Blood vial
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Blood vials are small crystalline cubes, designed by the First Civilization to contain the blood of an individual, for the purpose of viewing their actions through the Observatory.
Once a blood sample had been collected, it was placed inside the Crystal Skull that powered the Observatory, which would then project what the donor was seeing and hearing in real time. Thousands of these vials were stored at the Observatory, containing the blood of a number of Precursors, but they were materially worthless to anyone in conjunction with the complex, as their race had long died out and feedback from them could not be obtained.
It was for this reason that the Templars under Laureano de Torres y Ayala sought the Observatory; so that they might make use of its abilities to spy on and blackmail numerous government officials. A few vials existed beyond the Observatory's walls, as one was needed in conjunction with a sample of a Sage's blood to permit access. During Torres' rule as Grand Master of the Caribbean Templars, he made it compulsory for all Templars to donate a dram of blood within a vial, as a means for Torres to ensure that he kept control over his allies; the Grand Master himself, however, used the blood of a decoy and intentionally mislabeled it.
Following Torres' arrival at the complex in 1722, his men took the thousands of stored vials to an unknown location, prompting the Caribbean Assassins to devote their resources to locating these missing vials.
By 2013, Abstergo Industries had located more vials, describing them in an internal memo, along with other First Civilization artifacts.
Trivia
- A replica of a blood vial can be bought from Ubiworkshop for 59.99 US dollars.