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Assassin's Creed, also known as Assassin's Creed – Cycle 1 is a series of graphic novels consisting of six volumes, originally launched in French on 11 November 2009 by Ubisoft's publishing division, Les Deux Royaumes. It was later translated and published in English by Titan Books in 2012.

While the present events taking place in the series have been deemed as non-canon by Ubisoft, the past events featuring the Assassin ancestors are canon.

A second cycle to be published by Les Deux Royaumes was announced in 2016 with a different creative team.

Series

The series have been organized into two trilogies consisting of:

The Ankh of Isis Trilogy

Main article: Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy

Consisting of Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond, Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus and Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter, The Ankh of Isis Trilogy is an alternate take on the story of Desmond Miles and his search for an ancient artifact, called the Ankh.

The first volume, Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond was primarily based on the story-lines of Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II. The next two volumes, Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus and Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter shifted focus to a completely original story-line based on the titular characters, Aquilus and Accipiter, with elements from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood mixed in.

Title	Publication date	Hardcover
Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond	November 11, 2009 (FR) October 30, 2012 (US)	Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy November 5, 2013 (US)^[1]
Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus	November 12, 2010 (FR) October 30, 2012 (US)
Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter	November 10, 2011 (FR) October 30, 2012 (US)

The Hawk Trilogy

Main article: Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy

Consisting of Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk, Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr and Assassin's Creed 6: Leila, the second trilogy in the series focused on two new characters, a new modern day Assassin by the name of Jonathan Hawk and his Egyptian ancestor, Numa Al'Khamsin.

The Hawk Trilogy centers around Jonathan Hawk, a member of the modern day Assassin cell based in London, who relives the memories of his Egyptian ancestor Numa Al'Khamsin, in order to locate the Scepter of Aset. In contrast to The Ankh of Isis Trilogy, The Hawk Trilogy offered a completely original modern day story, contradicting little established events from the games.

Title	Publication date	Hardcover
Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk	November 16, 2012 (FR) November 12, 2013 (US)	Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy November 5, 2013 (US)^[2]
Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr	October 31, 2013 (FR) November 18, 2014 (US)
Assassin's Creed 6: Leila	October 31, 2014 (FR) November 17, 2015 (US)

Trivia

While the first comic shared enough discrepancies with the games to suggest it was not canon to the series, the second comic, Aquilus was confirmed by Ubisoft to be part of the Assassin's Creed universe, both in the Universe video and in the Encyclopedia. However, the third comic, Accipiter did not seem to be part of the canon; while it had some similarities to Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood it was a completely original story with no references to Ezio Auditore da Firenze's time in Rome, and with the modern-day Assassins searching for the Ankh instead of the Apple of Eden.
The events surrounding the Ankh are obliquely referenced in Assassin's Creed: Rogue which includes a nod to the comics' non-canon modern-day storyline.
A major contradiction of the first comic was that Subject 16 was alive. Official guidebooks for Assassin's Creed stated that Abstergo's doctors "were too late to save him" after he cut a vein to produce the messages seen by Desmond Miles through Eagle Vision and it was explicitly stated by Alexandre Amancio that Subject 16 was physically dead. Lucy Stillman appeared to act uncaring towards him and was irritated by his presence later in the first comic, which contradicted greatly to the visible guilt and grief she showed about him during the games. While the original French edition of the first volume gave his name as "Michael", the English translation changed it to "Clay".
Another point that differed from the games was that the Apples of Eden were called "Spheres".
The drawings shown in Desmond's room bore no resemblance to those of the game.
The progression into Assassin's Creed II's main events via the modern-day Assassins and Animus greatly differed, some characters being entirely omitted as of the first comic.
There was also a contradiction in that Aquilus' memories were relived after his child's conception, even to the point of his own death — something that genetic memory constraints should not allow.
Lucy is depicted as a very different character in this series than she is in the games. For instance, she showed a much colder side rather than the calm and empathetic personality that she displayed in the games - to the point that Desmond jokingly called her "Ice Queen", although she did lighten up as the series progressed, developing into a character much closer to that of the games. Her feelings for Desmond were also less ambiguous than they were in the games, with the two actually kissing at one point. Lucy was also shown to not be a Templar double agent like in the games and was, in fact, nearly killed while trying to protect Desmond when the Templars found them in Monteriggioni.

