User:Crookandcharlatan/Sandbox2

"I stand with those who stand with me. I lure my prey through the guise of a lady. I escape unnoticed through the veil of a slave. And though I may conceal my identity, one thing is certain: commit injustice in this world, and I'll send you to the next. I am Aveline de Grandpré, I am an Assassin, and I fight for liberation."

- Aveline de Grandpré.

Aveline de Grandpré (1747 – unknown) was an Assassin of French and African heritage, who lived in the area of New Orleans during the middle of the 18th century. She is an ancestor to Subject 1.

Born to the wealthy French merchant Philippe Olivier de Grandpré and an African slave by the name of Jeanne, Aveline was raised in a comfortable and privileged environment. After her mother disappeared in 1757, Aveline was cared for and brought up by her stepmother, Madeleine de L'Isle, whom her father had married five years prior.

Shrewd by nature, Aveline noticed the contrasts present within the society she lived in and, at the age of twelve, resolved to act against this injustice. Following an attempt to rescue a man from enslavement, she met the Assassin Agaté, who was impressed by her dedication to pursuing freedom. He then trained her, before officially inducting her into the Brotherhood and becoming her Mentor.

In 1765, Aveline became aware of a slave trafficking operation being ran in New Orleans by a high-ranking Templar, known only as the "Company Man". After eliminating various of his subordinates and dismantling his operation, she journeyed to New York to pursue a lead that would allow her to uncover the Templar's identity. In this, she was aided by the Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin, Ratonhnhaké:ton, known by his adopted name of Connor.

With his help, Aveline discovered the Company Man had been her own stepmother all along. Following a short confrontation at the de Grandpré mansion, Aveline fled to the Louisiana Bayou to inform Agaté, with disastrous consequences. She then returned to Madeleine, pretending to go along with her induction into the Templar Order, before she assassinated all the members present, thus finally ridding New Orleans of Templar influence.

In 2012, her genetic memories became the basis of a publicly released video game titled Liberation, which was developed in partnership by Abstergo Entertainment and Ubisoft.

Early life
"On seeing her, he falls to his knees. He says he is ashamed. He begs forgiveness for keeping me enslaved all this time. He vows to grant us both our freedom."

- Jeanne, reflecting in her diary about Philippe's reaction to the birth of his daughter Aveline.

Aveline was born in New Orleans on 20 June 1747 to Philippe Olivier de Grandpré and his African bride, Jeanne. Granted freedom along with her mother at birth, Aveline grew up in a caring and considerate environment, protected by her father's wealth and influence within the city. However, when her father's business began to suffer, he married Madeleine de L'Isle, the daughter of one of his investors, in 1752.

While this act put a strain on the relationship between her parents, both Aveline and her mother Jeanne were permitted to stay at the de Grandpré mansion, with Madeleine becoming responsible for the young girl's education. In 1755, Aveline found a childhood companion in Gérald Blanc, an orphan from Acadia that had been hired by her father as an errand boy.

Aveline's carefree life as a youth was cut short two years later, when Jeanne inexplicably vanished, leaving a void in the girl's life. Despite the fact that Madeleine quickly adopted the role of doting stepmother, Aveline continued to be troubled by the loss of her mother. As a result, she frequently had nightmares about the events surrounding Jeanne's disappearance.

Simultaneously, Aveline's feelings and observations regarding the prevailing contrasts present within her city eventually spurred her into action. In 1759, she attempted to free a slave, but was caught in the act and set upon by sailors employed by the slave's owner. Thanks to an intervention from the Saint-Dominguan Assassin Agaté, Aveline and the slave managed to escape unharmed. Deciding her commitment to freedom and justice was beyond compare, Agaté took Aveline, as well as Gérald, under his wing.

Following a few months of intense training, Aveline was officially inducted into the Assassin Brotherhood, with Agaté becoming her mentor. From then on, Aveline would act as his agent in New Orleans, using her skills to help people in need and rid Louisiana of the Templars.

Rescuing Thérèse
"My brothers have vanished. Then my aunt [...] They ain't escaped as you say. They're taken."

- A slave, informing Aveline of the recent disappearances.

