User blog comment:MeDeoPal/Assassin's Creed IV Story Ideas (Ye Be Warned Of Ye Spoilers)/@comment-5221049-20121106150853

1. Desmond is dead and there is nothing we could do

2. Desmond his soul is transered to the sphere he touched and is trapped now like Juno was trapped.

3. Desmond isn't dead because his First Civ gen blocked out the lethal part of the sphere and just gave Desmond a nasty flesh wound.

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4. This is almost sertainly sure ABSTERGO hacked the memory of Connor like William spoke about when you talked to him after you saved him. And we are back now in abstrego and relivng hacked memories.