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Ottoman Empire

2011-05-15T01:07:08Z

201.233.32.82:

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The '''Sublime Ottoman State''' (''Ottoman Turkish'': دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه), , also known as the '''Ottoman Empire''' was an empire that ruled the eastern Mediterranean for a period in excess of six-hundred years.

In 1299, The Byzantines had lost most of the Anatolian provinces. Turkish Anatolia was divided into Numerous Ghazi emirates. One of the Ghazi emirates was led by Osman who later had the empire named after him.

== Heading west==
After Osman's death, the Ottomans rapidly conquered the areas of the Byzantine Empire. Their victory at the Battle of Kosovo ended Serbian power in the region and paved the entrance to Europe. In some time the Ottomans had conquered all the lands around Constantinople. Trouble struck when Timur of the Timurid Empire attacked Anatolia in the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He captured the sultan and part of the Ottoman territories were lost. After temporary disorder, Mehmed the first, became sultan and restored Ottoman power.

==Conquest of Constantinople==

The grandson of Mehmed was known as Mehmed the Conqueror. He reorganized the military and state. Using his skills he conquered Constantinople in 1453.

==Aftermath==
Ottoman people used various names for Constantinople including İstanbul, Konstantiniyye and later on İslambol (Turkish: lots of İslam). But Konstantiniyye (Arabic: city of Konstantin) was the name accepted and used by the state at the early years of the city's conquest. It officially took its final name, İstanbul, under the Republic of Turkey reign in 1930.
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Lucy Stillman's email

2011-01-08T06:14:51Z

201.233.32.82: /* Outbox [12] */

[[File:Lab animus terminal.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Lucy's computer, used both to monitor the [[Animus]] and for e-mails.]]__FORCETOC__[[Lucy Stillman]], during the course of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', apparently intentionally gives [[Desmond]] the opportunity to read her [[e-mail]]. These messages give startling insight about [[Abstergo]].
==Assassin's Creed==

===Inbox [5]===
{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Nancy Nilop
|datetime = Sep 4 - 7:48
|subject = Leila Marino
|message = Dear Nancy,

I am writing to enquire about the death of a former employee by the name of Leila Marino. I don't know if you were working here at the time (September of 2007). There was apparently some kind of accident, but I'm not able to find any information on the subject.

The coroner's office indicated that her file had been sealed. If it was a suicide, why is this information considered so sensitive?

Sincerely,

Lucy Stillman
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Nancy Nilop
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 4 - 12:02
|subject = Case File #1394 [Leila Marino]
|message = Ms. Stillman,

I am sorry but I am not authorized to discuss this employee or the circumstances regarding her departure from the company.
|replyindent = 10
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Nancy Nilop
|datetime = Sep 4 - 12:02
|subject = Re: Case File #1394 [Leila Marino]
|message = Nancy:

I don't understand why this information is so difficult to access. I've never heard of a company having the ability to declare a coroner's report 'proprietary information'. That's ridiculous. She was my friend. I just want to know what happened to her.

Lucy
|replyindent = 20
}}

{{email
|from = Nancy Nilop
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 4 - 14:15
|subject = Re: Case File #1394 [Leila Marino]
|cc = Alan Rikkin, Warren Vidic
|message = Ms. Stillman,

Unfortunately I am unable to respond further to your inquiry. I have cc'd Alan Rikkin on this email. Please direct all further questions to him. Thank you.
|replyindent = 30
}}

{{email
|from = Warren Vidic
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = September 4, 21:25
|subject = Re: Case Filed #1394 [Leila Marino]
|cc =
|message = she killed herself. something about a relationship with a kid named Neumann. dont dip your pen in the company ink. now drop it.
|replyindent = 40
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Warren Vidic
|datetime = Sep 3 - 21:05
|subject = Leila...
|message = You said 'wind up like Leila' earlier. What did you mean?
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Warren Vidic
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = September 3, 9:11
|subject = Re: Leila...
|message = nothing. get back to work pls. we have a deadline

ps why do u sign your emails? it says right up top who its coming from
|replyindent = 10
}}

{{email
|from = Administration
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = September 3, 9:13
|subject = Classified Information
|message = As a general reminder, all employees of Abstergo Industries are prohibited from discussing corporate policy, proceedings, and projects. In light of pending litigation you are all reminded of sections 2.15 in your employment contracts:

'You acknowledge and agree that ABSTERGO has developed such Confidential Information by the investment of significant time, effort and expense, and that such Confidential Information provides ABSTERGO with a significant competitive advantage in its business. you acknowledge and agree that a breach of this Agreement by You will therefore result in irreparable harm to ABSTERGO, the extent of which would be difficult to ascertain, and in any event money damages will be inadequate as a remedy in the event of such a breach. Accordingly, You agree that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by You, ABSTERGO shall be entitled to injunctive, or other equitable relief as the court deems appropriate, in addition to any other remedies which it may have available.'

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your human resources manager.

We thank you in advance for your compliance.
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Warren Vidic
|datetime = Sep 2 - 22:46
|subject = Your pen.
|message = Warren:

Found your ACCESS-KEY pen again today out by the parking lot. You really need to start keeping it IN your pocket instead of LETTING IT HANG off your coat. Try and take better care of your things, Warren. Imagine if Security had found it. They'd have shut us down for at least a day to reprogram all the computer access codes.

- Lucy
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}}

{{email
|from = Warren Vidic
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = September 3, 2:36
|subject = Re: Your pen
|message = great. leave it @ my desk. worry less about my things and more about making animus work. thanks.
|replyindent = 10
}}

===Outbox [2]===
{{email
|from = Warren Vidic
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 7 - 9:13
|subject = conf room door
|message = isn't working. remote access is down or something. can u look & see what's wrong. don't have time for this crap.
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}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Warren Vidic
|datetime = Sep 7 - 9:20
|subject = Re: conf room door
|message = Hi Warren:

The passcode was changed last night (they change them once a week). Do you have the new passcode?
|replyindent = 10
}}

{{email
|from = Warren Vidic
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 7 - 9:23
|subject = Re: conf room door
|message = no what is it
|replyindent = 20
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Warren Vidic
|datetime = September 7, 9:26
|subject = Re: conf room door
|message = 10281943
|replyindent = 30
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Alan Rikkin
|datetime = September 5, 8:36
|subject = Re: Case File #1394 [Leila Marino]
|message = Mister Rikkin:

I'm hoping you might be able to help me understand why even five years after the fact, no one is willing to tell me what happened to my friend. If you are concerned about sensitive information being divulged as a result of sharing this with me... I think my record at the company speaks for itself.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Best,

Lucy Stillman

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}}

===Deleted items [1]===
Blank fields left so on purpose.

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 6:48
|subject = ??
|message = NEED INTEL ON DIA EVENT
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 6:58
|subject =
|message = AT LEAST TWENTY DEAD IN ACCIDENT. ASSUME THIS IS SITE OF LAUNCH. IF NOT LAUNCH, THEN CERTAINLY ASSEMBLY, SHOULD TRY AND INFILTRATE.
|replyindent = 10
}}

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:12
|subject =
|message = WHAT IS PURPOSE OF LAUNCH?
|replyindent = 20
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:15
|subject =
|message = LOW EARTH ORBIT TRANSMITTER FOR ARTIFACT. EXTENSION OF CONDITIONED RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO. IF SUCCESSFUL THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING.
|replyindent = 30
}}

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:18
|subject =
|message = WHAT DO YOU MEAN EVERYTHING?
|replyindent = 40
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:20
|subject =
|message = OUR MINDS.
|replyindent = 50
}}

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:34
|subject =
|message = WHAT ABOUT DESMOND?
|replyindent = 60
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:47
|subject =
|message = THEY'RE USING HIM TO LOCATE ANOTHER ARTIFACT. I HAVE BEEN DELAYING BUT THEY ARE CLOSE NOW.
|replyindent = 70
}}

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 7:56
|subject =
|message = DOES HE KNOW ABOUT US?
|replyindent = 80
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 8:03
|subject =
|message = NO.
|replyindent = 90
}}

{{email
|from =
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = Sep 6 - 8:03
|subject =
|message = GOOD. KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR NOW.
|replyindent = 100
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to =
|datetime = Sep 6 - 8:18
|subject =
|message = CAN YOU SEND RESCUE?
|replyindent = 110
}}

{{email
|replyindent = 120
|from = faster cheaper meds
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = September 6, 6:25
|subject = Problems DOWN THERE?
|message = WondEr Why it Is everyone Laughs at you? i'll Let you guess. let's just say she's proBably gEtTing it bigger and better from someone else tHat isn't you. how can you hope to compEte? REst asSured there are sOme gOod ways. click the liNk to see!
}}
==Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood==
===Inbox [23]===

===Outbox [12]===
{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Desmond Miles
|datetime = 9/17/2012 12:30 AM
|subject = Weekly Schedule
|cc =
|message = 
Monday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Supply run -- Rebecca 
Clean-up -- Lucy 
Day watch -- Shaun to relieve Lucy @ 3pm 
 
Tuesday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Clean-up -- Shaun 
Day watch -- Lucy to relieve Rebecca @ 3pm 
 
Wednesday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Clean-up -- rebecca 
Day watch -- Rebecca to relieve Shaun @ 3pm 
 
Thursday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Clean-up -- Lucy 
Day watch -- Shaun to relieve Lucy @ 3pm 
 
Friday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Clean-up -- Shaun 
Team breakfast! (As prepared by Royal Chef Shaun Hastings) 
Day watch -- Lucy to relieve Rebecca @ 3pm 
 
Saturday: 
Animus Session -- Everyone 
Team meeting 
Day watch -- Rebecca to relieve Shaun @ 3pm 
 
Sunday: 
Animus Session - Everyone (if Desmond is up to it) 
Day watch -- Shaun to relieve Lucy @ 3pm 
 
Thanks,
Lucy
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}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 9/18/2012 6:00 AM
|subject = RE: Desmond
|message = I did hear it but there's not much we can do until we've reached our goal. I know it's awful and I hate doing this to him but it's necessary.

