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This page provides transcripts of the information revealed in Subject 16's Glyph and Cluster puzzles (from Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, respectively). It also includes the location of all the hidden texts and how to decrypt them.

Assassin's Creed II

The Pigpen cipher key used in the Glyph puzzles

The Pigpen cipher key used in the Glyph puzzles

The hidden codes in the Glyph puzzles are generally in Morse code or use a Pigpen cipher (which uses the encryption key shown on the right). Letters are also encoded using binary or hexadecimal notation. Messages are sometimes also further encrypted using a Caeser shift.

Descendants

The first image of Roosevelt has some Pigpen symbols on the blackboard frame. These read "THE MASONS BROUGHT IT ACROSS THE SEA GEORGE WASHINGTON PASSED IT ON" (it being Roosevelt's Apple).

In the second image of this puzzle there is this sequence of dots and dashes (Morse code).

- .... . -.-- / .... .. - / .... .. -- / .. -. / - .... . / ... - --- -- .- -.-. ....

In plain English, this reads:

"THEY HIT HIM IN THE STOMACH"

Which could be related to Houdini who was killed by getting multiple blows to the stomach which caused peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix.

The third image (of Gandhi) also contains Morse code:

- .... . / -... ..- .-.. .-.. . - / .... .. - / .... .. -- / .. -. / - .... . / -.-. .... . ... -

This reading in English "THE BULLET HIT HIM IN THE CHEST". Gandhi was assassinated by gunfire.

Infinite Knowledge

Leading the young to their end

Hidden text is present in the lower right quarter of the photo, below a small hexagon. The raw text is

41 6e 74 69 6b 79 74
68 65 72 61 20 4d 65
63 68 61 6e 69 73 6d
2c 20 6d 75 63 68 20
6f 6c 64 65 72 20 74
68 61 6e 20 31 35 30
20 42 2e 43 2e 45 2e

and can be decoded as hexadecimal ASCII to read "Antikythera Mechanism, much older than 150 B.C.E".

The flames from its throat poke out their eyes

A block of hidden text is located in the upper left corner of the photo. The raw text is:

65 110 99 105 101 110
116 32 99 105 116 121
44 32 82 97 106 97 115
116 104 97 110 44 32
73 110 100 105 97 44
32 105 114 114 97 100
105 97 116 101 100 32
98 121 32 80 111 69

A decoding clue of "A=65" is present above the area that must be identified to advance to the next part of the puzzle. In ASCII the letter A corresponds to the number 65, and the hidden text can be decoded to read "Ancient city, Rajasthan, India, irradiated by PoE".

The monster did not come from man

A narrow column of hidden text stretches from the face of the sitting man to his upturned hand. The raw text is:

01010011
01110101
01101101
01100101
01110010
01101001
01100001
01101110
00101110
00100000
01001101
01100101
00100000
00110010
00110011
00101110

Above this text is the decoding clue, "b-2", which indicates the text is written in base 2 (aka binary). When decoded as binary ASCII the hidden text reads "Sumerian. Me 23.", referring to the Sumerian Tablets of Destiny. Me 23 governed weaponry, which implies that the Piece of Eden that helped the Chinese invent gunpowder weapons was synonymous with the 23rd Me.

Brothers

At the end of this puzzle there is another series of dots and dashes.

- . -- .--. .-.. .- .-. - . -..- - ... .- -.. .- .--. - . -.. -... -.-- -- .-. .-.-.- ... -- .. - ....

This is translated to read:

"TEMPLAR TEXTS ADAPTED BY MR.SMITH"

Martyrs

Czar Nicholas II, Russia

The photo of Czar Nicholas II contains the following hidden text to the right of Nicholas' staff:

00110001
00110111
00100000
01001010
01110101
01101100
01111001
00101100
00100000
00110001
00111001
00110001
00111000

When interpreted as binary ASCII, the hidden text reads "17 July, 1918", which is the date Czar Nicholas II was executed.

Joan of Arc, France

The photo of Jeanne d'Arc contains the following hidden text to the right of Jeanne's sword:

00110011
00110000
00100000
01001101
01100001
01111001
00101100
00100000
00110001
00110100
00110011
00110001

When interpreted as binary ASCII, the hidden text reads "30 May, 1431", which is the date Jeanne d'Arc was burned at the stake.

