Isu (Assassin's Creed)

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==Summary==
The Isu, also known as the Precursors and Those Who Came Before, are an ancient and highly advanced species of humanoid beings who were active on Earth during the eponymous era several millennia before the rise of even the most ancient of human civilizations. The Isu are responsible for the creation of the Pieces of Eden (like the Apple, Staff, Shroud), powerful artifacts and weapons that augmented their already superhuman abilities, as well as forming the human race itself.
Their history shrouded in mystery, the Isu ruled over Earth roughly 77,000 years ago, before they were largely wiped out, alongside their human creations, during the Great Catastrophe. By that point, the Isu had been in a decade long war with a human rebellion led by two hybrids, Adam and Eve, who sought to free humanity from servitude to their "gods".
Following the Great Catastrophe which resulted in the Earth's surface being completely scorched and devastated with massive earthquakes and eruptions, the Isu population rapidly declined to the point of near extinction within the century, but their legacy would live on for thousands of years through myth and legend, becoming the focal point of many human religions, whether polytheistic or monotheistic. Further still, those Pieces of Eden that survive the Great Catastrophe also influenced early man’s development and eventually became a pivotal desire for both the Templar Order and the Brotherhood of Assassins, who waged a war of their own for control of the Pieces, and by extension humanity’s future.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least  |  with the Koh-i-Noor and tanks. At least  to  with ordinary equipment, at least , possibly , potentially far higher with better equipment and preparations
Key: Individually | Technologically
Name: Isu, The First Civilization, The Ones Who Came Before, The Precursors
Origin: Assassin's Creed
Gender: Varies
Age: Unknown, Varies, but they lived far longer than genetically enhanced human beings, with some even living for several centuries before dying without any external enhancements. Their technology has existed for over 80 millennia
Kardashev Level: At least Type 0.73, possibly Type 1 (Almost all of their technology was powered by plate tectonics, as in, geothermal energy)
Population: Numbered in the billions, but became extinct by the 5th century BCE
Territory: Earth
Classification: Homo sapiens divinus (by Abstergo), Ancient humanoid civilization, creators of the human race 
Powers and Abilities:
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All previous abilities, plus:
*Creation
*Mind Manipulation, Illusion Creation, Memory Manipulation, Power Bestowal and Power Mimicry (Can pass on their memories to other people and grant them several superhuman physical characteristics and many more powers)
*Perception Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Types 1 and 2), Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation (With the Apple and Staff of Eden)
*Elemental Manipulation and Poison Manipulation (With the Spear of Eden and Staff of Hermes Trismegistus) *Flight (With the Staves of Eden)
*Absorption, Forcefield Creation, Death Manipulation, Telepathy, Durability Negation (With the Apple of Eden)
*Possession and Biological Manipulation (With the Shroud of Eden)
Statistics Amplification (Can increase one's power levels via several Pieces of Eden, with most of the boosts being permanent, except in the case of the Shroud of Eden)
*Statistics Reduction
*Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3. With the Staves of Eden and Shroud of Eden, as well as the Staff of Hermes)
*Time Manipulation and Time Travel (The Isu were capable of building technology to travel through and alter time, but it proved to be too dangerous, so they abandoned itAssassin's Creed III (2012))
*Duplication (Many of their Staves and Apples can create tangible apparitions to aid them in combat)
Forcefield Creation and Magnetism ManipulationAssassin's Creed III (2012)- Captain Kidd's Treasure: Oak Island (Via Shards of EdenAssassin's Creed III (2012)- Present Day: New York, Brazil)
*Forcefield Creation, Magnetism Manipulation and Radiation Generation (With the Global Aurora Borealis Device]].ACOdysseyLaylaPersonalFilesCapitolineTriad>Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2019)- Layla's Personal Files: The Capitoline Triad However, this had the unintended consequence of increasing the intensity of the radiation because of the magnetic field that the generators of the device produced to protect Earth, and it was merely a temporarly postponement to the end of the WorldAssassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)- Ending)
*Danmaku (With the Koh-i-Noor, Apple of Eden and a few other weapons)
*Life Absorption, Healing (With the Apple of Eden)
Resurrection (With the Shroud of Eden, which successfully recreated from scratch a body for Juno.Assassin's Creed Uprising- Issue #12 The Isu used the Yggdrasil Supercomputer to upload their genome into that of humans to endlessly resurrectAssassin's Creed Valhalla (2020)- Animus Anomalies- Bridunn Hill)
*Paralysis Inducement, Sense Manipulation (With the Apples of Eden)
*Seismic Manipulation (With Seismic TemplesAssassin's Creed Rogue (2014))
*Hacking
*Plasma Manipulation (With their standard handguns)
*Technology Manipulation
Light Manipulation (Many of their weapons have a heavy emphasis on light and they also made use of solar energy for their technology. Poseidon was also planning a project called the Solar Floral Regeneration project to harness the Sun's devastating power before Aita and Juno barged in to stop it)