Thanks though,

Lucy}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings, Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 9/19/2012 10:39 PM
|subject = Yogurt
|cc =
|message = I had 2 yogurts in the mini fridge as of this morning and now they're gone. I'm hungry and annoyed so who took them?
Lucy
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}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings, Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 09/20/2012 12:36 AM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: Yogurt
|cc =
|message = Thanks Becca.

Shaun you're on clean up for the next week.

Lucy
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 9/28/2012 8:30 pm
|subject = RE: -
|message = I'd be lying if I said I didnt feel the same way sometimes, but when I do, I try to think about what would become of this world if we weren't fighting this fight. It is hard Rebecca and that's why you were chosen, like me, because you can endure. But I know your resilience doesnt make you invincible. Come by my room in the morning and we can talk about whatever.

Lucy}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/29/2012 9:44 pm
|subject = RE: The Anger of Italian Apes
|cc =
|message = You're still going in when it's your turn. If you need me to hold your hand and protect you from the big man just ask.

Lucy
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Shaun Hastings, Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 10/01/2012 12:20 AM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Emergency
|cc =
|message = Can we get back to work now, please.

Lucy

|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Rebecca Crane
|datetime = 10/07/2012 8:53 PM
|subject = RE: RE: What about Drinking?
|cc =
|message = He can't leave the sanctuary and I won't leave him alone.
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Lucy Stillman
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/08/2012 8:11 AM
|subject = RE: Relief
|cc =
|message = In my room on the window sill.

Lucy
|replyindent =
}}

==Trivia==
*Note the capital letters in the last email to Lucy. It spells out, "WE WILL BE THERE SOON"
*The passcode for the conference room door refers to the Philadelphia Project which happened on October 28, 1943.

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Rebecca Crane's email

2011-01-08T06:10:22Z

201.233.32.82:

During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is able to access [[Rebecca Crane|Rebecca's]] E-mail account after receiving a password from [[Erudito]].
===Inbox [25]===
===Outbox [15]===
{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = 9/19/2012 4:45 AM
|subject = Desmond
|cc =
|message = Hey Luce,
Desmond was screaming pretty loud in his sleep yesterday. It's getting worse. I dunno if you heard it too but I thought I'd let you know.

r3b3cca
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}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/19/2012 11:57 PM
|subject = RE: RE: Yogurt
|message = Shaun ate both of them. I know because he asked me if I wanted one.

r3b3cca}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/21/2012 9:06 AM
|subject = Mp3 player
|cc =
|message = Hey guys,

I can't find my mp3 player- the little black one. Let me know if you see it. (I have trouble sleeping without my tunes)

r3b3cca
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/23/2012 11:50 PM
|subject = RE: RE: Mp3 player
|cc =
|message = Thanks for the hand off earlier! Where was it?
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/25/2012 10:05 PM
|subject = Eats
|cc =
|message = Going to get some eats from the cafe in town.
Anything?

r3b3cca
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/27/2012 4:05 AM
|subject = unmarked van
|message = Hey guys,

Just a quick heads up:

There was a white unmarked van parked across the street when I went to get batteries yesterday and it was still here today when I came back with food. It's a little too non-descript for my liking and it's just the right size for surveillance gear.

I checked again a few minutes ago and it was gone but keep an eye out.

r3b3cca}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman
|datetime = 9/28/2012 8:00 AM
|subject = -
|message = Hey Lucy,

This is getting harder and harder. I miss my family. I miss my dog. I miss my life.

I know what we're doing is important but I can't help but feel this way. Especially when we're spinning our wheels like we are now. I guess all I'm saying is I need someone to talk to and you're the only person who understands.

...I guess there's Shaun but he just makes sarcastic comments. I just don't want that right now.

r3b3cca}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/30/2012 10:34 PM
|subject = RE: Emergency
|cc =
|message = Never seen anything like that.
Any more info?

Seriously? Another Piece of Eden?

r3b3cca
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}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 9/30/2012 11:10 PM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: Emergency
|cc =
|message = Understood.
Have you told Lucy?
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/01/2012 12:09 AM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Emergency
|cc =
|message = What's the answer?????

Looping in Lucy.
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/01/2012 12:18 AM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Emergency
|cc =
|message = ...

r3b3cca
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/02/2012 7:39 AM
|subject = RE: This Afternoon
|cc =
|message = :) 
 
r3b3cca 
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Desmond Miles, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/05/2012 7:45 PM
|subject = Supplies
|message = Hey guys, I'm goin' in to town tomorrow for supplies. My list is below.
Am I forgetting anything?

Apples 
Melon 
Banana 
Mango (For Shaun) 
Lettusce 
Cucumber 
Celery 
Tomatoes 
Carrots 
Eggs 
Milk 
Butter 
Fresh pasta 
Fresh bread 
Chicken 
Bacon (Canadian if they have it) 
Chips 
Humus 
Buns 
Diet Cola 
Orange Juice 
Toilet paper 
Shampoo 
AA, AAA, 9V batteries 
Red Wine }}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/07/2012 8:46 PM
|subject = RE: What about Drinking?
|cc =
|message = What about Desmond?

r3b3cca
|replyindent =
}}

{{email
|from = Rebecca Crane
|to = Lucy Stillman, Shaun Hastings
|datetime = 10/07/2012 9:08 PM
|subject = RE: RE: RE: RE: What about Drinking?
|cc =
|message = WOOT a date with Shaun!!!

r3b3cca
|replyindent =
}}
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Rifts

2011-01-05T21:45:49Z

201.233.32.82: /* Cluster 1 */

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'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Note that unlike the glyphs from ''Assassin's Creed II'', the rifts are not activated simply by standing in front of them with Eagle Vision active. [[Ezio]] must actually grab the edge of the rift while Eagle Vision is active, then climb in. They cannot be accessed or hung from without Eagle Vision active. They also cannot be seen in plain sight without Eagle Vision active, unlike the Glyphs' drawings which are noticeable even without Eagle Vision.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear in the rifts.

==Locations==
===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli]] and [[Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]], facing north towards the city.

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter, facing the aqueduct.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct, then drop down on the other side to reach it; alternatively, there is a ladder leaning on the aqueduct's northern side.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]]. It is on the outside wall, and to access it, Ezio must hang from the topmost ledge of the Colosseum, directly above the rift, fall and catch himself in the rift while Eagle Vision is active. If you have trouble finding it, use the Colosseo's buy sign landmark as a point of reference as the rift is almost exactly above that.

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.

==Clusters==
===Cluster 1===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Pick out the five images of aristocrats not doing any sort of work.
[[File:Cluster_1-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Move your pawn at 2E to 4E.
[[File:Cluster_1-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
"They become increasingly aware of our existence. We can no longer rely on the divine right of the aristocracy to maintain control. We need a new system, something much more subtle."
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Hit A/X to "activate" the blinking red light found here:
[[File:Cluster_1-3--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>

===Cluster 2===
<Tabber>
1=''"The individual intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."''
: [[File:AdamSmithsignature.png]] '''—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith Adam Smith]'''
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Turn the first ring left four times, the second and first rings right twice, the third and first rings left three times, and the fourth ring left four times
[[File:Cluster_2-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: The first and third rings are linked, as are the fourth and first. Turn the first/third rings right five times, the second ring right five times, the third ring left four times, and the fourth/first rings left twice.
[[File:Cluster_2-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A great empire has been established for the sole purpose of raising up a nation of customers. It cannot be very difficult to determine who have been the contrivers of the whole mercantile system; not the consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to it."''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: The third ring is linked with the second, as is the fourth with the first. Turn the first ring right three times, the second ring right four times, the third/second rings left five times, and the fourth/first ring right once.
[[File:Cluster_2-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A country that makes provision to increase in inhabitants, whose situation is good, and whose people have a genius adapted to trade, will never fail to be gainers in the balance, provided the labour and industry of their people be well managed and carefully directed."''
 
