Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian inventor, and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was born in Smiljani, Croatia. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution, and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

Tesla was to distribute free electricity for all, the knowledge of which came from a Piece of Eden he had acquired. According to Subject Sixteen, Tesla found the Piece of Eden in Croatia. The Templars, most prominently Thomas Edison, opposed this idea, as it would be an opposition to the Templar goal and Edison's ideals. To this end, Edison demonstrated a series of experiments that he released as proof that Tesla power was dangerous, causing public disapproval of Tesla's invention. Tesla's Apple of Eden seemingly disappeared.

Later on, the Assassins, including Nikolai Orelov, wanted him to destroy the Staff using his mastery of electricity. Unfortunately, this resulted in the Tunguska explosion, which either destroyed the Staff completely, or simply blasted the Piece of Eden miles away.