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The Animus Subjects were individuals selected and acquired by Abstergo Industries for use in their experiments with genetic memory and the Animus virtual machine. To date, there have been at least seventeen subjects, many of whom were eliminated by Abstergo Industries once their usefulness to the corporation ceased.
Known Subjects
Subject 4
- Main article: Daniel Cross
Subject 4, or Daniel Cross, was mentioned in a letter dated September, 1985, in which an individual signed "W.V." (Warren Vidic) reported on making a prototype Piece of Eden replica, and its use on Subject 4 between their Animus sessions.[1]
During his captivity, Cross not only had his memories explored, but was embedded with an impulse that would force him to kill the Mentor if he was ever presented with the opportunity. In the year 2000, Cross acted upon this impulse and succeeded in his objective, plunging the Assassins into chaos.[2]
Subject 12
Subject 12 was the direct descendant of an individual involved in (or subjected to) the Philadelphia Project; an event wherein the USS Eldridge manifested itself in a future state for approximately eighteen minutes.[3]
Subject 15
- Main article: Subject 15
Subject 15 was female and pregnant. She suffered 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, as the memories of the fetus's father conflicted with Subject 15's own ancestors' memories.[1] 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.[4]
Subject 16
- Main article: Clay Kaczmarek
Subject 16, or Clay Kaczmarek was, as his moniker suggests, the sixteenth individual to undergo Abstergo's experiments. As a result of the bleeding effect, Subject 16 went insane and used his own blood to write cryptic messages throughout the Abstergo laboratory and his sleeping quarters.[3]
Like his successor, Subject 16 was a direct descendant of Ezio Auditore.[5] During his time at Abstergo Industries, 16 managed to hack into the Animus, and placed several hidden glyphs and rifts throughout the Animus' projection of Ezio's genetic memories. These puzzles were later located by Subject 17, who, upon solving them, was granted access to one of 16's own memories.[1]
Subject 17
- Main article: Desmond Miles
Subject 17, or Desmond Miles, was brought to Abstergo against his will, and was threatened with a coma and death if he did not participate in Warren Vidic's experiments. Upon agreeing to the experiment, Desmond explored the memories of his ancestor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.[3] Just before escaping Abstergo with Lucy Stillman, Desmond entered the original Animus one final time to witness the birth of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore. Desmond and Lucy sneaked out of the facility and fought off Abstergo guards before entering Lucy's car. Later, he arrived at one of the Assassins' hideouts and explored the memories of Ezio Auditore in order to exploit the bleeding effect by learning the skills necessary to become a true Assassin.[5]