In 1765, Aveline set out during one night, a nightmare having ruined any chance at further sleep, and went to the pigeon coop in the garden, where she received word from Gérald, who served as the Order's information officer. His letter alerted her to a plantation from which slaves were reportedly escaping, prompting Aveline to investigate. After ascending the Saint Louis Cathedral to scout out a dressing chamber, she hid inside a cart that would take her to the estate.

Dressed as a slave, Aveline managed to infiltrate the plantation's grounds and discovered that the slaves were being taken by somebody, rather than escaping by themselves. She subsequently climbed to the highest point of the estate, in the hopes of finding clues that led to Thérèse, a young slave that had been the latest to disappear. Led to a barn, Aveline found and freed Thérèse, but the duo were quickly intercepted by the plantation owner's son and his guards.

After overpowering them, Aveline escorted her companion out of the plantation, following which she returned home to seek the aid of her stepmother. Managing to convince the initially cross Madeleine, Aveline was then sent to buy traveling clothes while Thérèse was being tended to. After the young slave had been brought to safety by Madeleine's contacts, Madeleine assured Aveline she would aid her if similar situations ever arose in the future.

Assassination of Governor d'Abbadie
"The Order... is... the... future. The... the Templars will keep our colony... French."

- Governor d'Abbadie's final words.

That same year, Aveline visited her father's warehouse, where she overheard him complaining about disappearing shipments to Gérald, and resolved to uncover the cause. After Gérald's meeting with Gilbert-Antoine de Saint Maxent, her father's business partner, proved fruitless, Aveline decided to bribe her way aboard the ship from which the goods had disappeared and met the vessel's captain, Carlos Dominguez. In her guise of a lady, Aveline easily charmed the captain and, while he was distracted, managed to slip away with some paperwork detailing the location of the merchandise.

Aveline then recovered the shipments, before informing de Saint Maxent and subsequently securing a considerable discount for her father. A few days later, she met with Gérald, who told her that some of the documents she had stolen mentioned a known Templar, Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer. Additional information revealed that he was present in Louisiana and was working with its French governor, Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie.

Intent on discovering what the two men were up to, Aveline stole a servant's key so that she could discreetly infiltrate the governor's estate via the kitchen. After navigating the manse's hallways, Aveline reached the governor's office, where she overheard de Ferrer and governor d'Abbadie talk about the plans of a mysterious individual referred to as the "Company Man". The pair had also made a deal to ensure d'Abaddie remained as governor, provided he smoothed the hand-over of the colony to the Templars and supplied de Ferrer with workers for a secret Templar operation. Deciding to end their practices, Aveline waited for de Ferrer to leave, before attacking the governor and assassinating him with a musket.

As he lay dying, the governor claimed the Templars would keep the colony under French influence, which Aveline denied, following which she demanded to know why de Ferrer required workers. However, d'Abbadie could not answer her question and succumbed to his wounds, prompting Aveline to hurriedly escape the estate. With the city's guards on high alert following the governor's death, Aveline chose to hide in the bayou until the commotion died down.

Conflict in the Louisiana Bayou
"Deep in the bayou, a dangerous impostor spreads real roots [...] Who is this impostor, and what are his affiliations? This, you will need to uncover."

- Agaté, informing Aveline of the arrival of an impostor in the bayou.

The next year, Aveline received word from Agaté and traveled to his hideout in the Louisiana Bayou to meet him. There, she was informed that a man impersonating the deceased François Mackandal, an Assassin and Mentor to Agaté, was attempting to overtake smuggling operations in the bayou. After receiving additional training in the use of a blowpipe, Aveline set out to uncover the imposter's identity and his affiliations.

On the advice of Agaté, Aveline traveled to the settlement of the smugglers Roussillon and Élise Lafleur, arriving just in time to save them from some of Mackandal's followers. In return, Élise reluctantly helped Aveline navigate the bayou in search of Mackandal's men. After eliminating two of his followers' encampments, Aveline and Élise uncovered a sacred ceremony being held by Mackandal on the Eve of Saint John, though the exact location remained unknown.

