Desmond entered into a coma. He was told by Animus Subject
16 that Desmond's mind was struggling to differentiate between Desmond Miles,
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, and Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Altaïr and Ezio were the
Assassin ancestors whose lives he relived through the Animus). Subject 16 said
that Desmond had to experience another memory that linked Desmond, Ezio, and
Altaïr, in order to avoid letting his mind become extremely unstable. While
experiencing the memory, Desmond witnessed Ezio talking about something that
could save humanity hidden in the Grand Temple.
After recovering from his coma, Desmond became reunited with
his father, and Desmond, William, Shaun, and Rebecca went to the Grand Temple in
New York. There, Desmond experienced the memories of another of his ancestors,
one who was involved in securing a key that unlocked whatever was hidden in the
Grand Temple. After recovering the key, Desmond entered a chamber where he
found a sphere on a pedestal. He found out that if he touched the pedestal, he
would avoid the 21st December 2012 apocalypse meant to destroy humanity. Thus,
Desmond touched the pedestal while the other three Assassins escaped the Grand
Temple, sacrificing himself to stop the apocalypse.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Main article: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (1165-1257) was born to Umar Ibn-La'Ahad
and his wife, Maud, who died of complications during childbirth. Umar was later
executed by the forces of Salah Al Din when he was revealed to have
participated in a disastrous mission to assassinate the ruler, which resulted
in Umar killing a nobleman who had caught him. He allowed himself to be
executed and the last thing he heard was the voice of his son crying for him.
As the years passed, Altaïr grew to be a skilled Assassin,
but was very arrogant. He once led the retaking of Masyaf after Al-Mualim, the
mentor of the Order, was captured. Altaïr also managed to save Al-Mualim, a
deed which earned him the respect of his fellow Assassins. He was then sent
along with Malik Al-Sayf and Kadar al-Sayf on a mission to Solomon's Temple to
recover a hidden artifact. The mission was a failure as Altaïr broke the tenets
of the Order and left Malik and Kadar to face Templar Grandmaster Robert de
Sable and his soldiers after he was thrown from the room by Robert de Sable.
Altaïr fled to Masyaf to report his failure to Al-Mualim. However, moments
later, Malik returned with the artifact. Malik also revealed that he had lost
an arm and his brother Kadar in the fight with the Templars. He also said that
the Templars had followed him to Masyaf, resulting in Masyaf being attacked by
the Templars. The Assassins were able to fend off their enemies, but Altaïr was
punished by being stabbed by Al-Mualim.
Altaïr later awoke and discovered that Al-Mualim used the
power of the artifact to make Altaïr believe he had been stabbed. Al-Mualim
stripped Altaïr of his rank, but was told by Al-Mualim that he would be able to
recover it if he could kill nine Templars in the cities of Damascus, Acre, and
Jerusalem. Altair assassinated Tamir, Garnier de Naplouse, Talal, Abu'l Nuquod,
William de Montferrat, Majd Addin, Jubaïr al-Hakim, and Sibrand, and discovered
that his last target was Robert de Sable himself. He made his way back to
Jerusalem where he met Robert. However, as he removed the helmet of the
Templar, he found out that he had not faced Robert but a female Templar named
Maria Thorpe. He allowed her to live and she told him that Robert had made his
way to Arsuf. Altaïr followed and finally killed Robert, who revealed that Al
Mualim was actually a Templar. Altaïr returned to Masyaf, where Al Mualim
confirmed what Robert had said. Altaïr, aided by a number of other Assassins,
fought his way to Al Mualim, who had used to the artifact from Solomon's Temple
to enslave the people of Masyaf. Altaïr and his mentor battled each other and
Altaïr finally killed him, taking his place as mentor and winning the hearts of
many Assassins, including Malik himself, who forgave Altaïr for his deeds at
Solomon's Temple.
After these events, Altaïr eventually began to study the
artifact, known as the Apple of Eden, and recorded his findings in a journal
known as the Codex. He also married Maria Thorpe, who was the decoy of Robert
de Sable, after he convinced her to defect to the Assassins. He had two sons,
Darim and Sef. During this time, Altaïr used what he had learned from the Apple
to create new techniques and innovations for the Assassins to use. He later
journeyed to Mongolia with Maria, Darim, and Assassin archer Qulan Gal to
assassinate Genghis Khan. They left Malik and Sef in charge of the Assassins at
Masyaf. They returned ten years later to discover that Abbas Sofian, an
Assassin who despised Altaïr, had usurped control of the Order. Abbas tried to
force Altaïr to give him the Apple, and Swami, an Assassin loyal to Abbas, told
Altair that he had executed Self and assassinated Malik. Angered, Altaïr used
the Apple to make Swami kill himself. Maria tried to stop Altair, resulting in
her being stabbed by Swami. Altaïr and Darim fled Masyaf and Altaïr fell into a
deep depression. Years later Altaïr retook the Order with the help of Assassins
led by Tazim Al-Sayf, the son of Malik.
He began rebuilding the Order, splitting it up into small
"guilds" located around the world and began construction of a large
library hidden under Masyaf, sealed by five keys containing his memories. When
Venetian explorers, Niccolo and Maffeo Polo arrived in Masyaf after they were
invited by Altaïr and Darim, he told them of his experiences and put into
action his idea of dividing the Assassins into smaller groups with their help.
Later, Masyaf was attacked by Mongols and Altaïr helped the explorers escape by
using the Apple to fend off the attackers. He then divided his books by giving
some to the Polos and sending some to Alexandria. He also gave the Venetians
the memory keys to the library, before sealing himself into the library along
with the Apple, saying goodbye to Darim, and recording one last memory on a key
he kept with him. Finally, he passed away.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Main article: Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 – 1524) was a Florentine
nobleman during the Renaissance and the Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of
Assassins, a title which he held from 1503 to 1512.
A member of the House of Auditore, Ezio remained unaware of
his Assassin heritage until the age of 17, when he witnessed the hanging of his
father, Giovanni Auditore (1436-1476) and two brothers, Federico Auditore
(1456-1476) and Petruccio Auditore (1465-1476). After killing Uberto Alberti,
the corrupt Florentine Gonfaloniere of Justice, who oversaw the execution of
his father and brothers, Ezio fled the city of Florence with his mother, Maria
Auditore and sister, Claudia Auditore, Ezio took refuge in his uncle's villa in
Monteriggioni.
After learning of his heritage from his uncle, Mario
Auditore, Ezio vowed to destroy the Templar Order in Italy. Ezio also realised
that Uberto Alberti was a Templar, a subordinate of the Grandmaster, who called
himself 'The Spaniard'.
Ezio went to the city of San Gimignano, where Vieri de'
Pazzi, a Florentine nobleman who constantly harassed Ezio and his family, was
preparing the Templar troops. Ezio witnessed a meeting of Templars, where he
recognised several other noblemen. After the other Templars left for Florence,
Mario led his mercenaries into the city to distract the Templar army while Ezio
found and assassinated Vieri.
Next, Ezio departed for Florence and eavesdropped on another
Templar meeting in the Santa Maria Novella, where he found out about a
conspiracy meant to overthrow the Medici, the rulers of Florence. The next day,
Francesco de' Pazzi, Vieri's father, killed Giuliano de' Medici, but failed to
kill Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of Florence. Ezio arrived at the scene and fought
off the Templar soldiers, causing Francesco de' Pazzi to flee to the Palazzo
Della Signoria, where his army and supporters were stationed. Ezio helped a
wounded Lorenzo arrive safely at his house, the Palazzo Medici, where Ezio met
Poliziano, a trusted Florentine general, whose soldiers occupied the Templar
army while Ezio chased and killed Francesco.
Lorenzo handed Ezio a list of Templars involved in the Pazzi
Conspiracy. Ezio then departed for San Gimignano, where he eliminated Stefano
da Bagnone, Francesco Salviati,Bernardo di Bandino Baroncelli, and Antonio
Maffei, before finally reaching Jacopo de' Pazzi, the head of the House of
Pazzi. After tailing Jacopo to a Templar meeting in an Ancient Roman Theatre,
Ezio eavesdropped on the meeting and recognised a Venetian nobleman. Jacopo
begged for forgiveness from Rodrigo 'The Spaniard' Borgia, the Grandmaster of
the Templars. Rodrigo mortally wounded Jacopo and also detected Ezio's
presence. Rodrigo Borgia had his troops occupy Ezio while he and the Venetian
escaped. After killing the Templar soldiers, Ezio ended Jacopo's suffering by
stabbing and killing him, ending his pain.
Ezio went to Venice, where he infiltrated the Palazzo Seta,
Emilio Barbarigo's palace, and eavesdropped on his meeting with Carlo Grimaldi,
his advisor. Ezio then killed Emilio and recognised him as the Venetian Templar
present in the meeting where Jacopo was killed. Ezio also realised that Carlo
was also a Templar.
Ezio then eavesdropped on another Templar meeting on the
streets of Venice, where he recognised several Venetian noblemen and Rodrigo
Borgia himself. Ezio found out that Carlo was also an assistant of Doge
Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge, or ruler, of Venice. Carlo planned to poison
Giovanni and place Marco Barbarigo, a fellow Templar, as Doge. Ezio infiltrated
the Palazzo Ducale, the Doge's palace, but failed to stop Carlo from poisoning
the Doge. Carlo fled to the courtyard, announcing that Ezio had killed the
Doge, before Ezio killed Carlo. Marco became D Doge , and Ezio was the Most
Wanted Man in Venice.
Fortunately, it was Carnevale season, and by donning a mask,
Ezio remained anonymous. Ezio found out that the winner of the Carnevale games
would receive a Golden Mask, and by wearing that, one could get into the Doge's
party. Ezio won the Carnevale games, and, using the mask, he entered the party
and killed Doge Marco Barbarigo.
After Marco, Agostino Barbarigo became Doge. Unlike other
Barbarigo men, he was an enemy of the Templars and an ally of the Assassins.
Ezio eliminated Marco's Templar bodyguard, Dante Moro, and the head of the
House of Barbarigo, Silvio Barbarigo, who were planning to counterattack from
the Arsenal and retake the city. After assassinating them, Ezio found out that
Rodrigo Borgia, now Pope Alexander VI was the last man standing.
However, other matters demanded Ezio's immediate attention.
There was a delivery for Rodrigo meant to arrive from Cyprus. Ezio intercepted
the courier and discovered that it was the Apple of Eden. After this success,
he was formally inducted into the Assassin Brotherhood.
Ezio went to the city of Forlì, which was ruled by Caterina
Sforza, an ally of the Assassins. Ezio planned to secure the Apple in the Rocca
di Ravaldino, a fortress in the city. However, Ezio and Caterina discovered
that two Templars, Checco and Ludovico Orsi, had infiltrated the city with
their troops and had kidnapped Caterina's children. Ezio handed the Apple to
Caterina and rescued the children and killed Ludovico Orsi. However, it had
been a trap, and, as soon as Ezio started searching for the kidnapped children,
Checco Orsi stole the Apple. Ezio chased and killed Checco and retrieved the
Apple. However, Checco, while dying, managed to stab Ezio, forcing him to drop
the Apple. It was stolen by a monk named Girulamo Savonarola.
Ezio, after recovering, went to Florence. He discovered that
Savonarola, using the Apple, took control of several noblemen and made them his
lieutenants, and managed to oust the Medici from the throne. He replaced the
Medici with his lieutenants. Ezio hunted down the lieutenants and organised
revolts against Savonarola. When Savonarola tried to take control of the mob
using the Apple, Ezio threw a knife at his hand, causing him to drop the Apple.
The mob took the mad monk to the execution plaza, while a Templar guard stole
the Apple. Ezio chased and killed the guard and retrieved the Apple. He then
went to the execution plaza and killed Savonarola, again placing the Medici in
control of the city.
Ezio then returned to Monteriggioni and studied the Codex
pages written by legendary Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad that he had collected
during his travels. He realised that there was a Vault hidden underneath the
Vatican, that could be opened by one if he wielded the power of the Apple of
Eden and the Staff of Eden at the same time. He understood why Rodrigo Borgia
became Pope - he would have access to the Papal Staff, which was the Staff of
Eden. Ezio had the Apple. Now he needed the Staff. He travelled to the Vatican
to complete his quest for vengeance and open the Vault.
In the Vatican, he made his way to Rodrigo Borgia and was
about to kill him, but the Pope used the Staff to push him back. In the fight
that ensued, Ezio lost to Rodrigo, and Rodrigo took the Apple and headed to the
Vault. When Ezio recovered, he tracked Rodrigo and fought him in hand-to-hand
combat. Ezio defeated Rodrigo, but instead of killing him, Ezio let him go.
Ezio opened the Vault and talked to Minerva, a First Civilization being.
Ezio returned to Monteriggioni on December 31, 1499, and
declared his quest completed, 23 years after he started it.
However, on January 2, 1500, Cesare Borgia, Rodrigo's son,
attacked and laid siege to Monteriggioni. Cesare managed to kill Mario Auditore
and steal the Apple and also kidnap Caterina Sforza, who happened to be in
Monteriggioni at the time. Ezio made sure the civilians escaped, and then
himself went to Rome. In Rome, he found out that the people hated the Borgia
because they had destroyed the city. Ezio also figured out that Cesare Borgia
now controlled the Templars, even though Rodrigo was still the Grandmaster.
Ezio infiltrated the Vatican to kill Rodrigo and Cesare, retrieve the Apple,
and free Caterina. Ezio did free Caterina, but Cesare and Rodrigo were not in
the Vatican. While they were away, Ezio helped the people fight the Borgia and
eliminated Juan 'The Banker' Borgia (thus cutting off Cesare's funds),
Silvestro Sabbatini (thus ending slavery), and Baron de Valois (thus cutting
off Cesare's ties with the French). Cesare and Rodrigo returned, only to find
out that they had lost the city to the Assassins. Ezio then infiltrated the
Vatican to kill Rodrigo and Cesare. Cesare was poisoned by Rodrigo, but managed
to kill Rodrigo by making him choke on a poisoned Apple. Cesare left for the
Basilica di San Pietro to take and use the Apple, but Ezio beat Cesare to the
Apple, and, using it, destroyed Cesare's army. In 1507, Ezio left for Viana, as
Cesare happened to be there. Ezio threw Cesare off a fortress wall, killing him
and ending the Borgia threat.
In the years that followed, Ezio began a quest to rediscover
the lost history of the Order. Travelling to the aged fortress of Masyaf in
order to find a library locked underneath the fortress, he discovered it
overrun with Templars. He eliminated the Templar Captain, Leandros, and took a
journal from him, that gave the locations of the keys that unlocked the
library. He made his way to the city of Constantinople to uncover the location
of the Masyaf keys which, as he discovered, would unlock the fortress's fabled
hidden library when brought together. During his time in Constantinople, Ezio
befriended Prince Suleiman, an Ottoman nobleman from the ruling family, and
developed a relationship with Sofia Sartor, a Venetian woman with a library in
the city. After finding the library, Ezio retired from the Assassin Order. He
married Sofia and lived in a villa in the Tuscan countryside.
The couple had two children - Flavia and Marcelo. Some time
after teaching the Chinese Assassin Shao Jun the ways of the Order, Ezio was
attacked twice by Chinese Imperial soldiers, during an errand run in Florence.
Though both narrowly triumphant, the attacks worsened Ezio's condition. After
learning of the ways of the Assassins, Shao Jun returned to China. Ezio later
passed in peace on a bench in a market in Florence.
Ratonhnhaké:ton
Ratonhnhaké:ton (/ˈrəduːnˈhəɡeɪduːn/;
"Ra-doon-ha-gay-doon"; life that is scratched, referring to a struggle
to survive.[1]) (1756-unknown), also known by the adopted name of Connor, is
the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III, voiced by and modeled on Noah Watts.
Since every Kanien'keha:ka name is unique, at the advice of their Mohawk
cultural consultants, Ubisoft agreed not to trademark the name
"Ratonhnhaké:ton".[2] Contrary to several known Assassins who
possessed connections to eagles, Ratonhnhaké:ton was more closely likened to a
wolf. Born in Colonial America to an English father, Haytham Kenway, and a Mohawk
(Kanien'keha:ka) mother, Kaniehti:io, Ratonhnhaké:ton was raised by his mother
among the Kanien'keha:ka during the French and Indian War.
As a child, Ratonhnhaké:ton was assaulted by several
Templars and his village was burned. He finds his burning house and finds his
mother dying. He vows to avenge his mother's death. He is instructed by Juno to
find the Assassins. After he meets Achilles Davenport, the mentor, Achilles
trains him and shows him the Templars who were in America. Connor becomes an assassin
and is told to help America gain freedom. Connor discovers that William
Johnson, a Templar, is planning to buy the land in which his village stands, as
it is sacred and has some connection to the First Civilisation. Connor
assassinates Johnson at a meeting where he tries to force the natives to sell
the land. At the Battle of Bunker Hill between the Patriots and the Loyalists,
Connor allies with Patriot General Israel Putnam, who helps him kill Templar
Jonathan 'John' Pitcairn by attacking and distracting the Loyalist army,
allowing him to reach the enemy base and kill Pitcairn. Connor then targets
Thomas Hickey, an ally of the Templars, who was plotting to kill George
Washington, the leader of the American Revolution. He chases Hickey in New York
before the two are sent to prison. Mason Weems, a prisoner, helps Connor find
Thomas Hickey's VIP cell, but he is trapped by Hickey and Charles Lee, another
Templar. Connor is accused of plotting to kill Washington, and is almost hanged
on the orders of Washington before Achilles saves him. Connor then kills
Hickey, who was on his way to kill George Washington. Later Washington tells
him that Benjamin Church had betrayed the Patriots and was fleeing with their
supplies. While hunting Church, Connor meets his father, Haytham Kenway, who is
also hunting Church for betraying the Templars. After Connor finds the lost
supplies, Charles Lee is accused of betraying the Patriot army. However,
instead of sentencing him to death, Commander Washington imprisons him in Fort George.
Connor is told to find an amulet, which was with Charles Lee. Connor plans to
assassinate Lee in the fort and gain the amulet. However, Connor is injured in
the fort and is confronted by Haytham. Haytham attempts to strangle him, but
Connor kills him with his Hidden Blade. While Haytham dies, he admits that he
was proud of Connor, saying that he possessed the qualities of a noble person.
Later, Connor finds Lee in a tavern, kills him and takes the amulet from him
which he later hides for Desmond and the modern day Assassins to find.
Ratonhnhaké:ton used a tomahawk, daggers and a war club,
during battle. He was given a signature Double Hidden Blade when made an
assassin. For long range tools, he used rope darts, bow and arrow, and was
proficient in the use of pistols and other firearms. Weapons could be bought
from the general store and consumables such as arrows, smoke bombs, and trip
mines (which could be bought from traders). He usually wore the assassin's
hood, though outfits were available in the market. He gained money by establishing
trade routes, doing small tasks such as delivering letters in cities and
finding torn pages of Benjamin Franklin's almanacs. He could also send assassin
recruits to several missions and get money for every successful task. Also,
looting chests, wagons, and dead bodies would give him several valuables.
In The Tyranny of King Washington, set after the events of
the original game, the new President George Washington meets with
Ratonhnhaké:ton to discuss the vivid dreams he has been experiencing, thanks to
an Apple of Eden he came into possession of during the war. The two are pulled
into an alternate reality by the Apple; one wherein Washington has been crowned
King of the United States, and Ratonhnhaké:ton never joined the Assassins.
Corrupted by the Apple, King Washington has, in turn, corrupted figures such as
Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin and Israel Putnam to help suppress the
Native American uprising against his rule. Washington burns Ratonhnhaké:ton's
village and almost kills him. Ratonhnhaké:ton is introduced to 'The Tea of the
Great Willow', a substance which provides him mystical powers drawn from his
people's animal spirits. When he drinks it, he is given the powers of the wolf,
the eagle, and the bear. Ratonhnhaké:ton kills Arnold and Putnam, who, while
dying, are freed from the power of the Apple; Arnold tells Ratonhnhaké:ton not
to kill Franklin, but rather free him from the Apple's influence.
Ratonhnhaké:ton succeeds and Franklin is freed from Washington's influence.
