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Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins

2015-02-04T09:20:28Z

119.92.207.22: /* American and French Revolutions */

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|name = French Assassins
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|headquarters = [[Paris]]
|locations = [[France]]
|related = [[Assassins]]
|formed =
|notable = [[Pierre Bellec]]<br>[[Guillaume Beylier]]<br>[[Thomas de Carneillon]]<br>[[Arno Dorian]]<br>[[Charles Dorian]]<br>[[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]]<br>[[Hervé Quemar]]<br>[[Sophie Trenet]]}}
The '''French Assassins''' were the Brotherhood of [[Assassins]] located in [[France]]. They were most notable for the involvement in the public disbanding of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], and later worked to prevent the Templars from infiltrating the Royal Court.

==History==
===Destruction of the Templars===
Early in the 14th century, the Assassins manipulated King [[Philip IV of France]], in order to destroy the Templars. With the help of [[Papacy|Pope]] [[Clement V]], who was sympathetic to the Assassin cause, the Templars were branded as heretics, and their [[Temple (Paris)|stronghold]] attacked by the King's forces in 1307. The [[Grand Master]] of the Templars, [[Jacques de Molay]], was captured during the attack and put to death by fire, along with sixty other Templars. However, unbeknownst to the Assassins, nine Templar leaders had gone underground and continued their work in secrecy, despite the public disbanding of their Order.

===Working with the Italian Brotherhood===
In the early 16th century, [[Louis XII of France|King Louis XII]] left Paris and quarreled with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II]] over the ownership of [[Naples]], leaving his foreign ministers in charge. However, the King was unaware of their ties to the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], and it allowed them to target the religious reformist [[Desiderius Erasmus]].

To escape the plague, Erasmus planned to hire a carriage out of town, though the Templars disguised themselves as travelers and offered him a ride. With Erasmus' life in danger, the French Assassins and a team of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Italy|Italian]] [[apprentices]] tracked them down, and with coordinated shots, killed all of the guards. After rescuing Erasmus, he told them that the Templars were holding another Assassin captive.

Following this, the Assassins tried to find their Brother, who had been captured by the men working for the Borgia. A group of [[Italian Assassins]] sent from [[Rome]] by Ezio were able to receive information from corrupted ministers about the Assassin's whereabouts, and tracked down Archbishop [[Georges d'Amboise]], before interrogating him. He revealed the names of the ministers associated with the Templars, whom the Assassins later disposed of.

After that, the Italian Assassins rescued the French Assassin from the manor he was held in, but he eventually succumbed to his wounds. However, he informed his Brothers that he had only revealed false information to his torturers. He also warned his rescuers to be wary of the {{Wiki|Orsini family}}, who had ties to the Templars.<ref name="ACBH - Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - Contracts</ref><ref name="ACPL - Contracts">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]</ref>

In 1511, King Louis XII acted on [[Marseille]]'s threats of secession motivated by the French Assassins, and ordered his army to banish all Assassins from the city. Aided by [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] sent from [[Constantinople]] by Ezio Auditore, the combined Assassin force hindered the army's efforts, though without violence.<ref name="ACR - Mediterranean Defense">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>

===American and French Revolutions===
In the early 18th century, the [[Assassin Council]] sent the French Assassin [[John de la Tour]] to the [[Thirteen Colonies]]. In 1740, de la Tour became acquainted with [[Achilles Davenport]], who was sent by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Caribbean Assassins]], [[Ah Tabai]]. The former soon became the Mentor of the growing [[Colonial Assassins]].

During France's involvement in the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Assassin [[William de Saint-Prix]] was sent to aid the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Abstergo Story]]</ref> During the [[French Revolution]], the Assassins aimed to prevent needless deaths, but otherwise wanted to avoid involving themselves, believing the [[Civilians|people]] had the right to make their own mistakes and learn from them. However, they became concerned that an outside force was influencing the revolution.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

===Assassin-Templar truce===
By 1789, Grand Master [[François de la Serre]] sought to establish a truce between the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order]] and the French Assassins. The Assassin [[Mentor]], [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], supported the idea, which led to a time of relative peace between two factions. However, the truce came to an end with the death of de la Serre at the hands of [[Charles Gabriel Sivert]] and the [[Roi des Thunes]], on the orders of a former Templar and a [[Sages|Sage]], [[François-Thomas Germain]]. De la Serre's adopted son, [[Arno Dorian]], was accused of the murder and imprisoned in the [[Bastille]], while Germain was elected as the new Grand Master, and began working with his supporters to stage a revolution in France.<ref name="ACU"/>

