User blog comment:Mr Rinn/My thoughts on what era Assassin's creed IV could be in/@comment-3168501-20121112073333/@comment-67.185.156.169-20121112220300

(different anon then the one who posted the Civil War idea here)

I've been working on an idea for a Civil War game for several months now: the game would begin in the 1850s with Gideon Miles (Desmond's great-great-great grandfather) and his family settling in Kansas shortly before the Bleeding Kansas conflict erupts. His father, a vehement abolitionist pastor, is murdered (along with the rest of his family) in 1856 by bushwhackers working for the Templars, who are shown to be supporting slavery (though this does NOT mean they are backing the Confederacy--more on this later) but Gideon is rescued by an Assassin who has been tracking the bushwhackers. Gideon is thus inducted into the Assassin Order, and is taken back east to be trained.

The game stretches from 1855 to 1865 (maybe a little later, future DLC would probably deal with Reconstruction) and would involve, among many other things: John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid, the Election of 1860, Lincoln's midnight train ride into DC before his inauguration, (historically, there was supposedly a plot to assassinate him on the train--this would be examined), the Union blockade of the South, the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862 (read up on this, I smell a tremendously fun level here) the Battle of Gettysburg, Sherman's March to the Sea/the Burning of Atlanta, and finally ending with Lincoln's assassination and the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth. I have a ton more stuff too but I'm holding back on it till I can do more research, as well as wait to see what DLC ACIII is getting, as it may have an impact on my plans.

Alternatively, the protagonist could be a descendant of Connor, but again, waiting to see what they do with his story before going that route.