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!The Assassins
[[folder: Arno Victor Dorian]]
!!Arno Victor Dorian
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arno_dorian_acu_8797.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
The main protagonist of the Animus portion of the game, an Assassin of both French and Austrian descent. He joined the Brotherhood in 1789, the year the Revolution began.
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* AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German for "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, a notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which can be upgraded to function more similarly to that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he in love with a Templar, his Order's sworn enemy, he was unknowingly raised by the French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
* CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to his noble upbringing.
* TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the father of Arno Victor Dorian.
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* DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by the "La Serre" family.
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches the top. And there is to be no michief."
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Invoked, despite his skill he refused any promotions as he was more useful to the Assassins as a Corporal.
* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in sacrificing himself for the Assassin cause. Arno looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in broad daylight as I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When discussing the Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Comte de Mirabeau]]
!! Comte de Mirabeau
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Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling for a Constitutional Monarchy and set up a truce between the French Assassins and Templars.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Himself an aversion, he also doesn't hold this belief himself, arguing for a Constitutional Monarchy and being a go-between from the King to the Assembly.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The real Mirabeau was one of the co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and regarded as one of the great figures of the Revolution.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
[[/folder]]
!The Templars
[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassins_creed_unity_elise_1406641575_1004.jpg]]
The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
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* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
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* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
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* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
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!The Assassins
[[folder: Arno Victor Dorian]]
!!Arno Victor Dorian
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arno_dorian_acu_8797.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
The main protagonist of the Animus portion of the game, an Assassin of both French and Austrian descent. He joined the Brotherhood in 1789, the year the Revolution began.
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* AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German for "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, a notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which can be upgraded to function more similarly to that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he in love with a Templar, his Order's sworn enemy, he was unknowingly raised by the French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
* CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to his noble upbringing.
* TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the father of Arno Victor Dorian.
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* DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by the "La Serre" family.
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches the top. And there is to be no michief."
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Invoked, despite his skill he refused any promotions as he was more useful to the Assassins as a Corporal.
* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in sacrificing himself for the Assassin cause. Arno looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in broad daylight as I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When discussing the Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Comte de Mirabeau]]
!! Comte de Mirabeau
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirabeau_-_acu_4907.jpg]]
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling for a Constitutional Monarchy and set up a truce between the French Assassins and Templars.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: Himself an aversion, he also doesn't hold this belief himself, arguing for a Constitutional Monarchy and being a go-between from the King to the Assembly.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The real Mirabeau was one of the co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and regarded as one of the great figures of the Revolution.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
----
* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
[[/folder]]
!The Templars
[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassins_creed_unity_elise_1406641575_1004.jpg]]
The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
----
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
----
* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
----
* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
----
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
----
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
----
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
[[/folder]]
----
to:
!The Assassins
[[folder: Arno Victor Dorian]]
!!Arno Victor Dorian
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arno_dorian_acu_8797.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission.
** [[Characters/AssassinsCreedUnityTheTemplars The
----
* AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German for "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, a notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which can be upgraded to function more similarly to that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he in love with a Templar, his Order's sworn enemy, he was unknowingly raised by the French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
* CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to his noble upbringing.
* TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the father of Arno Victor Dorian.
----
* DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by the "La Serre" family.
**
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches the top. And there is to be no michief."
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
----
* AlmightyJanitor: Invoked, despite his skill he refused any promotions as he was more useful to the Assassins as a Corporal.
* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in sacrificing himself for the Assassin cause. Arno looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in broad daylight as I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When discussing the Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Comte de Mirabeau]]
!! Comte de Mirabeau
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirabeau_-_acu_4907.jpg]]
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling for a Constitutional Monarchy and set up a truce between the French Assassins and Templars.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: Himself an aversion, he also doesn't hold this belief himself, arguing for a Constitutional Monarchy and being a go-between from the King to the Assembly.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The real Mirabeau was one of the co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and regarded as one of the great figures of the Revolution.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
----
* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
[[/folder]]
!The Templars
[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassins_creed_unity_elise_1406641575_1004.jpg]]
The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
----
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
----
* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
----
* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
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!Other Characters
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
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A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
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!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
!!Arno Victor Dorian
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.
