User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer and screenshots/@comment-94.194.128.30-20130303135813/@comment-4975789-20130303180305

We'll likely be either an Abstergo employee or a member of Erudito viewing the memories of Desmond's ancestors through the cloud. Or we could possibly be William. Or, even less likely, a new modern assassin who's related to Edward.

And I have literally know idea as to what's going to be going on regarding the First Civ.