Database

The Database is a collection of informative articles that can be accessed by the users of Animus or Helix devices. These articles provide background information on people, locations, items, and events encountered during the exploration of genetic memories. The information presented in the database entries is not always correct however. Occasionally, the wrong year is noted for date of birth such as Vieri de' Pazzi and Duncan Little. Sometimes the entry is updated with new information as the session progresses as with Pearl Attaway or a new entry is published as with Lambeth Asylum. However, there are instances where the entry is left in error for example Kára or Abbo Cernuus.
==Animus 2.0==
The database was introduced in Animus 2.0, a version of the device created by the Assassin Rebecca Crane. The articles were created by Shaun Hastings, and would become available when Desmond Miles happened upon a person or object of interest while exploring Ezio Auditore da Firenze's memories, allowing him to find out more information about the entry's subject. Both Shaun and Rebecca could add comments or details of their own, including mentions of Glyphs and other important items of interest in the database. Most of the files were obtained from Abstergo Industries, as they possessed better and larger archives, which Shaun frequently pointed out, although various databases commonly held incorrect information on birth years. For example, Francesco de' Pazzi and Vieri de' Pazzi, who were father and son, were stated to have an age difference of 10 years.Assassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood
The Animus 2.0 database entries were as listed below.
Entries 	 	 	
;People
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Art Merchants 	Banks 	Blacksmiths	Caravan Travel
Carnival Performers	Courtesans 	Doctors 	Fast Travel Station
Heralds 	Mercenaries	Tailors 	Thieves
==Animus 2.01==
Some of the entries from this version of the Animus were unchanged from its previous incarnation.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Copernicus ConspiracyAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Da Vinci Disappearance
Entries 	 	 	 	
;People
<tabber>	 	 	 	
Architects 	Art Merchants 	Banks 	Blacksmiths 	Courtesans
Doctors 	Followers of Romulus	Heralds	Hermeticists	Jubilee Performers
Mercenaries	Tailors 	Thieves	 	
==Animus 2.03==
The database incorporated into Animus 2.03 was created by the virtual construct of Clay Kaczmarek, who took over Shaun's role when Desmond fell into a comatose state due to the events in the Colosseum Vault. As with the previous version, database entries became available when Desmond encountered the object of interest they were about.Assassin's Creed: Revelations
The Lost Archive, which contained some of Clay's own memories, could be accessed via the Animus Island's portals, and contained its own database. It kept track of the decipher fragments and letters, as well as transcripts of voice logs.Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive
The voice logs became available for viewing only after completing the first memory, and the logs for the decipher fragments and letters by gathering them.
Entries 	 	 	 	
;People
<tabber>	 	 	 	
Bankers 	Blacksmiths	Black Market Dealer	Book Shop 	Byzantines
Doctors 	Greek Fire 	Heralds 	Janissaries	Mercenaries
Ottomans	Romanies 	Tailors 	Thieves 	
==Animus 3.0==
The database incorporated into the Animus 3.0 was once more created by Shaun, who would frequently update entries with information learned while Desmond was exploring both Haytham Kenway's and Ratonhnhaké:ton's memories. Information on the various tribes of Indigenous peoples was provided by a friend of Shaun, who believed the data was for a presentation. The database also included a folder on animals, describing their behavior and the various tactics that could be used to effectively hunt them. Like the Animus 2.0 database, many files also came from Abstergo's larger records.Assassin's Creed III
Entries 	 	 	
;Locations
<tabber> 	 	 	
Beacon Hill 	Boston Common 	Boston Neck 	Breed's Hill
Bunch of Grapes 	Bunker Hill 	Charlestown 	Christ Church
Church Residence 	Copp's Hill Battery 	Crown Coffee House 	Faneuil Hall
Fort Hill and South Battery	Green Dragon Tavern 	Hancock-Clarke House	King's Chapel
Liberty Tree 	Macneal's Rope Yard 	Mill Pond 	Moulton's Hill
New South Meeting House 	Old Corner Book Store	Old Meeting House 	Old North Meeting House
Old South Meeting House 	Old State House 	Paul Revere House 	
==Animus Console==
The database incorporated into the Animus console was created by Abstergo Entertainment employees. As Liberation was designed to cast the Templars in a more positive light, important information was frequently left out, misrepresented, or outright false. To counteract this, the hacking collective known as Erudito actively worked to re-introduce the truth into the game, allowing the player to view the information from an unbiased perspective. Curiously, the documents collected are found under "Inventory" rather than under "Database".Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
Agaté 	Antonio de Ulloa 	Aveline de Grandpré 	Carlos Dominguez
