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==Status== | ==Status== | ||
Caught in an explosive satellite malfunction. Possibly survived and either fell to Earth, where it's whereabouts would be unknown, or flew into space, where it would be impossible to retrieve.<ref name=" | Caught in an explosive satellite malfunction. Possibly survived and either fell to Earth, where it's whereabouts would be unknown, or flew into space, where it would be impossible to retrieve.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | ||
==Known owners== | ==Known owners== | ||
*[[Those Who Came Before]] (? - ?)<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | *[[Those Who Came Before]] (? - ?)<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Malik Al-Sayf]] (1191 | *[[Malik Al-Sayf]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/> | ||
*[[Al Mualim]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/> | *[[Al Mualim]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/> | ||
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (September 1191 - 1257)<ref name="AC"/><ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> | *[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (September 1191 - 1257)<ref name="AC"/><ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===High Middle Ages=== | ===High Middle Ages=== | ||
{{ | {{Quote|It is temptation.|Al Mualim, about the Apple of Eden.|Assassin's Creed}} | ||
[[File:Temple Apple AC.png|thumb|250px| | [[File:Temple Apple AC.png|thumb|250px|left|The Apple hidden in Solomon's Temple.]] | ||
By the [[Third Crusade]], [[ | By the [[Third Crusade]], ten [[Templars]] had found the Apple, which remained hidden in the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="AC"/> | ||
Some time afterwards, in 1191, the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Templar Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sable]] sought to take the Apple for himself. Discovering this, [[Al Mualim]] sent three of his [[Assassins]] to intercept him.<ref name="AC"/> | Some time afterwards, in 1191, the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Templar Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sable]] sought to take the Apple for himself. Discovering this, [[Al Mualim]] sent three of his [[Assassins]] - [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the brothers [[Malik Al-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar Al-Sayf]] - to intercept him, and take the artifact to the Assassins' fortress in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="AC"/> | ||
Despite suffering a grievous injury, | Despite suffering a grievous injury and losing his brother Kadar, Malik Al-Sayf was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it to Al Mualim, while Altaïr was routed by the Templars. Throughout the year, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, meanwhile sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert, and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> | ||
[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|250px|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple.]] | |||
During Altaïr's absence to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, corrupted by the the Apple's power and revealing himself to secretly be a Templar too. When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr after his return, Al Mualim utilized several of the Apple abilities to defend himself.<ref name="AC"/> | |||
However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing yet more Pieces of Eden erupting from the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even in his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body to be certain that he would not return from death - against the Assassins' rule to not burn a man's body. Altaïr's intentions were received both positively and negatively, with Altaïr's former friend and rival [[Abbas Sofian]] being the main person to stand against Altaïr.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | |||
{{Quote|Have you anything to teach us, or will you lead us all to ruin?|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, regarding the Apple.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}} | |||
[[Image:AltaïrApple-.png|250px|thumb|left|Altaïr having taken the Apple from Abbas.]] | [[Image:AltaïrApple-.png|250px|thumb|left|Altaïr having taken the Apple from Abbas.]] | ||
The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two after Abbas was angered by Altaïr after he burned their Master's body, and shoved him off the cliff they were standing on. Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, where he retrieved the Apple, and climbed a watchtower right outside Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was not able to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple started draining the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, less affected than the other Assassins, was able to obtain the Apple from Abbas before it killed him. Abbas apologized,<ref name="ACR"/> and the Order united under Altaïr.<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> | |||
Despite this accident, Altaïr carefully studied the Apple throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques for the Assassins to use.<ref name="AC2"/> | |||
