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|date = 1757 - 1763 |
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|place = *[[Davenport Homestead]] |
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+ | *Near-extermination of the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins]] |
| + | *[[Mentor]] [[Achilles Davenport]] forced into exile at the [[Davenport Homestead]] |
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| + | **[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] {{c|[[Haytham Kenway]]}} |
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| − | The '''Colonial Assassin purge''' (1757 - 1763) was a full-scale assault on the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] in the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] by the [[Colonial Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Rite]] of the Templar Order, led by [[Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]]. |
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| + | The '''Great Purge'''<ref name="ACINFO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Infographics]]''</ref> (1757–1763) was a full-scale assault by the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templars]] under their [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] against the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Assassins]] in the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]]. With the Templars greatly aided by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] turncoat [[Shay Cormac]], the Colonial Brotherhood was effectively destroyed, reduced to its [[Mentor]] [[Achilles Davenport]] and a mere handful of members, and would not return to its former strength until almost two decades later during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Haytham's arrival=== |
===Haytham's arrival=== |
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| − | + | Following their founding in 1746,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "All Over the World"</ref> the Colonial Brotherhood under their Mentor Achilles Davenport rapidly expanded their influence. By 1752, they controlled a number of [[fort]]s and settlements along [[North America]]'s [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast and maintained their hold through the use of [[gang]]s as enforcers. The Assassins also possessed an established network of spies and allies. As such, they were more powerful than the [[Templars]] in the area.<ref name="ACRG">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue''</ref> |
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| + | From 1752 to 1754, the high-ranking Templars [[Lawrence Washington]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[By Invitation Only]]</ref> [[Samuel Smith]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[One Little Victory]]</ref> and [[James Wardrop]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[We the People]]</ref> were [[Assassination|assassinated]] by the young Assassin Shay Cormac after they stole the [[Precursor box]] and [[Voynich manuscript]] from the [[Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins|local Assassins]] in [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] following the [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Lessons and Revelations]]</ref> |
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| + | [[File:ACIII-BraddockExpedition 3.png|thumb|left|250px|The newly-formed Colonial Rite]] |
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| ⚫ | In 1754, Haytham arrived in the [[Americas]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Journey to the New World]]</ref> and established a Colonial Rite independent from the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]] as its first Grand Master.<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[The Braddock Expedition (memory)]]</ref> The nascent Templars quickly came into conflict with the well-established Assassins. Beginning as a proxy war between the Templars and [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] recruited by the Assassins, the conflict escalated when the two factions sided with opposing [[Europe]]an powers during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="ACRG"/> |
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===Turning the tide=== |
===Turning the tide=== |
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| + | [[File:Bravado 7.png|thumb|250px|Shay killing Adéwalé]] |
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+ | From 1757 onward, the disillusioned former Assassin Shay Cormac helped the Templars track down and kill several of his former comrades, including the high-ranking Assassins [[Kesegowaase]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Scars]]</ref> [[Hope Jensen]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Caress of Steel]]</ref> and [[Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye|Chevalier de la Vérendrye]].<ref name="ColdFire">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Cold Fire]]</ref> In addition to his former brethren, Shay also eliminated [[Adéwalé]], a legendary member of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|Caribbean Brotherhood]].<ref name="Bravado">''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Bravado]]</ref> |
| − | Shay also used his ship |
+ | Shay also used his [[ship]] ''[[Morrigan]]'', a heavily modified {{Wiki|sloop-of-war}}, to cripple the Assassin navy. Among the ships which fell victim to his actions were Adéwalé's vessel the ''[[Experto Crede]]'',<ref name="Bravado"/> the [[Man O' War]] ''[[Gerfaut]]'' captained by Chevalier de la Vérendrye,<ref name="ColdFire"/> and the Assassins' flagship ''[[Storm Fortress]]''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[The Storm Fortress]]</ref> Shay also eliminated seven Assassin-allied gangs within [[New York City]], liberated many forts in the [[River Valley]] and along the Atlantic coast, intercepted a number of [[assassination contracts]], and killed any [[stalker]]s sent after him personally, weakening the Assassin presence further.<ref name="ACRG"/> |
| + | [[File:Non Nobis Domine 18.png|thumb|left|250px|Haytham and Shay sparing Achilles' life]] |
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| ⚫ | In 1760, in a battle at the [[Arctic Temple]] in the [[Arctic Ocean|Arctic]], the Brotherhood's leadership was broken. The Assassin [[Liam O'Brien]] was killed and Haytham crippled Achilles. Thereafter, the Brotherhood's influence in the Colonies was severely diminished and they were left on the brink of destruction, while the Templars' power continued to grow. Confident that he was no longer a threat, the Templars spared Achilles' life on the condition that the Assassins stop searching for more [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)|Temples]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' – [[Non Nobis Domine]]</ref> |
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| + | ===Final assault=== |
