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[[File:S16EDEN.png|thumb|250px|Opening screen of The Truth video.]]
{{quote|There's something I have to show you. We have been lied to this whole time; everything we know, everything we've been brought up to believe - it's wrong.|[[Subject 16]].|Assassin's Creed II}}


[[File:S16EDEN.png|thumb|268px|Opening screen of The Truth video in AC2.]]{{quote|There's something I have to show you. We have been lied to this whole time; everything we know, everything we've been brought up to believe - it's wrong.|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}
'''The Truth''' was a video hidden in the [[Animus]] by [[Subject 16]], with the intent to enlighten and possibly warn [[Desmond Miles|his successor]] in the Animus project. Its twenty pieces could be unlocked by solving the puzzles hidden behind the twenty [[Glyphs]] scattered throughout the Animus' projection of [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]].
'''The Truth''' is a side-quest which appears in both ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. It was created by [[Subject 16]] with the intent to enlighten and possibly warn [[Desmond Miles|his successor]] in the [[Animus ]]project. In both instances, The Truth files can be unlocked by uncovering a series of glyphs throughout the world and solving their corresponding puzzles.


==''Assassin's Creed II''==
===The Truth===
In ''Assassin's Creed II'' there are 20 [[glyphs]] in all, and successfully solving the puzzle in each one will unlock a video, giving insight into the origins of the [[Templars]], the [[Assassins]], and the [[Pieces of Eden]]. However until all of the videos are unlocked, each of the individual twenty videos are extremely brief - barely a second long - and virtually incomprehensible. These glyphs are based upon [[Cryptic Messages|the markings]] left behind at the end of ''[[Assassin's Creed]] ''by [[Subject 16]].
[[File:7651.assassins3.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A scene from the Truth video.]]


===Video of The Truth===
In the video, [[Adam and Eve]] are dressed in skin-colored or translucent bodysuits, making them appear as if they are naked, and are seen running through an open area, followed by something.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
[[File:7651.assassins3.jpg|thumb|A scene from the Truth video.]]


In the video, [[Adam and Eve]] are dressed in skin-colored or translucent bodysuits, making them appear as if they are naked, and are seen running through an open area followed by something.
The scenery was a mixture of flora, a reflective blue material that resembled glass, and a white surface that sounded like stone. The garden was decorated in a futuristic style, contrary to the biblical setting. Moving through a circular automatic door, Adam and Eve used [[free-running]] to scale a large, futuristic building.<ref name="AC2" />


The scenery is a mixture between flora, a reflective blue material that resembles glass, and a white surface which sounds like stone. The garden is decorated in a futuristic style, contrary to the biblical setting. Moving through a circular automatic door, Adam and Eve use [[free-running]] to scale a large, futuristic building.
While they are climbing up the building, they stop momentarily at a large window, through which a silhouette of a [[Those Who Came Before|humanoid]] could be seen holding a Piece of Eden, along with several human slaves. These workers appeared to be in an environment similar to that of a metal refinery, with one slave in the foreground clearly using a hammer to shape a metal object.<ref name="AC2" />


While they are climbing up the building, they stop momentarily at a large window, through which a silhouette of a [[Those Who Came Before|humanoid]] can be seen holding a Piece of Eden, along with several human slaves. These workers appear to be in an environment similar to that of a metal refinery, with one slave in the foreground clearly using a hammer to shape a metal object.
[[File:Adam_and_Eve.png|thumb|250px|right|Adam and Eve in The Truth video.]]
[[File:Adam_and_Eve.png|thumb|Adam and Eve in The Truth video.]]
Adam and Eve continued climbing until they reach the roof of the building, with other futuristic buildings visible surrounding them. Further in the background, a mountain was clearly visible, while there is little other elevation in land elsewhere. The terrain was lush, and large forest's boundaries are visible.<ref name="AC2" />


Adam and Eve continue climbing until they reach the roof of the building. The camera zooms outwards, revealing many other futuristic buildings surrounding them. Further in the background, a mountain is clearly visible, while there is little other elevation in land elsewhere. The terrain is lush, and large forest boundaries are visible.
Eve can then be seen holding a Piece of Eden before saying ''"Adam, I have it!"'' Adam then calls out to Eve by name, as both turn to look at what was presumably chasing them. She then shouts to Adam "Look out!", before the video cuts to black, and a binary code flashes up.<ref name="AC2" />


