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A '''user''' of the [[Animus|Animus EGO]] purchased the system from [[Abstergo Entertainment]] and began a session reliving the [[Genetic memory|memories]] of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] and the ''[[shinobi|kunoichi]]'' [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] during the [[Sengoku period]] in [[Japan]]. Their session would be occasionally remotely accessed by a digital constructed [[The Guide|Guide]], who told them the truth hidden within the memories.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref> | A '''user''' of the [[Animus|Animus EGO]] purchased the system from [[Abstergo Entertainment]] and began a session reliving the [[Genetic memory|memories]] of the [[samurai]] [[Yasuke]] and the ''[[shinobi|kunoichi]]'' [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] during the [[Sengoku period]] in [[Japan]]. Their session would be occasionally remotely accessed by a digital constructed [[The Guide|Guide]], who told them the truth hidden within the memories.<ref name="EGO Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: EGO WELCOME ONBOOT (CORRUPTED)]]</ref> | ||
==Biography== | |||
Booting up their Animus EGO for the first time, the user was privy to an introductory video clip. However, midway through it a hacker had hijacked the signal and told the user that they were being lied to. After the program resumed for a while, the hacker's voice returned stating that they'd be in touch, all the user had to do was follow the trail.<ref name="EGO Welcome"/> Then, the Guide appeared and selected some starting memories of Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke to relive before the user's main session began.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Shadows|Modern day]]</ref> | |||
After a while in the Animus EGO, the Guide made contact with the user again. They were even surprised that the user had not been taken over by the [[Bleeding Effect]] yet, even cryptically stating that once that happened an unknown entity claim's one's mind as their own. Afterwards, the Guide bade the user farewell and to keep searching the memories and to continue resisting.<ref name="Rift1"/> | |||
When the user relived Naoe's discovery of the [[Tomb of the Ancients]] and claiming of her mother's set of Assassin apprentice armor, the Guide appeared to them once again. Noting something different about the user, the Guide shared backstory within the [[Memory Corridor]] of the founding of the original [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] by [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and [[Tsuyu]], mother of Naoe.<ref name="Rift2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin]]</ref> The Guide also later revealed the motivations of [[Templars]] [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]]. Though this extra information came with a cost, as the Guide revealed the user's continued mental incapability with [[Ego]] and resisting the bleeding effect would mean that the artificial intelligence would double efforts to pursue them.<ref name="Rift3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light]]</ref> | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
As noted by the Guide, the Animus user had a strong will as they were able to heavily resist the pull of the | As noted by the Guide, the Animus user had a strong will as they were able to heavily resist the pull of the Bleeding Effect common in most other instances of over-exposure to Animus sessions.<ref name="Rift1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect]]</ref> The Guide also noticed a strong desire to see things through to the end from the user, something they felt was admirable.<ref name="Rift2"/> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
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A user of the Animus EGO purchased the system from Abstergo Entertainment and began a session reliving the memories of the samurai Yasuke and the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe during the Sengoku period in Japan. Their session would be occasionally remotely accessed by a digital constructed Guide, who told them the truth hidden within the memories.[1]
Biography
Booting up their Animus EGO for the first time, the user was privy to an introductory video clip. However, midway through it a hacker had hijacked the signal and told the user that they were being lied to. After the program resumed for a while, the hacker's voice returned stating that they'd be in touch, all the user had to do was follow the trail.[1] Then, the Guide appeared and selected some starting memories of Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke to relive before the user's main session began.[2]
After a while in the Animus EGO, the Guide made contact with the user again. They were even surprised that the user had not been taken over by the Bleeding Effect yet, even cryptically stating that once that happened an unknown entity claim's one's mind as their own. Afterwards, the Guide bade the user farewell and to keep searching the memories and to continue resisting.[3]
When the user relived Naoe's discovery of the Tomb of the Ancients and claiming of her mother's set of Assassin apprentice armor, the Guide appeared to them once again. Noting something different about the user, the Guide shared backstory within the Memory Corridor of the founding of the original Kakushiba ikki by Alvaro Catarribera and Tsuyu, mother of Naoe.[4] The Guide also later revealed the motivations of Templars Nuno Caro and Duarte de Melo. Though this extra information came with a cost, as the Guide revealed the user's continued mental incapability with Ego and resisting the bleeding effect would mean that the artificial intelligence would double efforts to pursue them.[5]
Personality and traits
As noted by the Guide, the Animus user had a strong will as they were able to heavily resist the pull of the Bleeding Effect common in most other instances of over-exposure to Animus sessions.[3] The Guide also noticed a strong desire to see things through to the end from the user, something they felt was admirable.[4]
Behind the scenes
The unnamed Animus user, like previous unseen protagonists in the series such as "Noob", "Numbskull", and the Helix Initiate, is meant to be a representation of the player themself accessing Assassin's Creed: Shadows as well as future Animus Hub titles.
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: EGO WELCOME ONBOOT (CORRUPTED)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Modern day
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light