Gallery

References

[1] BookDepository.com: Assassin's Creed: The Ankh of Isis Trilogy

[2] BookDepository.com: Assassin's Creed: The Hawk Trilogy

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Assassin's Creed'' (Les Deux Royaumes comics)}}
-[[File:Assassin'sCreedIDesmondCover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"Assassin's Creed vol. I: Desmond" Cover]]
-In November 2009 alongside the release of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', an '''Assassin's Creed Graphic Novel''' that is currently-French only was released. It spans [[Desmond]]'s time before ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', and into the second game itself. However, it is unlikely the story itself in Canon with in-game events, specifically with the opening scenes of ''Assassin's Creed II'' and characters such as [[Subject 16]]'s appearance. The only released book at present is known as "Assassin's Creed vol. I: Desmond", which alludes to more books to come in the series; however nothing has been confirmed.
+{{Era|FC|RW}}
-==Plot==
+{{Revamp}}
-The novel begins at a Psychiatric Hospital known as St. Erembert. Supervisors are rounding up patient at the end of the day, and notice somebody is missing; said person is shortly discovered dead. As a supervisor panics and calls for help, he is assaulted by a man who calls himself [[Subject 16]]. He then proceeds to climb over a wall and execute a [[Leap of Faith]], and his fate is otherwise unknown until later into the novel.
+{{Comic Infobox
+|image = Assassin'sCreedIDesmondCover.jpg
+|Writer = [[Eric Corbeyran]]
+|Penciller = [[Djilalli Defali]]
+|Colorist = [[Alexis Sentenac]] {{c|1-3}}<br>
+[[Cyril Vincent]] {{c|4-6}}
+|Publisher = [[Les Deux Royaumes]] {{c|[[France|FR]]}}<br/>[[Titan Comics|Titan Books]] {{c|[[United States|US]]}}
+|Start Date = November 11, 2009 {{c|FR}}<br />October 30, 2012 {{c|US}}
+|End Date = October 31, 2014 {{c|FR}}<br />November 17, 2015 {{c|US}}
+|Genre = Historical Fiction
+|Format = Graphic novel
+}}
+'''''Assassin's Creed''''', also known as '''''Assassin's Creed'' – Cycle 1''' is a series of graphic novels consisting of six volumes, originally launched in French on 11 November 2009 by [[Ubisoft]]'s publishing division, [[Les Deux Royaumes]]. It was later translated and published in English by [[Titan Books]] in 2012.
+While the present events taking place in the series have been deemed as non-canon by Ubisoft, the past events featuring the [[Assassins|Assassin]] ancestors are canon.
-The plot then moves onto an Assassin traveling to a town on horseback in what appears to be Roman times, introducing himself as "Aquilus, son of Lucius". He then proceeds to speak to the leader of the town about various matters, but is then stabbed in the gut and seemingly dies. The scene then moves to Desmond at [[Abstergo]]'s labs, who was living the previous experience via the [[Animus]] as [[Vidic]] and various Abstergo executives watch. [[Lucy]] then interrupts, insisting that Desmond should take a rest. The executives unwillingly oblige.
+A [[Assassin's Creed: Conspirations|second cycle]] to be published by Les Deux Royaumes was announced in 2016 with a different creative team.
-The executives then have a meeting inside the Conference Room, discussing things such as the Animus Project before moving onto discussing Subject 16; he is shown as a large, bald-headed man in medical-like garment upon the Animus. Things seem to be running smoothly, before he screams in terror and violently awakes from the Animus, ripping open his shirt and tracking his nails violently down his face. He assaults Lucy and Vidic, and it is apparantly "10 Minutes before security arrived and sedated him.". In these 10 minutes, 16 is seen writing atomic structures of elements and other such drawings on the floors from the blood pouring down his face. He is sedated and strapped down to the bed in the adjoining room, however, for reasons unknown, he was found naked and bleeding on the floor in the morning, the [[Cryptic Messages]] seen in both games having been drawn on the walls and floor. It is mentioned he lived though, as seen at the beginning of the novel.
+==Series==
-Desmond is then seen awaking in said room, seemingly a short period of time after his capture by Abstergo; he is awakened by Lucy inserting a syringe of some kind into his arm. After a brief introduction and conversation, Lucy suggests Desmond gets some sleep. While sleeping, Desmond dreams of his capture by Abstergo; Lucy is seen at the bar ("L' Horizon") Desmond worked at, and is seen flirting and making conversation with him. After hours, they head back to an apartment and proceed to have drinks. However, Lucy has slipped a sedative into Desmond's and he proceeds to pass out. Desmond then awakes, and demands answers from Lucy and Vidic, however Vidic sedates him and he falls back into slumber. He is then taken back to the Animus, in which he relives [[Altair]]'s assassination of [[Tamir]] during [[Assassin's Creed]], a brief encounter with [[Malik]] (however seemingly before the events at [[Solomon's Temple]], they share a friendship) and the final encounter with [[Al Mualim]]. Vidic views a hologram of the World Map seen in the ending of Assassin's Creed, is pleased, and then leaves after having a brief confrontation with Lucy. Desmond awakes, and is stunned to discover blood messages written all over the floors and walls of both the lab and his room. (However these messages look nothing like the ones seen in-game.)
