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	On 29 October,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "Noob Alert"</ref> Olivier met a new [[Noob\|research analyst]] who had just started working with Abstergo. Curious about their role, he asked which ancestor's [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] they were exploring as part of the [[Desmond Miles\|Sample 17]] [[Sample 17 Project\|Project]], to which Project Lead [[Melanie Lemay]] replied that they were reliving [[Edward Kenway]] life, much to Garneau's excitement.<ref name="AC4"/>		On 29 October,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "Noob Alert"</ref> Olivier met a new [[Noob\|research analyst]] who had just started working with Abstergo. Curious about their role, he asked which ancestor's [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]] they were exploring as part of the [[Desmond Miles\|Sample 17]] [[Sample 17 Project\|Project]], to which Project Lead [[Melanie Lemay]] replied that they were reliving [[Edward Kenway]] life, much to Garneau's excitement.<ref name="AC4"/>

	On 5 November,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "That Creepy Smile"</ref> Abstergo Industries' ~~administrator and~~ [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]] member [[Laetitia England]] ~~contacted~~ Olivier demanding a progress update on that same analyst's work in locating ~~the~~ [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] that worked as a surveillance center. Although he believed Kenway's life as a [[Piracy\|pirate]] was more exciting and that focusing on the Observatory could jeopardize the company's flagship media project, he advised the analyst to redirect their attention to any leads they had on the .<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "A Small Favor"</ref>		On 5 November,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "That Creepy Smile"</ref> Abstergo Industries' administrator and [[Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order\|Inner Sanctum]] member [[Laetitia England]] contacted Olivier demanding a progress update on that same analyst's work in locating the [[Observatory (Isu)\|Observatory]], an [[Isu]] [[Temple (Isu)\|site]] that worked as a surveillance center. Although he believed Kenway's life as a [[Piracy\|pirate]] was more exciting and that focusing on the Observatory could jeopardize the company's flagship media project, he advised the analyst to redirect their attention to any leads they had on the .<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "A Small Favor"</ref>

	The next day, Olivier sent an email to Melanie, [[Kama Neron]], [[Kloé Lesney]], [[Christopher Darby]], and [[Evan Dean]] in which he mentioned that he would be attending a shareholders meeting from the 15th–17th inclusive in Chicago, where he would showcase the data they had uncovered up until that point. He then asked whether the team felt they could explore other ancestors in the [[Sample 17 Project]], look at other histories with past [[Animus Project\|Animus Subjects]], or try a different leading to a lively discussion on the matter<ref name="Email">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "AE files: CONFIDENTIAL - Subject - RE: Potential time periods?"</ref>		The next day, Olivier sent an email to Melanie, [[Kama Neron]], [[Kloé Lesney]], [[Christopher Darby]], and [[Evan Dean]] in which he mentioned that he would be attending a shareholders meeting from the 15th–17th inclusive in Chicago, where he would showcase the data they had uncovered up until that point. He then asked whether the team felt they could explore other ancestors in the [[Sample 17 Project]], look at other histories with past [[Animus Project\|Animus Subjects]], or try a different leading to a lively discussion on the matter<ref name="Email">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – [[Noob's personal files]]: "AE files: CONFIDENTIAL - Subject - RE: Potential time periods?"</ref>
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	A week later, on 12 November,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "In A World..."</ref> Olivier requested a meeting with Melanie and the analyst to discuss using the footage in a trailer for the planned film ''[[Devils of the Caribbean]]''. However, before the pair even arrived at his office to talk, an irate Laetitia called him and requested an immediate conference call with Melanie. Once Olivier was in his office, Laetitia told him in no uncertain terms that when Abstergo Industries wanted footage something that interested them, he was to focus on that and nothing else. Olivier tried to explain that the studio had comparatively low funding compared to the parent company and so did not have the resources to do twice the research with less staff, but Laetitia brushed off his concerns, saying that finding that balance was his job as a manager.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "Corporate Pressure"</ref>		A week later, on 12 November,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – Surveillance: "In A World..."</ref> Olivier requested a meeting with Melanie and the analyst to discuss using the footage in a trailer for the planned film ''[[Devils of the Caribbean]]''. However, before the pair even arrived at his office to talk, an irate Laetitia called him and requested an immediate conference call with Melanie. Once Olivier was in his office, Laetitia told him in no uncertain terms that when Abstergo Industries wanted footage something that interested them, he was to focus on that and nothing else. Olivier tried to explain that the studio had comparatively low funding compared to the parent company and so did not have the resources to do twice the research with less staff, but Laetitia brushed off his concerns, saying that finding that balance was his job as a manager.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "Corporate Pressure"</ref>

