Jesus Christ was the apparent son of God and the result of the union of two royal lineages.
Fictional History[]
Early History[]
Jesus was born to parents who were both of royal lineages, one side being the descendants of Moses, while the other was the Kingdom of Land. Because of his membership in the Four Legendary Kingdoms, Jesus was presumably taught about the true history of mankind, including the five trials set by super-ancient beings to test humanity.
During his adult life, Jesus wielded the Sword of the Rock of the Immortal Weapons, and used some of the advanced knowledge held by the Four Kingdoms to perform what people believed to be miracles, leading to him being worshiped like a god.
Jesus later inherited the six Pillars from his Moses-descended family, but ultimately chose to give most of the Pillars away; he left two with the families of the Kingdom of Land which would eventually become the Great Houses of Europe, gave three of the remaining Pillars to his brother James, and kept the final Pillar for himself.
After his crucifixion, Jesus's body was taken by his brother James and hidden in an ancient salt mine, where the salt crystals would preserve his body. His last Pillar was buried with him.
The higher-ups in the Catholic Church, though aware Jesus was an ordinary man due to their long history as the Sun Cult of Amun Ra and an agency for the Kingdom of Land, continued to preach to its followers that Jesus had been the son of God and a messiah for the next two thousand years in order to spread their influence. They also secretly obtained one of the nails that had been used to crucify Jesus and kept it stored within the hidden vault at Albano's Emissary.
Towards the late 20th century / early 21st century, Diane Cassidy deduced that Jesus was one of the Five Warriors, who had been prophecised to affect the fate of the six Pillars and Sacred Stones.
The Five Greatest Warriors[]
When the Coalition of Minnows began preparing to research the locations of the remaining Pillars and Vertices, Cassidy offered them her assistance by sharing what she knew of the prophecy of the Five Warriors, naming Jesus as the Second Warrior. Though Zoe Kissane was skeptical that Jesus could even be considered a warrior, Wizard pointed out that Jesus had carried a sword and encouraged his followers to do the same.
In the next month of the Coalition's period of research, Julius and Lachlan Adamson were able to uncover evidence that suggested that Jesus had been buried with the sixth Pillar, leading the team to realise that they would have to try and find his tomb to retrieve it.
Carnivore's own research team led him to believe that the people of Saudi Arabia knew where Jesus's tomb was located. When he questioned Vulture about it, the Saudi spy confirmed that his people had heard whispers of its location. As a result, Carnivore sent, Vulture, Scimitar and Mao Gongli to retrieve the last Pillar for him.
Jack West Jr and Lily decided to try and retrieve the Pillar themselves, and with Iolanthe's help they located the mine in the Dead Sea, where Jack infiltrated the tomb containing Jesus's body. Jack found himself unable to look upon the face of Jesus, believing that he was committing an outrageously sacrilegious act and didn't deserve to, before taking the Pillar and resealing the chamber.
The Three Secret Cities[]
When Anthony "Hades" DeSaxe was explaining the three Immortal Weapons to Jack and his team, he noted that Jesus had once carried the Sword of the Rock.
The Two Lost Mountains[]
As they arrived over Rome and observed the damage caused by the Siren bell Sphinx had used on the city, Rufus cursed Jesus's name. Remembering that the nuns Sisters Lynda Fadel and Agnes were onboard, he apologised for the blasphemy, though Lynda assured him it was fine since Jesus had only ever been an ordinary, if charismatic and influential, man.
Legacies[]
- Tomb: A hidden tomb that Jesus was buried in following his death by crucifixion, and which was lost to history, due in part to peoples' belief that the had ascended bodily to heaven. Jesus's tomb was built within an ancient Roman salt mine, and his body was sealed with salt crystals in a hidden chamber with the Sixth Pillar.
- Pillars: Bizarre uncut diamonds the size of a brick that were created by a race of super-ancient people for use in the Machine's restoration. Jesus inherited all six from his familial line that descended from Moses, but before he died ended up scattering the first three Pillars, gave the fourth and fifth to his relative in the Kingdom of Land, and kept the Sixth for himself.
- Sixth Pillar: The lone Pillar of the Machine that Jesus kept for himself, and which was buried with him in his tomb in the Dead Sea, with a fake Pillar set in a chamber above the tomb to prevent any would-be-thieves from taking it.
- Sword of the Rock: One of the Three Immortal Weapons needed to empowered at Thule, which was reportedly carried by Jesus during his reign of the Kingdom of Land.