Assassin's Creed: Reflections 4

Assassin's Creed: Reflections 4 is the fourth and final issue of the Titan comic book series Assassin's Creed: Reflections. The comic, written by Ian Edginton with art by Valeria Favoccia was released on July 5, 2017.

Publisher's summary
Finale of the four-part mini series written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Valeria Favoccia!

Plot summary
2017: Otso Berg is once more in his study. He questions whether love and family are a weakness, and if it can actually make you a wider target. He concedes that in some circumstances it can actually give rise to strength, and decides to open the file for Ratonhnhaké:ton - the assassin known as Connor.

1796: Upstate New York. Within a forest, Connor gives chase to his young daughter Io:Nhiòte, whilst asking her to slow down. He warns her that they are far from her mother's village, and that they should be mindful of their surroundings. Io:Nhiòte realises that they have come so far out in order to teach her to track and hunt, mainly as girls are not allowed to do so in her tribe. Connor states that it his responsibility as her father to teach her the skills that he feels she needs. Io:Nhiòte queries why she was chosen and not her elder brother or sister, to which Connor states that it is because she has a special talent.

They walk to a nearby river, at which point Connor asks what she sees. She quickly finds tracks of a buck, and is able to tell that it stopped to drink from the river. Connor asks how she knows this, and she responds that the forest itself has told her the story. Connor points out again that she has a natural gift. They follow the tracks, with Io:Nhiòte running on ahead. She tracks down the deer, but loses her footing in the mud and slips over the edge of a small cliff drop. She is knocked unconscious.

She awakens to find her father looking down upon her as she lays against a tree. Her foot is badly swollen from the fall, and Connor decides to go and collect some cool water from the stream to reduce the swelling. Promising to return quickly he runs away leaving Io:Nhiòte braiding grass blades to pass the time. She notices fresh wolf tracks near the tree, and calls to her father to warn him but he is too far away. High above an Eagle looks down upon her, hearing her shouts. It flies towards Connor and in turn screeches a warning just as the wolf leaps towards him in the stream. They briefly fight, before Connor is forced to down the wolf with his hidden blade. He discovers that the wolf had in fact been shot by a musket, and must have been in tremendous pain. He is thankful that he at least freed the wolf from her torment.

Returning to Io:Nhiòte he is amazed to find that she knew of the wolf, and she points and thanks the flying Eagle in gratitude. Connor realizes that not only does she have a talent for hunting, but it's obvious that she has far more abilities within her. He vows that he has a great deal more to teach her.

2017: Clearly moved by Connor's story, Otso Berg picks up his mobile phone. The lock screen is the face of his daughter, Elina. Accepting that he is always fighting for the future, he concedes that he sometimes forgets whose future he is fighting for. He calls his daughter, and quietly leaves the office.

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