George Davidson	Gérald Blanc 	Gilbert-Antoine de Saint Maxent	Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie
Jeanne 	Madeleine de L'Isle	Philippe Olivier de Grandpré 	Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer
==Animus Omega==
While the Abstergo Entertainment employee "Noob" explored Edward Kenway's memories in 2013, they had access to a database incorporated into the Animus Omega that consisted of drafts written by other Abstergo employees. As such, the material within them was subject to change, with people such as Melanie Lemay, Olivier Garneau, and others frequently adding in remarks. There also was another document collection called "My files".Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag A decade later, the Japanese Templar and doctor Shimazu Sei added a database for her subject and Edward's descendant Noa Kim to read in the Animus when reliving his ancestor's memories in Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 26
===Edward Kenway's memories===
Entries	
;Shanties
{| class="article-table sortable"	Sea shanties
===Adéwalé's memories===
When Abstergo viewed Adéwalé's memories in French-occupied Haiti, their database was a continuation of the from the Kenway project.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry
Entries 	 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	 	
Montagnes Noires	Plantation Mansions	Port-au-Prince	Saint-Domingue	Slave Barracks
===Aveline de Grandpré, 1784===
When Abstergo viewed more of Aveline de Grandpré's memories from later in her life, the "database" consisted of a mere three entries once again using the Animus Omega system.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Aveline
Entries 	 	
<tabber> 	 	
Aveline de Grandpré	Dr. Edmund Judge	Patience Gibbs
===Identity Project===
For Abstergo Entertainment's Identity Project,Assassin's Creed: Identity its database was stylized after a Codex Scroll. Unlike the Sample 17 Project, the entries for the Caribbean had no Abstergo Entertainment employees' remarks and were unlocked by the public obtaining in-game achievements. The project originally ran on the Mobile Helix Navigator, but it later ran on the Animus Omega. It is unknown why some entries were later removed.
Entries 	
====Montreal 2014====
{| class="article-table sortable"	Locations
Abstergo Entertainment	
==Helix-based Animus Omega==
While the Abstergo employee "Numbskull" explored Shay Cormac's genetic memories during the Seven Years' War, they had access to a database incorporated in the Animus Omega through the Helix servers. Like the previous incarnation, there was another collection of files not under "database", but under "My files".Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Entries 	 	
<tabber> 	 	
Animus fragment messages	Cave paintings	War letters
==Helix Navigator==
Various databases where available through the Helix navigator. In addition information about the subjects encountered in the simulation, the database could also collect digital documents collected from outside sources and could be edited from outside the servers,Assassin's Creed: Unity as demonstrated by Shaun Hastings.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Welcome to the Database The Helix navigator database had many iterations with different subject matter depending on the time period simulated and the user.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: ChinaAssassin's Creed Chronicles: IndiaAssassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
===Revolutionary France===
While the Helix Initiate explored the memories of Arno Dorian during the French Revolution and its immediate aftermath in Saint-Denis,Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings the database had four main categories—Case files, People, Locations, and Misc—with all but the first category having subcategories, as seen below.
Entries 	 	 	
;Case files
<tabber>	 	 	
Murder Foretold 	Barber of Seville 	The Body in the Brothel 	Ancestral Vengeance
The Body Politic 	Bones of Contention 	The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat	Hot Chocolate to Die For
The Hand of Science	The Decapitated Warden	The Death of Philibert Aspairt 	The Red Ghost of the Tuileries
Cut the Middle Man 	A Dash of Poison 	Blind Justice 	Equal Justice
===Ming era China===
While exploring the genetic memories of Shao Jun in Ming era China, the database consisted of three categories: people, locations, and documents. The latter category also contained entries about items.
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
Altan Khan 	Birds 	Civilians 	Concubines
Crossbowman 	Dogs 	Empress Zhang 	Ezio Auditore
Gao Feng 	Grabber 	Grunt 	Handcannon Guard
Heavy Crossbowman 	Hong Liwei 	Lantern Guard 	Liu Jin
Ma Yongcheng 	Master 	Metal Shield Guard 	Mongolian Chief
Mongolian Scout 	Poleaxe Guard	Portuguese Sailors 	Qiu Ju
Seeker 	Shao Jun 	The Jiajing Emperor	The Jinyiwei
The Zhengde Emperor	Wang Yangming	Wei Bin 	Wooden Shield Guard
Yu Dayong 	Zhang Yong 	Zhu Jiuyuan 	
===British India===
The same three categories made up the database for Arbaaz Mir's genetic memories in India during the 19th century Sikh Empire.
