Abstergo Story

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The Abstergo Story was a series of informational text and videos similar to the Abstergo Files that were made available to the general public through participation in Abstergo Entertainment's console stage of the Animus. It was Abstergo Industries' aim to influence the populace through these means, although a hacking collective by the name of Erudito bypassed Abstergo's security in order to reveal truths about the organization and its work, provided that the audience worked together with them by completing various challenges.

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ABSTERGO FILES

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INTRO

INTERNAL ABSTERGO MEMORANDUM

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

Security Fail. Critical communication leak. Network compromised.

Unacceptable.

These files need to be secured, encrypted and remove from public view.

I don't know what they're doing there anyway. They should be classified TS/SCI.

This project of yours is nothing but trouble! Fix this before Launch.

A.R.

TRIBES

19:42:01 ABS [0906514] A ALPHA

Without the Tuareg, our history would be lost. His and the other tribes must be kept secret at all costs.

B. Alpha. Stats (overall) ATT: 272802, ABS: 241473, ADB: 1557, ABS: 16983, CSS: 101, SL: 55%, OCC: 86%, HT: 420. NCC/b

Arch [2119809] C ALPHA Stats (overaP.). ....:..7..0.....S.... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...../c

MILES' FOLLY

ComStatic [005643217] C SH/Tone

Miles can't stop them. Whatever he does, whatever secret he kept for himself, won't work. It's a battle that's been raging for millennia. Miles' actions are not a means to an end.

S0202: 02:11:32 Reboot NT machine clsnetnt07 cabinet 645R 13/1CMP:CRITICAL:

CELLS

14:22:08 Arch [3349983] D Alpha (31)31:ABS: Tkt:5544671, Sev:2, TIQ:127min,

Sname:XXXX, CIS Id:334621351

São Paulo and Osaka are both confirmed safe. For further communication use this channel, as all other avenues are compromised.

Abs099.abspc.eds.com/interface lan0 on absi099.abspc.eds.com = Down. Mosc.11.SSMC

INFILTRATION

A ALPHA ABS-MAIL01 “Server ABS-MAIL01/MSVR/LOLFYU”

We walk among them.

UAL 40.62 UNCH DAL 47.23 UNCH U 13.66 UNCH AMR 59.70 UNCH

ABSTERGO PRODUCTS

03:30:01 ComStatic [008653287] D SH/TONE

Energy strip (Herne), baby monitor (Angelus), Animus glasses, exercise bracelet (Bodyband). Everything is in place.

System: rsmd81, Account:xxyyyxx Region: PROD >> Disk used % for /ABS/home/xxyyyxx/wrk 86; > than 80

SATELLITES

ERROR CONNECTING:192.168.38.92: www47 connectToServerPort:socket/socket timed out at /home/ script/MPfetchData.pl line 342,

A.S.P. exists to control. That's one way to sea it. But their real goal is to capture: Thought. Emotions. DNA.

They say they want to awaken human intuition. They're lying.

<SOCK_192.168.38.92>chunk 288809.

ROANOKE

D ALPHA frm: ServersA@COMSTAT.com sub: clust-DB DOWN Txt: cluster-DB DOWN Mail

What if they run simulations to see if we were here before? What if an Assassins' Colony had ever existed? What if they discovered that we were the model for their Utopia?

1/128/181-254 TU 8466/751/670-043 PG4526/3880/006+032 4141/4130/4060/3071

PGO 3597/6271-0697 PL v6530/g6544 +007 FN_700/_5380+0370 Pam67800+001

SECRET LAIRS

22:06:39 ComStaticc [1742333] B ALPHA

Kerguelen is a nice place to keep it quiet.

|ATTENTION! Data overrun [Batch::LoadPNG] Current status [1] |

SECRET LAB

Super-USER -root|filesystem (proxy-G**) proxy—g:/ 14 proxy—g:/usr 77 proxy—g:/var 19

proxy—g:/opt 52 proxy—g:/tmp 7 proxy—g:/var/cac 1 proxy—g:/export/12

What happened in Southeast Asia? Indonesia? They performed hundreds of experiments, then abandoned them. Why?

