Digital Cognizance Imprint

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A Digital Cognizance Imprint is a form of sapient and sentient consciousness existing in a digital space copied from a physical individual. The only officially recognized instance of this is the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek but there are several similar cases.

Clay Kaczmarek

In 2012 Clay was a participant of the Animus Project as Subject 16. Prolonged use of the Animus, the Bleeding Effect, and the revelation of Lucy Stillman's betrayal adversely impacted Clay's mental state and he resolved to kill himself. Before following through with that course of action he copied his consciousness using the Animus's simulation capabilities. He then broke that construct and scattered it within the Animus databanks where they became the "Glyphs" and "Rifts" within the simulation of Ezio Auditore da Firenze's genetic memories that were relived by the next Subject of the Animus Project, Desmond Miles. Once reassembled Clay was able to help Desmond navigate the Animus's Black Room in order to reach a Synch Nexus saving Desmond from the consequences of the Bleeding Effect.

Violet da Costa studied this case sometime after 2012.

Similar cases

Other non-corporeal consciousnesses, both from Isu and human sources, have existed. During the Isu Era Consus uploaded himself into his prototype Shroud of Eden, Aletheia was uploaded to the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, and Juno was trapped within the global aurora borealis device creating The Grey. During the 9th century Svala, Sigurd Styrbjornsson, Eivor Varinsdottir, and Basim Ibn Ishaq plugged themselves into Yggdrasil allowing them to navigate and manipulate a digital space; this however was only temporary and their physical bodies remained alive. In recent times Desmond entered The Grey as his physical body was killed activating the global aurora borealis device in 2012 with Layla Hassan joining him in 2020 after plugging herself into Yggdrasil; the Assassins also had an artificial intellegence based on Shaun Hastings.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (First appearance as the Glyphs)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed: Unity (mentioned only) (first named as Digital Cognizance Imprints)