User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-31.119.156.145-20140701175146/@comment-90.218.118.56-20140703164510

The Apple would not 'speak' (No First civ DNA I guess) to Cem so he hoped to work with the Italian Templars, understanding that they had knowledge of the PoEs. However, he, quite rightly, didn't trust the Borgia Family. Therefore he wished to introduce himself and claim their trust before presenting them with the Apple. So he took it to the Templar Archives in Cyprus to hide it. He then went to the Borgias. Who locked him up, and after awhile managed to 'convince' him to give up where he had hidden it. They went to Cyprus claimed the Apple, and the rest is covered in ACII and ACB. As for Altair, it is covered in ACR what he did with the Apple so shouldn't need explaining...