Eventually, Ratonhnhaké:ton and King Washington confront one another atop the
King's New York pyramid. Washington is killed by Ratonhnhaké:ton who takes the
Apple for himself. Now free of the Apple's influence, President Washington
suggests Ratonhnhaké:ton take the Apple and drop it into the sea, where nobody
can ever reach it.
In 2013, Connor was ranked as the fifth most badass video
game character by The Ultimate Gamer.[3]
Haytham Kenway
Haytham E. Kenway (1725-1781) (voiced by Adrian Hough) is
both a playable character in the first three sequences of Assassin's Creed III,
as well as the secondary antagonist throughout the remainder of the game.
Haytham Kenway was the Templar Grand Master of British
Colonial America who fathered Ratonhnhaké:ton. Born the son of an Assassin named
Edward Kenway, he was taught the necessary skills to become a skilled Assassin
and remained with the Order for a short period. When tragedy strikes his
family, his allegiance wavers and he winds up being recruited into the Templar
Order at a young age by Reginald Birch. In 1754, Birch orders Haytham to attend
a play at the Theatre Royal in London to kill an Assassin named Miko who was
thought to hold a key to unlocking the treasure of 'Those Who Came Before'.
After completing the task, he was instructed to leave for Boston on the
Providence with a list of Templars who were willing to help him in his new
mission. During the trip, he helped avert a mutiny by killing the crew's
ringleader, an Assassin named Louis Mills, who was placed on the ship with orders
to avenge Miko's death. Upon reaching Boston, he is greeted by Charles Lee, who
proceeds to help him perform acts which aid him to gain the Templars' trust and
solidify their presence in the colonies. With the treasure he seeks rumored to
reside deep in the Frontier, in Kanien'keha:ka territory, Haytham elects to
gain their trust by killing a slave driver named Silas Thatcher and freeing his
Native American prisoners. In the process, he meets a Mohawk woman named
Kaniehti:io (Ziio for short) who agrees to help him find the fabled site of
'Those Who Came Before' under the condition that he kills General Edward
Braddock, a former Templar who now threatens Native American lands. After
successfully killing him during his Expedition, Ziio leads Haytham to a large
cave where ancient inscriptions line the walls, marking the entrance to a large
Temple. However, despite possessing what he thinks is the key, Haytham is
denied entrance. Haytham expresses his disappointment and Ziio tries to comfort
him, simultaneously expressing feelings for him which he reciprocates. It is
presumed they make love in the cave before Haytham returns to Boston where he
later formally inducts Lee into the Templar Order; the moment when the player
realizes Haytham's true allegiance (before this point in the game, it is
implied he is an Assassin). Meanwhile, Ziio returns to her village to give
birth and raise her son alone. Years later, Haytham is reunited unceremoniously
with his son, Ratonhnhaké:ton, and engages him in brief combat. However, seeing
as their goals work towards the same end, he proposes that they work together;
this being bringing Benjamin Church to justice. As they traveled together,
Haytham shows shadows of feelings toward his son, even expressing
disheartenment and sorrow upon hearing that Ziio had perished in an attack on
their village years before. When they meet with George Washington, Haytham
attempts to sway Ratonhnhaké:ton to his side by showing him that Washington
himself had been the one to authorize the attack on the village. Despite the
hard truth, Ratonhnhaké:ton refuses to join the Templars and later parts ways
with his father. As they clash one final time in New York, Haytham is felled by
Ratonhnhaké:ton who stabs him in the neck with his hidden blade. Before he
dies, Haytham admits that he is proud of his son for his strength, courage and
conviction and says he should have killed him long ago.
Aveline de Grandpré
It has
been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled Aveline de
Grandpré. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2013.
Aveline de Grandpré (voiced by Amber Goldfarb)
(1747-unknown) is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. The
child of a French merchant father and an African mother, Aveline lived in New
Orleans, colonial French Louisiana, during the Seven Years' War and the
Louisiana Rebellion of 1768.
Middle-class through her father’s wealth and her parents'
plaçage marriage, Aveline became an assassin through her pity for the poor.
Mentored by the ex-slave Agate, she joined the Assassins Brotherhood in 1759.
Using social status to her advantage, Aveline easily moved between social
strata just by altering her clothing; by doing so, she could alternate between
the guise of a lady, slave, or assassin, in order to alter conspicuousness.[4]
While it is well established that Connor is an ancestor of Desmond Miles,
evident by Desmond's ability to use the animus to relive Connor's, exactly who
is reliving Aveline's life is yet to be clarified. Her life was later used as a
tool of propaganda by Abstergo Industries, which twisted and mounted her
memories in order to show the Templars as a benevolent Order as opposed to a
misguided Assassin's Brotherhood. However, Erudito, a hacking collective and
opposition to Abstergo, managed to crack the code used by the Templars. Erudito
used this to show the truth to some viewers, by among others examples,
revealing unsweetened memories of Aveline about the cruelty of de Ferrer
against the slaves of the Chichen Itza camp or the additional memories of the
assassination of Madeleine after the seemingly rallying of de Grandpré to the
Templars. Aveline was a skilled free-runner, who was able to navigate with ease
through the urban cityscape and natural landscape, such as the Bayou. Her
fighting style included dual-wielding various weapons, including a whip,
flintlock and musket firearms, swords and daggers, a blowpipe, a sugar-cane
machete and Double-Hidden Blades. Aside from her weapons, Aveline possessed
three disguises that she could make use of. Accompanying this, Aveline
possessed the sixth sense casually referred to as Eagle Vision, allowing her to
identify enemies, allies, hiding spots and targets of immediate importance. As
she grew, Aveline developed into a strong-willed young woman, who began to
notice the contrasts within society; such as freedom and enslavement, or wealth
and poverty. She was torn between the different values that she had inherited
from her parents, and as such, she formed her own, which included a vehement
stance against slavery. As a consequence of her being pulled in either
direction by the Assassins and Templars, she questioned whether fighting as an
Assassin was the right thing to do or not. While in New York, she asked her
fellow Assassin, Ratonhnhaké:ton, if he ever questioned their ideals; he
responded without taking side with either faction, but rather explained that he
trusted in his own abilities to distinguish right from wrong.
In 2013, Complex ranked her as the sixth greatest heroine in
video game history, commenting: "Aveline is such an envelope-pusher: a
black, female, French-speaking protagonist in this world of stereotypical white
males, she represents a major step forward for diversity in games."[5]
That same year, Tom's Guide's Marshall Honorof also included her among top ten
female protagonists in video game history.[6]
Edward James Kenway
Edward James Kenway (1693-1735) was a Welsh privateer,
pirate, and member of the Assassin Order, active in and around the Caribbean
during the early 18th century's golden age of piracy. He serves as the
protagonist of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. He is also the father of
Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Ratonhnhaké:ton respectively, the playable
characters of Assassin's Creed III.[7] He was born on March 10, 1693 in
Swansea, to an English sheep farmer named Bernard Kenway and his Welsh wife
Linette Hopkins. Edward himself married a Bristolian woman named Caroline
Scott, though she left him due to his obsession with obtaining wealth and later
died while he was overseas. Edward was a rough and greedy individual, fixated
on becoming rich chiefly through piracy, and as a result had very few moral
boundaries for what he would not do to obtain riches. As a result of his
selfishness and destructive personality, Edward came to be at odds with both
the Assassins and the Templars for much of his time in the Caribbean,
interacting with and aiding them both without interest in their respective
doctrines. Unlike his predecessors, Edward began his career as an Assassin
unintentionally, as for much of his time he wore his robes and carried his
hidden blades merely because he stole them, only earning his official status
some years later.
While in the Caribbean in early 1715, Edward encountered the
rogue Assassin Duncan Walpole, who was on his way to Havana, Cuba. Edward and
his crew successfully managed to scuttle the HMS Intrigue, Duncan’s ship, after
it had been struck by lightning, however Duncan managed to board Edward's ship
and assassinate its captain. Moments later, the ship's magazine detonated,
killing all but Edward and Walpole, who washed ashore in Cape Bonavista.
Walpole tried to enlist Edward's help in reaching Havana, but Edward's greedy
response ignited Walpole's temper, resulting in a duel. Victorious, Edward
decided to assume Walpole's identity to fool the dead man's contacts into a
lucrative payoff, unaware that Walpole was on his way to defect from the
Brotherhood to become a Templar. In Havana, Kenway learned of the
"Observatory," a precursor relic that had the power to locate any
human on the planet using their blood, a power the Templars hoped to obtain.
Edward also developed a desire to find it in the hopes it could give him wealth
beyond imagining. Despite having his true identity revealed to the Templars,
Edward escaped captivity and returned to piracy with renewed vigor, captaining
a pirated Spanish brig renamed the "Jackdaw" alongside his
quartermaster Adéwalé, a former slave whom he met in captivity.
Upon returning to Nassau, an infamous haven for piracy,
Edward met up with Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch, Benjamin Hornigold and
the Assassin Mary Read, disguised as James Kidd, the bastard son of William
Kidd, who swiftly deduced Edward's inherent ability of "Eagle
Vision", a sort of sixth sense present in descendants of the First
Civilization. In pursuit of a mysterious man known as a "Sage"
reputed to know the location of the Observatory, Kenway wound up in Tulum,
Mexico, where he met Ah Tabai, the Mentor of the Caribbean Brotherhood. Ah
Tabai denounced Kenway for his early yet inadvertent assistance to the
Templars, but Read revealed Kenway's possession of "the sense", which
stayed the Assassins' vengeance. Still chasing down the Sage along with Read,
Edward discovered that the Sage was imprisoned by a slaver in Kingston,
although upon liberating him, he escaped, only to return and reveal himself as
Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, taking up a mantle of piracy and
stealing a Portuguese Man o' War. Roberts led Edward to the Observatory some
time later, however he betrayed Edward, turning him over to the Templars who
imprisoned him for his crimes.
Edward escaped prison with the aid of Ah Tabai, however Read
died in the process due to trauma from her recent childbirth while imprisoned.
Following this, Edward attempted to invent himself anew after realizing that
all his avarice and recklessness had granted him was the death of his friends,
all of whom had died either by Edward's hand or while he was close to them.
Edward pledges himself to Ah Tabai and the Assassin Order, determined to hunt
down the remaining Templars and Roberts along with Anne Bonny, his new
quartermaster after Adéwalé departs and becomes an Assassin himself. After
killing Roberts along with the rest of the Templar leadership, Edward
eventually tracked down Governor Torres, the Grand Master of the Templar Order,
at the Observatory and killed him, following which he returned to England along
with his daughter Jenny, leaving all his possessions to the Assassins. Edward
would go on to remarry Tessa Stephenson-Oakley, who gave birth in 1725 to his
son, Haytham. Edward trained his son in swordplay and combat from an early age,
intending him to become an Assassin. However on December 3, 1735, their house
was attacked by masked men, who stabbed Edward with his own blade, killing him.
Edward's earlier position as a privateer made him extremely
strong and agile, lending to his free-running capability and ability to swiftly
climb buildings, trees and rigging. He was skilled with numerous weapons,
including twin swords, multiple pistols, a blowpipe and rope darts, the
Assassin's signature twin Hidden Blades, and was a competent hand-to-hand
fighter as well. Unlike many other captains of his time, Edward preferred to
captain the Jackdaw personally instead of having a dedicated helmsman, and his
obsession with wealth, charisma and eagerness to leap into combat made him very
popular with his crew. He was also a strong swimmer, able to hold his breath
for several minutes at a time, and survive impressive depths with the aid of a
diving bell mounted on the Jackdaw.
Adéwalé
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Adéwalé (1692 – 1758) was a former slave-turned-pirate from
Trinidad, and later a member of the Assassin Order. During the early 18th
century, he served as Edward Kenway's quartermaster aboard the Jackdaw before
eventually assuming the captaincy of his own vessel, the Victoire, and later
the Experto Crede in 1735. That year, he briefly set aside his duties as an
Assassin in order to aid the Maroon rebellion in Saint Domingue. He is the
grandfather of the Haitian Assassin Eseosa, and is an ancestor to Milton
Jones.[8]
Adéwalé recognized the oppression visited upon those who
worked the sugar plantations, and frequently dwelt on means of achieving his
freedom. However, the life of a fugitive slave was difficult and perilous, and
Adéwalé was anxious about committing to such an existence. However, a unique
opportunity for escape presented itself in 1708, when pirates arrived at the
plantation where Adéwalé worked and raided the storehouse. Grabbing a crate of
sugar, Adéwalé joined the pirates in their pillaging; while initially surprised
at his presence, the pirates were nonetheless pleased to have his help, and
welcomed him among their number. For several years Adéwalé continued to sail
with this crew, learning the skills of a proper pirate and seafarer. However,
in 1715 the ship ran aground off the coast of Havana, and he was captured by
Spanish authorities. His captors eventually decided to send him to Spain to be
an interpreter, and had him imprisoned aboard a ship in the Spanish Treasure
Fleet for passage. Adéwalé found himself chained alongside the pirate Edward
Kenway, who was also destined for Spain after the Templars found out that
Edward killed Duncan Walpole and fooled them by pretending to be him. Together,
the two broke free of their bonds and, after incapacitating a number of guards,
procured themselves a ship, in the process freeing a number of likewise
captured pirates. Adéwalé chose a relatively small brig named El Dorado to make
their escape, which was made all the more difficult by a sudden, powerful storm
that struck the fleet. Ultimately, they managed to escape, while the remaining
eleven ships in the fleet sank to the bottom of the sea.
Decades later, Adéwalé - now an Assassin - found himself
shipwrecked in Port-au-Prince, Saint Domingue, where he was forced to aid the
growing Maroon rebellion against their French masters. He shared a night of
passion with Bastienne, his contact in Port-au-Prince, and she became pregnant
and eventually bore him a son. Adéwalé returned to the city to offer aid
following the 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake. There he met his son, and
thereafter took him to join the Brotherhood. Adéwalé's son in turn had a child,
Eseosa, who also went on the join the Assassins, and was an influential
participant in the Haitian Revolution.[9] Adéwalé himself was murdered, in
1758.
Shay Patrick Cormac
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Shay Patrick Cormac (c.1731-unknown) is an Irish-born
Assassin-turned-Templar who will be the protagonist of the upcoming Assassin's
Creed Rogue. Shortly after being inducted into the Assassin Order, he began
questioning their purpose and methods, eventually deciding to join the Templars
as an Assassin hunter. Using Templar resources, he was outfitted with
sophisticated weapons and his own ship - Morrígan - to assist in his newfound
mission. He operated mainly in the North Atlantic during the Seven Years' War.
Arno Victor Dorian
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Arno Victor Dorian (1768-unknown) is a French-Austrian
Assassin, who will be the protagonist of the upcoming Assassin's Creed Unity.
Blaming himself for the death of his father, Dorian joined the Assassin Order,
unaware that he had been raised by the Templars. He was active in Paris during
the French Revolution.
Main characters in other media
Nikolai Andreievich Orelov
Nikolai Andreievich Orelov (died 1931) was a Russian member
of the Assassins and the Narodnaya Volya. He is the protagonist of the comic
Assassin's Creed: The Fall and has thus far not appeared in any game. The son
of Master Assassin Andrei Orelov, Nikolai joined the Order out of birthright
rather than choice, and occasionally harbored some bitterness and resentment
over his life being so fundamentally altered by forces beyond his control. He
trained alongside Aleksandr Ulyanov, whom he quickly befriended. Nikolai's
greatest failure was when Aleksandr was captured as part of the Pervomartovtsy.
As Aleksandr was hanged, he indicated that Nikolai was guilty of not rescuing
him. The following year, Nikolai attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander III,
who was in possession of a Staff of Eden. Nikolai attacked Alexander on his
private train. The intensity of the fight caused the train to crash. Nikolai
barely escaped, and the Tsar's injuries contributed to his death six years
later. Some time later, Nikolai and his wife, Anna, lost a child, intensifying
Nikolai's bitterness, which his fellow assassins occasionally found disconcerting.
In 1908, Nikolai was sent to Tunguska to retrieve the Staff from a Templar
research facility. The facility was inadvertently destroyed when Nikola Tesla
prematurely detonated his experimental mass destruction weapon, Nikolai was the
only survivor. A small shard of the Staff was recovered by Grigori Rasputin,
but eventually recovered from his corpse. After the Russian Revolution, Nikolai
retired from the Assassins to start a new life in America with his wife and
children, while keeping the shard for himself. Nikolai's wife and daughter were
arrested during the Palmer Raids and subsequently deported. Nikolai and his
youngest son, Innokenti, lived a relatively isolative existence in the woods.
In 1931, Nikolai is contacted by a fellow associate, Sergei, who tells him that
the Assassins need him to return to Russia to be debriefed on his knowledge of
the Tunguska event. Paranoid and mistrustful due to recent events, Nikolai
attacks and kills Sergei, and is subsequently killed during the Assassins' retaliatory
response.
Shao Jun
Shao Jun (voiced by Angela Galuppo) (1505-unknown) was a
member of the Chinese Assassin Brotherhood, protagonist of the animated film
Assassin's Creed: Embers, and supporting character in Assassin's Creed:
Revelations by Oliver Bowden (based on the game of the same name). A former
concubine of Emperor Zhèngdé, she was rescued by the Assassins after the
emperor's death, and devoted her life to the Order as a result.After some time,
Zhèngdé's successor, Jiajing, ordered a purge of those who opposed him, which
included the Assassins. Following the Order's decline in China, Jūn and her
Mentor fled west to seek out the Italian Assassin Mentor, Ezio Auditore da
Firenze. Shào Jūn had the desire to learn, specifically about how the Assassin
Order functioned and lived their lives. She searched for information when none
was given to her, even going against the wishes of others just to learn, as
evidenced by her invading Ezio's study. She was sincere about wanting to
understand her Order, and took Ezio's lessons and lectures to heart. She
remained restless and on-guard at all times, keeping a close eye on her
surroundings for any possible threats; often staying up at night and preparing
for an attack instead of sleeping. She also loved to meet and learn from new
cultures and societies, often excited about the opportunity to understand
people with different nationalities from her own. Shào Jūn wielded a Chinese
jian as her primary weapon, with rope darts and throwing needles tucked under her
bracers as secondary weapons. Accompanying this, Jūn also had a hidden blade
under her right foot, which she used in tandem with her acrobatic skills
against enemies. She was extensively trained in combat by the Order, and was an
adept and agile fighter, with her fighting style being heavily reminiscent of
the Chinese martial art of wǔshù, which involved ample flexibility and
knowledge in both unarmed and sword combat. Jūn's arsenal of weapons were also
fitted for her style of combat, as they were light yet deadly. To lower
suspicion in public areas, she concealed her weapons in her attire, save for
the jiān, which she kept sheathed across her back. In Assassin's Creed III, she
is briefly mentioned by Achilles Davenport, when he shows Ratonhnhaké:ton a rope
dart (briefly calling by its Chinese name "Shéng Biāo"), and says it
is one of several weapon plans (presumably plans for various Chinese weapons)
introduced to the Assassin order by Shào Jūn, however Achilles dialog on her
contributions to the order is interrupted when Ratonhnhaké:ton accidentally
loses control of the ropes' dart, which ends up in the wall of the manor's
secret training room. Afterwards, her in-game bio is unlocked in the Animus
Database.
Daniel Cross
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Daniel Cross (voiced by Danny Blanco-Hall) (1974-2012) was a
descendant of Nikolai Orelov, a member of the Assassin's Order as a Templar
sleeper agent (1998 - 2000), and was considered the greatest assassin since
Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad within the Order's history (Rebecca Crane has referred to
him as "The Assassin"). He is the protagonist of the Assassin's Creed
comics (Assassin's Creed: The Fall, Assassin's Creed: The Chain, and Assassin's
Creed: Revelations). He is also featured in Assassin's Creed: Initiates
community-oriented project. He is Desmond Mile's foil/counterpart and the
secondary antagonist during the events of Assassin's Creed III. Daniel is
responsible for infiltrating and killing the Mentor of the Assassins in 2000,
which nearly destroyed the Brotherhood Order in the aftermath of "The
Great Purge". He later became Abstergo's top field agent and was bestowed
the rank of Master Templar (2002 - 2012).
