Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a Corsican military and political leader who ruled first as the First Consul of France from 1799 to 1804, then as Emperor from 1804 to 1815. He rose to power amidst the chaos and political turmoil of the French Revolution.

In 1792, Bonaparte infiltrated Palais des Tuileries in order to acquire an Apple of Eden that had been placed in a chest and hidden in a secret vault by King Louis XVI of France in the latter's study. Bonaparte successfully retrieved the artifact with the help of the Assassin Arno Dorian. However, Dorian was oblivious to Bonaparte's finding of the artifact as the latter quickly hid it as soon as Dorian was distracted with the letters he was holding. The pair then escaped the Palace with the help of Bonaparte's soldiers.

In September 1792, Napoleon assisted Arno in finding a Templar under his command, Frédéric Rouille, whom Napoleon had unsuccessfully tried to transfer to a far-off garrison. Thanks to Bonaparte's information, Arno was successful in assassinating Rouille in Le Grand Chatelet prison.

For the next few years, Napoleon had a successful career during the siege of Toulon, the crushing of the 13 Vendémiaire uprising in Paris, an invasion of Italy and Egypt, and an upsurge in popularity. In 1799, in the Brumaire coup, Bonaparte seized power for himself as the "First Consul", soon to become the Emperor of France.

However, the last remaining royalists of the 13 Vendémiaire coup, led by a one-eyed royalist wounded by cannon fire, plotted to use "The Infernal Machine" against Napoleon. The Assassins were able to kill all of the snipers that fired on Napoleon's carriage as he headed to the opera in December 1800, and found out the conspirators' identities, killing the royalist leader and saving Napoleon's life.

Napoleon was First Consul of France during the last few years of the Haitian Revolution as well. He saw Toussaint Louverture as a threat, and sent Charles Leclerc to remove him from power, as well as giving him orders to reinstate slavery in the colony. He succeeded, but later in the war, French troops were forced out of Saint-Domingue.

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  Concept art of Napoleon
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  Napoleon ordering his men to fire
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  Closeup of Napoleon
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  Napoleon with an Apple of Eden
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  An 1801 painting of Napoleon