History Characters / AssassinsCreedUnity

A list of characters in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Assassin's Creed Unity]]''. For game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].

'''Be aware that these pages WILL contain some unhidden spoilers!'''

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* [[Characters/AssassinsCreedUnityOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

** [[Characters/AssassinsCreedUnityTheAssassins The Assassins]]
** [[Characters/AssassinsCreedUnityTheTemplars The Templars]]
** [[Characters/AssassinsCreedUnityOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

A list of characters in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity''. For the modern day and game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].

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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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[[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.
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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''
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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.
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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.
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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
[[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
[[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: 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: 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: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: King Philip IV]]

--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]

%%[[folder:Madame Tussaud]]

%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Marie Anne Lenormand]]

%%[[/folder]]

%% [[folder:Thomas Paine]]

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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.

* 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: 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.
** [[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: 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: 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: 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''

!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]]

%%** [[spoiler: He is in fact killed by Shay Patrick Cormac, in the final mission of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue''.]]

* {{Badass}}: He's a career soldier and a Master Assassin.

* 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...

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: He's a firm Jacobin partisan and believes that the Assassin cause is just, described to be a fanatic.

* 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.

* DatingCatwoman: Has a romantic interest in Arno, who's an Assassin.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Had a more benign approach to Templar goals than other Grand Masters.

%%[[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.

* {{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]].

[[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:Jacques de Molay]]

--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed: The Templars]]

!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: 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: 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.
* 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: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.

[[folder: King Philip IV]]

--> See [[Characters/AssassinsCreedOtherGroupsAndIndividuals Other Groups and Individuals]]

A list of characters in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity''. For the game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].

-> ''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.''

[[folder: Bishop]]
!!Bishop

-> ''If you want to fight the Templar menace, if you're willing to save civilization from Abstergo's clutches ... [[ButThouMust press play]], sit back and [[WhamEpisode ready yourself]] for [[AwfulTruth the truth]].''

[[PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration Your]] VoiceWithAnInternetConnection during the modern-day portion of the game.
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* ButThouMust: Bishop claims you have a choice about whether to [[spoiler: view Abstergo's video on the Phoenix Project]], but there's no option to say no.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Bishop is just a code name.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Deacon]]
!!Deacon
Bishop's main Animus techie in the modern day.
[[/folder]]

* ButThouMust: Bishop

--> See [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AssassinsCreedTheTemplars Assassins Creed The Templars]]

!! King Philip IV

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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* CoolCrown: Sports one as he watches [[spoiler:Jacques de Molay]] burn.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The Templars are full of hatred for Philip IV. The real guy was a hard-ass and an anti-semite, 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.
* GrayEyes: Very cold gray eyes. As noted in life, "He was neither beast nor man. He is a statue."
* ThePurge: He orders the mass execution of Templars by burning them at the stake, destroying their public role for good and driving them underground.

* KillEmAll: He orders the mass execution of Templars by burning them at the stake.

* 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.

[[/foler]]

--> ''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.''

[[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.