Daniel subsequently rose to become a member of the Inner
Sanctum of the Templar Order, and was bestowed the rank of Master Templar as a
result.[10] In 2011, Daniel led a group of Templars in a raid on an Assassin
hideout. Once there, the group found nobody but Hannah Mueller, who had stayed
behind to slow down the Templars and try to return Daniel to the Assassins.
However, her attempt failed, as Daniel killed her.[11] In late 2012, Daniel was
involved in an incident in Denver, which left him traumatized to the point that
he would later refuse to go on assignment there. Around this time, Daniel was
also responsible for finding Desmond Miles and allowed his capture by Daniel's
fellow Abstergo employees. When Desmond escaped from Abstergo, Daniel was
notably frustrated, not being aware that Vidic had planned it all out as part
of Project Siren.
On September 12, 2012, Daniel led a Templar attack on an
Assassin hideout in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, though one Assassin
managed to escape the attack. Just over a month later, on October 13, 2012,
Daniel telephoned Dr. Sung in a state of great uneasiness, to express his
concern following the news of Project Siren's collapse and the death of Lucy
Stillman. Despite his panic, Daniel eventually agreed to meet with her in
person at Rittenhouse Square to share his worries. Later on, Daniel called
Vidic in anger to show his dissatisfaction for having lost Desmond and his team
again and told him that he had found out about Project Siren. He expressed his
desire to join him in Rome, to which Vidic agreed, saying he could use Daniel's
expertise. When Daniel arrived there, however, he was assigned by Theodore
Rizzo to coach more recruits in their training program. Despite insisting that
he should be going after Desmond, Vidic told Daniel that he was the only man
who could train the recruits properly and told him that it would only be for
two days. To this, Daniel reluctantly agreed, though he still pushed towards
being involved in retrieving Desmond.
On October 22, 2012, Daniel physically assaulted three
recruits in the mess hall of the Abstergo facility. An entire squad was needed
to neutralize him, and it resulted in seven people being hospitalized,
composing of three recruits and four Abstergo agents. Following this, Rizzo
sent an email to Vidic, noting that he was aware of Daniel's status in the
Order, but requested permission to put him off duty. Despite this, Vidic denied
his request and told Rizzo to continue having Daniel train the recruits. The
next day, Daniel left the Abstergo campus without reporting for duty. When
prompted, Vidic told Rizzo that they had the means to track Daniel down and
that he would lead them to Desmond and his team; therefore, assigned Rizzo to
prepare backup for Daniel. Three days later, on October 26, 2012, Rizzo's Delta
1 team made contact with Daniel in Florence. Rizzo called Vidic to inform him
that Daniel was on their targets' trail, and Vidic told Rizzo to obey Daniel's
command. The next day, Daniel and Delta teams 1 to 10 prepared to ambush
Desmond Miles and his team at Florence's airport. Unbeknownst to them, they
were ambushed by a group of Assassins under the command of Harlan T.
Cunningham, and a gunfight ensued. Daniel made a run for Desmond's team, though
they used their Apple of Eden on Daniel, causing him to fall to his knees and
hold his head in pain. Following this, Daniel attacked his own men, taking out
Delta 3, Delta 2, and Delta 1.[7]
He and Desmond would cross multiple times when Desmond would
try and recover power sources for the Grand Temple around the globe. Daniel
would always be one step ahead of him, but would be defeated and knocked out by
Desmond both times. Finally, when Desmond had returned to Abstergo in Rome to
rescue his father and kill Vidic, Daniel was sent to stop Desmond in his tracks
cornering him at gunpoint in the Animus chamber Desmond had previously been
imprisoned in. However, before Daniel could kill him, he began to suffer from
the Bleeding Effect and speaking Russian. Daniel panicked and fled, running
through the facility, but was chased by Desmond into the Animi Training Program
room, where he was stabbed to death at Desmond's hands.
Daniel's unique genealogy caught the attention of Abstergo
Industries, and resulted in his capture by the company's Lineage Discovery and
Acquisition division. Daniel's only direct known ancestors were the Orelovs, a
family closely tied with the Assassin Order. Daniel's great-great-grandfather
Andrei Orelov migrated to Russia and joined the Narodnaya Volya in order to
help rid the country of Imperialism. His son Nikolai was forced to follow in
his footsteps, and although dedicated, Nikolai was not as passionate in his
devotion to the Assassins as his father was. Later on, Nikolai married Anna, a
Russian woman, with whom he had a daughter Nadya, while the couple resided in
the country. Following this, Nikolai and Anna later moved to the United States
in 1917 to start a new life, where their son Innokenti was born soon afterwards
(possibly became Daniel's grandfather).
Due to his hallucinations, none of which he could
understand, Daniel was often mentally and emotionally unstable. This confusion
led him to be rude and anti-social, which would often resort to violence. Upon
learning of The Mentor, Daniel became incredibly determined to meet him,
traveling the world and refusing to listen to others' insistence that his goal
was impossible. After the murder of the Mentor, Daniel was shocked at his own
actions. Knowing that he could not return to the Assassins, he ran in desperation
to Abstergo. Initially, Daniel felt a longing for connection to something he
could call family and would often use the Animus to relive the memories of his
ancestors, claiming it was "the closest thing to [one]" he had ever
known. However, Daniel eventually grew to fit into his new home, as well as
into the Templar Order. Despite his eventual rise to the rank of Master
Templar, Daniel continued to suffer from the symptoms of the Bleeding Effect.
Unable, or unwilling, to help him, his fellow Templars learned to simply deal
with it. By mid-November 2012, Dr. Sung had resorted to keeping Daniel inside
the Animus for periods of 72 hours at a time, in the hopes that it might help
his condition, though all medical reports filed suggested otherwise.[7] William
Miles later told Desmond that by 2012, Daniel was simply a symbolic mascot to
Abstergo rather than an asset.[11]
Élise de la Serre
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Élise de la Serre[12] is the protagonist of the Assassin's
Creed: Unity novels. She was a French noblewoman and a member of the Templar
Order active during the French Revolution, as well as an acquaintance of the
Assassin Arno Victor Dorian. The name Élise is a diminutive form of the French
name Élisabeth, meaning "God's promise". Élise's family name comes
from the French Serre, meaning "talon" or "greenhouse",
while de la, "from the", indicates nobility.
Élise was a young noble determined to endorse her role as a
member of the Templar organization. Independent and fierce, she was willing to
go to any lengths to see her goals fulfilled. Élise's father – the Grand Master
of the French Templars, and by extension, Arno's adoptive father – was murdered
as a result of a coup d'état in the Templar Order, occasioned by a shift in
power and core ideologies.[13]
Fictional characters in the Assassin's Creed series
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Contemporary era (1985-present)
Dr. Warren Vidic
(voiced by Philip Proctor) (unknown-2012) is the head of the Abstergo's Animus
project and a member of the Templar Order. In Assassin's Creed, Vidic does not
care about the Animus test subjects; his only goal is finding the Pieces of
Eden, whatever the cost. He forced Subject 16 into reliving many of his
ancestors lives in a bid to find the Apple; this resulted in Subject 16 losing
his sense of self as the "Bleeding Effect" overcame him and drove him
to insanity and suicide. As a result, Vidic is begrudgingly more lenient
towards Desmond, granting him more frequent breaks on Lucy's behalf. In
Assassin's Creed II, Vidic makes a brief appearance during the game's ending,
when he locates the Assassin hideout. Trying to recapture Desmond, he tries to
make Desmond come peacefully and comments about Lucy's betrayal, telling her
about the pain that he was forced to inflict on the Animus subjects as a
result. After Desmond and Lucy defeat the Abstergo guards, Vidic says that
Desmond should enjoy his "temporary victory", and escapes in an
Abstergo van. In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, he makes an appearance during
the multiplayer introduction cutscene giving an introduction speech to Abstergo
employees about the use of the Animi (plural for the Animus) and its true
purpose in exterminating the rest of the Assassin Order. Part of this scene is
reused in the introduction of Assassin's Creed: Revelations and he eventually
ordered his Master Templars (including Daniel Cross) to capture William Miles.
Vidic's final appearance was in Assassin's Creed III and once again served as
Desmond's nemesis. When Vidic's Templar agents successfully captured William
Miles, Vidic sent Desmond Miles and his team a video proposing his demands:
Give him the Apple of Eden and William would be returned to them safely.
Despite the fact that William would tell the team to forget him, Desmond
decided to rescue his father and kill Vidic once and for all. Once Desmond
arrived at the Abstergo facility in Italy, Vidic ordered him to come in
peacefully. Desmond refused, killing any security guards who crossed his path
while Vidic would taunt him on a loud-speaker throughout the facility. In
retaliation, Warren sent Daniel Cross to deal with the Assassin threat. But
once Cross had Desmond cornered, he began to suffer from the Bleeding Effect
and fled trying to deal with his mental breakdown. Vidic, frustrated with
Desmond, stated that he was no longer an asset to Abstergo and authorized the
guards to kill him on sight. Meanwhile, Desmond pursued Cross through the
Animus Training Facility and killed him. Vidic was furious at Cross's death,
screaming that the Assassins only took while Templars gave the world order and
peace. Eventually Desmond reached Vidic's office, where his father sat surrounded
by armed guards. Vidic demanded that Desmond to hand him the Apple. Desmond
reached out with the Apple in his hand, but instead of giving it to Warren,
used its power to manipulate everyone in the room. As Vidic pleaded for the
last time, Desmond influenced one of guards to turn his gun on Warren, shooting
and finally killing him before commanding the remaining guards to kill
themselves.
Lucy Stillman
(voiced by and modelled on Kristen Bell) (1988-2012) was a member of the
Assassins' Order and former genetic memory researcher who worked for Abstergo
Industries in the Animus project. Lucy first appears at the beginning of the
first game, as she and Warren Vidic argue about whether to leave Desmond in the
Animus or pull him out during a fragmented memory sequence. Afterward, while
Vidic explains to Desmond what the Animus does and what "genetic
memories" are, Lucy explains Abstergo's goal in very broad and
non-specific terms. Vidic wants to hurry Desmond along, seeing no reason to
"coddle" him, but Lucy manages to convince Vidic that Desmond will be
useless without time to rest from his experience. During Desmond's time in the
Animus, Lucy is his chief defender, pressuring Vidic to allow Desmond more time
to rest. In breaks between Animus sessions, Lucy begins to warm to Desmond, and
answers what questions she can about the Animus, Abstergo and Vidic. Lucy also
mentions that Desmond was not the only person Abstergo was detaining; she, too,
is an unfortunate captive. Abstergo tried to silence her to keep her from
speaking publicly about the Animus, but her attackers were ordered to stand
down by Dr. Warren Vidic. She claimed that he saved her life that day, and she
told Desmond not to judge Dr. Vidic so harshly, as he was under a lot of
pressure. After a few days, Lucy hides the access codes for Desmond's door in
his wardrobe so that he can roam freely about the Animus chamber, and
"forgot" her security pen on the Animus so that Desmond could access
her e-mail account. Eventually, she reveals herself to Desmond as an Assassin,
working undercover to learn more about Abstergo's goals. After Desmond
successfully retrieves the suppressed memory sequence at the end of the game,
Abstergo executives order Desmond's murder, but Lucy convinces them to keep him
alive to extract more information. Several hours later (Assassin's Creed II),
Lucy returns and breaks Desmond out of the Abstergo facility, eventually
escaping to an Assassin safehouse, where Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings are
waiting with the "Animus 2.0", an improved and upgraded Animus
machine of Rebecca's own design. They inform Desmond that they're going to
attempt an unorthodox training regime: by using the Animus and the Bleeding
Effect, they will try and "imprint" his ancestor Ezio's skills on
Desmond himself, turning him into a master Assassin-by-proxy. Eventually,
Abstergo tracks them to the safehouse, and the Assassins are forced to flee to
a secondary facility in the north; on the way, Desmond goes back into the
Animus to search Ezio and Altair's memories for any information that may help
them. Shortly thereafter, they arrive at Monteriggioni (Assassin's Creed:
Brotherhood), and establish their second base. There, Lucy continues to help
Desmond through the Animus 2.0. After Desmond finds the location of the Apple
of Eden through Ezio's memories, Lucy, Shaun, and Rebecca accompany him deep
beneath the Colosseum, to a hidden vault where it resides. As Desmond holds the
Apple, the goddess Juno takes control of him through it. She then forces him to
stab Lucy as she knows that she is a Templar. It is revealed in Assassin's
Creed: Revelations that Lucy was killed from the stabbing. She was given a
funeral and buried in a cemetery just outside of Rome. It is implied that
Desmond and Lucy have feelings for each other during Assassin's Creed II and
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and is directly stated in Assassin's Creed:
Revelations, making this partly why Desmond went into a coma. Conversations
during Assassin's Creed III shows that Desmond, William, Shaun and Rebecca are
aware of Lucy's betrayal. This is due to the Lost Archive DLC in Assassin's
Creed: Revelations, which reveals Lucy's true allegiance. It can be presumed
that Abstergo knows Lucy is dead. Some say that it is safe to assume Lucy's
feelings for Desmond and her loyalty to the Templars make her really a balanced
double agent for both sides, not leaning on either side too much.
William
"Bill" Miles (voiced by and modelled on John de Lancie) (b. 1948) is
the father of Desmond Miles and de facto leader of the entire Assassin Order
during the events of the games, having risen to the position following the
death of the Mentor in 2000. He raised Desmond in the ways of the Assassins,
teaching him about the order and what they fought for, his training often
scared Desmond which led him to run away from his parents. William's first
appearance is in 'Revelations' where he talks with Rebecca and Shaun when
Desmond is in the Animus Black room explaining Desmond's importance to the
Assassin's on his ability to wield the Apple properly, he questions Rebecca and
Shaun if Desmond and Lucy were close he felt sad about Lucy's death claiming
that she was 'a remarkable woman'. He is the first person to greet Desmond
after recovering from his coma. In Assassins Creed III William and his team
arrive at the Grand Temple
Shaun Hastings
(voiced by and modelled on Danny Wallace) is a cynical, condescending and
pessimistic member of the Assassin's team, specializing in research and
information handling. Through conversations in Assassin's Creed II, Desmond
learns that Shaun was interested in conspiracies from an early age, and
developed a love of history. Though he was unaware of the existence of
modern-day Templars and Assassins, he realized that there was some power-struggle
going on. Shaun attempted to tell others about his findings, not realizing that
the Templars would try to silence him. Fortunately, Rebecca Crane apparently
"rescued" Shaun and recruited him into the Order. This is mentioned
as being unconventional, as most Assassins were usually born into the Order,
not recruited.
Rebecca Crane:
(voiced by and modelled on Eliza Schneider) (b. 1984) is a member of the
Assassin's team. She is the creator of the Animus 2.0 – which she
affectionately refers to as "Baby" – and provides technical support
for the Assassins alongside her partner, Shaun Hastings. She appears to be an
old friend of Lucy Stillman, although prior to the game, the two purportedly
did not see one another for seven years, perhaps due to Lucy's internment at
Abstergo. In Assassin's Creed II, Rebecca serves as tech support for the Animus
2.0. She often leaves notes within the database entries that Shaun makes
available for Desmond Miles while he is in the Animus, especially if the
entries (i.e. about a particular structure) indicate the presence of a glyph or
Assassin's tomb therein. The data module that Rebecca receives from Lucy with
the records of the Abstergo version of the Animus allow Desmond to interact
with the encrypted file Subject 16 left behind in Ezio Auditore da Firenze's
memories. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Rebecca can be heard talking to
Bill Miles during Desmond's coma. She returns in Assassin's Creed III, and
travels with everyone to "the Vault". She, once again, helps manage
the Animus, and helps Desmond along when he travels to a skyscraper in New York
City, a stadium in Brazil, and helps him rescue his father from the Templars at
Abstergo. Later on, after Desmond inserts all three of the power sources, she,
along with Desmond, William, and Shaun, enter the heart of the vault, where
Desmond can either free Juno, which saves the Earth, but will unleash her, or
Minerva, who recommends they all wait in the Vault for the Earth to burn, so
Desmond can help make a new age for the Earth. Choosing to side with Juno, he
tells everyone else to leave, as they could be hurt when Desmond frees Juno.
Rebecca and the others leave, without another word.
Clay Kaczmarek
(Subject 16): (voiced by Cam Clarke in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's
Creed: Brotherhood and by Graham Cuthbertson in Assassin's Creed: Revelations)
(1982-2012), commonly known as "Subject 16", was an Assassin abducted
by Abstergo directly before Desmond Miles. Dr. Warren Vidic was responsible for
pushing Subject 16 to the point of insanity. In the games Assassin's Creed, Assassin's
Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, indirect references are made to the
events immediately following Subject 16's insanity. The events are only
revealed after finishing the first game. After completing the storyline of
Assassin's Creed, Desmond gains Altaïr's Eagle Vision via the "Bleeding
Effect" from the Animus, which allows him to see more than is usually
visible. At this point, he can use his new-found ability to see blood covering
the walls and floor of the room with the Animus; the blood was used to create
symbols and writings, indicating the end of the world in a variety of ways and
making references to several different cultures. When Desmond enters his own
room and uses Eagle Vision to view the wall behind his bed, he sees that it is
almost entirely covered in blood and contains several more clues to what
happened to Subject 16. Eventually it is revealed that Subject 16 felt his soul
was being stolen and his mind shattered with so many memories of his ancestors,
so he used his own blood to paint the clues before ending his life.[14] He is
the playable character of "The Lost Archive" DLC. It is revealed he
was an assassin sent to infiltrate Abstergo. He was meant to escape through the
help of Lucy Stillman but was unsuccessful. No longer able to escape, he
planned his suicide so that he would be able to pass his message to Desmond.
Alan Rikkin is the
CEO of Abstergo. He had sent several e-mails to Warren Vidic, one of which that
details several Pieces of Eden that they believe to be nothing more than
mythical tales, including the Holy Grail. Rikkin is possibly one of the three
men standing in the conference room right after Desmond Miles finished the
Altaïr project.
Colonial era (1600-1800)
Achilles
Davenport: (voiced by Roger Aaron Brown) (1710-1781) was a Master Assassin and
a Mentor for a span of time during the French and Indian War and the American
Revolutionary War. The British Colonial America Brotherhood was founded by John
de la Tour around the early 18th century after his arrival to the colonies.
Recruited in the mid-1730s, Achilles became the Mentor of the British Colonial
Assassins in 1746, as he had a gift for both recruitment and organization.
Achilles also strengthened the Brotherhood's ties with the Iroquois Nations. In
1763, he was tried by the Templar leaders after the branch was decimated to all
but himself, during the aftermath of the French and Indian War. In a show of
mercy, Achilles was allowed to live if he resigned his role as an Assassin and
moved into the wilderness. By 1770, Achilles resided at the Davenport
Homestead. In that same year, he reluctantly recruited Ratonhnhaké:ton into the
Assassin Order, and acted as his mentor thereafter. He provided Ratonhnhaké:ton
with advice, and cautioned the younger Assassin whenever his ambition led him
astray. However, Achilles passed away: when Ratonhnhaké:ton discovered his
body, there was a note to him Achilles' hand apologizing that he never got to
say goodbye like he wanted to. A funeral was held on the cliff behind his mansion
and while others put flowers on his coffin, Ratonhnhaké:ton put a Feather in
honour of the Assassins. Ratonhnhaké:ton later went back to his grave and
buried the amulet with Achilles making sure that nobody could find it but
Desmond. The Davenport Homestead contained the graves of Achilles' two family
members; his wife, Abigail Davenport, and his son, Connor Davenport, who both
died of typhoid fever shortly after the French and Indian War. Achilles also
rested there after he passed in 1781.
Agaté
(unknown-1777) was a former slave who, following his escape from jail, became
Mentor of the New France Assassin Order in the colonial French Louisiana. He is
an antagonist of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. Agaté personally trained
Aveline de Grandpré, with whom he held a tempestuous relationship, as he
disapproved of her impulsiveness, and when she acted without consulting him.
After uncovering the identity of the Company Man during her mission in New
York, Aveline returned to the Bayou to consult her mentor, only to find that he
was under the belief that she had been turned to the Templar cause. After
defeating his pawns and coming from under the influence of his hallucinogenic
poison, Aveline confronted him directly at the highest point of his homestead.
