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Starting from the ending of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', the story follows Desmond as he realizes that not only he can feel what his ancestors feel through the Animus, but that [[MentalTimeTravel the connection goes both ways]]. Now Desmond and his ancestors must find some way to cheat fate and stop Juno, and they'll do anything to get their happy endings.
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Starting from the ending of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', the story follows Desmond as he realizes that not only he can feel what his ancestors feel through the Animus, but that [[MentalTimeTravel the connection goes both ways]]. Now Desmond and his ancestors must find some way to cheat fate and stop Juno, and they'll do anything to get their happy endings.
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* CompositeCharacter: The modern day protagonists of ''Black Flag'', ''Rogue'' and ''Unity'' are replaced by pre-existing characters. [[spoiler:Altair replaces the ''Black Flag'' one and Desmond the ''Rogue'' and ''Unity'' ones.]]
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* DramaticIrony: While Desmond is exploring [[spoiler:Shay's]] memories with the Animus, they run into a glitch where they suddenly end up [[spoiler:on the rooftops of Paris]] with absolutely no context how they got there or what they're supposed to be doing. They go through the memory in the style of "I guess I'm chasing this guy now" and treat it mostly as good fun - especially since it's very fragmented. [[spoiler:It's the memory of Shay killing Arno's father. NiceJobBreakingItHero doesn't ''begin'' to describe what follows.]]
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* BackFromTheDead:
** [[spoiler:Desmond dies in the Grand Temple as per canon, but his mind is uploaded in the Apple that was inside his body, which was then separated and ended up in Ezio's possession. Therefore, the squad was able to bring him back to life by stealing the body from Abstergo and reuniting him with the Apple - albeit with amnesia.]]
** [[spoiler:On the night Edward was supposed to die, Haytham took over his body with the result being Edward's body and Haytham's mind dying. Several chapters later the apples construct another body for Edward, and in the finale all the members of the time travelling crew manage to piece together fragments of Haytham's consciousness to bring him back.]]
** [[spoiler:Desmond dies in the Grand Temple as per canon, but his mind is uploaded in the Apple that was inside his body, which was then separated and ended up in Ezio's possession. Therefore, the squad was able to bring him back to life by stealing the body from Abstergo and reuniting him with the Apple - albeit with amnesia.]]
** [[spoiler:On the night Edward was supposed to die, Haytham took over his body with the result being Edward's body and Haytham's mind dying. Several chapters later the apples construct another body for Edward, and in the finale all the members of the time travelling crew manage to piece together fragments of Haytham's consciousness to bring him back.]]
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards sent by Abstergo to investigate the Great Temple are too busy playing on their phones to notice the three Assassins and Templar in anachronistic attire sneaking right past them.
* GainingTheWillToKill: Arno tries to do that because he feels guilty that he's not ready to assassinate someone. The others tell him that it's perfectly normal ''not'' to want to kill someone and that there's a difference between wishing someone was dead and actually doing the deed, but Arno's having none of it. It doesn't help him mental health in the slightest.
* GrandfatherParadox: [[spoiler:The cure for the magic tea sickness.]] The only reason Desmond know it exists is because a future version of him told [[spoiler:a past version of Shay]] who in turn told the current version of Desmond. So in essense nobody came up with it.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards sent by Abstergo to investigate the Great Temple are too busy playing on their phones to notice the three Assassins and Templar in anachronistic attire sneaking right past them.
* GrandfatherParadox: [[spoiler:The cure for the magic tea sickness.]] The only reason Desmond know it exists is because a future version of him told [[spoiler:a past version of Shay]] who in turn told the current version of Desmond. So in essense nobody came up with it.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards sent by Abstergo to investigate the Great Temple are too busy playing on their phones to notice the three Assassins and Templar in anachronistic attire sneaking right past them.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Arno tries to do that because he feels guilty that he's not ready to assassinate someone. The others tell him that it's perfectly normal ''not'' to want to kill someone and that there's a difference between wishing someone was dead and actually doing the deed, but Arno's having none of it. It doesn't help him mental health in the slightest.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Arno tries HeroicBSOD:
** After Lisbon, Shay more or less shuts down and is drifting for months after the devastation, and spends all those months brooding into increasingly dark thoughts.