*Teleportation, Energy Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Reality Warping and Matter Manipulation (Aletheia stated that the equations Pythagoras studied in Atlantis were the equations of reality itself, and that the Isu had plans to alter it to their own liking to permanently avoid further planetary disasters, not realizing that they had effectively sealed their fates in trying to do so.Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)- Gates of Atlantis Apples of Eden can easily turn thought into reality with enough concentration, as Juno states herselfAssassin's Creed III (2012)- Present Day: MMA Stadium, Brazil), Regeneration (At least Low-Mid, possibly Low-High via the Shroud of Eden. The Shroud of Eden was successfully used to reconstruct a brand new body for Juno)
*Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4 and 8, as long as one wouldn't willingly pass on the Staff of Hermes to their successors, one would still remain alive even after physically separating from it. Some Isu members have cursed themselves or have been cursed to be reborn in new bodies at any given time by uploading their genome into the Yggdrasil Supercomputer so as to be reborn again and again in human bodiesAssassin's Creed Valhalla- Animus Anomalies: The Hidden Truth)
*Transmutation (Project Olympos was dedicated to creating hybrid beings like the Minotaur or Medusa by using an Apple of Eden, The Staff of Hermes can also be transmuted into any kind of desired object, like a lantern)
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Attack Potency: At least Small Building level+ (Considerably superior to their hybrid descendants like Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Edward Kenway, Connor, Bayek, Jacob Frye, Desmond Miles, Kassandra, Alexios, Adam, Eve and the like. Should easily be vastly superior to the likes of peak-level humans like. Can stomp the likes of Kiyoshi Takakura with a single blast, and thus should also be superior to other peak-level humans like Darius. Even large animals virtually had no chance against them in close-quarter-combat even without weapons. Viewed the Olympos Project subjects as "mere pets". Juno with an immensely-held-back energy blast comparable to her power level completely wrecked Alvaro Grammatica's lab and her blasts in general should be on par with the rest of the Pieces of Eden and at least equal to the energy beams found in the Observatory and Seismic Temples. Persephone sent the Misthios flying with a casual flick) | Building level with the Koh-i-Noor (Juno used it to vaporize four people,Assassin's Creed Uprising (2017)- Issue 4 and it can ravage entire villages and destroy entire buildingsAssassin's Creed Uprising (2017)- Issue 8), Building level+ with tanks (Their tanks would have been vastly superior to the ones Leonardo da Vinci made). At least City level+ to Mountain level with ordinary equipment (Their basic technology is capable of preventing an earthquake that is a magnitude 8.5-9, which would require this much energy. When Shay Cormac touched the core of a Seismic Temple in Lisbon, it resulted in the entire region destabilizingAssassin's Creed Rogue (2014)- Kyrie Eleison and being utterly wiped out by one of the most devastating earthquakes in history, and a Seismic Temple in Haiti having its core destabilized resulted in a magnitude 8.0 earthquake as well. Some Staves of Eden were responsible for the destruction of entire cities, like when the Staff of Hermes was used to destroy Atlantis), At least Multi-Continent level (Upon Desmond's sacrifice, the Eye generated a massive barrier that covered the entire Earth and shielded it from the Sun's vicious solar flares,Assassin's Creed III (2010)- Credits possibly Planet level (The Isu originally had plans to make gigantic Shards of Eden on par with the size of a planet and had the equipment to do so, but they did not have enough time to enact it by the time the next cataclysm struck, so they abandoned the project), potentially far higher with better equipment (The Isu were studying the secrets of the universe and were planning to alter its laws to their own liking) and preparations. Can negate durability with many of their inventions
Speed: Hypersonic (Should be on par with Odin, another Isu, who is this fast. Capable of casually reacting to energy blasts from their own weapons like the Sword of Eden at point-blank range as if it was second nature for them and fighting other foes who could do the same, as seen in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Also fought against those who used Pieces of Eden against them, like the Shroud. Considerably swifter than their descendants, who can dodge arrows, bullets, cannon-fire and modern-day high-velocity artillery at point-blank range, and thus should be considerably swifter than the likes of Shao Jun, Kassandra, Bayek, Ezio, Arno Dorian, Arbaaz Mir, Jacob Frye, Evie Frye, Lydia Frye and Nikolai Orelov and can also move fast enough to look like blurs to them. Hermes could easily overwhelm Kassandra even when the latter was amplified by the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus and used various time-slowing abilities), far higher with equipment and even higher with prep (Their technology is far superior to anything modern humans have made, and as such, are easily faster than most modern-day firearms. Pieces of Eden in Isu hands operate much better and more efficiently than in hybrid or Sage hands. Also wielded firearms, and although to what scale is unknown, they would nevertheless be far superior to their standard equipment. Can effortlessly cover planets like Earth within mere seconds with their best tech)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Should easily be superior to the likes of Connor and Bayek. Also considerably superior to the strongest of humans, animals and primates, and thus should logically be superior to Tsar Alexander III, who lifted a train carriage,Assassin's Creed: The Fall (2012) and to the likes of famous Greek athletes like Kyros of Zarax and Milo, both of them being able to lift massive marble columns on their lonesomeAssassin's Creed: Project Legacy (2011)), higher with telekinesis (Some Isu could overpower their own kind with telekinesis alone) | At least Class 5, potentially far higher (Should be even stronger than their base forms)