''"lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo"''
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Move your pawn at 2F to 4F.
[[File:Cluster_2-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
6=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_2-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 3===
<Tabber>
1=''"Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -.. -. ..- -- -..."''
 
Morse Code Translated: '''"DARKNESSLOSTDNUMB"''' Possible meaning of "'''DNUMB'''" being [http://www.pnas.org/content/93/21/11925.full.pdf Drosophilia Numb]
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Select the area shown below (revealing a hidden Abstergo emblem).
[[File:Cluster_3-1--article_image.jpg]]
====Hidden Messages====
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dexter_White Harry Dexter White]. Remember this name.''
 
''"I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" —[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes John Maynard Keynes]''
 
''"Le Chiffre indéchiffrable."'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher Vigenère cipher])
 
''lqgb dnlpjv otczyzuja mwm fmm zje rwwzyqqw'' = "Debt ridden countries are the new frontier".
 
''"How can I adopt a creed which, preferring ''mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the send of all human advancement?"''
 
''Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzkwmczyuawmbfxqwuasmkfvpfkqsbdftnfvw'' = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island Jekyll Island] + more paper money and a central bank
 
''"It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late."''
 
''"Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoise may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system."''
 
''Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjilfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj'' = "One of them he provided the necessary pressure."
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: Enter the symbols below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_3-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====MESSAGE FROM ABSTERGO INDUSTRIES====
 
''July 22, 1944''
 
''Fellows, rulers, welcome.''
 
''I deliver this speech to you as, several floors below us, a silent revolution begins.''
 
''Ranny Olds and [[Henry Ford]]. As many of you know, these founders gave us the assembly line, the device we have used to control both (this indoctrinated into the worship of our money (?) ) capitalists and workers (slaves (?) ) alike. But I dream of a future in which such ugly chains will no longer be necessary. In 1910, our founders designed the Plan, it falls to us to see it through.''
 
''But, what of the Communists, who intend to spread the bread so thin that everyone will starve? It is our duty to (neutralise (?) ) them and their followers. We muse ensure that the continue to eat, to reproduce, to be productive members of society. That is our burden, to shepherd those beneath us through life, and we must embrace it, even if (force is required (?) ) they themselves do not.''
 
''[[Adolf Hitler|H.]] and [[Josef Stalin|S.]] brought on the turmoil and fear necessary, now we must strike fast to ensure the development continues in the proper direction. We will appear to concede ground against the workers, remember the successful ruse of Rockefeller's dimes, but soon there will be no ground we do not own.''
 
''In 1937, we founded [[Abstergo Industries|this company]], this enterprise, with a purpose. The time to nurture it to fruition is upon us.''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: Move your pawn at 4F to 5E, into the black knight's path.
[[File:Cluster_3-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_3-4--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 4===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Choose the five pictures that show a robot or computer with a human operator.
[[File:Cluster_4-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The first ring is linked to the fourth, the third to the first, and the fourth to the second. Turn the first/fourth rings right once, the second ring left four times, the third/first rings right four times, and the fourth/second rings right once.
[[File:Cluster_4-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence."''
 
''"I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Most of the hint is a red herring. All you need to focus on is the fourth line, so move your pawn at 2G to 3G.
[[File:Cluster_4-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Select the first two boxes.
[[File:Cluster_4-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_4-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 5===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Move your queen from 1D to 2E.
[[File:Cluster_5-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select the area shown below, revealing a hidden lightning bolt.
[[File:Cluster_5-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''LUXJ'' = "FORD" (Caesar cipher)
 
''ATOZKJ LXAOZ IUSVGTE, AY HGTQY, IGX IUSVGTOKY ZXGTYLKXXKJ ZNKOX IUXVUXGZK JKHZ ZU ZNK GXMKTZOTK VAHROI.'' = "United Fruit Company, US banks, car companies transferred their corporate debt to the argentine public." (Caesar cipher)
 
''SUXK ZNGT ZNXKK ZNUAYGTJ QORRKJ.'' = "More than three thousand killed."
 
''GRRKTJK CGY MUOTM ZU TGZOUTFROFK ZNKS.'' = "Allende was going to nationalize them."
 
''YKVZKSHKX KRKBKTZN.'' = "September eleventh."
 
''EYE TEA TEE'' pronunciation of the letters "ITT" = "CNN"
 
''H. K. masterminded it.''
 
''Chile, 1964. The people cheered his name until 1973.''
 
''Salvador Allende wanted the people to own Chile's corporations.''
 
''"We sould like your economic program to succeed and we will do out best to help you."''
 
''Argentina 1970s: 30,000 people Disappeared in the raids.''
 
''"Nature shows us basic order and hierarchy are necessary." - Augusto Pinochet''
 
''Coup d'etat.''
 
''"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."''
 
''Mossadegh wanted oil profits to go to the people.''
 
''Hired Actor. '' (on the rioters in the far right picture)
 
''Shah Pahlevi, Sha'baan Ja'fari and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?''
|-|
3=Enter the symbols shown below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_5-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====RESTRICTED HANDLING: CLASSIFIED MESSAGE====
''Subject: South America''
 
''If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be free to move from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A [[New World Order|global international order]] must be implemented.''
 
''Re: Argentina''
 
''Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure that they crush any popular revolt. I want the trade unions destroyed if we are to move forward''
 
''Re: Chile''
 
''The free market must be allowed to prevail. F.'s visit last year helped things along, but now all companies must be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure that the people remain marred in poverty and unable to resist.''
 
''Any traces of this plan should appear to implicate the U.S. government. The Company's involvement must remain hidden.''
 
''For successful examples of a similar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala.''
 
(Illegible signature)
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the three blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_5-4--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Message====
''"Wages should be (lowered to keep the middle class subservient to us (?)) left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of (a popularly elected government(?)) the legislature."''
 
There are also two Templar Symbols, one on each side of the message.
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 6===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the area below, revealing a hidden Templar emblem.
[[File:Cluster_6-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''Gorbachev, 1990: Man of the Decade. Brings democracy to Russia. Establishes the Constitutional Court.''
 
''August 1991: Declared the White Knight of the people, Yeltsin stands up to Communist threat! Gorbachev loses popularity!''
 
''December 1991: Secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest. Yeltsin unseats Gorbachev, becomes leader of Russia!''
 
''1992: Russian economy opened to elite oligarchs, private companies.''
 
''1993: Parliament Disbanded by Yeltsin as he seizes control of Russia! Decree 1400! Constitutional Court disbanded!''
 
''1993: 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress to Yeltsin after he disbands Parliament!''
 
''Perestroika: The dream of a democratic state led by the people.''
 
''Various musical scores''

The one below the Perestroika picture: "''Bretton Woods began it. The IMF delivers.''" (the same as on the picture of Yeltsin shaking hands)

The one on top of the forest picture: "''The most favorable condition for reform is a weary public.''"

|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The passcode is 20, 27, 33, 13.
[[File:Cluster_6-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====LETTER TO BORIS YELTSIN====
''Mr. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin Yeltsin],''
 
''I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an opportune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far to slowly to privatize and my greatest fear is that he has no intention of doing so at all. I understand that you have expressed similar concerns. With that in mind, here is something to remedy the situation.''
 
''Several of my top advisors at the Company maintain a monetary connection with the Communist old guard. They tell me that a riot might be easily incited while Gorbachev is away. If you were to repel an attempt to seize parliament in front of the media, it could very well tip the scales in your favor.''
 
''Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further.''
 
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Margaret Thatcher] ''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Select the three boxes shown below:
[[File:Cluster_6-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Move your knight from 1G to 3F.
[[File:Cluster_6-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_6-5--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''1999: Yeltsin ensures his protégé, Vladimir Putin, follows his lead.''
 
''Musical score'' = ''Apartment bombings start Chech war and elect Putin all planned by Abstergo.''
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 7===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the five images below, showing the energy industry at work.
[[File:Cluster_7-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''"The capitalists think we run these companies for profit. The fools."''
 
''"Those "fools" work for you."''
 
''"Optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?"''
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select Chief Justice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts John G. Roberts]'s left hand, revealing a hidden Templar ring.
[[File:Cluster_7-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it.''
 
====Hidden Messages====
Justice Kennedy: ''"We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption (in Government)."''
 
Justice Alito: ''"I believe very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values."''
 
Justice Roberts: ''"Congress may not pohibit prolitical speech, even if the speaker is a corporation."''
 
Justice Scalia: ''"Indeed, to exclude or impede corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free economy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate."''
 
Justice Clarence Thomas: ''"We don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that."''
 
Don Evans: ''"It is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital." CEO of Tom Brown Inc. Oil, U.S. Commerce Secretary (2001-2004).''
 