Hat-Trick

Memo

Operation: New Frontier

HQ has given the go-ahead to extract the resource. Negotiations are over. F. is planning to give the vote to everyone. Reason just doesn't work with someone like that.

I'll send you the driver. We've trained him with PE2 in our labs, he shouldn't be any trouble.

The motorcade route is marked below. Once the target has been downed, either by Oswald or Z., use PE1 to stage a distraction. Make some kind of phantom appear around this slope I've marked with an X. Freak people out. The driver will grab PE3 in the confusion.

Apollo

The first photo of the moon (Find the Eagle) contains hidden text on the moon. The text is made up of symbols such as ⊡ and ⟓.

These are icons from the Masonic code. It translates to

"Johnson was one of them. The bees drone too. Follow the money."

In lunar landing photograph (Apollo 11 photograph released to the public), the American flag on the landing module is actually the Abstergo logo, and the flag planted on the surface of the moon bears the Templar cross.

The Inventor

There are three blocks of hidden text in the photo of Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. Each is a quote attributed to Tesla:

• "Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term."
• "Money does not represent such a value as man has placed upon it. All my money has been invested in experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life."
• "Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. The best way to dispel ignorance of the doings of others is by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse."

There is also a code hidden in the lightning in the picture of Tesla's Lab:

JG WUGF KV VQ
FGXGNQR C DQVVQONGUU UQWTEG
QH GPGTIA. VGNGHWPMGP
YKTGNGUU UVCVKQP.

The clue to decoding this text is "A=C", which can be found in front of the sphere. By substituting each letter with the letter in the alphabet two before it, the real message can be read:
"He used it to develop a bottomless source of energy. Telefunken Wireless Station."

Letter

The economic transmission of power without wires is of all-surpassing importance to man.

By its means, he will gain complete mastery of the air, the sea, and the desert. It will enable him to dispense with mining, pumping, transporting and burning fuel, and so do away with innumerable causes of sinful waste. It will make the living glorious sun his obedient, toiling slave.

It will bring peace and harmony on Earth.

Nikola Tesla

Titans of Industry

Hidden text

The following morse code can be found at the top of the first photo:

- .... . -.--  ..- ... . -..  .. -  - ---  -- .- -.- . 
- . ... .-.. .-  --. ---  .. -. ... .- -. .  - .... . 
--- .-. --. .- -. .. --.. .- - .. --- -.  - --- --- -.- 
.... .. ...  .-. . ... . .- .-. -.-. ....  .- .-.. .. . -. 
.--. .-. --- .--. . .-. - -.--  -.-. ..- ... - --- -.. .. .- -.
--- ..-. ..-. .. -.-. .

THEY USED IT TO MAKE TESLA GO INSANE THE ORGANIZATION TOOK HIS RESEARCH ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN OFFICE

Letters

Dear Mr. Morgan,

A serious matter has come to my attention. Nikola Tesla plans to use PE4 to create an information network across the entire world. And if that weren't bad enough, he intends to allow access to it for free! Imagine the masses spreading knowledge amongst themselves instantaneously. That would make everything we intend to do much more difficult.

You must cut all funding for his experiments at once! In case you get cold feet, I'll have you know he wants to make electricity free as well, thereby putting us out of business.

I've already begun slandering Tesla in the press. Just reallocate his funding and I'll take care of PE4 myself.

Sincerely yours, Thomas Edison

Dear Mr. Edison,

I wanted to thank you for letting me make use of PE4 all these years. Among other things, I was able to convince the workers I was raising their pay to $5 a day, when, in fact, I gave them a pay cut. But, I had to let PE4 go. As per instructions, I've shipped it to Europe.

H. has it, so I assume the war will begin as soon as he can take over. We'll let him have his fun (Lord knows, that kind of purge will be good for Europe) and then end it with a bang, as planned. Out of the chaos of war a new order will emerge! I've enclosed a picture from Florida of you, me and Firestone. We should attempt to spend more time on the golf course this summer.

Yours truly,
Henry Ford.

I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds

Memo

Subject: Test Authorization

There comes a time in the life of every experiment that we must test our results outside, in the world. I do not relish a successful outcome, but one is essential if we are to begin the foundations of a new world order.

