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|type = [[Piece of Eden]] ([[Spears of Eden|Spear]]) | |type = [[Piece of Eden]] ([[Spears of Eden|Spear]]) | ||
|powers = *Physical | |powers = *Physical empowerment<ref name="ACOD">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | ||
*Vitality | *Vitality regeneration<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
* | *Imbuing weapons with poison<ref name="ACOD" /> | ||
* | *Imbuing weapons with fire<ref name="ACOD" /> | ||
*Imbuing | *Imbuing arrows with power<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
*Limited | *Limited invisibility<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
*Limited | *Limited speed enhancement<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
*Visions of the past<ref name="ACODNovel">[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – {{Cite|13 De 2021}}</ref> | |||
*Visions of the past<ref name="ACODNovel">[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – {{Cite|13 De 2021 | |||
*Increased spatial awareness<ref name="ACODNovel"/> | *Increased spatial awareness<ref name="ACODNovel"/> | ||
*Enhanced reflexes<ref name="ACODNovel"/> | *Enhanced reflexes<ref name="ACODNovel"/> | ||
*Brief | *Brief weather control<ref name="OfficialCollection">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection]]'' – Issue #56</ref> | ||
|current = With [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] | |current = With [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] | ||
|period = Prehistory | |period = Prehistory | ||
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*[[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] (? – 480 BCE)<ref name="Battle of 300" /> | *[[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] (? – 480 BCE)<ref name="Battle of 300" /> | ||
*[[Myrrine]] (c. 480 BCE – c. 451 BCE)<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> | *[[Myrrine]] (c. 480 BCE – c. 451 BCE)<ref name="Memories Awoken" /> | ||
*[[Kassandra]] (c. 451 BCE – 420 BCE)<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref name=" | *[[Kassandra]] (c. 451 BCE – 420 BCE)<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref name="A New Horizon" /> | ||
*[[Herodotus]] (420 BCE – ?)<ref name=" | *[[Herodotus]] (420 BCE – ?)<ref name="A New Horizon">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref> | ||
*[[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] (1509 CE)<ref name="Venice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]'' – [[She Spears, She Scores]]</ref> | *[[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] (1509 CE)<ref name="Venice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]'' – [[She Spears, She Scores]]</ref> | ||
*[[Layla Hassan]] (2018 – May 2020)<ref name="ACODModern" /><ref name="ACV" /> | *[[Layla Hassan]] (2018 – May 2020)<ref name="ACODModern" /><ref name="ACV" /> | ||
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The first known human to wield the spear was the first wife of King {{Wiki|Anaxandridas II}} of Sparta and the mother of Leonidas I. At one point, Leonidas was given the spear by her,<ref name="FoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' – [[A Life for a Life]]</ref> and he would use it until his death in 480 BCE at the Battle of Thermopylae. After being broken during the battle, the broken tip was recovered by the Spartans and handed over to Leonidas' daughter Myrrine.<ref name="Battle of 300">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Battle of 300 (memory)]]</ref> Myrrine would in turn hand down the Spear to Kassandra when she was seven years old.<ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref> | The first known human to wield the spear was the first wife of King {{Wiki|Anaxandridas II}} of Sparta and the mother of Leonidas I. At one point, Leonidas was given the spear by her,<ref name="FoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' – [[A Life for a Life]]</ref> and he would use it until his death in 480 BCE at the Battle of Thermopylae. After being broken during the battle, the broken tip was recovered by the Spartans and handed over to Leonidas' daughter Myrrine.<ref name="Battle of 300">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Battle of 300 (memory)]]</ref> Myrrine would in turn hand down the Spear to Kassandra when she was seven years old.<ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref> | ||
The spear lost its powers during the events on the island of [[Korfu]], where its proximity to an equally-strong [[Treasure Hunter's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] caused it to overload, preventing Kassandra from accessing its special abilities. Once its power was exhausted,<ref name=" | The spear lost its powers during the events on the island of [[Korfu]], where its proximity to an equally-strong [[Treasure Hunter's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] caused it to overload, preventing Kassandra from accessing its special abilities. Once its power was exhausted,<ref name="Not All Treasure">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories'' – [[Not All Treasure Should Be Found]]</ref> Kassandra left the Spear to Herodotus as something to remember her by.<ref name="A New Horizon" /> | ||
Millennia later during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] recovered the | Millennia later during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] recovered the spear to prevent it from falling into the hands of the [[Templars]]. The Assassins then hid the Spear in a location where they believed it would not be found for a long time.<ref name="Venice"/> | ||
