Eagle Vision

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[[File:al mualim eagle vision.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Altaïr's target, [[Al Mualim]], shown in gold, with his duplicates shown in red.]]
{{quote|Why do we have these gifts? These abilities? Because it's in our blood!|[[Clay Kaczmarek|Subject 16]] about Eagle vision.|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Eagle Vision''' was a sixth sense that certain lineages of [[humans]] possessed, as a result of being created by [[Those Who Came Before]]. Though every human held the potential for it, bloodlines of humans who interbred with Those Who Came Before held a greater concentration of the necessary genes, and were thus more likely to exhibit the ability.

Those who possessed the gift were able to instinctively sense how people and objects related to them, which manifested as a colored glow, much like an aura in a person's mind's eye.

When an individual learned to master Eagle vision, the ability evolved to the more advanced '''[[Eagle Vision#Eagle Sense|Eagle Sense]]'''. This heightened all of the senses of its user, allowing them detect the heartbeat of a target in the area, or even foresee a target's path.

For both Eagle vision and sense, the same variety of colored glows was used to mark different people or objects. Red indicated enemies or spilled blood, blue indicated allies, white indicated sources of information or [[hiding spots]], and gold indicated targets or any person of interest.

==Third Crusade==
The Assassin [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] possessed Eagle vision from an early age. His fellow Assassins knew of his special ability as well, and were the ones to dub it as "Eagle Vision."<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

With it, Altaïr found himself able to read the emotions and intentions of all those around him, driving him to perfect the ability in secret.<ref name="Revelations" /> In his later life, he would make use of it during his many [[Assassination Targets|assassinations]] and [[investigations]].<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

Eagle vision aided Altaïr in locating targets, and was particularly useful during [[Retaking of Masyaf|his duel]] with [[Al Mualim]], who used the [[Second Apple|Templar treasure]] to create phantoms of himself. With his ability, Altaïr was able to pinpoint the true one from the crowd.<ref name="AC" />

==Renaissance==
===Ezio Auditore===
[[File:ACII Codex Eagle V.png|thumb|250px|right|Eagle vision used on the [[Codex Wall]].]]
{{quote|Listen closely: Return to [[Palazzo Auditore|the house]]. In my office is a hidden door. Use your talent to find it.|[[Giovanni Auditore]] instructing Ezio to use his Eagle vision.|Assassin's Creed II}}

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], much like Altaïr, possessed Eagle vision, and made use of it to locate hidden passages, as well as to predict the intentions of his allies and enemies. Additionally, he was also able to see the map hidden beneath the pages of the [[Codex]] with it.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Though never referred to explicitly as "Eagle vision," [[Giovanni Auditore]] once referred to Ezio's ability as his "talent,"<ref name="AC2" /> and [[Salaì]] spoke of it as his "gift."<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

The [[Turkish Assassins|Assassins of Constantinople]] also knew of Ezio's legendary ability, even before they had met him. When [[Yusuf Tazim]] instructed Ezio to use it to see through a smoke screen, saying that he should not bother trying to hide it, Ezio wondered how they had found out, and irritably told him to keep the information to himself.<ref name="Revelations" />

===Others===
[[File:My Own Eyes PL.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Giovanni Borgia using Eagle vision.]]
{{quote|The note told me to use my other eyes. Sometimes I see things that are not there. Drawings, or waves.|[[Giovanni Borgia]] describing his Eagle vision.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

[[La Volpe]] was thought to possess an advanced form of Eagle vision, as it was claimed he could "look through walls."<ref name="AC2" />

[[Giovanni Borgia]] also had Eagle vision, and was able to use it to locate and tail [[Francesco Vecellio]] through a crowd. With it, he was also able to see images and drawings that were not really there. Francesco referred to the ability as "using his other eyes."<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

==Modern times==
===Assassins===
[[File:Escape5.jpg|thumb|250px|Desmond using Eagle vision to find the code to a keypad.]]
{{quote|Try using that special sight you learned from Altaïr.|[[Lucy Stillman]] to [[Desmond Miles]] in the Sanctuary.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

By using the [[Animus]] to follow the memories of his ancestors, [[Desmond Miles]] also gained the ability to use Eagle vision, likely as a result of the [[bleeding effect|Bleeding effect]]. Through it, he was able to see [[Lucy Stillman]] (a fellow Assassin) glowing blue and [[Warren Vidic]] (a [[Templars|Templar]]) glowing red.<ref name="AC" />

He was also able to use this ability to see the [[Cryptic Messages|cryptic messages]] that [[Subject 16]] had written in the [[Abstergo laboratory]] with his own blood.<ref name="AC" />

[[File:Glyph20_-_Scuola_Grande_di_San_Marco2--article_image.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ezio finding one of the glyphs.]]
During his [[Escape from Abstergo Industries|escape]] from [[Abstergo Industries]], Desmond discovered another application for his newly-acquired power. Much like thermal vision, he used it to discover the code of a keypad, by seeing the heat signature or the fingerprints left upon the correct numbers.<ref name="AC2" />