Server Problem 2:2:9/300.0.46:0.28:0.50 ALERT Primary Processlist 86 (86:13)

http://7.49.130.129/system

VICTIMS

ERROR CONNECTING:192.168.38.92 : www56 connectToServerPort:socket/socket timed out at /home/ script/MPfetchData.pl line678,

Schmidt is dead. Peake is gone.

<SOCK_192.168.38.92> chunk 192902

RECIPE

UAL 41.63 -0.74 DAL 39.21 -0.34 U 11.02 -0.27 AMR 27.72 -0.35

Rice or corn flour. Mix with salt and water. Cook until thickened. Wrap mixture in green banana leaves. Add coconut milk and sugar.

|***Server Alert*** Alert Type: PROBLEM Service: CheckHTTP Host: ComStatic Main Address: 222.18.192.121 State: CRITICAL

THE PROPHET

Test Message #92-IX_T1076

Cross killed the Mentor in 00. He initiated the Purge. But he didn't stop there. He uncovered the writings of the Prophet, hidden in Moscow, inside the secret library of Ivan the Terrible. Then he assassinated the last guardian.

They've been tracking Desmond since 02. We should have used Miles as a red herring.

ComStatic Down Server [2] - 1 Server [3] - 0 Primary -2 tms_msg[000]

dev_err[333]

GREAT PURGE

SFTW 57.58 UNCH NAG 27.09 UNCH INTG 26.07 UNCH EFII 18.49 UNCH (16)

They kicked the hornet's nest—thinking that they got us all. We've just been hiding, like them 700 years ago. But unlike them, we keep to the shadows. We need no Abstergo.

02:16:12 Arch [1603639] D ALPHA Stats (overall): ATT: 272890, ANS:130362, ABD:

1446, BSY: 17094, ASA: 101, SL: 33%, OCC: 86%, HT:530. NCC/b

02:16:12 Arch [1629039] D ALPHA Stats

(overaP.). ....:..7..0.....S.... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...../b

FIRST CIV TECH

91-COMSTAT SL=62%, VOL2723QSR SL = 82%, VOL153BR LIA SL = 78%, VOL238ATTN

SL=33%, VOL568

How many vaults are they controlling? How many PoE do they have? Do they know about Mexico? About Chichen Itza?

What are they trying to do with all those social experiments? Propaganda? I fear they're just another way to control people.

RAMP OUT DAEMONS ARE UP|RAMP OUT DAEMON ALERT, CHK SUM

HACKED ABSTERGO FILES

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INTRO_Hack

INTERNAL ABSTERGO MEMORANDUM

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

Security Fail. Critical communication leak. Network compromised.

Unacceptable.

These files need to be secured and moved from public view.

I don't know what they're doing there anyway. They should be classified TS/SCI.

This project of yours is nothing but trouble! Fix this before Launch.

A.R.

Don't worry, they won't fix it.

This is a lot of noise from the grapevine. Don't know what's true, what's false... but they are talking. Let me help you make it clearer.

Just listen.

The sleeper is awakening.

E.

TRIBES_Hack

19:42:01 ABS [0906514] A ALPHA

Without the Tuareg, our history would be lost. His and the other tribes must be kept secret at all costs.

B. Alpha. Stats (overall) ATT: 272802, ABS: 241473, ADB: 1557, ABS: 16983, CSS: 101, SL: 55%, OCC: 86%, HT: 420. NCC/b

Arch [2119809] C ALPHA Stats (overaP.). ....:..7..0.....S.... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...../c

"His" tribe? What secret?

Is there a link between the Tuareg and Bellamy? Or the woman from New Orleans?
E.