A young
-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
The main protagonist of the Animus portion of the game, an Assassin of both French
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* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
to:
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German for speaking French with "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, a pronounced Corsican accent notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', whichhe never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting can be upgraded to function more similarly to that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, theAnimus translation, this feature gets flattened optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to a generalized upper class accent.
his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: WithArno, on occassion.Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
*{{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he sneaks into in love with a room, and sticks a gun to Templar, his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: AsOrder's sworn enemy, he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according tounknowingly raised by the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
*KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.noble upbringing.
*SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is whatTheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happenswhen to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take yougive command down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of thegovernment time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him tostarving lunatics shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates andcommand partisan politics of the army Revolution, leaving that to bloodthirsty savages.
Mirabeau and others to handle.
*YoungFutureFamousPeople: OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Thegame features the young Napoleon, during the early part third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his career teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in theFrench Revolutionary Wars.trailer.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the
* BackToBackBadasses: With
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
*
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to
*
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
*
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and
*
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the
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[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
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[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One ofCharles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is themajor leaders father of the Revolution. Arno Victor Dorian.
!!Georges Danton
One of
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution."La Serre" family.
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
*DyingCurse: Issues one GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down toUsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your houseArno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I willbe beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One ofreturn when this hand reaches the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.top. And there is to be no michief."
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
*
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
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[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
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[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisonedPierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in theBastille in French army during the years leading to Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the
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* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Invoked, despite his skill he refused any promotions as he was more useful to the Assassins as a Corporal.
* {{Badass}}:The information from Project Widow states He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if hefought can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surroundsacrificing himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter withfor the Assassin cause. Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows,looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger infor some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arnobroad daylight as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
*NakedPeopleAreFunny: {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: Whenwe first see discussing the Marquis, Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's naked no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes thatde Sade's calls inspired the Storming Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of theBastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.Templar-Assassin conflict.
* {{Badass}}:
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows,
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
*
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
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!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
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A young street urchin held in prison
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Himself an aversion, he also doesn't hold this belief himself, arguing for a Constitutional Monarchy and being a go-between from the King to the Assembly.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:Vidocq during The real Mirabeau was one of the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and after regarded as one of the Revolution became great figures of the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.Revolution.
*YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the father Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of modern criminology. its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
*
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
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--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other GroupsThomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave andIndividuals]]
a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
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[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
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The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
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* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
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[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
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[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
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* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
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[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
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* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
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[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
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[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
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[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
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[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
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One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
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!!Arno Victor Dorian
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
The main protagonist of the Animus portion of the game, an Assassin of both French and Austrian descent. He joined the Brotherhood in 1789, the year the Revolution began.
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!!Arno Victor Dorian
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Dan Jeannotte
->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
The main protagonist of the Animus portion of the game, an Assassin of both French and Austrian descent. He joined the Brotherhood in 1789, the year the Revolution began.
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!!Arno Victor Dorian
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->''"The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning."''
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* AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German for "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, a notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which can be upgraded to function more similarly to that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he in love with a Templar, his Order's sworn enemy, he was unknowingly raised by the French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
* CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to his noble upbringing.
* TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'', which can be upgraded to function more similarly to that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player, the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Elise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
* ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is he in love with a Templar, his Order's sworn enemy, he was unknowingly raised by the French Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.]]
* CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due to his noble upbringing.
* TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest, happens to be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take you down. Take the place of a confessor to kill the man confessing to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
* FrameUp: He's framed for the death of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a French cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
to:
* AnimalMotifs: Arno is old German AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for "Eagle's Strength" continuing the usual theme for {{Player Character}}s like Altaïr, Ezio, and Haytham, speaking French with a notable return after Connor's wolf theme and Edward Kenway's non-theme variation.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'',pronounced Corsican accent which can be upgraded to function more similarly to he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that of Ezio's Eagle Vision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player,''he'' spoke better French than him. With the optional objectives for his missions show him meticulously scanning the city for an easy way Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to his targets. See GuileHero for an excellent example.
a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: WithElise in the SDCC trailer.
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.Arno, on occassion.
*ConflictingLoyalties: Not only is {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he in love with sneaks into a Templar, room, and sticks a gun to his Order's sworn enemy, chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he wasunknowingly raised by a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to theFrench Templar Grandmaster before he was murdered. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Since background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the latter is the former's father,]] it's got an [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels interesting twist.[[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
*CulturedBadass: Is very well educated due KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his noble upbringing.relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
*TheCharmer: Is described as very charismatic.
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest,SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happensto be a Templar.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to takewhen you down. Take give command of the place government to starving lunatics and command of a confessor to kill the man confessing army to him, simultaneously taking out his target and gathering information? Oh yeah.
bloodthirsty savages.
