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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Eden_2_v.png|thumb | [[File:Eden_2_v.png|thumb|250px|Human slaves controlled by the First Civilization]] | ||
The First Civilization controlled humanity with the [[Pieces of Eden]]. However, interbreeding led to the birth of hybrids like [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], who were immune to the power of these devices, causing the [[Human-First Civilization War]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | The First Civilization controlled humanity with the [[Pieces of Eden]]. However, interbreeding led to the birth of hybrids like [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], who were immune to the power of these devices, causing the [[Human-First Civilization War]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | ||
===Slavery in the Middle East=== | |||
The ancient [[Egypt]]ians enslaved the [[Israel]]ites, but were liberated by the prophet [[Moses]], who was armed with the [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs]]</ref> | The ancient [[Egypt]]ians enslaved the [[Israel]]ites, but were liberated by the prophet [[Moses]], who was armed with the [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs]]</ref> | ||
[[File:Talal_Assassination_1.png|thumb|left|250px|One of Talal's slaves]] | |||
The Templar [[Talal]] ran a slave ring in [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Third Crusade]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | The Templar [[Talal]] ran a slave ring in [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Third Crusade]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | ||
[[Janissaries]] and [[Mamluks]] were two military orders made up of European children captured and enslaved at a young age to serve their conquerors.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | [[Janissaries]] and [[Mamluks]] were two military orders made up of European children captured and enslaved at a young age to serve their conquerors.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | ||
[[Jenny Kenway]], half-sister of the Templar [[Haytham Kenway]], was kidnapped in 1735 and sold into sexual slavery in [[Topkapı Palace]]. | [[Jenny Kenway]], half-sister of the Templar [[Haytham Kenway]], was kidnapped in 1735 and sold into sexual slavery in [[Topkapı Palace]]. | ||
Eunuchs were slaves castrated from a young age. After rescuing Jenny Kenway, Haytham's friend [[Jim Holden]] was captured and castrated. Haytham found in [[Egypt]] during the process to turn him into a eunuch, and killed the monks responsible.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> | Eunuchs were slaves castrated from a young age. After rescuing Jenny Kenway, Haytham's friend [[Jim Holden]] was captured and castrated. Haytham found in [[Egypt]] during the process to turn him into a eunuch, and killed the monks responsible.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> | ||
===Slavery in Europe=== | |||
Gladiators in the [[Roman Empire]], like [[Anacletos]], were typically slaves.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | |||
During [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] rule of [[Rome]], [[Silvestro Sabbatini]] kidnapped men, women and children to be deported into slavery. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[apprentices]] assassinated him and freed those he was keeping captive.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | |||
===Slavery in America=== | |||
[[File:ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate_8.png|thumb|250px|Haytham driving a slave convoy to infiltrate Thatcher's fortress]] | |||
[[Europe]]ans enslaved many [[Africa]]ns to work in their colonies in [[North America]]. In 1754, [[Silas Thatcher]], an officer in the [[British Army]], began enslaving members of the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] Nation, including [[Kaniehtí:io]]. Haytham and his band of Templar brothers freed the slaves and killed Silas to gain the natives' trust.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> | |||
At the start of the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[John Murray|Lord Dunmore]] offered freedom to any slave who would join the British Army.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> | At the start of the [[American Revolutionary War]], [[John Murray|Lord Dunmore]] offered freedom to any slave who would join the British Army.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> | ||
In an alternate reality created by the [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]], [[George Washington|King Washington]] enslaved the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]], and later declared he would invade the [[United Kingdom]] and enslave its people.<ref>''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''</ref> | In an alternate reality created by the [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]], [[George Washington|King Washington]] enslaved the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]], and later declared he would invade the [[United Kingdom]] and enslave its people.<ref>''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:47, 5 May 2013
Slavery is the subjugation of another person, to be bought and sold for forced labor. The First Civilization created humans to be their slaves, and the Assassins believe the Templars intend to return humanity to that state.
