User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer and screenshots/@comment-4928711-20130310170340/@comment-4928711-20130311172359

In Brotherhood a "Novice" did not have a beaked hood. Maybe the British/American Assassins inherited that tradition from the Italian Assassins. Seeing as Britain and America   did inherit Western culture from Italy.