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Isu

2009-12-27T04:35:11Z

70.243.13.214: /* Trivia */

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Those Who Came Before were an ancient race of beings, an incredibly advanced race who created the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]] and humanity itself. Exactly who they were, how long ago, or how they came to die out is still largely unknown. What is believed is that they were an advanced race who were worshiped by ancient cultures such as the Greeks as gods. The woman known as [[Minerva]] said they were not gods, but a race more advanced in time who "simply came before".

Minerva revealed that at some point "Those Who Came Before" created the human race, possibly as some sort of slave race as shown in [[The Truth]] video. The race appeared to use humans as slaves and used the hypnotic powers of the Apples to control them to do their bidding. However, two humans named [[Adam and Eve]] stole one of the mythical fruits of the tree of knowledge described in the Bible (the fruit was the Apple of Eden). In truth, the two may have stolen the apple to free mankind from the oppression of their masters.

While the ancient race was more technologically advanced and powerful, humanity had the advantage of numbers. Minerva stated that both sides craved war, but they were so preoccupied with their fighting; an impending danger was approaching from the "heavens". This danger from the heavens is speculated by Shaun and Lucy. They hypothesize that it could have been caused by a massive solar flare which would have terrible impact on the Earth's weakening magnetic field, reversing the polarity and making the planet geologically unstable. Also, they mentioned the geomagnetic reversal of Earth's poles as a possible cause of the destruction. However, geomagnetic reversal is a natural affect which has occurred multiple times over Earth's history, the last of which was 0.78 million years ago.

Despite the unknown cause of destruction, humanity and the ancient race survived, as Minerva said "We built you in our image, we built you to survive" (confirming they did indeed create humanity). Both humanity and the ones who came before survived, though in dwindled numbers, and set to rebuild. As the Earth and mankind worked to recover, the race "endeavored to ensure that this tragedy would not be repeated". This lead to the creation of the temples, such as [[The Vault]] in [[Rome]], which were "built by those who learned to turn away from war".

It can at least be established that by Ezio's time the race had since died out already (Minerva states that she is the last), and appear to have left the temples as a some sort of means to save the Earth in the event of another disaster.

It would appear they have some form of precognition, or ability to predict what will happen as Minerva told Ezio he was just a conduit and she spoke directly to Desmond, showing she knew that Desmond would receive the message by viewing it through Ezio in the Animus.

Also in the Truth file "Bloodlines" you must highlight all the painting of gods having children with humans, with the heading, "Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!", possibly meaning that at some point in time the humans and the "gods" (Those Who Came Before) had children with humans, the Assassins, that had special abilities ([[Eagle Vision]]),  this would also explain [[Subject 16]] saying, "Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood!"

Meaning that Desmond and Subject 16 are both born assassins and that Altiar, Ezio and Desmond have Eagle vision because they are related to Those Who Came Before, and that the Eagle vision was passed on through their bloodline.

== Trivia ==
*As an interesting note, [[Minerva]] is one of the 8 statuettes you can collect in [[Monteriggioni]]. As Minerva is one of "Those Who Came Before," the other statuettes could be as well. The figures depicted by the statuettes are Neptune and Pluto, Jupiter and Minerva, Dianna and Apollo, and Mars and Venus. What is also interesting is that they are all Athenian mythological Gods. Could this mean that they are remnants of "Those Who Came Before" and survivors of the cataclysmic event described by Minerva? Could they be the ones that helped humans build the temples that she mentioned?
*During her speech, Minerva directly addresses Desmond, looking directly at the screen. Ezio questions her as to who she is looking once, but receives no answer.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Zw-Minerva-3.png|Minerva, one of Those Who Came Before.
</gallery>

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Isu

2009-12-27T04:34:25Z

70.243.13.214: /* Trivia */

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Those Who Came Before were an ancient race of beings, an incredibly advanced race who created the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]] and humanity itself. Exactly who they were, how long ago, or how they came to die out is still largely unknown. What is believed is that they were an advanced race who were worshiped by ancient cultures such as the Greeks as gods. The woman known as [[Minerva]] said they were not gods, but a race more advanced in time who "simply came before".

