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The '''Prince of Ning rebellion''' was a revolt led by Prince of Ning Zhu Chenhao against the reigning [[Ming dynasty|Ming emperor]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> In 1519, the prince disputed the legitimacy of the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]]'s rule and marched towards the capital of [[Nanjing]]. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Wiki"/> | The '''Prince of Ning rebellion''' was a revolt led by Prince of Ning Zhu Chenhao against the reigning [[Ming dynasty|Ming emperor]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> In 1519, the prince disputed the legitimacy of the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]]'s rule and marched towards the capital of [[Nanjing]]. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
'''Zhu Chenhao''' (1476 – 1521) was a prince of the Ming dynasty. In 1499, he inherited the title of Prince of Ning and took up residence in the city of Nanchang.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Zhu Chenhao}}</ref> In 1519, he sparked a rebellion against the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]], disputing the legitimacy of his rule and marching towards the capital of [[Nanjing]]. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Rebellion">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> | '''Zhu Chenhao''' (1476 – 1521) was a prince of the [[Ming dynasty]]. In 1499, he inherited the title of Prince of Ning and took up residence in the city of Nanchang.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Zhu Chenhao}}</ref> In 1519, he sparked a rebellion against the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]], disputing the legitimacy of his rule and marching towards the capital of [[Nanjing]]. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Rebellion">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> | ||
'''Nanjing''', previously known as '''Jinling''',<ref name="Dynasty">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Abe no Nakamaro's letters to Li Bai]]: Letter 3, Page 5</ref> is the capital of the province of Jiangsu in East China. Nanjing enjoys a prominent place in Chinese history, having been the capital of various Chinese dynasties and governments spanning from the early 3rd century until 1949.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Nanjing}}</ref> In 1519, during the Ming dynasty, Prince of Ning [[Zhu Chenhao]] sparked a rebellion against the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]], disputing the legitimacy of his rule and marching towards the capital of Nanjing. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Rebellion">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> | '''Nanjing''', previously known as '''Jinling''',<ref name="Dynasty">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Abe no Nakamaro's letters to Li Bai]]: Letter 3, Page 5</ref> is the capital of the province of Jiangsu in East China. Nanjing enjoys a prominent place in Chinese history, having been the capital of various Chinese dynasties and governments spanning from the early 3rd century until 1949.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Nanjing}}</ref> In 1519, during the [[Ming dynasty]], Prince of Ning [[Zhu Chenhao]] sparked a rebellion against the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]], disputing the legitimacy of his rule and marching towards the capital of Nanjing. His forces were defeated after only 42 days<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Prince of Ning rebellion"</ref> owing to his capture by [[Wang Yangming]], who led the government army.<ref name="Rebellion">{{WP|Prince of Ning rebellion}}</ref> | ||
'''Regent's Canal''' is a canal across an area just north of central [[London]], [[England]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Regent's Canal}}</ref> It began construction in 1812 and was completed eight years later. In July 1874, a barge carrying a large [[gunpowder]] shipment exploded in the canal section near the {{Wiki|Maida Vale}} district. The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby buildings as well as several fatalities and injuries.<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Regent's Canal Disaster"</ref> | '''Regent's Canal''' is a canal across an area just north of central [[London]], [[England]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Regent's Canal}}</ref> It began construction in 1812 and was completed eight years later. In July 1874, a barge carrying a large [[gunpowder]] shipment exploded in the canal section near the {{Wiki|Maida Vale}} district. The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby buildings as well as several fatalities and injuries.<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Regent's Canal Disaster"</ref> | ||
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'''Operation Sealion''' was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom from the coastlines of France and Belgium. Though it would never be carried out in full,<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Operation Sea Lion}}</ref> Nazi agents scoured continental Europe for artifacts associated with the Holy Grail in hopes to harness its supposed supernatural abilities.<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "Operation Sealion"</ref> | '''Operation Sealion''' was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom from the coastlines of France and Belgium. Though it would never be carried out in full,<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Operation Sea Lion}}</ref> Nazi agents scoured continental Europe for artifacts associated with the Holy Grail in hopes to harness its supposed supernatural abilities.<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "Operation Sealion"</ref> | ||