After trying to convince him of her loyalty, she informed him that she had no
choice but to kill him. But rather than be killed by Aveline, who he had
earlier labeled as 'a monster' (referring to her mixed heritage), Agate turned
to face her and fell backwards to his death, thus committing suicide in front
of his student. Although he appears on seldom occasions during the course of
the game, Agate appeared to be a very experienced and invaluable mentor to
Aveline, reminding her that her impulsiveness would lead to trouble. At times,
he was harsh with her in his words, but only did such to help mold her into the
Assassin that she later became. However, he also showed doubt in her loyalty to
the Assassins, and on one occasion admitted to having a dream that she had
turned her back on the Order. Despite all of his concerns, he seemed to
genuinely care for his student, and viewed Aveline as his own child, having
revealed that if he had pursued her mother, Jeanne, she could have very well
been his daughter. Agate appeared to be a skilled freerunner and climber; on an
occasion when he requested his student to meet him in the heart of New Orleans,
Aveline found him perched atop a church roof. Agate also possessed knowledge of
voodoo, and made use of it on one occasion during the events of the game. When
confronted by Aveline, he used a certain hallucinogen that hindered her ability
to see and made lifeless practice dolls appear to be hostile and human, as well
as creating the illusion that he could vanish and reappear a distance away.
Antonio de Ulloa
was a Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and
the first Spanish governor of Louisiana. A Templar, he was pursued by the
Assassin Aveline de Grandpré during the Louisiana Rebellion, but was spared by
Grandpré under the promise to go into exile.
Baptiste was a
former Assassin and voodoo leader, who posed as the deceased François Mackandal
and operated in the Bayou surrounding New Orleans. Secretly working for the
"Company Man" with Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer, Baptiste aspired to
become a formal member of the Templar Order. He was also a personal enemy of
the Mentor of the Louisianan Assassins, Agaté. Sometime in 1765,
"Mackandal" had amassed a small following, though he sent a letter to
one of his acolytes stating that he was "in want of nothing but more men
to join his ranks" of his cult for a "sacred ceremony" on the
Eve of Saint John. However, this letter was intercepted by the Assassin Aveline
de Grandpré, shortly after she had assassinated the troops at one of his bases,
a wrecked ship in the marshlands, with the smuggler Élise Lafleur providing her
with the information and transport to get there. Aveline and Élise then located
Baptiste after she had cleared the man's second base, and spied on his
conversation with de Ferrer. There, she learned of his aspirations to poison
the nobles of New Orleans, before Aveline faced off against Baptiste in a
showdown, proving victorious despite having been afflicted by a hallucinogenic
drug by the voodoo leader; she had ingested an antidote beforehand in
preparation to face him.
Clipper Wilkinson
(1756–unknown) was a member of the Assassin Order who lived in southern Boston
during the American Revolutionary War. He was also a noted sharpshooter, who
had specialized in using a musket. On recruiting Wilkinson, it allowed
Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to pick off a target from a
distance at any given time. Originally hailing from Virginia, Wilkinson spent
his early years working as a surveyor and hunter on the frontier, before he
moved to Boston after a falling out with his family, who had joined the British
Army. Having heard the rumors about Ratonhnhaké:ton's battle against the
British oppression, Wilkinson requested his help in finding the man responsible
for organizing the forceful recruitment of young men to the British Army in
southern Boston. Ratonhnhaké:ton's efforts allowed Wilkinson to discover the
man's identity, and he told Ratonhnhaké:ton to join him at a meeting where the
man would come out in public to address the unwilling recruits. The two then
worked together in assassinating the man, and following the aftermath,
Ratonhnhaké:ton concluded that the man was a member of the Templars, upon which
Wilkinson agreed to join the Assassins' cause against the organization.
Deborah
"Dobby" Carter (1736-unknown) was a member of the British Colonial
Brotherhood of Assassins in the latter part of the 18th century, who lived in
the northern district of the colony of New York. On recruiting Carter, it
allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to lure away selected
guards whenever they were available. Deborah Carter was born to Amos Carter, a
local merchant in New York who came into heavy debt. To this, she turned to the
streets at the age of ten, becoming an errand-runner and disguising herself as
a boy to allow her to do so, taking on the nickname "Dobby". However,
as a teenager, she had to drop her disguise since her body's growth had foiled
it, though she kept the alias of "Dobby" and continued with her
errand work, while also negotiating contracts between businesses. Accompanying
this, Carter was known for looking out for the poor, often fighting merchants
to ensure that they were not charging exorbitant prices. She met
Ratonhnhaké:ton in the northern end of New York, where a famine had been
affecting the population. As Ratonhnhaké:ton aided the citizens, she went on to
discover that a Templar merchant had been hoarding provisions, causing the
famine. With her help, Ratonhnhaké:ton assassinated the merchant, and she
joined the Assassins afterwards.
Duncan Little
(1730–unknown) was an Irish member of the British Colonial Assassins who lived
in the northern district of the colony of Boston during the American Revolutionary
War. Here, he was recruited by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton. On recruiting
Little, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits as bodyguards.
Little originally hailed from Ireland, and was the youngest son of a
particularly large family. This was jokingly commented upon by Shaun Hastings
in 2012 as "confusing", in regards to his surname. Later, Duncan
entered into the priesthood at a young age, and was sent to Africa as a
missionary in 1756. Little spent several years there, but in 1760, he returned
to Ireland and subsequently left the priesthood entirely. However, the true
reasons as to what motivated him to abscond the Church were unknown, since in
2012, Shaun was unable to access his records due to the Vatican having locked
down their records entirely. Following this, Duncan spent some time as a
passenger on a ship to Boston in 1763. From his letters, it seemed as if his
family more or less drove him away, due to his split with the Catholic Church.
Little then settled in Boston's northern end, where he gained a reputation as a
good mediator; fair and less expensive than going before the local judiciary.
Due to this, when he wasn't spending time at the local drinking house (which
became known locally as "Little's Court"), he was helping people to
solve their problems, generally by talking them down from a fight. Upon first
meeting Ratonhnhaké:ton, he is quick to realize "Connor" isn't his
real name. When Connor reveals his birth name is Ratonhnhaké:ton, Little calls
it a strong name and tell Ratonhnhaké:ton he should use it more often. During a
conversation in one of Boston's taverns, he confesses to Ratonhnhaké:ton he met
Haytham long time ago, in London. He actually saw him kill Miko at the Opera as
Duncan was only a child.
Gérald Blanc was
an accountant living in New Orleans during the end of the French and Indian
War. At some point in his life, he became an associate of the Assassin Aveline
de Grandpré. Later, he came to consider himself as an Assassin even if he
lacked the physical training, referring to the Brotherhood as "our
Order" when talking with Aveline.
George Davidson
(1752–1777) was a slave, whom the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré helped to escape
from New Orleans and confined into the care of the American patriots as asked
by her step-mother. Later, when Aveline was sent to New York to meet Connor in
order to take down the British Officer of the loyalist Ethiopian regiment of
Lord North, who had information on the identity of the "Company Man",
Aveline shockingly discovered George's allegiance to the Templar Order. George
was killed by Aveline, and in his dying breath, he told her that "the
answer has been in her own backyard all along", prompting the Assassin to
understand that the Company Man was her own step-mother, Madeleine de L'Isle.
Jacob Zenger
(1739–unknown) was a German member of the British American Assassins during the
American Revolutionary War, who was recruited into the Assassin Order by
Ratonhnhaké:ton in New York. On his allegiance with the Assassins, Zenger
allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton the tactic of using disguised recruits to escort him
past guard patrols. Jacob was born near to the town of Mannheim, in
southwestern Germany. He was the son of a farmer, and one of thirteen siblings,
though only four of his brothers and sisters would reach adulthood along with
him. From there, Jacob married a woman named Wilhemina, of which the pair had
one son. During a conversation with Ratonhnhaké:ton, he revealed that the only
reason he had left his family was because his wife was the strongest person he
knew. As Zenger's family was poor and his career prospects were limited in
Mannheim, Jacob followed the promise of a better life and signed up as a
soldier. After several years in the service, he was shipped to New York, one of
the Hessians sent to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War. Like many
of the Hessian troops, however, he left the service after coming overseas.
Eager to reunite with his wife and son, Zenger bought a lot of land and left
New York. However, after a string of crop failures, he was forced to move back
to the city, taking up the only career that he could find to make ends meet -
working as a bodyguard. Despite this, Jacob had been planning to bring them to
the British American colonies, but waited because of the Revolutionary War and
Assassin conflict. However, on receiving a letter about how strong his son had
grown, Jacob sent them money they needed to come to America regardless, his
excitement trumping his fears.
Jamie Colley
(voiced by Marcel Jeannin) (1744–unknown) was a member of the Assassin Order
who lived in the western district of the colony of New York. On recruiting
Colley, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to use his Assassin recruits to ambush his
targets at any given time. Jamie Colley was born in 1744, to a dock worker
James Colley, and an unknown mother. As a child, he was a student at Trinity
School, reported to be a bright student. The instructors noted that he
"was destined for great things". At the end of the three years, he
apparently left school to start earning money, as Shaun states that he
disappeared from the school attendance rolls. His prospects didn't improve as a
teen either. He was fined several times for the charge of vagrancy several
times. He started doing odd jobs around New York for various local businesses,
until he began working for a physician, where his intelligence was recognised
as an asset. He worked for several years as his assistant. After the Great Fire
of 1776, he began working in the district affected by the fire, helping the
homeless, disease-stricken populace. He recruited Ratonhnhaké:ton help in this
task. Connor burnt infected blankets, killed rabid dogs, and carried smallpox
victims to the clinic. When the Templars attacked Jamie's clinic, Ratonhnhaké:ton
helped to defend it. Upon Ratonhnhaké:ton's instructions, Jamie ambushed the
leader and killed him. After this, Ratonhnhaké:ton recruited him into the
Brotherhood.
Kanen'tó:kon
(voiced by Akwiratékha Martin) (1756-1778) was a member of the Kanien'kehá:ka
nation of the Mohawk Valley and a close childhood friend of Ratonhnhaké:ton.
Though he initially advocated for the Kanien'kehá:ka to remain neutral in the
American Revolutionary War, he and several other of his village's warriors
later began to believe that they could protect their people by siding with the
British. In this regard, he was manipulated by Charles Lee into believing that
Ratonhnhaké:ton had joined George Washington in a campaign against the Mohawk
people, prompting him to attack his former friend when he tried to intervene in
a Mohawk ambush on colonial soldiers. Pinned to the ground and vulnerable to a
lethal blow, Ratonhnhake:ton was forced to stab Kanen'tó:kon in the neck with
his Hidden Blade, killing him. The Tyranny of King Washington, Kanen'tó:kon
joined a group of dissenters led by Samuel Adams in Boston, though he was
eventually captured by Benjamin Franklin and sentenced to death by beheading by
the King himself. Much to his surprise, he was soon released from his cell by
his old friend Ratonhnhaké:ton, who had recently been brought to the same
prison by Israel Putnam and escaped custody by using his Wolf Cloak ability.
After dispatching several guards and reclaiming his equipment, Ratonhnhaké:ton
revealed the secret behind his animal abilities; a tea brewed from the leaves
of the mystical Red Willow. Kanen'tó:kon offered to drink the tea as well in
order to turn the tide in the battle against King Washington, but
Ratonhnhaké:ton refused, noting the inherent danger of the drink. Instead, he
drank it himself, gaining the power of Eagle Flight in the process. After
escaping the prison, Kanen'tó:kon engaged several Bluecoats while
Ratonhnhaké:ton chased Franklin, who ultimately escaped when King Washington
intervened with his Apple of Eden. Kanen'tó:kon and Sam Adams soon found an
unconscious Ratonhnhaké:ton, injured from the fight, who suddenly realized that
he needed to rescue Franklin from the Piece of Eden's power. After successfully
recruiting the inventor and turning him away from Washington's evil,
Ratonhnhaké:ton began collaborating with him to infiltrate Washington's New
York headquarters. Meanwhile, Adams and Kanen'tó:kon were ambushed by the
King's men at Boston Neck. General Putnam personally beat Adams to death, and
severely wounded Kanen'tó:kon with a blow to the head. Upon learning of the
ambush, Ratonhnhaké:ton investigated the scene of the massacre, and after
discovering Adams' bloodied uniform and Kanen'tó:kon's tomahawk, he presumed
both of his allies to be dead. After recruiting a captain and chartering a ship
to New York with Franklin, Ratonhnhaké:ton fought his way through dozens of
Bluecoats to protect the ship's crew as they made their escape into the harbor.
Suddenly, Putnam appeared with a hostage Kanen'tó:kon, and threatened to shoot
him if Ratonhnhaké:ton did not surrender. After dispatching the general with
his animal powers, Ratonhnhaké:ton rescued Kanen'tó:kon and the pair fled to
the ship and escaped to New York. When they arrived in New York Bay, the Aquila
was attacked by Washington's fleet. When the ship ran out of gunpowder,
Ratonhnhaké:ton ordered his men to swim to shore while he rammed the Aquila
into a Man-of-War. Kanen'tó:kon swept to shore when he saw Washington
threatening Franklin. He tackled the king, knocking the Apple from his hands,
and fended off his guards before being shot by a firing line. Wounded,
Kanen'tó:kon dragged himself to the helpless king to finish him off, but the
guards fired a second time, killing him. When Ratonhnhaké:ton came ashore, he
found Franklin mourning Kanen'tó:kon's sacrifice. Vengeful, Ratonhnhaké:ton
undertook another spirit journey, gaining the power of Bear Might. When Ratonhnhaké:ton
defeated Washington, Kanen'tó:kon's spirit appeared to him, urging him not to
take the Apple for himself and to let his sacrifice be in vain.
Kaniehtí:io (/ɡæˈziːˈziːɵ/;
"Gah-yet-zee-oh", shortened to Ziio/"Zee-oh", voiced by
Kaniehtiio Horn) (1731-1760), or Ziio (informally), was a Kanien'keha:ka
(Mohawk) clan woman and the mother of Ratonhnhaké:ton. She was also an ancestor
to Desmond Miles. Prior to the Seven Years' War, Kaniehtí:io was captured and
escorted to the slaver Silas Thatcher, along with other members of her tribe.
However, her convoy was hijacked by Haytham Kenway and his men, which led to
her peoples' freedom. Later, Haytham decided that Kaniehtí:io would be a vital
ally in helping his Order find the precursor site that they were looking for,
as the First Civilization were considered to be sacred gods by Kaniehtí:io's
people. After befriending one another, Haytham gained her trust by retrieving
military plans from a fort, which allowed the pair to plan an ambush on Edward
Braddock as his troops marched to Fort Duquesne. On the assassination of
Braddock, Haytham and Kaniehtí:io traveled to find the entrance to the Temple;
however, the amulet that Haytham had in his possession gathered no results. At
this point, the two revealed their feelings for one another and shared an
embrace, which later led on to the conception of Ratonhnhaké:ton. Years later,
Kaniehtí:io would realize that the man she loved was a Templar, and began to
fear that her son might inherit his malevolent father's ambitions.
Kaniehtí:io's village was attacked by George Washington and the British Army
sometime during the Seven Years' War, and in the attack, Kaniehtí:tio perished
due to being pinned beneath burning rubble. As he was assaulted by Charles Lee
early on, her son Ratonhnhaké:ton would go on to believe that Lee and the
Templars had burned down the village and killed his mother, until his father
Haytham finally told him the truth as the pair confronted George Washington
years later. In The Tyranny of King Washington, Sometime after George
Washington obtained an Apple of Eden and became a tyrant, Kaniehtí:io snuck
into Washington's fortress and stole his scepter, which housed the Apple.
Israel Putnam managed to retrieve the scepter after shooting it off her back as
she was making her escape. After her failed attempt, Washington sought revenge
by attacking her village and the surrounding area. After Kaniehtí:io survived
Washington's ordered attack, he decided to end her life himself by using the
power of the Apple.
Louis Mills
(unknown-1754) was a crew-member aboard the Providence, which at one point
sailed to early Boston from England, and a member of the Assassin Order. After
Haytham Kenway assassinated Miko and stole his amulet inside the Royal Opera
House at Covent Garden, Mills was assigned to follow Haytham on the Providence.
During this time, Mills painted barrels of cargo and threw them into the ocean
as the ship progressed, in order to provide a trail that another ship could
follow. When Haytham was sent below decks by the captain, Mills was there to
ambush him and tried to capture him. However, the far more experienced Haytham
was able to kill Mills and escape.
Madeleine de
L'Isle (1732-1777) was the wife of Philippe Olivier de Grandpré, the stepmother
of Aveline de Grandpré, and the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed:
Liberation. Under the alias of the "Company Man", she was also
secretly the supervisor of the Templar activities in the French Louisiana
territories.
Oiá:ner was the
Clan Mother of the Kanien'kehá:ka village of Kanatahséton. She and the other
Kanien'kehá:ka in the village served as protectors of the sacred ground on
which both their village and the Grand Temple stood. Oiá:ner was also the
keeper of the tribe's "Crystal Ball" (Piece of Eden). In 1769,
Oiá:ner showed their Crystal Ball to Ratonhnhaké:ton upon his return from a
hunt and allowed him to interact with it. The Crystal Ball forced him into the
Nexus, where he communicated with Juno and learned of his destiny with the Assassins.
Many years later, the Clan Mother met with an adult Ratonhnhaké:ton and told
him of the whereabouts of Kanen'tó:kon and other Kanien'kehá:ka men, who were
attempting to attack the Continental soldiers. Some time following
Kanen'tó:kon's death, Oiá:ner spoke with Ratonhnaké:ton once more, where she
revealed to him that she planned to move their people to the west to avoid the
American Revolutionary War, like many of the other nations had been doing.
After his unpleasant reaction, she told him that she would do what was best for
her people, to which Ratonhnaké:ton left the village. On his return some years
later, he found the village deserted save for an old vagabond, who told him
that his people had already gone.
Rafael Joaquín de
Ferrer (1730s-1769) was a Spanish Templar working for the "Company
Man", who ran a camp of seemingly escaped slaves in Chichen Itza, where he
was conducting archaeological research in order to find an artifact of the
First Civilization, the Prophecy Disk. In 1769, de Ferrer was killed by the
Assassin Aveline de Grandpré who had infiltrated his labor camp and found the
Piece of Eden he was looking for, which he attempted to take from her.
Reginald Birch
(voiced by Gideon Emery) (1705–1757) was the Grand Master of the British Rite
of the Templar Order, and a successful English businessman. He began his
dealings at a young age, and by the time he had reached his mid-20s, Birch
owned several merchant ships; mainly involved with the dealing of tea to the
British American colonies. Later on in his life, Birch would progress to own
several businesses around London. Birch met Haytham Kenway, the son of Birch's
employer - the Assassin Edward Kenway - at a young age. He recruited Haytham
into the Templars after the death of Edward Kenway, personally involving
himself with the boy's training. In 1754, after Haytham had retrieved the key
to the undisclosed [rand Temple, Birch secured passage to Boston for Haytham to
find the First Civilization storehouse and establish a permanent Templar
presence in British America. Once Haytham had discovered the truth of Birch's
involvement in the kidnapping of his half-sister, Jenny Kenway, and the murder
of his father, the Templar stormed Birch's chateau with Jim Logan and Jenny.
Following this, Birch was killed by Jenny, via a sword that Haytham had
embedded into Birch's bedroom door (killing the guard on the other side) prior
to a struggle between Reginald and the woman.
Robert Faulkner
(voiced by Kevin McNally) (1715-unknown) was an elderly sailor, and
Ratonhnhaké:ton's first mate aboard the Aquila. Although he was the fourth
generation in his family to become a sailor, he was first to be recruited into
the Assassin Order. He began his career in the Royal Navy, but due to him not
being able to purchase commissions, he left to work for the United Company of
Merchants. Faulkner had been first mate aboard the Aquila at many times,
including when it was nearly destroyed in 1768, and always refused to be
promoted to captain. As he had a strong bond towards the ship, Faulkner had it
towed to a location near Boston, and after the Aquila had been repaired through
the funding of Ratonhnhaké:ton, he served on board as first mate once again. In
The Tyranny of King Washington, Faulkner lived in Boston, drowning his sorrows
after Benjamin Franklin confiscated the Aquila. However, Ratonhnhaké:ton and
Franklin appeared, prompting him to try to strangle him. Ratonhnhaké:ton
intervened, explaining Franklin was now working with the rebels, and that he
would get his ship back. While Ratonhnhaké:ton killed the snipers guarding the
docks and untied the ropes docking the Aquila, Faulkner gathered a crew. They
charged the docks the following morning, and swam to the drifting Aquila while
Ratonhnhaké:ton held off Washington's soldiers. Eventually they all escaped on
board, and sailed to New York City to confront the king. The Aquila soon
engaged Washington's fleet in New York's bay, and ran out of gunpowder.
