User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-89.142.70.117-20140921114627/@comment-3046679-20140921115751

The entire premise of Rogue is that you're an Assassin-turned-Templar. Of course the Assassins will be an enemy faction. Plus they have mercenaries and bandits working for them too. The stalking is obviously present, as it was shown in the demos.