	Shortly thereafter,{{Cite\|22 Feb 2021}} Olivier left for the meeting in Chicago but never arrived. Concurrently, Abstergo Entertainment's cybersecurity team had caught on to all the hacks that the analyst had done under coercion from [[John Standish]], the head of the technology department who was also a [[Sage]] of the [[Isu]] [[Aita]]. These attacks had compromised various computers and security cameras in the facility, prompting a security lockdown. ~~Melanie took~~ charge in Olivier's stead and managed the breach,<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "The Bunker"</ref> which she later concluded had been caused by John.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "A Face from the Past"</ref> Shortly after, she had a call with Laetitia and informed her of John's culpability in everything and Olivier's disappearance.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "Security camera footage"</ref>		Shortly thereafter,{{Cite\|22 Feb 2021}} Olivier left for the meeting in Chicago but never arrived. Concurrently, Abstergo Entertainment's cybersecurity team had caught on to all the hacks that the analyst had done under coercion from [[John Standish]], the head of the technology department who was also a [[Sage]] of the [[Isu]] [[Aita]]. These attacks had compromised various computers and security cameras in the facility, prompting a security lockdown. Melanie took charge in Olivier's stead and managed the breach,<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "The Bunker"</ref> which she later concluded had been caused by John.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "A Face from the Past"</ref> Shortly after, she had a call with Laetitia and informed her of John's culpability in everything and Olivier's disappearance.<ref>''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' – Modern day: "Security camera footage"</ref>

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	==References==		==References==

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	In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.		In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.

	Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[~~[w:c~~:watchdogs~~:Requiescat In Pace\|~~Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs (video game)\|Watch_Dogs}}'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs}}'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.		Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[https://watchdogs.fandom.com/wiki/Requiescat_In_Pace Requiescat In Pace]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs (video game)\|Watch_Dogs}}'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs}}'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.

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	===Death and aftermath===		===Death and aftermath===
	Unbeknownst to his Abstergo colleagues and the Templars as a whole, Olivier had evaded detection and was alive and well. For the next six months, he lived alone and without a trace. His last recorded appearance was on 25 May 2014 around 8 PM at the fast food establishment [~~[w:c~~:watchdogs:Quinkie's\|Quinkie's]] along Chicago's {{Wiki\|Michigan Avenue (Chicago)\|North Michigan Avenue}}, where he ordered a dinner consisting of lobster chowder appetizer, chicken pot pie, fries, a glass of {{Wiki\|Zinfandel}} [[wine]], a cup of [[coffee]], and chocolate ice cream.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Restaurant Bill"</ref>		Unbeknownst to his Abstergo colleagues and the Templars as a whole, Olivier had evaded detection and was alive and well. For the next six months, he lived alone and without a trace. His last recorded appearance was on 25 May 2014 around 8 PM at the fast food establishment [https://watchdogs.fandom.com/wiki/Quinkie's Quinkie's] along Chicago's {{Wiki\|Michigan Avenue (Chicago)\|North Michigan Avenue}}, where he ordered a dinner consisting of lobster chowder appetizer, chicken pot pie, fries, a glass of {{Wiki\|Zinfandel}} [[wine]], a cup of [[coffee]], and chocolate ice cream.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Restaurant Bill"</ref>

	Five days later, while driving in Chicago, an [[Chicago fixer\|unknown assailant]] intercepted Olivier's rented car and murdered him in the street. Despite this, official word from Abstergo was that Olivier never reached Chicago at all. In late 2017, the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] obtained CCTV footage of the [[assassination]], which she kept in her [[Layla Hassan's personal files\|personal files]] on other mysterious disappearances and deaths related to Abstergo.<ref name="ACO"/>		Five days later, while driving in Chicago, an [[Chicago fixer\|unknown assailant]] intercepted Olivier's rented car and murdered him in the street. Despite this, official word from Abstergo was that Olivier never reached Chicago at all. In late 2017, the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] obtained CCTV footage of the [[assassination]], which she kept in her [[Layla Hassan's personal files\|personal files]] on other mysterious disappearances and deaths related to Abstergo.<ref name="ACO"/>

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	In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.		In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.

	Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''~~[[w:c:watchdogs:~~Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs}}'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.		Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs (video game)\|Watch_Dogs}}'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs}}'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.

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	In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.		In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.

	Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''~~[[w:c:watchdogs:Category:~~Watch Dogs ~~series~~\|Watch_Dogs]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.		Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''{{Wiki\|Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs}}'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.

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	In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.		In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.

	Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist ~~[[w:c:watchdogs:Aiden Pearce~~\|Aiden Pearce]] is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|Watch_Dogs]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.		Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist {{Wiki\|Aiden Pearce}} is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|Watch_Dogs]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.

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	'''Olivier Garneau''' (died 2014) was the Chief Creative Officer of [[Abstergo Entertainment]], a subsidiary of [[Abstergo Industries]],<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Welcome to Abstergo Entertainment"</ref> as well as one of the few members of Abstergo Entertainment aware of its true nature as a [[Templars\|Templar]] organization.<ref>[[File:Facebook.png\|15x15px]] [https://www.facebook.com/notes/access-the-animus/initiates-qa-with-darby-mcdevitt-part-/NUMBERS ''Access the Animus'' (@AccessTheAnimus)] on {{Wiki\|Facebook}} "Initiates Q&A with Darby McDevitt - Part {{Cite\|30 Dec 2024}}"</ref>		'''Olivier Garneau''' (died 2014) was the Chief Creative Officer of [[Abstergo Entertainment]], a subsidiary of [[Abstergo Industries]],<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Welcome to Abstergo Entertainment"</ref> as well as one of the few members of Abstergo Entertainment aware of its true nature as a [[Templars\|Templar]] organization.<ref>[[File:Facebook.png\|15x15px]] [https://www.facebook.com/notes/access-the-animus/initiates-qa-with-darby-mcdevitt-part-/NUMBERS ''Access the Animus'' (@AccessTheAnimus)] on {{Wiki\|Facebook}} "Initiates Q&A with Darby McDevitt - Part {{Cite\|30 Dec 2024}}"</ref>

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	===Death and aftermath===		===Death and aftermath===
	Unbeknownst to his Abstergo colleagues and the Templars as a whole, Olivier had evaded detection and was alive and well. For the next 6 months, he lived alone and without a trace. His last recorded appearance was on 25 May 2014 around 8 PM at the fast food establishment [[w:c:watchdogs:Quinkie's\|Quinkie's]] along Chicago's {{Wiki\|Michigan Avenue (Chicago)\|North Michigan Avenue}}, where he ordered a dinner consisting of lobster chowder appetizer, chicken pot pie, fries, a glass of {{Wiki\|Zinfandel}} [[wine]], a cup of [[coffee]], and chocolate ice cream.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Restaurant Bill"</ref> Five days later, while driving in Chicago, an [[Chicago fixer\|unknown assailant]] intercepted Olivier's rented car and murdered him in the street. Despite this, official word from Abstergo was that Olivier never reached Chicago at all. In late 2017, the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] obtained CCTV footage of the [[assassination]], which she kept in her [[Layla Hassan's personal files\|personal files]] on other mysterious disappearances and deaths related to Abstergo.<ref name="ACO"/>		Unbeknownst to his Abstergo colleagues and the Templars as a whole, Olivier had evaded detection and was alive and well. For the next six months, he lived alone and without a trace. His last recorded appearance was on 25 May 2014 around 8 PM at the fast food establishment [[w:c:watchdogs:Quinkie's\|Quinkie's]] along Chicago's {{Wiki\|Michigan Avenue (Chicago)\|North Michigan Avenue}}, where he ordered a dinner consisting of lobster chowder appetizer, chicken pot pie, fries, a glass of {{Wiki\|Zinfandel}} [[wine]], a cup of [[coffee]], and chocolate ice cream.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Layla Hassan's personal files: "The Gone Files: Olivier Garneau – Restaurant Bill"</ref>

