Nicholas Biddle

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|birth = September 10, 1750 [[Philadelphia]], {{Wiki|British America}}
|death = March 17, 1778 (aged 27) Atlantic Ocean
|faction = [[Templars]] [[British Army|British Navy]] [[Continental Army|Continental Navy]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''}}
'''Nicholas Biddle''' (1750 – 1778) was a member of [[Templars|Templar Order]] and one of the first captains of [[Continental Army|Continental Navy]] during the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Nicholas was born in Philadelphia in the year 1750 to William Biddle and Mary Scull. At the age of thirteen, he journeyed on a voyage to the West Indies, during which he was stranded on a desert island for two months. In 1770, Biddle joined the British Royal Navy, where he served as a junior officer. During his time under the British Crown, Biddle met with [[Robert Faulkner]] and also became part of the [[Templars|Templar Order]].

Later, while in Martha's Vineyard, an inn on the coast of Nantucket, Biddle convened with [[Benjamin Church]]. As the meeting progressed, Biddle first encountered [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]], an Assassin, where he quickly exchanged an insult with Faulkner, before the developing argument was cut short by [[Amanda Bailey]]. In 1773, Biddle resigned his commission to join the Continental Navy at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Following this, Biddle was given command of a schooner vessel, the ''Franklin'', and patrolled the naval convoy routes.

===Reign of East Coast===
Biddle devised a plan with his Templar co-conspirators in the British Navy, ultimately aiming to strengthen and expand the Continental Navy under his command for the Templar cause. Biddle sent Templar ships to attack merchant vessels in Nantucket and to occupy an abandoned fort, despite its lack of strategic value.

From there, Biddle pleaded and tricked the Continental Congress into believing that the British Navy was a threat to the Colonial coast. As a result, the Congress commissioned more ships for the Continental Navy, and by 1776, the Congress made Biddle the captain of a frigate, the ''Randolph''.

Biddle continued patrolling the Colonial coast and naval trade routes while orchestrating British attacks with his Templar co-conspirators. The ''Randolph'' attacked Nantucket, claiming it was a British Loyalist post when it actually belonged to the Continental Army, in an attempt to further convince the Congress that more ships were needed. Biddle also planned to boost his reputation and service record in order to be promoted to the rank of Admiral over the entire Continental Navy fleet.

Soon after, the ''Randolph'' was assigned to escort ''La Belladonna'', a French ship providing aid to the Continental war drive. However, the ''Randolph'' abandoned ''La Belladonna'' to be attacked and seized by Templar ships. The ''[[Aquila]]'', captained by Connor, came to ''La Belladonna'''s defense before the ships attacked. The two vessels then destroyed the formation of Templar ships, while Biddle observed the battle safely from a distance.

===Final stand===
In 1778, in order to remove Connor as a threat to his plans, Biddle patrolled the Caribbean coast, successfully luring the ''Aquila'' into a trap. In this encounter, the ''Randolph'' attacked the ''Aquila'' with the aid of two ''Men-of-War''. However, the ''Aquila'' destroyed the ''Men-of-War'' and successfully disabled the ''Randolph'''s mast with a single broadside of chained cannonballs.

Following this, Connor and the ''Aquila'''s crew boarded and attacked the ''Randolph'', during which Connor confronted Biddle on the bridge, causing both crews to cease fighting and watch as the two captains dueled.

===Death===
At first, Connor gained the upper hand, until Biddle fired a shot at a gunpowder keg, causing both of them to fall below deck. The two soon continued their duel, with Connor emerging victorious and wounding Biddle. While dying, Biddle justified his actions by claiming that he benefitted and empowered the Continentals and the Navy. He rebuked the Assassins, calling Connor a fool for not understanding or accepting his goals.

With his final words, Biddle asked Connor not to take the ''Randolph'' as prize, instead allowing him to die and sink with his ship. Connor granted this dying request and left, igniting several barrels of gunpowder behind him, destroying the ''Randolph''.

==Personality==
Biddle was a capable, experienced, brave and proud individual, which showed itself in his nautical achievements. He also viewed himself as a "man of vision", and was ambitious, charismatic and arrogant to the point that he saw himself as becoming the Admiral of the entire Continental Navy.

Despite this, Biddle was a well admired and respected captain, in that not only did he lead successful campaigns, he kept morale and his crew's efficiency high by fairly sharing the spoils of victory and through not using corporal punishment.

