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Abstergo Industries

2009-12-13T00:24:15Z

203.114.166.180: What abstergo makes

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'''Abstergo Industries''' are the employers of Doctors [[Warren Vidic]] and [[Lucy Stillman]], captors of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond,]] as well as the company which funds the [[Animus]]. Dr. Vidic boasts of their accomplishments in more than just medical and scientific fields, but any huge progressive movement within the world.

Vidic claims that Abstergo is responsible for every scientific accomplishment for the last 1000 years, saying Abstergo chooses who gets credit for the accomplishments very carefully. Later, Desmond figures out that Abstergo is the modern-day embodiment of the [[Knights Templar]]. When Desmond ask who created the technology, Dr. Vidic mysteriously replies with "[[Those Who Have Gone Before]]".

Abstergo is also a Latin verb, meaning "to cleanse".

Abstergo has also been hunting the last of the Assassins left in the world, hoping to end their enemy's way of life, thus eliminating any chance of failure. If the player manages to access Warren Vidic's emails, they can read about the Tunguska meteor incident was in reality, a modern-day Assassin raid on an Abstergo Industries base in Russia. The email also discusses the Philadelphia Incident, in which the USS Eldridge (which was stationed in the Okinawan town of Yona guni (a word found in an area of the Abstergo building after the game is completed that Desmond can see when he accesses Eagle Vision.) was sent forward in time. Experiments with the artifact related to this incident were halted, with Abstergo citing concern about Paradoxes. Mitchell-Hedge's communicators are also mentioned, an abstract reference to the 13 Mayan Crystal Skulls, supposedly discovered by the gentleman adventurer of the same name in the 1920's. New Age theorists state that the Crystal Skulls enable telepathy between their wielders, and therefore, the term communicators implies that Abstergo a)Has these skulls, and b)Is able to communicate using them. This communication is undetectable by any Modern-day Assassins.

Through the [[e-mails]] we learn that Abstergo is being investigated for something called "New Fluoride", which they tested on an isolated community, were caught, and are currently being investigated for. This is the reason behind the Dec 21/2012 launch of their orbital platform, as afterword they risk being immobilized by having their assets frozen. The 21/12/2012 launch is also significant as it marks the end of the Mayan Long Count, 12th ''baktun'' cycle,(and the date set by many to be the end of the world) which is reference with the 13.0.0.0 in eagle vision, as well as the Arabic word for 'Earthquake' or 'The Earthquake', as well as the Hebrew words for 'Next World' when Desmond investigates the rooms he is in, with his eagle vision.

It is stated by Lucy that they make anti-depressants.

{{AC}}

Animus Project laboratory

2009-12-13T00:21:26Z

203.114.166.180: Stating where Abstergo building is located.

'''Abstergo laboratory''' is a special laboratory built by [[Abstergo Industries]] specifically for their [[Animus]] project. The Animus device itself is located in a the center of the laboratory, with [[Warren Vidic]]'s desk located nearby, overlooking the Animus machine. Besides the Animus chamber, this laboratory consists of other rooms and devices such as conference room, bedroom, bathroom, and Animus terminal.

The landscape outside the laboratory is very bright, however, the lab is clearly in an urban environment, surrounded by skyscrapers. The start of [[Assassin's Creed 2]] proves that the Laboratory is several floors above ground level.

The building appears to be based somewhere in Italy. This is evidenced by Italian words appearing at both the warehouse hideout and in the basement car park, where an Italian sign states the clearance height for cars.

==Abstergo Offices==

During the escape scene in [[AC2]], Lucy and Desmond exit the laboratory and make a path towards the underground parking lot. Similarly to the Lab, the rest of the Abstergo building is decorated in a modern-industrial style with overhead pipes and ventilation clearly visible, but minimalist detail elsewhere. Several small windows give a glimpse into the world outside the office, showing a terrace garden which surrounds a large part of the building.

As the two [[Assassins]] take an elevator down to another floor, the player must traverse through a floor of cubicles. These cubicles are each sealed with glass doors, although nobody is working in them. This may indicate that employees have been evacuated from the area once [[Abstergo]] learnt that [[Lucy]] and [[Desmond]] were escaping. Furthermore, the only workers that the player meets are security guards. The rows of cubicles also contain several Animus machines (as [[Desmond]] said, the plural term is unknown). A sign on the wall mentions that there are 16 in total on that floor.