			Five days later, while driving in Chicago, an [[Chicago fixer\|unknown assailant]] intercepted Olivier's rented car and murdered him in the street. Despite this, official word from Abstergo was that Olivier never reached Chicago at all. In late 2017, the Abstergo employee [[Layla Hassan]] obtained CCTV footage of the [[assassination]], which she kept in her [[Layla Hassan's personal files\|personal files]] on other mysterious disappearances and deaths related to Abstergo.<ref name="ACO"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	*Olivier is a character first introduced in Ubisoft's promotional media site ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''. He later ~~reappeared~~ in the 2013 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by [[Canada\|Canadian]] actor [[Vincent Hoss-Desmarais]].		Olivier Garneau is a character first introduced in Ubisoft's promotional media site ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''. He later appeared in the 2013 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by [[Canada\|Canadian]] actor [[Vincent Hoss-Desmarais]]. He shares his name with an AI/Game Programmer at Ubisoft Québec.<ref>{{Youtube\|dvZv61kuJzg\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Closing Credits\|UCrniLr5HDebHfskhSSAAt0A\|Assassin's Creed Series}}</ref>
	*Olivier shares his name with an AI/Game Programmer at Ubisoft Québec.<ref>{{Youtube\|dvZv61kuJzg\|Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Closing Credits\|UCrniLr5HDebHfskhSSAAt0A\|Assassin's Creed Series}}</ref>
	*Scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] ~~initially~~ stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', this has been rendered untrue.		As revealed in an email to his Abstergo colleagues, Olivier was a descendant of [[François-Xavier Garneau]], a 19th-century Canadian writer and historian.<ref name="Email"/>
	*Olivier ~~Garneau claimed he was~~ a ~~descendant of~~ [[~~François-Xavier Garneau~~]]~~.<ref name=~~"~~Email"/>~~
	*On Layla Hassan's computer, ~~her files on Olivier include~~ a ~~receipt~~ from ~~Quinkie~~'s, ~~a fast food chain featured in~~ [[~~Ubisoft~~]]'s [[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|''~~Watch_Dogs~~'' ~~video game~~ series]]. ~~The CCTV~~ image ~~features a man attacking~~ Olivier ~~that looks very similar to~~ [[w:c:~~watchdogs~~:~~Aiden Pearce~~\|~~Aiden Pearce]]~~, the ~~protagonist~~ of ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]''.		In 2014, scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and its depiction of Olivier's assassination in Chicago, this has been rendered untrue.

			Olivier's death at the hands of a masked assailant is a reference to "[[w:c:watchdogs:Requiescat In Pace\|Requiescat In Pace]]", a side mission from the 2014 video game ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]'', where protagonist [[w:c:watchdogs:Aiden Pearce\|Aiden Pearce]] is hired by the Assassins to incapacitate Garneau. Despite the similarities, the mission is not proof of the ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|Watch_Dogs]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)\|Assassin's Creed]]'' series being part of a shared universe, but rather a non-canonical [[Easter eggs\|Easter egg]], as confirmed by both Darby<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/472105805974872064\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@ArabianFrost W_D asked me for a tiny crossover idea. I suggested the Garneau thing. They liked it and executed. But it was my little joke.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> and ''Assassin's Creed''{{'}}s Brand Manager [[Aymar Azaïzia]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|title=I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326140011/https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/60pj33/i_am_aymar_azaizia_head_of_content_for_assassins/\|archivedate=26 March 2017\|author="AymarMtl"\|date=21 March 2017\|accessdate=19 November 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|quote=@swordmaster123: Hey there, thanks for doing this AMA!. If you could pick any of these characters to revisit in another game which would you pick and why? Connor, Arno, Shay, Edward, Jacob and Evie. Not including Altair and Ezio as they've appeared in other games. Another thing, and I can understand if you cannot answer this, but there are some people who theorize Assassins Creed and Watch dogs are directly connected and exist within the same universe. Do they? Also really loved the movie, excited for more AC!!!<br>@AymarMtl: Nice questions, I may go with Shay, full fledge next gen game, I love the character, the setting, I would never get tired of naval, and I would love to have more Templar games! Haha, no WD and AC are different universe, despite the fact we are all colleagues from Ubi Mtl and WD is having a few easter eggs. I mean people have theories about every Disney, Tarantino, Pixar movies being part of the same universe. They share references, and elements, but it's not a big multiverse :) Thanks!}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927670643373387777\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl another question in our mind ;) [https://web.archive.org/web/20210604094022im_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-_hW2W0AA6Xmb.jpg pic.twitter.com/DN-_hW2W0A]\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927671432938696704\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=@venngar_0011 There are no multiverse. AC and watchdogs are not part of a join narrative. We have easter eggs, and we are brothers, but nope ;)\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|venngar_0011\|status/927671710303825920\|venngar_0011\|quote=@AymarMtl So if I understand it correctly, they're not in a same universe?\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}<br>↑ {{Twitter\|AymarMtl\|status/927670643373387777\|Azaïzia Aymar\|quote=There [sic] are not in the same universe! I said it a lot, can't make it more clear than that :D\|image=File:Aymar Azaizia refutes Watch Dogs ties to Assassin's Creed.png}}</ref> To support this, there are several discrepancies across the two games, such as Olivier being described as the "CEO of Abstergo Entertainment" in ''Watch_Dogs'' instead of the CCO; the mission's objective being explicitly to subdue Garneau non-lethally; and the event being dated to 30 May 2014 in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', whereas ''Watch_Dogs'' is set in late 2013.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	AC4 Olivier Office.png\|Olivier meeting with the research analyst		AC4 Olivier Office.png\|Olivier meeting with the research analyst
	AC4 Melanie Olivier Meeting.png\|Olivier meeting with Melanie		AC4 Melanie Olivier Meeting.png\|Olivier meeting with Melanie
	Olivier Garneau Origins.jpg\|Chicago CCTV footage of Olivier ~~Garneau being shot by an unknown assailant~~		Olivier Garneau Origins.jpg\|Chicago CCTV footage of Olivier's assassination
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{1stm}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c\|CCTV footage only}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c\|CCTV footage only}}

