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Assassin Creed Protagonist Bios

Assassin Creed
Protagonist Bios

Desmond Miles
Born: 1987
Black Hills, South Dakota, United States
Died: 2012 (Aged 25)
Turin, New York, United States
Throughout Assassin’s Creed’s globe-trotting
story which spans across many centuries, the one
constant element has been Desmond Miles. While
Desmond began as an average 20-something male,
reluctant to take on responsibility, he gradually
learned to accept his role, and in the process
became the key to humanity’s survival.
Coming from a long line of Assassins, Desmond was
brought up in ‘The Farm’, a modern-day enclave
in South Dakota, United States. He dreamt of life
outside The Farm, and eventually escaped to begin
an ordinary life in New York.
Despite his efforts to blend in, he was found and
kidnapped by Abstergo Industries who forced him
to use the Animus, a device which allows the user
to relive the memories of their ancestors. For
Desmond this meant going into the memories
of Altaïr, an Assassin during the Third Crusade.
Abstergo tasked him with finding a map that
displayed the location of ‘Pieces of Eden’ - powerful
ancient artifacts. After he’d completed his goal,
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