==Final words==
*'''Connor:''' ''Your reign over the colonial coast has come to an end.''
*'''Nicholas:''' ''Is that why you hunted me? Because you thought me an enemy to the cause? You're every bit the fool I was told.''
*'''Connor:''' ''You brought pain and suffering upon innocent people for nothing but personal gain.''
*'''Nicholas:''' ''Pain. Suffering. I set them free. Weeded out the dissenters and empowered the Patriots. So what if I was admiral? The Revolution needs one and I was the best man for the job. The only man. If not for me, the Continental Navy would remain but a handful of rafts. For all your vision, you Assassins are blind to the truth.''
*'''Connor:''' ''Enough.''
*'''Nicholas:''' ''Wait. Let the Randolph die with me. Don't take her as a prize. Please. Please. I want no quarter, just to sink with my ship.''

==Trivia==
*Out of all the targets' portraits in the [[Davenport Homestead]] manor, Biddle's was not crossed out after his death.
*Biddle is the only optional assassination target in Assassin's Creed.
*Biddle is the youngest assassination target that Connor kills.

==Gallery==
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ACIII-HardWay 7.png|Nicholas and Faulkner's argument, interrupted by Amanda Bailey.
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==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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Kaniehtí:io

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{{Character Infobox
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|birth = 1731 British America
|death = 1760 (aged 28-29) [[Kanatahséton]], British America
|period = [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]
|faction = [[Kanien'kehá:ka]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed III]]
|voice = [[Kanietiio Horn]]}}
'''Kaniehtí:io''' (1731 – 1760), or '''Ziio''' as she was informally known, was a [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] woman and the mother of [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]. She was also an ancestor to [[Desmond Miles]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Kaniehtí:io was born in 1731 to the [[Clan Mother]] in [[Kanatahséton]], and was trained to succeed her from an early age. Throughout her life, she would often voice her concerns over the Colonists expanding into their territory, despite the village's consensus to stay neutral.

===Meeting Haytham===
Prior to the [[French and Indian War|Seven Years' War]], Kaniehtí:io was captured and specially escorted to the slaver [[Silas Thatcher]], along with other members of her nation. However, her convoy was hijacked by [[Haytham Kenway]] and his men, which led to her and her fellow Natives' freedom.

Later, Haytham decided that Kaniehtí:io would be a vital ally in helping his Order find the [[Grand Temple|precursor site]] that they were looking for, as the [[First Civilization]] were considered to be sacred gods by Kaniehtí:io's people.

After befriending one another, Haytham gained her trust by retrieving military plans from a fort, which allowed the pair to plan an ambush on [[Edward Braddock]] as his troops marched to Fort Duquesne. On the assassination of Braddock, Haytham and Kaniehtí:io traveled to find the entrance to the Temple, however, the amulet that Haytham had in his possession gathered no results.

At this point, the two revealed their feelings for one another and shared an embrace, which later led on to the conception of a son, Ratonhnhaké:ton. Years later, Kaniehtí:io would realize that the man she loved was a [[Templars|Templar]], and began to fear that her son might inherit his malevolent father's ambitions. Due to her actions during Braddock's expedition and her relationship with a Templar, she was also denied the position of becoming Clan Mother herself.

===Death===
Kaniehtí:io's village was attacked by [[George Washington]] and the [[British Army]] sometime during the Seven Years' War, and in the attack, Kaniehtí:tio perished due to being pinned beneath burning rubble. As he was assaulted by [[Charles Lee]] early on, her son Ratonhnhaké:ton would go on to believe that Lee and the Templars had burned down the village and killed his mother, until his father Haytham finally told him the truth as the pair confronted George Washington years later.

==Trivia==
*Kaniehtí:io is the only non-[[Assassins|Assassin]] or Templar to ever be seen performing a [[Leap of Faith]].
*Kaniehtí:io is technically playable during the loading screen between the end of Haytham's run and the start of their son's, making her the first woman to be playable under Desmond's ancestry.
*Ironically, she is indirectly killed by the same man she almost killed few years earlier.

==Gallery==
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ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate 6.png|Haytham meeting Kaniehtí:io.
ACIII-Unconvinced 11.png|Kaniehtí:io treating Haytham's injury.
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 10.png|Kaniehtí:io holding down George Washington.
ACIII-BraddockExpedition 16.png|Kaniehtí:io and Haytham sharing a kiss.
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==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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