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ASSASSINS CREED ROUGE

In late 2014, a Helix research analyst working for at the Abstergo Entertainment headquarters in Montreal had the task of reliving the memories of Shay Cormac, an Assassin-turned-Templar who was active in North America during the Seven Years' War. In the process, the analyst triggered a virus, and the facility was put on alert. After ejecting them from their Animus, Violet da Costa escorted them to Melanie Lemay’s office as the other employees evacuated. While she initially intended to destroy the genetic memories to solve the problem, Juhani Otso Berg intervened, wanting to study them instead. Violet then aided the analyst with reliving Shay’s memories.

In the very first memory, Shay was seen chasing an Assassin in Port-Menier, attempting to attack him, but his target dodged the attack. The Assassin was then revealed to be Liam O'Brien, a friend and compatriot of Shay's. Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of distant cannon fire. The two Assassins reached their camp, where Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye, was waiting for them. 

After an argument and a fistfight against Chevalier, Shay made his way with Liam to the British camp. They killed the soldiers and freed the smugglers taken prisioner. Shay claimed their ship for himself and named it the Morrigan, then took helm and set a course for Chevalier's ship the Gerfaut, which was being attacked by British ships. Shay sank the enemy ships and rescued the Gerfault.

At the Davenport Homestead, Achilles Davenport—Mentor of the Colonial Assassins—witnessed the arrival of Adéwalé. Shay overheard their conversation about the Port-au-Prince earthquake and a Precursor temple which was beneath the city. They added that the Templars had stolen two precious artifacts useful to find other temples—a Manuscript of ancient wisdom, and a box that allows one to understand its language.

 After training under each of his tutors, Liam, Hope Jensen and Kesegowaase, Shay set out with Liam to pursue the high-ranking Templar Lawrence Washington, following a lead regarding the location of the stolen artifacts. Shay assassinated Washington at his Mount Vernon estate, though the artifacts remained in the hands of Templars Samuel Smith and James Wardrop.

Next, Shay assassinated Smith and retrieved the Precursor box, before assassinating Wardrop and retrieving the Manuscript. With both artifacts in hand, Shay traveled to Sleepy Hollow, hoping that the scientist Benjamin Franklin would be able to activate the Precursor box. With his experiment, Franklin successfully activated the box, which projected a map revealing the locations of several Precursor sites, one of which Shay recognized to be in Lisbon. 

With that, Shay was tasked with retrieving the Piece of Eden located in the city. Although Shay managed to find the Piece of Eden beneath Lisbon, the artifact disintegrated upon being removed from its pedestal, causing an earthquake that leveled nearly the entire city, leaving thousands of people homeless, wounded, or dead.

Following the disaster in Lisbon, Shay went to confront his Mentor at the Homestead, believing him to already know the true purpose of the temples, but was sent away by his fellow Assassins. Unwilling to let the Assassins destroy another city, Shay sneaked into the manor to steal the Manuscript, though he was discovered by Achilles. 

After a struggle with his Mentor, Shay fled the Homestead, with his former Assassin allies in pursuit. Eventually, Shay reached a dead end, coming to a stop atop a cliff overlooking the bay, with Liam holding Shay at gunpoint to prevent him from running away again. Walking towards the edge of the cliff, Shay was shot in the back before falling down and plunging into the bay.

Having survived his ordeal, Shay was put under care of Barry and Cassidy Finnegan, whose late son was a Templar agent. After several weeks of recover, he was handed their son's robes and returned his weapons, but no Manuscript. Having learned of the gangs that plagued New York, Shay took down one of their headquarters, following which he became acquainted with Colonel George Monro. 

Later, at Monro's request, Shay rescued Christopher Gist from hanging, and reclaimed his old ship Morrigan from the Assassins. Gist then assembled a new crew and volunteered to fill the position of first mate. Along with Monro, Shay and Gist began working to purge the region of the Assassin influence. Monro, trusting Shay enough, revealed that he found the Manuscript when he found Shay marooned, and returned it to him.

Shay discovered Monro was in trouble in Fort William Henry and decided to come to his aid. He met with Jack Weeks, who informed him that Monro and his men are walking toward an Abenaki ambush. Shay safely escorted Monro and his men through the ambush, but his presence was discovered by Kesegowaase. He later met with his Templar allies, who informed him of Kesegowaase's next attack and their plan to combat it. Shay also returned the Manuscript to Monro's hands, believing it to be safer with him. 

