- "With these formidable weapons, the advisaries of freedom plan to consolidate their territory, to exploit, to control, and finally to destroy."
- ―John F. Kennedy, 1961.[src]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 – 1963), also known as "Jack" and often abbreviated as "JFK", was the 35th President of the United States.
Biography[]
Kennedy was a supporter of equal rights for all races at the height of the Civil Rights Movement including the ubiquitous right to vote. He also proposed a joint venture to the Moon with the Soviet Union as part of the Apollo program during the early 1960s, despite the hostile mood of East-West relations at the time.[1] Though initially a pawn of the Templars,[2] both of these events marked him as an enemy of Abstergo Industries and the Order.[1] William King Harvey, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Assassin who had secretly defected to the Templars, devised a plan to assassinate Kennedy using the Assassins' Bloodstone Unit. Boris Pash, the Assassin in charge of the Bloodstone Unit, assigned his subordinates to kill Kennedy and recover the President's Apple of Eden.[2]
While driving through Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, Kennedy was assassinated by the Bloodstone Unit's Assassins,[2] while Templar sleeper agent[3] Lee Harvey Oswald was publicly framed for the murder.[1]
In the confusion that ensued, Kennedy's driver, the CIA agent and Assassin William Greer grabbed the President's Apple of Eden.[2][1] Prior to the assassination, Greer had been secretly trained by Abstergo using an Apple of Eden.[1] Furthermore, using yet another Apple of Eden, the Templars made a "phantom" appear on a nearby hill, creating more commotion.[1] While Greer attempted to flee with the Apple, he was stopped by fellow Assassin Alekseï Gavrani, who wanted to disrupt Boris Pash's plans. He stole the Apple from Greer and brought it to William King Harvey, unaware of Harvey's true affiliations.[2]
That same day, Kennedy's Vice President and secret Templar Lyndon B. Johnson was initiated as President of the United States. During Johnson's presidency, the Templars were able to finally use the Apollo program to reach the Moon and retrieve the fifth Apple of Eden from its surface.[1]
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed II (glyphs only)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned in Abstergo Files only)
- Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone (mentioned only)
References[]
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