ERUDITO Collective & The Erudite God, Consus
Also dubbed the Erudito Collective, is a hacking collective who operate in opposition to the Templar-run Abstergo Industries. Though it was originally unclear whether Erudito was one or many people, evidence suggested that a collection of several independent users was more likely, which was later confirmed through their correspondence to an individual who appealed to Abstergo's aims. Despite this, the members who made up the Erudito Collective were united by their common purpose, to reveal the truths censored by Abstergo in its products.
Erudito made use of a wide variety of means of communication, including emails, to spread their information. At times, members also directly contacted members of the Order of Assassins, such as Desmond Miles, as well as participants in Abstergo's Project Legacy and Animus Project.
Also known as The Erudite God, is a member of the First Civilization. In the early 1500s, he became a guardian of sorts to Giovanni Borgia, an Assassin born into the notorious Borgia family. In 1498, shortly after his birth, Giovanni Borgia was discovered to be malformed and likely to die within a few days.
The Assassin Perotto Calderon was able to heal his presumed son after stealing the Shroud, one of the Pieces of Eden created by the First Civilization. Throughout his childhood thereafter, Giovanni would have delusions of seeing a nonexistent being, whom he befriended and called Consus. Consus often spoke in Giovanni's head and gave him advice, even once allowing Giovanni to read a letter given to him, though the boy himself did not know how at the time.
Additionally, in 1503, Consus attempted to convince Giovanni to give the Apple of Eden to Fiora Cavazza, when she had come to retrieve it for the Assassins, and later advised Giovanni to go with Francesco Vecellio to join the Assassin Brotherhood.
When Giovanni and Maria Amiel traveled to the Temple of Pythagoras in the late 16th century, the Vault within it reacted to Giovanni as it would to a descendant of the First Civilization, shining with symbols and glyphs. When Giovanni fell unconscious and awoke soon after, his face had changed into that of a seemingly ancient entity. He spoke in a distant and unfamiliar voice, where he claimed himself to be Consus, the Erudite God.
After learning about Consus, who’s motives are unknown, yet seem sort of benign in nature, so far, we can conclude that he tends to be manipulative sometimes, using certain people to achieve a certain goal, like the rest of the First Civilization members.
He also attempted to convince Giovanni Borgia to give the Apple of Eden to Fiora Cavazza as she came to retrieve it for the Assassins. We also know that Consus was a Roman deity assigned to protect the grain.
Later, he also became known as a deity of secret counsel. Erudito, on the other hand, work against Abstergo. They’re not Assassins but they’re against Abstergo, so it seems to me that the Consus (a.k.a. The Erudite God) seems to be moving force behind Erudito Collective. Aside from the striking similarity in their names, the motives also seem to align.
