Line #81 WMG/AssassinsCreedI


1	[[WMG:Altaïr and Desmond are the same person.]]
2	The Apple let Altaïr cheat death by reincarnating as the person we know to be Desmond. This explains why Altaïr looks exactly like Desmond, and why he carries the same exact scar. This also lets Altaïr use the apple and ''not'' turn out to be a villain.
3	* Except that it's pretty much established in the first game that Desmond looks exactly like Altaïr because the Animus is letting Desmond impose his face over Altaïr's in order to make him more comfortable in the Animus...which pretty much means we actually have no idea what Altaïr "actually" looks like.
4	** And Desmond and Ezio don't look exactly the same because Desmond is far more used to using the Animus, and the Animus 2.0 is superior to version 1.0. This allows Desmond to not have to impose so much of his face over Ezio's. Which is why two look simply similar, rather than exactly the same...but we still technically don't know what Ezio "exactly" looks like.
5	* WordOfGod reveals that Desmond, Altaïr, and Ezio are in fact almost identical. [[https://cthonisprincess.tumblr.com/post/180656826268/ride-0r-die-damtoys-has-finally-released-some There's even an authorized doll released by Ubisoft of Altaïr]] that proves that at the very least, he and Desmond are identical.
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7	[[WMG:The mysterious female Knight Templar is related to the meta-plot's Lucy]]
8	* So I'm not the only one who thinks this: the physical resemblance is uncanny. Maybe after Altaïr spared her life she dedicated it to finding out more about the assassins and realized they weren't so bad after all.
9	** According to ''Assassin's Creed II'' it seems that she's the mother of Altaïr's child, so she's related to Desmond. Not so bad indeed.
10	** Desmond was born in an Assassin compound, where the majority of Assassins are descendants of Assassins. It's possible that Lucy is also the descendant of an Assassin, perhaps the female Templar.
11	* Jossed, well and truly. Unless you are implying that Lucy is a descendant of Altaïr, it's not possible because the 'female Templar' is actually Maria Thorpe, Altaïr's wife and the mother of his two sons, Darim and Sef.
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13	[[WMG:The mysterious artifacts are actually from the future, they got sent back through time travel]]
14	So, TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt occurs. Lucky for us, someone is able to send powerful artifacts back in time that hold the key to stopping this disaster. In order to ensure that they survive long enough to be used come 2012, the artifacts are disguised as holy relics. So, we have one that looks like an apple, and it can deceive people, we probably have a spear similar to the Lance of Longinius, and so on. Somewhere along the line, the Templars mistakes these artifacts for the real thing.
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16	Furthermore, they give up on finding any relics involving Jesus. This will backfire badly as the "Holy Grail" will obviously be the... Holy Grail of all these artifacts. Desmond is going to find it and save the day at the end of the series.
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18	Evidence of the time travel presents itself in the final scene of the animus. The "piece of Eden" shows a map that distinctly outlines all the modern-day countries. The Precursors would have no way of knowing that. The fact that the Creediverse is an alternate continuity to our present day comes when Dr. Vidic says "Some of the artifacts are on land masses that no longer exist." ~ All the land masses I saw sure seemed to be there today.
19	* The world is in fairly the same shape as it was then, with some exceptions, mainly around islands and coastlands. Alternatively, it's a projection of the world as it was in the 12th Century. Islands can disappear in that time.
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22	[[WMG: Desmond is already a trained Assassin.]]
23	Desmond was on "the farm" until his teen years, and obviously, there was no attempt by his parents to hide their status as assassins. Ergo, Desmond must've started training as one, even if he cut and run long before he would've gotten to Altaïr's level. He doesn't need Altaïr's memory leak to be an assassin, only for Altaïr's sixth sense; he already has the basic skills, perhaps marred only by disuse.
24	* It's stated in the game that he is, multiple times. He says he's not an assassin "any more", why else would the assassins try to save him?
25	* Does this mean that the last installment of the game might have you play as Desmond?
26	* In the second game, Desmond really has no assassin training whatsoever. However, reliving Ezio's life via the Animus allows him to acquire years of training in just a matter of days.
27	** Desmond repeatedly says he "was" an Assassin, but isn't anymore. Perhaps he is a trained Assassin, but just wasn't trained in the more physical aspects of it that involve dicing people up, Altaïr and Ezio style. Maybe he was training to be an analyst-type, versus a field Assassin. Or, considering how often it's mentioned that present-day Assassins are pretty weak, at least in relation to the financially and resource-rich Templars, the Assassin group Desmond came from may be some splinter cell of super paranoid, cult-like Assassins; they know that they're fighting Templars, but they weren't aware of just how powerful a force they were fighting. Which is why Desmond is totally ignorant about how far back the battle between Templars and Assassins goes and doesn't have the physical training to handle them. Being in the Animus and reliving his ancestors memories simply opened his eyes to the truth.
