Thera

Thera, also called Caldera of Fate, or contemporarily Santorini, is a Greek volcanic island in the southern Aegean Sea. Together with Anaphi and Nisyros, Thera formed the Greek region called the Volcanic Islands.
The southernmost of the Kyklades, Thera was the site of a gargantuan —one of the largest in history—which virtually obliterated the Minoan civilization in c. 1600 BCE.Assassin's Creed: OdysseyFriedrich, Walter L; Kromer, Brend; et al. "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627–1600 B.C." . , 28 April 2006. Accessed 1 July 2018Höflmayer, Felix. "The Date of the Minoan Santorini Eruption: Quantifying the 'Offset'". . , 2012. Such was the scope of this cataclysm that by 431 BCE, more than a thousand years later, the island was still devoid of human life, and sulfur lakes dotted its landscape, as well as ruins. The island also sat on top of a vault which served as a gateway to Atlantis, an Isu city.
==History==
===Classical antiquity===
In 429 BCE, the Spartan misthios Kassandra traveled to Thera, at the suggestion of her mother in order to find her biological father. Kassandra realigned the mirrors that reflected sunlight, opening the Gateway to the Lost City.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Family's Legacy After meeting her father Pythagoras and obtaining four relics, Atlantis was sealed. Kassandra exited the ancient city to be greeted by her companions Barnabas and Herodotos, who were ready for more adventures.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Atlantis Destroyed
In 48 BCE, Aya and Phoxidas, working for the pharaoh Cleopatra, were supposed to meet the general Pompey "off Thera's coast."Assassin's Creed: Origins – Pompeius Magnus Around the same time, Aya's husband Bayek visited the Oracle of Apollo Phoebe in the Green Mountains of Libya. In one of her prophecies, she said of Flavius Metellus that "He walks in splendor in the footsteps of the Therans. A god made flesh."Assassin's Creed: Origins – Halo of the Huntress
===Modern times===
Sometime in late-2018, Layla Hassan and her team traveled to Thera aboard the Altaïr II. Layla dove underwater and swam the rest of the way to find the secret entrance to Atlantis, where she met Kassandra, who gave her the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Modern day
==Behind the scenes==
Historically, people did live on Thera during the Peloponnesian War.
==Gallery==
ACOD Thera Art.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Thera map.jpg|Thera on the map
ACOd-Thera-ruins.jpg|The ruins on the island
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
==References==
Category:Islands of Greece
Category:Mediterranean islands
Category:Volcanic Islands
Category:Islands
Category:Cyclades
Category:Locations in Volcanic Islands