To gain support and sabotage Kesegowaase's plans, Shay saved the Oneida villagers and helped Monro's troops. Having sailed to Albany, Shay and Gist found the city in turmoil, with Monro's troops clashing against Kesegowaase's forces. Shay tracked down and eliminated Kesegowaase, but Monro was assassinated by Liam, who managed to steal the Manuscript and take it back to the Assassins. Following Monro's death, Shay was formally inducted into the Templar Order by Grand Master Haytham Kenway.

Following his induction, Shay informed Haytham about the Temples the Assassins found and the consequences of disturbing them. Their conversation finished, Shay set sail for the North Atlantic, where he would meet with James Cook, a Royal Navy officer. 

They sailed towards Louisbourg and prevented French reinforcements from reaching there. Shay, Haytham and Gist set a course for the River Valley, tracking down Adéwalé. After a naval battle with the Assassin, Shay and Haytham pursued Adéwalé in land. Shay assassinated Adéwalé while the latter was distracted by Haytham, though his death ultimately did little to hamper Achilles' progress.

Shay and the Templars focused on taking down the Assassin-affiliated gangs that plagued New York. Shay and Weeks disguised themselves as gang members and robbed a British fort, setting the British Army towards combating New York's gangs. With the British Army on the Templars' side, Shay set out to locate Hope and assassinate her. 

Shay infiltrated her mansion's grounds, finding Hope and Liam in a warehouse. Spying on their meeting through a skylight, he saw Hope successfully replicating Franklin’s experiment, giving them a new Temple site. While in pursuit of Hope, Shay was poisoned by her. After a lengthy chase through New York, Shay managed to assassinate Hope and take the antidote he needed from her, depriving the gangs of their leader.

Shay set out to uncover the destination of the Assassins' expedition. After obtaining Chevalier's maps, Shay consulted Cook to find him. While tracking him in North Atlantic, they engaged the Gerfaut in naval combat and incapacitated her. Shay assassinated Chevalier, but learned he had only been a distraction, giving Achilles and Liam time to reach the Precursor site.

With the destination of the Assassins' expedition revealed, Shay and Haytham set out to prevent Liam and Achilles from finding and activating the Seismic Temple. At the heart of the Temple, they found Liam and Achilles uncovering the Piece of Eden. While Achilles admitted that he was wrong about the artifact, Liam still condemned Shay for betraying the Brotherhood. 

After a brief struggle, Liam fell back onto the artifact, disturbing the Temple and triggering an earthquake. Shay pursued Liam through the collapsing caverns, while Haytham followed Achilles to a clearing outside. Shay attacked Liam, but their struggle caused the ice platform they were on to break, sending both of them plummeting down onto the ice below. With the last of his strength, Liam handed Shay the Manuscript, before succumbing to the wounds he had sustained from the fall. To honor his friend, Shay raised Liam's hood.

Shay then returned to the shore, where he found Haytham about to kill Achilles, and stopped him, claiming that if he perished, the Assassins would blindly continue their search for the Temples. Haytham agreed with sparing Achilles and made to return to the Morrigan, before turning around and shooting Achilles in the leg, crippling him. 

With the Colonial Assassins destroyed, and their search for the Temples ended, Haytham tasked Shay with finding the Precursor box that Chevalier had sent away. Shay pointed that the box could be anywhere in the world, and that his search could take years. Haytham asked him if he was up to the challenge, to which Shay nodded.

In 1776, Shay’s search for the Precursor box took him to Paris, where he found some criminals chasing Benjamin Franklin. Shay rescued Franklin, and was able to gain access to the Palace of Versailles. He entered the Palace and located the French Assassin Charles Dorian, who was in possession of the box, before discreetly assassinating Charles and taking the box from him. In his dying words, Charles claimed that the American Revolution undid his Templar business in the Americas, to which Shay responded that the Templars should then start a revolution of their own.

After their task was complete, Melanie, Violet and Berg praised the analyst for their work. Berg told the analyst that the data they extracted from Shay Cormac's memories conveyed a message to the modern Assassins, stating that when pressed, what an Assassin truly wants is not freedom, but order. It was then revealed to the analyst that Melanie, Violet and Berg were all members of the Templar Order. 

From there, the analyst was given a choice to join the Templars, or refuse and be killed by Berg. The game fades to black before a choice is made. When the credits end, a new diary entry from the analyst can be viewed, which says that they were given time to make the decision, though they are conflicted on what choice to make. I hope you liked this post and as always have a chileld day from the Viking