Salt
Salt is a chemical compound, NaCl, and an essential component of life. Salt has been utilized for multiple uses, such as religious ceremonies, preservation, food seasonings, and consumption.
History
In 48 BCE, salt was used in the mixture, natron, which was used to embalm the deceased into mummies. From his travels in Memphis, Egypt, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa investigated the awful odor that plagued the people of Memphis. From his probing, Bayek found out that "The Lizard" forced the head embalmer to taint the natron. Bayek later sought and found the bandits responsible and killed them, ending the odor and letting the dead rest in peace.[1]
In 1176, salt was used as a trap set by the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin, at a decoy tent to detect any incoming Assassins. However, the trap failed to alert Saladin's guards as Umar Ibn-La'Ahad snuck into his real tent, as message of their reach of getting close enough to kill him.[2]
In Renaissance times, salt was collected by the Italian Assassins in Rome and used to mix spirits of hartshorn, along with other materials.[3]
During the American Revolutionary War, the crystalline form, rock salt, was mined, bought and sold as a raw material in the thirteen colonies. The Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton usually gathered rock salt within his community of the Davenport Homestead from its miner Norris. In fact, the Homestead's innkeepers Corrine and Oliver were responsible for crafting salted elk meat and salt itself with the use of rock salt, as the blacksmith Big Dave also created black powder by using rock salt, plus additional materials.[4]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- Assassin's Creed III
- Assassin's Creed: Origins