Paul Wolfowitz: ''When it comes back to the test of whether we are doing our job or nor, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy." President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005).''
 
Donald Rumsfeld: ''"Scour the department of defense for functions that could be performed better and more cheaply through commercial outsourcing." Chairman of Gilead Sciences, U.S. Defense Secretary (2001-2006).''
 
Condoleezza Rice: ''"The frowth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such." Chevron Board, Hewlett-Packard Board, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).''
 
Dick Cheney: ''"We have to make America the best place in the world to do business." - CEO of Halliburton, Vice President of the U.S. (2001-2009).''
 
George W. Bush: ''"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in." Director of Harken, President of the United States (2001-2009).''
 
''GILD $7.45 2001, $84 2007.''
 
''Row, row, row your BOAT.''
 
On the George W. Bush picture is a message with the words ''"We the people..."'' marked as ''"1 2 3"''. The way to decode it is by relating each number to a word on the U.S. Constitution and taking the first letter of that word.
 
''230, 129, 213, 218, 251, 261, 194, 35, 11, 263, 9, 261, 203, 214, 225, 77: 192, 153, 67, 20, 280, 241, 143, 20, 251, 221, 114, 254, 159, 121, 81, 279, 47, 61, 169.'' = The final frontier: Destruction as profit.
 
''24, 4, 113, 2, 77, 30, 46, 10, 37, 81, 58, 187, 167, 198, 99, 56, 100, 181, 124, 81, 11, 9, 166, 3, 77, 42, 200, 101, 223.'' = Contractors ran the war for profit. (There seems to be an issue with this decoding, when decoded it actually reads Comtractors instead of Contractors.)
 
''251, 280, 53, 107, 181, 254, 274, 133, 183, 24, 223, 214, 9, 291, 284, 259, 267, 234, 136, 255, 279, 203, 129, 88, 162, 8, 28, 79, 102, 147, 48, 204, 202, 192, 41, 225, 263, 242.'' = Iraq was auctioned off to the highest bidders.
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Enter C, M, Z, K as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_7-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====LETTER FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED-STATES====
''December, 2000''
 
''RE: Privitization''
 
''S.,''
 
''I have convinced Sandra to join the majority opinion. The enticement of retirement under a Republican president tipped the scales. Although the ruling will differ from our previous decisions on Equal Protection, it will not call attention to our actual goals. With Sandra gone, we can pave the way for the key majority member of the Order to be seated. As discussed, W. will prove the perfect distraction. I have no doubt he will restart animosities with Iraq. Let him, it will give C.'s contractors more work. When the time comes, I will make sure W. is given Roberts' name.''
 
''With Roberts on the court, it will only be a matter of waiting for the right case. After the destruction of Campaign Finance laws, the Company will be free to elect anyone they choose to the Senate, the House and, eventually, the Presidency.''
 
''Soon, our hopes will be realized. Government will no longer derive its authority from the people, but from us, their protectors.''
 
[[File:328px-Antonin_Scalia_Signature.svg.png]]
{{-}}
''([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia Antonin Scalia])''
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: It wants an echo of its last move (knight at 8B to 6C), so move your knight from 1B to 3C.
[[File:Cluster_7-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_7-5--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to. We print the dollars they worship, after all.'' (This may be slightly inaccurate.)
 
====Hidden Messages====
''"It will undoubtedly cripple the ability of ordinary citizens, Congress, and the States to adopt even limited measures to protect against corporate domination of the electoral process." - Justice Stevens''
 
''Cleanup of Deepwater Horizon contracted out for billions.''
</Tabber>
===Cluster 8===

===Cluster 9===

===Cluster 10===

==After Cluster 10==
===Final Truth===
Immediately After solving the final cluster and witnessing a short video that reads "The miracle is in the execution," suggesting that (unlike [[The Truth|the video]] hidden in the previous game) the Cluster puzzles instead concealed an executable file. Upon accessing it, Desmond will then be uploaded to an unknown area within the Animus, where he is free to run through a somewhat long virtual maze similar to those within the [[Animus Virtual Training Program]]. At the end of the maze, Desmond finds a hologram (partially broken and made of computing code) of Subject 16, who tells Desmond that all hope is lost, and to go to Eden to find a woman named Eve. Before leaving, he tells Desmond to "find me in the darkness." The program ends with the ground collapsing from under Desmond's feet, a loading screen begins showing Desmond in free fall.
===After the Final Truth, Widespread Glitch===
After the load screen you are able to hear the distressed voices of Lucy and Rebecca who apparently did not witness the events within the maze and were "worried that [they] were losing" Desmond. The Game proceeds with a cut scene before Desmond is free to explore the "real" world as he would when he normally leaves the Animus.

However, the nature of this cut scene is confounded by a widespread glitch that essentially traps Desmond within the geometry of the Animus' chair. The cut-scene proceeds with Lucy returning to her desk talking to Desmond's disembodied voice and reacting to him as if he were standing next to her, when he is actually stuck vibrating oddly in the chair. After the cut-scene Desmond is playable, but he is still stuck within the chair severely limiting his movement and making it impossible for him to discuss the strange events that just occurred with Lucy, Shaun or Rebecca. They do not discuss the events of the Final Truth with you in any other instance in the game.

This problem has lead to a lot of uproar in forums about the game especially considering the strange and confusing nature of the events preceding it. Players who were hoping for a bit of insight by triggering conversations with Lucy, Shaun and Rebecca are instead met with frustration as they discover the glitch that destroys the opportunity.

It is not known if this is a universal problem, but it is certainly a widespread one found in both X-Box and PS3 versions of the game (PC too?). Forums and Discussions online talk about ''rumored'' players who were able to escape the glitch and continue, but no talk of or from people who were unaffected by it. Ubisoft has not commented on this problem and there is nothing at their support site http://support.ubi.com about the issue to-date (01/03/2010).
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Gameplay]]

Rifts

2010-12-06T06:40:57Z

201.233.32.82: /* Cluster 7 */

'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Note that unlike the glyphs from ''Assassin's Creed II'', the rifts are not activated simply by standing in front of them with Eagle Vision active. [[Ezio]] must actually grab the edge of the rift while Eagle Vision is active, then climb in. They cannot be accessed or hung from without Eagle Vision active. They also cannot be seen in plain sight without Eagle Vision active, unlike the Glyphs' drawings which are noticeable even without Eagle Vision.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear in the rifts.

==Locations==
===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli]] and [[Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]].

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]]. It is on the outside wall, and to access it, Ezio must hang from the topmost ledge of the Colosseum, directly above the rift, fall and catch himself in the rift while Eagle Vision is active.

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.

==Clusters==
===Cluster 1===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Pick out the five images of aristocrats not doing any sort of work.
[[File:Cluster_1-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Move your pawn at 2E to 4E.
[[File:Cluster_1-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
"They become increasingly aware of our existence. We can no longer rely on the divine right of the aristocracy to maintain control. We need a new system, something much more subtle."
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Hit A/X to "activate" the blinking red light found here:
[[File:Cluster_1-3--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 2===
<Tabber>
1=''"The individual intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."''
: [[File:AdamSmithsignature.png]] '''—[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith Adam Smith]'''
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Turn the first ring left four times, the second and first rings right twice, the third and first rings left three times, and the fourth ring left four times
[[File:Cluster_2-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: The first and third rings are linked, as are the fourth and first. Turn the first/third rings right five times, the second ring right five times, the third ring left four times, and the fourth/first rings left twice.
[[File:Cluster_2-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A great empire has been established for the sole purpose of raising up a nation of customers. It cannot be very difficult to determine who have been the contrivers of the whole mercantile system; not the consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to it."''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: The third ring is linked with the second, as is the fourth with the first. Turn the first ring right three times, the second ring right four times, the third/second rings left five times, and the fourth/first ring right once.
[[File:Cluster_2-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A country that makes provision to increase in inhabitants, whose situation is good, and whose people have a genius adapted to trade, will never fail to be gainers in the balance, provided the labour and industry of their people be well managed and carefully directed."''
 
''"lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo"''
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Move your pawn at 2F to 4F.
[[File:Cluster_2-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
6=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_2-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 3===
<Tabber>
1=''"Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -... -. ..- -- -..."''
 
Morse Code Translated: '''DARKNESSLOSTNUMB'''
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Select the area shown below (revealing a hidden Abstergo emblem).
[[File:Cluster_3-1--article_image.jpg]]
====Hidden Messages====
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dexter_White Harry Dexter White]. Remember this name.''
 
''"I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" —[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes John Maynard Keynes]''
 
''"Le Chiffre indéchiffrable."'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher Vigenère cipher])
 
''"How can I adopt a creed which, preferring ''mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the send of all human advancement?"''
 
''Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzkwmczyuawmbfxqwuasmkfvpfkqsbdftnfvw'' = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island Jekyll Island] + more paper money and a central bank
 
''"It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late."''
 