Eve can then be seen holding a Piece of Eden before saying "Adam, I have it!". Adam then calls out to Eve by name, as both turn to look at what was presumably chasing them. She then shouts to Adam "Look out!", before the video cuts to black, and a binary code flashes up. The numbers read: "[[Eden|EDEN]]".
The binary code, "01000101 01000100 01000101 01001110," translates to "[[Eden|EDEN]]." Another point of interest is that there are 20 zeros and 12 ones, a reference to the supposed doomsday year of 2012.<ref name="AC2" />


==''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''==
==The Miracle==
[[File:desmondstruth.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The VR-area after unlocking the videos.]]
{{quote|I am with you until the end. Find me in the darkness.|Subject 16 to Desmond.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{quote|I am with you until the end. Find me in the darkness.|Subject 16 to Desmond.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In ''Brotherhood'' the glyphs return as [[rifts]], which can only be seen and interacted with in [[Eagle Vision]]. These rifts are located in key locations within [[Rome]], and must be climbed into rather than simply being found and interacted with.
===Sorts of puzzles===
The rifts retain some of the former puzzles such as the rotating pictures and image-finding puzzles from the former glyphs, but also include new puzzles:
*'''Chess''': Desmond is shown a chessboard with all corresponding chess pieces as well as a riddle that tells him which piece to use and where to move it.
*'''Code Breaking''': Desmond is given a variety of images and a riddle. The player can alternate between this screen, and a screen containing a two-layered rotating wheel with symbols acting as a code sheet as well as 2 rows of 4 boxes bearing changeable symbols that act as a code entry box. By reading the riddle, the player can search through these images for the hidden object that reveals the "correct coordinates" located in a single image. When finding the correct coordinates, the player can rotate the wheel to break the code.
*'''Sound Wave Matching''': Desmond is given an audio recording and multiple sound waves. By selecting the correct sound waves to match the correct one shown on the screen, the player is allowed to listen to the audio tape and/or move on to the next puzzle.
*'''Quarantine Zone''': This is always the last puzzle of every rift. Desmond is shown a black screen with a relatively small circular crosshair that reveals red, blinking dots as well as a background image. These dots emit beeping sounds the closer the crosshair is, and all must be "activated" in a certain amount of time. If any of the remaining dots are not activated, the puzzle is reset and the player must find all of them again. These dots remain in the same exact spot every time, even after being reset or whenever the player decides to replay the Rift. After completing this puzzle, Desmond is given a video clip.
===Result===
Each of the videos is a series of seemingly corrupted data with "broken" words on the top left corner. When all videos are unlocked, they read ''the miracle is in the execution''. The audio and visual accompanied by the completed video strongly resemble an ultra-sound of the womb of an unnamed female, with the baby's face appearing in the lower right portion of the ultra-sound. After unlocking all of the videos, a virtual reality-like area will be loaded, and Desmond must run through it. When the player finishes the "obstacle course" they will encounter an "incomplete data form" of Subject 16 with who Desmond has a brief conversation before Subject 16 dissapears.
===Conversation between Desmond and Subject 16===
:'''Animus Voice:''' Compiling sub systems. Infrastructure. Tendons. Heart.
:'''Subject 16:''' Voice.
:'''Desmond:''' Subject Sixteen?
:'''Subject 16:''' Yes, yes, subject seventeen.
:'''Desmond:''' You’re dead. I saw your blood.
:'''Subject 16:''' No time. It is far later than you know. Too late to save them.
:'''Desmond:''' Who?
:'''Subject 16:''' She is not who you think she is. Everything you hope to become. Everything you hold dear. It's already gone.
:'''Desmond:''' Explain. Please.
:'''Subject 16:''' Eden, she… in Eden, find Eve. The key, her DNA.
:'''Desmond:''' Tell me.
:'''Subject 16:''' I cannot… the sun (son), your son (sun)… too weak. Must replenish energy.
:'''Desmond:''' Don't go!
:'''Subject 16:''' I am with you, till the end. Find me, in the darkness.
==Gallery==
<gallery spacing="small" captionalign="left">
desmondstruth.jpg|The VR-area after unlocking the videos
inthedarkness.jpg|''Subject 16'' as he appears in ''the Truth''
</gallery>
== Video ==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed II - The Truth Video (HD)|thumb|left|300px|The Truth - AC II]][[Video:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood The Truth|thumb|right|300px|The Truth - AC: Brotherhood]]


Along with the video clips hidden behind the Glyphs, small strings of numbers were included in each. Upon Desmond reliving Ezio's later memories, Shaun discovered the numbers to correspond to further coordinates in [[Rome]]; where ten [[Rifts]] were hidden.<ref name="AC2" /><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>


