along with Basim, back to Alamut.[3] Years later, when Basim entered the Isu temple underneath Alamut, he found dozens more Memory Seals locked away.[4]

In the 13th century, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, was exiled from Masyaf and took refuge in Alamut, where his Apple of Eden guided him to the Isu temple underneath the fortress. Altaïr subsequently claimed six of the Memory Seals he found there, using them to record important events in his life for an unknown person to view centuries later. Following his return to Masyaf, Altaïr began construction on a secret library and used five of his seals as the keys.[5]

Altaïr passing the Memory Seals to Niccolò Polo

In order, the events chosen by Altaïr to be recorded involved a Crusader skirmish in 1189,[6] the revolt shortly after Al Mualim's death in 1191,[7] Maria Thorpe's death and Altaïr's exile in 1228,[8] Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1247,[9] Niccolò and Maffeo Polo's departure in 1257 during the Fall of Masyaf,[10] and Altaïr's death shortly thereafter.[11]

Prior to his death, Altaïr passed the five seals used as the keys to his library to Niccolò Polo, trusting him to hide them.[12] Upon arriving in Constantinople, Niccolò hid the seals in several secret locations around the city, and left behind clues to their whereabouts in his book, The Secret Crusade.[12] Respectively, the five seals were placed within Topkapı Palace,[12] the Yerebatan Cistern,[13] Galata Tower,[14] the Forum of the Ox,[15] and the Maiden's Tower.[16] Meanwhile, the sixth and final seal remained with Altaïr inside his library, where he recorded his final moments.[11]

Renaissance

In 1509, the Byzantine Templars recovered the Memory Seal hidden by Niccolò Polo underneath Topkapı Palace after an earthquake struck Constantinople, allowing them to claim the artifact. They subsequently set out to retrieve the remaining four seals and uncover the secrets of Altaïr's library.[17]

Ezio retrieving a Memory Seal

In 1511, two Memory Seals in Alexandria were located by Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri's soldiers during the excavation of the Library of Alexandria. These seals, kept within a chest dated to 331 BCE, were recovered by both the Egyptian Assassins and their Ottoman brethren shortly afterwards. The seals were later taken to the local Assassins' headquarters, where they were studied by an woman initiate. As she worked to "unlock the mysteries" of the seals, the Templars led an attack on the headquarters, though they were thwarted again by the Ottoman Assassins.[18]

That same year, the Italian Assassins' Mentor Ezio Auditore journeyed to Constantinople after learning about Altaïr's library and the five Memory Seals required to access it. Using information from The Secret Crusade, Ezio was able to find and recover the seals kept within the Yerebatan Cistern,[13] Galata Tower,[14] the Forum of the Ox,[15] and the Maiden's Tower[16] ahead of the Byzantine Templars. Later, he journeyed to Cappadocia where he reclaimed the fifth seal from a dying Manuel Palaiologos,[19] and found the final one upon entering Altaïr's library.[20] Following his return to Constantinople, Ezio entrusted all six seals to the Ottoman Assassins, who hid them within the Yerebatan Cistern.[21]

Modern times

In 2013, an embedded file in the Abstergo Entertainment mainframe focused on several different First Civilization technologies, including memory seals.[22]

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed IIIModern day
  2. Assassin's Creed IIIDesmond Miles' email: Subject line "They left"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: MirageThe Master Thief of Anbar
  4. Assassin's Creed: MirageIn Pursuit of Truth
  5. Assassin's Creed: Revelations Official Game Guide
  6. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Mentor's Keeper
  7. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Mentor's Wake
  8. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsA New Regime
  9. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Mentor's Return
  10. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsPassing the Torch
  11. 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsLost Legacy
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsA Journal of Some Kind
  13. 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Yerebatan Cistern
  14. 14.0 14.1 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsGalata Tower
  15. 15.0 15.1 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Forum of the Ox
  16. 16.0 16.1 Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThe Maiden's Tower
  17. Assassin's Creed: Revelations - The Wounded Eagle
  18. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsMediterranean Defense: "Alexandria"
  19. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsLast of the Palaiologi
  20. Assassin's Creed: RevelationsA Homecoming
  21. Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel
  22. Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagNoob's personal files – Abstergo Industries: "Crypto-History: Artifacts"

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