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A Misunderstood Epic: The Modern Day Story of Assassin’s Creed Part 1

hands of the Templars, a small section that gives within the Animus, information that is successfully
the first true glimpse at the continued war in the acquired. The Templars now know where the pieces
modern world.
of Eden are located and begin to search for them. It
doesn’t end there though, following the end credits
By the end of the game Altaïr has defeated the there’s a small hint that the pieces of Eden are just
traitorous Al-Mualim and gained control of the as important as the Templars make them out to be.
Apple, an ancient artifact that emits a projection of Desmond’s prolonged sessions in the Animus lead
the globe with several markers on certain spots. It’s to a ‘bleeding effect’ that allow him to learn some
clear that these markers indicate the locations of the of the skills of his ancestors, namely Altaïr’s eagle
pieces of Eden and now the Templars know where vision. With his newly acquired ability, Desmond
to find them. The story in the original Assassin’s spots a collection of markings, once written in
Creed is a little light on details and merely sets up blood, on the wall of his sleeping chambers. The
the base concepts for the future games. There are markings are the work of subject 16, Desmond’s
some crucial bits of info to be picked up during play, predecessor at Abstergo, and how the company,
however. Small scenes highlight the fact that Vidic via the Animus, drove him to the point of mental
and Stillman had previously faced issues keeping breakdown. He also makes several references to
Animus subjects alive after prolonged periods of the end of the world, a small opening to a theme
time inside. The slow and steady method with that would dominate the ongoing story.
Desmond is clearly more effective, although Vidic
Ryan Davies
can often be seen and heard
demanding that the process
be quickened. What’s more,
we learn about Desmond’s
childhood and his place
on ‘the farm’, where he
was trained to become an
Assassin. Although he ran
away from the farm at a
young age and lived a normal
life until Abstergo abducted
him.
So the story so far reads:
Abstergo are bad guys trying
to do good (but badly) and
have been at war with the
order of the Assassins for
hundreds of years. Desmond
is a runaway Assassin
kidnapped for information
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