MILES' FOLLY_Hack

ComStatic [005643217] C SH/Tone

Miles can't stop them. Whatever he does, whatever secret he kept for himself, won't work. It's a battle that's been raging for millennia. Miles' actions are not a means to an end.

s0202: 02:11:32 Reboot NT machine clsnetnt07 cabinet 645R 13/1CMP:CRITICAL:

Little Bill's flying solo again. Will he crash? Will his "Brothers" come to his rescue?
E.

CELLS_Hack

14:22:08 Arch [3349983] D Alpha (31)31:ABS: Tkt:5544671, Sev:2, TIQ:127min,

Sname:XXXX, CIS Id:334621351

São Paulo and Osaka are both confirmed safe. For further communication use this channel, as all other avenues are compromised.

abs099.abspc.eds.com/interface lan0 on absi099.abspc.eds.com = Down. Mosc.11.SSMC

Guess that one was compromised too. _-_-_
E.

INFILTRATION_Hack

A ALPHA ABS-MAIL01 “Server ABS-MAIL01/MSVR/LOLFYU”

We walk among them.

UAL 40.62 UNCH DAL 47.23 UNCH U 13.66 UNCH AMR 59.70 UNCH

From the cradle to the grave.
E.

ABSTERGO PRODUCTS_Hack

03:30:01 ComStatic [008653287] D SH/TONE

Energy strip (Herne), baby monitor (Angelus), Animus glasses, exercise bracelet (Bodyband). Everything is in place.

System: rsmd81, Account:xxyyyxx Region: PROD >> Disk used % for /ABS/home/xxyyyxx/wrk 86; > than 80

Be careful about their ads and products. Each of them hides something bad. It's a veil.
E.

SATELLITES_Hack

ERROR CONNECTING:192.168.38.92: www47 connectToServerPort:socket/socket timed out at /home/ script/MPfetchData.pl line 342,

A.S.P. exists to control. That's one way to sea it. But their real goal is to capture: Thought. Emotions. DNA.

They say they want to awaken human intuition. They're lying.

<SOCK_192.168.38.92>chunk 288809.

Copycat _-_-_

Just like the First Civ, they want to keep their knowledge to themselves.

E.

ROANOKE_Hack

D ALPHA frm: ServersA@COMSTAT.com sub: clust-DB DOWN Txt: cluster-DB DOWN Mail

What if they run simulations to see if we were here before? What if an Assassins' Colony had ever existed? What if they discovered that we were the model for their Utopia?

1/128/181-254 TU 8466/751/670-043 PG4526/3880/006+032 4141/4130/4060/3071

PGO 3597/6271-0697 PL v6530/g6544 +007 FN_700/_5380+0370 Pam67800+001

Where they here before the Templars? Remember Roanoke? Is it them who guided the colony into the wild?

SECRET LAIRS_Hack

22:06:39 ComStaticc [1742333] B ALPHA

Kerguelen is a nice place to keep it quiet.

|ATTENTION! Data overrun [Batch::LoadPNG] Current status [1] |

Kerguelen.

AKA Desolation Islands. A nice place to watch the transit of Venus.

And eat cabbage. _-_-_

E.

SECRET LAB_Hack

Super-USER -root|filesystem (proxy-G**) proxy—g:/ 14 proxy—g:/usr 77 proxy—g:/var 19

proxy—g:/opt 52 proxy—g:/tmp 7 proxy—g:/var/cac 1 proxy—g:/export/12

What happened in Southeast Asia? Indonesia? They performed hundreds of experiments, then abandoned them. Why?

Server Problem 2:2:9/300.0.46:0.28:0.50 ALERT Primary Processlist 86 (86:13)

http://7.49.130.129/system

What do you think? To run a hundred more.
E.

VICTIMS_Hack

ERROR CONNECTING:192.168.38.92 : www56 connectToServerPort:socket/socket timed out at /home/ script/MPfetchData.pl line678,

Schmidt is dead. Peake is gone.

