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'''Subjects''' are people who have been selected by [[Abstergo Industries]] for use in their experiments with [[genetic memory]] and the [[Animus]]. There are (or have been) at least seventeen Subjects, of which only 5 are ever mentioned in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. It is clear Abstergo Industries does not treat subjects well and if no more valuable information can be obtained from a subject's memories, they are sometimes eliminated.
The '''Subjects''' were people selected and acquired by [[Abstergo Industries]] for use in their experiments with [[genetic memory]] and the [[Animus]]. To date, their have been at least seventeen subjects, many of whom were eliminated by Abstergo Industries once their usefullness was finished.


==Known Subjects==
==Known Subjects==
Only subjects 4, 12, 15, 16, and 17 are ever mentioned in the game. Subjects 1 through 14 besides 4 and 12, as well as any that may exist after 17, are never shown and never seen.
=== Subject 4===
=== Subject 4===
In Subject 16's truth cluster 8, Subject 4 was mentioned in a letter dating back to September, 1985. meaning that animus experiments are much older than previously believed. In the letter, an unknown person going by W.V. (most likely [[Warren Vidic]]) reported making a prototype [[Piece of Eden]] replica and would use it on Subject 4 between his/her animus sessions. Subject 4's fate is unknown but he/she is most likely dead by now.
In Subject 16's truth cluster 8, Subject 4 was mentioned in a letter dating back to September, 1985. meaning that animus experiments are much older than previously believed. In the letter, an unknown person going by W.V. reported making a prototype [[Piece of Eden]] replica and would use it on Subject 4 between his/her animus sessions.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>


=== Subject 12===
=== Subject 12===
Subject 12 was the direct descendant of an individual involved in (or subjected to) the Philadelphia Experiment, a popular conspiracy theory where a naval vessel is alleged to have traveled forward in time for 18 minutes. The email claims that the [[Templars]] obtained sufficient information to reconstruct the device responsible, but will not continue with development due to concerns about the creation of irreparable time paradoxes.
Subject 12 was the direct descendant of an individual involved in (or subjected to) the Philadelphia Experiment; an event wherein the [[wikipedia:USS Eldridge (DE-173)#Philadelphia Experiment|USS Eldridge]] manifested itself in a future state for approximately eighteen minutes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>


===Subject 15===
===Subject 15===
Subject 15 was mentioned by [[Lucy Stillman]] to be female and pregnant. She suffered through the bleeding effect by seeing memories of her ancestors and other people from different time periods. She also experienced "memory-within-memory" patterns, due to being pregnant and the memories of the fetus's father conflicted with Subject 15's ancestors' memories. After Lucy discovered some adverse effects of the Animus on the subject she e-mailed [[Warren Vidic]] warning him of said effects. Warren told Lucy that the experiments on Subject 15 would stop, and then sent a disposal unit and had [[James Morse]] file an accident report.
Subject 15 was mentioned by [[Lucy Stillman]] to be female and pregnant. She suffered through the bleeding effect by seeing memories of her ancestors and other people from different time periods. She also experienced "memory-within-memory" patterns, due to being pregnant and the memories of the fetus's father conflicted with Subject 15's own ancestors' memories. After Lucy discovered some adverse effects of the Animus on the subject she e-mailed [[Warren Vidic]] warning him of said effects. Warren told Lucy that the experiments on Subject 15 would stop, and then sent a disposal unit and had [[James Morse]] file an accident report.<ref>http://abstergoindustries.com/portal/</ref>


===Subject 16===
===Subject 16===
{{main|Subject 16}}
{{main|Subject 16}}
[[File:300px-Crypticmessages.jpg|thumb|Desmond using Eagle Vision to view a message from Subject 16]]
[[File:Ending--article_image.jpg|thumb|right|Subject 16]]
Subject Sixteen was the predecessor to [[Desmond Miles]] in Abstergo's experiments. His name is unknown, but he is at one point referred to as "Micheal Neumann." He is only "seen" once, as an indistinct personification hidden within his [[Rifts|Cluster puzzles]].
Subject Sixteen was, as his moniker suggests, the sixteenth individual to undergo Abstergo's experiments. 16 was the first subject to noticeably suffer from the [[bleeding effect]], although this was not picked up on until after his death. As a result of the "[[Bleeding effect]]", Subject 16 went mad and wrote the [[cryptic messages]] throughout the [[Abstergo laboratory]] and his sleeping quarters, with his own blood.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />


It is known that, due to the "[[Bleeding effect]]", Subject 16 went mad and wrote the [[cryptic messages]] throughout the Animus room and his bedroom, using his own blood (supposedly dying afterwards). He may also have, in his madness, murdered [[Leila Marino]] and used her blood to write some of the cryptic [[File:Ending--article_image.jpg|thumb|Subject 16]]messages as it is even stated by Subject 16 himself that if he would have written all of the messages with his own blood, he would have died before he finished.
Like his successor, Subject 16 was a direct descendant of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> During his time at Abstergo Industries, 16 managed to hack into the Animus and placed several hidden [[rifts]] throughout the Animus' projection of Ezio's genetic memories; these puzzles were later happened upon by Subject 17, who upon solving them was granted access to one of 16's own memories.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />


However, when you finish the ten [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Rifts Rifts], he appears as an hologram and reveals that he is still alive. The[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood_achievements achievement]/trophy for [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood] titled ".. .- -- .- .-.. .. ...- ." (morse code) translates to "I AM ALIVE." This achievement/trophy is earned by solving all of Subject 16's puzzles.
===Subject 17===
 
===Subject 17 (Desmond Miles)===
{{main|Desmond Miles}}
{{main|Desmond Miles}}
[[File:Desmond2.png|thumb|Subject 17, Desmond Miles]]
[[File:Desmond2.png|thumb|Subject 17, Desmond Miles]]
Desmond Miles is the true protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', and the successor of Subject 16.
Subject 17, or Desmond Miles, is the only Abstergo Subject whose name is known.
 