Consulting Roussillon, Aveline was told to seek the help of the houngan of San Danje, a shanty town where escaped slaves gathered. After she arrived there, Aveline met with Élise and the witch doctor, who was sympathetic to the Assassin's cause and divined the ceremony's location. With the additional threat of Mackandal's poisons, the houngan had Aveline drink an antidote as a precautionary measure.

Aveline and Élise then journeyed to, the supposed site of the ceremony, where they found Mackandal and discovered that he was actually called Baptiste, a former Assassin that was in league with de Ferrer. Hidden nearby, the two women overheard his plans to poison the nobles of New Orleans and thus avenge the slaves that had perished on Saint-Domingue. His real goal, however, was to force Agaté out of hiding and deliver him to de Ferrer, who had promised Baptiste membership into the Templar Order in return.

With the aid of Élise, who distracted some of Baptiste's underlings, Aveline snuck closer as the ceremony began. Blending in with the followers, she attempted to silently eliminate him with a poison dart, but was detected and hit with one of Baptiste's own darts. However, thanks to the houngan's antidote, Aveline was able to recover, causing Baptiste to send his followers after her, though they proved to be no match for the Assassin.

Coming down to face her himself, Baptiste was defeated in a one-on-one battle with Aveline, who, in doing so, freed the bayou of his machinations and sabotaged de Ferrer's plans once more. In his final words, Baptiste revealed that he had personally known both her mother Jeanne, and her Mentor, Agaté. Upon returning to Agaté, however, Aveline did not mention what she had discovered, as she did not fully trust her Mentor, given that he had kept this information hidden from her.

Louisiana Rebellion
"This Spanish "gouverneur" has placed so many restrictions on trade, even plantation owners are practically "begging" for an excuse to riot."

- Gérald, about the laws implemented by governor Antonio de Ulloa.

That same year, Spanish governor and Templar adviser Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans. In 1768, he placed strict trade laws and restrictions over the colony in order to benefit the Templar Order. In response, French Creoles rebelled against de Ulloa's regime, openly challenging his authority and creating discontent in New Orleans.

While the unrest in the streets grew, Aveline set out to find and question Carlos Dominguez on his ties with de Ferrer, hoping to find out more about the Templar's plans. After speaking to a crew member of Dominguez, she was led to a tavern, where she found the inebriated captain. Although she interrogated him, Dominguez was revealed to possess scant information of value, being little more than a transporter of goods. Aveline then returned home, where her father gifted her a page from her mother's diary.

Later, Aveline went to the family warehouse at the request of Gérald, but encountered a commotion along the way. Rebelling against their new masters, a group of civilians had gotten into a fight with Spanish soldiers, leading Aveline to step in. After she saved them from the better-armed soldiers, Aveline spoke with the rioters and learned of the number of slaves and vagrants that had vanished since the arrival of the Spanish.

Unsettled, Aveline continued on her way to the warehouse, where she discovered that Gérald had turned it into the Order's new headquarters, making room for her weapons and guises. She was also given a special parasol that functioned as a dart gun, following which she was informed of a business rival, monsieur Bouché, that had been slandering the de Grandpré's reputation. With the business' sales already dropping, Aveline quickly set out to cut Bouché's campaign of lies short.

Threatening Bouché into submission, Aveline saw his bankruptcy as an opportunity to provide his slaves with honest, better-paid labor and bought one of his shops. She then returned to her headquarters, where she discussed the increase in kidnapped slaves with Gérald and decided to travel to San Danje to investigate. There, she consulted the houngan, who advised her to speak with her friend Élise, a frequent hirer of San Danje's denizens.

Doing so, Aveline found out about the convoys of slaves that were departing from Fort Saint-Jean, a fortress occupied by the Spanish. Aided by Élise, the Assassin attempted to uncover where the workers were headed, first intercepting a convoy and then infiltrating the fort itself. Despite their efforts, the pair discovered little information, apart from the fact that the slaves they had liberated were strangely upset at not being able to board the work ship that would transport them to their destination.

Back in New Orleans, Aveline met with Gérald and voiced her frustration about failing to find out where the slaves were going, even though she'd confirmed the involvement of the Spanish. Gérald posited the directive must have come from governor de Ulloa and offered to help Aveline in drawing him out of La Balize, where he'd hid since coming to Louisiana. The two Assassins then went to the Place d'Armes, where Aveline, disguised as a slave, used the tense crowd to incite a massive riot.