<SOCK_192.168.38.92> chunk 192902

Otto Schmidt was a member of the Inner Sanctum. Anson Peake was the spokesperson for Abstergo's Project Legacy.

How did Schmidt die?

Is Peake really gone? Or hooked into the machine?

E.

RECIPE_Hack

UAL 41.63 -0.74 DAL 39.21 -0.34 U 11.02 -0.27 AMR 27.72 -0.35

Rice or corn flour. Mix with salt and water. Cook until thickened. Wrap mixture in green banana leaves. Add coconut milk and sugar.

|***Server Alert*** Alert Type: PROBLEM Service: CheckHTTP Host: ComStatic Main Address: 222.18.192.121 State: CRITICAL

It's an acaça recipe—the main ritualistic food of the candomblé religion of Brazil.

E.

THE PROPHET_Hack

Test Message #92-IX_T1076

Cross killed the Mentor in 00. He initiated the Purge. But he didn’t stop there. He uncovered the writings of the Prophet, hidden in Moscow, inside the secret library of Ivan the Terrible. Then he assassinated the last guardian.

They’ve been tracking Desmond since 02. We should have used Miles as a red herring.

ComStatic Down Server [2] - 1 Server [3] - 0 Primary -2 tms_msg[000]

dev_err[333]

Ah... The Assassin Order of Brotherly Love...

Ask not what your Brotherhood can do for you...
They will do it anyway.

E.

GREAT PURGE_Hack

SFTW 57.58 UNCH NAG 27.09 UNCH INTG 26.07 UNCH EFII 18.49 UNCH (16)

They kicked the hornet's nest—thinking that they got us all. We've just been hiding, like them 700 years ago. But unlike them, we keep to the shadows. We need no Abstergo.

02:16:12 Arch [1603639] D ALPHA Stats (overall): ATT: 272890, ANS:130362, ABD:

1446, BSY: 17094, ASA: 101, SL: 33%, OCC: 86%, HT:530. NCC/b

02:16:12 Arch [1629039] D ALPHA Stats

(overaP.). ....:..7..0.....S.... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...../b

They are more alike than they think.
E.

FIRST CIV TECH_Hack

91-COMSTAT SL=62%, VOL2723QSR SL = 82%, VOL153BR LIA SL = 78%, VOL238ATTN

SL=33%, VOL568

How many vaults are they controlling? How many PoE do they have? Do they know about Mexico? About Chichen Itza?

What are they trying to do with all those social experiments? Propaganda? I fear they're just another way to control people.

RAMP OUT DAEMONS ARE UP|RAMP OUT DAEMON ALERT, CHK SUM

{{How many vaults are they controlling?}}>
Vault = Knowledge

{{How many PoE do they have?}}
PoE = Power

{{Do they know about Mexico?}}>
Of course they know.

{{About Chichen Itza?}}>
Yes. They were there. I was there. We were all there.

{{What are they trying to do with all those social experiments? Propaganda? I fear they're just another way to control people.}}> Brave New World

Videos

ABSTERGO VIDEOS

• Dev Diary 1
• Clean Future
• Dev Diary 2
• Angelus
• Animus OS
• Dev Diary 3
• HERNE+
• Movie Trailer
• Bodyband

• Steve Gerkin: When we began work on the Animus project a couple of years ago we had no idea it would grow into the gaming phenomenon it is today.
• Stacy French: All of the engineering team are avid gamers, I jiggle my joystick with the best of them.
• Thomas Fournier: With the Animus, we set out to take players into the past, and I mean the real past, not the kind entertainment companies dream up.
• Suzuki Fumito: Using Abstergo's incredible research into genetic memory, we were able to create playable recollections that players can join, drop in drop out, stab each other, everything players like to do. That's what the Animus was made for. Gaming.
• Steve Gerkin: When we think about the past, we think guns, sword fighting. You'll find a lot of that on this disk. These are playable recollections of the American Revolution distilled from actual memories.
• Stacy French: With the Animus gaming device, we really tried to take science, stick it in a blender, and, you know, distill the next generation of entertainment. So get on your horse, grab your saber, and come back in time with us.
• Suzuki Fumito: Relive our past in HD.
• Steven Gerkin: And, above all, have fun.
• Thomas Fournier: Have fun.
• Suzuki Fumito: Have fun.
• Stacy French: Have fun.

