Consus

Consus was an Isu scientist.

Biography
Consus was an Isu Scientist. During the War of Unification he worked as an assistant for the Isu scientist Hephaestus and helped build several Pieces of Eden such as the Swords and Spears of Eden. During the War, Hephaestus was killed, and Consus was inspired to create the Shroud of Eden in order to heal others but was unable to resurrect the dead. In 1923 of the Isu Age, Consus attempted to transfer his consciousness into the first Shroud of Eden in order to escape his impending death from old age. Consus was successful in his efforts, but was unable to move nor speak in the shroud and watched as his body died. 300 years later, another Isu scientist named Juno found Consus’ lab and was able to contact Consus. Consus told Juno about the transfer and taught her about everything he knew, while Juno informed him about the creation of Humans. Juno then took the Shroud with her, but at some point lost it, the shroud then fell in the hands of the Humans. Consus began advising the wielders of the shroud during the Human-Isu War and he came into legend as Prometheus. In Ancient Greece, the shroud became known as the Golden Fleece and was sought after by Jason for King Pelias. Jason managed to find the Shroud and took it with and it remained in his possession until his death. The shroud was later found by Jeanne d’Arc during the Hundred Years War. Consus began advising Jeanne under the guise of several saints and helped her and the French win several battles against the English in conjunction with a Sword of Eden. The English then captured Jeanne, who then lost the shroud which was later taken by the Assassins and hid in the Auditore Family Crypt in Monteriggioni where it was forgotten until 1454. That year, Florentine officials heard about the shroud and attacked the city. The leader of Monteriggioni, the Assassin Mario Auditore, fended off the Florentines and led a group of men in the crypt in search of the lost treasure. The group was heavily injured by various traps, and Consus announced himself to the group. Mario refused to open the box the shroud was in and was forced to kill his men when they attacked him over it. Mario then gave the box to his brother, Giovanni, so that the Assassins could hide it away. In 1498, the Assassin Perotto Calderon stole the shroud from the Brotherhood in order to heal his son Giovanni Borgia who was born deformed. Giovanni would then hear Consus in his mind in his early life, who told him to join the Assassins. Niccolò di Pitigliano, a Venitian General, held the Shroud and was attacked by Francesco Vecellio, Giovanni’s mentor, who tried to reclaim the shroud for the Assassins. Niccolo was gravely injured and Consus told him to use the Shroud to heal himself which Niccolo did. Niccolo then continued to use the Shroud, but was unable to handle the power and was ripped apart, Francesco then took the Shroud. In 1515, Giovanni got into a fight with another Assassin named Hiram Stoddard, and took a blow to the head. As that happened, Consus took over Giovanni’s body and gave a cryptic message to Stoddard meant for his descendant Charlotte de la Cruz before letting go of Giovanni. In the 1530s, Giovanni and his wife Maria Amiel began exploring the Temple of Pythagoras where Consus once again possessed Giovanni and spoke to Maria having transformed Giovanni’s face before relinquishing control once again. At some point before the 1690s a young girl named Dorothy Osborne came into contact with the Shroud and became bonded with Consus who would possess her at various points. In 1692, Osborne was accused of witchcraft and thrown in prison but was rescued by the Assassins Thomas Stoddard, a descendant of Hiram, and Jennifer Querry along with a mute boy named David. Consus later began to speak to Thomas through Dorothy and spoke his father’s last words in order to calm him down after he lashed out at the children. Consus later possessed Dorothy again as she and Thomas were fleeing a mob and once again gave a message meant for Charlotte, and later possessed Dorothy in order to distract the Templars William Stoughton and Samuel Parris so that Thomas and Jennifer could free themselves and attack them although Jennifer would die in the process and Thomas was injured. Dorothy later killed herself so that the Templars would not be able to use her to kill more people. In the 1800s, Hermeticist William Robert Woodman owned the Shroud and spoke with Consus, although the Shroud later fell into the possession of the Baguttiani Family in Milan after his death, who later sold it to Absertgo and Templar Agent Keith Scipione who sent it to an Abstergo Lab in 1944. In 2011, Templar Isabelle Ardant discovered the Shroud through Project Legacy and retrieved it before giving it to Templar scientist Alvaro Gramatica to study it and possibly repair it in Paris. Gramatica began testing the shroud by shooting himself and fellow Templar Violet de Costa and began speaking with Consus. Gramatica then learned about Juno from Consus. Violet and Master Templar Juhani Otso Berg later went to Gramatica's lab to question Consus about Juno. In 2014, Assassins Shaun Hastings and Galina Voronina attacked Gramatica’s lab and destroyed the place with a grenade. The Shroud was destroyed in the explosion but Consus managed to heal Gramatica before he died as his last act.

Locations

 * Abstergo Industries Paris Facility, Paris, Paris Department, Ile-de-France, France
 * Helonia, Kingdom of Helonia (Formerly)
 * Helonia, Edenite Empire (Formerly)
 * Helonia, East Europa, Isu Empire (Formerly)
 * Kingdom of Colchis (Formerly)
 * Kingdom of France (Formerly)
 * Auditore Family Crypt, Monteriggioni, Republic of Sienna (Formerly)
 * Rome, Papal States (Formerly)
 * Lonigo, Republic of Venice (Formerly)
 * Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, British Empire (Formerly)
 * London, England, United Kingdom, British Empire (Formerly)
 * Milan, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy (Formerly)
 * Unknown Abstergo Industries Building (Formerly)