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Hidden in the Codex was a prediction of the arrival of a "prophet" who would bring together two Pieces of Eden to open the Vault, as well as a map of the world marked with the locations of various other Vaults.
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Each page was encrypted, and the only persons capable of deciphering it were Ezio's late father, Giovanni Auditore, and Ezio's friend, the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. That year, however, Ezio Auditore took up his father's duty as an Assassin and, by 1499, had located and brought together all thirty pages scattered across Italy. RenaissanceĪfter the pages of the Codex were scattered, the Assassins attempted to bring them together, but by 1478 they had successfully located only six pages.
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The Codex was eventually and deliberately broken apart and scattered whilst aboard a ship in Otranto harbor, so as to prevent its capture by drunken pirates hired by the Templars. Marco in turn handed it to the Assassin Dante Alighieri, who passed it into the safe-keeping of his apprentice, Domenico Auditore. Years later, the Codex was passed back into the possession of the Polos when Niccolò's son, Marco, retrieved it from the court of Kublai Khan. Two days later however, a Mongol raiding party intercepted Niccolò and his brother as they were fleeing, and took the Codex from them. ĭuring the Mongol siege of Masyaf in 1257, Altaïr bequeathed the Codex and five curious seals to Niccolò Polo for safe keeping. Eventually, near age 92, Altaïr completed the Codex. Īltaïr was able to improve the Assassin Order's methods of assassination, including the use of poison, as well as invent several weapons, one of them being the Hidden Gun. Throughout most of his life Altaïr wrote about important aspects of his life in his journal, including the ongoing war between the Assassins and Templars, his philosophy on life itself, his personal opinions regarding God and religions in general, and more importantly information obtained from the Apple of Eden. Shortly after the death of Al Mualim, Altaïr began writing the Codex.