While the French citizens rioted against the soldiers, Aveline and Gérald intended to cause further disturbance by stealing a gunpowder-laden carriage. After quietly eliminating the guards, the pair took control of the rig, but were spotted and fired at upon their departure. With the docks as their destination, Aveline and Gérald rode at high speeds through the cluttered streets of New Orleans, but found their carriage to be set on fire en route.

Forced to abandone their ride, the pair watched as the rig crashed into a wine storehouse, causing a huge explosion. Noticing civilians being trapped inside by Spanish soldiers, Aveline entered the burning building and killed the soldiers, so that the civilians could escape. Afterwards, Aveline and Gérald decided to regroup at the warehouse.

The Assassins quickly hatched another plan, targeting two Spanish military vessels that were anchored at the docks. After Aveline took out the guards aboard one of the ships, she planted some explosives, but was interrupted before she could set them to detonate. Carlos Dominguez, this time sober enough to recognize her, ordered his men to stop her, though they posed little challenge to the Assassin. After warning Dominguez to save himself, Aveline activated the explosives and swam back to the shore, from which she watched the vessel being destroyed.

As the Spanish governor finally prepared to leave La Balize, Agaté called Aveline to Saint Peter's Cemetery, where he gave her the order to kill de Ulloa, to prove her loyalty. Aveline then set up an ambush, barricading several streets so that the governor's convoy would march into a blocked off town square. By blowing up a powder keg, Aveline took out the majority of de Ulloa's soldiers and, after finishing off the survivors, forced the governor out of his carriage. Upon interrogating him, the Assassin learned that the slaves taken from New Orleans were being transferred south, to a work camp in Mexico.

Against Agaté's orders, however, Aveline chose not to kill de Ulloa, allowing him, and his pregnant wife, to flee the city in return for a lens used to decipher encoded Templar documents, a map leading to the work site at Chichen Itza and the promise of de Ulloa to go into exile. This merciful act continued to harm Aveline's already damaged relationship with her Mentor. He subsequently forbade her to travel to Chichen Itza, but Aveline ignored this, subsequently receiving a warning from her mentor that she would live to regret her insubordination.

Aveline then went to depart for Mexico, but was met by Gérald before she could do so. Worried for her, Gérald confessed how much she meant to him, but ultimately realized there was little he could do or say to make her stay. After being given some last advice, Aveline gave Gérald her weapons for safekeeping and thanked him for his aid, before leaving to join a group of slaves that would board a ship bound for Mexico.

Expedition to Chichen Itza
"You find pieces of the Prophecy Disk, saving me the effort... If you weren't my enemy, I would take you for my friend! Our aims must not be so different for all the help you give me."

- De Ferrer, explaining the similarity of his and Aveline's goals.

Arriving in Chichen Itza in 1769, Aveline discovered the excavation site was being supervised by de Ferrer and listened to one of his welcoming speeches. Afterwards, she mingled with the people at the camp, in order to unravel the mysteries of her new surroundings. To her surprise, she encountered Thérèse, the slave Aveline had rescued from captivity about four years ago, who, along with various other slaves, seemed to be perfectly happy at the worksite. Before continuing her investigations, Aveline collected material around the camp and crafted two makeshift Hidden Blades to defend herself.

Now sufficiently armed, Aveline sought out de Ferrer and followed him to a meeting with the camp's overseer. There, she overheard that not all workers were enthusiastic about their situation, with a few even attempting to escape. Tailing them, Aveline was led to one such slave, who was to be "educated" for his mistake. After de Ferrer left, the overseer and his guards attacked the captive, but were killed by Aveline before they could hurt him.

After taking out additional reinforcements with the overseer's whip, Aveline talked to the runaway slave, who spoke of a woman named Jeanne that had been stationed at the camp. Convinced it was her mother, the Assassin scoured the work site for clues, finding evidence that her mother had indeed been there at some point. Among pages found from Jeanne's diary, Aveline discovered a map detailing the location of an ancient artifact deep within a nearby cenote.

