Glyphs



Glyphs are encrypted messages that appear when using Eagle Vision, in various locations in Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II, created by the late Subject 16 as his final message to the world.

Glyphs and various messages can be seen towards the end of Assassin's Creed, drawn in blood. These same glyphs are then repeated in Ezio's memories in Assassin's Creed II, left by Subject 16 before his death. There are a total of 20 glyphs found in Italy.

In Assassin's Creed II, before she and Desmond flee from Abstergo Industries, former Abstergo employee and Assassin Lucy Stillman copies data from the Animus to be used in the Animus 2.0, an Animus utilized by the Assassins. It is later discovered that the glyphs were originally hacked into place in the Animus by Subject 16 and copied into the Animus 2.0 by Lucy, albeit accidentally.

In order to ensure security, Subject 16 locked each file with a series of puzzles with each set of puzzles relevant to the content of the encoded message within the glyph. Each of the glyphs contain messages from Subject 16 (the messages are either voice files or are messages encoded within images in the glyphs. These messages contain snippets of information about the Knights Templar and the roles that the Pieces of Eden have played throughout human history. Each glyph also contains a small piece of a video that combine when upon successfully unlocking all of the glyphs and reveal important secret.

Regardless of which order the glyphs are located in, the order of the puzzles required to unlock each one will remain the same. As areas with glyphs are discovered, they will be added to the Animus 2.0 database with specific symbols in a manner similar to the Assassin's Tombs.

Maps
From left to right are the maps for; Venice, Florence, Tuscany, Romagna and Monteriggioni.