• Advert: The youth of tomorrow will grow with us.

• Steve Gerkin: Hi. It's Steve. As you can see I just came back from my lunch break. We hope you've been enjoying our Animus so far. One of the core values of Abstergo is focused collaboration. And the Animus takes it one step further, involving you in the conversation. We are all about giving you a voice in the future of tech. Cool, huh?
• Stacy French: Hi. It's Stacy. You've probably never heard of Abstergo. But our family of products are totally used in your home. Go in the kitchen, the bathroom, the family room, and you're bound to find stuff made by the dozens of companies found in the Abstergo-verse.
• Steve Gerkin: One of the ways in which we have the kind of future tech conversation I've been talking about is through monitoring your play session. So far we like what we see. Everything looks really promising. Keep it up!
• Stacy French: Did you know that the Animus stimulates neurons in the frontal cortex? We discovered pretty early on that a few players have the ability to evolve those neural pathways, to achieve 100% synergy with the Animus. That's what we call it on the team. Maybe you'll be one of them!
• Steve Gerkin: But even with partial synergy, the Animus will actually make you smarter.
• Stacy French: Train your brain. In fact, we're getting smarter each day. You can really see it in the designs of the games we make.
• Steve Gerkin: We like to think outside the box, about improvisation, team building, play styles. Even the accuracy of our historical avatars.
• Stacy French: We really went for a delicate blend of historical and compelling.
• Steve Gerkin: On top of that, Abstergo is committed to providing quality tutoring through our Animus line of games. We've commissioned several schools and celebrities to try out an Abstergo education and do you know what? They've endorsed it!
• Stacy French: Thank you Michael, Katie, and Arnold!
• Steve Gerkin: So you'd be doing a good thing passing it to your friends, or your friends' kids. It's educational! Now we'll let you get back to playing. Have fun!
• Stacy French: Have fun.
• Thomas Fournier: Have fun.
• Suzuki Fumito: Have fun.

HACKED ABSTERGO VIDEOS

• Dev Diary 1
• Clean Future
• Dev Diary 2
• Angelus
• Animus OS
• Dev Diary 3
• HERNE+
• Movie Trailer
• Bodyband

• Steve Gerkin: When we began work on the Animus project a couple of years ago—
• Erudito: These are all actors hired by Abstergo.
• Steven Gerkin: —we had no idea it would grow into the gaming phenomenon it is today.
• Stacy French: All of the engineering team are avid gamers,—
• Erudito: Attractive females test well with the target demographic, who are primarily male.
• Stacy French: —I jiggle my joystick with the best of them.
• Erudito: ...See what I mean?
• Thomas Fournier: With the Animus, we set out to take players into the past—
• Erudito: European designers test well with audiences overseas, while occupying American players, who make fun of them on web forums.
• Thomas Fournier: —and I mean the real past—
• Erudito: In fact, Abstergo's version of the past is scrubbed of any historical fact which the corporation deems 'dangerous'.
• Thomas Fournier: —not the kind entertainment companies dream up.
• Suzuki Fumito: Using Abstergo's incredible research into genetic memory—
• Erudito: The Japanese, respected for their discipline and scientific prowess, further support the sense of authority.
• Suzuki Fumito: —we were able to create playable recollections that players can join, drop in drop out, stab each other, everything players like to do. That's what the Animus was made for. Gaming.
• Erudito: The Animus was NOT made for gaming, but to give Abstergo domain over history itself.
• Steve Gerkin: [FASTFOWARDED] When we think about the past, we think guns, sword fighting. You'll find a lot of that on this disk. These are playable recollections of the American Revolution distilled from actual memories.
• Erudito: ...Memories stolen from unwilling test subjects.
• Stacy French: With the Animus gaming device we really tried to take science, stick it in a blender, and, you know, distill the next generation of entertainment.
• Erudito: That is NOT the purpose of this product.
• Stacy French: So get on your horse, grab your saber, and come back in time with us.
• Erudito: Abstergo's sloganeers evoke man's desire for a simpler past, while the corporation constructs a future of absolute control. Control the past, and you control the future.