With this in mind, Aveline traveled to the cenote's entrance, navigated the underground cave system and uncovered ruins from the First Civilization. There, she solved a puzzle that functioned as a defense mechanism, causing a fragment of the Prophecy Disk, an ancient artifact, to be revealed. Moments after obtaining the relic, Aveline was met by de Ferrer, who had reached the ruins by blasting through a rock wall.

Intending to steal the artifact, de Ferrer and his guards engaged Aveline in battle, though she killed them all, with de Ferrer himself being thrown into the depths of the cavern. The Assassin then quickly made her escape, as the cave was rapidly collapsing due to de Ferrer's explosives. Having reached a safe area, she happened upon her mother, Jeanne. However, this reunion was short-lived, as Jeanne, realizing that Aveline was an Assassin, believed Agaté had sent her daughter to come and kill her. Refusing to disclose any information, she then fled the mines, leaving Aveline with more questions about her Mentor.

Tracking Vázquez
"Perhaps you underestimate the vast, winding, expanse of the bayou. I will repeat: I need enough men to control all of it. Recruit the entire Spanish Army if you must."

- Vázquez, to his recruiter about controlling the bayou, 1771.

After her escapades at Chichen Itza, Aveline returned to New Orleans in 1771 and continued her search for the identity of the Company Man. Heading to the warehouse, she reunited with Gérald, who informed her that, during her absence, the Spanish had put new laws in place, which would ease their efforts in helping the slaves. Despite this, a rogue faction of Spanish troops had also sprang up and was raising havoc in the bayou. Having gotten back her weapons, Aveline set out to chase down a lead, a recruiter that was bribing guards, in the hopes of uncovering who these soldiers were working for.

Finding the recruiter, Aveline then tailed him to a meeting with two Spanish soldiers, who had agreed to join the recruiter's cause. As she neared to apprehend him, the man spotted her and took off, with the Assassin quickly giving chase. Despite her efforts, the recruiter managed to reach the city's fort and hid within its walls, prompting Aveline to then infiltrate it.

Locating the man with her Eagle Vision, Aveline followed him as he made his rounds until he reached a quiet spot, where she eliminated him. Aveline then looted the recruiter's corpse, discovering a message from his employer. After making her escape, Aveline read the letter and discovered that a man by the name of Vázquez was using the bribed troops to seize control of the bayou. Fearing he would eventually learn the location of Agaté's hideout, Aveline hurried to her Mentor's hideout to warn him of the danger.

Upon her arrival there, she found the hut empty, leading her to track her Mentor down, who was less than pleased to see her and grew even more bitter when she presented him with a piece of the Prophecy Disk. After some bickering, Aveline agreed to hide the fragment, following which she attempted to warn Agaté of the new threat. Her Mentor then revealed he was already aware of Vázquez's troops and begrudgingly accepted Aveline's offer to help him.

Upon hearing his plan, Aveine doubted it would put a permanent stop to Vázquez's efforts, but nonetheless carried it out. By silently poisoning enough of the troops as they passed the voodoo signs set up by Agaté, Aveline made the survivors believe they had fallen under a curse, causing them to flee. She then journeyed to the headquarters of her smuggler allies.

There, Aveline spoke with Élise and Roussillon, who confirmed that they too had noticed the increase in Spanish troops. Upon mentioning Vázquez, Roussillon informed her that the Templar was attempting to divert a supply ship for his own purposes. In response, Aveline disabled the lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain, causing the ship to run aground on a nearby island.

Afterwards, Aveline and the smugglers traveled to the trapped ship, intent on stealing its supplies. Defending her allies from Vázquez's guards as they transported the cargo, the Assassin was disappointed upon discovering that Vázquez himself had not been on board. However, among the supplies that the smugglers had stolen, Roussillon found documents containing orders to reclaim the worksite in Chichen Itza, leading Aveline to hurriedly journey back to Mexico.

Return to Chichen Itza
"I traded one enemy for another. And they will not rest until they have what they seek."

- Jeanne, on the Templars' pursuit of the Prophecy Disk.