During his imprisonment, Arno met an Assassin, [[Pierre Bellec]], who offered him a chance to settle the score with de la Serre's killers, by joining the Assassin Order. Following the escape from the Bastille during a [[Storming of the Bastille|storming]] of it by the citizens, Arno sought out the Assassins, and was inducted into the Brotherhood. Over the course of the French Revolution, due to the fact the truce between the two factions was no longer honored, Arno assassinated key Templar figures in his pursuit of Germain himself.<ref name="ACU"/>

Eventually, Arno brought [[Élise de la Serre]], the daughter of Grand Master de la Serre, before the French [[Assassin Council]], in order to gain information on Germain and try to re-establish a truce between the two factions. However, in his fanaticism, Bellec opposed the idea and poisoned Mirabeau in an attempt to discredit Élise and prevent peace from being achieved. However, Arno discovered the deception and confronted Bellec at [[Sainte-Chapelle]], killing his former master after a duel. Élise herself continued to work with the Assassins for a time, however, when Germain and [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] managed to execute King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]], due to Arno's failure to assassinate Germain during the execution by opting to save Élise from his followers instead, she broke her ties with the Assassins.<ref name="ACU"/>

In another stroke of misfortune, Arno himself was expelled from the Assassin Order, owing to his rash actions and his disregard for obtaining the Assassin Council's permission to strike at a target. However, after a prolonged period of absence from the Assassins, it is evidenced that Arno was reassigned his place with them, as he managed to obtain a set of robes reserved only for Master Assassins.<ref name="ACU"/>

==Members==
<div style="float:left; width:48;">
*[[Julie d'Aubigny]]
*[[François Auverlot]]
*Louise Auverlot
*Pierre Bellec
*Camille Berteau
*Pierre Berteau
*Hubert Besy
*[[Guillaume Beylier]]
*Simon Bonhomme
*Guillaume Bourgeois
*Jacques Cagnard
*[[Thomas de Carneillon]]
*[[Louis-Dominique Cartouche]]
*Cartouche II
*Cartouche III
*[[Claude Chemin]]
*Charles Chevrier
*Geneviève Dalle
*Joseph Deshais
*Arno Dorian
*[[Charles Dorian]]
*[[Helene Dufranc]]
*Antoine Faroy
*Antoine Fieve
*Nicolas Fribourg
*Paul Ganchard
*Alexandre Garnier
*François Garnier
*Jacques Girard
*Gabriel Godin
*[[Charlotte Gouze]]
*Anne Grelet
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Augustin Grisier]]
*Pierre Guilbert
*Louise Harly
*[[Camille Hautcoeur]]
*Philippe Hélissant
*Marguerite Huet
*Claude Hure
*Catherine Imbert
*Charles Imbert
*Edmé Leblanc
*Simon Leblanc
*Laurent Lemaire
*Claude Lejeune
*Madeleine Leroux
*[[Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes]]
*[[Maréchal]]
*Marguerite Mignot
*Mirabeau
*[[Mireille]]
*Paul Morot
*[[Guillaume de Nogaret]]
*[[Didier Paton]]
*[[Hervé Quemar]]
*Élisabeth Roger
*Laurent Rousseau
*[[Nicolas de Saint-Prix]]
*[[William de Saint-Prix]]
*Germain Savin
*Thomas Simon
*[[Sophie Trenet]]
*Denis Varlet
</div>
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'''Allies:'''
<div style="float:left; width:48;">
*[[Rose Bertin]]
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
*[[Jean-François Champollion]]
*[[Clement V]]
*[[Georges Danton]]
*[[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
*[[Antoine Lavoisier]]
*[[Marie Anne Lenormand]]
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Louis XVI of France]]
*[[Théroigne de Méricourt]]
*[[Joachim Murat]]
*[[Nostradamus]]
*[[Philip IV of France]]
*[[Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade]]
*Élise de la Serre
* [[François de la Serre]]
</div>
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==References==
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Liam O'Brien