*FrameUp: He's framed for YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the death young Napoleon, during the early part of his adopted father, Templar Grandmaster, François de la Serre and gets sent to career in the Bastille, where he meets Marquis de Sade and Pierre Bellec before escaping on 14 July, 1789.
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching aFrench cutlass aloft, in true swashbuckler fashion.
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.Revolutionary Wars.
* TheAtoner: According to promotional material, he joins the Brotherhood after he causes the accidental death of one of his parents.
* AuraVision: Has a short-lasting variant of Eagle Vision known as Eagle Pulse that allows him to tag foes like how Edward's Eagle Vision worked in ''Black Flag'',
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Though you don't have to do them as a player,
* BackToBackBadasses: With
* BadassLongcoat: Similar to Connor's outfit -- which makes sense, when you consider that both games take place in the late 18th Century.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades that also come with a ballistic knife attachment known as the Phantom Blade.
* BrokenStreak: The first player character in the main console series not to be an ancestor of Desmond Miles.
* ClassyCravat: As opposed to the red sashes of earlier Assassin protagonists and his fellow Assassin teammates, Arno wears a red cravat in his default outfit.
*
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the
*
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
*
* DatingCatwoman: Elise, his romantic interest,
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a rather prominent scar on his nose.
* GuileHero: Make no mistake, he can kick your ass in a fight, but he can come up with some pretty sneaky ways to take
*
* IconicItem: Has a pocket watch in his possession that according to Alex Amancio will be very important. It belonged to his father.
* InTheHood: Like most Assassins Arno wears a hood most of the time.
* LeParkour: Is an excellent freerunner, climbing through Paris like how Connor traversed forests.
* MoreDakka: Wields a multi-shot pistol that allows him to shoot several people at once without reloading.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
* OddFriendship: Forms a bond with Elise, a Templar. She was his best friend as a child and his first love as well.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: The third variant of Eagle Vision in Arno's possession, Communal Sense, allows his teammates to see what he sees within a limited range.
* SinisterScimitar: His pose in his character trailer shows him stretching a
* StealthExpert: Is good at all forms of stealth.
* SwordAndGun: The requisite combination for any Assassin since Ezio is still present here.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a thoroughly adorable little boy as can be seen in the trailer.
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[[folder: Charles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the father of Arno Victor Dorian.
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is the father of Arno Victor Dorian.
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[[folder: Charles Dorian]]
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he isGeorges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of thefather major leaders of Arno Victor Dorian.the Revolution.
!! Charles Dorian
An Assassin who comes from a long lineage, he is
!!Georges Danton
One of the
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* DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by the "La Serre" family.
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches the top. And there is to be no michief."
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
* TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches the top. And there is to be no michief."
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* DisappearedDad: He dies very quickly, leaving Arno to be adopted by ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the "La Serre" family.tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]
* GoodParents: To Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passesDyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten downto Arno.]]
and sown with salt!
*TragicKeepsake: His pocketwatch:
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reachesHistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the top. And there is to be no michief."most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Francois de la Serre.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down
*
--> '''Charles Dorian''': "Courage, my boy. You wait just here. I will return when this hand reaches
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
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[[folder: Pierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
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[[folder: Pierre Bellec]]
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who servedMarquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in theFrench army during Bastille in the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During years leading to the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
!!Pierre Bellec
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
A former soldier who served
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the
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* AlmightyJanitor: Invoked, despite his skill he refused any promotions as he was more useful to the Assassins as a Corporal.
* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in sacrificing himself for the Assassin cause. Arno looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in broad daylight as I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When discussing the Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him that if he can't find a stealthy approach, there is great honour in sacrificing himself for the Assassin cause. Arno looks at him as if he's grown another head:
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger in broad daylight as I'm cut down where I stand]].
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his Grand Master, he wants to take the Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher: When discussing the Assassination with Charles Gabriel Sivert, he refuses to provide any hand-holding to Arno, telling him that now that he's no longer a young rookie, he must do his assassinations himself, including all the planning and groundwork.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
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* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: He very seriously recommends this to Arno. Telling him
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's
-->'''Arno:''' [[SarcasmMode You mean a dagger
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as
-->'''Pierre Bellec:''' [[InspirationalMartyr Sends a powerful message.