In 1772, Aveline returned to Chichen Itza to locate the second half of the Prophecy Disk. Upon arriving there, she made peace with her mother, who asked her to retrieve the second piece of the artifact, so that she might finally be free from the prying eyes of the Templars. Aided by a map from Jeanne, Aveline found her way to a lone canoe that would allow her to navigate the cenote's rapids.

Upon reaching a waterfall, Aveline was forced to abandon the canoe and briefly continued on-foot, traversing a large rock formation that allowed her entrance into the underwater network. Exploring a range of underwater tunnels, some of which were filled with traps, she eventually came upon a tall chamber filled with rubble. After ascending it, Aveline found the entrance to a large room constructed by the First Civilization, where she acquired the final piece of the Prophecy Disk.

Afterwards, Aveline returned to her mother with the artifact and offered to take her back to New Orleans. However, Jeanne decided it was best to stay behind and take care of the community in Chichen Itza, which had been freed of Templar influence, thanks to Aveline's intervention. Promising to remain in contact, Aveline then returned to New Orleans.

Aiding George
"Futile murder... beautiful death. She... will make you suffer."

- Vázquez, on the identity of the Company Man.

A year later, Aveline's father fell ill, though she continued in her quest to uncover the identity of the Company Man, Louisiana's head Templar. At the request of Madeleine, her stepmother, Aveline helped a slave named George escape New Orleans and travel to the bayou. Upon arriving there, she asked her smuggler allies if they could help provide George safe passage through the swamp, but Élise and Roussillon were already in the process of delivering supplies from the Spanish to American Patriots fighting in the Revolutionary War and were facing opposition from rogue Spanish soldiers.

However, with the aid of Aveline and George, the smugglers managed to deter the troops, allowing them to reach their destination with their cargo intact. While conversing, the Patriots mentioned Vázquez, who wasn't very keen on the arrangement between the revolutionaries and the Spanish governor, causing Aveline to resume her hunt for the Templar. Before leaving, she asked the Patriots if they would allow George to accompany them to the North, to which they agreed and accepted him into their ranks.

From there, Aveline returned to New Orleans and spoke to Gérald, hoping to learn more information on Vázquez. However, several of Gérald's informants had been recently killed off, giving the pair little to go on. They decided to attend the Capitán's Ball, a prominent soirée, in the hopes of finding Vázquez there. After locating the Templar, she charmed him and lured him to a quiet corner, where she assassinated him. However, to Aveline's surprise, Vázquez revealed that he was not the Company Man, and that Louisiana's head Templar was in fact a woman. That same night, her father passed away.

Journey to New York
"Who do you serve? And do you really think yourself free? "Charity should begin at himself," Miss Aveline."

- Officer Davidson, about Aveline's position as an Assassin.

In the winter of 1777, Aveline traveled to New York to locate a Templar named Officer Davidson, intent on prying the Company Man's identity from him. Assisted by her Assassin ally Connor, Aveline uncovered the location of her target, a nearby fort. After having neared the stronghold, encountering some resistant Loyalist troops along the way, the pair decided to split up.

While Connor distracted Davidson's guards, Aveline discreetly infiltrated the fort and confronted the Templar in the watchtower. To her shock, Aveline discovered that his true identity was George, the slave she had helped flee north. Leaving her to fight his underlings, George fled the tower and locked Aveline in, forcing her to climb all the way up and escape through the broken roof. Despite the obstruction, Aveline managed to foil George's escape and finally uncovered the true identity of the Company Man from him: Madeleine de L'Isle, her stepmother.

Severing ties with Agaté
"Oh, what have I wrought? I should have stayed with your mother. You should have been my child. Raised as a daughter, not twisted into this... monster!"

- Agaté, reflecting on his relationship with Aveline's mother.

Aveline returned to New Orleans and confronted Madeleine, who did not deny her accusations and admitted that she had known all along that Aveline was an Assassin. Furious, Aveline refused her order to stay and ran outside, only to face her guards. After a brief skirmish, Madeleine reappeared, dissuading Aveline from further resistance, and lamented the fact that they had to argue.