** [[spoiler:Edward completely shuts down after he stabs Adewale todo that because save Haytham, thinking he feels guilty that he's not ready killed his last remaining friend. It takes a lot for the other people in Shay's body at the time to assassinate someone. The others tell coax him that it's perfectly normal ''not'' to want to kill someone out of this state and that there's a difference between wishing someone was dead and actually doing explain to him the deed, but Arno's having none of it. It doesn't help him mental health in the slightest.plan to spare Ade's life.]]
** After Lisbon, Shay more or less shuts down and is drifting for months after the devastation, and spends all those months brooding into increasingly dark thoughts.
** [[spoiler:Edward completely shuts down after he stabs Adewale to
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* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:After Desmond dies, his mind is transferred to the Aplle, where he loses all his memories, name included. He only gets them back after another strange apple incident.]]
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* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:After Desmond dies, his mind is transferred to the Aplle, Apple, where he loses all his memories, name included. He only gets them back after another strange apple Apple incident.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Adewale's opinion of Edward completely sours when he finds out that it was ''Edward'' who stabbed him and not Shay.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: The Kenways as a whole. The fic loses most of its light-hearted tone the moment Gautham shows up, and as it goes on more than 50% of the drama is directly caused by the Kenways screwing up in some fashion. The rest is caused by Juno.
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* KnightOfCerebus: The Kenways as a whole. The fic loses most of its light-hearted tone the moment Gautham Haytham shows up, and as it goes on more than 50% of the drama is directly caused by the Kenways screwing up in some fashion. The rest is caused by Juno.
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Whenever someone is possessing somebody else's body, they take on that person'a mannerism due to muscle memory - for example, Arno notes that it's hard to smile when possessing Connor because Connor is unused to it. This also extends to Eagle Vision, as they see things with the vision of the host body and who the host body considers an enemy or an ally.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Edward completely freaks out when Adewale goes to kill Haytham, so in panic mode triggered by parental instinct he stabs Adewale. He then goes to HeroicBSOD over it. It took a lot of coaxing for Shay and the others to snap him out of it so they could save Ade's life.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Edward completely freaks out when Adewale goes to kill Haytham, so in panic mode triggered by parental instinct he stabs Adewale. He then goes to HeroicBSOD over it. It took a lot of coaxing for Shay and the others to snap him out of it so they could save Ade's life.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Arno tries to do that because he feels guilty that he's not ready to assassinate someone. The others tell him that it's perfectly normal ''not'' to want to kill someone and that there's a difference between wishing someone was dead and actually doing the deed, but Arno's having none of it. It doesn't help him mental health in the slightest.
* ItsALongStory: Shay tells that to everyone else when they ask him [[spoiler:why and how he has a cure for the magic tea sickness.]]
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* NoAntagonist: Most of the first fic doesn't have an antagonist, as it mostly focuses on Desmond and his ancestors trying to figure out how the Pieces of Eden and the Animus works, as well as trying to solve their issues together. The closest thing to an antagonist is Haytham, and that's because of his issues with Connor.
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* NoAntagonist: Most MesACrowd: [[spoiler:The Instruments of the first fic doesn't have an antagonist, as it mostly focuses on Desmond and his ancestors First will is actually a collection of Juno "clones" - basically her Sages - who are all trying to figure out how revive Juno.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Shay has no issue diving into thePieces other's heads to get what he wants or taking control of Eden and the Animus works, as well as trying to solve their issues together. The closest thing to an antagonist is Haytham, and that's because of his issues with Connor.bodies when they "aren't using them".
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Shay has no issue diving into the
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* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:When Desmond "dies" at the Temple, his mind is uploaded into the Apple that was inside his body,cwhich is then transfered to Ezio. Ezio figures out later how to get his own mind in the Apple, which is how he finds out that Desmond is still "alive".]]
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* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:When Desmond "dies" at the Temple, his mind is uploaded into the Apple that was inside his body,cwhich body, which is then transfered to Ezio. Ezio figures out later how to get his own mind in the Apple, which is how he finds out that Desmond is still "alive".]]
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* EmpatheticWeapon: The Pieces of Eden - specifically the Apples - best respond when the user is under stress or in an emergency.
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* TranslationMicrobes: The Apples serve as this, though they don't actually teach you the language - Ezio found out the hard way.
