"Let my words preserve the message and make a record of our loss. Some time later, inside Aletheia's simulation of Atlantis, the Spartan encountered the Isu botanist Neokles who was concerned that she was a follower of Minerva when she asked if Atlantean flora was able to grow without artificial assistance. The woman claiming to be "Athena" tasked Kassandra with completing various tests to prove her worth. Legacyĭuring the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra encountered a woman posing as the goddess in Korinthia. She was given many names, including Merva and Mera, and eventually died known as Minerva. Minerva lived on alongside the survivors, and like many other members of her kind, was upheld by humanity as a goddess. The disaster burned the Earth for weeks, and wiped out nearly all members of humanity and the First Civilization.
Though they tried and tested six methods with increasing success, the catastrophe struck before any could be implemented. The three were also given the responsibility of managing the Grand Temple, the central hub where all information from the lesser Temples was gathered. Īfter having discovered the impending solar flares, Minerva assisted Jupiter and Juno in building several underground Temples to research solutions. ĭuring the human uprising, and the subsequent Human-Isu War, Minerva was counted among those who avoided the battle in order to find a means of preventing the destruction of both races. It was our duty-mine, Minerva's, and Juno's-to sort and sample all that was collected." ―Jupiter, in the Nexus. "Each vault's knowledge was transmitted to a single place.
Minerva was present at Saturn's assassination by his human servants just as he was agreeing with her assessment that humanity's potential was growing beyond their creation as an Isu slave workforce. Other names included Sulis from the Celts (also conflated as Sulis Minverva ), and both Vör and Gunnlöð from the Norse. She was known as Athena to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians Minerva, Athena's Roman counterpart who shared her portfolio, to the ancient Romans and Saraswati to the Hindus. Her earliest known names were Merva and Mera, but with the evolution of human religion, a number of distinct and sometimes contemporaneous appellations arose.
Minerva was known by many names both throughout and after her lifetime due to her long life and legacy as a goddess to humanity. In 2012, a holographic projection of Minerva recorded before her death and acted in her stead, spoke with the First Civilization descendant, Desmond Miles, through the Prophet, Ezio Auditore da Firenze-another descendant-before speaking with Desmond directly upon his arrival at the Grand Temple. To that end, she focused on the lost Trident of Eden, and engineered the Ascendance Event so that humans were in a position to destroy the artifact should it ever be uncovered. With her people's extinction imminent and approaching the end of her own final days, Minerva did what she could to prevent powerful Isu weaponry being inherited by humanity. As part of the Triad, she worked in close collaboration with the Father of Understanding Jupiter and the Mother of Wisdom Juno to prevent the First Disaster, and its recurrence.Īlthough the original cataclysm doomed the First Civilization as the Isu were unable to save themselves in time, Minerva was among the survivors. Minerva was an Isu scientist, Sacred Voice, and a member of the Capitoline Triad.