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| − | Furthermore, Shay also eliminated seven Assassin-allied gangs in [[New York City|New York]], liberated several forts in the [[River Valley]] and along the Atlantic coast, intercepted several Assassins during their [[Assassination contracts|missions]], and killed a number of [[stalkers]] sent after him personally, weakening the Assassin presence further.<ref name="ACRG"/> |
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| ⚫ | In 1763,<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Database: Achilles Davenport]]</ref> three years after the Assassins' defeat at the Arctic, the Templars launched their final attack on the [[Davenport Homestead]], killing all of the remaining Assassins save for Achilles<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Database: Davenport Homestead]]</ref> and [[Robert Faulkner]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Database: Robert Faulkner]]</ref> Convinced that the lone Mentor no longer posed any threat, the Templars spared Achilles' life again, this time on the condition that he give up life as an Assassin. |
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| + | However, some Assassins like [[Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr.]] survived by going into hiding.<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[Something on the Side]]</ref> The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Pierre Bellec]], who was training in the colonies at the time, left for [[France]] before the Templars could claim his life.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Pierre Bellec]]</ref> Nevertheless, the ruthless acts ordered by Haytham during the purge had a lasting effect on Bellec, who later claimed to his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]] [[Arno Dorian]] that he had seen Templars "put entire villages to the [[sword]], just for the chance of killing one Assassin".<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Confrontation]]</ref> These experiences deepened his hatred for the Templars and made him resistant to the very idea of truces proposed by Mentor [[Mirabeau]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Graduation (Unity)|Graduation]]</ref> or Arno.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[A Cautious Alliance]]</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 1760, in a battle at |
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| + | [[File:ACIII-BoorishMan 3.png|thumb|250px|Achilles in self-imposed exile]] |
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| + | A depressed and embittered Achilles spent the next six years in isolation at his manor, allowing it to fall into disrepair. It was not until the arrival of Haytham's son [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] that the Colonial Brotherhood would rise from the ashes.<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' – [[A Boorish Man]]</ref> Under Achilles' training, Ratonhnhaké:ton would go on to exterminate most of the Colonial Templars and rebuild the Colonial Brotherhood during the American Revolutionary War.<ref>''Assassin's Creed III''</ref> |
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+ | ==Behind the scenes== |
| + | The Great Purge is an event that was first indirectly mentioned in the 2012 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', occurring off-screen during the time skip from players controlling Haytham in 1755 to playing as a young Ratonhnhaké:ton in 1769. Further vague details are provided by the Assassin historian [[Shaun Hastings]] in some of the [[database]] entries, but the purge would not be depicted until the 2014 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'', where it serves as the main focus for the latter half of the story. Even then, the purge's final stages are not shown due to Shay leaving for Europe in 1760, and it would not be named until the release of the 2017 French artbook ''[[Assassin's Creed: Infographics]]'', which reuses the name of the 2000 global Assassin purge depicted in the 2010–2011 [[Ubiworkshop]] comic ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''. |
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| ⚫ | In 1763, three years after the Assassins' defeat at the Arctic, the Templars launched their final attack on the [[Davenport Homestead]], killing all the remaining Assassins |
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| + | ==Appearances== |
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| − | However, some Assassins survived the purge, such as [[Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr.|Benjamin Tallmadge]] who went into hiding,<ref name="AC3"/> or [[Pierre Bellec]] who was training in the colonies, but left for [[France]] shortly before the attack happened.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> After having spent six years in isolation at the manor until the arrival of Haytham's son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], Achilles decided to train the boy, beginning to rebuild the Colonial Brotherhood.<ref name="AC3"/> |
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| + | *''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1stm}} {{Imo}} |
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| + | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}} |
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| + | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{1st}} |
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| + | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Mo}} |
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| + | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Imo}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Timeline}} |
{{Timeline}} |
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[[Category:Assassin purges]] |
[[Category:Assassin purges]] |
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[[Category:Templar conspiracies]] |
[[Category:Templar conspiracies]] |
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| + | [[Category:Timeline]] |
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| + | [[Category:French and Indian War]] |
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| + | [[Category:Seven Years' War]] |
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| + | [[Category:Assassin-Templar War]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 29 January 2024
| This article is about the Colonial Assassins' purge. You may be looking for the global purge. |
The Great Purge[1] (1757–1763) was a full-scale assault by the Colonial Templars under their Grand Master Haytham Kenway against the Colonial Assassins in the Thirteen Colonies. With the Templars greatly aided by the Assassin turncoat Shay Cormac, the Colonial Brotherhood was effectively destroyed, reduced to its Mentor Achilles Davenport and a mere handful of members, and would not return to its former strength until almost two decades later during the American Revolutionary War.
