00:00Okay, what if I told you that our entire history, everything we think we know about where we come
00:04from, is missing its very first, most important chapter? What if the dawn of humanity is really
00:11just a footnote to a much, much older story? Well, today we're going deep into the lore to uncover
00:17one of gaming's greatest secrets, the history of the Esu, and the truth that's written not in stone
00:22but in our very code. And this one line, this one quote from an Esu named Minerva,
00:28just completely shatters everything. It tells us that all those ancient myths, all those powerful
00:33gods, it wasn't about divinity. It was about a civilization that rose, fell, and left us behind
00:38to pick up the pieces of a world we were never meant to understand. This is the story of those
00:43who came before. So who exactly were they? Answering that question isn't just a history lesson.
00:50It's actually the key to unlocking our own origins, a secret that's been hiding inside our DNA this
00:57whole time. So let's meet them. The Itsu. They even have a scientific name, Homo sapiens divinus,
01:04which tells you exactly how our ancestors saw them. To us, they're known by a bunch of names.
01:08The first civilization, the precursors, those who came before. But no matter what you call them,
01:13they were an unbelievably advanced humanoid species, native to Earth, who were running the show here
01:18about 77,000 years ago. But here's where it gets really mind-bending. They weren't just like us with
01:25better tech. They were biologically different on another level. I mean, look at this. They had a
01:31triple helix DNA structure compared to our double helix. They were taller, stronger, lived way, way
01:37longer. But the real game changer? They had a sixth sense they called knowledge. It was this incredible
01:43ability to just perceive the universe differently, to see the threads of time and probability. It's
01:48almost like they could see the code of reality itself. And that brings us to a pretty heavy truth.
01:54We weren't just a happy accident of evolution. The Itsu created Homo sapiens. They created us
02:00in their own image for one single kind of chilling reason. They needed a slave race. A workforce that
02:08was tough, obedient, and easy to produce. They needed us. So how do you control an entire planet
02:14of workers? You don't use armies. You use technology. And that's where the pieces of Eden come in.
02:20These weren't magic artifacts at all. They were sophisticated, terrifying pieces of tech.
02:25They were specifically designed to tap into a network of neurotransmitters the Isu literally
02:30built into the human brain. Think of it as planetary-scale remote mind control. You know
02:36all those divine miracles and acts of God from our old myths? Yeah, that was just an Isu flipping a
02:41switch. But here's the thing about any system built on total control. It's bound to crack. And for the
02:46Isu, that crack turned into a full-blown rebellion. And it all happened at the absolute worst possible
02:52moment, right as a threat from space was bearing down on them. And here's the twist. Turns out,
02:58some humans were born different. Through interbreeding between Isu and humans, a new hybrid
03:03was born. These people had a little more Isu DNA in their system. And that tiny difference made them
03:09totally immune to the pieces of Eden's control. In the very first of these hybrids, who we know from
03:15our myths as Adam and Eve, they stole an apple of Eden. They were the first to fight for our
03:20free will,
03:21sparking a massive war for freedom and kicking off a bloodline that would one day lead to the
03:25assassins. So, the war kicks off. For a brutal decade, it just tore the planet apart. Humans had
03:32the numbers, but the Isu had all the advanced tech. And while they were so focused on fighting each
03:37other, they completely missed the real threat. A massive solar flare, a coronal mass ejection was
03:43heading straight for Earth. And when it hit, well, it didn't really care who was the master and who
03:47the slave. It just burned the world clean. And this is the ultimate tragedy of the Isu story.
03:55Their scientists, people like Minerva and Jupiter, they knew this catastrophe was coming. They saw it.
04:01They tried to build vaults and find ways to save everyone. But their entire civilization was just
04:06consumed by the war. Their obsession with controlling us, it directly led to their own extinction.
04:12So, the Isu were gone, but they weren't forgotten. Not really. Their legacy survived,
04:20not just in their buried cities or powerful artifacts, but inside of us. It's a legacy
04:25literally written in our blood. You have to imagine, the few Isu who actually survived the
04:32catastrophe were walking through a broken world. And as humanity slowly crawled out of the wreckage,
04:38we looked up at these powerful, dying beings. And we saw gods. Isu leaders and scientists like
04:45Minerva, Jupiter, Juno, and Odin became the gods and goddesses of our very first religions.
04:51But their most tangible legacy? It's genetic. Right now, the average person is walking around with a
04:58tiny, tiny fraction of Iudum's DNA. About five ten thousandths of a percent. For almost everyone,
05:05it's just a dormant piece of code. A faint whisper from a forgotten age. But for some people,
05:10that concentration is way, way higher. So just look at this chart. On the far left,
05:15you've got your average person. Then you get someone like Desmond Miles, who's a direct descendant
05:20of those first hybrids. He's got almost one percent. And then you have the sages. These are literal
05:25human reincarnations of an Isu named Aita. And they are born with a staggering five to six percent
05:31Isu DNA. So what's the point of all this DNA talk? Well, it's the key to everything. In those with
05:38higher concentrations, it can awaken a dormant ability. A tiny flicker of that Isu's sixth sense.
05:45And this is the origin of what the assassins call eagle vision. It's not magic. It's not a superpower.
05:51It's biology. It's a direct inheritance from those who came before.
05:55So, when you put it all together, you realize something pretty huge. We're basically living
06:01in the ruins of a far greater civilization. The Isu themselves are gone, yeah? But their war,
06:07the struggle for control versus free will, it never ended. It just continues through their artifacts.
06:12And it's fought in the shadows by the descendants of their bloodline, the assassins and the Templars.
06:17Which really just leaves us with one big final question, doesn't it? In a world where our origins
06:23are a lie, and our true potential is locked away in our own DNA, what really defines who we are?
06:29Is it the history we choose to make for ourselves? Or is it the ancient code that was written for
06:33us?
06:34It seems like that's a question we're still trying to answer.