These rifts could only be seen with Eagle vision, and needed to be climbed into, rather than simply being found and scanned. Behind each was one of ten Cluster puzzles, which when completed, unlocked a small video clip that displayed a series of seemingly corrupted data with "broken" words on the top left corner.<ref name="Brotherhood" />


Immediately after solving the final cluster, a short video was unlocked that stated ''"The miracle is in the execution"'' while the ultrasound of an unborn child was shown. [[Rebecca Crane]] noted that (unlike the Truth video) the Cluster puzzles actually concealed an executable file.<ref name="Brotherhood" />


Upon accessing the file, Desmond was then uploaded to an unknown area within the Animus, where he was free to run through a somewhat long virtual maze similar to those within the [[Animus Virtual Training Program]]. At the end of the maze, Desmond found a hologram (partially broken and made of computing code) of Subject 16, who told Desmond that all hope was lost, and that he must go to Eden to find a woman named Eve.<ref name="Brotherhood" />


Before leaving, Sixteen instructed Desmond to find him in the darkness. The program ended with the ground collapsing from under Desmond's feet, and a loading screen showing Desmond in free fall.<ref name="Brotherhood" />


===Conversation===
[[File:inthedarkness.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Subject 16, as he appears in the Miracle.]]
*'''Animus Voice:''' Compiling sub systems. Infrastructure. Tendons. Heart.
*'''Subject 16:''' Voice.
*'''Desmond:''' Subject Sixteen?
*'''Subject 16:''' Yes, yes, subject seventeen.
*'''Desmond:''' You’re dead. I saw your blood.
*'''Subject 16:''' No time. It is far later than you know. Too late to save them.
*'''Desmond:''' Who?
*'''Subject 16:''' She is not who you think she is. Everything you hope to become. Everything you hold dear. It's already gone.
*'''Desmond:''' Explain. Please.
*'''Subject 16:''' Eden, she... in Eden, find Eve. The key, her DNA.
*'''Desmond:''' Tell me.
*'''Subject 16:''' I cannot... the sun, your son... too weak. Must replenish energy.
*'''Desmond:''' Don't go!
*'''Subject 16:''' I am with you, till the end. Find me, in the darkness.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
[[File:Mt Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|255px|Mount Kilimanjaro bears a strong resemblance to the Mountain in the Truth Video]]
[[File:Mt Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|250px|Mount Kilimanjaro bears a strong resemblance to the Mountain in the Truth Video]]
*The mountain in the video bears a striking resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mount Kilimanjaro|Mount Kilimanjaro]], thus placing the scene in Africa. This would make sense, as humanity is said to originate from Africa (specifically mid-Africa, the rough location of Kilimanjaro). The [[Codex]] map also shows that a Piece of Eden was located in the vicinity of Kilimanjaro. Supporting this theory even further is [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]]'s mention of [[Warren Vidic|Vidic]] tagging memories in ancient Africa.
*The mountain in the Truth bears a striking resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Mount Kilimanjaro|Mount Kilimanjaro]], thus placing the scene in Africa. This would make sense, as humanity is said to originate from Africa (specifically mid-Africa, the rough location of Kilimanjaro). The [[Codex]] map also shows that a Piece of Eden was located in the vicinity of Kilimanjaro. Supporting this theory even further is [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]]'s mention of [[Warren Vidic|Vidic]] tagging memories in ancient Africa.
*The video seems to take place immediately before the human rebellion and [[Human-First Civilization War|subsequent war]]. As Adam and Eve seem to have taken the Apple without permission, and are probably trying to escape with it, one can assume that they had started the rebellion.
*The video seems to take place immediately before the human rebellion and [[Human-First Civilization War|subsequent war]]. As Adam and Eve seem to have taken the Apple without permission, and are probably trying to escape with it, one can assume that they had started the rebellion.
*At the end of the video, a block of binary code can be seen briefly. The code is "01000101 01000100 01000101 01001110" which translates to [[Eden|EDEN]]. Another point of interest is that there are 20 zeros and 12 ones, a reference to the supposed doomsday year of 2012.
*It is clear that [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] has seen this video too in some shape or form. Perhaps not in a modernized format, but something (probably the Apple) has shown him it, as he mentions the buildings and the mountain that are in the video within the [[Codex]]. In the pages, he is clearly horrified by what he has seen.
*It is clear that '''Altaïr''' has seen this video too in some shape or form. Perhaps not in a modernized format, but something (probably the Apple) has shown him it, as he mentions the buildings and the mountain that are in the video within the Codex. In the pages, he is clearly horrified by what he has seen.
*The viewing angle of the camera suggests that the video is a recording of one of Subject 16's [[Animus]] sessions. This in turn would indicate a direct lineage between 16 (and perhaps even Desmond), with Adam and/or Eve.
*The viewing angle of the camera suggests that the video is a recording of one of Subject 16's [[Animus]] sessions. This in turn would indicate a direct lineage between 16 (and perhaps even Desmond), with Adam and/or Eve.
*The music being played during Adam and Eve's escape from Eden in the video is the same music that plays while Desmond and Lucy are escaping [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] at the beginning of ''Assassin's Creed II'', and when [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] is running away from the guards after the execution of [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] at the hands of [[Uberto Alberti]]. It is also the "Open Conflict" song of [[Forlì]] and it is entitled "Wetlands Escape" on the ''Assassin's Creed II'' Original Game Soundtrack.
*The music being played during Adam and Eve's escape is the same music that plays while Desmond and Lucy are escaping Abstergo at the beginning of ''Assassin's Creed II'', and when Ezio is running away from the guards after the [[Auditore execution]].
**It is also the "Open Conflict" song of [[Forlì]], and it is entitled "Wetlands Escape" on the ''Assassin's Creed II'' Original Game Soundtrack.
*In the PS3 version, Eve does not say "Look out!" At that point, it is silent and the binary for "[[Eden]]" appears.
*In the PS3 version, Eve does not say "Look out!" At that point, it is silent and the binary for "[[Eden]]" appears.
*There are only 10 puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', though they are not hidden behind glyphs, but appear to be rifts in the memory that allow one to enter the programming of the Animus itself.
*On the back of the case for ''Assassin's Creed II'', it says "The Truth Is Written In Blood." Subject 16 is the cause for the glyphs, which give you the Truth video, and he had written symbols of the glyphs in his blood at Abstergo.
*On the back of the case for ''Assassin's Creed II'', it says "The Truth Is Written In Blood". The side-quest is "The Truth", and Subject 16 is the cause for the glyphs which give you the side-quest, and he had written symbols of the glyphs in his blood at Abstergo.
*On a wall in the Miracle's obstacle course, the climbing cubes form the [[Assassin insignia]].
*On the first wall of The Truth of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', the climbing cubes form the [[Assassin insignia|Assassin's Symbol]].
 