+The series have been organized into two trilogies consisting of:
+===''The Ankh of Isis Trilogy''===
-The events of the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]] then occur; Lucy finds Desmond, enters him into the Animus for a few short minutes and they make their escape via the Parking Lot. When they arrive at the seemingly identical warehouse however, they are confronted by an ally known as Tom, with no sight nor mention of [[Shaun]] or [[Rebecca]]. They discuss plans, before a man in a leather jacket arrives, greeting them and announcing his escape from St. Erembert; Subject 16. Lucy addresses him as Michael, they argue over whether it should be him or Desmond deserving to be put into the Animus based on their heritage, which Michael claims to be superior much to the denial of Lucy and Tom. He finally produces a [[Hidden Blade]] and moves to attack Desmond, before being knocked-out by Lucy; who tells Tom to find somewhere for Michael where he can neither harm others nor himself. The scene then shifts to Desmond in an Animus almost identical to Abstergo's, in a dark smoky lab, surrounded by Lucy and various Scientists. He then enters Ezio's memories, and the novel ends.
+{{Main|Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy}}
+Consisting of ''[[Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]'', ''The Ankh of Isis Trilogy'' is an alternate take on the story of [[Desmond Miles]] and his search for an [[Pieces of Eden|ancient artifact]], called the [[Ankh]].
+The first volume, ''Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond'' was primarily based on the story-lines of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. The next two volumes, ''Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus'' and ''Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter'' shifted focus to a completely original story-line based on the titular characters, [[Aquilus]] and [[Accipiter]], with elements from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' mixed in.
+{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
+! width="5%" |'''Title'''
+! width="5%" |'''Publication date'''
+! width="5%" |'''Hardcover'''
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond]]''||November 11, 2009 {{c|FR}}<br />October 30, 2012 {{c|US}}||rowspan="3"|<center>[[File:TheAnkhOfIsisTrilogy.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy]]''<br />November 5, 2013 {{c|US}}<ref>[https://www.bookdepository.com/Assassin-s-Creed---The-Ankh-of-Isis-Trilogy/9781781163436 BookDepository.com: Assassin's Creed: The Ankh of Isis Trilogy]</ref></center>
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''|| November 12, 2010 {{c|FR}}<br />October 30, 2012 {{c|US}}
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''|| November 10, 2011 {{c|FR}}<br />October 30, 2012 {{c|US}}
+|}
+===''The Hawk Trilogy''===
+{{Main|Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy}}
+Consisting of ''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed 6: Leila]]'', the second trilogy in the series focused on two new characters, a new [[Modern times|modern day]] Assassin by the name of [[Jonathan Hawk]] and his [[Egypt]]ian ancestor, [[Numa Al'Khamsin]].
+''The Hawk Trilogy'' centers around Jonathan Hawk, a member of the modern day Assassin cell based in [[London]], who relives the [[Genetic memory|memories]] of his Egyptian ancestor Numa Al'Khamsin, in order to locate the [[Scepter of Aset]]. In contrast to ''The Ankh of Isis Trilogy'', ''The Hawk Trilogy'' offered a completely original modern day story, contradicting little established events from the games.
+{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
+! width="5%" |'''Title'''
+! width="5%" |'''Publication date'''
+! width="5%" |'''Hardcover'''
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''||November 16, 2012 {{c|FR}}<br />November 12, 2013 {{c|US}}||rowspan="3"|<center>[[File:TheHawkTrilogy.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Assassin's Creed – The Hawk Trilogy]]''<br />November 5, 2013 {{c|US}}<ref>[https://www.bookdepository.com/Assassins-Creed-Eric-Corbeyran/9781785653889?ref=grid-view&qid=1574685442668&sr=1-3 BookDepository.com: Assassin's Creed: The Hawk Trilogy]</ref></center>
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr]]''|| October 31, 2013 {{c|FR}}<br />November 18, 2014 {{c|US}}
+|-
+|''[[Assassin's Creed 6: Leila]]''|| October 31, 2014 {{c|FR}}<br />November 17, 2015 {{c|US}}
+|}
 ==Trivia==
