Cryptic Messages

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The message on Desmond's bedroom wall

When the two doctors leave the building at the end of the game, Desmond Miles can use Eagle Vision, much like Altair in the past. There are messages all over the floor and walls. All of these can be decoded and tell us something. Subject 16, the patient before Desmond, wrote these with his own blood to warn Desmond of what is happening.

Messages

• The Eye of Providence: Also called 'All-seeing Eye' or 'Eye of the World'. It's on the ground in front of the door Lucy and Dr. Vidic always leave. The Eye of Horus, also a sign of this, can be found.
  • Explanation: The Eye of Providence is always related to the "New World Order" conspiracy. Abstergo Industries is planning on instituting a "New World Order", which is why they are extracting information from Desmond Miles. They want to use the Piece of Eden to control the world.

• 12212012: This is the barcode found before the pyramid of letters.
  • Explanation: 12/21/2012 is known in different prophecies, such as in the Mayan calendar, for the day the world ends. This is three months after the events of Assassin's Creed and is the date of the release of the modern Templar Satellite.

• Barcode: This is 13:16-18, a reference to the bible, specifically the book of Revelation. This piece in the bible reads: "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no-one could buy or sell unless he had the mark which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom, if anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person and it's number is 666."
  • Explanation: The number 666 is widely known as the "Number of the Beast", and the beast is the Devil as depicted in the Bible.

• Pyramid: The Pyramid of letters means, written backwards from top to bottom, from right to left: "They drained my soul and made it theirs. I drain my body to show you where I saw it". Found after the Eye of Providence, more to the Animus.
  • Explanation: "They drained my soul"- this is what the Animus is used for. They [the Templars], took the information and used it. "I drain my body" - Subject 16 used his blood to write all of these messages.

• Three Intertwining Circles: Symbol of the Holy Trinity. Found at the Animus at the side where you lay your head.
  • Explanation: Yet another reference to the bible. It relates back to the "New World Order" conspiracy.

• Square: The Square of Letters means, written backwards from top to bottom, from right to left: "Artifacts sent to the skies to control all nations to make us obey a hidden crusade. Don't help them"
  • Explanation: "Artifacts sent to the skies" - The Piece of Eden is an artifact. The Templars sent it in a Satellite to control the world.

• Nazca Lines: The famous Nazca lines are drawn by subject 16. They can be found near some computers on a the left platform.
  • Explanation: These may point out the location of another Piece of Eden, or maybe a Crystal Skull, which are said to possess miraculous powers.

• I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End: This is referenced to in Desmond's room.
  • Explanation': This is a well-known phrase from the bible. It means that God is all-powerful. This yet again links back to the New World Order conspiracy.

• In Desmond's room there are three more types of writing: Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese.
  • Explanation: Hebrew-העולם הבא: The writing in Hebrew means "The World to Come"
  • Explanation: Arabic- الزلزال: The writing in Arabic means "The Earthquake" which is the 99th Sura of the Qu'ran and tells of Judgement Day and one of the signs of the end of the world.
  • Explanation: Asian Texts-Severals quotes relating to the game and its key protagonists.
    • "You reap what you sow."
    • "One who wants to read into his future simply needs to write his own past."
    • "A man without far sight, must have near worries."
    • "Hearing is better than not hearing, observing is better than hearing, knowing is better than observing, and doing is better than knowing."
    • "As a human being, if you want to know the spiritual realm of Buddha, you have to observe, you have to know that everything you see in the world comes from your own mind."