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Much of this does not really concern Angkor per se, but i don't have the time to check what should be kept and what should be excised
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Now it focuses on Angkor, rather than the squabble over the sea log, as this page should
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[[File:ACFT - Angkor.jpg|thumb|250px|Angkor]]
'''Angkor''' was the capital city of the [[Khmer Empire]]. It was also the rumored location of an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|temple]] containing [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], which caused various parties, including the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]], to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century.
'''Angkor''' was the capital city of the [[Khmer Empire]]. It was also the rumored location of an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|temple]] containing [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], which caused various parties, including the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]], to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century. At that point, the city's ruins were referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Land of [[Isu|Those Who Came Before]]".<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref>


==History==
==History==
At some point prior to 1725, [[Hendrik]], a navigator for the [[Dutch East India Company]], found Angkor during a company expedition in the jungles of {{Wiki|Indochina}} and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]], which he then encrypted using a special cipher. Upon becoming stationed in [[Macau]], Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merchant [[Lee Huiyin|Madam Lee]] to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref>
16th century [[Europe]]an explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]], aware of the existence of Pieces of Eden, travelled throughout [[Southeast Asia]] looking for them. In the 17th century, at some point prior to 1725, [[Dutch East India Company]] navigator [[Hendrik]], following up on Magellan's trail to find Angkor,<ref name="FT 41">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 41</ref>  located the city during a company expedition in the jungles of {{Wiki|Indochina}} and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal [[Hendrik's sea log|sea log]]. Upon becoming stationed in [[Macau]], Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] merchant [[Lee Huiyin|Madam Lee]] to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.<ref name="FT 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref> Around this time, both the Assassins<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref> and Templars<ref name="FT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city.
 
Around this time, both the Assassins and Templars learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city. After the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins]] intercepted an [[East India Company]] [[ship]] and recovered a document mentioning Angkor, referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Territory of [[Isu|Those Who Came Before]]", an Assassin met with [[Edward Kenway]] in [[London]] on 24 December 1724 to pass along the information and request a detailed investigation. Edward subsequently departed for Macau to search for leads to Angkor's location, arriving in the city in February 1725.<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref>  
 
Meanwhile, the Templar-affiliated [[Shimazu clan]] in [[Japan]] dispatched [[Shimazu Saito]] and her mixed-blood subordinates, alongside a faction of Japanese [[ninja]] led by [[Fuma Sukuna]], to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure for the Templars.<ref name="FT 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 37|Episode 37]]</ref> Arriving in Macau around the same time as Edward, Saito and her followers attempted to silence everyone who knew about Angkor to maintain the site's existence secret, including Hendrik and his friend and fellow navigator [[John Young]], who had stolen Hendrik's story and was bragging about his alleged discovery.<ref name="FT 02" /> While Saito's ninja killed Hendrik, John was protected by Edward<ref name="FT 03">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> and subsequently teamed up with the Assassin to find Angkor by retrieving Hendrik's sea log,<ref name="FT 05">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 5|Episode 5]]</ref> which had been purchased by Madam Lee.<ref name="FT 07">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 7|Episode 7]]</ref>
 
After managing to steal Hendrik's sea log during an attack on Madam Lee's estate, the [[Mandarin's House]], but losing its cipher to Edward,<ref name="FT 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> Saito gave the log to the businessman [[Sun (Hualien Trading Company)|Sun]] in exchange for his protection of the Templar's subordinates.<ref name="FT 34">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 34|Episode 34]]</ref> Unable to find anyone to decode the log without the cipher, Sun reached out to his nephew [[Xiao Han]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Assassins]], who was familiar with the [[Isu script|language]] used to encrypt the log.<ref name="FT 33">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 33|Episode 33]]</ref> After learning about Sun's plan to gift Angkor's treasure to the {{Wiki|Qianlong Emperor|Qing Emperor}}, Xiao Han killed him and seized the log,<ref name="FT 38">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 38</ref> intending to use the Piece of Eden in Angkor to overthrow the Qing dynasty.<ref name="FT 36">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 36|Episode 36]]</ref> The Chinese Assassins subsequently formed an alliance with Madam Lee to find Angkor and retrieve its treasure.<ref name="FT 40">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 40</ref>
 
Meanwhile, Edward managed to secure a partnership with Saito, who had been branded a traitor by the Shimazu clan, and recruited her into his organization, the [[Zhang Wei Union]], following the deaths of all of her subordinates at the hands of Fuma Sukuna's ninja.<ref name="FT 39">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 39</ref> Using the cipher to Hendrik's sea log in Edward's possession and Saito's memory of the log's contents, they were able to learn that Hendrik had been following up on [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s trail to find Angkor and decided to do the same, sailing to the [[Philippines]].<ref name="FT 41">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 41</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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==References==
==References==

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Angkor

Angkor was the capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was also the rumored location of an Isu temple containing Pieces of Eden, which caused various parties, including the Assassins and Templars, to seek out the lost city in the early 18th century. At that point, the city's ruins were referred to by the locals as the "Lost City" or the "Land of Those Who Came Before".[1]

History

16th century European explorer Ferdinand Magellan, aware of the existence of Pieces of Eden, travelled throughout Southeast Asia looking for them. In the 17th century, at some point prior to 1725, Dutch East India Company navigator Hendrik, following up on Magellan's trail to find Angkor,[2] located the city during a company expedition in the jungles of Indochina and wrote down its location and other valuable information about the site in his personal sea log. Upon becoming stationed in Macau, Hendrik sought to find a way to return to Angkor and approached the Qing merchant Madam Lee to ask her to sponsor an expedition to the lost city, but she turned him down.[3] Around this time, both the Assassins[1] and Templars[4] learned about Angkor and its alleged treasure and sought to find the lost city.

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 2
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 41
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 12
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 37

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