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* TranslationMicrobes: TranslatorMicrobes: The Apples serve as this, though they don't actually teach you the language - Ezio found out the hard way.
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* AlmightyJanitor: The role of John from the IT is tech support. More specifically, he's is solely responsible for keeping every single machine in Abstergo Entertainment and by extension the Templars' plans up and running. When he dies, their whole operation shuts down just a couple of days later because no one could replace him.
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:When Desmond "dies" at the Temple, his mind is uploaded into the Apple that was inside his body,cwhich is then transfered to Ezio. Ezio figures out later how to get his own mind in the Apple, which is how he finds out that Desmond is still "alive".]]
* EmpatheticWeapon: The Pieces of Eden - specifically the Apples - best respond when the user is under stress or in an emergency.
* HealingShiv: [[spoiler:The Sword of Eden, which saves Elise from dying. Arno appreciates the irony.]]
* InTheBlood: Altair considers the Kenway stubbornness a genetic trait.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Kenways as a whole. The fic loses most of its light-hearted tone the moment Gautham shows up, and as it goes on more than 50% of the drama is directly caused by the Kenways screwing up in some fashion. The rest is caused by Juno.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Kenways as a whole. The fic loses most of its light-hearted tone the moment Gautham shows up, and as it goes on more than 50% of the drama is directly caused by the Kenways screwing up in some fashion. The rest is caused by Juno.
* RunningGag: The statue of Altair in Ezio's basement.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Altair feels a pang of pity for John Standish upon finding out [[PastLifeMemories what exactly the Sages are]].
* TranslationMicrobes: The Apples serve as this, though they don't actually teach you the language - Ezio found out the hard way.
* TranslationMicrobes: The Apples serve as this, though they don't actually teach you the language - Ezio found out the hard way.
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* YouDontWantToKnow: [[spoiler:Desmond tells that to Melanie when she spots him (the dead guy), Altair (the new recruit) and Edward (the dead pirate she was studying) leaving Abstergo Entertainment headquarters in the middle of the night. Better yet, they had switched bodies at the time so from her point of view it is Edward who tells her that.]]
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* BaelfulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Both Connor and Haytham end up being more or less controlled by the animals inside them.]]
* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Both Connor and Haytham end up being more or less controlled by the animals inside them and transforming into them against their will.]]
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* ShapeshifterDuel: [[spoiler:Connor vs Haytham round 2, which is Haytham in panther form trying to subdue the rampaging Connor who constantly shifts between all four of his forms. Edward, who is watching from the sidelines, is extremely confused.]]
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* ShapeshifterDuel: ShapeshifterShowdown: [[spoiler:Connor vs Haytham round 2, which is Haytham in panther form trying to subdue the rampaging Connor who constantly shifts between all four of his forms. Edward, who is watching from the sidelines, is extremely confused.]]
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->''Altair feels someone is watching him. Desmond feels his life falling apart. A thousand years isn't any distance at all, really.''\\
-->Synopsis on fanfiction.net
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10092682/1/ Unintended Consequences]]'' is a ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1738657/Vampire-Badger Vampire-Badger]].
Starting from the ending of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', the story follows Desmond as he realizes that not only he can feel what his ancestors feel through the Animus, but that [[MentalTimeTravel the connection goes both ways]]. Now Desmond and his ancestors must find some way to cheat fate and stop Juno, and they'll do anything to get their happy endings.
This fanfic was completed at 2014, with 115 chapter and over 112000 words written in just two months, and features every all ''Assassin's Creed'' games up until ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag''. There is also a sequel, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10957950/1/ Change my Mind]]'', which adds ''Unity'' and ''Rogue'' to the mix, and with a slightly higher word count.
Oh, and by the way? [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be a one-shot.]]
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:After Desmond dies, his mind is transferred to the Aplle, where he loses all his memories, name included. He only gets them back after another strange apple incident.]]
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:The Wolf that Connor turns into in ''Tyranny of King Washington'' goes from a simple transformation to having its own mind and personality - still an animal though.]]
* BaelfulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Both Connor and Haytham end up being more or less controlled by the animals inside them.]]
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Pieces of Eden get absorbed into the body of their users if they decide they like the users enough.
