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"Why do we have these gifts? These abilities? Because it's in our blood!"

―Clay Kaczmarek about Eagle Vision.^[src]

Eagle Vision was a sixth sense that certain lineages of humans possessed, as a result of being created by the First Civilization. Though every human held the potential for it, bloodlines of humans who interbred with their creators held a greater concentration of the necessary genes, and were thus more likely to exhibit the ability.

Those who possessed the gift were able to instinctively sense how people and objects related to them, which manifested as a colored glow, much like an aura in a person's mind's eye.

When an individual learned to master Eagle Vision, the ability evolved to the more advanced Eagle Sense. This heightened all of the senses of its user, allowing them to detect the heartbeat of a target in the area, or even foresee a target's path.

For this ability, a variety of colored glows was used to mark different people or objects. Red indicated enemies or spilled blood, blue indicated allies, white indicated sources of information or hiding spots, and gold indicated targets or any person of interest.

1 High Middle Ages
2 Renaissance
- 2.1 Ezio Auditore
- 2.2 Others
3 Modern times
- 3.1 Assassins
- 3.2 Templars
4 Eagle Sense
5 Trivia
6 References

High Middle AgesEdit

The Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad possessed Eagle Vision from an early age. His fellow Assassins knew of his special ability as well, and were the ones to dub it as "Eagle Vision."^[1]

With it, Altaïr found himself able to read the emotions and intentions of all those around him, driving him to perfect the ability in secret.^[1] In his later life, he would make use of it during his many assassinations and investigations.^[2]

Eagle Vision aided Altaïr in locating targets, and was particularly useful during his duel with Al Mualim, who used the Templar treasure to create phantoms of himself. With his ability, Altaïr was able to pinpoint the true one from the crowd.^[2]

RenaissanceEdit

Ezio AuditoreEdit

"Listen closely: Return to the house. In my office is a hidden door. Use your talent to find it."

―Giovanni Auditore instructing Ezio to use his Eagle Vision.^[src]

Ezio Auditore, much like Altaïr, possessed Eagle Vision, and made use of it to locate hidden passages, as well as to predict the intentions of his allies and enemies. Additionally, he was also able to see the map hidden beneath the pages of the Codex with it.^[3]

Though never referred to explicitly as "Eagle Vision," Giovanni Auditore once referred to Ezio's ability as his "talent,"^[3] and Salaì spoke of it as his "gift."^[4]

The Assassins of Constantinople also knew of Ezio's ability, even before they had met him. When Piri Reis instructed him to use it to see through a smoke screen, Ezio pretended not to know what he was talking about, but Piri merely answered that "word gets around." At hearing this, Ezio suggested he keep the information to himself.^[1]

Yusuf Tazim spoke of Ezio's skill as his "legendary senses," and Piri once mentioned that Ezio was a "special sort of man, with strange gifts." Ezio himself also admitted that his senses were "more finely tuned than most."^[1]

OthersEdit

"The note told me to use my other eyes. Sometimes I see things that are not there. Drawings, or waves."

―Giovanni Borgia describing his Eagle Vision.^[src]

La Volpe was thought to possess an advanced form of Eagle Vision, as it was claimed he could "look through walls."^[3]

Giovanni Borgia also had Eagle Vision, and was able to use it to locate and tail Francesco Vecellio through a crowd. With it, he was also able to see images and drawings that were not really there. Francesco referred to the ability as "using his other eyes."^[5]

Modern timesEdit

AssassinsEdit

"Try using that special sight you learned from Altaïr."

―Lucy Stillman to Desmond Miles in the Sanctuary.^[src]

By using the Animus to follow the memories of his ancestors, Desmond Miles also gained the ability to use Eagle Vision, likely as a result of the Bleeding effect. Through it, he was able to see Lucy Stillman (a fellow Assassin) glowing blue and Warren Vidic (a Templar) glowing red.^[2]

He was also able to use this ability to see the cryptic messages that Subject 16, Clay Kaczmarek, had written in the Abstergo laboratory with his own blood.^[2]

During his escape from Abstergo Industries, Desmond found another application for his newly-acquired power. Much like thermal vision, he used it to discover the code of a keypad, by seeing the heat signature or the fingerprints left upon the correct numbers.^[3]

In a video clip hidden within one of his Glyphs (which needed to be scanned with Eagle Vision to be unlocked), Clay stated "Why do we have these gifts? Because it's in our blood." This implies that, because Altaïr, Ezio, Desmond and Subject 16 all have Eagle Vision, their bloodline is connected to the joining of humans with the First Civilization.^[3]

Later, upon escaping to Monteriggioni, Desmond was also able to use Eagle Vision to see a message Ezio had left upon the wall of the Sanctuary stairwell, which bore the password to the Colosseum Vault.^[4]

TemplarsEdit

Abstergo recruits using Animi to hone their skills were also granted an ability called Templar Vision. This rendered ability mimicked Eagle Vision, and allowed the user approximately 3.5 seconds of the gift.^[4]

Eagle SenseEdit

"As Ezio matured, so did many of his stranger abilities, not least of which was a rare form of extrasensory perception - you know, what we Assassins call "Eagle Sense" in its most robust form."