*
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* SternTeacher:
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
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[[folder: Comte de Mirabeau]]
!! Comte de Mirabeau
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirabeau_-_acu_4907.jpg]]
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling for a Constitutional Monarchy and set up a truce between the French Assassins and Templars.
!! Comte de Mirabeau
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirabeau_-_acu_4907.jpg]]
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling for a Constitutional Monarchy and set up a truce between the French Assassins and Templars.
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!!
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirabeau_-_acu_4907.jpg]]
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was a nobleman, aristocrat, Assassin and the original leader of the FrenchRevolution. He was a voice of moderation calling
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Himself an aversion, he also doesn't hold this belief himself, arguing for a Constitutional Monarchy and being a go-between from the King to the Assembly.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The real Mirabeau was one of the co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and regarded as one of the great figures of the Revolution.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The real Mirabeau was one of the co-authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and regarded as one of the great figures of the Revolution.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
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* BadassBoast: A celebrated real-life one:
--> '''Mirabeau''': We shall yield to nothing but bayonets.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* CulturedBadass: Highly educated and well read.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one
*
* {{Hypocrite}}: While criticizing the Royal Family in the Assembly, he also managed to get his debts paid by the Crown.
* KavorkaMan: His bio in Project Widow makes note of his considerable sexual appetite, for which he was constantly imprisoned, sometimes by his father.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
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[[folder: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave and a French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
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[[folder: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slaveKing Philip IV]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups anda French nobleman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is an Assassin and a military officer.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''Individuals]]
!! Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
The son of a Haitian slave
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and
----
* AllohistoricalAllusion: His son wrote a novel called ''Joseph Balsamo'' about a conspiracy of a secret society that brought about Revolutionary Changes. In the game, his father does it for real.
* {{Badass}}: An Assassin and a general.
* BadassBaritone: Has a really deep voice.
* FamousAncestor: Rather famous descendant, he's the father of Creator/AlexandreDumas. Although he's more obscure internationally, he's also known in France for being a war hero during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* FourStarBadass: He was a general in the Revolutionary Army, and remains the highest ranking person of color in any continental European army.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The father of France's most popular writer. And according to biographers, his son drew on his life for his famous stories, especially ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
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!The Templars
[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassins_creed_unity_elise_1406641575_1004.jpg]]
The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
----
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
----
* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
----
* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
----
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
----
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
----
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
[[/folder]]
!Other Characters
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
----
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
----
* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eugène François Vidocq]]
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
----
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Philip IV]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Élise de la Serre]]
!!Élise de la Serre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Catherine Bérubé
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assassins_creed_unity_elise_1406641575_1004.jpg]]
The daughter of François and Julie de la Serre, Élise is a young noblewoman and rising Templar who is determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, and ends up forging an unlikely bond with her childhood friend Arno.
----
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* DarkActionGirl: According to WordOfGod, she's a better swordswoman than Arno, but also decidedly differently moral in her actions.
* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* FieryRedhead: Is described as "The Fiery Templar Elise.," and she's at her most fiery when trying to investigate her father's death.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Will be the star of the ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' novel, similar to how Haytham was the main character in ''Forsaken''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulation is one of her many hobbies.
* MissingMom: Her mother died when she was 8.
* OddFriendship: Forms one with Arno, an Assassin.
* PassionateSportsgirl: Horsemanship and Fencing are others.
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation is to find out who killed her father and for what cause.
--> '''Élise''': If you don't have the stomach for revenge then I don't need your help.
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* SwordAndGun: Her artwork has her wielding both a sword and a pistol in each hand.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The game shows brief glimpses of the childhood of Arno and Elise. She and Arno make an adorable pair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: François de la Serre]]
!!François de la Serre
The Templar Grand-Master before the Revolution and the father of Élise. He also fostered Arno after his parents' death.
----
* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Arno's Assassin father, he respected him so much that he fostered the orphaned Arno under his care and ''without'' indoctrinating him into the Templar vision. Comte de Mirabeau, the leader of the French Assassins, also respected him and regrets his passing.
* GoodParents: To both Arno and Elise.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Arno being framed and sent to the Bastille where he meets Pierre Bellec and gets involved with the Assassins. It also leads to a coup with the more bourgeois Templars instigating a revolution and it ends up threatening the brief Assassins-Templar truce.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar lieutenant and a highly gifted silversmith, Germain usurped the Templar Order from Master de la Serre. [[spoiler:He's also another Sage]].