Following this, Madeleine insisted that she genuinely loved Aveline, especially since she wasn't able to bear children herself. She continued, stating that Aveline had been kept alive in order to eliminate the unethical elements of her Templar circle, such as de Ferrer, an obvious ploy to persuade Aveline to join the Templars. Pointing to the broken relationship between Aveline and her Mentor, Madeleine argued that their aims were the same and offered that Aveline join the Templars, to finish what she started.

After this, Aveline made her way to the bayou and told Agaté of her situation. However, her Mentor could not accept his failure to protect his student, and, believing that Aveline had aligned herself with the Templars, attacked her, calling forth illusions of the Templars she had slayed. Even so, Aveline defeated the hallucinations and chose to spare his life, but Agaté, unable to live with the humiliation, dove from the very top of his treehouse to his death.

Confrontation with Madeleine
"It does not work! [...] All these wasted years... A lifetime of sacrifice and – We have all the pieces, I am certain of it. Unless..."

- Madeleine realizing she had fallen for Aveline's ploy.

Aveline made her way back to New Orleans and gave Agaté's necklace, which she had obtained when she unsuccessfully attempted to save him, to Madeleine, as proof of his death. Madeleine then inducted Aveline into the Templar Order and took the two halves of the Prophecy Disk from her. However, upon the artifact failing to work as Madeleine had expected it to, she grew frustrated, allowing Aveline to strike, as her induction was merely a ruse to destroy the Templars from within.

Aveline assassinated all of the Templars present, leaving Madeleine for last. As she lay wounded, Madeleine asked Aveline why she would betray her as she had. Aveline coldly retorted that she had two parents whom she truly loved, and that Madeleine was not one of them. She then blamed her for killing her father with her "care" and her tonic, secretly, for enslaving her mother, and for her intention of making Aveline a slave to the Templar cause.

To this, Madeleine insisted that it was for the greater good of humanity, as work had always been the "divine purpose" for which they had been created. In response, Aveline defiantly claimed that she would never be forced to serve another and assassinated Madeleine afterwards. Following this, she recovered the Prophecy Disk and used the locket her mother had entrusted her with to activate it, which projected a hologram of beings from the First Civilization, who spoke about Eve briefly in a conversation before it ended.

Recruiting Patience Gibbs
"A friend sent me – Connor. He will offer you safety and training."

- Aveline attempting to recruit Patience into the Brotherhood.

In 1784, Aveline traveled to Goat Island on the request of Connor, with the intention of locating Patience Gibbs, an escaped slave, and recruiting her to the Assassins. Due to Aveline's name being known among the slaves, he hoped she might be more successful than he had been.

As she searched for Patience's rebel camp, Aveline came across a slave being harshly interrogated by a pair of guards. After dispatching them, she found out Patience's camp had been discovered and subsequently taken over, with Patience herself having been taken prisoner. Freeing the captured slaves, Aveline was eventually advised to track down the Patriot captain, which she did.

Under pressure, he revealed Patience had been taken to Fort Washington for interrogation on the orders of a Templar doctor named Edmund Judge, who also happened to be Patience's former master. Making it to the outskirts of the fort, Aveline witnessed Patience being taken in and sent to jail after she refused to hand over her mother's charm, a mysterious artifact.

Aveline infiltrated the fort via a set of underground tunnels and freed Patience, but the latter refused her help and attempted to escape the fort on her own, only to be recaptured by Judge, who forced her to give up the charm. As Judge left his men to dispose of Patience, Aveline came to her rescue, before cornering Patience at a cellar where Judge fled to. After explaining her intentions, Aveline agreed to help Patience recover her charm in exchange for her allegiance.

The two women navigated the tunnels leading to Newport Tower, where they confronted Judge, who had failed to properly activate the artifact, and killed him. Retrieving her charm, Patience revealed she had kept a crucial piece necessary to activate it. Following this, she demonstrated the charm's function; it allowed her to "see into all things" for a few seconds, as exemplified by her finishing Aveline's sentences, before accepting membership into the Assassin Brotherhood.

Personality and characteristics
"I seek liberty and freedom, not for myself, but for those whom such fundamental rights are denied. I am their shield, their sword, their only hope. The roads I travel are dark, but they bring me closer to the light."