''"Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoise may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system."''
 
''Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjilfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj'' = "One of them he provided the necessary pressure."
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: Enter the symbols below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_3-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====MESSAGE FROM ABSTERGO INDUSTRIES====
 
''July 22, 1944''
 
''Fellows, rulers, welcome.''
 
''I deliver this speech to you as, several floors below us, a silent revolution begins.''
 
''Ranny Olds and [[Henry Ford]]. As many of you know, these founders gave us the assembly line, the device we have used to control both (this indoctrinated into the worship of our money (?) ) capitalists and workers (slaves (?) ) alike. But I dream of a future in which such ugly chains will no longer be necessary. In 1910, our founders designed the Plan, it falls to us to see it through.''
 
''But, what of the Communists, who intend to spread the bread so thin that everyone will starve? It is our duty to (neutralise (?) ) them and their followers. We muse ensure that the continue to eat, to reproduce, to be productive members of society. That is our burden, to shepherd those beneath us through life, and we must embrace it, even if (force is required (?) ) they themselves do not.''
 
''[[Adolf Hitler|H.]] and [[Josef Stalin|S.]] brought on the turmoil and fear necessary, now we must strike fast to ensure the development continues in the proper direction. We will appear to concede ground against the workers, remember the successful ruse of Rockefeller's dimes, but soon there will be no ground we do not own.''
 
''In 1937, we founded [[Abstergo Industries|this company]], this enterprise, with a purpose. The time to nurture it to fruition is upon us.''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: Move your pawn at 4F to 5E, into the black knight's path.
[[File:Cluster_3-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_3-4--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 4===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Choose the five pictures that show a robot or computer with a human operator.
[[File:Cluster_4-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The first ring is linked to the fourth, the third to the first, and the fourth to the second. Turn the first/fourth rings right once, the second ring left four times, the third/first rings right four times, and the fourth/second rings right once.
[[File:Cluster_4-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence."''
 
''"I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Most of the hint is a red herring. All you need to focus on is the fourth line, so move your pawn at 2G to 3G.
[[File:Cluster_4-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Select the first two boxes.
[[File:Cluster_4-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_4-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 5===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Move your queen from 1D to 2E.
[[File:Cluster_5-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select the area shown below, revealing a hidden lightning bolt.
[[File:Cluster_5-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''LUXJ'' = "FORD" (Caesar cipher)
 
''ATOZKJ LXAOZ IUSVGTE, AY HGTQY, IGX IUSVGTOKY ZXGTYLKXXKJ ZNKOX IUXVUXGZK JKHZ ZU ZNK GXMKTZOTK VAHROI.'' = "United Fruit Company, US banks, car companies transferred their corporate debt to the argentine public." (Caesar cipher)
 
''SUXK ZNGT ZNXKK ZNUAYGTJ QORRKJ.'' = "More than three thousand killed."
 
''GRRKTJK CGY MUOTM ZU TGZOUTFROFK ZNKS.'' = "Allende was going to nationalize them."
 
''YKVZKSHKX KRKBKTZN.'' = "September eleventh."
 
''EYE TEA TEE'' pronunciation of the letters "ITT" = "CNN"
 
''H. K. masterminded it.''
 
''Chile, 1964. The people cheered his name until 1973.''
 
''Salvador Allende wanted the people to own Chile's corporations.''
 
''"We sould like your economic program to succeed and we will do out best to help you."''
 
''Argentina 1970s: 30,000 people Disappeared in the raids.''
 
''"Nature shows us basic order and hierarchy are necessary." - Augusto Pinochet''
 
''Coup d'etat.''
 
''"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."''
 
''Mossadegh wanted oil profits to go to the people.''
 
''Hired Actor. '' (on the rioters in the far right picture)
 
''Shah Pahlevi, Sha'baan Ja'fari and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?''
|-|
3=Enter the symbols shown below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_5-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====RESTRICTED HANDLING: CLASSIFIED MESSAGE====
''Subject: South America''
 
''If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be free to move from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A [[New World Order|global international order]] must be implemented.''
 
''Re: Argentina''
 
''Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure that they crush any popular revolt. I want the trade unions destroyed if we are to move forward''
 
''Re: Chile''
 
''The free market must be allowed to prevail. F.'s visit last year helped things along, but now all companies must be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure that the people remain marred in poverty and unable to resist.''
 
''Any traces of this plan should appear to implicate the U.S. government. The Company's involvement must remain hidden.''
 
''For successful examples of a similar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala.''
 
(Illegible signature)
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the three blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_5-4--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Message====
''"Wages should be (lowered to keep the middle class subservient to us (?)) left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of (a popularly elected government(?)) the legislature."''
 
There are also two Templar Symbols, one on each side of the message.
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 6===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the area below, revealing a hidden Templar emblem.
[[File:Cluster_6-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''Gorbachev, 1990: Man of the Decade. Brings democracy to Russia. Establishes the Constitutional Court.''
 
''August 1991: Declared the White Knight of the people, Yeltsin stands up to Communist threat! Gorbachev loses popularity!''
 
''December 1991: Secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest. Yeltsin unseats Gorbachev, becomes leader of Russia!''
 
''1992: Russian economy opened to elite oligarchs, private companies.''
 
''1993: Parliament Disbanded by Yeltsin as he seizes control of Russia! Decree 1400! Constitutional Court disbanded!''
 
''1993: 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress to Yeltsin after he disbands Parliament!''
 
''Perestroika: The dream of a democratic state led by the people.''
 
''Various musical scores'' - One below the perestroika picture, one on top of the picture of Yeltsin shaking hands, one on top of the forest photo (these still need to be worked out.) A note above the score underneath the perestroika picture reads ''f=n''.
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The passcode is 20, 27, 33, 13.
[[File:Cluster_6-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====LETTER TO BORIS YELTSIN====
''Mr. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin Yeltsin],''
 
''I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an opportune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far to slowly to privatize and my greatest fear is that he has no intention of doing so at all. I understand that you have expressed similar concerns. With that in mind, here is something to remedy the situation.''
 
''Several of my top advisors at the Company maintain a monetary connection with the Communist old guard. They tell me that a riot might be easily incited while Gorbachev is away. If you were to repel an attempt to seize parliament in front of the media, it could very well tip the scales in your favor.''
 
''Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further.''
 
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Margaret Thatcher] ''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Select the three boxes shown below:
[[File:Cluster_6-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Move your knight from 1G to 3F.
[[File:Cluster_6-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_6-5--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''1999: Yeltsin ensures his protégé, Vladimir Putin, follows his lead.''
 
''Musical score'' = ?
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 7===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the five images below, showing the energy industry at work.
[[File:Cluster_7-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''"The capitalists think we run these companies for profit. The fools."''
 
''"Those "fools" work for you."''
 
''"Optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?"''
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select Chief Justice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts John G. Roberts]'s left hand, revealing a hidden Templar ring.
[[File:Cluster_7-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it.''
 
====Hidden Messages====
Justice Kennedy: ''"We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption (in Government)."''
 
Justice Alito: ''"I believe very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values."''
 
Justice Roberts: ''"Congress may not pohibit prolitical speech, even if the speaker is a corporation."''
 
Justice Scalia: ''"Indeed, to exclude or impede corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free economy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate."''
 
Justice Clarence Thomas: ''"We don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that."''
 
Don Evans: ''"It is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital." CEO of Tom Brown Inc. Oil, U.S. Commerce Secretary (2001-2004).''
 
Paul Wolfowitz: ''When it comes back to the test of whether we are doing our job or nor, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy." President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005).''
 
Donald Rumsfeld: ''"Scour the department of defense for functions that could be performed better and more cheaply through commercial outsourcing." Chairman of Gilead Sciences, U.S. Defense Secretary (2001-2006).''
 
Condoleezza Rice: ''"The frowth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such." Chevron Board, Hewlett-Packard Board, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).''
 
Dick Cheney: ''"We have to make America the best place in the world to do business." - CEO of Halliburton, Vice President of the U.S. (2001-2009).''
 
George W. Bush: ''"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in." Director of Harken, President of the United States (2001-2009).''
 
''GILD $7.45 2001, $84 2007.''
 
''Row, row, row your BOAT.''
 
On the George W. Bush picture is a message with the words ''"We the people..."'' marked as ''"1 2 3"''. The way to decode it is by relating wach number to a word on the U.S. Constitution and taking the first letter of that word.
 
''230, 129, 213, 218, 251, 261, 194, 35, 11, 263, 9, 261, 203, 214, 225, 77: 192, 153, 67, 20, 280, 241, 143, 20, 251, 221, 114, 254, 159, 121, 81, 279, 47, 61, 169.'' = The final frontier: Destruction as profit.
 