―Clay Kaczmarek.^[src]

Mastering Eagle Vision led to an "awakening of the sixth," as Juno once termed it, and granted the user Eagle Sense.^[4]

A more heightened form of Eagle Vision, it allowed one to focus on a target, and sense approximately where they had gone, or inversely, where they would go. This was particularly helpful in tailing a target, or detecting the path a guard would take, in order to set up a bomb or lay an ambush.^[1]

With Eagle Sense, Ezio was also able to pick up cold trails, or locate disguised enemies. However, for this latter one, he was required to concentrate harder, and needed to scrutinize people individually, rather than as a crowd.^[1]

Similarly to his method of detecting hidden enemies by listening for heightened heartbeats, Ezio also once used his Eagle Sense to diagnose an injured mercenary, concluding that the man was alive but weak, and likely affected by some form of poison.^[1]

TriviaEdit

Assassin's Creed

An Assassin guard can be seen glowing red in the Kingdom entrance to Masyaf, but he reacts in normal guard behavior. This guard was originally intended to have be Jamal, an Assassin who aided Masun in betraying the Brotherhood; however, the sequence where Altaïr assassinates him was cut from the final game, leaving him as a minor Easter egg.
In the original Assassin's Creed, movement is restricted while using Eagle Vision, and Altaïr is required to be at maximum synchronization. These requirements were removed in succeeding games.
In Assassin's Creed, Eagle Vision is said to actually just be the Animus' visualization of the Assassin's observational skills.

Assassin's Creed II

The users of Eagle Vision see themselves marked with blue.
At the beginning of the game, while playing as Desmond in the Hideout, you will see equipment shine blue in Eagle Vision. This indicates that they can be used for free-running.
Lucy makes a reference to the ability by saying "Open your eyes, Desmond," when Desmond asks her how to find the Hideout's defense system sensors, which she had tasked him to switch on.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

When traveling through Rome, Eagle Vision can be used to mark Flags, Feathers or Treasure chests on the map.
While using Eagle Vision and roaming Monteriggioni as Desmond, a red trail is visible leading from the fountain with the Assassin insignia, until the door to Mario Auditore's study. The trail is colored similarly to the blood glyphs of Subject 16, and appears to be made up of many footprints.
- An interview with Darby McDevitt and Falko Poiker explains that the trail was intended to help gamers find their way back to the Sanctuary, though its red color was a developer oversight.
When outside of the Animus, there is sometimes a pause that causes allies to glow gold for a few seconds.
Unlike in Assassins Creed II, enemies and allies do not glow their standard colors after they die, and will appear grey like civilians and inanimate objects.
In some memories, water is shown to be glowing white like hiding spots when Eagle Vision is activated. This also occurs in Assassin's Creed II.
When dressed as a Borgia guard captain in the memory "When In Rome," if Eagle Vision is activated, the armor will glow red, though Ezio himself will still be marked with blue.
Unlike Eagle Vision, Templar Vision marks targets with blue rather than with gold, since they are hunting other Templars and can be considered allies in a contained session.

Others

In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, during Ezio's pilgrimage to Masyaf, and Altaïr's return from exile to Masyaf, the player can see ghostly images from Altaïr's past.
Unlike normal enemies, the paths of officials and the two guards accompanying him cannot be tracked.
A mini-game in the Assassin's Creed room of PlayStation Home features an Eagle Vision puzzle that, when completed, opens up the Hideout.