Altaïr | In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe|Maria]] and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] had traveled to Mongolia to assassinate [[Genghis Khan]] and eliminate the [[Mongols|Mongol threat]]. They returned to Masyaf ten years later, successful in their objective with help from the Mongolian Assassin [[Qulan Gal]]. However, in their absence, Abbas Sofian had killed Altaïr's second son [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|Sef]] and imprisoned Malik Al-Sayf, only to later have him killed as well. With the acting leader Malik in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself as its head. Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr had over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it. Revealing himself to be Sef's killer and that he told Sef that his father ordered his death before killing him, Sef felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it. A golden glow emulating from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr escaped Masyaf, eventually meeting with Darim along the way, and ignited a 20-year self-exile to [[Alamut]].<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple more, even managing to create a [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]].<ref name="AC2"/> Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six [[Memory Seals]]. After those twenty years of exile, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue - gaining the support from the Assassins - and first tested the hidden gun on Abbas, killing him.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | |||
Upon regaining control of the Order once again, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library, intending to hide all his books there. A few years later, Darim met the [[Venice|Venetian]] tradesmen [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]]. Inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,<ref name="ACTSC"/> the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92-years old, into becoming Assassins. After a month of training,<ref name="ACR"/> Masyaf was attacked by the Mongols under command of [[wikipedia:Hulage Khan|Hülegü Khan]], seeking retaliation for Genghis Khan's death.<ref name="ACTSC"/> Altaïr passed on several of his books and his [[Codex]] to the Polo brothers, and before they left Masyaf, gave Niccolò five of the six Memory Seals, which Altaïr had turned into [[Masyaf keys|keys needed to open his library]].<ref name="ACR"/> | |||
Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bidding each other farewell before the entrance to Altaïr's library. Darim was ordered to take Altaïr's remaining books with him to [[Alexandria]], after which Darim realized that the library was not meant to be a library. Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to the end of the library. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal, before imprinting the sixth Memory Seal with a memory, and passing away.<ref name="ACR"/> | |||
===Renaissance=== | ===Renaissance=== | ||
During the early 16th century, the [[Italy|Italian]] Assassin and a [[Mentor]] in the Assassin Order, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], began a journey to Masyaf, hoping to find the secret that was hidden there.<ref name="ACR"/> | During the early 16th century, the [[Italy|Italian]] Assassin and a [[Mentor]] in the Assassin Order, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], began a journey to Masyaf, hoping to find the secret that was hidden there.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
Eventually finding the library, and retrieving [[Niccolò Polo's journal]] from a Templar captain called [[Leandros]], who was trying to get into the library as well, Ezio made his way to Constantinople to retrieve the keys and unlock the library. After several months of searching, aided by the local Assassins Guild and [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the keys and together with Sofia made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="ACR"/> | Eventually finding the library, and retrieving [[Niccolò Polo's journal]] from a Templar captain called [[Leandros]], who was trying to get into the library as well, Ezio made his way to Constantinople to retrieve the five keys and unlock the entrance to the library. After several months of searching, aided by the [[Constantinople Assassins Guild|local Assassins Guild]] and a [[Venice|Venetian]]-[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] bookseller called [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the keys and together with Sofia made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
Entering the library, Ezio found out that the secret was another Apple, but decided to not take it from its pedestal, instead leaving the artifact in the library.<ref name="ACR"/> | Entering the library, Ezio found out that the secret was another Apple, but decided to not take it from its pedestal, instead leaving the artifact in the library.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
===Elizabethan era=== | ===Elizabethan era=== | ||
Somehow, the Apple wound up in the hands of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], | {{Quote|You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses.|John Dee, describing the painting he gave Elizabeth Jane Weston.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | ||
