The Ankh
A piece of Eden capable of healing the sick and temporarily resurrecting the dead. It was reported that it also worked as a recording device, storing the mannerisms of a living person and being able to return those mannerisms to a corpse. The Ankh, also known as the Key of Life or Crux Ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph representing eternal life. It was often worn by ancient gods and pharaohs. The Ankh is said to carry the Mark of the Messenger inscribed on it.
Throughout history, the Ankh travelled from one civilization to another, starting with Egypt where the Ankh was originally owned by the goddess Isis, who used the Ankh’s mystical powers to protect the kings of Egypt from harm. Later, Isis used the Ankh to resurrect her husband, Osiris after his death for one more night of intimacy, which led to the conception of Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris. 200 years later, Roman plunderers recovered the Ankh from a pyramid and sold it to a merchant.
The Ankh moved from one hand to another until finally ending up in Rome. At some point, the Ankh came i the hands of Accipiter, the Aleman Assassin. Later he passed it to Aquilus, who brought it back home to his father Lucius, who locked it in a box. However, Lucius was killed the same day by his associate Caïus Fulvus Vulture, a member of the Templar Order, in secret, who stole the Ankh. Later, Aquilus recovered the Ankh from Vultur when he killed him in Rome. At some point, Aquilus could speak to his deceased father, Lucius through the Ankh, an example of the Ankh’s ability to take on the mannerisms of a certain person.
Later, while Aquilus was studying the Ankh with his wife Valeria, they were arrested by Roman soldiers who stole the Ankh from them. However, Valeria was able to recover the Ankh from a dead soldier after an assault on the convoy by Accipiter. Unfortunately, the attack resulted in the death of Aquilus. Upon Accipiter’s request, Valeria took the Ankh with her to hide it somewhere, since Accipiter was in the middle of war, himself and he feared that the Templars might take it from him. In the 14th century, Lukas Zurburg, a German Assassin, suspected that the The Brothers of the Cross (a Templar organization that travelled across Europe to offer protection from the plague) to be after the Ankh, which was rumored to be located in central Europe at that time. However, in 1350, the Brothers of the Cross and Lukas both mysteriously disappeared.
By 2014, Juhani Otso Berg travelled to Europe in attempts to try and recover the Ankh. However, nothing is known about whether he was successful or not.