The | The spear was eventually recovered and reburied beneath Herodotus' book ''[[Lost Histories]]'', where it laid untouched for centuries until 2018 when both objects were recovered by the Assassin [[Layla Hassan]]. Using Kassandra's DNA found on the spear, Layla was able to relieve her [[Genetic memory|memories]] through the [[Animus]]. Once Layla had found [[Atlantis]] and met Kassandra, kept alive by the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff]] of [[Hermes Trismegistus]], she tried offering the Spear back to her, only for Kassandra to reply that it was broken and that Layla could keep it.<ref name="ACODModern">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern Day]]</ref> | ||
==Functionality== | ==Functionality== | ||
The spear was able to bestow upon its wielder enhanced strength, as well as a myriad of other supernatural abilities. The spear was able to harness its wielder's adrenaline to produce supernatural effects, such as cloaking its user, regenerating health, or harnessing some of the natural elements such as poison and fire. It could even briefly increase the wielder's speed and reflexes, charge arrows with explosive energy, produce shockwaves, and augment arrows so they could phase through walls. While quite literally granting its wielder god-like powers and abilities,<ref name="ACOD"/> with it widely being rumored to contain the strength of the fallen 300 Spartans,<ref name="Crossover">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories''</ref> the spear did in fact have a finite amount of power and became a normal spear when depleted,<ref name=" | The spear was able to bestow upon its wielder enhanced strength, as well as a myriad of other supernatural abilities. The spear was able to harness its wielder's adrenaline to produce supernatural effects, such as cloaking its user, regenerating health, or harnessing some of the natural elements such as poison and fire. It could even briefly increase the wielder's speed and reflexes, charge arrows with explosive energy, produce shockwaves, and augment arrows so they could phase through walls. While quite literally granting its wielder god-like powers and abilities,<ref name="ACOD"/> with it widely being rumored to contain the strength of the fallen 300 Spartans,<ref name="Crossover">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories''</ref> the spear did in fact have a finite amount of power and became a normal spear when depleted,<ref name="Not All Treasure" /> though this well of power appeared to be quite extensive as the Spear was liberally used by Leonidas, Myrrine, and finally Kassandra.<ref name="ACOD"/> | ||
==Weapon statistics== | ==Weapon statistics== | ||
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| colspan="9" |''This spear as once wielded by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] in the [[Battle of Thermopylae|Battle]] of [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai|Thermopylae]]. It is said the strength of the 300 radiates from its blade.'' | | colspan="9" |''This spear as once wielded by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] in the [[Battle of Thermopylae|Battle]] of [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai|Thermopylae]]. It is said the strength of the 300 radiates from its blade.'' | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
The | ===Gameplay=== | ||
The Spear of Leonidas features in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018), where it substitutes for the traditional [[Hidden Blade]] used for assassination gameplay in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|series]]. A feature new to ''Odyssey'' is the command to "confirm kill" upon assassinating a quest target, such as a [[Cult of Kosmos|Cultist of Kosmos]], and the Spear of Leonidas is used for this function. Unlike the Hidden Blade from previous games, the spear can be thrown using the Rush Assassination ability, which with upgrades enables chain assassinations to be performed on up to three additional enemies. Apart from the opening scene where the player plays as [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]], the spear cannot be utilized as an independent weapon because the main protagonist, the [[Kassandra|Eagle Bearer]], uses it as a parrying dagger at all times after it is broken at the shaft. | |||
The | The spear can be upgraded at the [[Ancient Forge]] on [[Andros]] to a maximum level of 6 using [[Artifact Fragment]]s recovered from killing Cultists. Access to the Ancient Forge is gained during the memory "[[Memories Awoken]]", and upgrading the spear increases the player's health regeneration, expands the adrenaline gauge, and unlocks higher ranks for ability upgrades. The spear's appearance also changes to reflect each upgrade, becoming more and more resplendent. Despite this, the spear always appears in its level 1 state in the cutscenes of some crucial story memories, including "[[A Mother's Prayers]]", "[[The Conqueror]]", and "[[Where It All Began]]" no matter its actual level. | ||
In ''[[ | In the mobile ''{{wiki|gacha}}'' game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' (2018), the two character options for the protagonist in ''Odyssey'', Kassandra and [[Alexios]], feature as separate heroes with distinct skill kits that directly reference the abilities from ''Odyssey''. Kassandra's are drawn from the Assassin branch of the ability tree in ''Odyssey''—Hero's Strike, Rush Assassination, Revelation, and Venomous Attacks—while Alexios' are drawn from the Warrior branch—Spartan Kick, Ring of Charos, Second Wind, and Flaming Attacks. In addition, both have a passive skill empowering their base attack damage that is itself called Spear of Leonidas. Kassandra's Time Dilation skill, where her dodge chance is increased at low health, may also be a reference to Slow Time, another ability from the Assassin branch, although this skill is shared by several other heroes in ''Rebellion''. | ||