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|Animus Computer Terminal
|Computer terminal that is connected to the Animus, to monitor the Animus as it progress
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Locations]]

Piece of Eden

2009-12-13T00:04:49Z

203.114.166.180: Stating link between tesla and Tunguska

[[File:POE.jpg|thumb]]

The '''Piece of Eden''' is one of several ancient objects left by [[Those Who Have Gone Before|Those Who Have Come Before]], possessing different effects, that is able to bend people to the will of the user. One of the greatest weapons known to man, it is capable of ending wars and (provided it is used correctly) ushering in a forced peace.

It is believed by the staff of Abstergo Industries and the Templars that the Piece of Eden, along with other artifacts like it, was the source of such miracles as the Parting of the Red Sea, the successful use of the Trojan Horse by the Greeks to win the Trojan War, the miracles surrounding "the Christ-figure" who founded the Christian faith and the Biblical plagues that ravaged Egypt, among other supernatural happenings.

Apart from its power to force almost anyone into serving its possessor,the Piece of Eden's greatest power is that its existence essentially disproves the existence of an all-powerful God. The Templar Order had already committed itself to exposing the claims of all religions as false, and the Piece of Eden is perfectly suited to the successful pursuit of this purpose.

Incidentally, each Piece of Eden also contains a holographic map of the Earth that shows the location of all the other Artifacts. The Masyaf Piece of Eden was destroyed during its experimental use by [[Abstergo]] Industries at the Denver International Airport. Using [[Altair]]'s memory of events, however, the map showed the locations of the other Pieces of Eden.

After Altaïr took control of the Assassins, their new goal was to hunt down and destroy the last of the Templars and the Pieces of Eden. During the events of ''Assassin's Creed Bloodlines'', Altaïr starts to study the artifact, writing about its powers and his own theories. When the Cypriots blamed Altaïr for the disasters that struck the island and tried to attack him, he used the Piece of Eden to control their minds, forcing them to hear the truth, that the real culprit was the Templar Grand Master, Armand Bouchart. After reaching the Archives in Limassol, and killing Bouchart, Altaïr kept the Masyaf Piece of Eden, not leaving it in the Archives as he had first intended. It is unknown what happened to the Masyaf Piece of Eden after Altaïr and Maria traveled "East". On an interesting note, the object is referred to as the "Apple of Eden" in the game.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed 2]]'', it is revealed that the Apple and other Pieces of Eden have a rather extensive history of changing hands while decrypting the "Truth" files left by Subject 16. Notable figures in history have used the Pieces of Eden, although for varying purposes; including, but not limited to: Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, Gandhi, Houdini, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tsar Nicholas II, and even Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. It is also revealed that there are at least 3 Apples remaining in the world, which represent the three divine Golden Apples of Greek mythology.

== Resistance ==

[[Image:poemap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A map of many "Pieces of Eden"]]
In an e-mail at Abstergo Industries it is revealed that the company's leaders are worried that the Pieces of Eden are not all that is needed to achieve their goal. It is mentioned that some people may be resistant to the mind control effect of the Piece of Eden and that other "Artifacts" must be found to ensure no one is left to cause trouble in the Templar's planned "New World". The only three people so far to show a resistance against the Pieces of Eden are an unnamed person present at the DIA incident, Altaïr, and Ezio. The first sends an e-mail to Dr. Vidic declaring "I know what you did" and gives a firsthand account of the artifact's failed experiment there. Of note is that this person seems to be acting alone and is therefore unlikely to know of the Templars or the Assassins and may not be a member of either organization themselves. Altaïr's resistance is shown when Al Mualim shows him the treasure but Altaïr simply says that to him it is just a piece of silver and does not understand how Al Mualim can believe it to be pure temptation as he describes. This response surprises Al Mualim who later reveals that he had shown the Piece of Eden to Altaïr in an attempt to hypnotize him, but for some reason he could not. However, even though Altaïr is resistant against its hypnotic effect, the Piece of Eden can still do some things to him such as: immobilizing him, causing him to hallucinate and clouding his mind, both of which can be observed during the final battle. Finally, Ezio's resistance is shown when he finally confronts [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in Rome. Although this instance has Ezio ''himself'' using the Apple while Rodrigo uses the Staff. But Ezio shows no resistance to the combined power of the Apple and the Staff.