''24, 4, 113, 2, 77, 30, 46, 10, 37, 81, 58, 187, 167, 198, 99, 56, 100, 181, 124, 81, 11, 9, 166, 3, 77, 42, 200, 101, 223.'' = Contractors ran the war for profit.
 
''251, 280, 53, 107, 181, 254, 274, 133, 183, 24, 223, 214, 9, 291, 284, 259, 267, 234, 136, 255, 279, 203, 129, 88, 162, 8, 28, 79, 102, 147, 48, 204, 202, 192, 41, 225, 263, 242.'' = Iraq was auctioned off to the highest bidders.
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Enter C, M, Z, K as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_7-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====LETTER FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED-STATES====
''December, 2000''
 
''RE: Privitization''
 
''S.,''
 
''I have convinced Sandra to join the majority opinion. The enticement of retirement under a Republican president tipped the scales. Although the ruling will differ from our previous decisions on Equal Protection, it will not call attention to our actual goals. With Sandra gone, we can pave the way for the key majority member of the Order to be seated. As discussed, W. will prove the perfect distraction. I have no doubt he will restart animosities with Iraq. Let him, it will give C.'s contractors more work. When the time comes, I will make sure W. is given Roberts' name.''
 
''With Roberts on the court, it will only be a matter of waiting for the right case. After the destruction of Campaign Finance laws, the Company will be free to elect anyone they choose to the Senate, the House and, eventually, the Presidency.''
 
''Soon, our hopes will be realized. Government will no longer derive its authority from the people, but from us, their protectors.''
 
[[File:328px-Antonin_Scalia_Signature.svg.png]]
{{-}}
''([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia Antonin Scalia])''
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: It wants an echo of its last move (knight at 8B to 6C), so move your knight from 1B to 3C.
[[File:Cluster_7-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_7-5--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to. We print the dollars they worship, after all.'' (This may be slightly inaccurate.)
 
====Hidden Messages====
''"It will undoubtedly cripple the ability of ordinary citizens, Congress, and the States to adopt even limited measures to protect against corporate domination of the electoral process." - Justice Stevens''
 
''Cleanup of Deepwater Horizon contracted out for billions.''
</Tabber>
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Gameplay]]

Rifts

2010-12-06T06:26:24Z

201.233.32.82: /* Cluster 5 */

'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Note that unlike the glyphs from ''Assassin's Creed II'', the rifts are not activated simply by standing in front of them with Eagle Vision active. [[Ezio]] must actually grab the edge of the rift while Eagle Vision is active, then climb in. They cannot be accessed or hung from without Eagle Vision active. They also cannot be seen in plain sight without Eagle Vision active, unlike the Glyphs' drawings which are noticeable even without Eagle Vision.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear in the rifts.

==Locations==
===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli]] and [[Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]].

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]]. It is on the outside wall, and to access it, Ezio must hang from the topmost ledge of the Colosseum, directly above the rift, fall and catch himself in the rift while Eagle Vision is active.

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.

==Clusters==
===Cluster 1===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Pick out the five images of aristocrats not doing any sort of work.
[[File:Cluster_1-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Move your pawn at 2E to 4E.
[[File:Cluster_1-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
"They become increasingly aware of our existence. We can no longer rely on the divine right of the aristocracy to maintain control. We need a new system, something much more subtle."
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Hit A/X to "activate" the blinking red light found here:
[[File:Cluster_1-3--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 2===
<Tabber>
1=''"The individual intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."''
: [[File:AdamSmithsignature.png]] '''—[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith Adam Smith]'''
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Turn the first ring left four times, the second and first rings right twice, the third and first rings left three times, and the fourth ring left four times
[[File:Cluster_2-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: The first and third rings are linked, as are the fourth and first. Turn the first/third rings right five times, the second ring right five times, the third ring left four times, and the fourth/first rings left twice.
[[File:Cluster_2-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A great empire has been established for the sole purpose of raising up a nation of customers. It cannot be very difficult to determine who have been the contrivers of the whole mercantile system; not the consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to it."''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: The third ring is linked with the second, as is the fourth with the first. Turn the first ring right three times, the second ring right four times, the third/second rings left five times, and the fourth/first ring right once.
[[File:Cluster_2-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"A country that makes provision to increase in inhabitants, whose situation is good, and whose people have a genius adapted to trade, will never fail to be gainers in the balance, provided the labour and industry of their people be well managed and carefully directed."''
 
''"lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo"''
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Move your pawn at 2F to 4F.
[[File:Cluster_2-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
6=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_2-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 3===
<Tabber>
1=''"Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -... -. ..- -- -..."''
 
Morse Code Translated: '''DARKNESSLOSTNUMB'''
|-|
2=Puzzle 1: Select the area shown below (revealing a hidden Abstergo emblem).
[[File:Cluster_3-1--article_image.jpg]]
====Hidden Messages====
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dexter_White Harry Dexter White]. Remember this name.''
 
''"I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" —[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes John Maynard Keynes]''
 
''"Le Chiffre indéchiffrable."'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigen%C3%A8re_cipher Vigenère cipher])
 
''"How can I adopt a creed which, preferring ''mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the send of all human advancement?"''
 
''Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzkwmczyuawmbfxqwuasmkfvpfkqsbdftnfvw'' = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island Jekyll Island] + more paper money and a central bank
 
''"It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late."''
 
''"Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoise may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system."''
 
''Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjilfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj'' = "One of them he provided the necessary pressure."
|-|
3=Puzzle 2: Enter the symbols below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_3-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====MESSAGE FROM ABSTERGO INDUSTRIES====
 
''July 22, 1944''
 
''Fellows, rulers, welcome.''
 
''I deliver this speech to you as, several floors below us, a silent revolution begins.''
 
''Ranny Olds and [[Henry Ford]]. As many of you know, these founders gave us the assembly line, the device we have used to control both (this indoctrinated into the worship of our money (?) ) capitalists and workers (slaves (?) ) alike. But I dream of a future in which such ugly chains will no longer be necessary. In 1910, our founders designed the Plan, it falls to us to see it through.''
 
''But, what of the Communists, who intend to spread the bread so thin that everyone will starve? It is our duty to (neutralise (?) ) them and their followers. We muse ensure that the continue to eat, to reproduce, to be productive members of society. That is our burden, to shepherd those beneath us through life, and we must embrace it, even if (force is required (?) ) they themselves do not.''
 
''[[Adolf Hitler|H.]] and [[Josef Stalin|S.]] brought on the turmoil and fear necessary, now we must strike fast to ensure the development continues in the proper direction. We will appear to concede ground against the workers, remember the successful ruse of Rockefeller's dimes, but soon there will be no ground we do not own.''
 
''In 1937, we founded [[Abstergo Industries|this company]], this enterprise, with a purpose. The time to nurture it to fruition is upon us.''
|-|
4=Puzzle 3: Move your pawn at 4F to 5E, into the black knight's path.
[[File:Cluster_3-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_3-4--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 4===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Choose the five pictures that show a robot or computer with a human operator.
[[File:Cluster_4-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The first ring is linked to the fourth, the third to the first, and the fourth to the second. Turn the first/fourth rings right once, the second ring left four times, the third/first rings right four times, and the fourth/second rings right once.
[[File:Cluster_4-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
''"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence."''
 
''"I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain."''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Most of the hint is a red herring. All you need to focus on is the fourth line, so move your pawn at 2G to 3G.
[[File:Cluster_4-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Select the first two boxes.
[[File:Cluster_4-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the two blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other one before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_4-5--article_image.jpg]]
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 5===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Move your queen from 1D to 2E.
[[File:Cluster_5-1--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select the area shown below, revealing a hidden lightning bolt.
[[File:Cluster_5-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''LUXJ'' = "FORD" (Caesar cipher)
 
''ATOZKJ LXAOZ IUSVGTE, AY HGTQY, IGX IUSVGTOKY ZXGTYLKXXKJ ZNKOX IUXVUXGZK JKHZ ZU ZNK GXMKTZOTK VAHROI.'' = "United Fruit Company, US banks, car companies transferred their corporate debt to the argentine public." (Caesar cipher)
 
''SUXK ZNGT ZNXKK ZNUAYGTJ QORRKJ.'' = "More than three thousand killed."
 
''GRRKTJK CGY MUOTM ZU TGZOUTFROFK ZNKS.'' = "Allende was going to nationalize them."
 
''YKVZKSHKX KRKBKTZN.'' = "September eleventh."
 
''EYE TEA TEE'' pronunciation of the letters "ITT" = "CNN"
 
''H. K. masterminded it.''
 
''Chile, 1964. The people cheered his name until 1973.''
 
''Salvador Allende wanted the people to own Chile's corporations.''
 
''"We sould like your economic program to succeed and we will do out best to help you."''
 
''Argentina 1970s: 30,000 people Disappeared in the raids.''
 
''"Nature shows us basic order and hierarchy are necessary." - Augusto Pinochet''
 
''Coup d'etat.''
 
''"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."''
 
