The Helix Initiate
Assassin’s Creed Full Story
Although Desmond dies in the temple, his legacy lives on. Abstergo recovers Desmond’s body and harvests his DNA. Conveniently, Abstergo scientists discover a means for someone to relive the ancestry of anyone else. So the company begins hiring workers who are tasked with searching through genetic memories for Pieces of Eden.
One such worker is ordered to relive the memories of Edward Kenway. Through the pirate’s adventures, they discover the existence of Sages, beings who are the same person reincarnating every few hundred years. These Sages seem drawn to Juno, and the worker even discovers that one of Abstergo’s maintenance guys is the current Sage in the present day. The Sage is killed, shot down by security when he becomes violent and attacks the worker. Arriving at the conclusion that these Sages, and the Templars who now know of their existence, are a threat, the employee begins aiding the Assassins. They copy data from their sessions and send them to Rebecca and Shaun. The Assassins give the worker the codename “Initiate” as Juno begins to make her move.
Meanwhile, a different employee is hunting through the memories of Shay Patrick Cormac, a Master Assassin who served under Achilles during the Seven Years War. Achilles’ grief over the loss of his wife and son cause him to make foolish decisions that end in the loss of innocent life. Disillusioned with the Brotherhood, Shay leaves. He’s found and recruited by the Templars, who welcome him with open arms. Shay goes on to become a new type of Templar: the Assassin Hunter. Shay uses the teachings of the Assassins to hunt down and kill all of his old comrades, reducing the Brotherhood to the sorry state that Ratonhnhaké:ton would eventually find it in. Shay’s memories are used to create a propaganda video that inspires confusion and discord in the present day Assassins and earns the employee a place in Abstergo as the newest member of the Templar Order.
In retaliation, the modern day Assassins ask the Initiate to search through the memories of France-native Arno Victor Dorian, the son of one of Shay’s last victims. The Assassins hope that Arno’s memories will inspire hope, and lead them to the discovery of the final resting place of the Sage that Arno is rumored to have encountered.
Arno grows up in the household of the Templar’s Grandmaster and falls in love with the Grandmaster’s daughter, Elise. However, when Arno’s adoptive father is killed, Arno becomes an Assassin to learn the skills to avenge his death. As he becomes an Assassin and Elise becomes the Templar’s new Grandmaster, the French Revolution begins. Amongst the bloodiest revolution in French history, Arno and Elise attempt to keep the country from completely falling apart. However, traitors within both of their orders keep the Assassins and Templars from putting aside their differences long enough to aide the country. Both the Assassins and Templars fall apart, and France right along with them. Arno and Elise learn the French Revolution was a Sage’s doing, and they decide to kill him to save France. The task won’t be easy, as the Sage has discovered the Sword of Eden, a weapon that can fire lances of energy. In their attempt to take the Sword of Eden away from the Sage, Arno is injured and Elise is killed. Arno finishes off the Sage, recovers the Sword, and hides the Sage’s body in the catacombs beneath France. A pile of bones hidden in miles of unmapped tunnels that are filled with even more piles of bones? Yeah there’s no chance anyone is recovering the Sage’s body in the present day.
The Assassins write off Arno’s memories as a wash, and order the Initiate to wait for further instructions on more memories to explore. However, before giving up on Arno for good, the Initiate relives Arno’s memories a week after Elise’s death. The Initiate learns that Arno discovered a Piece of Eden, deemed it too dangerous to remain in France, and sent the artifact off to Egypt. Arno then returns to the French Brotherhood as a Master Assassin.