2014-11-12T04:44:42Z

119.92.207.22: /* Early life */

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[[File:ACRG Liam O'Brien.jpg|thumb|250px|Shay Cormac with Liam]]
'''Liam O'Brien''' (c. 1729 – March 1760) was a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] operating in the [[United States|British Colonies]] during the [[Seven Years' War]]. A childhood friend of [[Shay Cormac]], Liam was responsible for bringing Shay into the Brotherhood. In spite of Liam being a few years older than him, Shay formed a brotherly bond with him, even though Liam was wiser and more experienced.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Liam was born in Plymouth, [[Massachusetts]]. A family of [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrants, the O'Briens struggled to survive until they moved to New York, where Liam's father began to work for a shipping merchant. Eventually, Liam joined his father at work, loading ships bound for [[England]]. It was at work where he first met a young Shay Cormac, and the two became fast friends. Liam looked after the younger Shay, who lived in a rough neighbourhood and had a knack for getting himself into trouble.

Over the next years, Liam became aware of his employers' growing wealth, even as his fellow workers remained underpaid and mistreated by their superiors. Eventually, the tensions rose to a breaking point, and Liam recruited several of his co-workers in a plot to rob their employer and distribute the money among themselves. However, in the middle of the hiest, the group was caught, and Liam was forced to kill a man in self-defense. Wishing to protect his son, Liam's father took the blame for the murder and was executed by the authorities.

===Building the Brotherhood===
In the coming years, Liam drifted from one job to the next and continued to rob the city's richer citizens, sending the money to his aging mother. He also distanced himself from his fellow friends, including Shay. In 1738, he met [[Achilles Davenport]], who gave him small tasks and errands to perform. Over time, Achilles's influence over Liam grew, and Liam looked to the older man as a teacher. Eventually, in 1743, Achilles inducted Liam into the Assassin Order as his first student, who in turn helped recruit the other members of the [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]], such as [[Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de La Vérendrye|Chevalier de la Vérendrye]], [[Kesegowaase]], and [[Hope Jensen]].

In 1748, Liam reconnected with Shay, who had just lost his father, and managed to get Shay back on his feet. The two became more inseprablee than ever, and Shay was soon included in the list of inductees. At that point, Achilles tasked Liam with keeping an eye over Shay, just as he had years ago.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACRG Liam O'Brien - Concept Art.png|Concept art of Liam
</gallery>

==Reference==
*[https://soundcloud.com/ac-initiates/the-network-podcast-episode-7/ ''AC Initiates'' podcast]
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Arno Dorian

2014-10-27T09:51:07Z

119.92.207.22: /* Romantic life */

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{{Youmay|the French-Austrian Assassin|[[Arno|the Tuscan waterway]]}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = ACU Arno Dorian render.png
|birth = 1768<br>[[Versailles]], [[France|Kingdom of France]]
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''<br>[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Unity'' novel]]
|voice = [[Dan Jeannotte]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/492376048797888515 ''Assassin's Creed'' on Twitter]</ref>}}
'''Arno Victor Dorian'''<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/assassins_creed_unity/b/xboxone/archive/2014/06/11/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-assassin-s-creed-unity.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 GameInformer: ''Ten Things You Need To Know About Assassin's Creed Unity'']</ref> (1768 – unknown) was a [[France|French]]-[[Austria]]n [[Master Assassin]] active during the time of the [[French Revolution]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTIIFvysvQo ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' Experience Trailer #1: New Engine, New Gameplay]</ref>

An orphan who blamed himself for the death of his adoptive father, Arno sought redemption by joining the [[Assassins]] in 1789 and working to expose the true instigators of the Revolution, whilst also avenging him in the process.<ref>[http://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-creed-5-unity-review/ ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' bringing co-op to the series on Oct 28]</ref><ref name="YouTube intro">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gypgS8Y9fgs ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' - Introduction to Arno]</ref>

==Biography==
Born to an Austrian mother and a French Assassin father, Arno was raised in a noble household in [[Versailles]]. Due to his upbringing, he was well educated, having access to tutors and various books.