Ratonhnhaké:ton ordered everyone on board to swim away to shore, while he
rammed the ship into a Man-of-War.
Silas Thatcher
(1720–1754) was a high-ranking officer of the British Army, and a prolific
slave trader. Silas was responsible for the ransacking of Benjamin Church's
house, and his subsequent interrogation, alongside a man called
"Cutter". However, shortly after he left, Haytham Kenway and Charles
Lee freed their associate, through infiltrating the location Church was kept –
after they determined his whereabouts through eavesdropping – and the silent
assassination of Cutter and two guards. Later, while posted at Southgate Fort
in Boston, he would receive deliveries of prisoners. In 1754, one such convoy,
full of Mohawk tribespeople, was commandeered by Haytham and his men as a means
to enter the fortification. Shortly after, on discovering the ruse, Silas
ordered his men to fire on the Templars, but he was cornered by Haytham and
executed by Church, as a means of payback for the latter's previous
maltreatment.
Stephane Chapheau
(voiced by Shawn Baichoo) (1743–unknown) was a French taverner in Boston during
the American Revolutionary War. He was aided by the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton
when the British forces attempted to collect taxes from him, and was later
recruited by Ratonhnhaké:ton as an apprentice. Subsequently, during the Boston
Tea Party, he assisted Ratonhnhaké:ton by dropping crates of tea overboard with
the other colonists. On recruiting Chapheau, it allowed Ratonhnhaké:ton to send
his recruits to assassinate selected individuals, as well as to have them call
forth a riot from civilians. Chapheau was born in Canada – near modern day
Montréal. His father served as a cook for the French army, but was killed in
the fighting at the Plains of Abraham, as he and many other untrained men were
called to arms. After his death, Stephane took on work as a chef in Montréal,
but moved to Boston in 1764. While Chapheau's personal letters indicated that
he was looking for a less complicated life, he arrived right on the mark for
the unrest that preceded the Revolutionary War. Fortunately for him, Stephane
didn't really desire a quiet life – the tensions in pre-Revolution Boston
suited him exactly. It was around this time that Chapheau came across the Sons
of Liberty, which he greatly supported, even participating in their 1765
protests surrounding the Stamp Act. He was also present when the crowds
ransacked Governor Hutchinson's house in 1765, presumably egging them on. Also,
by extension, he was to be one of the crowd that witnessed the Boston Massacre.
While Stephane became somewhat notorious to beginning protests, he also caused
trouble on different fronts; there were several recorded fines against him for
public drunkenness and brawling, spanning between 1760 and 1780.
Kahionhaténion was
a Kanien'kehá:ka, born and raised in the village of Kanatahséton, as a warrior
and a hunter during the American Revolutionary War. He was also the brother of
Teiowí:sonte. Kahionhaténion helped to defend Kanatahséton from an attack by
Washington's troops. After the attack, Kahionhaténion and his brother,
Teiowí:sonte, recovered Ratonhnhaké:ton from the village, using the powers
granted them by the Red Willow. When Teiowí:sonte was captured by the Bluecoats
while trying to free enslaved people from the Frontier, Kahionhaténion asked
Ratonhnhaké:ton to help him find and save his brother. Despite this,
Kahionhaténion and his brother were killed in battle when Bluecoats followed
Ratonhnhaké:ton's tracks back to the cave that the clan were hiding in.
Teiowí:sonte
(voiced by Andreas Apergis) was a Kanien'kehá:ka warrior during the American
Revolutionary War. He was also the brother of Kahionhaténion. Teiowí:sonte was
born and raised in the village of Kanatahséton as a warrior and a hunter.
Teiowí:sonte helped to defend Kanatahséton from an attack by King Washington,
by gathering the virgin boughs of the Red Willow to brew a strength-giving tea.
After the attack, Teiowí:sonte and his brother, Kahionhaténion, recovered
Ratonhnhaké:ton from the village, using the powers granted them by the Red
Willow. Teiowí:sonte also led Ratonhnhaké:ton to the Red Willow under the
direction of Oiá:ner. Some time later, Teiowí:sonte was captured by the
Bluecoats while trying to free enslaved people from the Frontier, but was
rescued by Ratonhnhaké:ton and Kahionhaténion. Despite this, both Teiowí:sonte
and his brother were killed in battle when Bluecoats followed Ratonhnhaké:ton's
tracks back to the cave that the clan were hiding in. Teiowí:sonte shares his
name with Teiowí:sonte Thomas Deer, a Kanien'kehá:ka cultural counselor for
Assassin's Creed III.
Vásquez was the
name of a Templar who was assumed to be the Order's "Company Man" in
the French colonies of North America. He was later killed at a soirée by the
Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, after having been charmed by her in her Lady
attire, as part of her search to uncover the true identity of the Company Man.
On his death, however, Vásquez revealed to Aveline that she had been misguided,
and disclosed that the Company Man which the Assassin sought was a female in
reality. This mystery woman was eventually discovered to be Madeleine de
L'Isle, though Vásquez perished before he could give out her name.
Renaissance era (1300-1600)
Claudia Auditore
da Firenze (voiced by Angela Galuppo) (1461-unknown) was a Florentine
noblewoman during the Renaissance, and a member of the Assassin Order. She was
the sister of Ezio Auditore, who became the Mentor of the Italian Assassins. In
1476, Claudia became the financial accountant of the town of Monteriggioni,
which was under the leadership of her uncle Mario Auditore. The town flourished
with Claudia's organization and the money made from Monteriggioni's shops and
organizations, which had been opened once more. In January 1500, Monteriggioni
was besieged and largely destroyed by the Borgia army, under command of Cesare
Borgia, leaving the Auditore homeless. Against her brother's desire for Claudia
and her mother Maria to go to their hometown of Florence, Claudia and Maria
followed Ezio to Rome, where Claudia became the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore,
the city's most popular brothel. Eventually, after proving herself to be a
worthy fighter to her brother, Ezio inducted Claudia into the Order of Assassins.
The following year, Claudia was captured by Borgia die-hards, and subsequently
saved by Ezio and Niccolò Machiavelli. During this time, she stepped down as
the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore, and stayed in Florence with her friend Paola,
in order to recover until 1507. Claudia was given temporary control of the
Italian Assassins in 1510, when her brother left on a journey to the Middle
East to find the library of the legendary Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, which was said to
be in Masyaf. She held this position until her brother returned in late 1512,
after which Ezio resigned from the Order and assigned a successor.
Cristina Vespucci
(voiced by Amber Goldfarb) (1459–1498) was a well-known Florentine beauty
introduced in Assassin's Creed II, though most of her story is told during the
"Repressed Memory Sequences" from Brotherhood. She was a first love
interest of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. From an early age, Cristina caught the
eyes of many boys who wanted to become intimate with her. One of those boys was
Ezio, who was encouraged to go speak with Cristina by his brother one day in
1476. However, Cristina had no interest in him, and walked off. Ezio, who
decided to go after her, followed Cristina to her home, where he saw her being
confronted by Vieri de' Pazzi. Vieri, who had already attempted to impress
Cristina on previous occasions, grew impatient when Cristina turned him down
yet again. Saying that he was "tired of waiting for her to open her legs
on her own", he tried to sexually assault her. However, he was interrupted
by Ezio, who came to Cristina's rescue. The two engaged in a fistfight, and
Ezio emerged the victor. Cristina was thankful of Ezio's actions, and thus
began a relationship between the two. Ezio visited Cristina in her home quite
frequently and was described to be "unbelievably dexterous", as the
guards knew that he visited her, but were never able to catch him trespassing.
On one occasion that Ezio slept with Cristina, he was discovered by her enraged
father the next morning. Her father set the guards on him, demanding for his
head, though he was able to escape. In 1476, directly after the Auditore
execution, Cristina helped Ezio give his father and brothers the proper final
rites by burning and setting their bodies adrift in the Arno river. Afterwards,
Ezio asked Cristina to come with him, as he needed to leave for Monteriggioni
with his family. However, Cristina refused, saying that she could not leave her
family. Understanding her decision, Ezio gave her a pendant to remember him by
before leaving. In 1478, by the insistence of her father, Cristina was engaged
to be married to Manfredo Soderini. The day before their wedding, Ezio returned
to Florence for the first time in two years, and Cristina was the first person
he visited. After a short talk, she sadly told him that she had not expected
him to return; before revealing her engagement, and breaking Ezio's heart.
After being informed that Manfredo was being confronted by people to whom he
owed a gambling debt, Ezio rushed to save Cristina's fiance. Upon killing the
gamblers, Ezio hung Manfredo over a bridge and demanded to know if he truly
loved Cristina, to which Manfredo sincerely replied yes. Ezio demanded that he
stop gambling, and that he be a good husband to Cristina; otherwise, he would
hunt him down and kill him. Afterwards, Ezio returned to Cristina and kissed
her, telling her that he had made sure that Manfredo would be a good husband to
her. Though she was heartbroken for losing Ezio, Cristina nevertheless married
Manfredo, and the two of them began living together in Florence. Eight years
later, 1486 in Venice, Cristina travelled to attend Carnevale with her husband.
Noticing her there, Leonardo da Vinci remembered that she and Ezio had been
close, and informed the latter of her presence. However, Ezio worried that
Cristina would not agree to see him after all the years, thus he slipped a
letter to her, posing as her husband and requesting her to meet him alone in an
alley. Cristina obliged and the two kissed, with Cristina believing Ezio to be
Manfredo, as he was wearing a mask. After discovering the truth, she yelled at
Ezio for kissing her, both because she was already married and because she had
not seen Ezio in so long. Cristina told Ezio that, before, she had loved him
and would rather have married him, but now it was too late. She angrily told
him to never look for her again and stormed off. In 1494, Girolamo Savonarola
took control of Florence after Lorenzo de' Medici's death. Savonarola claimed
that all Renaissance material was evil, and that they should go back to the
medieval times, instigating the Bonfire of the Vanities. In 1498, Savonarola's
fanatics infiltrated Cristina's and Manfredo's home to kill Manfredo. He
attempted to fend them off, however, this was a vain effort as there were too
many attackers, and he was gravely injured. Cristina managed to escape, but was
soon cornered by the fanatics. At this point, Ezio, after hearing about what
had happened from a dying Manfredo, came to her aid. The fanatics, who were
taunting Cristina for the rich fineries she owned, were startled as Ezio came
up behind them and yelled at Cristina to "Run!" Though he killed all
of the soldiers, Cristina had already been mortally wounded, and was slowly
dying. After showing him the pendant that she had kept with her the past
twenty-two years, and telling him that she wished they could have had "a
second chance" together, Cristina died in Ezio's arms.[15]
Flavia Auditore da
Firenze (voiced by Angela Galuppo) is a character in the short-film Assassin's
Creed: Embers. She is the daughter of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and the next
ancestor to Desmond Miles through that bloodline. She was present with her
mother in Florence, when her father died of a heart attack.
Mario Auditore da
Monteriggioni (voiced by Fred Tatasciore) is a character in Assassin's Creed II
and a minor character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He is a condottiero,
ruler of Monteriggioni, Mentor of the Italian Assassins, and the paternal uncle
of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. He was well known for his love of battle. Mario
was born in 1434 to the wealthy Auditore family, and he got his first taste of
battle when he was six. In 1454, after his father died and brother Giovanni
left for Florence, Mario became the ruler of Monteriggioni. This was a position
he held until 1500. In 1476, the Pazzi conspiracy took the life of his brother
and two of his nephews. His nephew Ezio, his sister-in-law Maria, and his niece
Claudia all fled to Monteriggioni seeing refuge. It was he that taught Ezio the
skills to become an assassin. They forged a strong bond and soon became
inseparable. In December 1499, Ezio and Mario departed for Rome to seize the
Apple of Eden from Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI. Ezio
managed to acquire it and give it to Mario. In January 1500, Monteriggioni was
attacked by the pope's son Cesare. Mario was killed by Cesare, and the Apple of
Eden was taken. Ezio eventually got the Apple back.
Marcello Auditore
da Firenze (October, 1514-unknown) was the son of the retired leader of the
Italian Assassins and a former Mentor in the Assassin Order, Ezio Auditore da
Firenze, and his wife Sofia Sartor. Marcello had one sister, Flavia. Marcello
lived with his parents and sister in the Tuscan countryside, and at times
accompanied his mother to visit his aunt Claudia. Marcello appears more often
in the Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel, where he accompanies his mother and
sister to the market in which Ezio dies, and only mentioned in Assassin's
Creed: Embers. In Topkapı Palace, Prince Suleiman I introduces Ezio to Ahmet as
"Marcello" to hide his true identity. "Marcello" means
"like a hammer" in archaic Latin.
Sofia Sartor
(voiced by Anna Tuveri) (1476-unknown) was a Venetian-Ottoman bookshop owner,
and a literary enthusiast. Though born in the city of Constantinople, Sofia was
forced to leave for Venice during 1499, when the Ottoman-Venetian war began.
Sofia eventually returned to her birthplace in 1507 to run a bookstore at the
old Polo trading post. During 1511, she met the Assassin Ezio Auditore da
Firenze, the man who would eventually become her husband, and the father of her
two children. She became the second love interest and eventual wife of Ezio
Auditore da Firenze in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Sofia was born to wealthy
Venetian parents living in Constantinople. Her first appearance is at the
beginning of the game, when Ezio sails from Rhodes to Constantinople. A
polylingual, multicultural, and intelligent woman mature beyond her years,
Sofia had a passion for literature, which fueled her decision to run her
bookstore, in hopes of sharing the democratizing effect she felt in books with
others. Ezio's second encounter with her was in her shop at the Old Polo
Trading Post. Sofia then begins helping Ezio discover the locations of the
remaining keys, while keeping his intentions and position a secret from her.
Overtime their relationship strengthens that in a mission, Sofia asked Ezio to
buy her some White Tulips from the local Florist. When he reached the Florist,
he discovered that the Florist had ran out of Tulips, however he knows where to
pick fresh tulips and asks Ezio to wait at least one hour. Due to Impatience,
Ezio secretly tailed the Florist to the garden where there is fresh tulips.
There, Ezio plucks three tulips by himself and makes his way to meet Sofia at a
park east of the Hagia Sophia. When he meets Sofia, he finds out that Sofia had
prepared a picnic for the two of them. After Ezio has obtained 4/5 of the
Masyaf Keys, he leaves for the mountain hidden Templar City of Cappadocia to
obtain the last key from Manuel Palaiologos. When Ezio returns to
Constantinople, he discovers that Şehzade Ahmet who was in league with the
Templars has killed Yusuf and kidnapped Sofia, demanding the keys in exchange
for her life. Ezio agrees, but immediately gives chase upon ensuring Sofia's
safety. He recovers the keys, but before he can deal with Ahmet, Selim arrives
with his armies and executes Ahmet himself, after saying that their father
"made his choice."Due to his son Suleiman's endorsement, Selim has
Ezio leave Constantinople, warning him never to return again. Agonized, Ezio
rises his sword, but is calmed by Sofia. The Couple leaves for Masyaf. They
arrive at the Door of Altaïr's library where Ezio uses the five keys to
activate and open it. Before he enters, Sofia tells him to "better come
out of there alive". Ezio then reassures her that He "plans to".
After the events of Revelations, Ezio and Sofia are married and have two children:
Flavia Auditore and Marcello Auditore. In the events of the short film
Assassin's Creed Embers, sometime afterward Ezio journeys to Firenze with Sofia
and Flavia, despite suffering from heart problems. Sofia nags to Ezio that he
should stayed home. Ezio replies by saying "I am Home" While resting
on a bench and after having a short conversation with a young man with a scar
on his face, similar to the sort of man he used to be. Ezio begins breathing
fast and the young man tells Ezio to lie down. Despite Ezio's reluctance, he
lies on the bench and rests. He then begins breathing faster. He showed his
final smile to his family, exhales and dies in view of his family. The film
then ends as a final letter from Ezio to Sofia is read, saying that of all the
things that kept him going throughout life, love for the world around him was
the strongest of them all.
Tarik Barleti
(voiced by J. B. Blanc) (1470-1511) was a character in Assassin's Creed:
Revelations. Tarik Barleti is the captain of the Janissaries, the personal
guard of the Ottoman Sultan. Tarik was born to a Christian Albanian family, and
he was taken at a young age to be trained to fight. He is a close friend of
Prince Selim I. Ezio thought that Tarik to be a Templar because of his
behavior, and he was selling weapons to Manuel Palaiologos, a known Templar.
Ezio decided to act on his theory, and he struck Tarik down. In his final
moments, Tarik revealed that he planned to attack Manuel's Byzantine Templars
in Cappadocia. He made a final request to Ezio to stop the Templars. Ezio
honored it. Tarik is one of the few assassination targets that is unaffiliated
with the Templars or Assassins.
Vali cel Tradat
(unknown-1511) was a Wallachian noble, former Assassin and member of the
Templar Order. Having served the Assassin Order for around a decade, Vali left
the Assassins after they made a truce with the Ottomans; the same people who
had humiliated his people, conquered Wallachia, and murdered his secret idol
Vlad Tepes. Feeling betrayed, he joined the Templars, striving for vengeance
against the Assassins and Ottomans.
Yusuf Tazim
(voiced by Chris Parson) is a character in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is
an easygoing Master Assassin, and leader of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood,
rising to the post sometime before 1511 AD. That year, he met Ezio Auditore,
and he introduced Ezio to Constantinople and the Ottoman hookblade. Ezio
describes Yusuf as "affable". Yusuf often talks with humor, poking
fun at Ezio or at Italians in general. Furthermore, he is an expert at crafting
bombs and at combat. When Ezio returns from Cappadocia, he finds Sofia Sartor's
shop in ruins and Yusuf murdered at the hands of Ahmet, a note knifed to his
back. The message on the note is never revealed.
Lukas Zurburg (28
October 1322-unknown) was a German member of the Northern European Brotherhood
of Assassins. Born in Essen, Lukas was recruited into the Assassin Order at the
age of sixteen after a group of Assassins saved him from a thief, who tried to
rob Lukas while traveling. Ten years later, the plague hit Essen, wiping out
nearly half the town's population. Subsequently, a group called the Brothers of
the Cross - a secret Templar organization - started traveling through Germany
promising protection from the plague. Lukas suspected they were after the Ankh,
an ancient artifact said to be located somewhere in central Europe. In 1350,
both the Brothers of the Cross and Lukas Zurbug mysteriously vanished. Lukas
had two children with Martina Wagner; Christof Ison and Wolfgang Scholz.