In | In the [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories|crossover event]] between ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'', the player travels to the [[Isle of Skye]] as [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] and obtains from a [[Treasure chest|chest]] the Spear of Leonidas as a usable legendary weapon with a fully intact shaft. The canonicity of Eivor's acquisition of the weapon has not been explained. | ||
===Design concept=== | |||
The spear takes inspiration from the Pieces of Eden encountered in past instalments as an endgame quest item. However, the developers' impetus was to let players wield an Isu artifact throughout the game rather than just at the end of it. It is also provides a lore justification for the supernatural abilities of the main protagonist, the Eagle Bearer.<ref>''Game Informer'' #105: Create Your Own Creed</ref> According to [[Gabriel Blain]] in ''[[The Art of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the spear's design is said to be based on the Spartan {{Wiki|Dory (spear)|dory}} but mixed with Isu influences and driven by the desire to "''hint the [[Assassins|Assassin]]'s [[Assassin insignia|logo]] in the shape design''". | |||
The fundamental gameplay concept of the Spear of Leonidas is similar to that of the [[w:c:princeofpersia:Dagger of Time|Dagger of Time]] from [[w:c:princeofpersia:Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (game)|'' | |||
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'']], another [[Ubisoft]] property that is regarded as the spiritual predecessor to ''Assassin's Creed''.{{Fact|20 March 2023}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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The Spear of Leonidas, also known as the Blade of Leonidas, was a Spear of Eden[4] wielded by King Leonidas I of Sparta at the Battle of Thermopylae. Following his death, Leonidas' now broken spear was passed on to his daughter Myrrine, and then to his granddaughter Kassandra.
During Kassandra's quest to locate her family and destroy the Cult of Kosmos, Kassandra regularly visited the Ancient Forge to enhance the spear's combat efficiency, structural durability, and supernatural power through the use of Isu Artifact Fragments.
Owners
- Isu (? – ?)[5]
- Mother of Leonidas I (? – ?)[6]
- Leonidas of Sparta (? – 480 BCE)[7]
- Myrrine (c. 480 BCE – c. 451 BCE)[5]
- Kassandra (c. 451 BCE – 420 BCE)[8][9]
- Herodotus (420 BCE – ?)[9]
- Alessandra d'Avanzago (1509 CE)[10]
- Layla Hassan (2018 – May 2020)[11][12]
- Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane (August 2020)[12]
- Basim Ibn Ishaq (August 2020 – present)[12]
History
The first known human to wield the spear was the first wife of King Anaxandridas II of Sparta and the mother of Leonidas I. At one point, Leonidas was given the spear by her,[6] and he would use it until his death in 480 BCE at the Battle of Thermopylae. After being broken during the battle, the broken tip was recovered by the Spartans and handed over to Leonidas' daughter Myrrine.[7] Myrrine would in turn hand down the Spear to Kassandra when she was seven years old.[5]
The spear lost its powers during the events on the island of Korfu, where its proximity to an equally-strong Apple of Eden caused it to overload, preventing Kassandra from accessing its special abilities. Once its power was exhausted,[13] Kassandra left the Spear to Herodotus as something to remember her by.[9]
Millennia later during the Italian Renaissance, the Assassin Alessandra d'Avanzago recovered the spear to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Templars. The Assassins then hid the Spear in a location where they believed it would not be found for a long time.[10]
The spear was eventually recovered and reburied beneath Herodotus' book Lost Histories, where it laid untouched for centuries until 2018 when both objects were recovered by the Assassin Layla Hassan. Using Kassandra's DNA found on the spear, Layla was able to relieve her memories through the Animus. Once Layla had found Atlantis and met Kassandra, kept alive by the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, she tried offering the Spear back to her, only for Kassandra to reply that it was broken and that Layla could keep it.[11]
Functionality
The spear was able to bestow upon its wielder enhanced strength, as well as a myriad of other supernatural abilities. The spear was able to harness its wielder's adrenaline to produce supernatural effects, such as cloaking its user, regenerating health, or harnessing some of the natural elements such as poison and fire. It could even briefly increase the wielder's speed and reflexes, charge arrows with explosive energy, produce shockwaves, and augment arrows so they could phase through walls. While quite literally granting its wielder god-like powers and abilities,[1] with it widely being rumored to contain the strength of the fallen 300 Spartans,[14] the spear did in fact have a finite amount of power and became a normal spear when depleted,[13] though this well of power appeared to be quite extensive as the Spear was liberally used by Leonidas, Myrrine, and finally Kassandra.[1]
Weapon statistics
Animus HR-8.5
| Class | Rarity | Attack | Stun | Weight | Speed | Critical Chance | Perks | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | Mythical | 97 | 124.5 | 9.8 | 54.7 | 114.5 | Increase Attack, Melee Damage, Ranged Damage and Ability Damage when having at lease one filled adrenaline slot | Loot chest in camp at Dun Ardtreck |
| Description | ||||||||
| This spear as once wielded by King Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae. It is said the strength of the 300 radiates from its blade. | ||||||||