----
* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
----
* BaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: La Touche]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
----
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Le Roi des Thunes]]
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the centuries old Parisian Underworld and a Templar associate.
----
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for his likes. Germain managed to convince him otherwise]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and enemies.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Chrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the clergy and a Templar.
----
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the Templar Grandmaster and BigBad. As in the game, this was a deliberate misinformation to distract Arno away from Germain]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
[[/folder]]
!Other Characters
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
----
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
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[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
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* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
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[[folder:Eugène François Vidocq]]
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
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[[folder: King Philip IV]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being French, he doesn't care for the political debates and partisan politics of the Revolution, leaving that to Mirabeau and others to handle.
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* GoodParents: To Arno.
* OldFriend: Pierre Bellec. [[spoiler:Bellec called him by the friendly nickname "Pisspot" which he later passes down to Arno.]]
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* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin.
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* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin. [[spoiler:And he gives Arno a beast of a fight]].
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* Expy: Of Ed Thatch/Blackbeard from ''Black Flag'', right down to sharing his voice actor. Also similar to Thatch, he's a mentor to the main protagonist.
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars...
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the Templars...
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* Expy: Of Ed Thatch/Blackbeard from ''Black Flag'', right down to sharing {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Germain, who turned and betrayed his voice actor. Also similar Grand Master, he wants to Thatch, he's a mentor to take the main protagonist.
Assassin into the light of a better future, and sees himself following in the footsteps of Altair, Ezio and Connor]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with theTemplars...Templars. [[spoiler: Later invokes this trope as his defense for killing Mirabeau with poison]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
* RebelliousRebel: Is quite critical of Mirabeau's truce with the
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Arno on killing him realizes that he was this for Pierre. He was good friends with Charles and saw Arno as following in his footsteps]].
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic. [[spoiler:In the game proper, he believes that any peace with the Templars is folly and goes as far as to kill his Mentor, Mirabeau, to achieve his aims]].
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: His view of the Templar-Assassin conflict.
* BigGood: For Arno.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Grand Master de la Serre. They meet at the Estates-General and immediately call for a truce and both speak highly of each other in private conversations.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: He's shown as a great pragmatist and a voice of reason in the Assassin Council and is shown to be the BigGood for the French Revolution. His real-life chicanery with the King, corruption and naked political ambition is not looked at much. Some historians do believe that had Mirabeau lived, France could have avoided the ReignOfTerror, others, usually critics, believe, that had he lived, he would be one of its first victims for his political corruption.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the Assassins and France.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How he feels about France at the time of the Revolution, a stupid King who doesn't understand the mess he's in and a bunch of politicians arguing no better than a village council. The real Mirabeau also believed himself to be the same at the time of his death.
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* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in the SDCC trailer.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Almost certainly some aspect of her bond with Arno; her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Almost certainly some aspect of her bond with Arno; her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love.
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* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno in the SDCC trailer.
a few missions.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance:Almost certainly some aspect of her bond with Arno; her She and Arno were childhood sweethearts. Her father was the same Templar Grand Master who adopted Arno. They grew up as best friends and eventually fell in love. They in fact had a SecretRomance that they had to hide from her father since Arno wasn't really of the same class as Elise and a romance between them was taboo in the Ancien Regime.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance:
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* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin.
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* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin. [[spoiler:Pierre Bellec immediately cottons on and tries to kill her, until Arno stops him in time]].
* StarCrossedLovers: How she sees her relationship with Arno.
* AristocratsAreEvil: How the rebel Templar faction see him, especially le Roi des Thunes.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters. He and Mirabeau were both genuinely looking to form a truce and unity to steer the Revolution towards a constitutional monarchy.
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%%[[folder:François-Thomas Germain]]
%%* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
%%* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
%%* ProphetBeard: Quite an impressive one.
%%* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
%%* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
%%* BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The highly obscure Germain was the Royal Silversmith, who in the 1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
%%* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
%%* ProphetBeard: Quite an impressive one.
%%* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
%%* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar official who plans to undermine the Church during the Revolution.
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%%* BigBad : The usurping
!! François-Thomas Germain
A former Templar
%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The
%%* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the real Germain was anything more than the highly talented jewel designer that he was.
%%* ProphetBeard: Quite an impressive one.
%%* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
%%* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay.
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Gabriel Sivert]]
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt
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* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada.
* ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].
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* {{Confessional}}: He uses his connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
BigBad : The usurping Templar Grand-Master and [[spoiler:killer of Francois de la Serre]].