History
The First Civilization controlled humanity with the Pieces of Eden. However, interbreeding led to the birth of hybrids like Adam and Eve, who were immune to the power of these devices, causing the Human-First Civilization War.[1]
Slavery in the Middle East
The ancient Egyptians enslaved the Israelites, but were liberated by the prophet Moses, who was armed with the Staff of Eden.[2]
The Templar Talal ran a slave ring in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade.[3]
Janissaries and Mamluks were two military orders made up of European children captured and enslaved at a young age to serve their conquerors.[4]
Jenny Kenway, half-sister of the Templar Haytham Kenway, was kidnapped in 1735 and sold into sexual slavery in Topkapı Palace.
Eunuchs were slaves castrated from a young age. After rescuing Jenny Kenway, Haytham's friend Jim Holden was captured and castrated. Haytham found in Egypt during the process to turn him into a eunuch, and killed the monks responsible.[5]
Slavery in Europe
Gladiators in the Roman Empire, like Anacletos, were typically slaves.[6]
During Borgia rule of Rome, Silvestro Sabbatini kidnapped men, women and children to be deported into slavery. Ezio Auditore da Firenze and his apprentices assassinated him and freed those he was keeping captive.[7]
Slavery in America
Europeans enslaved many Africans to work in their colonies in North America. In 1754, Silas Thatcher, an officer in the British Army, began enslaving members of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation, including Kaniehtí:io. Haytham and his band of Templar brothers freed the slaves and killed Silas to gain the natives' trust.[8]
At the start of the American Revolutionary War, Lord Dunmore offered freedom to any slave who would join the British Army.[9]
In an alternate reality created by the Apple of Eden, King Washington enslaved the Kanien'kehá:ka, and later declared he would invade the United Kingdom and enslave its people.[10]
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Moral ambiguity
- "What follows are the three great ironies of the Assassin Order: (1) Here we seek to promote peace, but murder is our means. (2) Here we seek to open the minds of men, but require obedience to a master and set of rules. (3) Here we seek to reveal the danger of blind faith, yet we are practitioners ourselves."
- ―Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex[src]
Despite their relative benevolence to the majority of Templar activities, many Assassins expressed discomfort with their Order. When Desmond Miles was rescued by the Assassins, he assumed they were the "good guys", but Shaun Hastings advised him to "not get carried away", reminding him their function was to kill people. Rebecca Crane acknowledged "it's not ideal. And taking a life is never easy. But sometimes there's no other way. Sometimes, Desmond, people have to die for things to change."[1] Desmond's ancestor Connor tried to avoid killing William Johnson, and when he had to, he told his Mentor Achilles that "I thought it might bring clarity. Or instill a sense of accomplishment. But all I feel is regret." Achilles comforted him, explaining to "hold fast to that. Such sacrifices must never come lightly."[2]
Both Desmond and Lucy Stillman fell out with their leader William Miles: his cold demeanour and the harsh training he put them through since childhood led Desmond to regard his father as a "[prison] warden" rather than a father.[3] Lucy defected to the Templars after being sent to infiltrate them, telling Clay Kaczmarek that William was "using" them and claimed "he doesn't think about the lives he's hurting. We aren't people to him."[4]
Nikolai Orelov served the Order to please his father, with whom he had a negative relationship. When he left, he felt "I began as a crusader for change and now I am no better than a common grave-robber."[5] When the Assassins in the FBI began holding his family hostage to make him give up his secrets, he opined to his son Innokenti "These are not honourable men, Kenya. They are killers. They live by old laws which apply only to them and then call themselves heroes." However, Orelov was also brutal towards his son when training him to fight the Assassins. Viewing these events via his genetic memory, Orelov's great-grandson Daniel Cross deemed the Assassins "a family of wolves, opportunistic, savage. They'll turn on each other at a moment's notice: they're anarchists. And anarchy can never lead to a unified world."[6]
Connor expressed disdain for the Assassins' secrecy, an opinion shared centuries earlier by some Assassins under Altaïr's leadership, who disagreed with him taking the Order back underground. Altaïr wrote "They grow angry, insisting it is a mistake to shroud ourselves. They say it slows our work. But they do not understand the risks. To expose ourselves now would be too dangerous. I fear we would be branded madmen and attacked."[1]
The Assassins also allied with dubious figures such as members of the House of Medici or Vladimir Lenin, or would spare the likes of Tomas de Torquemada, simply because they were not Templars. Vali cel Tradat left the Assassins before the Templars because they did not try to stop the Ottoman Empire's conquest of his native Wallachia.[7]