6) Connor Kenway
Connor Kenway isn’t a bad character, he’s just got two big problems he can’t avoid: he’s in one the most divisive Assassin’s Creeds ever, and he’s coming immediately off the heels of Ezio’s arc wrapping up from birth to death. Whoever followed up after Signore Auditore wasn’t going to be favored well, the young Kenway just drew the short end of the stick.
Throughout his whole life Connor is just a good guy caught in increasingly bad situations that he can’t find himself to get out of. His family taken from him at a young age by Charles Lee fueled his desire for revenge and justice, making him the closest to Batman the series can get without a lawsuit on Ubisoft’s hands. The world conspires to break him by having his Mohawk friends ally with Lee and his father turn out to be a massive dick, but Connor keeps on trucking. He’s dickish himself, but it’s more than earned with his life constantly falling apart around him. Connor is a survivor, and he’s just doing the best he can.
