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==Use== | ==Use== | ||
Like many Apples of Eden, | Like many Apples of Eden, it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds. Also, the Apple could presumably be used to look at possible future situations, using the {{Wiki|Probability theory|theory of probability}}, as well as impart knowledge of formulas and practices surpassing those of its time, as evidenced in Altaïr's [[Codex]]. | ||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
Caught in an [[DIA satellite accident|explosive satellite malfunction]] | Caught in an [[DIA satellite accident|explosive satellite malfunction]], the second known Apple could may well have endured and either fell to Earth, where its 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== | ||
*First Civilization (? | *First Civilization (? – ?)<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] (1191)<ref name="AC"/> | *[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]] (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}} | {{Quote|It is temptation incarnate.|Al Mualim, about the Apple of Eden.|Assassin's Creed}} | ||
[[File:Temple Apple AC.png|thumb|250px|left|The Apple hidden in Solomon's Temple.]] | [[File:Temple Apple AC.png|thumb|250px|left|The Apple hidden in Solomon's Temple.]] | ||
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"/> | 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 [[ | Some time afterwards, in 1191, the Templar [[Grand Master]] [[Robert de Sable]] sought to take the Apple for himself. Discovering this, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, more commonly referred to as 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 to his left arm 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, while sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> | Despite suffering a grievous injury to his left arm 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, while 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.]] | [[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|250px|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr with the Apple.]] | ||
During Altaïr's absence on a mission to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, revealing himself to be a covert Templar, corrupted by the Apple's power. When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr after his return, | During Altaïr's absence on a mission to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, revealing himself to be a covert Templar, corrupted by the Apple's power. When Al Mualim was [[Retaking of Masyaf|confronted]] by Altaïr after his return, he utilized several of the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of his own form.<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 the locations of more Pieces of Eden being emitted from the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even after his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body to be certain that he would not return from death | However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple after it rolled away from his body. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden being emitted from the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even after his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body on a pyre to be certain that he would not return from death – against the Assassins' beliefs to not cremate a person on their demise. However, 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 the Assassin.<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}} | {{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}} | ||
[[File:Mentor's wake 11.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple draining the life from Abbas.]] | [[File:Mentor's wake 11.png|thumb|left|250px|The Apple draining the life from Abbas.]] | ||
The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two after Abbas was angered by Altaïr | The Order was temporarily split into two factions, with a fight erupting between the two, after Abbas was angered by Altaïr on the burning of their former [[Mentor]]'s body, shoving him off of 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 the Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple began to drain the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the effects of a Piece of Eden than other Assassins, was able to obtain the artifact from Abbas before it killed him. To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake,<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 and weapons for the Assassins to use.<ref name="AC2"/> Altaïr also carried it with him when journeying to [[Cyprus]] to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm a mob that was falsely rallied against him.<ref name="Bloodlines"/> | Despite this accident, Altaïr carefully studied the Apple throughout most of his life, using it to advance the Assassin Order, creating several new techniques and weapons for the Assassins to use.<ref name="AC2"/> Altaïr also carried it with him when journeying to [[Cyprus]] to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm a mob that was falsely rallied against him.<ref name="Bloodlines"/> | ||
[[File:New regime 8.png|thumb|250px|Swami about to mutilate himself after having touched the Apple.]] | [[File:New regime 8.png|thumb|250px|Swami about to mutilate himself after having touched the Apple.]] | ||
In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe|Maria]] and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] | In 1217, Altaïr, his wife [[Maria Thorpe|Maria]] and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] 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 the help of 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, later having him killed as well. With the acting leader, Malik, in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself at its head. | ||
Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr hand over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it. Swami, revealing himself to be Sef's killer, and that he had told Sef that his father | Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr hand over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman [[Swami]] came to retrieve it. Swami, revealing himself to be Sef's killer, and that he had told Sef that his father was the one to order his death before killing him, felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it. A golden glow shining from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr then escaped Masyaf, urged by Maria's final words, and eventually met with Darim along the way, before he began a 20 year self-imposed exile in [[Alamut]].<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple | During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, even managing to create a [[Hidden Gun]] through the knowledge he learned.<ref name="AC2"/> Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six [[Memory Seals]], and once the twenty years of exile came to an end, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue – gaining the support from the Assassins – and tested the newly created Hidden Gun on Abbas, killing him.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