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
Alexander Burnes 	Alexander the Great 	Arbaaz Mir 	East India Company Corporal
East India Company Highlander	East India Company Lance Corporal	East India Company Lieutenant	East India Company Rifleman
East India Company Sepoy 	East India Company Sergeant 	East India Company Sniper 	George Eden
Hamid 	Master 	Pyara Kaur 	Ranjit Singh
Sikh Guard 	Sikh Elite Guard 	Sikh Rifle Guard 	William Sleeman
===Revolutionary Russia===
During the exploration of both Nikolai Orelov's and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaeva's genetic memories following the Russian Revolution, the database again consisted of the same three categories.
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia	Assassin Initiate 	Assassin Master 	Assassin Scientist
Assassin Veteran 	Cheka Assault 	Cheka Officer 	Fedor Tokarev
Grigori Rasputin 	Janis Judins 	Leon Trotsky 	Militia Melee
Militia Rifleman 	Militia Sergeant 	Nikola Tesla 	Nikolaï Orelov
NKVD Officer 	NKVD Rifleman 	Red Army Assault	Red Army Officer
Red Army Rifleman 	Red Army Rifleman Veteran	Sergei 	Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
===Victorian London===
While the Helix Initiate explored the genetic memories of Evie and Jacob Frye in the Victorian era, as well as Jacob's granddaughter Lydia during World War I, the database consisted of five categories: People, Locations, Collectibles, Present Day, and Miscellaneous, with many subcategories as seen below.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate The categories remained the same whenthe Initiate ventured into both Evie and Jack the Ripper's memories during the Whitechapel murders of 1888.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper
Entries 	 	 	
====1868====
;People
<tabber>	 	 	
Agnes MacBean 	Alexander Graham Bell	Arthur Conan Doyle 	Benjamin Disraeli
Charles Darwin	Charles Dickens 	Clara O'Dea 	Duleep Singh
Evie Frye 	Florence Nightingale 	Frederick Abberline	Henry Green
Henry Raymond 	Jacob Frye 	Karl Marx 	Mary Anne Disraeli
Ned Wynert 	Nigel Bumble 	Pearl Attaway 	Queen Victoria
Robert Topping	 	 	
==Animus HR-8.5==
===Eivor Varindottir's memories===
While Layla Hassan used her modified Animus to explore the life of the Raven Clan member Eivor Varinsdottir during the Viking expansion through her modified Animus, she had access to a database referred to as a "Codex". Like past iterations, it was written by Shaun Hastings and also offered user-friendly Animus tutorials to help navigate the simulation.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
Asgard 	East Anglia 	Francia 	Ireland
Jorvik 	Jotunheim 	Lunden 	Mercia
Niflheim 	Northumbria 	Norway 	River Berbha
River Dee 	River Erriff	River Exe	River Rhine
River Severn	Svartalfheim	Vinland 	Wessex
Wincestre 	 	 	
===Basim Ibn Ishaq's memories===
When William Miles had Basim Ibn Ishaq's memories from his time in the Abbasid Caliphate's capital of Baghdad examined from his blood sample, the Assassins had access to a "Codex" with a general-purpose database and another focused on the history of Baghdad.Assassin's Creed: Mirage
Entries 	 	
;General database
<tabber>	 	
Abbasiyah	Alamut	Anbar
Harbiyah 	Karkh 	Round City
==Abstergo Cloud==
When an Assassin hacker used an Animus to explore the memories of Kassandra, Ezio Auditore, and Ratonhnhaké:ton stored in the Abstergo Cloud, they could access a general-purpose database.Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR
Entries 	 	 	
<tabber> 	 	 	
30 Tyrants 	A Question of Axes 	Ancient Greek houses 	Ancient warships
Apollo and the Serpent 	Brigandage 	Critias 	Dice games
Food supply and logistics	Fortifications 	Gambling and games of chance 	Grain Supply
How to make the rich pay 	Offerings and Markets 	Rituals and Celebrations 	Shipsheds and shipyards
Street 	Sycophants 	Symposium 	Tavern
Temples and Banks... 	The equipment of a Hoplite	The Pnyx, the cradle of democracy	The Risks of Stealing
The Shape of a Palm Tree 	War machines 	Weaving and textiles 	Work at Home
Wreaths for the Gods 	 	 	
==Initiates==
After the Second Disaster was averted on 21 December 2012, the hacker group Initiates began compiling database entries covering information known by the Assassins and Templars.Assassin's Creed: Initiates
==Rebellion==
Abstergo Entretainment's title Rebellion did not have a database section like their original title Liberation. Though a section existed that sought to shed light on the backstory of the characters, it was marked "Bios".Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
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