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:Highly The highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance Germain was a real-life governor of the French colonies of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off Royal Silversmith, who in the coast of Canada.1760s broke with other guilds to earn profits by collaborating with independent financiers. He died in 1791.
*ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement forHistoricalVillainUpgrade: It's unlikely the Post-Kill chat in real Germain was anything more than the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's dying]].highly talented jewel designer that he was.
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
*
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for
* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:After the Phoenix Project intro that plays at the end of Prologue, we get a short glimpse of the memory Arno is looking for. He sees Germain's face with a Templar Cross and Bishop tells him that the guy is a Sage. Players from ''Black Flag'' on our first glimpse can immediately pick up to his real nature as the Sage.]]
* TheStarscream: He was kicked out of the Templar Order by de la Serre despite being a lieutenant. He then [[spoiler:plots his murder and take over of the Templar order]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Why Elise hates him.
* VisionaryVillain: Wants to unleash the rise of middle-class consumerist capitalist society through the Revolution via notes from Jaques de Molay. He's also [[spoiler:one of Aita's sages]].
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[[folder: Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the Templar Order.
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!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:''' Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a member of the
!!Charles Gabriel Sivert
A corrupt Templar
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.
** When Danton passes by the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] ofBaldOfEvil: Which he hides with his features based on Hat.
* {{Confessional}}: He uses hisdeath mask connections to secure a private meeting with a fellow conspirator at a Confessional, [[spoiler:only to get stabbed by Madame Tussaud Arno in return]].
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald andfaulty diagnosis totally odious.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of thestate French colonies of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious Saint Pierre and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and Miquelon, off the circumstances coast of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that disfigured his face at the time of his death.Canada.
** When Danton passes by * ProphetEyes: Is blind in his left eye, which has a cataract over it.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for thetumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, Post-Kill chat in the WhiteVoidRoom, but we see a montage of various events through his perspective as he's shown to be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.dying]].
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
** The game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of
* {{Confessional}}: He uses his
* CorruptChurch: Highly dislikes the Church noting how people complain AristocratsAreEvil when the Church has been leeching off them for centuries. However a novice monk at Notre Dame is appalled at Sivert's own considerable corruption.
* FatBastard: Portly, bald and
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Highly obscure but yes, Charles Gabriel Sivert, Baron de l'Espérance was a real-life governor of the
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: [[spoiler:Apparently a replacement for the
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's far and away the most notorious and controversial figure in the French Revolution.
* PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the first major democracy to do this by an act of law in the year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
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[[folder:Jacques de Molay]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
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--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]
!! La Touche
A member of Paris' underworld and a cruel enforcer of Le Roi des Thunes at La Cour des Miracles.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Arno sees him as a weaselly little slimeball, which he is, [[spoiler:he's also GenreSavvy enough to distract him by sending him towards Lafreniere, one of the members of the Templar order who is against Germain]].
* SinisterShades: Sports a nice pair.
* TortureTechnician: Newly "volunteered" beggars are drafted in under La Touche's command by having their legs sawn off]].
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!Other Characters
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
[[folder: Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
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!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
--> '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from
!! Le Roi des Thunes
The Boss of La Cour des Miracles, the
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* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
to:
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The main reason he rebels against the Templars. Master de la Serre saw him as a lowlife and a gutter rat and saw no place in the Templar Order for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened his likes. Germain managed to a generalized upper class accent.
convince him otherwise]].
*BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}:OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, addressed as Le Roi des Thunes by allies and sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.enemies.
*
* {{Badass}}:
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
to:
[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
OneChrétien Lafrenière]]
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of themajor leaders of the Revolution. clergy and a Templar.
!!Georges Danton
One
!! Chrétien Lafrenière
A member of the
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When NiceJobBreakingItHero: His Assassination is an object lesson for Arno. [[spoiler:Misinformation is used by rebel Templars to
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he'son a friend of Master de la Serre]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was thetumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes Templar Grandmaster and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton BigBad. As in the game, this was a famous political prisoner and deliberate misinformation to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrastdistract Arno away from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles. Germain]].
* ProphetBeard: Has an impressive one and his mission title is called "the Prophet".
