List of Assassin's Creed characters

The Assassin's Creed media franchise, which primarily consists of a series of open-world action-adventure stealth video games published by Ubisoft, features an extensive cast of characters in its historical fiction and science fiction-based narratives.

By exploring his ancestors' memories, Desmond searches for powerful artifacts called "Pieces of Eden", which are connected to the Isu, a precursor race that created humanity to serve them and went extinct following a catastrophic event tens-of-thousands of years ago.

Following the events of Assassin's Creed III, Abstergo develops a more advanced version of the Animus technology called the Helix, which can explore the genetic memories of any historical individual using their DNA without relying on the user being a direct descendant of them.

Eventually, Desmond is able to reach the Synch Nexus, which allows him to communicate with the Isu Jupiter, who directs him to find the Grand Temple so that he may use the technology inside to save humanity from the solar flare set to hit the Earth in several weeks.

In reality, Vidic had ordered Lucy to extract Desmond to a place where he would feel safe so that he would willingly enter the Animus and facilitate the search for Ezio's Apple of Eden, which Abstergo planned to send to space via satellite in an effort to enslave humanity.

With the help of his father and friends, Desmond relives the memories of his ancestors Haytham Kenway (1725–1781; Kingdom of Great Britain) and Ratonhnhaké:ton / Connor (1756–unknown; Colonial America) using the new Animus 3.0,[2] hoping to find the Key to the Temple's Central Vault, where the solution to stopping the solar flare is located.

[25] During their research, the player character steals and sends back to the Assassins several recordings left by Desmond detailing his initial doubts of leaving the Farm, his acceptance of the role he had been chosen to play, and his love for his parents.

In Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, an e-mail sent by Abstergo Entertainment COO Olivier Garneau reveals that Warren had volunteered as Subject 2 for his Animus Project, where he relived the life of an ancestor in 18th-century Hungary and of one of Joan of Arc's executioners in 1431.

The analyst relives the memories of Edward Kenway to collect footage for an upcoming interactive film, but during their work, they are contacted by John Standish, who persuades them to investigate Abstergo and recover sensitive information on the company, which is then delivered to Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane to help the Assassins.

John Standish (16 August 1975 – 26 November 2013) (voiced by Oliver Milburn) is the head of the IT department at Abstergo Entertainment's Montreal facility and a member of the Instruments of the First Will, a cult of followers of Juno who seek to bring her back to life.

[52] Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1135 – September 1191) (voiced by Peter Renaday),[46] commonly known as Al Mualim (Arabic: "The Teacher") or The Old Man of the Mountain, is based on his real-life counterpart, the Iraqi-born Hashshashin leader in the Syrian town of Masyaf.

At some point in his life, Al Mualim secretly betrays the Brotherhood and helps the Templars find the fabled Apple of Eden, which he seeks for himself, hoping to use its power and knowledge to bring an end to the Crusades and establish worldwide 'peace' by controlling all of humanity.

He invites many Damascan citizens to a grand party at his palace, where all the attendants are killed with poisoned wine or by the guards so that Abu'l Nuqoud may steal their money intended to fund the Saracen army, as well as exact revenge on those who tormented him because of his appearance.

Majd Addin (died 1191) (voiced by Richard Cansino), loosely based on Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, is the Saracen regent of Jerusalem and a member of the Templar Order, who rules the city through fear by making examples out of criminals, whom he executes publicly.

Christoffa Corombo (1451 – 20 May 1506) (voiced by Roger L. Jackson), better known by his anglicized name Christopher Columbus, was an Italian navigator and explorer who famously sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, allowing Europe to discover and begin colonizing the New World; his first voyage, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, was in 1492.

[160] Nick Dinicola from PopMatters noted that while the Templars can produce good leaders, in truth their true goal is to consolidate power for personal gain: Haytham himself is "sympathetic to the plights of those beneath him, but he’s among terrible company: two tyrants and a slave trader".

Benjamin Tallmadge (25 February 1754 – 7 March 1831) was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, as well as a spymaster who organized the Culper Ring spy circle alongside George Washington during the British occupation of New York.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834) (voiced by Vince Corazza), commonly known as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding Patriot troops in several battles.

He is also a member of the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order, and in 1754 is recruited by Haytham and Charles Lee to aid their search for the Isu's Grand Temple, after saving him from the slaver Silas Thatcher (whom Church later kills as revenge for the torture inflicted upon him).

In 1769, de Ferrer, upon returning to Chichen Itza, finally manages to locate an Isu temple containing one piece of an artifact called the Prophecy Disk, but is confronted by Aveline, who infiltrated the worksite disguised as a slave.

In 1720, while sailing as part of Jack Rackham's crew, Mary and her friend Anne Bonny are captured by British authorities and imprisoned in Port Royal, where they are later sentenced to death for piracy, but manage to delay their executions by revealing they're both pregnant.

Edward Thatch (c. 1680 – 22 November 1718) (voiced by Mark Bonnar), better known by his alias Blackbeard, was a famous pirate captain of the Golden Age of Piracy who sailed the West Indies and the American colonies on his ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge.

In 1717, Bonnet, having grown restless with "the tedium of domesticity", decides to abandon his comfortable life as a family man and pursue a career in piracy instead, joining the Pirate Republic of Nassau, where he meets and befriends Edward Thatch.

However, as Edward begins to slowly redeem himself and tries to make amends for his actions by eliminating the Templars and offering his hideout in Great Inagua to the Brotherhood as replacement for the compromised ones, Ah Tabai comes to respect him and see him as a true Assassin.

In the game, Rogers is secretly a member of the West Indies Rite of the Templar Order, being inducted in 1715 by Grand Master Laureano de Torres y Ayala, and is portrayed as a ruthless pirate hunter, wishing to end piracy in the Caribbean at all costs.

In 1716, with the approval of Jamaican governor Archibald Hamilton, Prins expands his slavery operations to Mexico, providing him with British soldiers as bodyguards, where he attempts to capture several Assassins at their hideout in Tulum, but the attack is thwarted by Edward Kenway and Mary Read.

Following Shay's betrayal of the Brotherhood and defection to the Templars, he works to reduce Hope's control over New York's underworld, believing that her gangs pose a threat to the safety of the city's population, and eventually manages to assassinate her in 1759, after manipulating the British Army into attacking her mansion to draw her out.

After the outbreak of the French and Indian War, Kesegowaase and Liam are tasked with eliminating the Templar George Monro, but after failing to kill him during the Siege of Fort William Henry, the former rallies his men and attacks Albany, New York.

After helping Shay locate and kill Chevalier de la Vérendrye in 1760, Cook takes the latter's maps of Newfoundland, which he would later use during his own expeditions in the area, and is promised a sponsorship to fund his voyages to discover new lands by Haytham, ostensibly on behalf of the British government.

They are two very different characters but then again they’re both leading Viking warlords, so the mindset is alike even though one is a hero and the other is portrayed as a self-serving baddie.” Bruun was already well-acquainted with the setting and subject matter of the game due to his Danish heritage and was given books by narrative director Darby McDevitt to aid his research.