I’ve finally found the last few glyphs I needed to complete Subject 16′s video, in Assassin’s Creed 2.

The Truth shows Adam and Eve running through a futuristic setting. It looks as if they’re being chased by something unknown to the viewer. The video ends with Eve telling Adam she has the Apple. Here’s where I became confused… Adam and Eve have always been referred to as the first human beings living in Paradise until they could not resist to steal the forbidden fruit. The idea of them in a futuristic high-tech setting and the forbidden fruit (the Apple) being a device of power intrigued me!

Not only did it intrigue me, it confused me as well! Determined to find out more about this, I decided to counsel the infinite wisdom of the web. In short order I stumbled upon some forum posts putting things in order for me. The Truth video combined with the ending of the AC2 plot actually makes sense!

After Ezio deals with Borgia, he holds two pieces of Eden; the Apple and the Staff. The combination of it granted him access to the hidden vaults where he received a warning of Earth’s imminent destruction from the “Gods” themselves. Gods is the wrong word, but they were beings who had created humankind after their own image. These beings were overcome after Adam and Eve had taken a piece of Eden and because of this no longer under the control of their creators. Apparently the creators and their high-tech civilization have been wiped out completely and humankind will have to start from scratch.

Of course the knowledge of this has faded over the ages, until only the direct descendants of the bloodline remember. Or, at least that’s what we have to assume considering the fact that we’ve been visiting our ancestor’s memories in Assassin’s Creed and completing DNA sequences.

I was absolutely amazed to find the amount of conspiracy theories about all this on the Internet. Desmond’s storyline takes place in the year 2012. Oops! We’ve all heard of that year, haven’t we? Did some ancient civilization make a calendar that stopped at 2012? Why, yes, yes they did! There are people who believe the world will end when the Mayan calendar ends. But, I found some interesting posts tying this to the warning Ezio received.

Remember the warning about the Earth’s destruction in the vaults? Remember that Desmond lives in 2012? The piece of Eden holds the power to control people. Is that what is so vital for Desmond to save? Locate the piece of Eden to prevent the Knights Templar to control the world and reshape it to their ideals? The world doesn’t stop existing in 2012, no, a major conspiracy theory would be revealed which ends up controlling our lives. All of a sudden you’re not fighting an Assassin’s vs Knights Templar war, but a war for continuation of the freedom of life as we know it.

For me Assassin’s Creed 2 was just a bloody good game. Yes, I’ve turned into a bit of a fanboi as well. I had never looked so deep into the storyline at all and I’ve become curious how it will all turn out. It’s a shame it will probably be a few years before a new Assassin’s Creed will be released.

I guess I will have to be satisfied with replaying the entire damn thing… Again.