Medieval era (500-1300)
Abbas Sofian
(voiced by Nolan North in Assassin's Creed and by Yerman Gur in Assassin's
Creed: Revelations) is an Assassin seen in the first game. Abbas is the main
antagonist in the novel Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade and the main
antagonist of Altaïr's story in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He comes off as
being hostile towards Altaïr, calling him the Master's favorite. In Assassin's
Creed: Revelations, it is revealed that Abbas blames Altaïr for the
disappearance and disgrace of his father, Ahmed Sofian, despite being told
early on by both Altaïr and Al Mualim that his father had killed himself so as
not to disgrace the Creed, something Abbas refused to believe. After Altaïr's
ascension to leader of the Assassins, Abbas does not comply and seeks to kill
Altaïr. He failed, however and was forgiven by Altaïr.[16] Abbas' character and
role in Altair's life is expanded even further in Assassin's Creed: The Secret
Crusade . Here, it is revealed that Abbas was Altaïr's best friend after the
execution of Altaïr's father, Umar and Abbas' father Ahmed's suicide. They were
always seen as being at each other's side and called themselves
"Brothers" more than anybody in the Brotherhood. However, Abbas began
to change and became more depressed. Thinking he was doing him a favour, Altair
told Abbas that Ahmed had committed suicide in Altaïr's chambers after Umar's
execution, although Abbas had believed that his father had just left the
Assassin Order. This changed Abbas' personality for he rest of his and Altaïr's
life as he was much more cynical and angry to Altaïr. After Al Mualim's death,
Abbas attempted to become the new Mentor to the Syrian Assassins but lost to
Altaïr, increasing his hatred further. When Altair left Masyaf to fight Genghis
Khan, Abbas's men killed Rauf, a close friend of Altaïr, Altaïr's son Sef was
also murdered and Abbas pinned the blame on Malik, who was in temporary control
of Masyaf in Altair's absence. When Altaïr returned and found Abbas in control,
and Malik in prison for the murder of Sef (Malik himself was later murdered and
beheaded by Abbas' right-hand man, Swami), Altaïr was forced to exchange the
Apple of Eden to Abbas. When Abbas' right-hand man, Swami, took the Apple, it
began to turn him insane and he began to cut himself up, slashing his knife
around and in the process, killing Altaïr's wife, Maria by stabbing her in her
lower back. This prompted a devastated Altaïr to kill Swami before fleeing
Masyaf with his elder son Darim. With Altaïr gone, Abbas and his Assassins
became little more than murdering bandits, Abbas himself becoming nothing more
than a tyrannical coward. Upon Altaïr's return nearly 20 years later, many of
the Assassins still loyal to Altaïr joined him, and Abbas was finally
confronted by Altaïr himself for the last time. Abbas still hated Altaïr for
everything that had happened between them and that he was the true defender of
Masyaf, not Altaïr. However, refusing to give up, Altaïr tells him that because
of Abbas, the Assassins had lost everything they gained with Abbas in control
and that he had corrupted the Order. With this Abbas ordered his remaining
followers to kill Altaïr. Then Altaïr raised his arm at his bitter cold rival,
and the fortress echoed with the sound of an explosion. Altair had used his
newly designed pistol for the first time to kill Abbas. It was in his dying
moments that he finally made peace with Altaïr and with the truth of his
father's death. After the death of Abbas, Altaïr regained his title as Mentor
of the Syrian Assassins.[17]
Abu'l Nuqoud
(voiced by Fred Tatasciore) Damascus' Saracen merchant king. Invited many
citizens living in Damascus to a grand party, where attendants received goblets
they used to get wine from a wine fountain he set up in the partying area;
poisoned wine that is.
Malik AlSayf
(voiced by Haaz Sleiman) (1165–1228) is a character in Assassin's Creed. Malik
Al-Sayf was a member of the Assassin Order in Syria during the High Middle
Ages. Raised to be an Assassin, Malik learned the fighting arts that struck
fear into the hearts of their enemies. He was an excellent swordsman and a
devoted acolyte to the Creed, as well as a caring adult figure for his brother,
Kadar. He was once a rival of Altaïr, whom he often berated for disobeying the
tenets of the Assassin's Creed. His jealousy turned to hatred when Altaïr
ignored the tenets of the Creed, endangered his companions' lives during the
events of Solomon's Temple, and subsequently botched a mission, resulting in
the death of Malik's brother (Kadar A'Sayf) as well as the injury and
subsequent amputation of Malik's arm. Malik retrieved the Templar treasure that
Altaïr had failed to find, and delivered it to Al Mualim. No longer able to
operate as an Assassin, Malik was made the bureau leader of the Jerusalem
Assassins. At first he was bitter towards Altaïr, but over time he comes to
forgive him and acknowledges his own fault in his brother's death. When Altaïr
returns to confront Al Mualim, Malik supports him, distracting the
indoctrinated Assassins while Altaïr faces Al Mualim. After Al Mualim's death,
Malik rushes to Altaïr's side as the piece of Eden becomes activated. Altaïr
made Malik his close second-in-command after becoming the Mentor. As such,
Malik was eventually appointed as a temporary leader in Altaïr's absence.
Sometime after this, a hated rival of Altaïr's, Abbas Sofian, imprisoned Malik
in Masyaf's dungeons for close to two years with false charges of murder, and
had him beheaded when Altaïr returned from his quest across the Middle East.
Malik's death occurred during 1228. He is not seen again for the rest of the
series, but he is written off in Assassin's Creed II. Altaïr makes mention of
his death at the hands of Abbas in Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
Maria Thorpe
(voiced by Eleanor Noble) (1160–1227) was an English noblewoman who became a
Templar steward, and later the wife of Altaïr. As a child, Maria rejected the
gender norms of her time, ultimately being disowned by her parents after
annulling her arranged marriage. Seeking to fight in the Third Crusade, she
disguised herself as a man and attempted to join the Templar order. The Templar
master, Robert De Sable, quickly saw through her ruse, but was impressed by her
deterimination and hired her as his steward. Eventually, Robert deduced that
Altaïr would be coming for him, so he had Maria serve as a decoy to buy him
time. Though she expected Altaïr to kill her, he instead spared her, but warned
her not to follow him. After Robert was assassinated, Maria becomes obsessed with
revenge. She tracked Altaïr to Acre, but he bested her again, and this time
took her prisoner. She escapes in an attempt to join the Templar's new leader,
Armand Bouchart, but because of her failure to kill Altaïr, and her
"miraculous" escape from him, Bouchart perceives her to be either
incompetent, or worse, a traitor to the Order. He places a bounty on the heads
of both her and Altaïr, forcing them to work together. They fall in love after
Bouchart's defeat. Maria renounces the Templars and becomes Altaïr's wife,
bearing them two sons, Darim and Sef. Maria joins Altaïr and Darim to Mongolia
in a bid to halt the advance of Genghis Khan. While they are away, Abbas
murders Sef. Maria and Altaïr confront Abbas, and Maria is killed in the
ensuing fight. Her last words to her husband were "Strength,
Altaïr..."
Qulan Gal was a
member of the Mongolian Assassin Brotherhood, operating mainly in Mongolia. He
was a renowned bowman, a skill which he was later hailed for by the Order.
During the early 13th century, the conqueror Genghis Khan caused turmoil in
Mongolia, quickly overtaking land, suspected with the usage of a Piece of Eden.
As a result of Genghis Khan's tyranny, Qulan Gal swore to stand against him.
Qulan Gal was one of the Order's most renowned Assassins due to his vital role
in the assassination of Genghis Khan alongside Darim Ibn-La'Ahad. At some point
during 1217 and 1227, Qulan Gal came into contact with the Mentor of the
Levantine Assassins, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, his wife Maria Thorpe and his son
Darim Ibn-La'Ahad. In 1227, the four of them devised a plan to assassinate
Genghis Khan in his camp near Xing-ging in Xu Province. While Qulan Gal and
Altaïr went into the camp together, Darim covered them from a distance with his
bow. However, Altaïr allowed himself to be seen and was attacked by a Mongol soldier,
though Qulan Gal killed the Mongol before he could raise the alarm. Qulan Gal
safely escorted Altaïr out of the camp and proceeded to make another plan with
Darim. Qulan Gal and Darim then devised a plan to flush Khan out of his tent,
and the latter did so after realizing the danger. Qulan Gal acted quickly and
shot Khan's horse, causing him to fall off, killing him on impact. Darim shot
the conqueror with his crossbow for assurance. Qulan Gal's role in the
assassination of Genghis Khan, allowing the Assassin Order to spread its
influence, earned Qulan Gal great praise, and a statue of Qulan Gal was built
in the sanctuary underneath the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni, Italy. By the
time of the Renaissance, Qulan Gal's sarcophagus was moved to the Rocca di
Ravaldino in Forlì, Italy.
Ancient Era
Darius was a male
member of the Persian Order of Assassins during the Achaemenid Persian Dynasty.
In the 5th century BCE, the Templars supported the reigns and conquests of the
Achaemenid kings Darius I and his son Xerxes I. Using a newly created weapon
named the hidden blade, which would later become the Assassins' iconic
signature weapon, Darius personally assassinated King Xerxes I. By the
Renaissance, Darius' remains were transferred to the Santa Maria Novella in
Florence, Italy, where his body lay with an Assassin Seal needed to get access
to the armor of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad hidden inside the sanctuary in
Monteriggioni. In 1478, his tomb was explored and sarcophagus was opened by
Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who took the Seal and later obtained the armor of
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.
Iltani was a
female member of the Babylonian Order of Assassins during the Argead dynasty.
During her lifetime, Alexander III of Macedon conquered most of South-West Asia
by using a Piece of Eden. Some time prior to 10 or 11 June 323 BC, Iltani had
poisoned Alexander the Great, who died as a result on 10 or 11 June 323 BC. By
the time of the Renaissance, Iltani's sarcophagus was moved to Santa Maria del
Fiore in Florence. Fellow Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze explored her tomb
and took the seal from her sarcophagus, which helped him to acquire the armor
of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. In the year 2000, a statue of Iltani stood in the office
of the Assassin Order's Mentor in Dubai.
Wei Yu was a
member of the Chinese Order of Assassins during the imperial Qín Dynasty of
China, which was ruled by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, a Templar-backed tyrant who
oppressed the people of China. In order to protect the people, the Assassins
resolved that the land had to be freed from the Emperor's oppressive control.
On September 10, 210 BC, during one of the Emperor's Eastern China tours, Wei
Yu struck the Emperor with his spear, killing him. By the time of the
Renaissance, Wéi Yù's sarcophagus was moved to San Gimignano, Italy, on the top
floor of the Torre Grossa. Fellow Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze would later
explore his tomb and take the hidden seal from inside the sarcophagus, which
would help him to obtain Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's armor.
Leonius was a male
member of the Roman Empire Order of Assassins during Italy's Julio-Claudian
dynasty. The Assassins considered the Emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus
Germanicus's, commonly referred to as Caligula, a tyrant and the land had to be
freed of him. On 24 January, 41 A.D. Leonius stabbed Caligula, killing him.
Between the time of his death and the Renaissance, Leonius' sarcophagus was
moved to Venice, Italy, beneath Santa Maria della Visitazione, Venice.
Aquilus
(unknown-259) was a Gallo-Roman member of the Assassin Brotherhood in Lugdunum,
France, and a distant ancestor to Desmond Miles. He appears in the French
comic, Assassin's Creed. Aquilus was the son of Lucius, an Assassin who raised
him to be one himself. In 259, he was tasked with killing several Templars
within the ranks of the Roman Empire, and retrieving a special object. He
entered a Roman camp asking to see its commander, General Gracchus. He planned
on killing the general, but he was thwarted, stabbed, and left to die. Aquilus
woke up in the home of his cousin Accipter, who had found him and brought him
to his home to help him recover. Accipter informed him of recent events, and
said that he had the object and would return it after Aquilus recovered. As
soon as Aquilus got better, Accipter gave him the object and he returned to his
father. Upon arrival, Aquilus was greeted by his father. He was then introduced
to his father's old friend, Roman Senator Caius Fulvus Vultur. After dinner and
the senator's retirement to his quarters, Lucius gave his son his next mission.
He was to interrogate and kill, Faustin, bishop of Lugdunum. He did so and
learned Vultur was a Templar. He returned to his home only to find his father
dead and the object stolen. Aquilus rode for Rome to kill Vultur in revenge for
his father's death. He got into the senator's estate and killed all but one of
his guards. The one guard he spared showed him to Vultur's chambers where he
was killed accidentally by Vultur. Before he killed the Senator, he offered to
share his knowledge about the artifact with Aquilus. The artifact was called
the Ankh, and it was a Piece of Eden. According to Egyptian mythology, Isis
raised Osirus from the dead with this object. After hearing this, he killed
Vultur and returned to his home. He and his wife had a night of intimay on his
return. Then he accessed the piece and found a message from his father.
However, it was interrupted by a group of Roman soldiers calling for his
arrest. They marched him into a nearby forest to execute him. Accipter tried to
save him, but it was in vain because the soldiers panicked and Aquilus died as
a result.
Amunet was a
female member of the Egyptian Order of Assassins during the Hellenistic period
of the Egyptian Ptolemaic Dynasty. On 12 August 30 BCE, Amunet infiltrated
Cleopatra VII's palace. There, she killed the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
using a venomous asp. By the Renaissance, Amunet was respected as a great
Assassin, and a statue of her was placed in the Assassin Sanctuary of
Monteriggioni. Around this time, her sarcophagus was moved to the Basilica di
San Marco in Venice, Italy.
"First Civilization"
Minerva (voiced by
Margaret Easley), also known as both Merva and Mera, is a member of the First
Civilization introduced in Assassin's Creed II. She is a member of the First
Civilization's ruling body, the Capitoline Triad, along with Tinia and Juno.
Minerva appears to Ezio, and by extension, Desmond, in the Vatican Vault.
Knowing that Desmond will eventually relive Ezio's memories, Minerva essentially
uses him as a conduit. She explains that her kind are not gods, but a more
advanced civilization whose technology was mistaken for magic. They engineered
humans as slaves, but they rebelled. Minerva describes how war with humanity,
combined with a devastating cataclysmic event, led to the downfall of their
civilization and the extinction of their race. Correctly predicting that a
second cataclysmic event would eventually occur, the Triad hid away the tools
humanity would need to survive in several vaults throughout the world, and
devised a system by which they could communicate across time before they
eventually died. She instructs Desmond to find the vaults, then disappears,
leaving a confused Ezio in her wake. In Assassin's Creed III, she projects
herself through the past one last time and finds Desmond in the Vault. Once
there, she warns him about Juno's power-hungry ambitions, hoping that he will
decide not to save the world and keep Juno imprisoned. Juno turns the tables
and forces Minerva to reveal Desmond's destiny and how his legacy will be
manipulated if he allows the cataclysm to happen. During the conversation,
Minerva displays a respect of human free will, not unlike the Assassins
themselves. Minerva mentions one of her previous names as Mera, but her
Etruscan name actually Menrva, virtually identical to the Latin.
Juno (voiced by
Nadia Verrucci), alternately known as Uni, is a member of the Capitoline Triad.
She is introduced in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, reiterating Minerva's warning
to Desmond, but is more hostile and contemptuous of humanity (displaying a
mindset similar to that of the Templars) than the other two members of the
Triad. After Desmond recovers an Apple of Eden hidden by Ezio in the Roman
Colosseum, Juno takes control of Desmond, forcing him to kill Lucy, and
instructs him to find "the one who would accompany you through the gate.
"In Assassins Creed III, after the player kills Warren Vidic and Daniel
Cross, she takes the place of the modern-day main antagonist. It is revealed at
the end of Assassin's Creed III that Juno sought to conquer the rejuvenating
world. When she tried to use Minerva's technology for her own ends, she was
found and imprisoned in the Vault, with the other two members of the Triad
hoping that she would fade away in time for the devices there to be activated
safely. But she endured and confronted Desmond along with Minerva when the time
came to use the device. Juno spurs Minerva into showing the inevitable future
if Desmond does not activate the device: humanity will start out well, but will
simply sink back into their old ways and repeat the cycle all over again.
Desmond decides to use the device, preventing the apocalypse, even though this
would release Juno and cost him his life. Juno is released, and thanks
Desmond's body before leaving her prison.
Jupiter (voiced by
Peter Renaday), also known as Tinia, was a member of the Capitoline Triad. He
appears to Desmond in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, during the Nexus of Time.
He elaborates more on the creation of the vaults, and shows the location of the
central vault that contains all their accumulated knowledge. Although the
humans tend to use his Roman name, Minerva consistently refers to him by his
Etruscan name, Tinia.
Aita was Juno's husband,
who volunteered to be a test subject for one of the Capitoline Triad's attempts
to preserve the First Civilization. The experiment that he took part in is left
vague, but Juno suggests that it preserved his body at the cost of his mind.
Juno euthanized him when his mind "became brittle", and it may be
this event that caused her to turn on Minerva and Jupiter. Via his
reincarnations, Bartholomew Roberts and John, he is the main antagonist of
Black Flag.Aita is the Etruscan name for Hades and Pluto.
Historical characters in the Assassin's Creed series
It has
been suggested that portions of this article be moved into Historical
characters in the Assassin's Creed series. (Discuss)
Modern era (1800-1985)
Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
During his presidency, he led the Union during the American Civil War. On April
14, 1865, he was shot by stage actor John Wilkes Booth. He died the next day.
Colonial era (1600-1800)
William Kidd (c.
1645 – 23 May 1701) was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy
after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. Modern historians deem his
piratical reputation unjust, as there is evidence that Kidd acted only as a
privateer. Kidd's fame springs largely from the sensational circumstances of
his questioning before the English Parliament and the ensuing trial. His actual
depredations on the high seas, whether piratical or not, were both less
destructive and less lucrative than those of many other contemporary pirates
and privateers. In Assassin's Creed 3, his treasure maps are a part of side
missions.
Benedict Arnold
(voiced by Paul Hopkins) (1741–1801) was a General at West Point. In 1780,
Ratonhnhaké:ton' was asked by General George Washington, while acting on vital
Culper Ring intelligence, to expose a rumored plot to overthrow the
strategically critical West Point. Ratonhnhaké:ton' worked undercover for
Arnold, while flushing out the British spies. Investigating the general,
Ratonhnhaké:ton' soon eavesdropped on Benedict Arnold as he was discussing
plans for the British to take over the fort with John Anderson. Once the
conversation had ended Benedict went back to the fort while his associate met
up with redcoats to acquire a uniform. Anderson then came back to the fort but
was caught when Ratonhnhaké:ton' stopped two colonials from killing him.
Ratonhnhaké:ton' then pulled out a note revealing the plans for a sum of twenty
thousand pounds to go to Benedict for the fort at West Point. Not knowing he
was compromised, Benedict awaited for Anderson's return and also for the
regulars to arrive with his money. Connor got back first and exposed Arnold for
the traitor he was, right then the regulars arrived and Benedict fled the fort
while the British began their assault on the fort. Once the assault ended
Connor failed to reach Arnold as he had sailed away from West Point.
Ultimately, Benedict Arnold had defected to the British not long after assumed
being a general in the British Army. In all this event put the colonials in an
uneasy position where they soon began to question loyalty with the troops and
officers. In The Tyranny of King Washington, where Washington ruled America as
a king with an Apple of Eden, Arnold served as his right-hand man with Israel
Putnam. Arnold's particular duties involved him supervising the Frontier, and
suppressing any resistance, often carting the native people off as labourers.
He was present during the burning of Kanatahséton, riding at Washington's side.
Washington expressed doubts about his resolve and powers, but he was assured by
both his generals when they reaffirmed their loyalty. Arnold also witnessed the
duel between his monarch and the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, and after Washington
beat him into submission and fired two pistols at his opponent at point-blank
range, Arnold handed the king a musket to kill Ratonhnhaké:ton; however, the
Assassin survived the encounter. For the next five months, Arnold ruled over
the Frontier in Washington's name from a secluded fort not far from Valley
Forge. Arnold eventually discovered the location of the rebellious natives that
had aided Ratonhnhaké:ton and sent his men after them. When Arnold's men found
and killed the other survivors of the attack on the village, including its clan
mother, Ratonhnhaké:ton resolved to track him down and assassinate him.
Following General Putnam from Valley Forge, who had urgent need to speak to
Arnold, the Assassin unleased a bear to distract the guardsmen posted outside
Arnold's fortress, and snuck inside. Arnold was pacing outside the main
building when the Assassin took his life. Before he died, Arnold seemed to
change and regretted the acts he had done for King Washington. When Ratonhnhaké:ton
declared his treachery at West Point deserved this reprisal, Arnold denied ever
stepping foot in West Point ever. Grabbing the Assain's arm, he confirmed
Washington's power to control came from his sceptre, and he urged his killer to
go to Boston and find Benjamin Franklin to defeat the Mad King. However, he
said that Franklin needed to be freed from something first. Yet, despite the
Assassin's questions as to what he needed to be freed from, Arnold was unable
to answer, and died from his wounds. Afterwards, Putnam captured the rebel, and
claimed that it was a shame Arnold died (with little remorse, it needs to be
said), and then said that he was taking Ratonhnhaké:ton to Boston to show the
King. Arnold's final words set in motion the search for Ben Franklin and, by
extension, the downfall of King Washington.