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:2014 deaths]]		[[Category:2014 deaths]]

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	*Scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] initially stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', this has been rendered untrue.		*Scriptwriter [[Darby McDevitt]] initially stated via Twitter that he originally thought of Olivier defecting to the Assassins as the canonical explanation for Olivier's disappearance,<ref>{{Twitter\|DarbyMcDevitt\|status/693180735130374144\|Darby McDevitt\|quote=@mustavi_sadi @ArabianFrostNobody knows for sure. My headcanon is that he actually defected to the Assassins. Perhaps I'll make that true.\|image=File: Darby McDevitt Twitter - Olivier Garneau.png }}</ref> but with the 2017 release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', this has been rendered untrue.
	*Olivier Garneau claimed he was a descendant of [[François-Xavier Garneau]].<ref name="Email"/>		*Olivier Garneau claimed he was a descendant of [[François-Xavier Garneau]].<ref name="Email"/>
	*On Layla Hassan's computer, her files on Olivier include a receipt from Quinkie's, a fast food chain featured in [[Ubisoft]]'s [[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|''Watch_Dogs'' video game series]]. The CCTV image features a man ~~shooting~~ Olivier ~~dead, who is actually~~ [[w:c:watchdogs:Aiden Pearce\|Aiden Pearce]], the ~~main~~ protagonist of ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]''		*On Layla Hassan's computer, her files on Olivier include a receipt from Quinkie's, a fast food chain featured in [[Ubisoft]]'s [[w:c:watchdogs:Category:Watch Dogs series\|''Watch_Dogs'' video game series]]. The CCTV image features a man attacking Olivier that looks very similar to [[w:c:watchdogs:Aiden Pearce\|Aiden Pearce]], the protagonist of ''[[w:c:watchdogs:Watch Dogs\|Watch_Dogs]]''.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	AC4 Olivier Office.png\|Olivier meeting with the research analyst		AC4 Olivier Office.png\|Olivier meeting with the research analyst
	AC4 Melanie Olivier Meeting.png\|Olivier meeting with Melanie		AC4 Melanie Olivier Meeting.png\|Olivier meeting with Melanie
	Olivier Garneau Origins.jpg\|Chicago CCTV footage of Olivier Garneau being shot by ~~Aiden Pierce~~		Olivier Garneau Origins.jpg\|Chicago CCTV footage of Olivier Garneau being shot by an unknown assailant
	</gallery>		</gallery>