Minerva revealed that at some point "Those Who Came Before" created the human race, possibly as some sort of slave race as shown in [[The Truth]] video. The race appeared to use humans as slaves and used the hypnotic powers of the Apples to control them to do their bidding. However, two humans named [[Adam and Eve]] stole one of the mythical fruits of the tree of knowledge described in the Bible (the fruit was the Apple of Eden). In truth, the two may have stolen the apple to free mankind from the oppression of their masters.

While the ancient race was more technologically advanced and powerful, humanity had the advantage of numbers. Minerva stated that both sides craved war, but they were so preoccupied with their fighting; an impending danger was approaching from the "heavens". This danger from the heavens is speculated by Shaun and Lucy. They hypothesize that it could have been caused by a massive solar flare which would have terrible impact on the Earth's weakening magnetic field, reversing the polarity and making the planet geologically unstable. Also, they mentioned the geomagnetic reversal of Earth's poles as a possible cause of the destruction. However, geomagnetic reversal is a natural affect which has occurred multiple times over Earth's history, the last of which was 0.78 million years ago.

Despite the unknown cause of destruction, humanity and the ancient race survived, as Minerva said "We built you in our image, we built you to survive" (confirming they did indeed create humanity). Both humanity and the ones who came before survived, though in dwindled numbers, and set to rebuild. As the Earth and mankind worked to recover, the race "endeavored to ensure that this tragedy would not be repeated". This lead to the creation of the temples, such as [[The Vault]] in [[Rome]], which were "built by those who learned to turn away from war".

It can at least be established that by Ezio's time the race had since died out already (Minerva states that she is the last), and appear to have left the temples as a some sort of means to save the Earth in the event of another disaster.

It would appear they have some form of precognition, or ability to predict what will happen as Minerva told Ezio he was just a conduit and she spoke directly to Desmond, showing she knew that Desmond would receive the message by viewing it through Ezio in the Animus.

Also in the Truth file "Bloodlines" you must highlight all the painting of gods having children with humans, with the heading, "Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!", possibly meaning that at some point in time the humans and the "gods" (Those Who Came Before) had children with humans, the Assassins, that had special abilities ([[Eagle Vision]]),  this would also explain [[Subject 16]] saying, "Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood!"

Meaning that Desmond and Subject 16 are both born assassins and that Altiar, Ezio and Desmond have Eagle vision because they are related to Those Who Came Before, and that the Eagle vision was passed on through their bloodline.

== Trivia ==
*As an interesting note, [[Minerva]] is one of the 8 statuettes you can collect in [[Monteriggioni]]. As Minerva is one of "Those Who Came Before," the other statuettes could be as well. The figures depicted by the statuettes are Neptune and Pluto, Jupiter and Minerva, Dianna and Apollo, and Mars and Venus. What is also interesting is that they are all Athenian mythological Gods. Could this mean that they are remnants of "Those Who Came Before" and survivors of the cataclysmic event described by Minerva? Could they be the ones that helped humans build the temples that she mentioned?
*During her speech, Minerva directly addresses Desmond, looking directly at the screen. Ezio questions her as to who she is looking at once, but receives no answer.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Zw-Minerva-3.png|Minerva, one of Those Who Came Before.
</gallery>

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Lucy Stillman

2009-12-27T04:30:47Z

70.243.13.214: /* Trivia */

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{{Character Infobox
|image=12544152566428.jpg
|imgdesc=Lucy's artwork of Assassin's Creed II.
|faction=[[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo Industries]], [[Assassins|Assassins]]
|name=Lucy Stillman
|appear=[[Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed]], [[Assassin's Creed II|Assassin's Creed II]]
|period=Modern times (2012)
|voice=[[Kristen Bell]]
}}

{{quote|You lack the confidence to step into your ancestor's body.|Lucy to Desmond in their first meeting}}

'''Lucy Stillman''' is a [[Genetic memory|genetic-memory]] researcher working for [[Abstergo]]. It is later revealed that she was secretly working as a spy for the [[Assassins]] in attempt to free Desmond from [[Abstergo|Abstergo's]] hold.