Striking Strength: At least Small Building level+
Durability: At least Small Building level+ (Considerably superior to their hybrid descendants, who can tank attacks on these levels, tank cannonballs and catapulted rocks, brush off hits from the likes of peak-level humans like Darius, withstand their energy beams that can simultaneously vaporize up to 3 human beings at the slightest touch and reduce them to a bloody mist, and hold their own against the Olympos Projects like the Minotaur. The Isu are also vastly superior to the Instruments of the Will, who can tank mortar-fire at point-blank range and no-sell room-sized explosions while unconscious,Assassin's Creed Uprising (2017)- Issue 10 and Instruments are just normal human beings who have trained themselves to their utmost peak, with even ordinary humans like Alvarro Grammatica managing to survive Juno's blasts without much damageAssassin's Creed Uprising (2017)- Issue 12) | At least Multi-Continent level, possibly Planet level (The Eye created a shield that covered Earth and brushed off the Sun's deadly coronal mass ejections, thus saving the planet from the 2012 cataclysm. However, these were just their basic equipment, and they had access to much more powerful resources as a whole, and thus, would be able to output durability on par with such equipment, given enough time, as they initially planned to mass-produce planet-sized Shards of Eden but couldn't due to their lifespans not being long enough for the projects), potentially far higher
Stamina: Superhuman, Infinite with the Staff of Hermes and Shroud of Eden
Range: Extended Melee Range (Were a full 20 inches taller than normal humans on averageAssassin's Creed Unity (2014) - Database: 15. Precursor Memo), higher with melee weapons. Several dozen meters with energy blasts. Hundreds of Meters with bows and firearms. Standard Melee Range for Juno (Was about more or less the same size as the average female) | Hundreds of Kilometers to at least Planetary (Could easily cover the Earth with a protective shield to ward off deadly coronal mass ejections of the Sun in 2012. Teleportation devices far superior to the Apple and Staff of Hermes could instantly transport a person anywhere in the world), potentially far higher
Standard Equipment: Various Pieces of Eden, anything they could use to their advantage, advanced machinery and much more
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (The Isu possess a natural intellect that are extremely advanced and far beyond that of the smartest of human beings, allowing them to create accurate predictions of the future without much effort and being able to study the entire history of the universe and its events within a matter of years, if not months, as Aletheia noted, with even ordinary Isu civilians having ideas of how photons work as seen in Aletheia's simulations based on her memories. The Isu were also trained in every single aspect of warfare and were trained with a multitude of weapon varieties, ranging from the simplest of bows to the most advanced of energy-based spears, swords and even pistols. They were capable of creating highly advanced technology known as Pieces of Eden and constructs such as the Grand Temple, Atlantis, the Forge of Hephaistos or the Vatican Vault, and even created the human race by altering the genetics of an already-existing primate species to serve them. Juno and Aita on the other hand, were busy making technology designed to transmute humans into the same terrifying monsters of Greek legend as part of Project Olympos. The Isu were even capable of building technology that could alter the universe to their own liking and manipulate the laws of space, time and physics. The Isu were so smart that they were capable of multitasking thousands of complex calculations and considered it to be merely daydreaming. They also invented highly advanced alloys and rocks called adamant, that were considerably stronger, more flexible and lasted far longer than the strongest of steels, making them out of nothing but makeshift items around them)
Weaknesses: None notable other than their daily needs of food, drink and rest | They will lose their immortality and instantly die once they willingly pass on the Staff of Hermes to their next successor or if it is forcibly taken away from them after they have lived well beyond their natural lifespan (However, both entities will have to maintain simultaneous contact with the Staff for this to happen), and even with the Staff with them they risk losing their sanity. Their precognitive machines were incredibly difficult to operate due to them being able to bend the laws of time and space and required hundreds of tries to be properly operational. Although the Isu managed to figure out the solution to the Apple of Eden's weakness of requiring more energy from its users in exchange for higher range, all of them died out before they could fix it due to running out of time and resources following the catastrophe. Upon resurrection, Juno initially fell victim to the Koh-i-Noor's illusions but managed to break free immediately upon flying into a rage. For some reason, Juno did not inherit the powers of the Shroud to the fullest extent despite being literally resurrected by its ability to recreate bodies from scratch and to imbue them with its powers, which ultimately resulted in her death.
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