Somehow, the Apple wound up in the hands of Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], an important monarch in 16th century [[England]] who succeeded her sister [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] after she was assassinated by the Assassins.<ref name="AC2"/> Using the Apple during her reign, her most trusted adviser [[John Dee]] was aware of Elizabeth possessing the artifact, even using one himself during his time living in [[Prague]].<ref name="ACPL - Divine Science: Chapter 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston|Divine Science: Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston]]</ref> | |||
John Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the [[wikipedia:Judgment of Paris|Judgment of Paris]] as a wedding present to the stepdaughter of his former colleague [[Edward Kelley]], [[Elizabeth Jane Weston]], after Queen Elizabeth's death.<ref name="ACPL - Divine Science: Chapter 3"/> | |||
===Modern | ===Modern times=== | ||
{{Quote|I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble.|An unknown Templar in a letter, talking about William Greer.|Assassin's Creed II}} | |||
By modern times, the Apple had passed into the hands of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who used it to acquire a large religious following in [[India]] during the early 20th century. However, the [[Templars]] found out about this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, so they could recover it.<ref name="AC2"/> | |||
By 1963, the Templars had both the [[First Apple|First]] and Second Apples, and both were used in the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]]. [[William Greer]], the Secret Service agent assigned to drive [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]'s limousine, was trained in the use of the Second Apple, and was instructed to grab the [[Third Apple]] after the president was killed.<ref name="AC2"/> | By 1963, the Templars had both the [[First Apple|First]] and Second Apples, and both were used in the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|Kennedy assassination]]. [[William Greer]], the Secret Service agent assigned to drive [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]'s limousine, was trained in the use of the Second Apple, and was instructed to grab the [[Third Apple]] after the president was killed.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
[[Abstergo Industries]] experimented with the Second Apple underneath [[wikipedia:Denver International Airport|Denver International Airport]], though they eventually caused the [[DIA satellite accident]], ultimately losing the Apple.<ref name="Conference Room e-mail"/> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Second Apple of Eden was a Piece of Eden, a piece of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by Those Who Came Before to control human-kind, their workforce.
Use
Designed to create illusions and control men's minds.
Status
Caught in an explosive satellite malfunction. Possibly survived and either fell to Earth, where it's whereabouts would be unknown, or flew into space, where it would be impossible to retrieve.[1]
Known owners
- Those Who Came Before (? - ?)[2]
- Malik Al-Sayf (1191)[1]
- Al Mualim (1191)[1]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (September 1191 - 1257)[1][3]
- Elizabeth I of England[2]
- Mahatma Gandhi[2]
- Abstergo Industries[1]
History
High Middle Ages
- "It is temptation."
- ―Al Mualim, about the Apple of Eden.[src]
By the Third Crusade, ten Templars had found the Apple, which remained hidden in the catacombs of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.[1]
Some time afterwards, in 1191, the Templar Grand Master Robert de Sable sought to take the Apple for himself. Discovering this, Al Mualim sent three of his Assassins - Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and the brothers Malik and Kadar Al-Sayf - to intercept him, and take the artifact to the Assassins' fortress in Masyaf.[1]
Despite suffering a grievous injury and losing his brother Kadar, Malik Al-Sayf was able to retrieve the Apple and bring it to Al Mualim, while Altaïr was routed by the Templars. Throughout the year, Al Mualim kept the Apple close at all times, meanwhile sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert, and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.[1]
During Altaïr's absence to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, corrupted by the the Apple's power and revealing himself to secretly be a Templar too. When Al Mualim was confronted by Altaïr after his return, Al Mualim utilized several of the Apple abilities to defend himself.[1]
However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing yet more Pieces of Eden erupting from the Apple.[1] Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even in his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body to be certain that he would not return from death - against the Assassins' rule to not burn a man's body. Altaïr's intentions were received both positively and negatively, with Altaïr's former friend and rival Abbas Sofian being the main person to stand against Altaïr.[4]
- "Have you anything to teach us, or will you lead us all to ruin?"