28	* The events of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' puts this all to rest, [[spoiler: Confirmed but Desmond lost the skills from training after he ran from lack of practice.]]
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30	[[WMG: Lucy is not an actual Assassin.]]
31	Lucy is noted to have spent a large amount of time working on her education, enough that it would've precluded her from secretly being a part of a clandestine organization. If she were an actual Assassin, she wouldn't have built the Animus for Abstergo anyway. More likely, she decided on her own that Abstergo needed to be stopped, and in choosing to take action, she became an ally to Abstergo's enemy: by default, the Assassins.
32	* The second game pretty much confirms that she's an Assassin.
33	** Although it's possible she's not of an Assassin bloodline, as is the case with Shaun people can join the Assassins without being a descendant.
34	** Not all Assassins go around murdering people a la Altaïr, Ezio, and [[spoiler:Desmond]]. While she has some basic skills, her real usefulness to the order is in the use and operation of the Animus.
35	** E-mails and dialogue in ''Brotherhood'' state that both Rebecca and Lucy were "chosen" to be part of the Assassin order. The only one in their team that was born into the order was Desmond.
36	*** Confirmed but Subverted in Revelations: Lucy was chosen to be an Assassin but later [[spoiler:betrayed the Assassins and joined Abstergo]].
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38	[[WMG:The Assassins' who assaulted Abstergo succeeded.]]
39	Assassins are masters of blending in; if they won the engagement with Abstergo security, they would've planned ahead of time to ''impersonate'' them. Notice that the voice telling Vidic all is well seems to be different then the one reporting the situation minutes before. If the Assassins are as low in number as Vidic says, surely they never would've entertained the possibility that a direct assault on a security-filled corporate headquarters would work, and would've planned from the get-go to use subterfuge. This is why Lucy is so confidant that Desmond will be fine if he just trusts her; she knows the cavalry is here and they're just waiting for the Templars to turn their backs in their excitement to sneak him out.
40	* ''Possibly'' Jossed by ''Assassin's Creed II'' - Lucy is the only person that helps Desmond escape. However, it was pretty easy for them to escape such a secure facility...
41	** New WMG: they didn't succeed, but they killed most of the security personnel.
42	*** Jossed: According to the Lost Archive DLC: It was planned out by [[spoiler:Vidic]] and [[spoiler:Lucy]]
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44	[[WMG: The new security guard is an Assassin.]]
45	The manual makes reference to a new-hire security guard in charge of monitoring Desmond through the cameras. Consider the amount of sneaking around Desmond is able to do thanks to Lucy leaving him the door-lock combination, and the fact that she would leave it at all, knowing there are cameras in every room. Neither Lucy nor Desmond are ever busted, and the "new security guard" scenario in and of itself just reeks of ChekhovsGun and/or an [[TheUntwist Untwist]]. It would also add more credence to the above.
46	* Lucy mentions that she hacked the cameras, but could have done it with help from the new guard.
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48	[[WMG: The Assassins are not extinct.]]
49	Abstergo ''has'' gone and enacted their own personal Order 66 against the Assassins as best they can, but the Assassins who attacked the corporate building weren't the last. Rather, the Assassins have taken advantage of their depleted numbers to let Abstergo think that they're no longer a threat; the Assassins are heavily disadvantaged in manpower and resources, but if Abstergo thinks there aren't any left, it gives them the element of surprise when they make their next move, probably a very carefully planned one. It's an advantage they've practically ''never'' had, since the Templars have always known they've existed. The Templars may well and truly fail at handling a situation involving supposed-to-be-dead Assassins so badly that it makes all the difference.
50	* This would fit here if it wasn't blatantly stated in the emails.
51	** Protip: Those emails were written and sent by the Templars. If the Assassins are deceiving the Templars, the Templars would naturally be convinced that the Assassins are extinct.
52	* Pretty much confirmed in the second game. The Assassins are still around, but aren't nearly as powerful as they used to be.
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54	[[WMG: Altaïr ''can'' swim just fine.]]
55	The Animus just has a glitch, as confirmed in the [=ACII=] manual.
56	* Alternatively, Altaïr can swim, but he didn't at any point during those missions. Just as he didn't kill civilians, if you.
57	* Seems like an extension of the idea that you're desynchronized with every hit you take, implying that Altaïr was ''never'' hit even once.

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