- Aveline de Grandpré.

As she grew, Aveline developed into an independent and strong-willed woman, who was often torn about the values she had inherited from her parentage, which compelled her to form her own core beliefs. Since a young age, Aveline began to notice the contrasts in society – wealth and poverty, freedom and slavery – and as an Assassin, she firmly strived towards securing humanity's freedom and imposing justice, with a vehement stance against enslavement.

As a nobleman's daughter, Aveline was expected to be dainty and polite, an act she dutifully upheld in front of her father, whom she loved very much. In truth, she held little interest in frivolous parties or potential husbands, being a very work-oriented person. In some ways, she appeared to be more at home in the bayou than New Orleans, relishing in its "scent of action" after having been away for a long time.

Due to her being pulled in either direction by the Assassins and Templars, she questioned whether fighting as an Assassin was the right thing to do or not. While in New York, she asked her fellow Assassin, Connor, if he ever questioned their ideals; he responded without taking side with either faction, but rather explained that he trusted in his own abilities to distinguish right from wrong.

Equipment and skills
Aveline was a skilled freerunner, able to climb trees and swing from one to another, as well as scale cliff faces or other natural elements. She could move through the cityscape just as easily, and was able to slide under or vault over obstacles within urban environments. After acquiring a whip in Chichen Itza, Aveline was able to cross even larger gaps, using it to swing from beams that were out of reach.

Accompanying her capacity to move fluidly, Aveline was able to wield several different weapons - including a whip, firearms, swords, knives and axes, a blowpipe and Hidden Blades. Her ability to dual-wield various combinations of these weapons allowed Aveline to take out multiple enemies in a short amount of time. Aveline also possessed the extra-sensory ability referred to as Eagle Vision, allowing her to identify enemies, allies, targets, hiding spots and clues.

Aside from her weapons, Aveline possessed three distinct guises that she could make use of, composed of the Lady, Assassin, and Slave, all possessing their own advantages and disadvantages. Dressed as an Assassin, Aveline would automatically be notorious to some extent, making the Assassin outfit unfit for missions that required stealth. However, it was the most suited to navigation, as well as combat, giving Aveline access to her entire arsenal.

In her Slave outfit, Aveline was able to blend into the poorer masses of New Orleans and remain undetected by executing menial tasks, such as moving boxes or sweeping the floor. Her ability to incite riots compensated for her lack of armor and weaponry, which made her weaker in combat. Accompanying this, Aveline was able to freerun in her guise of a slave, though her notoriety would automatically rise every time she did so, making the persona more suitable for ground-based missions.

Finally, the Lady outfit allowed Aveline to use charm and bribery to achieve her goals, though it severely limited her weaponry and prevented her from freerunning. Aveline later received a parasol designed by Gérald that had the ability to shoot small poison darts from its tip, similar to her blowpipe. As the daughter of a nobleman, Aveline had also been taught to dance and play the piano.

Trivia

 * Aveline possessed similar characteristics to Desmond Miles and his ancestors, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze, namely the same scar on their upper lip, and the ability to use Eagle Vision. Despite this, she had no known biological connection with Desmond or his lineage.
 * Aveline is the first female protagonist in the Assassin's Creed series and one of two playable characters to have worn a hat instead of the symbolic white hood of the Assassins (the other being Haytham Kenway), though it retained a beak-shaped tip.
 * However, an Assassin hood could be purchased from tailors and equipped on Aveline's Assassin persona.
 * The name Aveline is a diminutive form of the name Avila, itself from Germanic element avi, the meaning of which is uncertain, but thought to be "desired". Similarity to the Latin avis, "bird", is a coincidence. "Grandpré" is a name formed of the French words grand, meaning "great", and pré, meaning "meadow".
 * While concept art depicts Aveline as having green eyes, they appear to be dark brown in Assassin's Creed III: Liberation.
 * The developers toyed with the idea of making Aveline be Ratonhnhaké:ton's love interest in The Tyranny of King Washington, but the idea was dropped as the characters' motivations and personalities were considered to be too different.
 * Aveline shares her birthday with Jill Murray, the writer of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and the additional DLC content for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.