''Mossadegh wanted oil profits to go to the people.''
 
''Hired Actor. '' (on the rioters in the far right picture)
 
''Shah Pahlevi, Sha'baan Ja'fari and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?''
|-|
3=Enter the symbols shown below as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_5-3--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====RESTRICTED HANDLING: CLASSIFIED MESSAGE====
''Subject: South America''
 
''If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be free to move from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A [[New World Order|global international order]] must be implemented.''
 
''Re: Argentina''
 
''Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure that they crush any popular revolt. I want the trade unions destroyed if we are to move forward''
 
''Re: Chile''
 
''The free market must be allowed to prevail. F.'s visit last year helped things along, but now all companies must be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure that the people remain marred in poverty and unable to resist.''
 
''Any traces of this plan should appear to implicate the U.S. government. The Company's involvement must remain hidden.''
 
''For successful examples of a similar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala.''
 
(Illegible signature)
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Activate one of the three blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_5-4--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Message====
''"Wages should be (lowered to keep the middle class subservient to us (?)) left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of (a popularly elected government(?)) the legislature."''
 
There are also two Templar Symbols, one on each side of the message.
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 6===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the area below, revealing a hidden Templar emblem.
[[File:Cluster_6-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''Gorbachev, 1990: Man of the Decade. Brings democracy to Russia. Establishes the Constitutional Court.''
 
''August 1991: Declared the White Knight of the people, Yeltsin stands up to Communist threat! Gorbachev loses popularity!''
 
''December 1991: Secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest. Yeltsin unseats Gorbachev, becomes leader of Russia!''
 
''1992: Russian economy opened to elite oligarchs, private companies.''
 
''1993: Parliament Disbanded by Yeltsin as he seizes control of Russia! Decree 1400! Constitutional Court disbanded!''
 
''1993: 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress to Yeltsin after he disbands Parliament!''
 
''Perestroika: The dream of a democratic state led by the people.''
 
''Various musical scores'' - One below the perestroika picture, one on top of the picture of Yeltsin shaking hands, one on top of the forest photo (these still need to be worked out.) A note above the score underneath the perestroika picture reads ''f=n''.
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: The passcode is 20, 27, 33, 13.
[[File:Cluster_6-2--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====LETTER TO BORIS YELTSIN====
''Mr. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin Yeltsin],''
 
''I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an opportune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far to slowly to privatize and my greatest fear is that he has no intention of doing so at all. I understand that you have expressed similar concerns. With that in mind, here is something to remedy the situation.''
 
''Several of my top advisors at the Company maintain a monetary connection with the Communist old guard. They tell me that a riot might be easily incited while Gorbachev is away. If you were to repel an attempt to seize parliament in front of the media, it could very well tip the scales in your favor.''
 
''Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further.''
 
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher Margaret Thatcher] ''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Select the three boxes shown below:
[[File:Cluster_6-3--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: Move your knight from 1G to 3F.
[[File:Cluster_6-4--article_image.jpg]]
|-|
5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_6-5--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Hidden Messages====
''1999: Yeltsin ensures his protégé, Vladimir Putin, follows his lead.''
 
''Musical score'' = ?
</Tabber>
 

===Cluster 7===
<Tabber>
1=Puzzle 1: Select the five images below, showing the energy industry at work.
[[File:Cluster_7-1--article_image.jpg]]
{{-}}
====Audio Speech====
''"The capitalists think we run these companies for profit. The fools."''
 
''"Those "fools" work for you."''
 
''"Optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?"''
|-|
2=Puzzle 2: Select Chief Justice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts John G. Roberts]'s left hand, revealing a hidden Templar ring.
[[File:Cluster_7-2--article_image.jpg]]
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====Audio Speech====
''Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it.''
 
====Hidden Messages====
Justice Kennedy: ''"We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption (in Government)."''
 
Justice Alito: ''"I believe very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values."''
 
Justice Roberts: ''"Congress may not pohibit prolitical speech, even if the speaker is a corporation."''
 
Justice Scalia: ''"Indeed, to exclude or impede corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free economy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate."''
 
Justice Clarence Thomas: ''"We don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that."''
 
Don Evans: ''"It is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital." CEO of Tom Brown Inc. Oil, U.S. Commerce Secretary (2001-2004).''
 
Paul Wolfowitz: ''When it comes back to the test of whether we are doing our job or nor, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy." President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005).''
 
Donald Rumsfeld: ''"Scour the department of defense for functions that could be performed better and more cheaply through commercial outsourcing." Chairman of Gilead Sciences, U.S. Defense Secretary (2001-2006).''
 
Condoleezza Rice: ''"The frowth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such." Chevron Board, Hewlett-Packard Board, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).''
 
Dick Cheney: ''"We have to make America the best place in the world to do business." - CEO of Halliburton, Vice President of the U.S. (2001-2009).''
 
George W. Bush: ''"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in." Director of Harken, President of the United States (2001-2009).''
 
''GILD $7.45 2001, $84 2007.''
 
''Row, row, row your BOAT.''
 
On the George W. Bush picture is a message with the words ''"We the people..."'' marked as ''"1 2 3"''. This suggests that the next three messages can be decoded using the relevant words from the U.S. Constitution.
 
''230, 129, 213, 218, 251, 261, 194, 35, 11, 263, 9, 261, 203, 214, 225, 77: 192, 153, 67, 20, 280, 241, 143, 20, 251, 221, 114, 254, 159, 121, 81, 279, 47, 61, 169.''
 
''24, 4, 113, 2, 77, 30, 46, 10, 37, 81, 58, 187, 167, 198, 99, 56, 100, 181, 124, 81, 11, 9, 166, 3, 77, 42, 200, 101, 223.''
 
''251, 280, 53, 107, 181, 254, 274, 133, 183, 24, 223, 214, 9, 291, 284, 259, 267, 234, 136, 255, 279, 203, 129, 88, 162, 8, 28, 79, 102, 147, 48, 204, 202, 192, 41, 225, 263, 242.''
|-|
3=Puzzle 3: Enter C, M, Z, K as your passcode.
[[File:Cluster_7-3--article_image.jpg]]
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====LETTER FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED-STATES====
''December, 2000''
 
''RE: Privitization''
 
''S.,''
 
''I have convinced Sandra to join the majority opinion. The enticement of retirement under a Republican president tipped the scales. Although the ruling will differ from our previous decisions on Equal Protection, it will not call attention to our actual goals. With Sandra gone, we can pave the way for the key majority member of the Order to be seated. As discussed, W. will prove the perfect distraction. I have no doubt he will restart animosities with Iraq. Let him, it will give C.'s contractors more work. When the time comes, I will make sure W. is given Roberts' name.''
 
''With Roberts on the court, it will only be a matter of waiting for the right case. After the destruction of Campaign Finance laws, the Company will be free to elect anyone they choose to the Senate, the House and, eventually, the Presidency.''
 
''Soon, our hopes will be realized. Government will no longer derive its authority from the people, but from us, their protectors.''
 
[[File:328px-Antonin_Scalia_Signature.svg.png]]
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''([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia Antonin Scalia])''
|-|
4=Puzzle 4: It wants an echo of its last move (knight at 8B to 6C), so move your knight from 1B to 3C.
[[File:Cluster_7-4--article_image.jpg]]
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5=Puzzle 5: Activate one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before your cursor fills up with red.
[[File:Cluster_7-5--article_image.jpg]]
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====Audio Speech====
''The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to. We print the dollars they worship, after all.'' (This may be slightly inaccurate.)
 
====Hidden Messages====
''"It will undoubtedly cripple the ability of ordinary citizens, Congress, and the States to adopt even limited measures to protect against corporate domination of the electoral process." - Justice Stevens''
 
''Cleanup of Deepwater Horizon contracted out for billions.''
</Tabber>
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Gameplay]]

Minerva

2010-12-04T04:07:12Z

201.233.32.82: /* Dialogue */

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{{WP-REAL}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Minerva
|image = Minerva.JPG
|imgdesc = Minerva's in-game model
|faction = [[Those Who Came Before]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|voice = Margaret Easley
}}

{{quote|Here sits the king of all Olympus, and beside him stands Wisdom, to guide his rule|Minerva and Jupiter statues description.}}

'''Minerva''', previously known as both '''Merva''', '''Mera''' and so on, was one of the many members of [[Those Who Came Before |Those Who Came Before]].

==Message in the Vault==

[[File:Zw-Minerva-3.png|thumb|left|150px|Minerva inside the Vault.]]Minerva appears as a hologram figure within [[The Vault]], and reveals a little of the origin of [[Humans|humanity]] within her people's history.

