User:Arcemz/Sandbox

In the limited edition of Assassin's Creed, a 16-page graphic novel was included, that showed two side-stories of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Desmond Miles. The novel was also distributed to EB Games store managers in 2007 to promote the game. The story serves as a prelude to the first Assassin's Creed game.

Story
"I track these men down, so I might know the truth."

- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad



The story of the novel is laid out by the narration of both characters. It starts with Desmond Miles escaping Abstergo in the year 2012, while it later skips to Altaïr on an assassination mission in the year 1191 after Desmond touches the Animus. Both their sides of the story is synchronized with each other. They both introduce themselves, explain the circumstances they are in. First Altaïr explains he is a hunter, while Desmond says he is a prisoner. However in the end of the story they both re-introduce themselves as Assassins. After Desmond's introduction you see him being hunted by guards of Abstergo. He is free-running though the halls. Then we see a guard following his trail. Desmond can be seen hiding in one of the vents. He sneaks by the board of Abstergo into the room where the Animus stands.

After he touches it, we see Altaïr walking in Acre. He kills a guard, before he jumps up and climbs a wall. Later we see him free-running over the rooftops, with guards standing down, not noticing his presence. He pulls one of the guards down on one of the rooftops, stabbing him and pulling him down. He jumps down on a guard, instantly killing him. Then the story flashes back to the future, where we see the board members running after Desmond, who was laying down on the Animus. The story goes back to Altaïr fighting guards off him. Then synchronized, the story ends, showing Altaïr retracting the hidden blade, with the guards lying dead at his feet, and Desmond cornered by the board members.

Trivia

 * The maneuver Altaïr performs (stabbing and pulling down a guard in Acre) is very similar to how, in Assassin's Creed II, Ezio is able to pull guards down from high spots after assassinating them.
 * In the graphic novel, Altaïr carries no weapons at all but the hidden blade.
 * The outside of the Abstergo Laboratory can be seen in the graphic novel.
 * The main artwork and storyboard was created by David Levy.