* CommonalityConnection: A requirment for Desmond to synchronise with someone in the Animus is for them to have a point of connection. This is the main reason why for him Synching with Haytham is nearly impossible, as their mindsets - Assassin vs. Templar - are too different.
* CrisisCrossover: This fic brings together the protagonists of every single ''AC'' game to fight Juno. Though it takes a while before they get to that point.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards sent by Abstergo to investigate the Great Temple are too busy playing on their phones to notice the three Assassins and Templar in anachronistic attire sneaking right past them.
* FixFic: The fic goes out of its way to avert many canon deaths, starting with Ziio. Other notable occasions involve [[spoiler:Haytham, Desmond, Adewale, Mary Read, and Elise.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:One that's later noted InUniverse is Haytham's first instance of time travel, where he ends up on his father's ship despite Desmond never connecting to him in the Animus - or having even heard of the man at that point. They go looking for him based on that.]]
** [[spoiler:When Edward and Haytham talk to each other for the first time via TimeTravel (Haytham appeared in the body of himself as a child), Edward tries to figure out which exact point in time Haytham came from. So first he asks if the FreakyFridayFlip has happened yet, and when Haytham comments "oh, you heard that story", Edward replies that he heard five different versions of it. Then he asks if Desmond has died yet. This foreshadows that Desmond will come back to life, as without him the "five different versions" part of his previous remark doesn't work out.]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: Due to Mental Time Travel this happens a fair bit.
** [[spoiler:Haytham and Connor end up switching bodies for months after Desmond tried using the Apple to separate them.]]
** [[spoiler:Desmond, Altair and Edward end up mixed up after they go to purge Juno from Abstergo's servers.]]
* InterruptedIntimacy: Once, Desmond shows up outside of Altair's bedroom and barges in while he and Maria are getting busy. It kills the mood immedietely.
* MentalTimeTravel: Whenever one of the Assassins ends up in a different time period, it's either by entering the head of each other or manifesting as a ghost that only the others can see.
* NoAntagonist: Most of the first fic doesn't have an antagonist, as it mostly focuses on Desmond and his ancestors trying to figure out how the Pieces of Eden and the Animus works, as well as trying to solve their issues together. The closest thing to an antagonist is Haytham, and that's because of his issues with Connor.
* ProperlyParanoid: Haytham is extremely concerned about the magic tea, and is proven completely correct when Connor succumbs to its influence. He also regrets taking it himself.
* ShapeshifterDuel: [[spoiler:Connor vs Haytham round 2, which is Haytham in panther form trying to subdue the rampaging Connor who constantly shifts between all four of his forms. Edward, who is watching from the sidelines, is extremely confused.]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Apparently for the Kenways stubborness is a genetic trait. Also a later chapter highlights how identical their facial expressions are.
* StrongFamilyResemblance:
** Desmond and Altair have near identical features and overall appearances, though Desmond is quite a bit taller.
** While not obvious at first glance due to colloration, the Kenways have near identical facial features, which is lampshades at points.
* TronLines: The skin of whoever uses a Piece of Eden forms gold geometric patterns that glow.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Red Willow Tree Tea gives Connor the ability to transform into a wolf, a bear and an eagle, as per canon. In addition, Haytham gains the ability to transform into a panther.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Red Willow Tea is the embodiment of this trope. You get the ability to turn into an animal, but soon the animal starts eating away at your mind and sanity until it takes over. By the end of ''The Tyranny of King Washington'', Connor is barely clinging to himself, and fails most of the time.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Altair thinks to himself that with his newfound skill in time travelling, he could prevent anything that ever happened to Desmond, but he's disturbed by the slippery slope that could lead to.
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-->Synopsis on fanfiction.net
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10092682/1/ Unintended Consequences]]'' is a ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1738657/Vampire-Badger Vampire-Badger]].
Starting from the ending of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', the story follows Desmond as he realizes that not only he can feel what his ancestors feel through the Animus, but that [[MentalTimeTravel the connection goes both ways]]. Now Desmond and his ancestors must find some way to cheat fate and stop Juno, and they'll do anything to get their happy endings.
This fanfic was completed at 2014, with 115 chapter and over 112000 words written in just two months, and features every all ''Assassin's Creed'' games up until ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag''. There is also a sequel, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10957950/1/ Change my Mind]]'', which adds ''Unity'' and ''Rogue'' to the mix, and with a slightly higher word count.