[[File:The torch 5.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr using the Apple during the Mongol siege on Masyaf.]] | [[File:The torch 5.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr using the Apple during the Mongol siege on Masyaf.]] | ||
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]] | Upon regaining control of the Order once again, Altaïr ordered the construction of a library, intending to hide all of his books there. A few years later, Darim met the [[Venice|Venetian]] tradesmen [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]], and, inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,<ref name="ACTSC"/> the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92 years old, to become Assassins. After a month of training,<ref name="ACR"/> Masyaf was attacked by the Mongols under command of [[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, he gave Niccolò five of the six Memory Seals, which Altaïr had turned into keys needed to open his library.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
[[File:Lost legacy 3.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal.]] | [[File:Lost legacy 3.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr placing the Apple on its pedestal.]] | ||
Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bid 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 | Altaïr and Darim returned to Masyaf's fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bid 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 for its supposed purpose, instead being used as a vault. Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to its end. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal and sealed it behind a shutter, before imprinting the sixth Memory Seal with the Apple's location and passing away in his chair.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
===Renaissance=== | ===Renaissance=== | ||
During the early 16th century, the | During the early 16th century, the Mentor of the [[Italian Assassins]], Ezio Auditore da Firenze, began a journey to Masyaf, where he hoped to find the secret that was hidden there.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
[[File:Message 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio discovering the Apple.]] | [[File:Message 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio discovering the Apple.]] | ||
Eventually finding the library, and retrieving [[Niccolò Polo's journal]] from a Templar captain called [[Leandros]] | 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 Venetian-[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] bookseller called [[Sofia Sartor]], Ezio was able to obtain the keys, and together with her, he made his way to Masyaf once again.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
Entering the library, Ezio found | Entering the library, Ezio found the secret to be another Apple, but decided not to take it from its pedestal, leaving the artifact in the library instead.<ref name="ACR"/> | ||
===Elizabethan era=== | ===Elizabethan era=== | ||
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[[File:Elizabeth I of England.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth portrayed while wielding the Apple, as the globus crucifer.]] | [[File:Elizabeth I of England.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth portrayed while wielding the Apple, as the globus crucifer.]] | ||
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 | 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 Assassin Order.<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="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[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 {{Wiki|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=" | John Dee later gave a painting of Queen Elizabeth holding the Apple during an alternative rendition of the {{Wiki|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="Project Legacy"/> | ||
===Modern times=== | ===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}} | {{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]] | 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]] discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, in order to recover it for themselves.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
By 1963, the Templars had both [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple #1]] and Apple #2, using the | By 1963, the Templars had both [[Apple of Eden 1|Apple #1]] and Apple #2, using the pair 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 Apple #2, and was instructed to steal [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple #3]] from Kennedy after he was killed.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple #2 underneath {{Wiki|Denver International Airport}}, though they eventually caused the DIA satellite accident, ultimately losing the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> | Later on, Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple #2 underneath {{Wiki|Denver International Airport}}, though they eventually caused the DIA satellite accident, ultimately losing the Apple.<ref name="AC"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Unlike using [[Ezio's Apple of Eden]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', using Apple #2 in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' | *Unlike Ezio using [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|his Apple of Eden]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Altaïr using Apple #2 in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' would not lower his health. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:48, 25 August 2012
Apple of Eden #2 was a Piece of Eden, an item of ancient and technologically advanced equipment created by the First Civilization to control humankind.
One of its most notable owners was the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, who possessed it for the majority of his life and used its capabilities to reform the Assassin Order.
Use
Like many Apples of Eden, it was designed to create illusions and control people's minds. Also, the Apple could presumably be used to look at possible future situations, using the theory of probability, as well as impart knowledge of formulas and practices surpassing those of its time, as evidenced in Altaïr's Codex.
Status
Caught in an explosive satellite malfunction, the second known Apple could may well have endured and either fell to Earth, where its whereabouts would be unknown, or flew into space, where it would be impossible to retrieve.[1]
Known owners
- First Civilization (? – ?)[2]
- Rashid ad-Din Sinan (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 incarnate."