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Assassin's Creed
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Assassin's Creed II
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy

Assassin's Creed

Characters

Assassins	Desmond Miles ∙ Lucy Stillman \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad ∙ Al Mualim ∙ Malik Al-Sayf ∙ Kadar Al-Sayf ∙ Abbas Sofian ∙ Rauf ∙ Rafiqs

Targets	Tamir ∙ Garnier de Naplouse ∙ Talal ∙ Abu'l Nuqoud ∙ William of Montferrat ∙ Majd Addin ∙ Jubair al Hakim ∙ Sibrand ∙ Robert de Sable ∙ Al Mualim

Others	Warren Vidic ∙ Leila Marino ∙ Alan Rikkin \| Maria Thorpe ∙ Masun ∙ Richard the Lionheart

Factions

Abstergo | Assassins ∙ Civilians ∙ Knights Hospitalier ∙ Knights Templar ∙ Knights Teutonic ∙ Saracens

Locations

Abstergo laboratory | Solomon's Temple ∙ Masyaf ∙ Damascus ∙ Acre ∙ Jerusalem ∙ Arsuf ∙ Kingdom ∙ Assassins' Bureau

Terms and gameplay

Abilities and Equipment ∙ Abstergo ∙ Achievements ∙ Animus ∙ Assassins ∙ Blend ∙ Cryptic Messages ∙ Eagle Vision ∙ Eavesdropping ∙ E-mails ∙ Feather ∙ Flags ∙ Genetic memory ∙ Glitches ∙ Horses ∙ Informants ∙ Interrogation ∙ Investigation ∙ Leap of Faith ∙ Pickpocketing ∙ Pieces of Eden ∙ Save Citizen ∙ Scholars ∙ Social Stealth ∙ Synchronization ∙ Thugs ∙ View Points ∙ Vigilantes

Weapons

Hidden Blade ∙ Fists ∙ Short blade ∙ Sword ∙ Throwing knives

Assassin's Creed II

Characters

House of Auditore	Ezio ∙ Giovanni ∙ Mario ∙ Maria ∙ Federico ∙ Claudia ∙ Petruccio \| Domenico

Assassins	Desmond Miles ∙ Lucy Stillman ∙ Shaun Hastings ∙ Rebecca Crane \| Niccolò Machiavelli ∙ Antonio de Magianis ∙ Paola ∙ Teodora Contanto ∙ La Volpe ∙ Bartolomeo d'Alviano ∙ Dante Alighieri \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Assassination targets	Rodrigo Borgia ∙ Uberto Alberti ∙ Vieri de' Pazzi ∙ Francesco de' Pazzi ∙ Antonio Maffei ∙ Stefano da Bagnone ∙ Bernardo Baroncelli ∙ Francesco Salviati ∙ Jacopo de' Pazzi ∙ Emilio Barbarigo ∙ Carlo Grimaldi ∙ Marco Barbarigo ∙ Silvio Barbarigo ∙ Dante Moro ∙ Ludovico Orsi ∙ Checco Orsi ∙ Girolamo Savonarola

Others	Clay Kaczmarek ∙ Warren Vidic \| Annetta ∙ Leonardo da Vinci ∙ Lorenzo de' Medici ∙ Rosa ∙ Carlotta Moro ∙ Caterina Sforza ∙ Cristina Vespucci ∙ Alvise da Vilandino ∙ Agostino Barbarigo \| Maria Thorpe \| Minerva

Factions

Assassins ∙ Templars ∙ Civilians ∙ Courtesans ∙ Mercenaries ∙ Merchants ∙ Thieves

Locations

Abstergo laboratory ∙ Hideout | Florence ∙ Monteriggioni ∙ Villa Auditore ∙ Tuscany ∙ San Gimignano ∙ Apennine Mountains ∙ Romagna ∙ Forlì ∙ Venice ∙ Rome

Terms and gameplay

Abstergo ∙ Achievements ∙ Adam ∙ Eve ∙ Animus ∙ Art Merchants ∙ Blacksmiths ∙ Bleeding effect ∙ Borgia Messengers ∙ Codex ∙ Customization ∙ Doctors ∙ Eagle Vision ∙ Economic system ∙ Fast Travel Booths ∙ Feathers ∙ Flying Machine ∙ Glyphs ∙ Guards ∙ Heralds ∙ Monteriggioni Statuettes ∙ Notoriety ∙ Officials ∙ Pieces of Eden ∙ Secret Locations ∙ Side Missions and Events ∙ Tailors ∙ First Civilization ∙ The Truth ∙ Uplay ∙ The Vault ∙ View Points ∙ Wanted posters

Weapons

Fists/Metal Cestus ∙ Heavy weapons ∙ Hidden Blade ∙ Hidden Gun ∙ Improvised weapons ∙ Long weapons ∙ Poison blade ∙ Short blades ∙ Smoke bombs ∙ Swords and Maces ∙ Throwing knives ∙ Warhammers

DLC

Battle of Forlì ∙ Bonfire of the Vanities

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Characters

Assassins	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 ∙ Brother 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 ∙ Duccio de Luca ∙ Ercole Massimo ∙ Salaì ∙ Caterina Sforza ∙ Juno