==Gallery==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed II - The Truth Video (HD)|thumb|left|300px|The Truth - AC II]]
[[Video:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood The Truth|thumb|right|300px|The Truth - AC: Brotherhood]]
 
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==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]

Revision as of 10:17, 25 June 2011

Opening screen of The Truth video.
"There's something I have to show you. We have been lied to this whole time; everything we know, everything we've been brought up to believe - it's wrong."
―Subject 16.[src]

The Truth was a video hidden in the Animus by Subject 16, with the intent to enlighten and possibly warn his successor in the Animus project. Its twenty pieces could be unlocked by solving the puzzles hidden behind the twenty Glyphs scattered throughout the Animus' projection of Renaissance Italy.

The Truth

File:7651.assassins3.jpg
A scene from the Truth video.

In the video, Adam and Eve are dressed in skin-colored or translucent bodysuits, making them appear as if they are naked, and are seen running through an open area, followed by something.[1]

The scenery was a mixture of flora, a reflective blue material that resembled glass, and a white surface that sounded like stone. The garden was decorated in a futuristic style, contrary to the biblical setting. Moving through a circular automatic door, Adam and Eve used free-running to scale a large, futuristic building.[1]

While they are climbing up the building, they stop momentarily at a large window, through which a silhouette of a humanoid could be seen holding a Piece of Eden, along with several human slaves. These workers appeared to be in an environment similar to that of a metal refinery, with one slave in the foreground clearly using a hammer to shape a metal object.[1]

Adam and Eve in The Truth video.