History
Haytham's arrival
Following their founding in 1746,[2] the Colonial Brotherhood under their Mentor Achilles Davenport rapidly expanded their influence. By 1752, they controlled a number of forts and settlements along North America's Atlantic coast and maintained their hold through the use of gangs as enforcers. The Assassins also possessed an established network of spies and allies. As such, they were more powerful than the Templars in the area.[3]
From 1752 to 1754, the high-ranking Templars Lawrence Washington,[4] Samuel Smith,[5] and James Wardrop[6] were assassinated by the young Assassin Shay Cormac after they stole the Precursor box and Voynich manuscript from the local Assassins in Saint-Domingue following the 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake.[7]
The newly-formed Colonial Rite
In 1754, Haytham arrived in the Americas[8] and established a Colonial Rite independent from the British Templars as its first Grand Master.[9] The nascent Templars quickly came into conflict with the well-established Assassins. Beginning as a proxy war between the Templars and mercenaries recruited by the Assassins, the conflict escalated when the two factions sided with opposing European powers during the Seven Years' War.[3]
Turning the tide
Shay killing Adéwalé
From 1757 onward, the disillusioned former Assassin Shay Cormac helped the Templars track down and kill several of his former comrades, including the high-ranking Assassins Kesegowaase,[10] Hope Jensen,[11] and Chevalier de la Vérendrye.[12] In addition to his former brethren, Shay also eliminated Adéwalé, a legendary member of the Caribbean Brotherhood.[13]
Shay also used his ship Morrigan, a heavily modified sloop-of-war, to cripple the Assassin navy. Among the ships which fell victim to his actions were Adéwalé's vessel the Experto Crede,[13] the Man O' War Gerfaut captained by Chevalier de la Vérendrye,[12] and the Assassins' flagship Storm Fortress.[14] Shay also eliminated seven Assassin-allied gangs within New York City, liberated many forts in the River Valley and along the Atlantic coast, intercepted a number of assassination contracts, and killed any stalkers sent after him personally, weakening the Assassin presence further.[3]
Haytham and Shay sparing Achilles' life
In 1760, in a battle at the Arctic Temple in the Arctic, the Brotherhood's leadership was broken. The Assassin Liam O'Brien was killed and Haytham crippled Achilles. Thereafter, the Brotherhood's influence in the Colonies was severely diminished and they were left on the brink of destruction, while the Templars' power continued to grow. Confident that he was no longer a threat, the Templars spared Achilles' life on the condition that the Assassins stop searching for more Isu Temples.[15]
Final assault
In 1763,[16] three years after the Assassins' defeat at the Arctic, the Templars launched their final attack on the Davenport Homestead, killing all of the remaining Assassins save for Achilles[17] and Robert Faulkner.[18] Convinced that the lone Mentor no longer posed any threat, the Templars spared Achilles' life again, this time on the condition that he give up life as an Assassin.
However, some Assassins like Benjamin Tallmadge, Sr. survived by going into hiding.[19] The French Assassin Pierre Bellec, who was training in the colonies at the time, left for France before the Templars could claim his life.[20] Nevertheless, the ruthless acts ordered by Haytham during the purge had a lasting effect on Bellec, who later claimed to his apprentice Arno Dorian that he had seen Templars "put entire villages to the sword, just for the chance of killing one Assassin".[21] These experiences deepened his hatred for the Templars and made him resistant to the very idea of truces proposed by Mentor Mirabeau[22] or Arno.[23]
Achilles in self-imposed exile
A depressed and embittered Achilles spent the next six years in isolation at his manor, allowing it to fall into disrepair. It was not until the arrival of Haytham's son Ratonhnhaké:ton that the Colonial Brotherhood would rise from the ashes.[24] Under Achilles' training, Ratonhnhaké:ton would go on to exterminate most of the Colonial Templars and rebuild the Colonial Brotherhood during the American Revolutionary War.[25]
Behind the scenes
The Great Purge is an event that was first indirectly mentioned in the 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III, occurring off-screen during the time skip from players controlling Haytham in 1755 to playing as a young Ratonhnhaké:ton in 1769. Further vague details are provided by the Assassin historian Shaun Hastings in some of the database entries, but the purge would not be depicted until the 2014 video game Assassin's Creed: Rogue, where it serves as the main focus for the latter half of the story. Even then, the purge's final stages are not shown due to Shay leaving for Europe in 1760, and it would not be named until the release of the 2017 French artbook Assassin's Creed: Infographics, which reuses the name of the 2000 global Assassin purge depicted in the 2010–2011 Ubiworkshop comic Assassin's Creed: The Fall.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed III (first mentioned) (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Forsaken (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (indirect mention only)
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Infographics
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "All Over the World"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – By Invitation Only
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – One Little Victory
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – We the People
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Lessons and Revelations
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Journey to the New World
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – The Braddock Expedition (memory)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Scars
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Caress of Steel
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Cold Fire
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Bravado
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – The Storm Fortress
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Non Nobis Domine
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Achilles Davenport
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Davenport Homestead
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Robert Faulkner
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Something on the Side
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Pierre Bellec
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Confrontation
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Graduation
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – A Cautious Alliance
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – A Boorish Man
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III