User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 08/21 -- Padawan Graduations / Videos, videos and more videos/@comment-4081435-20110826105824/@comment-5919381-20110826110908

Obviously, that is Altair. His American accent was entirely because of the Animus that Abstergo used had a translation program built into it. His face was because the Animus and Animus 2.0 replaced his real face with Desmond's. His robes haven't really changed at all, just been retouched. They aren't glitchy and horrible anymore.