Warren Vidic

"I believe there was a book that claimed the world was created in seven days. Best-seller too!"

- Dr. Vidic on the Bible

Doctor Warren Vidic is a scientist (the exact position is not clear) of Abstergo Industries. He is the head of research for genetic memory.



Assassin's Creed
He is shown to be somewhat of a ruthless, but clumsy man. This could be observed throughout the game if Desmond pickpockets the Doctor, being demonstrated through numerous emails in which he is constantly asking for passwords that he has forgotten, or he is thanking Lucy for returning his key pen to him. The fact that it is stolen from him could simply be him being the unaware klutz that he is shown as. It is possible again, that with all the cameras, that Vidic is in fact letting him out.

He did not admonish Desmond even after his cryptic reply to Desmond's questions: "I think you know enough already." Desmond demands an explanation and Vidic offers "You know what I mean." This leads to the insinuation that he knows Desmond is viewing his emails, but does not retaliate harshly because he believes you have the right to know what is going on, to some extent at least. It may also just be him presuming Desmond knows more than he actually does. Initially, he attempts to push Desmond beyond his limits by keeping him in the Animus, only to be accosted by Lucy. Relenting slightly after Lucy's initial concerns, he is further pacified after Desmond agrees to not resist their work. He remains pushy throughout the game, chastising Desmond for wasting time at the Animus memory selection screen for delays or for walking around the room in the middle of a memory segment.

Emails accessible after the completion of a memory segment further show him to be impatient, perhaps to the point of being sloppy. His emails are written without capitalization, and he doesn't bother signing his emails. He wonders aloud to Lucy why she bothers signing hers, since it indicates the sender quite clearly in the header. On at least one occasion he loses his access badge, which Lucy finds and returns for him. He is dismissive of her calls for him to be more careful with it, replying that she should be more focused on the Animus and their work with Desmond.

Dr. Vidic, however, can be seen with a red aura once Desmond attains Eagle Vision at the end of the game. Despite his possibly honorable intentions, the red aura is similar to that of the ones that soldiers have when one uses Eagle Vision as Altaïr within the Animus. If you attain the access code to the locked room in the lab that is adjacent to the animus, you can discover that Alan Rikkin has sent Vidic emails regarding past experiments and ventures that Abstergo was apart of. In the email, Vidic is praised for his continued search of the Piece of Eden and it is alluded to that Vidic's work is extraordinarily important and that it will ultimately be instrumental in facilitating Abstergo's ability to control the planet. These revelations at the end of the game brings into question Vidic's motivation and allegiances to the assassins.

Assassin's Creed II
Vidic is not seen until the end of the story, furious about Desmond and Lucy escaping Abstergo, reminding Lucy that he saved her life once, he then brings out some Abstergo guards, quickly dispatched by the recently skill-honed Desmond and Lucy. Vidic is forced to leave the hideout, swearing that this is not the last they've seen of him, as he rides out in a truck.

Al Mualim
Upon closer look at Vidic, there is a striking resemblance to Al Mualim, the mentor of Altaïr. Whether this is merely coincidence or part of the storyline is yet to be seen or stated. Al Mualim could have very possibly fathered a child far before the events of Assassin's Creed and that he never raised the child for fear of losing power or raised it in secrecy. This could lead to yet a greater conspiracy and to the suspicion that the actual role that Vidic plays is far greater in the grand scheme of things. However, it should be noted that these are all suppositions and speculations and thus nothing is known or certain so far.

Rodrigo Borgia
However, now that Assassin's Creed II has been released, there is a far more facial resemblance to Rodrigo Borgia, the nemesis of the second game. Moreover, Rodrigo has descendants (his children: Cesare, Lucrezia, Gioffre, Juan, Pedro Luis and two children who's names are not mentioned in history books) whereas it is uncertain for Al Mualim (although Altaïr says in the codex that having children in the Order is traditional).