"Prolonged exposure to the Animus caused a "Bleeding Effect" within Subject Sixteen's genetic structure. The result was a blending of genetic and real-time memory."
"What we're saying, Desmond, is if you're not careful, you may not need the Animus to visit with your ancestors. Which wouldn't be a bad thing assuming you could control it. Up until now, though, no one has."
"Once you enter the machines and the transfer is complete, you will have the skills necessary to crush the remnants of Assassin Order, ending this war once and for all."
Similarly to the Assassins' attempts to train Desmond more quickly through use of the Bleeding Effect, Abstergo Industries also began to instruct potential Templars in a similar manner, in a large-scale project known as the Animi Training Program. Using multiple Animi, the trainees were exposed to the memories of previous Templars and non-Assassins, in order to incorporate their skills.[4]
However, this was not the case in all their projects. For Project Legacy, which was open to a wider variety of candidates, messages of the DDS would constantly monitor whether their participants were beginning to show signs of the Bleeding Effect. In one such poll, the participants were requested to report if they were having difficulty recalling their name, or the present year.[6]
Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman | Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad • Al Mualim • Malik Al-Sayf • Kadar Al-Sayf • Abbas Sofian • Rauf • Jabal • Jamal
Templars
Warren Vidic • Alan Rikkin | Tamir • Garnier de Naplouse • Talal • Abu'l Nuqoud • William of Montferrat • Majd Addin • Jubair al Hakim • Sibrand • Maria Thorpe • Robert de Sablé
Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman • Shaun Hastings • Rebecca Crane | Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Claudia Auditore da Firenze • Maria Auditore da Firenze • Mario Auditore • Bartolomeo d'Alviano • Niccolò Machiavelli • La Volpe
Templars
Rodrigo Borgia • Cesare Borgia • Juan Borgia the Elder • Octavian de Valois • Micheletto Corella • Il Carnefice • Silvestro Sabbatini • Malfatto • Ristoro • Gaspar de la Croix • Donato Mancini • Lia de Russo • Lanz • Auguste Oberlin
Others
Pantasilea Baglioni • Lucrezia Borgia • Pietro Rossi • Patrizio • Nicolaus Copernicus • Leonardo da Vinci • Fabio Orsini • Duccio de Luca • Ercole Massimo • Salaì • Caterina Sforza • Juno
Desmond Miles • Clay Kaczmarek • Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings • William Miles | Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Yusuf Tazim • Piri Reis | Ishak Pasha | Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad • Rashid ad-Din Sinan • Abbas Sofian • Maria Thorpe • Darim Ibn-La'Ahad • Swami • Niccolò Polo • Maffeo Polo
Templars
Laetitia England • Warren Vidic • Juhani Otso Berg | Ahmet • Manuel Palaiologos • Shahkulu • Leandros • Cyril of Rhodes • Damat Ali Pasha • Georgios Kostas • Lysistrata • Mirela Djuric • Odai Dunqas • Vali cel Tradat | Vlad Tepes | Haras
Others
Sofia Sartor • Bayezid II • Selim I • Suleiman I • Tarik Barleti • Dilara • Duccio de Luca • Janos | Jupiter • Juno • Minerva