Knowing most of humanity and the Isu would be destroyed by a solar flare, Isu scientists Minerva, Juno, and Jupiter (also known as the Jötnar by Vikings) attempt to find a way to save everyone. Knowing this, they stole a Piece of Eden and escaped the Isu city of Eden, which kickstarted a rebellion that later became a full-blown war between Isu and humans. His wife Juno preserves Aita's genetic material and creates Sages, human vessels that would serve as Aita's reincarnations over the millennia.Įve, together with Adam, discovered they were immune to the human-controlling effects of Isu devices known as Pieces of Eden. In an attempt to save the Earth from a "Great Catastrophe," Isu scientist Aita experiments on himself, destroying his body. Phanes, however, fell in love with a human, who gave birth to a hybrid known as Eve. Phanes, a scientist belonging to the ancient Isu, started a project to create humanity as a resilient but subservient slave species. Tensions between different Isu factions result in a war that humans would later turn into the legend of the Æsir-Jötnar war. With that out of the way, let's grab our Hidden Blades, and don't forget about cutting off your ring finger, because we're heading out to find some ancient artifacts, jump off some cliffs, and stealthily make our way through time. Some details in some of the games may contradict one another, so we're sticking to the story that is still canon as of the last three games.īefore we get going, a big thanks to all contributors over at the Assassin's Creed wiki for providing dates for many of these events which aren't specified in the games proper. Because of that blend of history and fiction, we're including everything significant to the game's storylines, as well as a couple of fun facts about how the game's timeline diverges or supersedes our own. Now that Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is out and players can get back into the Animus to see through the eyes of yet another cool, historical Assassin, it's time to revisit the entire timeline of the Assassin's Creed franchise.Īssassin's Creed, because of its very nature, has a complicated and messy timeline. Since it's mostly based on our own timeline, every important moment in human history plays out in the long in-game history that encompasses the 12 main titles in the franchise (along with its many spin-offs games, comics, and novels).