Assassin's Creed (Les Deux Royaumes comics)

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[[File:Assassin'sCreedIDesmondCover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"Assassin's Creed vol. I: Desmond" Cover]]
In November 2009 alongside the release of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', an '''Assassin's Creed Graphic Novel''' that is currently French-only was released. It spans [[Desmond]]'s time before ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', and into the second game itself. However, it is unlikely the story itself is Canon with in-game events, specifically with the opening scenes of ''Assassin's Creed II'' and characters such as [[Subject 16]]'s appearance. The only released book at present is known as "Assassin's Creed vol. I: Desmond", which alludes to more books to come in the series; however nothing has been confirmed.

==Tome 1: Desmond==
The novel begins at a Psychiatric Hospital known as St. Erembert. Supervisors are rounding up patients at the end of the day, and notice somebody is missing; said person is shortly discovered dead. As a supervisor panics and calls for help, he is assaulted by a man who calls himself Subject 16. He then proceeds to climb over a wall and execute a [[Leap of Faith]], and his fate is otherwise unknown until later into the novel.

[[File:Assassins GN.png|thumb|right|235px|Aquilus, Altair and Ezio sketches.]]The plot then moves onto an Assassin traveling to a town on horseback in what appears to be Roman times, introducing himself as "[[Aquilus]], son of Lucius". He then proceeds to speak to the leader of the town about various matters, but is then stabbed in the shoulder and is knocked out.

The scene then moves to Desmond at [[Abstergo]]'s labs, who was living the previous experience via the [[Animus]] as [[Warren Vidic]] and various Abstergo executives watch. [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]] then interrupts, insisting that Desmond should take a rest. The executives unwillingly oblige.

The executives then have a meeting inside the Conference Room, discussing things such as the Animus Project before moving onto discussing Subject 16; he is shown as a large, bald-headed man in medical-like garment upon the Animus. Things seem to be running smoothly, before he screams in terror and violently awakes from the Animus, ripping open his shirt and tracking his nails violently down his face. He assaults Lucy and Vidic, and it is apparently "10 Minutes before security arrived and sedated him.". In these 10 minutes, 16 is seen writing atomic structures of elements and other such drawings on the floors from the blood pouring down his face. He is sedated and strapped down to the bed in the adjoining room, however, for reasons unknown, he was found naked and bleeding on the floor in the morning, the [[Cryptic Messages]] seen in both games having been drawn on the walls and floor. It is mentioned he lived though, as seen at the beginning of the novel.

[[File:ACGN Desmond Lucy.jpg|thumb|left|235px|Desmond and Lucy as seen in the second tome of the Graphic Novel.]]
Desmond is then seen awaking in said room, seemingly a short period of time after his capture by Abstergo; he is awakened by Lucy inserting a syringe of some kind into his arm. After a brief introduction and conversation, Lucy suggests Desmond gets some sleep. While sleeping, Desmond dreams of his capture by Abstergo; Lucy is seen at the bar ("L' Horizon") Desmond worked at, and is seen flirting and making conversation with him. After hours, they head back to an apartment and proceed to have drinks. However, Lucy has slipped a sedative into Desmond's and he proceeds to pass out. Desmond then awakes, and demands answers from Lucy and Vidic, however Vidic sedates him and he falls back into slumber. He is then taken back to the Animus, in which he relives [[Altaïr]]'s assassination of [[Tamir]] during ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', a brief encounter with [[Malik]] (however seemingly before the events at [[Solomon's Temple]], they share a friendship) and the final encounter with [[Al Mualim]]. Vidic views a hologram of the World Map seen in the ending of Assassin's Creed, is pleased, and then leaves after having a brief confrontation with Lucy. Desmond awakes, and is stunned to discover blood messages written all over the floors and walls of both the lab and his room. (However these messages look nothing like the ones seen in-game.)

The events of the beginning of ''Assassin's Creed II'' then occur; Lucy finds Desmond, enters him into the Animus for a few short minutes and they make their escape via the Parking Lot. When they arrive at the seemingly identical warehouse however, they are confronted by an ally known as Tom, with no sight nor mention of [[Shaun]] or [[Rebecca]]. They discuss plans, before a man in a leather jacket arrives, greeting them and announcing his escape from St. Erembert; Subject 16. Lucy addresses him as Michael, they argue over whether it should be him or Desmond deserving to be put into the Animus based on their heritage, which Michael claims to be superior much to the denial of Lucy and Tom. He finally produces a [[Hidden Blade]] and moves to attack Desmond, before being knocked-out by Lucy; who tells Tom to find somewhere for Michael where he can neither harm others nor himself. The scene then shifts to Desmond in an Animus almost identical to Abstergo's, in a dark smoky lab, surrounded by Lucy and various Scientists. He then enters Ezio's memories, and the novel ends.

==Tome 2: Aquilus==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed : Aquilus - Trailer de la bande dessinée|thumb|left|300px]]

On 21st October 2010, the official French Assassin's Creed YouTube channel uploaded a trailer for a second volume of the novel, which focuses on the novel's original character Aquilus. The second volume was released on 12th November 2010.{{-}}

While trying to get to [[Monteriggioni]] in the truck, Desmonds relived the life of one of his ancestors through the Animus reliving the life as Aquilus, A Roman Assassin in 259, Aquilus had traveled to a Roman camp site to visit a Roman General named Gracchus, whom stabbed Aquilus after a quick conversation and and become conscious. Now lying on the ground of the tent, a war starts with a miniature army of Roman against another army of Alamans, whom had won latter on. [[Accipiter]], An Alamans General and the cousin of the Assassin Aquilus had rescued Aquilus from the destruction of the tent and his bloody stabbed chest. Taking him from the broken tent to the top of a Roman Tower to tend his wound. Afterwards both Accipiter and Aquilus got on horseback, but after a short distance close to river they splited up, Accipiter making vowing to protect Lugdunum in troubled times with his army of Alamans. Before leaving Accipiter gave Aquilus an artifact which he got from Aquilus’s father Lucius and was one of the [[Piece of Eden]], An Ankh that can revive the dead. Aquilus now going to his father’s house in Lugdunum, Lyon. After arriving Lucius showing him of one his old friends, [[Caius Fulvus Vultur]] who was a Roman senator, and a secret member of the Templar Order. After a quick conversation, Aquilus tries to find a man named [[Faustin]] in Lugdunum, whom he interrogated him about whom his ally was, replying Vultur Caius Fulvus. Killing him and jumping out of a window, Aquilus ran to his father’s house to find that Vultur had killed Lucius and fatally wounded his servant [[Weke]], who chased after Vultur, but managed to retrieve the Ankh.

In the modern times, an ambush and a traitor in the truck caused disturbance for the [[Assassins]], but it was swiftly dealt with.

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed : Desmond - Trailer de la bande dessinée|thumb|300px|right|Trailer for the bande dessinée version of the novel]]
*It is unlikely that these Novels are canon.
*One of the biggest contradiction is that Subject 16 is alive; the official guidebooks for the game state that Abstergo's doctors "were too late to save him" after he cuts a vein to produce the messages seen by Desmond's [[Eagle Vision]]. Lucy seems to react extremely uncaring and irritated by his presence later in the novel, which contradicts greatly to the visible guilt and grief she shows about him during the games.
*As well as this, the progression into ''Assassin's Creed II'''s main events via the [[Modern Times]]'s Assassins and Animus greatly differ, some characters being entirely omitted.
*The novel is only available in Canada, and France and is written in French.

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