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The Black Room, also known as the Animus Island, was a safe mode inside the Animus virtual machine, which could be accessed through a back door in its programming. The room was located below its polar opposite, the White Room loading screen. It was the "guts" of the Animus, as described by Subject 16. The Black Room was the original test program, which consisted of only basic physics and weather simulation. Not intended for direct human interface, the Black Room formed the backbone of the Animus' higher levels of programming.

1 History
2 Trivia
3 Gallery
4 Source

HistoryEdit

When Desmond Miles was placed back inside the Animus by his father William while in an unstable mental state in 2012, he used this room to look through his own lost personal memories. By accessing them, Desmond hoped to reintegrate the splintered layers of his subconscious in order to wake up from his coma. However, Desmond was unable to wander out of the Black Room; doing so would have resulted in him being "deleted, like a little virus," according to Subject 16.

Somewhere in the Black Room, the key to Desmond's recovery from his coma was located at a point in time where the paths of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and Desmond all coincided, similar to a hub. This created a Synch Nexus, which allowed the Animus to separate the lives of Desmond's ancestors from his own and ultimately repair his fractured mind.

TriviaEdit

The Black Room involves puzzle-oriented gameplay as a means of representing Desmond piecing together his subconscious mind. According to Alexandre Breault, this gameplay was inspired by the works of Rene Magritte and Roger Penrose.
Due of its source of inspiration, the Black Room is nicknamed "Penrose Island" in the internal files of the game.
It is impossible to leave the island by any means, as either Desmond (or, more precisely, his digitized representation) cannot bypass the digital boundary limiting all activities to the island.
Although Clay says the Black Room was devised for functions like weather simulations, the weather conditions don't change in the game.

GalleryEdit

SourceEdit

GameInformer, June 2011 edition

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Characters

Assassins	Desmond Miles ∙ Clay Kaczmarek ∙ Rebecca Crane ∙ Shaun Hastings ∙ William Miles \| Ezio Auditore da Firenze ∙ Yusuf Tazim ∙ Piri Reis \| 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 \| 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

Multiplayer	Bombardier ∙ Brigand ∙ Champion ∙ Corsair ∙ Count ∙ Courtesan ∙ Crusader ∙ Deacon ∙ Gladiator ∙ Guardian ∙ Knight ∙ Ottoman Doctor ∙ Ottoman Jester ∙ Privateer ∙ Renegade ∙ Sentinel ∙ Thespian ∙ Trickster ∙ Vanguard ∙ Vizier

Factions

Assassins ∙ Mercenaries ∙ Mongols ∙ Ottomans ∙ Romanies ∙ Templars/Byzantines ∙ Thieves

Locations

Atlas Village · Cappadocia (Derinkuyu) ∙ Constantinople (Constantine | Bayezid | Imperial | Galata) ∙ Masyaf

Terms and Gameplay

Abstergo Files ∙ Altaïr's Library ∙ Animus ∙ Animus data fragments ∙ Assassin Dens ∙ Black Room ∙ Blend ∙ Book Shops ∙ Desmond's Journey ∙ Den Defense ∙ Eagle Sense ∙ Ezio Auditore's letters ∙ First Civilization · Heralds · Masyaf Keys ∙ Mediterranean Defense · Officials · Pieces of Eden ∙ Stalkers ∙ Synch Nexus · Templar Tax Collectors ∙ Ziplines

Weapons

Fists ∙ Bombs ∙ Crossbow ∙ Heavy weapons ∙ Hidden Blade ∙ Hookblade ∙ Hidden Gun ∙ Improvised weapons ∙ Long weapons ∙ Multiplayer weapons ∙ Poison Blade ∙ Poison Darts ∙ Short blades ∙ Swords and Maces ∙ Throwing knives

DLC

The Ancestors Character Pack ∙ Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack ∙ The Lost Archive

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