There is a high potential that Altaïr passed on this gift to Desmond Miles and his other descendants. Although a small number of theories can be made upon decrypting Truth File #18 because while decrypting it Subject 16 makes comments about scientists finding a specific neurological receptor in the human brain that responds solely to the effects of the Eden artifacts. It is highly possible that all assassins have this "resistance" since historically the templars have used the pieces of eden against them.

== Confirmed Artifacts ==
01: The First Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Adam(A)/Eve(A), Abel(A), Cain(T), Al Mualim(T)(!), Altair(A), Ezio(A), Unknown, Napoleon, Unknown, Houdini, Templars (Most likely destroyed, but no confirmation)

02: The Second Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Unknown, Queen "Bloody" Mary I of England(T)(!), Queen Elizabeth I of England, Unknown, Gandhi, Templars (by research its shown that templars hated altair)  . (Caught in explosive 
 satellite malfunction, most likely survived, but impossible to retreve in the blackness of space—see AC1 emails)

03: The Third Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt(T), John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson(T)

04: The Fourth Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, "The Invention of Gunpowder", Nikola Tesla(A), Thomas Edison(T), Henry Ford(T), Adolf Hitler(T)(!), J. Robert Oppenheimer(T), Assassins. 

05: The Fifth Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, NASA(T).

 
25: The Sword: Unknown

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Perseus, Attila the Hun(T), Alexander the Great(T), King Arthur, Sigurd, Joan of Arc, Templars

34: The Staff: Designed to control men's minds and bodies; it has a spot in the headpiece where an Apple of Eden can placed to enhance the mind control powers

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Egyptian Pharaohs, Moses, Alexander the Great(T), John the Baptist, Jesus, Peter, Rodrigo Borgia(T), Ezio(A), Unknown, Czar Nicholas II, Rasputin(T)(!) (Most likely destroyed, but no confirmation)

66: The Shroud: Unknown, possibly designed to resurrect the dead

Owners: Those Who Came Before, David, Jesus Christ, Templars

(T) = A Templar / Templar Group
(A) = Assassin / Worked With Assassins

(!)= Confirmed Assassinated by the Assassins

== Locations of the Artifacts ==

#Giza, Egypt
#Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - (The Apple #?)
#The Gambia
#Timbuktu, Mali
#Atlas Mountains, Morocco
#Canary Islands, Spain
#Vologda Oblast, Russia - (The Staff?)
#Chernobyl, Ukraine - (The Staff? or a failed templar project)
#Sighişoara, Transylvania - (The Apple #4)
#Rennes-le-Château, France
#Salisbury, England (The Sword?-Excalibur)
#Loch Ness, Scotland (apple#?)
#Uluru, Australia
#Nara, Japan
#Xi'an, China - (The Sword?)
#Lake Baikal, Siberia
#Bareilly, India
#Persepolis, Iran
#Jerusalem, Israel - (The Apple #1)
#Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (The Shroud?)
#Machu Picchu, Perú - (The Crystal Skulls?)
#Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
#Aasiaat, Greenland
#Chichen Itza, Mexico
#San Antonio, Texas
#Montréal, Quebec
#Lake Okanagan, British Columbia
#Coloma, California 29. bos, bos

== Possible Artifacts and Functions of Death==
These artifacts are based on the locations given in Assassin's Creed, and the clues and hints found in all the games.

*The Holy Grail: Although the Templars doubt its existence as a biblical artifact, it could prove to be real. Possible Functions: Grants eternal life, among other things.
*The Crystal Skulls: Quartz skulls found in Ancient Temples. Telepathic Communication. Currently possessed by the TemplaAaAars, possibly found near the Nazca Lines.
*The "Philadelphia Artifact": Time travel, said to have been lost in the failed experiment.
*The Golden Fleece: A seemingly weightless and indestructible piece of armor or cloak. In his [[Codex]], Altair speculates that it could have truly existed and was actually made of a unique metal compound he had discovered how to create using knowledge contained within the Apple. Shortly after creating his set of armour with the metal, Altair destroyed anything that could lead to its discovery or creation, fearing the knowledge could one day fall into the hands of the Templars.
*The Spear of Destiny: Said to protect its user from death, but causes instant death when lost.
*The Philosopher's Stone: Turn any substance into pure gold. Possibly what started the gold rush in Coloma, California.