Global security and prosperity depend on a steady hand guiding the populace, a hand that will not falter under the weight of conscience. Give O. the authorization.

I believe history will vindicate us in the end.

The Cavalry

Letter

Nikola,

We know what they have done to your lab, to your career. It may be too late to set things right, but you can help prevent something far worse. They have taken an object from the Czar, and are conducting experiments in Tunguska to figure out how to use it. Before they do, we must take it from them or the world will be in danger. We do not ask that you risk your life, just that, when the time comes, you use your electricity to destroy the object.

Regardless of your decision, know that we admire your work greatly and will bear you no ill will.

We respect your freedom above all else.

The Bunker

The bunker photo (captioned "We watched the exit from above. He didn't see us coming") contains hidden text on the wall of the bunker. The raw text is:

AOL KVBISL
DHZ RPSSLK
PU AOL
IBURLY

The decoding clue "A=H" is located above the window of the cylindrical building with the conic roof. The decoded text is "THE DOUBLE WAS KILLED IN THE BUNKER".

Letter

May 02, 1945

The war is over and we are in control, as planned. But a slight concern has arisen. I received word from our agents in Berlin. H. was supposed to execute his double inside the bunker and meet C. at the rendezvous point with the Piece of Eden.

It's been three days and he still hasn't appeared. Something must have gone awry. Please send instructions.

Synapses

Headline

ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2012

The scientific community is abuzz as the results of a new neurological study were made public today. What seemed to be big news in itself-that Dr. Yijie Wu and Dr. P.J. Traunero had discovered a new neurotransmitter-turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg.

To quote Dr. Wu, "Using a prototype dMRI machine, we've been able to examine the contents of an actual neuron in living tissue. We've found a substance that appears to be an undiscovered neurotransmitter."

"[Here's] where it gets crazy. To test our findings, we subjected the neuron to all kinds of stimuli, but we couldn't get it to release the transmitter. So, we've discovered an entire mechanism; there are vesicles filled with neurotransmitters lying dormant and corresponding ion channels, all with no discernable purpose."

Expressing bafflement that natural selection would create an unnecessary neurotransmitter, Wu and Traunero searched for a predecessor in other species, with no luck.

"Whatever this bugger is used for, it evolved in humans," Traunero told the press.

The Origin of the Species

Memo

January 3, 1997

I'm writing in response to your concerns about the rising alarm in the press and the scientific community. The lack of a transitional ancestor from archaic hominids to modern mankind (Homo Sapiens) is no longer safe. As you wrote, we have to act.

We can't let the truth get out, they'll find out about the artifacts. It will cause too much disruption, too much chaos. Bury our constructed skeletons near Tim White's expedition in Ethiopia. We'll give them their missing link.

The birth of humanity. The truth makes me sick.

The Fourth Day

The picture of the sun has four quotations hidden within it. Each quote had to do with the power of the sun, and its prophesized role in destroying the world. The quotes are as follows:

• "They died in the fire from the heavens."
• "Near the day of purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky. -Hopi"
• "Toba, Ioke was not a volcano."
• "A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans. -Hopi"

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Cluster 4

After the first puzzle, the Animus voice announces "Scanning...." 4 times as it prints the following text:

Apples oranges pears cucumbers radishes carrots spinach dates wood juniper
steel aluminum water rain shanty village town city country spring summer fall
winter to walk to sing to dance to play to eat to smile to cry to laugh to kill to see
to know death regret love

Abstergo Phone Records, June 1954

• N: V, it's N. I need Turing done today.
• V: Aren't we jumping the gun? You've already had him arrested and sedated.
• N: He still refuses to follow the directive. He's actually trying to invent one of those infernal things instead of merely faking it for the newspapers. If he succeeds, you know what the mass unemployment generated by his robots will mean? Idle hands! We need to do this for the good of the people.
• V: What about Keynes? He trusted Turing.
• N: It's the greater good we're talking about here V. Plus a 'childless worker' sends a bad message. We can't have them all stop reproducing.
• V: Fine. It's your call.
• N: I want it done like we did Harry Dexter White when he tried to warn the Soviets.
• V: All right.
• N: Be poetic about it. Maybe something from the Bible. Turing always was....theatrical.

Quarantine Zone

The image hidden within the Quarantine Zone can be seen in its entirety at the Alan Turing Scrapbook.