Black Room
The Black Room was a safe mode inside the Animus virtual machine, which could be accessed through a back door in its programming. The room was located below its polar opposite, the White Room loading screen. It was the "gut" of the Animus, as described by Subject 16. The Black Room was the original test program, which consisted of only basic physics and weather simulation.
History
When Desmond Miles was placed back inside the Animus while in an unstable mental state in 2012, he used this room to look through his own lost personal memories. By accessing them, Desmond hoped to reintegrate the splintered layers of his subconscious and to wake up from his coma.
Somewhere in the Black Room, the key to Desmond's recovery from his coma was located at a point in time where the paths of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and Desmond all coincided, similar to a hub.
Trivia
- The Black Room involves puzzle-oriented gameplay to represent Desmond piecing together his subconscious, inspired by Roger Penrose's and other's illusions.
- On Animus Island there is a small hill with pillars on it. These pillars are actually smaller portals that are used to access desmond's memories. There are five working portals in total and one collapsed portal. Each portal need a certain amount of Animus data Fragments to be accessed.
Gallery
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Concept art of Desmond's shattered mind. -
Desmond in the Black Room. -
The Black Room memory corridor. -
Desmond trying to escape the Black Room.
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Desmond, as he appears in the Black Room.
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Concept art of the Black Room
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Source
- GameInformer, June 2011 edition
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