'''Operation Barbarossa''' was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and its allies starting on 1941. The operation, code-named after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa marked an escalation of the [[World War II|war]], bringing the Soviet Union into the Allied powers.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Operation Barbarossa}}</ref> Among the actions undertaken by the Nazi soldiers was the looting of artwork and precious artifacts, such as the [[Amber Room]] of [[Catherine Palace]], which the Nazis shipped to [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> | '''Operation Barbarossa''' was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and its allies starting on 1941. The operation, code-named after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa marked an escalation of the [[World War II|war]], bringing the Soviet Union into the Allied powers.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Operation Barbarossa}}</ref> Among the actions undertaken by the Nazi soldiers was the looting of artwork and precious artifacts, such as the [[Amber Room]] of [[Catherine Palace]], which the Nazis shipped to [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow|Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''''</ref> | ||
The '''Catherine Palace''' is a palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), located 30 kilometres from St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars from its construction by Peter the Great until the Russian Revolution.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Catherine Palace}}</ref> During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the [[Amber Room]] within and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> | The '''Catherine Palace''' is a palace in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), located 30 kilometres from St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars from its construction by Peter the Great until the Russian Revolution.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Catherine Palace}}</ref> During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the [[Amber Room]] within and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> after the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow|Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''''</ref> | ||
[[File:ACConspiracies - Amber Room fragment.png|thumb|250px|Amber Room panel fragment up for auction]] | [[File:ACConspiracies - Amber Room fragment.png|thumb|250px|Amber Room panel fragment up for auction]] | ||
The '''Amber Room''', also referred to as the ''Amber Chamber''' and by the moniker of ''the Eighth Wonder of the World''', was a chamber decorated in [[amber]] panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Tsars' summer residence of [[Catherine Palace]] near [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Amber Room}}</ref> During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}. In 1943, the director of the {{Wiki|Königsberg City Museum|Königsberg Museum}} sent one of the amber panels to [[Templars|Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]] in [[Książ Castle]] in occupied [[Poland]] as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the Assassins led by Boris Pash left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> The rest of the items fared the same way after the Allied bombing of Königsberg.<ref name="Wiki"/> | The '''Amber Room''', also referred to as the ''Amber Chamber''' and by the moniker of ''the Eighth Wonder of the World''', was a chamber decorated in [[amber]] panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Tsars' summer residence of [[Catherine Palace]] near [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Amber Room}}</ref> During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}. In 1943, the director of the {{Wiki|Königsberg City Museum|Königsberg Museum}} sent one of the amber panels to [[Templars|Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]] in [[Książ Castle]] in occupied [[Poland]] as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the Assassins led by Boris Pash left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction.<ref>''''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow|Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''''</ref> The rest of the items fared the same way after the Allied bombing of Königsberg.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
'''Königsberg''' is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Königsberg}}</ref> During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[Amber Room]] looted by the Nazis from [[Catherine Palace]] was transported to Königsberg,<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> After the city's destruction by Allied bombers in August 1944, the fate of the Amber Room was lost.<ref name="Amber Room">{{WP|Amber Room}}</ref> | '''Königsberg''' is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Königsberg}}</ref> During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[Amber Room]] looted by the Nazis from [[Catherine Palace]] was transported to Königsberg,<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}.<ref>''''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]] — [[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow|Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''''</ref> After the city's destruction by Allied bombers in August 1944, the fate of the Amber Room was lost.<ref name="Amber Room">{{WP|Amber Room}}</ref> | ||
'''Jan Kubiš''' (1913 – 1942) was a Czech soldier in the Czechoslovak Army, active during World War II.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Jan Kubiš}}</ref> In 1942, Kubiš, along with fellow soldier [[Jozef Gabčík]], was tasked with assassinate high-ranking German ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}}'' officer [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]].<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "Reinhard Heydrich's Death"</ref> Though managing to kill their mark, their group was discovered two weeks later and Kubiš died during a fierce gun fight.<ref name="Heydrich Assassination">{{WP|Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich}}</ref> | '''Jan Kubiš''' (1913 – 1942) was a Czech soldier in the Czechoslovak Army, active during World War II.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Jan Kubiš}}</ref> In 1942, Kubiš, along with fellow soldier [[Jozef Gabčík]], was tasked with assassinate high-ranking German ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}}'' officer [[Reinhard Heydrich]] in [[Prague]].<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "Reinhard Heydrich's Death"</ref> Though managing to kill their mark, their group was discovered two weeks later and Kubiš died during a fierce gun fight.<ref name="Heydrich Assassination">{{WP|Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich}}</ref> | ||
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