Eagle Vision

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'''Eagle Vision''' is an ability that [[Ezio]], [[Altaïr]], [[Desmond Miles]] and presumably others of [[Assassin]] lineage possess. The user is able to instinctively sense how people and objects relate to him, which manifests as a colored glowing.
==''[[Assassin's Creed]]''==

To use Eagle Vision, the player must press the Head button. Depending on [[Controls|control settings]], the Head button will most likely be either [[File:PlayStationTriangle.svg]] (for Playstation 3), Y (for Xbox 360), or E (for PC default layout). In addition, the [[Synchronization]] bar must be at its current maximum capacity, otherwise pressing the Head button will instead result in a first-person view with no extra benefits.[[File:Eagle_vision.jpg|thumb|300px|Desmond identifying Lucy as an ally through Eagle Vision.]]

At the end of ''Assassin's Creed'', Desmond [[Bleeding Effect|gains the ability]] to use Eagle Vision outside of the [[Animus]]. He sees [[Lucy]] glowing blue and [[Warren Vidic]] glowing red. Using Eagle Vision will also reveal [[Cryptic Messages]] [[Subject 16]] wrote with his own blood in the [[Abstergo Laboratory]].

===Eagle Vision===
*Red = Enemies 
*Blue = Allies 
*White = Sources of information/hiding places 
*Gold = Targets 

==''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''==

During his escape from Abstergo, Desmond discovers a new application of this power; using it on a keypad which Lucy lacks a code to unlock reveals the fingerprints of previous users. A simple process of elimination thus enables him to unlock the door.

Ezio, like Altair, was able to use Eagle Vision. [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|His father]] and [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|uncle]] also possessed this ability, and it is thought that [[La Volpe]] also possessed an advanced form of this skill. It is used to detect and scan [[Glyphs]] from Desmond's perspective.[[File:Glyph20_-_Scuola_Grande_di_San_Marco2--article_image.jpg|thumb|300px|Ezio finding one of the glyphs]]
In a glyph narration from Subject 16, he says, "Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds! Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood!" This implies that because Altaïr, Ezio, Desmond and Subject 16 all have Eagle Vision, their bloodline is connected to [[Those Who Came Before]]. This theory can be supported by the fact that both Subject 16's blood and light patterns in [[The Vault |The Vault]] glow when seeing with Eagle vision.

Also Eagle Vision can now be used in 3rd Person and while Ezio is moving, allowing it to be a lot more useful during missions.

==Trivia==
*An Assassin guard in the Kingdom can be seen as glowing red, but reacts as all other guards do. This guard was originally supposed to have aided [[Masun]] in betraying the Brotherhood, but the sequence where Altaïr assassinates him was cut from the final game, leaving him as a minor easter-egg.
*A mini-game in the ''Assassin's Creed'' room of Playstation Home features an Eagle Vision puzzle, which when completed opens up the [[Hideout]].
*In the original ''Assassin's Creed'' game, movement was prohibited while using Eagle Vision, and the player was required to be at maximum synchronization.
==Gallery==

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Altair eagle vision.jpg|Altaïr using Eagle Vision to fight Al-Mualim
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