• Erudito: Abstergo has created a global network of control. In the developing world, children work 16 hours a day in their factories. European jobs are sent to Asia, bankrupting governments and dismantling common life. The Abstergo corporation wields unprecedented political power. Workers are paid next-to-nothing and placed in temporary work camps where they are deprived of basic human needs. The pollution caused by their factories in India has led to an estimated 527, 700 fatalities this year alone.
• Advert: The youth of tomorrow will grow with us.

• Steve Gerkin: Hi. It's Steve.
• Erudito: His outfit was chosen to look careless, fitting comfortably within the hip cultural stereotypes of tech designers.
• Steven Gerkin: As you can see I just came back from my lunch break.
• Erudito: Catch that shameless product placement?
• Steve Gerkin: We hope you've been enjoying our Animus so far. One of the core values of Abstergo is focused collaboration. And the Animus takes it one step further, involving you in the conversation. We are all about giving you a voice in the future of tech. Cool, huh?
• Erudito: Over the last two decades Abstergo has contracted much of its production to third-world suppliers, ensuring that the free thinking, first-world middle class is brought to its knees and its voices silenced.
• Stacy French: [FASTFOWARDED] Go in the kitchen, the bathroom, the family room, and you're bound to find stuff made by the dozens of companies found in the Abstergo-verse.
• Erudito: Also found in the Abstergo-verse: Your alarm system, police, firemen, congress, parliament. YOUR courts. YOUR president.
• Stacy French: [FASTFOWARDED] Did you know that the Animus stimulates neurons in the frontal cortex? We discovered pretty early on that a few players have the ability to evolve those neural pathways, to achieve 100% synergy with the Animus. That's what we call it on the team. Maybe you'll be one of them!
• Erudito: Lucky you.
• Steve Gerkin: But even with partial synergy, the Animus will actually make you smarter.
• Erudito: The game enforces mechanisms of good behavior. Obey, and be rewarded.
• Stacy French: Train your brain. In fact, we're getting smarter each day. You can really see it in the designs of the games we make.
• Steve Gerkin: We like to think outside the box, about improvisation, team building, play styles. Even the accuracy of our historical avatars.
• Stacy French: We really went for a delicate blend of historical and compelling.
• Erudito: This character appeals to gamers in focus tests, which the corporation values for more than historical accuracy or cultural sensitivity.
• Steve Gerkin: On top of that, Abstergo is committed to providing quality tutoring through our Animus line of games. We've commissioned several schools and celebrities to try out an Abstergo education and do you know what? They've endorsed it!
• Erudito: For a huge payoff. Celebrity endorsements are one of the many marketing tactics which offer so-called 'added values' to consumers.
• Stacy French: Thank you Michael, Katie, and Arnold!
• Steve Gerkin: So you'd be doing a good thing passing it to your friends, or your friends' kids. It's educational!
• Erudito: They want you to be the gateway... Or worse.
• Steven Gerkin: Now we'll let you get back to playing. Have fun!
• Stacy French: Have fun.
• Thomas Fournier: Have fun.
• Suzuki Fumito: Have fun.

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THE BEAR_Hack

Kuruk left his homeland and traveled east when his elder brother was made chieftain of his tribe. This skilled warrior learned to create deadly weapons of his own design to remarkable effectiveness. His great strength and hot temper made him a force to be reckoned with. (It's not clear whether this dude fought for the Assassins or Templars, but he was a grunt. Nothing more.)