Benjamin Church
(voiced by Harry Standjofski) (1734 – 1778) was a member of the Templar Order
and a surgeon for the Continental Army. Along with Thomas Hickey and Charles
Lee, Church established Templar influence within the Continental Army's side of
the Revolutionary War, however like Hickey, Church was ultimately unreliable
specifically due to his self-serving nature. Church's actions inadvertently
benefited the Patriots, as he motivated Ratonhnhaké:ton' to aid George
Washington and the Continental Army's struggle for freedom. By recovering the
supplies from Church, Ratonhnhaké:ton' was able to strengthen the Continental
Army leading to their victory. Furthermore, Church was responsible for recruiting
Nicholas Biddle for the Templars, who ultimately strengthened the Continental
Naval Fleet. Church's betrayal of the Templar Order gave rise to a change in
Ratonhnhaké:ton's relationship with his father and enemy, Haytham. By becoming
a mutual enemy,Ratonhnhaké:ton' and Haytham established an alliance as well as
a slight father and son bond, though ultimately their differences were
irreconcilable. Despite abusing his skills as a physician for personal gain,
Church established a very important position in the Continental Army. His
actions as Head of the Medical Wing influenced duties and responsibilities of
military physicians by becoming the U.S. Army's first Surgeon General.
Benjamin Franklin
(voiced by Jim Ward) (17 January 1706 – 17 April 1790) was a Freemason, a noted
polymath, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Benjamin
wandered around Boston near his store, and was surprised to find Haytham Kenway
offer a lending hand, as those living in Boston usually refused to be of any
help, and correctly assumed that Kenway was new to Boston. Franklin then
charged Kenway with the task of finding stolen pages of his Almanac. Haytham
interacted with Franklin, where he proposed his idea of having an older woman
as a lover would benefit lives, much to Haytham's amusement. In The Tyranny of
King Washington, after gaining control over the area, King Washington put
Franklin in charge of running Boston. While under Washington's control,
Franklin was still hesitant of the King's decisions, claiming one such order to
behead random civilians to be "rather harsh." After being freed from
Washington's control by Ratonhnhaké:ton, Franklin sought to help the rebellion
take down King Washington.
Charles Lee
(voiced by Neil Napier) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed III. Charles
Lee (1732 – 1782) was a British soldier, and later, a General of the
Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who allied himself with
the Templar Order and its Grand Master, Haytham Kenway. It is implied that Lee
sets fire to Ratonhnhaké:ton's village, killing his mother in the process where
the then young Ratonhnhaké:ton' vowed to kill him. Many years later, during a
meeting with George Washington, they meet again but failed to recognize him
until after he gets falsely arrested for counterfeiting along with a Templar
called Thomas Hickey. Sarcastically congratulating him for tracking him down,
he frames him for a Templar plot to kill George Washington, but the plan is
foiled when Washington is saved by Ratonhnhaké:ton'. Years later, residing in
Fort George for his "own protection", he is ordered to leave for
Boston by Haytham, shortly before the latter's death. Succeeding him as the
next Grand Master, he vows to make his tormentor suffer, only to end up being
chased by him into a half constructed ferry that's set alight, being saved at
the last minute when part of the ship collapses on the Assassin, wounding him
in the hip. Using the opportunity to ask him why he continues to, "fight
after all his allies have abandoned him", he is told that, "because
no one else will", before being wounded in the side by him. Fleeing, he's
finally tracked down by his pursuer to a tavern in Monmouth County, where they
both share a bottle of whiskey, before being fatally stabbed in the chest by
the vengeful Assassin. The medallion (the key meant for Desmond) is taken from
his body and, shortly afterwards, is buried in the grave of Connor Davenport,
Achilles' son and the namesake of Ratonhnhaké:ton.
Edward Braddock
(1695–1755), nicknamed the Bulldog by his soldiers, was a member of the Templar
Order and a general in the British Army. He can be considered to be the main
antagonist of Haytham's story in Assassin's Creed III. During the French and
Indian War, Braddock was the commander-in-chief for the thirteen colonies of
British America. He had several soldiers under his command, including John
Pitcairn and Charles Lee, whom he rarely saw due to their allegiance to the
Templar cause. Over the course of the war, Braddock turned away from the
Templar ideals and impeded the Order's goals in the colonies, much to the
chagrin of the other members. This disobedience came to a head when Braddock
was confronted by Haytham Kenway, Braddock's former friend and fellow Templar,
when Haytham attempted to recruit John Pitcairn for the expedition to find a
First Civilization storehouse. Braddock was eventually killed by Haytham, in
order to gain the trust of Kaniehtí:io, a Kanien'keha:ka woman who promised to
show Haytham the location of the storehouse, in exchange for eliminating
Braddock. Haytham also took the Templar ring from Braddock's finger, which was
later given to Charles Lee upon the latter's initiation into the Templar Order.
Edward Thatch
(voiced by Mark Bonnar) (1680-1718) infamously known as Blackbeard, was a
pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American colonies during the
early 18th century, on a ship named the Queen Anne's Revenge. Thatch met his
fate on November 22, 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard
and his crew.
François Mackandal
(unknown-1758) was a Haïtian Maroon leader and the Mentor of the Assassins in
the Spanish Colonial Caribbean. During his time as Mentor, he was a teacher to
Agaté, who went to become the Mentor of the Assassins in the French colonies of
America.
George Washington
(voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) (1732-1799) was a Freemason, a spymaster, one of
the Founding Fathers of the United States, the commander of the Continental
Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783, and served as the
first President of the United States from 30 April 1789 to 4 March 1797. Born
February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia, in the British America
colonies of North America, Washington joined the British Army during his youth
and participated in the French and Indian War theatre of the Seven Years' War,
fighting against the French and various indigenous tribes. Due to the lack of
progress of his military career in the British Army, Washington instead turned
to politics. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Washington
supported the colonists. Following the creation of the Continental Army, the
Continental Congress of 1775 appointed Washington as its Commander-in-Chief.
Though the Continental Army was outmatched, and had suffered many tactical
losses and strategic setbacks under Washington's command, the aid of patriotic
individuals such as Lafayette, the Culper Ring, and his ally Ratonhnhaké:ton',
a member of the Assassin Order, managed to gain the army small victories.
Throughout his life, Washington was a landowner, a planter, soldier, politician
and military hero. Despite some flaws as a leader and his poor military
choices, Washington's actions were significant as an experienced officer and leader.
As Commander-in-Chief, Washington was notably efficient in organizing the
Continental Army by coordinating logistics, training and drilling his troops.
More importantly, he maintained an elevated command presence and was a heroic
icon for the Patriots, ensuring their unity, morale and dedication to the
Revolution. Inadvertently, Washington was also an obstacle to the Templars,
Charles Lee in particular, and their plans to control the colonies. As a
result, he was unwittingly tangled in the secret war between the Templars and
Assassins, and forged a highly beneficial alliance with Ratonhnhaké:ton that
would greatly impact the course of the Revolution. However, the revealed truth
of Washington's acts against the Native American tribes eventually alienated himself
from Ratonhnhaké:ton. In 1781, Washington came into contact with an Apple of
Eden, which was taken from a captured officer following the Siege of Yorktown.
The American Revolution eventually ended two years later, as the Continental
Army emerged victorious against the British Army, and the colonies joined
together to form the United States in 1783. After the British evacuated from
the colonies, Ratonhnhaké:ton met with Washington in New York. Ratonhnhaké:ton
congratulated Washington for his victory, to which Washington decided to retire
and settling into a quiet life. However Ratonhnhaké:ton scolded at the idea,
telling Washington that he does not deserve the luxury of relinquishing his
responsibility as a leader. In The Tyranny of King Washington, Washington began
suffering from disturbing dreams, which he suspected were coming from the
Apple. In his distress, Washington sought out Ratonhnhaké:ton, and proceeded to
describe the nightmares he had been experiencing. When Ratonhnhaké:ton
expressed his doubts, Washington showed him the Apple. Ratonhnhaké:ton
instantly recognized the familiar design of the Apple, and could sense its
power; he asked Washington to hand it over, but as he touched it,
Ratonhnhaké:ton entered the reality of Washington's nightmares; the world of
"King" Washington. After fighting his way through this world, both
Ratonhnhaké:ton and Washington were released from their dream, and Washington
decided upon passing the Apple into Ratonhnhaké:ton's ownership. The commander
suggested Ratonhnhaké:ton dispose of the powerful device by dropping it in a
weighted bag into the sea. While Ratonhnhaké:ton did this, Washington was
sitting in his office when a man suggested the United States needed a king; to
which Washington famously responded that crowning another monarch for the
States would "raise the greatest mischief that could befall my
country". In 1789, Washington was elected the first President of the
United States, a position he held until 1797. He died on December 14, 1799, at
age 67, in Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States.
King Washington
crowned himself the King of the United States in The Tyranny of King
Washington, used the Apple to obtain loyalty from his troops, and ruled from a
massive Pyramid palace in New York. Kaniehtí:io infiltrated the palace and
stole the scepter containing the Apple, but Israel Putnam shot it off her back
before she escaped, recovering it for the king. Washington responded to
Kaniehtí:io's theft by launching an assault on the Frontier, burning Concord and
Lexington to find her. She and her son confronted Washington in Lexington, but
Ratonhnhaké:ton - who was actually the one from the original timeline -
expressed confusion as to why Washington would do this. King Washington, who
never knew Connor, deemed him a delusional savage and rode off. Kaniehtí:io and
Ratonhnhaké:ton returned to Kanatahséton, when Washington's troops attacked.
The king rode in with Arnold and Putnam at his side, and proceeded to kill
Kaniehtí:io with the scepter. Ratonhnhaké:ton tried to attack the king, but he
was no match for his power, and Washington proceeded to shoot him repeatedly
and stab him with a bayonet. Ratonhnhaké:ton survived though, and after
assassinating Arnold, he was captured by Putnam and brought to Boston as a present
for the king. There, an impressed and curious Washington observed
Ratonhnhaké:ton in his cell, and chose to have him executed. However, the
Assassin escaped and assaulted Benjamin Franklin, severing Washington's grip on
his mind. The king teleported in, refusing to have anyone meddle in his plans.
However, Ratonhnhaké:ton proved to be a match for the king this time, having
embarked on spirit journeys to gain the powers of the wolf and eagle. The king
fled to his palace in New York, leaving Putnam in charge of Boston. When
Ratonhnhaké:ton arrived in New York using the Aquila to devastate Washington's
fleet, the king rode out to the west district, where he found Franklin washed
ashore. Franklin vowed he would not come under Washington's spell again, so the
king obliged by trying to kill him instead. Fortunately, Ratonhnhaké:ton's
friend Kanen'tó:kon tackled Washington, knocking the scepter away. Kanen'tó:kon
almost assassinated the helpless king, but a group of soldiers shot him to
death. Washington took back the scepter and retreated to his palace. Buoyed by
Ratonhnhaké:ton's destruction of the fleet, Thomas Jefferson led an attack on
the Pyramid's courtyard. Ratonhnhaké:ton, having gained the power of the bear,
began shaking the courtyard, Washington overheard from his throne and expressed
anger that people would attack him after all he had done in the war. As unrest
in the city spread, Washington tried to win popularity by declaring he would
invade England and enslave its population, but this did not prevent the
populace from turning on the military occupation. As fighting raged before his
palace gates, Washington stood atop the Pyramid's stained glass ceiling,
waiting for Ratonhnhaké:ton to confront him. When the Assassin arrived, he
offered to spare Washington if he gave up the Apple, claiming the Apple
controlled him, but the king refused. Ratonhnhaké:ton ended the battle by
breaking the ceiling, causing the two men to fall inside the Pyramid. A
mortally wounded Washington picked up the Apple and slumped into his throne. By
reaching for the Apple, Ratonhnhaké:ton returned to his own time.
Israel Bissell
(1752-1823) was "midnight ride" post rider in Massachusetts who
brought news to American colonists of the British attack on April 19, 1775. He
reportedly rode for four days and six hours covering the 345 miles from
Watertown, Massachusetts to Philadelphia along the Old Post Road, shouting
"To arms, to arms, the war has begun," and carrying a message from
General Joseph Palmer which was copied at each of his stops and redistributed.
According to legend, at the end of Bissell's first leg, in Worcester, his first
horse collapsed and died from having been driven so hard. Bissell then returned
to Connecticut, where he joined the Continental Army alongside his brother,
Justis.
Israel Putnam
(voiced by Andreas Apergis) (1718–1790) was an American general in the
Continental Army who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill
during the American Revolutionary War. During the battle, he was approached by
the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton', who desired a Patriot victory as the British
troops were under the command of a Templar, Major John Pitcairn. To achieve
this, Putnam tasked him with disabling two British frigates who were bombarding
the nearby area from the harbor. Once the deed was done, Putnam rallied his
troops, delivering his famous "Whites of their Eyes" speech, as
Ratonhnhaké:ton' set out to assassinate Pitcairn. He succeeded in killing the
major, but nevertheless, Putnam was outnumbered and forced to retreat, granting
the British a Pyrrhic victory. One year later, Ratonhnhaké:ton' was captured by
the Templars and falsely accused of plotting to assassinate General George
Washington, a crime the Templars themselves had committed. He later escaped execution
and killed the true conspirator, Thomas Hickey, before he could strike
Washington. When surrounded by armed guards after murdering Hickey, it was
Putnam who arrived to vouch for Ratonhnhaké:ton' innocence, proclaiming him a
hero to the Patriot cause.
John André (2 May
1750 – 2 October 1780) was an officer of the British Army. He worked as a spy
during the American Revolutionary War and aided in Major General Benedict
Arnold's attempt to defect from the Continental Army to the British Army.
Functioning as a spy in the Continental Army under the alias John Anderson,
André conspired with Benedict Arnold to have him become a General in the
British Army and to surrender West Point to the British. He was followed by
Ratonhnhaké:ton', an Assassin and ally of George Washington, and André was
captured by Patriots as he was making his way out of West Point. Upon
Ratonhnhaké:tons advise, the Patriots searched him instead of shooting him on
sight and they discovered a letter revealing Arnold's betrayal. André was later
hanged by the Continental Army.
John Parker (1729
– 1775) was an American colonial farmer, mechanic and soldier who commanded the
Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington. Parker was born in Lexington to
Josiah Parker and Anne Stone. He fought during the French and Indian War,
fighting in both the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and the Battle of the Plains
of Abraham in 1759. It is this military experience that likely led to his
election as captain of the militia. On 19 April 1775, Parker was in poor health
as he was suffering from tuberculosis. However, he led the militia when the
British Army attacked Lexington. When they opened fire, most of his men broke
ranks, so he told the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton' to travel to nearby Concord and
warn James Barrett, another militia captain. Later that day, he rallied his men
to attack the regulars returning to Boston in an ambush known as "Parker's
Revenge". Parker and his men participated in the subsequent Siege of
Boston. However, he was unable to serve in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June,
and died of tuberculosis the following September.
John Pitcairn
(voiced by Robert Lawrenson) (1722-1775) was Scottish born member of the Royal
Marine Corps and the Templar Order. In 1754, Pitcairn is saved from execution
by Haytham Kenway for disobeying his commander, General Edward Braddock.
Pitcairn helped Haytham kill slave trader Silas Thatcher. The next year, he
arrives with Haytham to kill his former commander. After Braddock is killed, he
resumes his life as a marine. In 1771, he is promoted from captain to major. In
1775, men under his command fire the first shots of the Revolutionary War at
the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Later that year, he is present at the
Battle of Bunker Hill. During the battle, he is assassinated by
Ratonhnhaké:ton'. With his last breath, he states his attempt to stop the war
from happening and it is Ratonhnhaké:tons fault the war would continue. On his
dead body, there is a letter about an assassination plot to be carried out on
George Washington by Thomas Hickey, a fellow Templar and Ratonhnhaké:tons next
target.
Marie-Joseph Paul
Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (voiced by Vince Corazza)
(1757 – 1834) often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and
military officer born in south central France. During the American
Revolutionary War, Lafayette served as a Major-General in the Continental Army
under George Washington. Blocked by British spies who learned of his support
for the Patriots, Lafayette disguised himself as a woman to board a ship to
America in 1777. He later recounted this to the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton' while
camping in Valley Forge that winter. On June 28, 1778, Lafayette led a
battalion during the battle of Monmouth, when he was given strange orders by
Charles Lee to advance into enemy lines without sufficient numbers.
Ratonhnhaké:ton' deduced Lee was trying to make Washington appear incompetent.
In 1781, Lafayette visited the Davenport Homestead to help Ratonhnhaké:ton'
gather a fleet to breach Fort George in New York. After Ratonhnhaké:ton' gained
the French Navy's support, Lafayette met with him and Stephane Chapheau
underground and showed them a tunnel into the military district, so
Ratonhnhaké:ton' could assassinate Lee in the midst of the bombardment.
Nicholas Biddle
(voiced by Fred Tatasciore) (1750–1778) was a member of Templar Order and one
of the first captains of Continental Navy during the American Revolution. While
he appeared to support the Continental cause, his true plan was to patrol the
Eastern Seaboard of North America for Templar benefit. Eventually, Biddle came
across the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton', where the two clashed during the Battle
off Barbados in 1778, with the Aquila and its crew boarding the Randolph.
During this duel, Ratonhnhaké:ton' held the offense until the floorboards of
the ship collapsed from underneath them. On recovering from the distraction in
the cargo bay,Ratonhnhaké:ton' located and continued to strike at Biddle until
he was defeated. Following this, on hearing Biddle's dying wishthat he be
allowed to go down with his ship, Ratonhnhaké:ton' set fire to the Randolph's
gunpowder reservoir, destroying the vessel to the dismay of the Assassin's
first mate, Robert Faulkner, who wanted to take the Randolph as a prize.
Paul Revere
(voiced by Bruce Dinsmore) (1735 – 1818) was an American silversmith from
Boston, early industrialist, and a Sons of Liberty Patriot propagandist in the
American Revolution. He was erroneously most famous for the "midnight
ride" of 18 April 177, where he took credit for the ride of Israel
Bissell, who reportedly rode for four days and six hours covering the 345 miles
from Watertown, Massachusetts to Philadelphia along the Old Post Road, and who
alerted Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of
Lexington and Concord. Historically, Paul Revere only rode from Boston to
Cambridge. During the American Revolutionary War, Paul Revere became an
associate of the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton'.
Samuel Adams
(voiced by Mark Lindsay Chapman) (1722–1803) was an American statesman,
political philosopher, a Sons of Liberty Patriot and one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel
was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. He was also
one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism, which shaped
the political culture of the United States. During the American Revolutionary
War, Samuel met and became a trusted associate of the Assassin
Ratonhnhaké:ton', after Achilles Davenport told Ratonhnhaké:ton' to find him on
his first trip to Boston. Amongst other things, Samuel taught Ratonhnhaké:ton'
how to reduce his notoriety, introduced him to the Mason tunnels underneath Boston,
as well as Commander-in-Chief George Washington.
Thomas Hickey
(voiced by Allen Leech) (unknown-1776) was a member of the Templar Order and
later a soldier in the Continental Army. During the French and Indian War, he
also ran a black-market underground for use of gaining information and money
for the order, while simultaneously working as an assistant to William Johnson.
Hickey was a self-indulgent and lecherous man, he often lazed about in taverns,
drinking much alcohol and enjoyed the company of women. Hickey took his orders
and duties lightly hence was often reprimanded for his reckless and
unprofessional behavior. Despite this, he was far from cowardly and was still a
strong and capable fighter. Hickey had very little care and commitment to the
Templar's vision of a New World Order, instead he served only as a means for
personal profit and power. As a result, similar to Juan Borgia, Hickey died
with little to no regret, content that he had already fulfilled his desires and
earthly pleasures, even to the point of being almost nonchalant about the fact
that he was about to die.
Thomas Jefferson
(13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was one of the American Founding Fathers of the
United States, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the
third President of the United States. During the fight against King
Washington's tyranny, Thomas Jefferson was the leader of the New York
rebellion. When Ratonhnhaké:ton crashed the Aquila into another ship off the
shore of New York City, Washington traveled to the docks to investigate the
disturbance. Jefferson seized this opportunity and infiltrated Washington's
fortress. He was later quickly overwhelmed and required Ratonhnhaké:ton's
assistance in order to retreat. Shaun Hasting claims Jefferson advocated the
castration of homosexuals; Jefferson was actually liberalizing the law in
Virginia, which previously punished anyone convicted of sodomy with death.
