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| | <span id="quote_display_content_0">Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.</span> |
| {{Quote|This is the sanctuary. It was built by my great-grandfather to honor the memory of the Assassin Order and protect its secrets.|Mario Auditore.|Assassin's Creed II}}
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| [[File:Sanctuary v.png|thumb|250px|The Sanctuary]]
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| The '''Sanctuary''' was a secret chamber located beneath the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]], and was used by the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] during the [[Renaissance]] and [[modern times]].
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| The Sanctuary was accessed primarily through an entrance hidden behind a bookshelf in [[Mario Auditore]]'s study in the Villa.
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| ==Statues==
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| The Sanctuary was characterized notably by statues of seven legendary Assassins, who "''guarded the freedom of humanity when it was most threatened.''"<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
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| Six of these statues each had corresponding [[assassin Seals|seals]] at their base, which had to be collected and returned in order to unlock the gate in front of the seventh statue of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. This seventh statue also held the [[Armor of Altaïr|armor set]] fashioned by Altaïr using the knowledge he gained from an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="AC2" />
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| From left to right, the statues represented:
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| *[[Qulan Gal]]
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| *[[Darius]]
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| *[[Wei Yu]]
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| *[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]
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| *[[Amunet]]
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| *[[Iltani]]
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| *[[Leonius]]
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| ==History==
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| [[File:ACoP 15 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Mario showing Ezio the Sanctuary]]
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| The Sanctuary was constructed by [[Domenico Auditore]], and served as a tribute to the greatest Assassins in history.<ref name="AC2" />
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| In 1478, Mario Auditore revealed the Sanctuary to his nephew [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], as he became devoted to the [[The Creed|Assassin's Creed]].<ref name="AC2"/>
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| ===Siege of Monteriggioni===
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| [[File:EExit 7.png|thumb|250px|right|The Sanctuary's secret exit]]
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| During the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|Fall of Monteriggioni]], the Sanctuary was used as a temporary haven for survivors fleeing the attack, in which a passageway behind the statue of Altaïr served as an escape route for Ezio, his family, and several hundred of the townspeople.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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| This hidden door led them into the tunnels underneath Monteriggioni, which were also connected to the [[Auditore Family Crypt]].<ref name="ACB"/>
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| ===Modern times===
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| {{Quote|Whoa, they built this place to last. No signs of structural damage, and no cell signal either. This place is perfect.|[[Rebecca Crane]], upon entering the Sanctuary in 2012.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}[[File:ACB Modern Assassins in Sanctuary.png|thumb|250px|left|The modern day Assassins in the Sanctuary]]
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| Centuries later, in September 2012, a team of Assassins sought out the Sanctuary, as their first [[Rome hideout|hideout]] had been found and raided by [[Abstergo Industries]].<ref name="ACB"/>
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| [[Desmond Miles]] and [[Lucy Stillman]] traced back the escape route used by the townspeople after the siege in 1500, in order to unlock the bookcase entrance, and allow [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] to gain access to the chamber.<ref name="ACB"/>
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| The modern Assassins then used it as refuge, since its underground structure was ideal in protecting them from Abstergo's cell phone surveillance. However, as the Sanctuary had no electricity, Desmond was tasked with navigating around modern-day Monteriggioni and rerouting power to the safehouse.<ref name="ACB"/>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *The circular grate in the courtyard at the back of the Auditore Family Villa was actually the top of the Sanctuary, which allowed light in. The Sanctuary could not be viewed from the outside, however.
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| **In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', the grate at the top of the Sanctuary appeared broken from the inside, even though when viewed from the outside, it appeared undamaged.
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| *In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', all of the statues could be examined to gain information about the Assassin, with the exception being Altaïr's statue. In ''Brotherhood'', only the statue of Altaïr could be interacted with, resulting in a short cutscene that involved Desmond using a stereotypical Italian accent, and Rebecca scolding his "racism." This process could have been repeated until Sequence 6, though without Rebecca's reply.
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| *Although all of the Assassin statues, other than Altaïr's, had the small skull mechanisms that opened the entrances of [[Assassin Tombs]], they could not be interacted with.
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| **In ''Brotherhood'', the skull mechanisms have been removed from the statues during the siege of Monteriggioni, but reappear in modern Monteriggioni.
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| *Desmond could interact with his teammates or certain items in the Sanctuary during each memory sequence, triggering a variety of [[21st century conversations|conversations]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
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| Villa Secrets.jpg|Concept art of the Sanctuary
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| Desmond in the Sactuary.png|Desmond in the modern day Sanctuary
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| ACB Modern Sanctuary Statues.png|Assassin statues as seen in the modern day Sanctuary
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| Des Alt Sanctuary.png|Desmond looking at Altaïr's statue
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| Armor of Altaïr ACII.png|Ezio looking at Altaïr's armor
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| Qulan Gal ACoP.png|Qulan Gal's statue
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| Darius ACoP.png|Darius' statue
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| Wei_Yu ACoP.png|Wei Yu's statue
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| Amunet ACoP.png|Amunet's statue
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| Iltani ACoP.png|Iltani's statue
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| Leonius ACoP.png|Leonius' statue
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| Armor of Altaïr ACoP.png|Altaïr's statue, along with his armor
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| </gallery> | |
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{ACB}}
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| [[Category:Monteriggioni]] | | [[Category:Monteriggioni]] |
| [[Category:Assassin Brotherhood]] | | [[Category:Assassin Brotherhood]] |
| [[Category:Shrines]] | | [[Category:Shrines]] |
| [[Category:Sanctuaries]] | | [[Category:Sanctuaries]] |
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life… He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.