- ―Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, regarding the Apple.[src]
The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two after Abbas was angered by Altaïr after he burned their Master's body, and shoved him off the cliff they were standing on. Abbas quickly fled the scene and returned to Al Mualim's study, where he retrieved the Apple, and climbed a watchtower right outside Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was not able to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple started draining the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, less affected than the other Assassins, was able to obtain the Apple from Abbas before it killed him. Abbas apologized,[4] and the Order united under Altaïr.[5]
Despite this accident, Altaïr carefully studied the Apple throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques for the Assassins to use.[2]
In 1217, Altaïr, his wife Maria and son Darim had traveled to Mongolia to assassinate Genghis Khan and eliminate the Mongol threat. They returned to Masyaf ten years later, successful in their objective with help from the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal. However, in their absence, Abbas Sofian had killed Altaïr's second son Sef and imprisoned Malik Al-Sayf, only to later have him killed as well. With the acting leader Malik in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself as its head. Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr had over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman Swami came to retrieve it. Revealing himself to be Sef's killer and that he told Sef that his father ordered his death before killing him, Sef felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it. A golden glow emulating from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr escaped Masyaf, eventually meeting with Darim along the way, and ignited a 20-year self-exile to Alamut.[5]
During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple more, even managing to create a hidden gun.[2] Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six Memory Seals. After those twenty years of exile, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue - gaining the support from the Assassins - and first tested the hidden gun on Abbas, killing him.[5]
Upon regaining control of the Order once again, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library, intending to hide all his books there. A few years later, Darim met the Venetian tradesmen Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. Inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,[5] the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92-years old, into becoming Assassins. After a month of training,[4] Masyaf was attacked by the Mongols under command of Hülegü Khan, seeking retaliation for Genghis Khan's death.[5] Altaïr passed on several of his books and his Codex to the Polo brothers, and before they left Masyaf, gave Niccolò five of the six Memory Seals, which Altaïr had turned into keys needed to open his library.[4]
Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bidding each other farewell before the entrance to Altaïr's library. Darim was ordered to take Altaïr's remaining books with him to Alexandria, after which Darim realized that the library was not meant to be a library. Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to the end of the library. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal, before imprinting the sixth Memory Seal with a memory, and passing away.[4]
Renaissance
During the early 16th century, the Italian Assassin and a Mentor in the Assassin Order, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, began a journey to Masyaf, hoping to find the secret that was hidden there.[4]
Eventually finding the library, and retrieving Niccolò Polo's journal from a Templar captain called Leandros, who was trying to get into the library as well, Ezio made his way to Constantinople to retrieve the five keys and unlock the entrance to the library. After several months of searching, aided by the local Assassins Guild and a Venetian-Ottoman bookseller called Sofia Sartor, Ezio was able to obtain the keys and together with Sofia made his way to Masyaf once again.[4]
Entering the library, Ezio found out that the secret was another Apple, but decided to not take it from its pedestal, instead leaving the artifact in the library.[4]
Elizabethan era
- "You may think this picture a riddle, an allegory, an artist's fancy. It is not. The object in the hand of the Faerie Queen is real. So is its power. And so are the goddesses."
- ―John Dee, describing the painting he gave Elizabeth Jane Weston.[src]
Somehow, the Apple wound up in the hands of Queen Elizabeth I of England, an important monarch in 16th century England who succeeded her sister Mary I after she was assassinated by the Assassins.[2] Using the Apple during her reign, her most trusted adviser John Dee was aware of Elizabeth possessing the artifact, even using one himself during his time living in Prague.[6]
John Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the Judgment of Paris as a wedding present to the stepdaughter of his former colleague Edward Kelley, Elizabeth Jane Weston, after Queen Elizabeth's death.[6]
Modern times
- "I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble."
- ―An unknown Templar in a letter, talking about William Greer.[src]
By modern times, the Apple had passed into the hands of Mahatma Gandhi, who used it to acquire a large religious following in India during the early 20th century. However, the Templars found out about this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, so they could recover it.[2]
By 1963, the Templars had both the First and Second Apples, and both were used in the Kennedy assassination. William Greer, the Secret Service agent assigned to drive Kennedy's limousine, was trained in the use of the Second Apple, and was instructed to grab the Third Apple after the president was killed.[2]
Abstergo Industries experimented with the Second Apple underneath Denver International Airport, though they eventually caused the DIA satellite accident, ultimately losing the Apple.[7]
Gallery
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Queen Elizabeth holding the Second Apple. -
Gandhi with the Second Apple.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Assassin's Creed
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy - Divine Science: Chapter 3 - Elizabeth Jane Weston
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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