Oh, and by the way? [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be a one-shot.]]
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:After Desmond dies, his mind is transferred to the Aplle, where he loses all his memories, name included. He only gets them back after another strange apple incident.]]
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:The Wolf that Connor turns into in ''Tyranny of King Washington'' goes from a simple transformation to having its own mind and personality - still an animal though.]]
* BaelfulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Both Connor and Haytham end up being more or less controlled by the animals inside them.]]
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Pieces of Eden get absorbed into the body of their users if they decide they like the users enough.
* CommonalityConnection: A requirment for Desmond to synchronise with someone in the Animus is for them to have a point of connection. This is the main reason why for him Synching with Haytham is nearly impossible, as their mindsets - Assassin vs. Templar - are too different.
* CrisisCrossover: This fic brings together the protagonists of every single ''AC'' game to fight Juno. Though it takes a while before they get to that point.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards sent by Abstergo to investigate the Great Temple are too busy playing on their phones to notice the three Assassins and Templar in anachronistic attire sneaking right past them.
* FixFic: The fic goes out of its way to avert many canon deaths, starting with Ziio. Other notable occasions involve [[spoiler:Haytham, Desmond, Adewale, Mary Read, and Elise.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:One that's later noted InUniverse is Haytham's first instance of time travel, where he ends up on his father's ship despite Desmond never connecting to him in the Animus - or having even heard of the man at that point. They go looking for him based on that.]]
** [[spoiler:When Edward and Haytham talk to each other for the first time via TimeTravel (Haytham appeared in the body of himself as a child), Edward tries to figure out which exact point in time Haytham came from. So first he asks if the FreakyFridayFlip has happened yet, and when Haytham comments "oh, you heard that story", Edward replies that he heard five different versions of it. Then he asks if Desmond has died yet. This foreshadows that Desmond will come back to life, as without him the "five different versions" part of his previous remark doesn't work out.]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: Due to Mental Time Travel this happens a fair bit.
** [[spoiler:Haytham and Connor end up switching bodies for months after Desmond tried using the Apple to separate them.]]
** [[spoiler:Desmond, Altair and Edward end up mixed up after they go to purge Juno from Abstergo's servers.]]
* InterruptedIntimacy: Once, Desmond shows up outside of Altair's bedroom and barges in while he and Maria are getting busy. It kills the mood immedietely.
* MentalTimeTravel: Whenever one of the Assassins ends up in a different time period, it's either by entering the head of each other or manifesting as a ghost that only the others can see.
* NoAntagonist: Most of the first fic doesn't have an antagonist, as it mostly focuses on Desmond and his ancestors trying to figure out how the Pieces of Eden and the Animus works, as well as trying to solve their issues together. The closest thing to an antagonist is Haytham, and that's because of his issues with Connor.
* ProperlyParanoid: Haytham is extremely concerned about the magic tea, and is proven completely correct when Connor succumbs to its influence. He also regrets taking it himself.
* ShapeshifterDuel: [[spoiler:Connor vs Haytham round 2, which is Haytham in panther form trying to subdue the rampaging Connor who constantly shifts between all four of his forms. Edward, who is watching from the sidelines, is extremely confused.]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Apparently for the Kenways stubborness is a genetic trait. Also a later chapter highlights how identical their facial expressions are.
* StrongFamilyResemblance:
** Desmond and Altair have near identical features and overall appearances, though Desmond is quite a bit taller.
** While not obvious at first glance due to colloration, the Kenways have near identical facial features, which is lampshades at points.
* TronLines: The skin of whoever uses a Piece of Eden forms gold geometric patterns that glow.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: The Red Willow Tree Tea gives Connor the ability to transform into a wolf, a bear and an eagle, as per canon. In addition, Haytham gains the ability to transform into a panther.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The Red Willow Tea is the embodiment of this trope. You get the ability to turn into an animal, but soon the animal starts eating away at your mind and sanity until it takes over. By the end of ''The Tyranny of King Washington'', Connor is barely clinging to himself, and fails most of the time.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Altair thinks to himself that with his newfound skill in time travelling, he could prevent anything that ever happened to Desmond, but he's disturbed by the slippery slope that could lead to.
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