Saint Denis of Paris
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Saint Denis of Paris was a 3rd-century Roman bishop of Lutetia and subsequently a saint and patron of the French city of Saint-Denis.
Sometime during his life, he discovered an Apple of Eden in an underground Isu temple north to Lutetia. He used the Piece of Eden to bend the minds of people and successfuly converted the local populace to Christianity. Due to this, he was arrested and, after a long imprisonment, he was beheaded.[1]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
After Denis' death, his Apple of Eden was acquired by a person who wanted to continue his work. He created the Head of Saint Denis and housed the Apple in it. He also used the orb to implant false memories into the general populace that Saint Denis had picked up his head and continued his sermon, walking several miles from Montmartre in Lutetia to his final death site near the Isu temple.[1]
Canonized as a saint, Denis' name was gave to the city unknowingly built atop the Isu temple, which became the necropolis of the French kings. The city was briefly renamed Franciade during the French Revolution, but later returned to its original name.[2]
During the 12th century, Denis' Apple of Eden was recovered by the Abbot Suger, who used it to create the sword called the "Eagle of Suger". The Apple was returned to the Isu temple before being rediscovered during the French Revolution by raiders led by Captain Philippe Rose, who tried to recover it for General Napoleon Bonaparte. The former French Assassin Arno Dorian recovered the Head of Saint-Denis before Rose and separated the Apple from the lantern.[2] While the Apple passed from Napoleon to Harry Houdini to the Templars,[3] the Head was in the possession of the British Templar David Brewster by 1868, when it was destroyed in an explosion caused by Brewster's unstable experimentation on another Apple of Eden.[4]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Saint Denis is referred to by the name of Dionisus in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla's downloadable expansion The Siege of Paris. The name Denis is derived from Dionisus, and the legends of both Dionysius the Areopagite and Denis of Paris have often been confused with each other since the 8th century. The mentioning of Denis' head, however, makes it clear that the expansion is referring to the latter.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris – Notes from Eivor's travels: "Ancient Stone Tablet 2"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyphs
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – A Simple Plan