User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 10-05'12 — World Gameplay Premiere/@comment-58.169.41.227-20120511093115/@comment-3524429-20120512014240

Well, when IGN was talking about the game before the trailer-release, a fan speculated that they're could be wolves instead of Assassins.

Now, it may seem quite farfetched at first, but think about it; wolves can become very trusting and trainable. How do think cavemen domesticated them?

It would be awesomely epic, IMO.

However, the game does span about thirty years. Connor could become a Master and even a Mentor within that time. After all, Ezio was rather young (about 30 years of age, right? I don't know for sure) when he became Il Mentore.