== Notes ==
It may be interesting to note that in Assassin's Creed, Al Mualim and Robert De Sable both want to use the Apple of Eden to control the population and enforce peace. But as the Templars continue to thrive, they seem obsessed with power. Rodrigo Borgia, the Spaniard, comes into possession of the Staff. Instead of using it to forcefully control his followers, he seems to desire it only for the power it brings him. (He is seen leading his congregation in prayer—if he controlled their minds, they would stand around like sheep. There would be no reason to pray.) He also talks of killing God solely for the power it will bring him. While the Templars first sought the Pieces of Eden in a quest for peace, they were corrupted and seem now to only desire power.

It should be noted that every major historical event or scientific discovery has been attributed to its catalysts having in their possession a Piece of Eden. As seen in the sections above, the Pieces are all at the heart of history. For example, Edison made his invention while he has the Apple of Eden in his possession. It is also known that Lee Harvey Oswald, as well as his co-conspirators, is mentioned in a letter discussing who will receive a Piece of Eden next.

It is stated in one of the CODEX pages that a Piece of Eden can not be destroyed, however this could just be due to the lack of sufficient technology in the middle ages when the CODEX was written. It is stated in a letter to Tesla (part of the Truth Video unlock events) that when the sender of the letter finds the Piece of Eden they are looking for, can he use his mastery of electricity to permanently destroy the Piece of Eden. Unfortunately, this resulted in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event Tunguska Explosion].

== Trivia ==

*One of the Pieces of Eden is shown to be in Montreal, Canada. This is likely to be an inside joke as [[Ubisoft]] Montreal, who made the Assassins Creed franchise is based there.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piece Of Eden}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed Series]]

Piece of Eden

2009-12-12T23:58:38Z

203.114.166.180: Cameo appearance from th designers.

[[File:POE.jpg|thumb]]

The '''Piece of Eden''' is one of several ancient objects left by [[Those Who Have Gone Before|Those Who Have Come Before]], possessing different effects, that is able to bend people to the will of the user. One of the greatest weapons known to man, it is capable of ending wars and (provided it is used correctly) ushering in a forced peace.

It is believed by the staff of Abstergo Industries and the Templars that the Piece of Eden, along with other artifacts like it, was the source of such miracles as the Parting of the Red Sea, the successful use of the Trojan Horse by the Greeks to win the Trojan War, the miracles surrounding "the Christ-figure" who founded the Christian faith and the Biblical plagues that ravaged Egypt, among other supernatural happenings.

Apart from its power to force almost anyone into serving its possessor,the Piece of Eden's greatest power is that its existence essentially disproves the existence of an all-powerful God. The Templar Order had already committed itself to exposing the claims of all religions as false, and the Piece of Eden is perfectly suited to the successful pursuit of this purpose.

Incidentally, each Piece of Eden also contains a holographic map of the Earth that shows the location of all the other Artifacts. The Masyaf Piece of Eden was destroyed during its experimental use by [[Abstergo]] Industries at the Denver International Airport. Using [[Altair]]'s memory of events, however, the map showed the locations of the other Pieces of Eden.

After Altaïr took control of the Assassins, their new goal was to hunt down and destroy the last of the Templars and the Pieces of Eden. During the events of ''Assassin's Creed Bloodlines'', Altaïr starts to study the artifact, writing about its powers and his own theories. When the Cypriots blamed Altaïr for the disasters that struck the island and tried to attack him, he used the Piece of Eden to control their minds, forcing them to hear the truth, that the real culprit was the Templar Grand Master, Armand Bouchart. After reaching the Archives in Limassol, and killing Bouchart, Altaïr kept the Masyaf Piece of Eden, not leaving it in the Archives as he had first intended. It is unknown what happened to the Masyaf Piece of Eden after Altaïr and Maria traveled "East". On an interesting note, the object is referred to as the "Apple of Eden" in the game.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed 2]]'', it is revealed that the Apple and other Pieces of Eden have a rather extensive history of changing hands while decrypting the "Truth" files left by Subject 16. Notable figures in history have used the Pieces of Eden, although for varying purposes; including, but not limited to: Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, Gandhi, Houdini, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tsar Nicholas II, and even Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. It is also revealed that there are at least 3 Apples remaining in the world, which represent the three divine Golden Apples of Greek mythology.