Multiplayer	Doctor ∙ Courtesan ∙ Executioner ∙ Noble ∙ Priest ∙ Prowler ∙ Barber ∙ Engineer ∙ Blacksmith ∙ Captain ∙ Smuggler ∙ Footpad ∙ Mercenary ∙ Harlequin ∙ Hellequin ∙ Officer ∙ Thief ∙ Dama Rossa ∙ Pariah ∙ Marquis ∙ Knight

Factions

Abstergo Industries | Assassins (Guilds) ∙ Civilians ∙ Followers of Romulus ∙ Guards ∙ Hermeticists ∙ Merchants ∙ Templars

Locations

Sanctuary . Monteriggioni ∙ Rome ∙ Colli Albani ∙ Naples ∙ Valnerina ∙ Monte Circeo ∙ Viana ∙ Florence ∙ Venice ∙ Secret Locations

Terms and Gameplay

Animus ∙ Achievements ∙ Bleeding effect ∙ Borgia towers ∙ Chase-breakers ∙ Customization ∙ Eagle Vision ∙ Economic system ∙ Flying Machine ∙ Heralds ∙ Horses ∙ Lairs of Romulus ∙ Leap of Faith ∙ Lifts ∙ Mounted cannons ∙ Officials ∙ Parachutes ∙ Pieces of Eden ∙ Ranks ∙ Notoriety ∙ Secret Locations ∙ Side Missions ∙ View Points

Weapons

Axe ∙ Crossbow ∙ Fists/Metal Cestus ∙ Heavy weapons ∙ Hidden Blade ∙ Hidden Gun ∙ Improvised weapons ∙ Long weapons ∙ Multiplayer weapons ∙ Poison blade ∙ Poison darts ∙ Short blade ∙ Smoke bombs ∙ Swords and Maces ∙ Throwing knives ∙ Warhammer

DLC

Animus Project Update 1.0 ∙ Animus Project Update 2.0 ∙ Animus Project Update 3.0 ∙ Copernicus Conspiracy ∙ The Da Vinci Disappearance

Assassin's Creed (French comic)

Characters

Assassins	Aquilus ∙ Accipiter ∙ Lucius ∙ Cuervo ∙ Lugos \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad ∙ Al Mualim ∙ Malik Al-Sayf \| Ezio Auditore da Firenze \| Desmond Miles ∙ Lucy Stillman ∙ Tom ∙ Herman Geier ∙ Rebecca Crane ∙ Shaun Hastings ∙ Jonathan Hawk ∙ Stella Crow

Templars	Gracchus ∙ Caïus Fulvus Vultur ∙ Faustin \| Tamir ∙ Al Mualim \| Warren Vidic ∙ Herman Geier

Others	Isis ∙ Osiris \| Weke ∙ Valeria

Locations

Damascus ∙ Lugdunum ∙ Masyaf ∙ Monteriggioni ∙ Paris

Factions

Assassins ∙ Templars ∙ Romans ∙ Alamanni ∙ Saracens

Terms

Abstergo ∙ Animus ∙ Cryptic Messages ∙ Eagle Vision ∙ Genetic memory ∙ Horses ∙ Leap of Faith ∙ Pieces of Eden

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

Assassin's Creed III

Characters

Assassins	Desmond Miles · William Miles ∙ Shaun Hastings ∙ Rebecca Crane \| Connor Kenway

Templars	Warren Vidic

Others	George Washington ∙ Benjamin Franklin ∙ Thomas Jefferson ∙ Charles Lee ∙ Lafayette ∙ Samuel Adams ∙ Israel Putnam ∙ Paul Revere

Factions

Abstergo Industries ∙ Assassins ∙ Templars | British Army ∙ Continental Army ∙ Freemasons ∙ Mohawk

Locations

New York ∙ Boston ∙ Philadelphia ∙ Frontier (Lexington | Concord | Charlestown)

Events

French and Indian War ∙ American Revolutionary War ∙ Battle of Bunker Hill

Terms and Gameplay

Animus ∙ Pieces of Eden ∙ View Points

First Civilization

Members	Jupiter ∙ Juno ∙ Minerva ∙ Consus

Locations	Eden ∙ Temples (Grand Temple \| Vatican Vault \| Colosseum Vault \| Pythagorean Vault)

Technology	Pieces of Eden ∙ Animus ∙ Memory Seals

Other	Humans ∙ Eagle Vision ∙ Human-First Civilization War ∙ Toba Catastrophe

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Eagle Vision

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High Middle AgesEdit

RenaissanceEdit

Ezio AuditoreEdit

OthersEdit

Modern timesEdit

AssassinsEdit

TemplarsEdit

Eagle SenseEdit

TriviaEdit

ReferencesEdit

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