- ―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, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, more commonly referred to as 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 to his left arm 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, while sending Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to kill Robert and the other eight Templars who knew of the Apple.[1]
During Altaïr's absence on a mission to kill Robert de Sable, Al Mualim hypnotized the Assassins and villagers of Masyaf, revealing himself to be a covert Templar, corrupted by the Apple's power. When Al Mualim was confronted by Altaïr after his return, he utilized several of the Apple's abilities to defend himself, such as creating several illusions of the Templars Altaïr had slain, along with phantom copies of his own form.[1]
However, Altaïr was able to kill Al Mualim and take the Apple after it rolled away from his body. Joined by Malik Al-Sayf and three other Assassins, they witnessed a map showing the locations of more Pieces of Eden being emitted from the Apple.[1] Altaïr, fearing that Al Mualim would still use the Apple's powers even after his death, intended to burn Al Mualim's body on a pyre to be certain that he would not return from death – against the Assassins' beliefs to not cremate a person on their demise. However, 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 the Assassin.[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 on the burning of their former Mentor's body, shoving him off of 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 the Masyaf fortress. However, Abbas was unable to use the Apple's powers properly, and the Apple began to drain the life from various Assassins in Masyaf, including Abbas himself. Altaïr, who was more resistant to the effects of a Piece of Eden than other Assassins, was able to obtain the artifact from Abbas before it killed him. To this, Abbas apologized for his mistake,[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 and weapons for the Assassins to use.[2] Altaïr also carried it with him when journeying to Cyprus to eliminate the Templars there. Continuing to study it in secret, he wrote his discoveries in his Codex, and used it once in public to calm a mob that was falsely rallied against him.[3]
In 1217, Altaïr, his wife Maria and son Darim traveled to Mongolia to assassinate Genghis Khan and eliminate the Mongol threat. They returned to Masyaf ten years later, successful in their objective with the help of the Mongolian Assassin, Qulan Gal. However, in their absence, Abbas Sofian had killed Altaïr's second son Sef and imprisoned Malik Al-Sayf, later having him killed as well. With the acting leader, Malik, in prison, Abbas had created a council to lead the Assassin Order, with himself at its head.
Altaïr and Maria faced Abbas to take the Order back, with Abbas demanding that Altaïr hand over the Apple. Taunting Abbas, Altaïr let him take it, and Abbas' henchman Swami came to retrieve it. Swami, revealing himself to be Sef's killer, and that he had told Sef that his father was the one to order his death before killing him, felt Altaïr's anger reaching his body via the Apple upon touching it. A golden glow shining from his mouth, Swami started mutilating himself, killing Maria in the frenzy. Altaïr then escaped Masyaf, urged by Maria's final words, and eventually met with Darim along the way, before he began a 20 year self-imposed exile in Alamut.[5]
During those twenty years, Altaïr studied the Apple intensely, even managing to create a Hidden Gun through the knowledge he learned.[2] Additionally, the Apple led Altaïr to six Memory Seals, and once the twenty years of exile came to an end, Altaïr returned to Masyaf and took the Order back from Abbas with virtue – gaining the support from the Assassins – and tested the newly created 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 of his books there. A few years later, Darim met the Venetian tradesmen Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, and, inviting them to stay at Masyaf in 1257,[5] the two men were trained by Altaïr, then 92 years old, to become 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, he 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's fortress after repelling a Mongol attack, and bid 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 for its supposed purpose, instead being used as a vault. Revealing that nobody must know what secret it contained, Altaïr entered the library and closed the gate behind him, making his way to its end. There, he placed the Apple on a pedestal and sealed it behind a shutter, before imprinting the sixth Memory Seal with the Apple's location and passing away in his chair.[4]
Renaissance
During the early 16th century, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, began a journey to Masyaf, where he hoped 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 her, he made his way to Masyaf once again.[4]
Entering the library, Ezio found the secret to be another Apple, but decided not to take it from its pedestal, leaving the artifact in the library instead.[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 Assassin Order.[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 discovered this, and had Gandhi murdered on 30 January 1948, in order to recover it for themselves.[2]
By 1963, the Templars had both Apple #1 and Apple #2, using the pair in the Kennedy assassination. William Greer, the Secret Service agent assigned to drive Kennedy's limousine, was trained in the use of Apple #2, and was instructed to steal Apple #3 from Kennedy after he was killed.[2]
Later on, Abstergo Industries experimented with Apple #2 underneath Denver International Airport, though they eventually caused the DIA satellite accident, ultimately losing the Apple.[1]
Trivia
- Unlike Ezio using his Apple of Eden in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Altaïr using Apple #2 in Assassin's Creed: Revelations would not lower his health.
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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