== Resistance ==

[[Image:poemap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A map of many "Pieces of Eden"]]
In an e-mail at Abstergo Industries it is revealed that the company's leaders are worried that the Pieces of Eden are not all that is needed to achieve their goal. It is mentioned that some people may be resistant to the mind control effect of the Piece of Eden and that other "Artifacts" must be found to ensure no one is left to cause trouble in the Templar's planned "New World". The only three people so far to show a resistance against the Pieces of Eden are an unnamed person present at the DIA incident, Altaïr, and Ezio. The first sends an e-mail to Dr. Vidic declaring "I know what you did" and gives a firsthand account of the artifact's failed experiment there. Of note is that this person seems to be acting alone and is therefore unlikely to know of the Templars or the Assassins and may not be a member of either organization themselves. Altaïr's resistance is shown when Al Mualim shows him the treasure but Altaïr simply says that to him it is just a piece of silver and does not understand how Al Mualim can believe it to be pure temptation as he describes. This response surprises Al Mualim who later reveals that he had shown the Piece of Eden to Altaïr in an attempt to hypnotize him, but for some reason he could not. However, even though Altaïr is resistant against its hypnotic effect, the Piece of Eden can still do some things to him such as: immobilizing him, causing him to hallucinate and clouding his mind, both of which can be observed during the final battle. Finally, Ezio's resistance is shown when he finally confronts [[Rodrigo Borgia]] in Rome. Although this instance has Ezio ''himself'' using the Apple while Rodrigo uses the Staff. But Ezio shows no resistance to the combined power of the Apple and the Staff.

There is a high potential that Altaïr passed on this gift to Desmond Miles and his other descendants. Although a small number of theories can be made upon decrypting Truth File #18 because while decrypting it Subject 16 makes comments about scientists finding a specific neurological receptor in the human brain that responds solely to the effects of the Eden artifacts. It is highly possible that all assassins have this "resistance" since historically the templars have used the pieces of eden against them.

== Confirmed Artifacts ==
01: The First Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Adam(A)/Eve(A), Abel(A), Cain(T), Al Mualim(T)(!), Altair(A), Ezio(A), Unknown, Napoleon, Unknown, Houdini, Templars (Most likely destroyed, but no confirmation)

02: The Second Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Unknown, Queen "Bloody" Mary I of England(T)(!), Queen Elizabeth I of England, Unknown, Gandhi, Templars (by research its shown that templars hated altair)  . (Caught in explosive 
 satellite malfunction, most likely survived, but impossible to retreve in the blackness of space—see AC1 emails)

03: The Third Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt(T), John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson(T)

04: The Fourth Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, "The Invention of Gunpowder", Nikola Tesla(A), Thomas Edison(T), Henry Ford(T), Adolf Hitler(T)(!), J. Robert Oppenheimer(T), Assassins. 

05: The Fifth Apple: Designed to create illusions and control men's minds; can be used in conjunction with the Staff

Owners: Those Who Came Before, NASA(T).

 
25: The Sword: Unknown

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Perseus, Attila the Hun(T), Alexander the Great(T), King Arthur, Sigurd, Joan of Arc, Templars

34: The Staff: Designed to control men's minds and bodies; it has a spot in the headpiece where an Apple of Eden can placed to enhance the mind control powers

Owners: Those Who Came Before, Egyptian Pharaohs, Moses, Alexander the Great(T), John the Baptist, Jesus, Peter, Rodrigo Borgia(T), Ezio(A), Unknown, Czar Nicholas II, Rasputin(T)(!) (Most likely destroyed, but no confirmation)