==Biography==
[[File:AssassinsCreed Dx10 2009-10-01 22-36-27-70.png|thumb|200px|left|Lucy working on the [[Animus]]]]
===Early Life===
Lucy Stillman was a research assistant for [[Warren Vidic|Dr. Warren Vidic]]. She had been working for [[Abstergo Industries]] for three years, focusing on the [[Animus]] project. Dr. Warren Vidic considered her as an invaluable asset for Abstergo for her intelligence and knowledge in cognitive neuro-science and values her highly, although he does not express it. She was a talented student at her university. She studied science but was rejected in many fields of work because of some of her beliefs in science that related, unbeknown to her, to the work Abstergo performed to achieve the information to retrieve their goals. She apparently tried everything to get a job and jokes to Desmond, 'I was ''this'' close to waiting tables.

Understandably, she was excited when she got a call from Vidic offering her a job. She accepted and worked with Vidic for an amount of time. She was also apparently friendly with a few other employees at Abstergo, but it was these same people who tried to kill her before Vidic intervened.

As the game progresses, Desmond learns more and more about Lucy. He does this in two ways.

===[[Assassin's Creed]]===
====Conversations====
Throughout the game, Desmond can speak to Lucy and get to know her better at the end of each memory segment, after Dr. Vidic leaves the lab. As Desmond talks to Lucy, she starts to tell him a bit about her past.

Lucy explains that during her university career she was ostracised for her scientific beliefs and theories. The criticism continued after university- no scientific organization or academic institute would employ her. Desperate, she was almost ready to give up science altogether. Then she received a call from Dr. Vidic, who told her he agreed with her theories and offered her the chance to work for Abstergo and to prove her theories to be true. The beliefs she was criticized for may have regarded [[genetic memory]]. Lucy is portrayed in the game to be knowledgeable about the [[Animus]], so it's likely that, because of her feelings on genetic memory, Vidic contacted her so she could contribute to the creation of the Animus.

Lucy also reveals to Desmond that he is not the only person Abstergo is detaining- she too is a captive. She then tells him a story about how a while back, Abstergo decided to silence her to keep her from speaking about the Animus, but before her assailants could commit her murder, they were ordered to stop by Dr. Warren Vidic. She claims that he saved her life that day, and she tells Desmond not to judge Dr. Vidic so harshly, as he is under a lot of pressure.

[[File:Lucybendingherfinger.png|thumb|left|300px|Lucy bending her finger as a signal to [[Desmond]]]]
====Emails====
At various points in the game you can gain access to Lucy's computer and read her [[emails]]. Desmond comes upon the codes to Lucy's emails when he finds door codes to the main room in his wardrobe, and Lucy's access pen, which was left on the Animus. It can be speculated that she planted them to give him a better idea of what was going on with Abstergo. However, this is not certain. The codes may have been left there by a previous subject, and the pen left by mistake.

From the messages, you definitely get the idea that she is telling the truth, as she is obviously concerned for her own safety and is trying to find out more information about a previous Abstergo employee who died a while back. [[Leila|This employee]] is said to have "committed suicide" but the documents relating to the death are being held as classified and are not being released.

In one deleted email, there is a conversation in which Lucy tells another person that she has been delaying the doctor from finding the artifacts and asking for the other person to send a rescue. A strange reply appears to be an attachment, but has random capitalization of letters. When these capitalized letters are put together, they form, "WE WILL BE THERE SOON". Towards the end of the game, a gunfight is heard outside, and Vidic explains that present-day Assassins have come for Desmond. The hidden message was probably a reference to the attack. If so, it would mean Lucy is an assassin, which is also shown by her showing Desmond her left hand and symbolically pulling in her ring finger to have it appear like Altaïr's missing finger, and is spying on Abstergo Industries. The V-neck and collar of her blouse, if turned upside down, are also identical to the Assassin's logo. At the end of the game, Desmond gains the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]]. When Desmond uses this on Lucy, she appears with a blue aura, confirming her to be a trustful ally.

The [[Assassin's Creed Achievements|achievement]] of '''"Conversationalist"''' can be unlocked in the 360 version of the game.

[[File:Desmondlucy.jpg|thumb|300px|Lucy talking to [[Desmond]] in the Assassin's hideout]]
===The Side Story of [[Leila]] and [[Subject 16|Neumann]]===

More spoilers...must include two figures from "bloody mural" here for openers:

'''The Lorenz Attractor'''

The Lorenz Attractor, which appears in the middle of the wall over Desmond's bed and is the central focus of the entire "mural" is emblematic of the "'''bleeding effect'''". The intricate interweaving of the lines which compose it are paths taken by a particle.