However, in 1776, when Arno was eight, his father was murdered. He was subsequently adopted by [[François de la Serre]], the [[Grand Master]] of the French [[Templars]], out of respect for his enemy. He raised Arno alongside his own daughter, [[Élise de la Serre|Élise]]. Wishing not to corrupt the memory of Arno's biological father and bring his pupil to the Templar Order, François kept his Templar involvement a secret from the young boy.<ref name="GI Arno">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/13/get-to-know-arno-from-assassins-creed-unity.aspx Game Informer: Get to know Arno]</ref>

Despite this, the Grand Master died some years later in mysterious circumstances, murdered during a coup d'etat orchestrated by another Templar, for which Arno was framed. Wracked with guilt and blaming himself, Arno sought out the [[French Assassins|Assassins]] to find redemption, through discovering his adoptive father's murderer and the motivations leading to his death, as well as to help those suffering injustice.<ref name="E3 Interview">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYf57HUXOno ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' - Interview at E3 2014]</ref>

==Personality and characteristics==
With his troubled past, Arno set out on a quest to find redemption, using this goal to help others in the turbulent time of the French Revolution. As a newcomer to the Assassins, he was prone to questioning their typical approach and age-old beliefs,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXASQPv-jbI#t=129 AC Initiates: The Network Podcast - Episode 5]</ref> but was aided in the field by his stealthy and ruthless nature.<ref>[http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/06/10/assassins-creed-unity-faq-answers-all-your-questions-about-story-co-op-next-gen-graphics-and-more/ ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' FAQ Answers All Your Questions about Story, Co-op, Next-Gen Graphics and More]</ref>

Arno was witty and charismatic but also no-nonsense, which fed into his sharp sense of humor, falling back on it whenever he felt emotionally vulnerable. Due to the fact that he was well-educated, Arno often quoted classical books, though his noble upbringing did not prevent him from cheating at card games.<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-160683-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' Devblog – Arno with Travis Stout]</ref>

===Equipment and skills===
Arno often wore a dark blue hooded coat, waistcoat, and breeches with leather gaiters, rather than the stockings which were fashionably popular in his time, though he was not adverse to altering his outfit to blend in or gain an advantage in combat.

In regards to weaponry, Arno used the [[Phantom Blade]], a [[Hidden Blade]] equipped with a wrist-mounted [[crossbow]] capable of firing a variety of darts, as well as a variety of different [[swords]] and a multi-barreled [[Firearms|pistol]]. A dynamic leader and a skilled swordsman, he stopped at nothing to uncover the truth about the forces controlling the Revolution for their own gain.<ref name="YouTube intro" />

===Romantic life===
Adopted by François de la Serre, Arno grew up along with the latter's boisterous daughter, Élise. Viewing her more as a friend than a sister, his feelings for Élise eventually graduated to a reciprocal love as they matured.<ref>[http://gematsu.com/2014/08/assassins-creed-unity-gamescom-screenshots Gametsu: ''Assassin’s Creed: Unity Gamescom screenshots'']</ref>

==Trivia==
*Arno's name is a derivative of [[Germany|German]] Arnold and French Arnaud. Its old German origin is Arenwald, meaning "[[Eagles|eagle]] power", from ''arn'' "eagle" and ''wald'' "power" or "governing". Victor is Latin for "conqueror", while Dorian is a [[Greece|Greek]] name meaning "gifted".
*Arno is the third of four playable characters not to be related to [[Desmond Miles]], with the first being [[Aveline de Grandpré]], the second being [[Adéwalé]] and the fourth being [[Shay Cormac]].<ref name="E3 Interview" />
*Arno is also the second playable Assassin to develop a romantic attraction towards a Templar, the first being [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] with [[Maria Thorpe]].

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Arno Dorian - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Arno
ACU Arno Back - Concept Art.jpg|Rear concept art of Arno
ACU Arno Outfit Variations - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Arno's customization options
Arno and Elise - Unity Promotional Art.jpg|Promotional art of Arno and Élise
ACU Arno with Phantom Blade.jpg|Promotional art of Arno firing the Phantom Blade
ACU Arno overlooking Paris.jpg|Arno overlooking Paris
Assassin's Creed Unity Screenshot 3.jpg|Arno killing a guard
Assassin's Creed Unity Screenshot 8.jpg|Arno crouching on a rooftop
Assassin's Creed Unity Screenshot 9.jpg|Arno stalking a target
Assassin's Creed Unity Screenshot 10.jpg|Arno performing an air assassination
ACU-Ambush.jpg|Arno utilizing the Phantom Blade
ACU-Spear attack.jpg|Arno engaging several guards with a lance
</gallery>

==References==
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