66: The Shroud: Unknown, possibly designed to resurrect the dead

Owners: Those Who Came Before, David, Jesus Christ, Templars

(T) = A Templar / Templar Group
(A) = Assassin / Worked With Assassins

(!)= Confirmed Assassinated by the Assassins

== Locations of the Artifacts ==

#Giza, Egypt
#Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - (The Apple #?)
#The Gambia
#Timbuktu, Mali
#Atlas Mountains, Morocco
#Canary Islands, Spain
#Vologda Oblast, Russia - (The Staff?)
#Chernobyl, Ukraine - (The Staff? or a failed templar project)
#Sighişoara, Transylvania - (The Apple #4)
#Rennes-le-Château, France
#Salisbury, England (The Sword?-Excalibur)
#Loch Ness, Scotland (apple#?)
#Uluru, Australia
#Nara, Japan
#Xi'an, China - (The Sword?)
#Lake Baikal, Siberia
#Bareilly, India
#Persepolis, Iran
#Jerusalem, Israel - (The Apple #1)
#Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (The Shroud?)
#Machu Picchu, Perú - (The Crystal Skulls?)
#Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
#Aasiaat, Greenland
#Chichen Itza, Mexico
#San Antonio, Texas
#Montréal, Quebec
#Lake Okanagan, British Columbia
#Coloma, California 29. bos, bos

== Possible Artifacts and Functions of Death==
These artifacts are based on the locations given in Assassin's Creed, and the clues and hints found in all the games.

*The Holy Grail: Although the Templars doubt its existence as a biblical artifact, it could prove to be real. Possible Functions: Grants eternal life, among other things.
*The Crystal Skulls: Quartz skulls found in Ancient Temples. Telepathic Communication. Currently possessed by the TemplaAaAars, possibly found near the Nazca Lines.
*The "Philadelphia Artifact": Time travel, said to have been lost in the failed experiment.
*The Golden Fleece: A seemingly weightless and indestructible piece of armor or cloak. In his [[Codex]], Altair speculates that it could have truly existed and was actually made of a unique metal compound he had discovered how to create using knowledge contained within the Apple. Shortly after creating his set of armour with the metal, Altair destroyed anything that could lead to its discovery or creation, fearing the knowledge could one day fall into the hands of the Templars.
*The Spear of Destiny: Said to protect its user from death, but causes instant death when lost.
*The Philosopher's Stone: Turn any substance into pure gold. Possibly what started the gold rush in Coloma, California.

== Notes ==
It may be interesting to note that in Assassin's Creed, Al Mualim and Robert De Sable both want to use the Apple of Eden to control the population and enforce peace. But as the Templars continue to thrive, they seem obsessed with power. Rodrigo Borgia, the Spaniard, comes into possession of the Staff. Instead of using it to forcefully control his followers, he seems to desire it only for the power it brings him. (He is seen leading his congregation in prayer—if he controlled their minds, they would stand around like sheep. There would be no reason to pray.) He also talks of killing God solely for the power it will bring him. While the Templars first sought the Pieces of Eden in a quest for peace, they were corrupted and seem now to only desire power.

It should be noted that every major historical event or scientific discovery has been attributed to its catalysts having in their possession a Piece of Eden. As seen in the sections above, the Pieces are all at the heart of history. For example, Edison made his invention while he has the Apple of Eden in his possession. It is also known that Lee Harvey Oswald, as well as his co-conspirators, is mentioned in a letter discussing who will receive a Piece of Eden next.

It is stated in one of the CODEX pages that a Piece of Eden can not be destroyed, however this could just be due to the lack of sufficient technology in the middle ages when the CODEX was written. It is stated in a letter to Tesla (part of the Truth Video unlock events) that when the sender of the letter finds the Piece of Eden they are looking for, can he use his mastery of electricity to permanently destroy the Piece of Eden.

== Trivia ==

*One of the Pieces of Eden is shown to be in Montreal, Canada. This is likely to be an inside joke as [[Ubisoft]] Montreal, who made the Assassins Creed franchise is based there.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piece Of Eden}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed Series]]

Animus

2009-12-12T23:26:28Z

203.114.166.180:

[[File:Animusart.jpg|thumb|400px|Animus 2.0 and 1.0 concept art.]]
The '''Animus''' (Latin for "mind" or "soul") is a machine, developed by [[Abstergo Industries]], to read a subject's [[genetic memory]], and, from it, create a simulation of the ancestor's life that the subject can interact with, "playing" as the ancestor.