Adam and Eve continued climbing until they reach the roof of the building, with other futuristic buildings visible surrounding them. Further in the background, a mountain was clearly visible, while there is little other elevation in land elsewhere. The terrain was lush, and large forest's boundaries are visible.[1]

Eve can then be seen holding a Piece of Eden before saying "Adam, I have it!" Adam then calls out to Eve by name, as both turn to look at what was presumably chasing them. She then shouts to Adam "Look out!", before the video cuts to black, and a binary code flashes up.[1]

The binary code, "01000101 01000100 01000101 01001110," translates to "EDEN." Another point of interest is that there are 20 zeros and 12 ones, a reference to the supposed doomsday year of 2012.[1]

The Miracle

File:Desmondstruth.jpg
The VR-area after unlocking the videos.
"I am with you until the end. Find me in the darkness."
―Subject 16 to Desmond.[src]

Along with the video clips hidden behind the Glyphs, small strings of numbers were included in each. Upon Desmond reliving Ezio's later memories, Shaun discovered the numbers to correspond to further coordinates in Rome; where ten Rifts were hidden.[1][2]

These rifts could only be seen with Eagle vision, and needed to be climbed into, rather than simply being found and scanned. Behind each was one of ten Cluster puzzles, which when completed, unlocked a small video clip that displayed a series of seemingly corrupted data with "broken" words on the top left corner.[2]

Immediately after solving the final cluster, a short video was unlocked that stated "The miracle is in the execution" while the ultrasound of an unborn child was shown. Rebecca Crane noted that (unlike the Truth video) the Cluster puzzles actually concealed an executable file.[2]

Upon accessing the file, Desmond was then uploaded to an unknown area within the Animus, where he was free to run through a somewhat long virtual maze similar to those within the Animus Virtual Training Program. At the end of the maze, Desmond found a hologram (partially broken and made of computing code) of Subject 16, who told Desmond that all hope was lost, and that he must go to Eden to find a woman named Eve.[2]

Before leaving, Sixteen instructed Desmond to find him in the darkness. The program ended with the ground collapsing from under Desmond's feet, and a loading screen showing Desmond in free fall.[2]

Conversation

File:Inthedarkness.jpg
Subject 16, as he appears in the Miracle.
  • Animus Voice: Compiling sub systems. Infrastructure. Tendons. Heart.
  • Subject 16: Voice.
  • Desmond: Subject Sixteen?
  • Subject 16: Yes, yes, subject seventeen.
  • Desmond: You’re dead. I saw your blood.
  • Subject 16: No time. It is far later than you know. Too late to save them.
  • Desmond: Who?
  • Subject 16: She is not who you think she is. Everything you hope to become. Everything you hold dear. It's already gone.
  • Desmond: Explain. Please.
  • Subject 16: Eden, she... in Eden, find Eve. The key, her DNA.
  • Desmond: Tell me.
  • Subject 16: I cannot... the sun, your son... too weak. Must replenish energy.
  • Desmond: Don't go!
  • Subject 16: I am with you, till the end. Find me, in the darkness.

Trivia

File:Mt Kilimanjaro.jpg
Mount Kilimanjaro bears a strong resemblance to the Mountain in the Truth Video
  • The mountain in the Truth bears a striking resemblance to Mount Kilimanjaro, thus placing the scene in Africa. This would make sense, as humanity is said to originate from Africa (specifically mid-Africa, the rough location of Kilimanjaro). The Codex map also shows that a Piece of Eden was located in the vicinity of Kilimanjaro. Supporting this theory even further is Lucy's mention of Vidic tagging memories in ancient Africa.
  • The video seems to take place immediately before the human rebellion and subsequent war. As Adam and Eve seem to have taken the Apple without permission, and are probably trying to escape with it, one can assume that they had started the rebellion.
  • It is clear that Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad has seen this video too in some shape or form. Perhaps not in a modernized format, but something (probably the Apple) has shown him it, as he mentions the buildings and the mountain that are in the video within the Codex. In the pages, he is clearly horrified by what he has seen.
  • The viewing angle of the camera suggests that the video is a recording of one of Subject 16's Animus sessions. This in turn would indicate a direct lineage between 16 (and perhaps even Desmond), with Adam and/or Eve.
  • The music being played during Adam and Eve's escape is the same music that plays while Desmond and Lucy are escaping Abstergo at the beginning of Assassin's Creed II, and when Ezio is running away from the guards after the Auditore execution.
    • It is also the "Open Conflict" song of Forlì, and it is entitled "Wetlands Escape" on the Assassin's Creed II Original Game Soundtrack.
  • In the PS3 version, Eve does not say "Look out!" At that point, it is silent and the binary for "Eden" appears.
  • On the back of the case for Assassin's Creed II, it says "The Truth Is Written In Blood." Subject 16 is the cause for the glyphs, which give you the Truth video, and he had written symbols of the glyphs in his blood at Abstergo.
  • On a wall in the Miracle's obstacle course, the climbing cubes form the Assassin insignia.

Gallery

thumb|left|300px|The Truth - AC II thumb|right|300px|The Truth - AC: Brotherhood

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Assassin's Creed II
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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