Modern times

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The 'Modern Times' is set in September 2012. You play as [[Desmond Miles]], a descendant of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].
You have been kidnapped by an organization known as [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]], who are working on the [[Animus]] project.

[[Assassin's Creed II]] reveals a bit more about modern times than it's predecessor.  There are still [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]], although the [[Assassins]] have gone mostly into hiding and the [[Templars]] are disguised.  One of these disguises is the company [[Abstergo]].  It is still uncertain just how much the [[Templars]] have grown in influence and how many organizations like [[Abstergo]] exist.

At the end of [[Assassin's Creed II]], it is revealed that the earth is possibly going to experience a geomagnetic reversal in the near future. This is revealed by [[Minerva]] at the end of [[Assassin's Creed II]]. The pictures by [[Minerva]] look Mayan, and December 2012 is when the Mayan calender stops, some scientists believe that this means that the Mayan thought that the world would end on that date, but it actually means that there's going to be a great change.

It is widely speculated that this is when Assassin's Creed lll will be set. This only gives [[Desmond]] and the assassin's three months to end the [[Templar]] threat and stop the geomagnetic reversal, thus saving the world from certain destruction.

Characters in Modern times include: [[Desmond Miles]], [[Lucy Stillman]], [[Shaun Hastings]], [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Warren Vidic]].

It is interesting that although in 2012, neither [[Abstergo]]'s guard or the Assassins use guns in [[Assassins Creed 2]], instead using advanced weapon sticks resembling swords and hidden blades, respectively. When, however, the Assassins attack Abstergo in [[Assassins Creed]], shooting can be heard.

It is suspected that Assassin's Creed takes place in Italy, considering that the outside of the hideout looks almost exactly like Italy in Ezio's time, and that the underground parking lot in Abstergo and the Assassin's hideout have signs that have words in Italian, including "sezione", which means "section" in English. In Abstergo's garage there are signs in italian saying "Parcheggio reservato" meaning "Reserved parking" and "Altezza totale" meaning "Altitude". In the end of Assassins Creed II Lucy says that they can hide out in a cabin north and Rebecca later says that it's a long drive meaning that the cabin is possibly in Austria or Germany or Switzerland.
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