Cryptic Messages

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[[Image:Crypticmessages.jpg|thumb|300px|The message on [[Desmond]]'s bedroom wall.]]

When [[Warren Vidic]] and [[Lucy Stillman]] leave the building at the end of [[Assassin's Creed]], [[Desmond Miles]] is able to use his [[Eagle Vision]], much like [[Altaïr]] in the past. There are messages scribed all over the floor and walls of his room and the Animus Room. [[Subject 16]], the patient before Desmond, wrote these with his own blood to warn Desmond of what is happening.

==Messages==

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|'''The Eye of Providence'''
Also called 'The all-seeing eye' or 'Eye of the World'. It's on the ground in front of the door [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]] and [[Warren Vidic|Dr. Vidic]] always leave. The Eye of Horus, can also be found on the far right side of the room.
|The Eye of Providence is always related to the [[Wikipedia:New World Order|"New World Order"]] conspiracy. Abstergo Industries is planning on instituting a "[[New World Order]]", which is why they are extracting information from Desmond Miles. They want to use the [[Piece of Eden]] to control the world.
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![[File:Pyramid_apple.png|180px]]
|'''Eden's Pyramid'''
Found before the door which [[Warren Vidic|Dr. Vidic]] always exits from.
|Possibly a reference to the vault in [[Assassin's Creed 2]], which [[Minerva]] talks about being others, that her kind built. The Apple above the pyramid, which seems to contain eyes, may also reference the power and control that a [[Piece of Eden]] has over a human.
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|'''Date'''
The numbers 12212012 make the date, 12/21/2012.
|12/21/2012 is known in different prophecies, such as in the Mayan calendar, for the day the world ends. This is three months after the events of [[Assassin's Creed]] and is the date of the release of the modern Templar Satellite.
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|'''Barcode'''
This is 13:16-18, a reference to the bible, specifically the book of Revelation. This piece in the bible reads: ''"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no-one could buy or sell unless he had the mark which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom, if anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person and it's number is 666."''
|The number '''''666''''' is widely known as the "Number of the Beast", and the beast is the Devil as depicted in the Bible.
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|'''Pentagram'''
Found to the right of Desmond, when laying down on the Animus.
|A reversed pentagram, with two points projecting upwards, is a symbol of evil and attracts sinister forces because it overturns the proper order of things and demonstrates the triumph of matter over spirit. It is the goat of lust attacking the heavens with its horns, a sign execrated by initiates." Linked to the 666 theory. Though before Christianity had any record of its existance it was a symbol used by Pagan and Wiccan religions, which it is still used today. The true meaning of it is peace with the universe, to protect those who you love, etc. It is to show unity between fire, earth, water, air, and spirt. Hence the five points enclosed within a circle. The catholic church first associted "evil" meanings with it during the inquiestion. They did so becouse the preists and other offical members could not find anything "evil" in the pagan and wiccan religions. Part of this is becouse in the pagan and wiccan religions they do not have any commandments, just one law "Do what you will, and in it harm none". That is why they belived that they were evil, satanic practioners.
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|'''Pyramid of Letters'''
The Pyramid of letters reads, written from bottom to top, from right to left: ''"They drained my soul and made it theirs. I drain my body to show you where I saw it"''. Found at the foot side of the Animus.
|"They drained my soul"- this is what the Animus is used for. They [the Templars], took the information and used it. "I drain my body" - Subject 16 used his blood to write all of these messages.
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|'''Three Intertwining Circles'''
Symbol of the Holy Trinity. Found at the [[Animus]] at the side where you lay your head.
|Yet another reference to the bible. It relates back to the "New World Order" conspiracy.
|-
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|'''Square'''
The Square of Letters is also written from bottom to top, right to left: ''"Artifacts sent to the skies to control all nations, to make us obey a hidden crusade. Do not help them"''
| "Artifacts sent to the skies" - The Piece of Eden is an artifact. The Templars sent it in a Satellite to control the world.
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|'''[[wikipedia:Nazca Lines|Nazca Lines]]'''
The famous Nazca lines can be found near some computers on a the left platform.
|These may point out the location of another Piece of Eden, or maybe a [[wikipedia:Crystal skull|Crystal Skull]], which are said to possess miraculous powers.
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|'''Yonaguni'''
Yonaguni is actually one word and it is the westernmost island of Japan, that would explain the Japanese pictures near it.
|No explanation. A special note, Yonaguni is famous for pyramid-appearing rock formations not far off of its coast.
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|}

==Other==

*'''I am the [[Wikipedia:Alpha and Omega|Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End]]''': This is referenced to in Desmond's room.
**'''Explanation''': This is a well-known phrase from the bible. It means that God is all-powerful. This yet again links back to the "New World Order" conspiracy.
*'''In Desmond's room there are three more types of writing: Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese.'''
**'''Explanation''': Hebrew-עולם הבא: The writing in Hebrew means "The World to Come"
**'''Explanation''': Arabic- الزلزال: The writing in Arabic means "The Earthquake" which is the 99th Sura of the [[Qu'ran]] and tells of [[Judgement Day]] and one of the signs of the end of the world.
**'''Explanation''': Asian Texts-Several quotes relating to the game and its key protagonists.
***"You reap what you sow."
***"One who wants to read into his future simply needs to write his own past."
***"A man without far sight, must have near worries."
***"Hearing is better than not hearing, observing is better than hearing, knowing is better than observing, and doing is better than knowing."
***"As a human being, if you want to know the spiritual realm of Buddha, you have to observe, you have to know that everything you see in the world comes from your own mind."

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