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Animus EGO user

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This article contains spoilers, meaning it has information and facts concerning Assassin's Creed: Shadows. If you do not want to know about these events, it is recommended to read on with caution, or not at all.

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I wanted to ask you something. Which is… what's your name?

The title of this article is conjecture. Although the subject of this article is canon, no official name for it has been given.

A user of the Animus EGO purchased the system from Abstergo Entertainment and began a session reliving the memories of the samurai Yasuke and the kunoichi Fujibayashi Naoe during the Sengoku period in Japan. Their session would be occasionally remotely accessed by a digital constructed Guide, who told them the truth hidden within the memories.[1]

Biography[]

Booting up their Animus EGO for the first time, the user was privy to an introductory video clip. However, midway through it, a hacker hijacked the signal and told the user that they were being lied to. After the program resumed for a while, the hacker's voice returned, stating that they would be in touch; all the user had to do was follow the trail.[1] Then, the Guide appeared and selected some starting memories of Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke to relive before the user's main session began.[2]

After some time in the Animus EGO, the Guide made contact with the user again. They were surprised that the user had not been taken over by the Bleeding Effect yet, cryptically stating that once that happened an unknown entity would claim their mind as their own. Afterwards, the Guide bade the user farewell and urged them to keep searching the memories and to continue resisting.[3]

When the user relived Naoe's discovery of the Tomb of the Ancients and claiming of her mother's set of Assassin apprentice armor, the Guide appeared to them once again. Noting something different about the user, the Guide shared backstory within the Memory Corridor about the founding of the original Kakushiba ikki by Alvaro Catarribera and Tsuyu, Naoe's mother.[4] The Guide also later revealed the motivations of the Templars Nuno Caro and Duarte de Melo. However, this extra information came with a cost, as the Guide revealed that the user's continued mental incapability with Ego and resistance to the Bleeding Effect meant that the artificial intelligence would double efforts to pursue them.[5]

After fully synchronizing with Naoe's memories by reliving the disestablishment of the Shinbakufu,[6] and additional supplementary memories,[7] the Guide contacted the user again. After collecting data fragments the user was pulled out of the simulation and into the Memory Corridor where they were met with apparitions of both Ego and the Guide. The two artificial intelligences argued over morality and free will, with Ego being antagonizing to the Guide. The Guide then stated that the fate of the human was not be controlled by either of them, and the user was then removed from the Memory Corridor back into their Animus session.[8]

Personality and traits[]

As noted by the Guide, the user had a strong will as they were able to heavily resist the pull of the Bleeding Effect common in most other instances of over-exposure to the Animus.[3] The Guide also noticed a strong desire to see things through to the end from the user, something they felt was admirable.[4]

Behind the scenes[]

The unnamed Animus user, like previous unseen protagonists in the series such as "Noob", "Numbskull", and the Helix Initiate, is meant to be a representation of the player themself accessing Assassin's Creed: Shadows as well as future Animus Hub titles.

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: EGO WELCOME ONBOOT (CORRUPTED)
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Modern day
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 1 - Bleeding Effect
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 2 - The Heart of an Assassin
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 3 - Shadows Without Light
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – The Man Behind the Mask
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Out of the Shadows
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Database: Rift 4 - The Aberration

Characters
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Dan • Heiji • Ibuki • Junjiro • Monta • Fujibayashi Naoe • Oni-yuri • Rokkaku Katsuhime • Sen no Rikyū • Shido • Shinobu • Tomiko • Yagoro • Yagyū Munetoshi • Yasuke • Yaya | Alvaro Catarribera • Fubuki • Fujibayashi Nagato • Hattori Hanzō • Kaede • Kishi • Momochi Sandayu • Sanjo • Sumire • Tsubasa • Tsuyu • Yu-no-shin
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Others
Animus EGO user • Ego • The Guide | Akechi Mitsuyoshi • Aoi • Aoki Ujimasa • Asajiro • Bessho Nagaharu • Luís Fróis • Fujita Juro • Furuta Tanji • Fuyu • Gamo Yoshimitsu • Gennojo • Genpaku • Hatakeyama Yoshimasa • Hori Hidemasa • Hosokawa Fujitaka • Imai Sōkun • Imai Sōkyū • Ise Sadatame • Ishikawa Goemon • Kanō Eitoku • Kamiizumi Nobutsuna • Kennyo • Konishi Yukinaga • Kuma • Kumebe Ujiie • Kuroda Yoshitaka • Kyonyo • Mamushi • Matsu • Mayu • Mitsumune • Mori Ranmaru • Murakami Norimasa • Nagoya Yagaro • Nakamura Tadashige • Nene • Niwa Nagahide • Norimune • Oda Nobukatsu • Oda Nobunaga • Ōta Gyūichi • Otama • Rin • Samemaru • Satoko • Shibata Katsuie • Shindo Hiroshii • Shin'nyo • Shōtei • Sorin • Suzu • Tetsuo • Tokubei • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Tatsugoro • Tomita Nobutaka • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Ukita Hideie • Ujimasa • Yakichi • Yamamoto Masakatsu
Factions
Assassins (Kakushiba ikki) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Japanese Rite • Portuguese Rite • Roman Rite) • Shinbakufu • Japanese clans (Akechi • Fukui • Niwa • Oda • Rokkaku • Takahashi • Takeda • Tokugawa • Toyotomi • Tsutsui • Ukita) • Japanese confederations (Iga ikki • Ikkō-ikki • Koga ikki) • Japanese subcultures (Kabukimono • Rōnin • Samurai • Shinobi • Sōhei • Yamabushi) • Minor factions (The Butterfly Collector • Godai Shinobi • The Iron Hand Guild • Kurai Eikyou • The Pirate Alliance • The Winter Raiders) • Portuguese Empire • Jesuits
Locations
Japan (Harima (Aga • Himeji • Miki) • Iga (Hijiyama • Ichinomiya) • Kii (Saika) • Ōmi (Azuchi • Kameyama • Nagahama) • Izumi Settsu (Amagasaki • Katano • Nakayama Peak • Sakai • Osaka • Takatsuki) • Tamba (Fukuchiyama • Yakami) • Wakasa (Obama • Tsuruga) • Yamashiro (Arashiyama • Kyoto • Misuno • Yamazaki) • Yamato (Asuka • Katsuragi • Koriyama • Takatori • Yoshino))
Events
Terms and concepts
Animus (Anomalies • Database • Genetic memory • Hub • Memories • Rifts) • Crafting • Kakurega • Activities (Hidden Trails • Horse Archery • Kata • Kofun • Kuji-kiri) • Collectibles (Kamon • Tea sets • Sumi-e • Kano Paintings) • Imperial Regalia • Skills (Assassination • Eagle Vision • Freerunning • Eavesdropping • Leap of Faith) • Wardrobe (Naoe • Yasuke)
Weapons and tools
Blunt weapons (Kanabō) • Bow • Firearms (Teppō) • Grappling hook • Hidden Blade • Kusarigama • Polearms (Naginata • Yari) • Shinobi Tools (Kunai • Bells • Nightingale floor • Shuriken • Smoke bombs) • Short blades (Tantō) • Swords (Katana)
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