THE CARPENTER_Hack

The personification of the Irish working man, O'Brien traveled to America to start a new life, escaping his homeland where {{his liberties where under}}> the Templars poised a constant threat. A man of few words he was, at heart, peaceful, but years of persecution at the hands of the {{British}}> Templars conditioned him to violence.

(Reason enough to side with the Brotherhood...Classic! I call bluff on this cat_-_-_)

THE COMMANDER_Hack

A {{capable}}> ruthless military officer. Commander Davenport was one of the finest strategists of his time. Though he {{appeared to be}}> was cold and calculating, he demonstrated a fierce devotion to the {{men}}> Templars he led. Focusing only on the war against the Assassins and his duty to the Order, he had no idea that his own daughter his among his ranks.

(Oh he knew. Records indicate that the outfit she was part of was only sent on the most sensitive missions—to serve Templar interests.)

THE HESSIAN_Hack

One of the many thousands of German troops sent to the New World to fight for the British, von Stantten stood out in his appetite for war and devotion to the Templar Order. With virtually no personality to speak of, this man was an unstoppable killing machine who carried out his orders to the letter, never considering the possibility of defeat. (The Headless Horseman was supposedly a Hessian. Just saying..._-_-_)

THE HUNTSMAN_Hack

A man of privilege, de Saint-Prix was born to an aristocratic French family and received the best education. He was particularly adept at science and literature, and gained the knowledge to both design his own weapons and fighting style. Though he was shunned by the revolutionaries for his noble beginnings, his wit and courage earned him the respect of his Assassin compatriots.

(Ah now this is great. This dude is VERY well known within the Brotherhood. He was sent to America on his 17th birthday to fight for the cause, and his actions against the Templars earned him the admiration of his American Brothers. Respect. _-_-_)

THE INDEPENDENT_Hack

Alsoomse (which translates into English as "independent", in case you were wondering) gained this exceedingly fitting name as a child, because she was a very solitary girl. As she got older, Alsoomse, a true champion of truth, justice, and the Native American way became widely known for her {{determination}}> violent temper and fearlessness, willing to die for what she believed in.—freeing America of the Templars, no doubt.

(Best underdog story I've heard in a long time. Too bad it's completely fabricated.)

THE LADY MAVERICK_Hack

An {{orphan}}> parent killer who grew up on the streets with her little brother (whom she eventually traded for a can of beans), this strong, driven woman managed to survive the unforgiving frontier of the New World. Coupled with her street smarts, her natural talent for seduction has "earned her the favors" of some of the most influential {{politicians}}> Templars of her day.

(Gillian wasn't the first woman to "embrace" the Templars' cause.)

THE MOUNTEBANK_Hack

A learned man of science, Dr. Wolcott thrived on the acquisition of knowledge and power. He had a particular fascination with biology, medicine and the {{inner workings of the human body}}> occult; so much so that it was rumored he had devised an elixir potent enough to keep his Templar patients alive well beyond traditional medicine’s capabilities. (I wonder if Wolcott's research was based on Flamel's work...I bet Giovanni and Maria would know!)

THE NIGHT STALKER_Hack

This {{mentally unhinged}}> extraordinary man was known to stalk the streets of New York by night. Rumor had it that he worked as a mercenary for a secret organization (AKA the Assassin Brotherhood), though {{coin}}> justice was his only true motivation. His "Joe" moniker came from the name called out by one of his Templar victims just seconds before he died, though no one ever uncovered this murderer's true identity. (Can't argue with the last sentence... They call themselves Assassins for a reason.)

(Urban legend at its best. "Joe the Ripper"? Come on!)

