Sloane knew he had to explain everything about Assassin's Creed to Alvin. He took a sip of whiskey, pondered for a moment, then said, "After that came Jesus...
"I won't repeat the stories in the Bible, but what people don't know is that Jesus also had a Golden Apple.
"Under his influence, Christianity was founded and eventually declared the state religion by the Romans.
"The Romans rebuilt the holy city for Jesus. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built then.
"Assassin's Creed appeared again at this time. They aided Byzantium and the Sasanian Empire, repeatedly clashing with the Romans in an effort to destroy the holy city once more, along with the Golden Apple.
"But they didn't win this time. Soon afterward, another prophet carrying a Golden Apple appeared: Muhammad.
"The weak Romans couldn't protect the Golden Apple. Caliph Umar, Muhammad's close companion, eventually took the holy city from them. He seized the Golden Apple at once and built a small prayer room to enshrine it.
"Then the two Golden Apples met in the holy city. Their immense power stirred the ambitions of some people, which led to the construction of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque—and left later generations fighting bitterly over them.
"The presence of the two Golden Apples gave Islam tremendous confidence during this period. It was the holy city's most glorious age.
"They allowed Jews to return to the holy city to live and worship, and let Christians build churches there...
"Just as the holy city's influence began to spread across the world, members of Assassin's Creed persuaded Al-Hakim, the sixth caliph of Egypt's Fatimid Caliphate, to launch the Great Purge, hoping to destroy both Golden Apples once and for all.
"Unfortunately, though they won the battle, Al-Hakim ultimately succumbed to the lure