* SinisterMinister: Gives off a very Rodrigo Borgia vibe. [[spoiler:Turns out he's
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[spoiler:Promotional material deliberately misled viewers to assume that he was the
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast
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[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
to:
[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
Maximilien Robespierre]]
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:'''Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.Bruce Dinsmore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastialityorg/pmwiki/pub/images/maximilien_de_robespierre_acu_4506.jpg]]
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and alecherous priest and I'd say you would have member of the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.Templar Order.
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
!!UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
--> '''Voiced by:'''
[[quoteright:211:http://static.
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality
One of the major leaders of the French Revolution, and a
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
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* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
to:
* {{Badass}}: ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** Theinformation game's portrayal of Robespierre is quite unusual needless to say. It's derived from Project Widow states [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/robespierre-death-mask-makeover-diagnosis-photo_n_4481018.html a recent reconstruction]] of his features based on his death mask by Madame Tussaud and faulty diagnosis of the state of his health. Said reconstruction is regarded as dubious and poorly researched because Tussaud's death mask of Robespierre is not considered authentic, since she was first and foremost a show-woman, and the circumstances of Robespierre's death made casting a mask a questionable event, as Antoine de Baecque and [=Peter McPhee=] point out. The mask is also missing the famous jaw injury that he fought in disfigured his face at the SevenYearsWar and earned time of his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.death.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews ** When Danton passes by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role the tumbrel and shouts at Robespierre, he's shown to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
be standing on the street looking coolly. Not only would this kind of semi-gloating be completely uncharacteristic of Robespierre (he never attended executions) but he was at that time inside his house when Danton passed by.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: AsHe's far and away the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars most notorious and loss of incomes and property during controversial figure in the revolution hit him hard.
French Revolution.
*YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at PetTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''Initiates'' mentions that [[TruthInTelevision under Robespierre's authority]], France officially abolished slavery, the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign dutyfirst major democracy to aid all those who suffered do this by an act of law in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.year 1794.
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
** The
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Averted. This is by far the ugliest version of Robespierre yet based on a rather dubious 3D reconstruction. Most earlier portrayals even villainous, while showing him being older, (he was 35 at the time of his death) at least tended to emphasize the fact that he was a flamboyantly dressed well-kept dandy, who even sported green-tinted glasses for most of his public appearances. In addition this version of the character is missing the fact that the real-life figure had really bright sea-green/blue eyes.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As
*
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty
* RealMenWearPink: Just like the real-guy, he wears colourful clothes.
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[[folder:Eugène François Vidocq]]
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
----
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
----
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
to:
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
----
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
-->
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
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[[folder: King Philip IV]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]
to:
!Other Characters
[[folder:King Philip IV]]
Napoleon Bonaparte]]
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
-->See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups '''Voiced by:''' Brent Skagford
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
----
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, andIndividuals]]
sticks a gun to his chest moreover.
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
[[folder:
!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
-->
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napoleon_bonaparte_acu_render_9605.png]]
A young French military officer from the island of Corsica.
----
* AccentAdaptation: The real Napoleon was quite famous for speaking French with a pronounced Corsican accent which he never really lost, it indeed sounded like an Italian accented French, with even Tsar Alexander noting that ''he'' spoke better French than him. With the Animus translation, this feature gets flattened to a generalized upper class accent.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Arno, on occassion.
* {{Badass}}: He's Napoleon! Also gets the jump on Arno when he sneaks into a room, and
* DeadpanSnarker: Upon getting the drop on Arno:
--> '''Napoleon''': You certainly don't look like a blood-crazed revolutionary. The hood... is a bit sinister though if you don't mind my saying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a glove only on his left hand.
* ForegoneConclusion: Napoleon will end up becoming Emperor of France. [[AllThereInTheManual And according to the background in previous games]], he'll also grab a hold of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Apple of Eden.]]
* KickTheDog: Eseosa's Codex in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'' mentions that despite being initially supportive of the Haitian Revolution, upon coming to power Napoleon sent his relative, Charles Leclerc, to Haiti to restore slavery and French rule after realizing that Toussaint L'Ouverture intended to declare independence. He manipulated Toussaint into surrendering to the French, leading him to die in a prison in Paris.
* TheNapoleon: He's the misunderstood TropeNamer of course, but Arno's taller than him (by a few inches, this Napoleon has the real one's height and not the caricature) and he still gets in his face, with a pistol no less.