THE PIONEER_Hack

The only girl in a family of ten, Burke (or "Calamity Mily", as I like to call her _-_-_) learned the meaning of hard work and sacrifice at a very young age. Growing up, she had trouble adjusting to the modesty required of her gender (God bless her soul!), and when the {{war}}> Order took the lives of her father and brothers, she forsook her claim and began to search for answers, killing {{anyone}}> the Templars she deemed responsible for the loss of her family.

(Evidence suggests that Calamity Mily never joined the Brotherhood, but she certainly was one of their most trusted allies in 18th century America.)

THE PREACHER_Hack

Driven by an unwavering faith, Padre Federico's unsettling charisma hid the obsessive need to cleanse the land of Assassin sinners (A real Templar poster boy _-_-_). He would deal death as quickly as forgiveness, and never hesitated to hang {{those he deemed heretics}}> who fought for the Brotherhood.

(I'm sure the Templars had this dude in their pockets. No doubt they admired such blind faith.)

THE RED COAT_Hack

An English army brat, Eleanor's life was heavily regimented in military fashion by her Templar father, Commander Matthew Davenport. Her devotion to {{her country}}> the Order was so absolute that she concealed her true identity in order to fight {{alongside her father's men}}> the Assassins.

(Young, strong, malleable: just the fascist's type the Templars like.)

THE ROBBER_Hack

Like his older sister, Gillian, (C'mon Gillian and Fillan [sic]... :S) Fillian McCarthy learned everything he knew from the streets. While Gillian manipulated her way up the social ladder, he broke ties with her after she sided with the Templars and made his own way into the world. Able to take care of himself, his only loyalty was to his next meal.

(And perhaps to the Brotherhood...but that remains unclear—he could have been just a pawn of the Assassins.)

THE SHARPSHOOTER_Hack

After witnessing his friends being burned alive by Templars, Garret joined the Revolutionary War and the Assassins. Exceptionally skilled with firearms, he guarded the woodland roadways with deadly efficiency.

(Did all Assassins suffer a tragic loss prior to joining the gang? Guess you have to be mentally unstable to be inducted into the Brotherhood. _-_-_)

THE SILENT SHADOW_Hack

Raised in seclusion by his Assassin father, away from his own people, Krynn was trained in the art of {{hunting}}> murder. He lived a quiet, {{peaceful}}> secret life until he found his father slain by a {{British}}> Templar raiding party. Hungry for revenge and seeking those responsible, he made the Templar-controlled cities of the new comers his hunting grounds. (Your deadly neighborhood Assassin _-_-_)

THE STRONG MAN_Hack

When news of his southern kin’s plight reached his land, this Inuit Chief traveled countless miles south to aid the revolutionaries and defend his people. He was deceptively fast and agile for a man his size, and especially dangerous at close range.

(Yeah...end-eye-roll...I wonder from which bad screenplay this one comes form. Who at Abstergo came up with that sh—?)

THE COYOTE MAN_Hack

This anti-social warrior was both feared and respected in his land. Though he may not have been interested in social interaction, he would fight tooth and nail to defend {{his village}}> Templar interests. He was considered the best Assassin hunter on the American eastern coast, and it is even said he once killed a {{bear}}> mentor with his bare hands. (Won deadliest Templar Guerilla Award five times in a row! _-_-_)

THE GOVERNOR_Hack

As a key contributor to the Revolution, de Galvez dealt a devastating blow to the British army in America, which made him a prime target for the {{red coats}}> Templars. (Bernardo de Galvez was named governor of Louisiana in 1777. Interestingly, he's mentioned here, but not once in Abstergo's other propaganda project set in New Orleans. I wonder why...)

THE HIGHLANDER_Hack

When {{ruined in}}> exiled from his home country, McGill travelled to the New World with only the clothes on his back and a sword at his side. An accomplished warrior, he cared not for the revolutionaries and event less for the British, but would fight for the {{highest bidder}}> Assassins to thwart the Templars' ambitions in America. (There are some orally passed folk tales of a man dubbed red Rage Duncan. I wonder if this is him.)