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 it is Leila's blood 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.

Spending too long in the Animus is the issue causing it. This seems to be her main reason for concern about Desmond, although it's mentioned very briefly.

Was this Neumann that Vidic mentions in his email to Lucy about "dipping her quill in company ink". Leila operated the Animus before Lucy and probably talked to Subject 16 much as Lucy talks to Desmond (Subject 17) - Neumann's immediate successor. This all must have occurred shortly before Desmond was brought to Abstergo's Lab. Could it be that Leila fell in love with Neumann and was trying to help him and talk to him, and he killed her...then proceeded to paint the bedroom wall with her blood in his desperation and insanity?

Finally, who was Neumann? Strangely enough, a search on the name turns up someone of interest that is significant in relation to all of this. His name was [[Wikipedia:John_von_Neumann|John von Neumann]], who died in 1957 (long ago enough for him to have a descendant). He was a Hungarian mathematician "who made major contributions to a vast range of fields, including '''set theory''', functional analysis, quantum mechanics...'''continuous geometry''', economics and '''game theory'''.... He is generally regarded as one of the foremost mathematicians of the 20th century."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann Wikipedia]. We have the Mandlebrot Set - an example of set theory and the repeating overall patterns of history. It is also an example of continuous geometry - a fractal or holographic fragment of a larger whole that is identical to the smaller part. We also have the Lorenz Attractor, which is part of Chaos Theory:

In mathematics, chaos theory describes the behavior of certain dynamical systems – that is, systems whose states evolve with time – that may exhibit dynamics that are highly sensitive to initial conditions (popularly referred to as '''the butterfly effect'''). As a result of this sensitivity, which manifests itself as an exponential growth of perturbations in the initial conditions, the behavior of chaotic systems appears to be random. This happens even though these systems are deterministic, meaning that their future dynamics are fully defined by their initial conditions, with no random elements involved. This behavior is known as deterministic chaos, or simply [[Wikipedia:Chaos theory|chaos]].

'''Assassins Creed''' is most certainly a "deterministic" game, in that there can be only one outcome no matter what you do or when you do it. There are probably millions of permutations of activities within it. (This is true of any game worth its salt!) And last, but not least, Mr. Neumann was one of the major developers of '''game theory'''.

===[[Assassin's Creed II]]===
Taking place within minutes of the end of the first game, Lucy is reintroduced to the story with blood spatters on her shirt, presumably from fighting her way to where Desmond is being held. Lucy flees with Desmond from the Abstergo building to the [[Assassin's hideout]] , where she introduces Desmond to two of her assassin friends,Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane, and also tells Desmond about what happened to subject 16. During this time, Desmond can engage in conversations with Lucy, some of which hint toward a romantic involvement. When Abstergo invades their hideout, she gives Desmond a hidden blade, and they go to fight them. When she sees Vidic, he reminds her that he saved her, which is why she came to work for Abstergo. When the Abstergo guards are defeated, Lucy and the others' escape the hideout, and head to another one in the mountains, while Desmond is preparing to enter the Animus again to continue searching for clues, while she studies the notes and tries to figure out what the "god" Minerva meant, and also tells Desmond that everything she feared would happen, is starting to happen.

[[File:Images.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lucy with [[Desmond]] in the [[Animus|Animus 2.0.]]]]
==Personality==
In contrast with her boss Warren Vidic's personality, Lucy is an optimistic and cheerful woman with a bright personality. She always has some encouraging words and sympathy towards [[Desmond Miles]], though it obviously irritates him sometimes. At times when Warren Vidic attempts to force Desmond to go deeper to the Animus memory, Lucy will stop him from going and plead with Vidic to let Desmond to rest, showing her caring personality.

==Trivia==
* She is modeled after and voiced by [[Kristen Bell]].
* Lucy's character model is drastically altered between games. In the first Assassin's Creed, she is dressed in appropriate business/work attire. In Assassin's Creed II, she has clothes which are much more casual, a slightly larger figure, and different facial structure: larger eyes and lipstick.

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