William Johnson
(voiced by Julian Casey) (1715-1774) was an Anglo-Irish official and a member
of the Templar Order. Johnson was born in Ireland to Catholic parents. In his
early twenties, he moves to America with his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren. After
some poor judgement in business on his uncle's part, Johnson buys a plot of
land with the money he has and builds a house, a mill, a farm, and a store
calling his land Mount Johnson. Between 1743 and 1754, Johnson becomes a
liaison between the Iroquois and the British Government. In 1754, Johnson had
becomes a member of the Templar Order and an ally of Haytham Kenway. He has
Haytham meet his bodyguard, Thomas Hickey, and retrieve some documents stolen
by his enemies. After doing this, he agrees to help Haytham kill slave trader
Silas Thatcher. The next year, he goes with Haytham and the other Templars to
kill General Edward Braddock. After Braddock is dead, Johnson goes back to his
other line of work. In 1768, he negotiates the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. In 1773,
Johnson is smuggling tea into the colonies. The Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton'
realizes this and participates in the Boston Tea Party, destroying Johnson's
tea supply. After this loss, Johnson retreats to his estate. A year later,
Johnson tries to talk the Iroquois leaders into selling their land. When the
leaders refuse, he threatens to kill them. Before he can carry his threat out,
he is killed by Ratonhnhaké:ton'. In his last moments, he tries to justify his
actions as helping the Iroquois; by taking their land (forcibly) before the
Colonists inevitably steal it from them. On his dead body, a letter is found
addressing John Pitcairn, a fellow Templar and Ratonhnhaké:tons next target.
Renaissance era (1300-1600)
Cesare Borgia
(voiced by Andreas Apergis) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed:
Brotherhood. Cesare Borgia (1475 or 1476–1507) was the son of Rodrigo Borgia.
During his childhood, Cesare (along with his other siblings) was raised by his
father to become one of his personal weapons. However, he was naturally
ambitious and aggressive; at age 18, when he sought his brother Juan Borgia the
Younger's position as Captain General of the Papal Army (Cesare was a Cardinal
at the time), he had his brother assassinated. After leading the army to many
victories throughout Italy, Cesare developed extreme sadism and a lust for
conquest, having the primary goal to unify all of Italy and conquer all of
Spain. He later came to the absurd conclusion that he could not be killed by
mortal men and that he would lead mankind into a new era, a belief that would
stay with him for the rest of his life. In effect, he and his father were
continually at odds. That he is rarely referred to as a Templar, the game
suggests that he may have abandoned his Templar duty, conquering for the sake
of his own ego. Near the end of his life he was imprisoned before escaping and
raising an army for a last stand before being thrown off a wall by Ezio, ending
his life.
Leonardo di ser
Piero da Vinci (voiced by Carlos Ferro) (1452–1519) was an Italian Renaissance
polymath. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized
the Renaissance humanist ideal. His lifelong friendship with Ezio Auditore
begins when Ezio's mother, Maria, has her son help Leonardo move some paintings
from his new workshop. Leonardo comments that his current work lacks purpose,
but Maria is confident that he will go on to do great things. After Ezio's
father and brothers are murdered by Rodrigo Borgia's men, Ezio brings to
Leonardo two objects from his father's study: a broken hidden blade, and a page
from the mysterious Codex written by Altaïr. Leonardo repairs the blade and
deciphers the codex, fascinated by the technological secrets it alludes to. As
Ezio continues his Assassin training, Leonardo makes several upgrades to Ezio's
weapons and armor, including a poison blade, a gun, and a poison dart launcher.
Some time after Ezio foils the Pazzi conspiracy, Leonardo receives a commission
from a Venetian noble, prompting him to set up a new workshop in Venice. As
Ezio had his own business in the city, he accompanied him. He developed an
interest in flight, and invented an experimental flying machine, which Ezio
used on one of his missions. After seeing the Apple of Eden, Leonardo marveled
at the futuristic visions it showed him. He then developed an interest in the
findings of Pythagoras, and was eventually able to create a map leading to a
temple built by his followers. Eventually, Leonardo was blackmailed by Cesare
Borgia into designing Templar war machines. He continued to support Ezio, in
secret, until he was kidnapped by a third party, the Cult of Hermes, who wanted
him to lead them to the Temple of Pythagorias. He is eventually rescued by
Ezio, and despite his injuries, explores the Temple, fascinated by the numeric
codes found within. Although Leonardo does not appear in Assassin's Creed:
Revelations, the novelization describes him dying peacefully at his home in
Amboise, with his friends (including Ezio, who is now retired from the
Assassins) at his side. In Assassin's Creed 3, the Darvenport Homestead's
residential carpenter obtained some of Leonardo's blueprints and, at Connor's
request, build a prototype replica of the original flying machine.
Lucrezia Borgia
(voiced by Liane Balaban) (April 18, 1480 – June 24, 1519) is the secondary
antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. She is the daughter of Rodrigo
Borgia and the sister of Cesare Borgia. She is first seen in a portrait in
Assassin's Creed II as a little girl with brown hair. She appears in Assassin's
Creed: Brotherhood as a buxom woman, her hair now blonde. She is shown to have
incestuous affairs with both her father and her brother, the latter of whom
tells her that she will be his queen. She has secured a political advantage for
her family by marrying many powerful nobles and then having them disgraced or
killed soon thereafter. She grows tired of Cesare's womanizing ways, however,
and plans to leave the Vatican. Despite this, she still warns her brother of
the poisoned apple he received from Rodrigo. In turn, Cesare beat her until she
revealed the Piece of Eden's location. Disillusioned by his actions, she helped
Ezio find said Piece of Eden and left the Vatican behind. Her in-game portrait
reveals that she and her husband fled Rome and relocated to Ferrara where she
encountered Ezio again in 1506 while he was looking for the first da Vinci
painting, Annunciation.
Manuel Palaiologos
(voiced by Vlasta Vrána) (1454-1512) is the heir to the lost Byzantine Empire
throne. Manuel is a major Templar Leader and the secondary antagonist of
Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is conspiring in taking back Constantinople
(Turkish: Istanbul / Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη) with the help of Sulemon Heir of
the Sultan of Ottoman Empire. He is assassinated by Ezio in the
Templar-controlled city of Cappadocia.
Rodrigo de Lanzol
y Borgia (voiced by Manuel Tadros) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed:
Lineage, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed: Renaissance. Cardinal
Rodrigo Borgia (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503), born Roderic Llançol, later
Roderic de Borja i Borja, was the leader of the Knights Templar during the Renaissance
in Italy. He was elected Pope from 1492 to 1503 as Alexander VI. His enemies
called him "The Spaniard" (due to his Spanish origins) while his
Templar followers called him "Maestro" ("Master" in Italian
and "teacher" in Spanish). He was one of the most controversial of
the Renaissance popes, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword
for the debased standards of the papacy of that era. Borgia was elected Pope in
1492 and established his power in Rome; his true intent, however, was to gain
access to the vault that lies under the Vatican, where, according to Borgia,
God Himself rested. Borgia appeared as a minor character in Assassin's Creed:
Brotherhood, which takes place in 1503, the last year of his papacy. He is
killed after he is murdered by Casare, who is poisoned by Rodrigo only seconds
before.
Ishak Pasha
(unknown-1497) was a Croat or Greek who became an Ottoman general, statesman
and Grand Vizier. He was also, secretly, the Master Assassin leader and Mentor
of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood in Constantinople. Ishak Pasha was largely
responsible for the established peace between the Assassins and the Ottomans
during the early 16th century, as well as being the individual responsible for
finding and recruiting the future Master Assassin, Yusuf Tazim. In 1476, Ishak
participated in the Ottoman military crackdown on a Hungarian uprising,
defeating the rebel leader; a Templar named Vlad Tepe (Dracula). 34 years
later, Sultan Bayezid II entrusted Armor of Ishak Pasha to the Janissary Murat
Bin Husn, who hid it in the Hagia Sophia to ensure its safety. However, some
months later, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, a man named Ezio Auditore da
Firenze, found the scattered memoirs of Ishak Pasha, and used them to locate
the armor from underneath the structure.
Niccolò di
Bernardo dei Machiavelli (voiced by Shawn Baichoo) (1469–1527) is a supporting
character of Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He was an
Italian philosopher and writer, and a member of the Assassin Order. Considered
one of the main founders of modern political science, he was a diplomat,
political philosopher, musician, and playwright, but foremost, he was a civil
servant of the Florentine Republic. With the Assassin Order, Niccolò primarily
worked with his ally Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and helped him with driving the
Orsi brothers from Forlì and with removing the monk Girolamo Savonarola from
power in Florence to obtain the "Apple of Eden" - an ancient artifact
- from him. Two years later, Machiavelli took up the position of leader of the
Italian Assassins, after the death of previous leader Mario Auditore. Once
again joined by Ezio, they fought against the corrupted Borgia family, which
ruled over Rome. Eventually successful in their goal, Machiavelli joined Ezio
and Leonardo da Vinci in chasing Cesare Borgia in Valencia. Machiavelli then
focused on his duties in the Florentine government, leading the Florentine
militia until he was defeated, arrested and deprived of office.
Haci Ahmed Muhiddin
Piri (c. 1467-c. 1554), more commonly known as Piri Reis for his legendary
stature in the Ottoman Navy, was a famed admiral and cartographer. Unknown to
most, Piri was also a member of the Assassin Order, and a Master Assassin of
the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood. Though not involving himself in missions of
violence, Piri served the Assassins as a technician and intelligence gatherer,
primarily providing them with materials and methods for crafting bombs. He was
a trusted friend of the Turkish Assassin leader Yusuf Tazim, and also later
befriended Ezio Auditore da Firenze. the Mentor of the Italian Assassin
Brotherhood. By 1513, Piri continued his work as a cartographer, and produced
what would come to be known as his most famous map, which contained one of the
earliest, accurate depictions of the eastern shore of South America. In around
the 1550s, by the time he was 80, Piri had become a legend in the Ottoman Navy,
and was officially granted the title of "Reis" or
"Admiral." In Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, Christoffa Corombo's
atlas contained a Piri Reis map, which was rescued from Templar hands by Ezio.
In one of Abstergo Industries' dossiers, it was speculated that Piri's map of
Europe was secretly a map of the First Civilization Temples.
Şehzade Ahmet
(voiced by Tamer Hassan) is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed:
Revelations. Şehzade Ahmet, (1465-1512), was the eldest living son of Bayezid
II and brother to Selim I. Sharing many characteristics with his father, he was
believed to be the perfect candidate for the sultan's heir, even more so when
he served as governor of Amasya. However, many of the Ottoman Empire (The
Janissaries in particular) deem him to be an unfit ruler in times of war and
times of peace. Furthermore, they do not see him as a traditional Sultan and
thus do not support him. He sets up the unsuccessful ambush and capture of
Prince Suleiman by Byzantine Templars, intending to have him rescued,
subsequently making Ahmet appear to be a brave hero. His plans fail, but while Ezio
is away in Cappadocia, Ahmet takes Sofia Sartor hostage and demands Ezio
exchanges the Masyaf key for her. After the exchange Ahmet flees the city and
Ezio follows him with Sofia. After Ezio catches up with him, Ahmet's brother
Selim arrives. Selim proclaims his authority as the new Sultan and kills his
own brother by strangling him and then tossing him off of a cliff.
Medieval era (500-1300)
Baha ad-Din ibn
Shaddad (voiced by Richard Cansino) Saladin's regent in Jerusalem who enjoyed
carrying out executions, loved fear, and loved power over the people.
Garnier de Nablus
(voiced by Hubert Fielden) the tenth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitalier in
Acre. Experimented and tortured innocent people and lunatics he picked up off
the streets of Acre, claiming they were his children and that he was helping
them.
Ibn Jubayr (voiced
by Fred Tatasciore) Damascus' Saracen chief scholar and leader of "The
Illuminated." Intended to have all texts in Damascus burned, claiming that
these texts led people astray.
Sibrand (voiced by
Arthur Holden) German Crusader and the first Grand Master of the Knights
Teutonic in Acre. Intended to have all ships submitted to him for him to use in
a blockade against Richard.
Robert de Sablé
(voiced by Jean-Philippe Dandenaud) is the secondary antagonist (although he is
built up to be the main antagonist until his eventual assassination) of
Assassin's Creed. De Sablé was a lieutenant under Richard the Lionheart, and
Grand Masters of the Knights Templar during the Third Crusade and one of two
antagonists (the other being Armand Bouchart) in Assassin's Creed: The Secret
Crusade. Born into a powerful family, Robert de Sablé was immersed from birth
into nobility, though events during de Sablé's life are difficult to pin down;
at some point he became lord and ruler of Briollay, France. Subsequently, de
Sablé entered into the order of Knights Templar and reigned as their
"Grand Master" from 1191 to 1193. During the Third Crusade, de Sablé
and the Knights Templar laid siege to the city of Acre, which soon fell;
throughout August 1191, they also recaptured many fortresses and cities along
the Palestinian coast, which had been lost previously. Grand Master of the
Knights Templar, de Sablé follows a goal similar to the Assassins (in that he
is attempting to end the war in the Holy Land). Al Mualim has no objections
against him ending the Crusade, but is more against the way de Sablé attempts
to do so—the Assassins would have people find peace themselves, but the Templar
would force their "peace" onto others and attempt to control them.
Rashid ad-Din
Sinan, commonly known as Al Mualim (Arabic: "The Teacher") (voiced by
Peter Renaday) or The Old Man of the Mountain, is based on the real-life Rashid
ad-Din Sinan, the ersian Hashshashin leader in the Syrian town of Masyaf. He is
eventually revealed to be the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed and the
secondary antagonist in Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade. He was the
Assassin's Mentor who secretly led a double life as a Templar; he was also seen
as a wizened old man whom Altaïr saw as a father figure. After Altaïr broke all
three tenets of the Assassin's Creed in one mission, Al Mualim reduced Altaïr
to the rank of an initiate, and gave him a list of nine men to kill in order
for Altaïr to redeem himself and bring an end to the Crusade. In fact, Altaïr
was killing "rival" members of the Templar Order so that Al Mualim
could keep the Piece of Eden for himself. Altaïr eventually assassinates the
ninth target, Robert de Sablé, but with his dying breath, de Sablé tells Altaïr
of Al Mualim's true plans. Altaïr returns to Masyaf to find that the citizens
are being controlled by the Apple, wielded by Al Mualim. Al Mualim himself
broke all three tenets of the Creed, leading to a fight between himself and
Altaïr, and after a lengthy battle Al Mualim is killed by his student and
Altaïr takes possession of The Apple. Al Mualim is back in Assassin's Creed:
Revelations in one of the memories of Altaïr. In the memory, Altair burns Al
Mualim's body on a pyre, ensuring that he can never return. This is a move that
unnerves many of the other Assassins, but eventually Altaïr is forgiven and
accepted as the new master.
William of
Montferrat (voiced by Harry Standjofski) an Italian Crusader and Richard the
Lionheart's regent in Acre. Intended to kill Richard and give Acre to his son.
Ancient era
Alexander III of
Macedon (356 BC - 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of
the Macedonian Empire, and one of the most successful conquerors in history.
Alexander's empire was so successful because of the Templars, who entrusted the
Staff of Eden in him. Thanks to them, his empire spanned from Greece to India.
Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC after he was poisoned by the Assassin
Iltani.
Gaius Julius
Caesar (13 July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC), commonly known as Julius Caesar was a
prominent general in the Roman army and a notable politician. He played a key
role in transforming the flagging Roman Republic to the seemingly unstoppable
Roman Empire. He was killed due to his Templar affiliations.Caesar gained his
fame on military campaigns in Gaul, where he conquered what is present-day
France, Germany, and Belgium. In 50 BC, Caesar was called back to Rome, and he
feared he might be prosecuted for insubordination and treason. Caesar brought
one of his legions with him and started a civil war. During this conflict,
Caesar was made Dictator of Rome. Roman Senators feared Caesar's in increasing
military power, and also hated him due to the fact he was supported by the
Templars. On March 15, 44 BC, also known as the Ides of March, the Senators
planned their strike. A group Roman Senators, who were also Assassins, led by
Brutus and Cassius, stabbed Caesar twenty-three times in the Roman Senate. The
Senators thought that by ending Caesar's life, they had helped save Rome, but
they actually put Rome in chaos. For the next thirteen years, civil war raged
through the Roman Republic. The outcome was the birth of the Roman Empire.
Marcus Junius
Brutus the Younger (early BC June 85 – late BC October 42), more commonly known
simply as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic, a member of the
Roman Republic and the Order of Assassins. Most notably, Brutus held a leading
role in the assassination conspiracy against the consul Gaius Julius Caesar.
Sometime prior to 45 BC, Brutus became a member of the Roman Senate, as well as
the Assassin Order. Many of his Assassin brothers also shared his role as both
senator and Liberatore. Around this time, many senators began to fear Caesar's
growing power following his appointment as dictator, so the Assassins began to
plan his downfall. For some time, Brutus' dreams were haunted by a mysterious
cavern that he found himself compelled to find. Eventually, he was led to
discover the sealed First Civilization vault, hidden beneath what would eventually
become the Santa Maria Aracoeli. As he had been assigned by Gaius Cassius
Longinus as the one to come of with the plan of assassinating Caesar, Brutus
designated the temple preceding the vault as a meeting place for his
co-conspirators. Whenever his fellow Assassins left after their council
meetings, Brutus would explore the cavern on his own, coming across what had
supposedly drawn him to the location, "Whispers. Lights flickering through
cracks in the earth. A doorway that is also a puzzle." Inspired and
encouraged by the visions he had seen in the vault, Brutus devised the plan for
the assassination alongside forty of his fellow Assassins and senators. As
dictated to him by his visions, Brutus scheduled their attack for the Ides of
March. Caesar resisted at first, but resigned himself to his fate upon
recognizing Brutus, and was eventually killed, "stabbed twenty-three times
by his own countrymen, many of whom he once considered friends." Driven to
severe guilt from his actions, Brutus later returned to the Colosseum, and
abandoned the dagger he had used to strike down Caesar within the vault. Brutus
settled in Crete from 44 to 42 BC, but was later defeated in battle and upon
fleeing, committed suicide. After Brutus' death, his followers gathered in Philippi,
Macedonia, and tried to use the Shroud of Eden to bring him back. However, the
Shroud was not capable of such restoration, and though Brutus opened his eyes
and moved, he did not appear to breathe, and eventually fell still in a seeming
second death.
Gaius Cassius
Longinus (c. 85 BC - 3 October 42 BC), commonly known as Cassius, was an
Assassin, a Roman Senator, and the brother-in-law of Brutus. On March 15, 44
BC, Cassius was part of the group Senators who stabbed Julius Caesar. Two years
later, he committed suicide with Brutus in Phillipi, after a battle with
Caesar's allies went disastrously.
Cleopatra VII Thea
Philopator (69 BC - 12 August 30 BC), commonly known as Cleopatra was the last
Egyptian pharaoh and a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She initially shared
power with her father, and later, her brothers, who she married. With the help
of the Templars, she became the sole ruler of Egypt. This also helped her
become an ally of Julius Caesar. After Caesar's death, she allied her self with
Mark Antony, whom she had a relationship with. In 30 BC, Antony committed
suicide at the Battle of Actium. Soon afterwards, Cleopatra was poisoned by the
Assassin Amunet with an asp.
Jesus of Nazareth
(7-2 BC - 30-36 AD), also known as Jesus Christ, is one of the central figures
in Christianity, and the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. He was able to
perform his miracles due to the fact he had the Shroud of Eden. The Templars
had him crucified in order to get the Piece of Eden.
Gaius Julius
Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 AD - 24 January 41 AD) commonly known
as Caligula, was the third emperor of the Roman Empire, his predecessor being
Tiberius. Caligula came to power in 37 AD, and during his reign he became
notorious for his cruelty, and was backed by the Templars. On January 24, 41,
he was assassinated by the Assassin Leonius with a dagger.
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