==Use==
A subject lies on top of the Animus, placing his head in the intended location. A circular glass screen opens around his head. This screen serves as a display for the Animus's menus.

The subject selects a memory to play, and the Animus's simulation begins. The glass screen is not used for the simulation- it appears that the simulation is actually projected into the subject's head. The subject appears to control the character in the simulation as someone would in a dream, with thought only. The game manual hints that the Animus is controlled by a video game controller, but that is probably just a bit of foolery to explain why they're writing the manual.

===Synchronization===
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As the subject interacts with the simulation, his actions must remain Synchronized with those of his the ancestor whose memories are being reenacted. Important events in the ancestor's life must be recreated by the subject in the simulation. Failure to do so, or otherwise straying from the "path", will result in a loss of [[Synchronization]]. Too much Synchronization loss, and the entire simulation must restart from an earlier point.

Synchronization is measured by a bar on the top left of the HUD.

===Genetic memory===
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Genetic memory is the accumulated memory of a person's ancestors, encoded in his DNA. While the theory is controversial in real life, it is evidently true in the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' world, as otherwise, the Animus would not work.

==Animus 1.0==
[[File:Animus.jpg|thumb|The Animus 1.0.|300px]]
The '''Animus 1.0''' (or more precisely, 1.28) is the model of Animus Abstergo is using. It is the one appearing in the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and also appears at the beginning of ''Assassin's Creed II''. Abstergo possesses many of these Animus which can be seen while Lucy and Desmond escape the Abstergo building (Desmond even asks Lucy the plural term for the Animus).

The animus is colored chrome, with blue lights in some places. On top of the Animus is a metallic bed, where the subject lies as his genetic memory is read. A computer under the bed runs a simulation of the subject's genetic memory. There is a glass screen that opens around the subject's head, to display the menus of the Animus.

The Animus releases a large amount of heat. At one point it apparently overheats, although this may have been a deliberate stall on [[Lucy]]'s part. When it overheated, the blue lights began flashing orange instead.

==Animus 2.0==
[[File:Penrose triangle.svg|thumb|left|150px|Animus 2.0 interface logo.]]
The '''Animus 2.0''' is the [[Assassins]]' own genetic memory reading machine in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. According to [[Rebecca Crane]] who is responsible for its conception and maintenance, her "Baby" is "twice as awesome" as the one seen in Abstergo. The Animus 2.0 is different in many ways from the Abstergo's one(s): the background color has changed from an icy blue to white. Also, when loading a memory sequence the whole map is shown being generated and at the contrary, when [[Ezio]] assassinates a target (conspirator), the environment seems to "melt" away to the death cutscene. The first logo was actually the [[Abstergo Industries]]' logo. The new logo, as seen on the [http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/ official website], is a [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_triangle Penrose diamond].
[[File:Animus21.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Desmond in the Animus 2.0.]]
It also seems that the synchronization has been increased since Ezio has an Italian accent unlike Altaïr in the first Animus who had an American accent (though he sometimes spoke Arabic). This has been hinted as part of the "bleeding" effect of an ancestor's mind blending with the descendant's, a problematic error in the first Animus - which led to the insanity and death of [[Subject 16]] - but became part of the controlled environment of the Animus 2.0 (Desmond see hallucinations and weird dreams though).

In order to use the Animus 2.0, the subject must be uplinked via a cord inserted into the hand which is in fact, a DNA scanner device.

Despite the improvements over the original, its translator software is "a liitle laggy", which accounts for when the italian characters speak italian at various parts in the game.

[[Shaun Hastings]], the sarcastic historian and tactician of the 2012 Assassins can provide Desmond with his database through the Animus 2.0.

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At the end of the story, when Abstergo finds the Assassins' hideout and attacks them, Rebecca and Shaun load the Animus 2.0 into a van while Lucy and Desmond hold the Templars and Vidic. After successfully blocking the assault, the Assassins flee the hideout with the van. Rebecca invites Desmond to use the Animus until they reach another hideout while Lucy reviews the tapes of the memory sequence. In fact, this last scene occurs with a black screen and we don't see the van nor the Animus, and we don't return from the memory world (which lets us constantly in the Renaissance) until the next episode... (or the DLC containing the corrupted memory sequence files which has been skipped).
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