* SurroundedByIdiots:
-->'''Napoleon:''' This is what happens when you give command of the government to starving lunatics and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features the young Napoleon, during the early part of his career in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Added DiffLines:
[[folder: Georges Danton]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
[[quoteright:211:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/de_sade_unity_5933.jpg]]
-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
----
* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eugène François Vidocq]]
!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
----
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: King Philip IV]]
--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]
[[/folder]]
!!Georges Danton
One of the major leaders of the Revolution.
----
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: When he's on the tumbrel, he's shown wearing civilian clothes and his wig, while his companions are wearing plain white and short hair. In real-life, all sentenced travelling there would be wearing white common clothing, regardless of rank or fame. Furthermore, Danton was a famous political prisoner and to allow him to travel to the guillotine in his standard clothing would defeat the purpose of his persecution.
* DyingCurse: Issues one to UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, TruthInTelevision:
-->'''Danton:''' You'll follow us shortly, Robespierre. Your house will be beaten down and sown with salt!
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the most famous figures in French history and among the most frequently represented too.
* VocalDissonance: Has a shrill and high-pitched voice, a sharp contrast from "the Lion" who roared booming at the crowd as reported in chronicles.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Marquis de Sade]]
!!Creator/MarquisDeSade
--> '''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
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-> ''Conspiracy, intrigue, a rapidly thickening plot. Add some beastiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you would have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.''
Infamous author and libertine, Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille in the years leading to the Revolution. He was frequently in and out of prison on account of his licentiousness, his criticisms of religion and conventional morality.
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* {{Badass}}: The information from Project Widow states that he fought in the SevenYearsWar and earned his rankings there.
* DenOfIniquity: He likes to surround himself in one.
* {{Expy}}: Described in interviews by Alex Amancio, as playing a similar role to Hannibal Lecter with Arno playing Clarice in seeking information from him.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He often appears in fictional works.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: As the image shows, he's in for some hard times. A life spent behind bars and loss of incomes and property during the revolution hit him hard.
* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:Presents himself to Arno as the new King of Beggars after giving him information to kill the old one. Arno is not amused.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: When we first see the Marquis, he's naked and shouting out the window about the murders committed inside the prison. Thankfully, his butt is blocked by bars. [[note]]Its an apocryphal story that de Sade's calls inspired the Storming of the Bastille. In truth the people stormed there to get hold of the cache of weapons inside to arm and defend themselves. It was widely known even in Paris that Bastille was a sham prison and attacking it was a symbol of exposing the sham of Royal Power.[[/note]]
* YouAllMeetInACell: The Marquis meets Arno at the Bastille and takes a shine on him:
--> '''Marquis de Sade''': I feel it my sovereign duty to aid all those who suffered in cruelest bondage with me at the Bastille.
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!! Eugène François Vidocq
A young street urchin held in prison for petty offenses. Vidocq helps Arno solve a variety of crimes around Paris.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Vidocq during the Revolution went from petty crimes to soldier, master criminal and after the Revolution became the father of Modern Police. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for [[Literature/LesMiserables both Jean Valjean and Javert]] and the amoral SocialClimber Vautrin in Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's novels.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's way more interested in solving cold cases than the warden keeping him in jail. When asked for his reasons by Arno, he says quite clearly:
--> '''Vidocq''': Because that stinkin' stupid pig of a policeman doesn't have the stinkin' stupid sense to do anything that might give even a grifter like me, hope that someday...this city might not be a shitty place to live. [{{Beat}}]. And because [[SuddenlyShouting I'M BORED OUT OF MY BLOODY MIND]].
* StreetUrchin: Starts out like one when Arno first meets him.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: This tough little street kid will go on to become the father of modern criminology.
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King of France between 1285-1314, Philip IV, "the Fair", was one of the greatest French monarchs and one of the worst enemies of the Templar Order.
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King of France between 1285-1314, Philip IV, "the Fair", was one of the greatest French monarchs and one of the worst enemies of the Templar Order.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The Templars are full of hatred for Philip IV. The real guy was a hard-ass, cruel and anti-semitic, he was also one of the first to transform French administration from a charismatic authority to a bureaucratic Kingdom and also played a significant role in weakening the secular power of the Catholic state.
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King of France between 1285-1314, Philip IV, "the Fair", was one of the greatest French monarchs and one of the worst enemies of the Templar Order.
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An Assassin whoserved in comes from a long lineage, he is the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.father of Arno Victor Dorian.
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A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
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!!Pierre Bellec
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A former soldier who served in the French army during the Seven Years War, Bellec is a passionate, almost fanatical, Assassin. During the French Revolution, he had sympathies with the Jacobins.
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