Minerva explains how humans came to be, what the [[Pieces of Eden]] were for, and why her people no longer control the humans, or even exist at all. She states the purpose of the vaults built across the planet, and the disaster that the Earth suffered. She referred to [[Ezio]] as the "prophet," and during most of her appearance, she spoke to someone Ezio could not see, thus confusing him. She then tells him that she was not speaking ''with'' him, but ''through'' him. Minerva apparently knew that [[Desmond]] would one day relive Ezio's memories, as she seemingly addresses the camera (or Desmond's perception of the scene through the [[Animus]]) throughout her monologue, and concludes by saying, "the rest is up to you... Desmond," much to his ancestor's confusion. As Ezio tries to ask Minerva who Desmond is, her hologram disappears, leaving Ezio with all of his questions unanswered.

==Dialogue==
After entering [[The Vault]], and walking to the back of the chamber.

'''Minerva:''' (to Ezio) ''Greetings, prophet. It is good you have come. Let us see it. To give thanks.''

Ezio shows the Apple of Eden to Minerva, who "scans" it.

'''Minerva:''' (to Desmond) ''We must speak.''

'''Ezio: '''''Who are you?''

'''Minerva:''' (to Ezio) ''Many names. When I died, it was Minerva. Before that Merva, and Mera. And on and on. The others, too: Juno, who was before called Uni; Jupiter, who was before called Tinia.''

'''Ezio: '''''You are.. gods.''

'''Minerva:''' (laughs) ''No. Not gods. We simply came... before. Even when we walked the world, your kind struggled to understand our existence. We were more... advanced in time. Your minds were not yet ready.'' (turns to camera/Desmond) ''Still not. maybe never. No matter. You may not comprehend us. But you will comprehend our warning. You must.''

'''Ezio:''' ''None of what you are saying makes sense.''

'''Minerva: '''(to Ezio) ''Our words are not meant for you.''

'''Ezio:''' ''What are you talking about? There is no one else here!''

'''Minerva: '''''Enough! I do not wish to speak with you, but through you. You are the prophet. You've played your part. You anchor him, but please be silent! That we may commune.''

'''Minerva:''' (to Desmond) ''Listen. When we were still flesh, and our homes still whole, your kind betrayed us. We who made you. We who gave you life! We were strong. But you were many. And both of us craved war. So busy were we with earthly concerns, we failed to notice the heavens. And by the time we did... the world burned but naught remained but ash. It should have ended then and there. But we built you in our own image. We built you to survive. And so we did. Few were our numbers. Your kind and mind. It took sacrifice. Strength. Compassion. But we rebuilt. And as life returned to the world... We endeavored to ensure this tragedy would not be repeated.''

''But now we are dying. And time will work against us. Truth turned into myth and legend. What we build, misunderstood. Let my words preserve the message and make a record of our loss. But let my words also bring hope. You must find the other temples. Build by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us - to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world. Be quick, for time grows short. And guard against the Cross, for there are many who will stand in your way.''

''It is done. The message is delivered. We are gone from this world. All of us. We can do no more. The rest is up to you, Desmond.''

'''Ezio: '''''What? Who is Desmond? I don't understand! Please, wait! I have so many questions!''

Minerva disappears.

==Trivia==
*Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, war, art, commerce, weaving, among other things.<ref> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva </ref> Minerva has Etruscan roots, linking her to Menvra <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menrva</ref>, another name Minerva mentions as a name she was once known by. Due to these roots, it can be safely assumed that the Greek goddess Athena also came from Minerva's influence.
*Minerva is also one of the statuettes that must be collected and placed on a pedestal with her 'partner' Jupiter, at the [[Auditore Villa]].
*Minerva's knowledge of Desmond reliving Ezio's memories implies Those Who Came Before could see the future.
*Minerva's name root (Proto-Indo-European ''mn-'' and Latin ''men-'') links her to memory, remembrance, or recollection, which is what her role is in the game (in helping the Assassins, or humanity, remember their past). This parallels [[Juno|Juno's]] role in her name, which means "to warn".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{ACII}}
{{ACBrotherhood}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters]]
[[Category:Those Who Came Before]]
[[Category:Mythological Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Characters]]

Minerva

2010-12-04T04:05:38Z

201.233.32.82: /* Dialogue */

{{Stub}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Minerva
|image = Minerva.JPG
|imgdesc = Minerva's in-game model
|faction = [[Those Who Came Before]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|voice = Margaret Easley
}}

{{quote|Here sits the king of all Olympus, and beside him stands Wisdom, to guide his rule|Minerva and Jupiter statues description.}}

'''Minerva''', previously known as both '''Merva''', '''Mera''' and so on, was one of the many members of [[Those Who Came Before |Those Who Came Before]].

==Message in the Vault==

[[File:Zw-Minerva-3.png|thumb|left|150px|Minerva inside the Vault.]]Minerva appears as a hologram figure within [[The Vault]], and reveals a little of the origin of [[Humans|humanity]] within her people's history.

Minerva explains how humans came to be, what the [[Pieces of Eden]] were for, and why her people no longer control the humans, or even exist at all. She states the purpose of the vaults built across the planet, and the disaster that the Earth suffered. She referred to [[Ezio]] as the "prophet," and during most of her appearance, she spoke to someone Ezio could not see, thus confusing him. She then tells him that she was not speaking ''with'' him, but ''through'' him. Minerva apparently knew that [[Desmond]] would one day relive Ezio's memories, as she seemingly addresses the camera (or Desmond's perception of the scene through the [[Animus]]) throughout her monologue, and concludes by saying, "the rest is up to you... Desmond," much to his ancestor's confusion. As Ezio tries to ask Minerva who Desmond is, her hologram disappears, leaving Ezio with all of his questions unanswered.

==Dialogue==
After entering [[The Vault]], and walking to the back of the chamber.

'''Minerva:''' (to Ezio) ''Greetings, prophet. It is good you have come. Let us see it. To give thanks.''

Ezio shows the Apple of Eden to Minerva, who "scans" it.

'''Minerva:''' (to Desmond) ''We must speak.''

'''Ezio: '''''Who are you?''

'''Minerva:''' (to Ezio) ''Many names. When I died, it was Minerva. Before that Merva, and Mera. And on and on. The others, too: Juno, who was before called Uni; Jupiter, who was before called Tinia.''

'''Ezio: '''''You are.. gods.''

'''Minerva:''' (laughs) ''No. Not gods. We simply came... before. Even when we walked the world, your kind struggled to understand our existence. We were more... advanced in time. Your minds were not yet ready.'' (turns to camera/Desmond) ''Still not. maybe never. No matter. You may not comprehend us. But you will comprehend our warning. You must.''

'''Ezio:''' ''None of what you are saying makes sense.''

'''Minerva: '''(to Ezio) ''Our words are not meant for you.''

'''Ezio:''' ''What are you talking about? There is no one else here!''

'''Minerva: '''''Enough! I do not wish to speak with you, but through you. You are the prophet. You've played your part. You anchor him, but please be silent! That we may commune.''

'''Minerva:''' (to Desmond) ''Listen. When we were still flesh, and our homes still whole, your kind betrayed us. We who made you. We who gave you life! We were strong. But you were many. And both of us craved war. So busy were we were earthly concerns, we failed to notice the heavens. And by the time we did... the world burned but naught remained but ash. It should have ended then and there. But we built you in our own image. We built you to survive. And so we did. Few were our numbers. Your kind and mind. It took sacrifice. Strength. Compassion. But we rebuilt. And as life returned to the world... We endeavored to ensure this tragedy would not be repeated.''

''But now we are dying. And time will work against us. Truth turned into myth and legend. What we build, misunderstood. Let my words preserve the message and make a record of our loss. But let my words also bring hope. You must find the other temples. Build by those who knew to turn away from war. They worked to protect us - to save us from the fire. If you can find them... If their work can be saved... so too might this world. Be quick, for time grows short. And guard against the Cross, for there are many who will stand in your way.''

''It is done. The message is delivered. We are gone from this world. All of us. We can do no more. The rest is up to you, Desmond.''

'''Ezio: '''''What? Who is Desmond? I don't understand! Please, wait! I have so many questions!''

Minerva disappears.

==Trivia==
*Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, war, art, commerce, weaving, among other things.<ref> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva </ref> Minerva has Etruscan roots, linking her to Menvra <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menrva</ref>, another name Minerva mentions as a name she was once known by. Due to these roots, it can be safely assumed that the Greek goddess Athena also came from Minerva's influence.
*Minerva is also one of the statuettes that must be collected and placed on a pedestal with her 'partner' Jupiter, at the [[Auditore Villa]].
*Minerva's knowledge of Desmond reliving Ezio's memories implies Those Who Came Before could see the future.
*Minerva's name root (Proto-Indo-European ''mn-'' and Latin ''men-'') links her to memory, remembrance, or recollection, which is what her role is in the game (in helping the Assassins, or humanity, remember their past). This parallels [[Juno|Juno's]] role in her name, which means "to warn".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{ACII}}
{{ACBrotherhood}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters]]
[[Category:Those Who Came Before]]
[[Category:Mythological Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Characters]]