Mobile Animus 4.38
| Tier | Damage | Speed | Miss Chance | Modifiers | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | 4.3k-4.6k | 1.50 | 5% | +30 Attack +190 Defense +190 Health +8% Critical Chance +10% Critical Bonus +5% Dodge |
300,000 Coins 210 Damascus steel 60 Fine Silk 1 Ancient tablet |
| Enhanced Skills | |||||
| Spear of Leonidas: The power of the Spear of Leonidas empowers this hero's normal attacks. Rank 2: All basic attacks hit for 105% damage. | |||||
| Description | |||||
| The legendary Spear of Leonidas destroyed during the battle of 300. The weapon was eventually reworked into a smaller one handed blade by Kassandra. Said to be of Isu descent. | |||||
Behind the scenes
Gameplay
The Spear of Leonidas features in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018), where it substitutes for the traditional Hidden Blade used for assassination gameplay in the series. A feature new to Odyssey is the command to "confirm kill" upon assassinating a quest target, such as a Cultist of Kosmos, and the Spear of Leonidas is used for this function. Unlike the Hidden Blade from previous games, the spear can be thrown using the Rush Assassination ability, which with upgrades enables chain assassinations to be performed on up to three additional enemies. Apart from the opening scene where the player plays as Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae, the spear cannot be utilized as an independent weapon because the main protagonist, the Eagle Bearer, uses it as a parrying dagger at all times after it is broken at the shaft.
The spear can be upgraded at the Ancient Forge on Andros to a maximum level of 6 using Artifact Fragments recovered from killing Cultists. Access to the Ancient Forge is gained during the memory "Memories Awoken", and upgrading the spear increases the player's health regeneration, expands the adrenaline gauge, and unlocks higher ranks for ability upgrades. The spear's appearance also changes to reflect each upgrade, becoming more and more resplendent. Despite this, the spear always appears in its level 1 state in the cutscenes of some crucial story memories, including "A Mother's Prayers", "The Conqueror", and "Where It All Began" no matter its actual level.
In the mobile gacha game Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (2018), the two character options for the protagonist in Odyssey, Kassandra and Alexios, feature as separate heroes with distinct skill kits that directly reference the abilities from Odyssey. Kassandra's are drawn from the Assassin branch of the ability tree in Odyssey—Hero's Strike, Rush Assassination, Revelation, and Venomous Attacks—while Alexios' are drawn from the Warrior branch—Spartan Kick, Ring of Charos, Second Wind, and Flaming Attacks. In addition, both have a passive skill empowering their base attack damage that is itself called Spear of Leonidas. Kassandra's Time Dilation skill, where her dodge chance is increased at low health, may also be a reference to Slow Time, another ability from the Assassin branch, although this skill is shared by several other heroes in Rebellion.
In the crossover event between Assassin's Creed: Odyssey and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, the player travels to the Isle of Skye as Eivor Varinsdottir and obtains from a chest the Spear of Leonidas as a usable legendary weapon with a fully intact shaft. The canonicity of Eivor's acquisition of the weapon has not been explained.
Design concept
The spear takes inspiration from the Pieces of Eden encountered in past instalments as an endgame quest item. However, the developers' impetus was to let players wield an Isu artifact throughout the game rather than just at the end of it. It is also provides a lore justification for the supernatural abilities of the main protagonist, the Eagle Bearer.[15] According to Gabriel Blain in The Art of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, the spear's design is said to be based on the Spartan dory but mixed with Isu influences and driven by the desire to "hint the Assassin's logo in the shape design".
The fundamental gameplay concept of the Spear of Leonidas is similar to that of the Dagger of Time from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, another Ubisoft property that is regarded as the spiritual predecessor to Assassin's Creed. [citation needed]
Gallery
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The upgraded Spear -
The broken Spear laying beside the recently deceased Leonidas -
The Spear's mold in the Ancient Forge -
The Spear as it appears in Rebellion -
The Spear rendered inert -
Prop replica of the fully upgraded spear
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories
- Echoes of History (indirect mention only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey novel – [citation needed]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection – Issue #56
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Memories Awoken
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium – A Life for a Life
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Battle of 300 (memory)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - So It Begins
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – A New Horizon
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice – She Spears, She Scores
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Modern Day
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Modern Day
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories – Not All Treasure Should Be Found
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories
- ↑ Game Informer #105: Create Your Own Creed
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