User blog comment:Mr Rinn/My thoughts on what era Assassin's creed IV could be in/@comment-3168501-20121112073333/@comment-4207028-20121112234625

This is the anon that posted earlier (I hate signing in, my computer keeps logging me out of the site). Lemme explain a few things:

The pivots, if being done by Abstergo, are not of Desmond's memories per se, but of William's. Remember that near the end of the game, William mentions that Abstergo tried forcing him into an Animus and that they had been experimenting with the concept of having users relive the memories of people that were not their own ancestors. Thats where I got the idea for this game to be about another ancestor of Desmond's.

Second, the locations for the game: Right now, there would be three separate regions in the vein of the Frontier: one representing Kansas and Missouri, one representing Virginia and Tennessee, and one representing probably Georgia and South Carolina. Major cities in the game would consist of St. Louis, Washington D.C., Charleston, and Atlanta. Maybe more. There would probably be a region in the vein of the Homestead, but in the form of an enormous plantation (not with slave labor, by people that Gideon, or whoever the player character is called, gathers together.)

Third: the interests of the main character, much like Connor's don't always intersect with that of the Union. A classic example is Sherman's March to the Sea, where the main character fights to defend Southerner homes and towns from being sacked and destroyed by renegade Union soldiers. In addition, the Templars are shown to be playing both sides with regards to economics: using both the grand plantations of the South, and the industry of the North (the controllers of which would be the precursors for Abstergo Industries!) to advance their agendas.

Fourth, and this is tentative: Lincoln is shown to possess an Apple of Eden, the same one that George Washington would be shown to have (this is why its tentative: waiting till DLC that shows how this happens.) and that FDR and JFK would later have, until Abstergo assassinates Kennedy to take possession of it. The assassination of Lincoln by Booth would serve, at least in part, as a way for the Templars to seize the Apple. Which leads to the Assassins, led by the main character, to pursue Booth into the swamps of Virginia. Also, the actual assassination of Lincoln would appear as a memory in the game, where the player arrives at Ford's Theater right as the assassination happens, tries to pursue Booth, but is prevented by the enormous crowds in the theatre. The character then helps carry Lincoln to the Petersen House, where he is present for Lincoln's death. Afterwards, cue pursuit of Booth.

Anyone want more info?