User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 14-07-'14 – Two new Assassin's Creed: Unity trailers/@comment-5174994-20140731000622/@comment-5174994-20140801144649

They keep focusing on it, so I wouldn't be surprised if it played an important part. This does not necessarily mean I think it's going to be the main issue of the story, but it could still be important.