In a video clip hidden within one of his [[Glyphs]] (which needed to be scanned with Eagle vision to be unlocked), Subject 16 stated ''Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood."'' ''"Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds! ''This implies that, because Altaïr, Ezio, Desmond and Subject 16 all have Eagle vision, their bloodline is connected to the joining of humans with Those Who Came Before.<ref name="AC2" />

Later, upon escaping to [[Monteriggioni]], Desmond was also able to use Eagle vision to see a message Ezio had left upon the wall of the [[Sanctuary]] stairwell, which bore the [[72|password]] to the [[Colosseum Vault]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

===Templars===
[[Abstergo recruits|Abstergo trainees]] using Animi to hone their skills were also granted an ability called [[Multiplayer Abilities#Templar Vision|Templar Vision]]. This rendered ability mimicked Eagle vision, and allowed the user approximately 3.5 seconds of the gift.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Eagle Sense==
{{quote|As Ezio matured, so did many of his stranger abilities, not least of which was a rare form of extrasensory perception - you know, what we Assassins call "Eagle Sense" in its most robust form.|Clay Kaczmarek.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}

[[File:The Wounded Eagle 6.png|thumb|right|250px|Ezio using Eagle sense.]]
Mastering Eagle vision led to an "awakening of the sixth," as [[Juno]] once termed it, and granted the user Eagle sense.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

A more heightened form of Eagle vision, it allowed one to focus on a target, and sense approximately where they had gone, or inversely, where they would go. This was particularly helpful in tailing a target, or detecting the path a guard would take, in order to set up a [[Bombs|bomb]],Kill a Captian or lay an ambush.<ref name="Revelations" />

With Eagle sense, Ezio was also able to pick up cold trails, or locate disguised enemies. However, for this latter one, he was required to concentrate harder, and needed to scrutinize people individually, rather than as a crowd.<ref name="Revelations" />

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==Trivia==
===''Assassin's Creed''===
*An Assassin guard can be seen glowing red in the [[Kingdom]] entrance to Masyaf, but he reacts in normal guard behavior. This guard was originally intended to have be [[Jamal]], an Assassin who aided [[Masun]] in betraying the Brotherhood; however, the sequence where Altaïr assassinates him was cut from the final game, leaving him as a [[Easter Eggs#Jamal|minor Easter egg]].
*In the original ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', movement is restricted while using Eagle vision, and Altaïr is required to be at maximum [[synchronization]]. These requirements were removed in succeeding games.
*In ''Assassin's Creed'', Eagle vision is said to actually just be the Animus' visualization of the Assassin's observational skills. However, in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', as Juno later refers to Assassins "seeing the blue shimmer," the backstory for Eagle vision was likely changed into a real-world ability.

===''Assassin's Creed II''===
*The users of Eagle vision see themselves marked with blue.
*At the beginning of the game, while playing as Desmond in the [[Hideout]], you will see equipment shine blue in Eagle vision. This indicates they can be used for free-running.
*Lucy makes a reference to the ability by saying ''"Open your eyes, Desmond"'' when Desmond asks her how to find the Hideout's defense system sensors, which she had tasked him to switch on.

===''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''===
*When traveling through Rome, Eagle vision can be used to mark [[Flags]], [[feather|Feathers]] or [[treasure chests|Treasure chests]] on the map.
*While using Eagle vision and roaming Monteriggioni as Desmond, a red trail is visible leading from the fountain with the [[Assassin insignia]], until the door to [[Mario Auditore]]'s study. The trail is colored similarly to the blood glyphs of Subject 16, and appears to be made up of many footprints.
**An [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QoEt3F-RYg interview] with [[Darby McDevitt]] and [[Falko Poiker]] explains that the trail was intended to help gamers find their way back to the Sanctuary, though its red color was a developer oversight.
*When outside of the Animus, there is sometimes a pause that causes allies to glow gold for a few seconds.
*Unlike in ''Assassins Creed II'', enemies and allies do not glow their standard colors after they die, and will appear grey like civilians and inanimate objects.
*In some memories, water is shown to be glowing white like hiding spots when Eagle vision is activated.
*When dressed as a Borgia guard captain in the memory "[[When In Rome]]," if Eagle vision is activated, the armor will glow red, though Ezio himself will still be marked with blue.
*Unlike Eagle vision, Templar vision in multiplayer marks targets with blue rather than with gold, since they are hunting other Templars and can be considered allies in a contained session.
===''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''===
*Unlike normal guards, the path of [[Officials]] and the two guards accompanying them cannot be tracked.
*Altaïr's eagle sense in the first memories is the same as Ezio's, even though Altaïr did not possess eagle sense at the time.

===Others===
*A mini-game in the ''Assassin's Creed'' room of PlayStation Home features an Eagle vision puzzle that, when completed, opens up the Hideout.

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