User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-189.7.37.253-20141109152836/@comment-3046679-20141109181017

Ok, I get your point.

But the fact Aveline wasn't physically present in AC3, or that Shay may or may not appear in Unity, doesn't make the characters any less "real".