User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-173.189.47.87-20141118042127/@comment-4136513-20141118200030

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@Sima I think anon is right... he did take something shiny from the chest that he found in Tuillieres. Also the video came out today also talking about this. I think 1812 meant the year when picture was painted, not when he found the apple.