Jean Burnel

Jean Burnel (unknown - 1789) was a young member of the Templar Order, loyal to the De la Serre family because he had a crush on Élise de la Serre. Newly-inducted at the time of the French Revolution, he was neverless chosen by Frederick Weatherall as the lieutenant of De la Serre, when the latter decided to claim her birthright, the title of Templar Grand Master.

In October 1789, he escorted his new mistress to the meeting place where the Templars were summoned by Élise, in order for them to pledge their loyalties to her as the new Grand Master. But soon after their arrival at the gathering, they discovered by threatning their host, the Marquis de Pimôdan, that Élise's known supporters were all either killed or turned. Realizing that the meeting was a trap meant to kill her, Burnel and De la Serre fled, but were caught by catgut ligatures dropped by assassins from a balcony above the doors of De Pimôdan's house. Luckily the rope intended for Elise wrapped around the collar of her coat rather than her neck, so she get the few seconds needed to cut the ligature with her sword, but Burnel was not so lucky and died, strangled to death.

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed: Unity novel