Scepter of Alexander the Great

The Scepter of Alexander the GreatAssassin's Creed: The Essential Guide – Chapter 2: The Precursor Civilization: "Staves of Eden" was a Piece of Eden, a piece of leftover Isu technology and one of several known Staves of Eden in existence. This particular Staff was notably wielded by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great, who used its power to establish his .
==Owners==
*Isu (? – ?) 
*Alexander the Great (? – 323 BCE)
*Flavius Metellus (47 BCE)
*Cleopatra (47 BCE)
*Flavius Metellus (47 BCE)
*Lucius Septimius (47 BCE – ?) 
*Order of the Ancients (c. 44 BCE – ?)
==History==
By the 4th century BCE, the Staff was in the possession of the Order of the Ancients, who later entrusted it to their ally, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great,Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia alongside another artifact: the Trident of Eden.Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants Using the two Pieces of Eden, Alexander was able to become an undefeated military commander and establish one of the largest empires in the ancient world.
Eventually, the proto-Assassin Iltani infiltrated Nebuchadnezzar II's palace in Babylon, where she poisoned Alexander, resulting in his empire's collapse.Assassin's Creed II His body was interred alongside his Staff in a tomb in Alexandria, the new city he had founded in Egypt following his conquest of the land and which became the capital of Ptolemy I Soter's new Ptolemaic Kingdom after Alexander's death.Assassin's Creed: Origins
In 47 BCE, following the Battle of the Nile, the Order of the Ancients' leader in Egypt, Flavius Metellus, took the Staff from Alexander's sarcophagus,Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Aftermath after the entrance to the tomb had been unlocked earlier by the Medjay Bayek and his wife Aya.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya: Blade of the Goddess Flavius then presented the Staff to Queen Cleopatra during her coronation as Pharaoh of Egypt, as a sign of the Order's alliance with the new ruler.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Battle of the Nile
After taking back the Staff, Flavius traveled to Siwa with fellow Order member Lucius Septimius. There, the two combined the Staff with an Apple of Eden to access the Isu vault hidden beneath the village's temple and activate its holographic map mechanism. Having learned of the vault's contents, Flavius then took the Apple with him to CyreneAssassin's Creed: Origins – The Final Weighing while Septmius left with the Staff for Rome.Assassin's Creed: Origins – Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another
While Bayek hunted down Flavius and recovered the Apple, Aya pursued Septimius to Rome. On 15 March 44 BCE, Aya confronted and defeated Septimius at the Theatre of Pompey where she demanded to know the location of Alexander's Staff. The dying Gabiniani revealed to her that he had given it to the Order in Rome before passing away.
During the 19th century, the British Templar Alexander Burnes searched to no avail for Alexander's Staff in Afghanistan.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: Alexander Burnes
==Gallery==
Alexander's Staff Concept.png|The Staff's headpiece
Aco-staff-designs.jpg|Alexander's Staff concept art
ACO Alexander's sarcophagus close up.jpg|The Staff inside Alexander's sarcophagus
ACO Tomb of Alexander 2.jpg|Top view of Alexander's sarcophagus and his Staff of Eden
ACO The Battle of the Nile 29.png|Flavius presenting the Staff to Cleopatra during her coronation
ACO Staff 2.jpg|Flavius wielding the Staff
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Initiates 
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants 
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun 
==References==
Category:Staves of Eden
fr:Bâton d'Alexandre le Grand