Brought to Abstergo against his will, he was threatened with a coma and death if he did not participate in the [[Warren Vidic]]'s experiments. Giving in to the threat, he entered the Animus and was forced to relive the memories of his ancestor: [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], in order to find the location of a number of [[Pieces of Eden]]. Like Subject 16 before him, Desmond quickly begun to experience the bleeding effect.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> Although at first he only suffered from relatively minor changes, after his escape from Abstergo Industries, Desmond willingly choose to relive the memories of another ancestor &ndash; Ezio Auditore da Firenze &ndash; in order to exploit the bleeding effect and learn the skills necessary to become a true [[Assassins|assassin]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />


Brought to Abstergo against his will, he was threatened with a coma and death if he did not participate in the [[Animus]] project. Giving in to the threat, he entered the Animus. He was made to recreate the actions of his ancestor [[Altaïr]], in order to find the location of the [[Piece of Eden]]. Like Subject 16 before him, Desmond experiences the Bleeding effect. However, he only experiences a relatively minor change- the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] like his ancestor. This is probably due to [[Lucy]] urging him to take breaks from the Animus. In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' though he gains all of Ezio's skills. In [[Assassin's Creed]] Abstergo were about to kill him until Lucy suggested that he can still be useful for finding more Pieces of Eden.
===Unnumbered subject===
This Subject was an individual worked on by an [[Abstergo doctor]] at some point during the late 20<sup>th</sup> Century. The doctor prevented his assitant, [[Clarke|Miss Clarke]], from administering an anaesthetic to dull the trauma of "initial insertion".<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>


==''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''==
==Notes and references==
It has been noticed in the multiplayer walkthrough video that the players in the game are referred to as "Subjects" e.g. "Subject 6 killed Subject 2". This was replaced with player's Gamertags or PSN names when ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' was released.
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Revision as of 11:42, 26 January 2011

The Subjects were people selected and acquired by Abstergo Industries for use in their experiments with genetic memory and the Animus. To date, their have been at least seventeen subjects, many of whom were eliminated by Abstergo Industries once their usefullness was finished.

Known Subjects

Subject 4

In Subject 16's truth cluster 8, Subject 4 was mentioned in a letter dating back to September, 1985. meaning that animus experiments are much older than previously believed. In the letter, an unknown person going by W.V. reported making a prototype Piece of Eden replica and would use it on Subject 4 between his/her animus sessions.[1]

Subject 12

Subject 12 was the direct descendant of an individual involved in (or subjected to) the Philadelphia Experiment; an event wherein the USS Eldridge manifested itself in a future state for approximately eighteen minutes.[2]

Subject 15

Subject 15 was mentioned by Lucy Stillman to be female and pregnant. She suffered through the bleeding effect by seeing memories of her ancestors and other people from different time periods. She also experienced "memory-within-memory" patterns, due to being pregnant and the memories of the fetus's father conflicted with Subject 15's own ancestors' memories. After Lucy discovered some adverse effects of the Animus on the subject she e-mailed Warren Vidic warning him of said effects. Warren told Lucy that the experiments on Subject 15 would stop, and then sent a disposal unit and had James Morse file an accident report.[3]

Subject 16

Main article: Subject 16
File:Ending--article image.jpg
Subject 16

Subject Sixteen was, as his moniker suggests, the sixteenth individual to undergo Abstergo's experiments. 16 was the first subject to noticeably suffer from the bleeding effect, although this was not picked up on until after his death. As a result of the "Bleeding effect", Subject 16 went mad and wrote the cryptic messages throughout the Abstergo laboratory and his sleeping quarters, with his own blood.[2]

Like his successor, Subject 16 was a direct descendant of Ezio Auditore da Firenze.[4] During his time at Abstergo Industries, 16 managed to hack into the Animus and placed several hidden rifts throughout the Animus' projection of Ezio's genetic memories; these puzzles were later happened upon by Subject 17, who upon solving them was granted access to one of 16's own memories.[1]

Subject 17

Main article: Desmond Miles
File:Desmond2.png
Subject 17, Desmond Miles

Subject 17, or Desmond Miles, is the only Abstergo Subject whose name is known.

Brought to Abstergo against his will, he was threatened with a coma and death if he did not participate in the Warren Vidic's experiments. Giving in to the threat, he entered the Animus and was forced to relive the memories of his ancestor: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, in order to find the location of a number of Pieces of Eden. Like Subject 16 before him, Desmond quickly begun to experience the bleeding effect.[2] Although at first he only suffered from relatively minor changes, after his escape from Abstergo Industries, Desmond willingly choose to relive the memories of another ancestor – Ezio Auditore da Firenze – in order to exploit the bleeding effect and learn the skills necessary to become a true assassin.[4]

Unnumbered subject

This Subject was an individual worked on by an Abstergo doctor at some point during the late 20th Century. The doctor prevented his assitant, Miss Clarke, from administering an anaesthetic to dull the trauma of "initial insertion".[5]

Notes and references