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Cristina Vespucci

2009-12-13T08:47:46Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Cristina Vespucci
|image = Zw-cristinavespucci.png
|imgdesc = Cristina Vespucci in the Animus Database
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}
Cristina Vespucci, born sometime in 1459, was a well-known Florentine beauty and a favorite of painters, most notably Botticelli, who used her as a model for several of his paintings. Records kept by her father's guards indicate Ezio visited her quite frequently and that he was "unbelievably dextrous," as the guards were never able to catch him trespassing.

In addition to her looks, Cristina also seems to have been somewhat responsible for jumpstarting the career of her cousin, the namesake of a rather famous landmass. At a dinner party attended by Cristina and, among other illustrious guests, [[Lorenzo the Magnificent|Lorenzo de' Medici]], she was reputed to have been in conversation with Lorenzo and Manfredo Soderini about her cousin's brilliance as a sailor.

Well, apparently, she exaggerated his importance slightly to impress Lorenzo, and Lorenzo, charmed by her beauty, agreed to hire him. "Try Amerigo out. I bet after several years you'll have your shipping company named after him," she reported to have joked. Biggest understatement of the century.

==Relationship with Ezio==
[[File:Vespucci.jpg|thumb|left|Cristina with Ezio]]
She was both a noblewoman and a student. Ezio visits her after completing a race to the Cathedral rooftops with [[Ezio]]'s brother, [[Federico Auditore]], at the beginning of the game. Ezio climbs up to her bedroom window and sleeps with her. The morning after, Cristina's father walks in on them in bed, Ezio jumps out the window, telling him to understand a moment, her father sends guards to kill him, but later escapes from them.

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Clay Kaczmarek

2009-12-13T08:46:39Z

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{{Character Infobox
|image =
|imgdesc =
|name = Subject 16 (Subject Sixteen)
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Modern times (2012)
|voice =
}}
'''Subject 16''' was a [[subject]] used by [[Abstergo Industries]] for the [[Animus]] project. He was the predecessor to Subject 17, Desmond Miles. There is a possibility he may be related to Desmond, as their DNA match in Assassin's Creed II. It is also revealed in Assassin's Creed II that he had an ancestor at the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Roman forum.

==Assassin's Creed==

[[Lucy]] reveals in one of her [[E-mails|e-mails]] to [[Vidic]] that Subject 16 has Far Eastern origins, as one of his ancestors was "involved in an important event" there. A different e-mail hints that his name is "Neumann". Another email also hints that an ex-employee, Leila Marino, of Abstergo Inustries was romantically involved with Subject 16.

At the end of Assassin's Creed, due to the bleeding effect of the Animus, Desmond is able to use [[Eagle Vision]] to view many [[Cryptic messages|cryptic messages]] drawn in blood. Subject 16 states in the triangle-shaped message on the floor that he drained his own body to paint the figures on the floor and walls of the main room where the Animus is located. But had he also used his own blood to paint the wall mural in the sleeping room, he would have bled out - literally - before he finished his work. It is possible that [[Leila]]'s blood is used in the wall mural in the sleeping room, done ''before'' he painted the messages with his own blood in the Animus room - a murder/suicide.

The symbols painted on the walls and floors later appear in [[Assassin's Creed II]] as [[Glyphs]].

==Assassin's Creed II==
Subject 16 makes his first vocal appearance in [[Assassin's Creed II]], voicing-over 20 encrypted files that he hacked from extensive Abstergo data banks. Said files contain what he claims to be "The Truth" about the origins of humanity. The man and woman in [[The Truth|"The Truth" video]], are Adam and Eve, activating, or proclaiming that they have "the apple," which is, in fact, one of the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]].

These files, as well as commentary from Lucy, reveal a bit more about the extent of the madness which lead to Subject 16's death: the Bleeding Effect from overusing the [[Animus]]. More specifically, from the sheer amount of time he was forced to spend in the Animus. Lucy said Abstergo forced him to stay in it for days at a time. As such, the number of genetic memories he was forced to unlock overwhelmed him and finally, killing himself, as is implied from the 20th encrypted file (and his final words heard in-game); "Lucy, I can't wait any longer. I am ready to go... She sees me raise the knife."

==Hypotheses==

It is possible that Subject 16 is also a descendant of Altaïr, but from a different family than Desmond since Altaïr had at least two sons, as seen in one of the codex pages. Also, when Lucy and Desmond escape Abstergo, Lucy uses the Animus on Desmond one last time to search for any genetic memory matches between Desmond and Subject 16, and finds that the memory of Ezio's birth is one they have in common. So, it is believed that Ezio is the link between Desmond and Subject 16.  The fact that Abstergo was never saw the 14 sequence during the experiments on Subject 16 would imply that that 16's ancestor from Ezio Auditore was conceived prior to 1499.  This could have been when Ezio spent the night with Cristina Vespucci, or later during the memory sequence 6 horse race side quest where Ezio slept with the quest provider.  Most likely it was the prior rather than the later as the side quest could have been completed anytime after the 1499 assult on the Vatican.  

From the truth video in Assassin's Creed II, it is clear that a portion of Subject 16's time in the Animus was set in a location only explainable as the Garden of Eden, so it is possible that Subject 16 is a direct descendant of Adam, the first man.
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Clay Kaczmarek

2009-12-13T06:38:28Z

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