+*While the first comic shared enough discrepancies with the games to suggest it was not canon to the series, the second comic, ''Aquilus'' was confirmed by Ubisoft to be part of the ''Assassin's Creed'' universe, both in the Universe video and in the Encyclopedia. However, the third comic, ''Accipiter'' did not seem to be part of the canon; while it had some similarities to ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' it was a completely original story with no references to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s time in [[Rome]], and with the [[modern times|modern-day Assassins]] searching for the Ankh instead of the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]].
-[[Video:Assassin's Creed : Desmond - Trailer de la bande dessinée|thumb|300px|right|Trailer for the bande dessinée version of the novel]]
+*The events surrounding the Ankh are [[AE files:The Ankh|obliquely referenced]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' which includes a nod to the comics' non-canon modern-day storyline.
-*It is very much doubted that this Novel is canon to the game at all. The biggest contradiction is that Subject 16 is alive; the official guidebooks for the game state that Abstergo's doctors "were too late to save him" after he cuts a vein to produce the messages seen by Desmond's [[Eagle Vision]]. Lucy seems to react extremely uncaring and annoyed by his presence later in the novel, which contradicts greatly to the visible guilt and grief she shows about him during the games. As well as this, the progression into ''Assassin's Creed II'''s main events via the [[Modern Times]]'s Assassins and Animus are entirely different.
+*A major contradiction of the first comic was that [[Clay Kaczmarek|Subject 16]] was alive. Official guidebooks for ''Assassin's Creed'' stated that [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]]'s [[doctors]] "were too late to save him" after he cut a vein to produce the [[Cryptic Messages|messages]] seen by Desmond Miles through [[Eagle Vision]] and it was explicitly stated by [[Alexandre Amancio]] that Subject 16 was physically dead. [[Lucy Stillman]] appeared to act uncaring towards him and was irritated by his presence later in the first comic, which contradicted greatly to the visible guilt and grief she showed about him during the games. While the original French edition of the first volume gave his name as "Michael", the English translation changed it to "Clay".
-*The novel is only available in French-language in Canada, and France.
+*Another point that differed from the games was that the [[Apples of Eden]] were called "Spheres".
-*The novel is available in bookstores at an RRP of $23.95 (Canadian Dollars), and also as an iPhone/iPod Touch application via the iTunes store.
+*The drawings shown in Desmond's room bore no resemblance to those of the game.
+*The progression into ''Assassin's Creed II''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main events via the modern-day Assassins and [[Animus]] greatly differed, some characters being entirely omitted as of the first comic.
+*There was also a contradiction in that Aquilus' memories were relived after his child's conception, even to the point of his own death — something that genetic memory constraints should not allow.
+*Lucy is depicted as a very different character in this series than she is in the games. For instance, she showed a much colder side rather than the calm and empathetic personality that she displayed in the games - to the point that Desmond jokingly called her "Ice Queen", although she did lighten up as the series progressed, developing into a character much closer to that of the games. Her feelings for Desmond were also less ambiguous than they were in the games, with the two actually kissing at one point. Lucy was also shown to not be a [[Templars|Templar]] double agent like in the games and was, in fact, nearly killed while trying to protect Desmond when the Templars found them in [[Monteriggioni]].
+==Gallery==
+<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
+Desmond Backcover.jpeg|''Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond'' full cover.
+Aquilus Backcover.jpeg|''Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus'' full cover.
+Accipiter Backcover.jpeg|''Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter'' full cover.
+Tome4hawk.jpg|''Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk'' cover.
+CakrCover.jpg|''Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr'' cover.
+Leilacover.jpg|''Assassin's Creed 6: Leila'' cover.
+Assassin's creed characters (French comics books) by Krystel.jpg|Concept art of Aquilus and Numa Al'Khamsin.
+</gallery>
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{ACFC}}
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+[[pt-br:Assassin's Creed - Ciclo 1]]
+[[ru:Assassin's Creed - Цикл 1]]
+[[Category:Assassin's Creed series]]
+[[Category:Real world comics]]
+[[Category:Assassin's Creed (French comics)| ]]