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I'm assuming it's 1756 - could Shay have made it back to the American Colonies in less than two months? :s
 
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{{Era|Memories|ACRG}}
{{Memory Infobox
{{Memory Infobox
|image =  
| image = Freewill 14.png
|description = ''Return to the [[Davenport Homestead|Homestead]] to get answers about [[Achilles Davenport|Achilles]]' true motives.''
| description = ''Return to the [[Davenport Homestead|Homestead]] to get answers about [[Achilles Davenport|Achilles]]' true motives.''
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
|type = Main
| type = Main
|fullsync = <small>
| fullsync = <small>
*Do not take any damage.
*Do not take any damage.
*Do not kill anyone.</small>
*Do not kill anyone.</small>
|previous = [[Kyrie Eleison]]
| previous = [[Kyrie Eleison]]
|next = [[The Color of Right]]
| next = [[The Color of Right]]
|ancestor = [[Shay Cormac]]
| source = [[Shay Cormac]]
|location = [[Davenport Homestead]], [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts Bay]], [[United States|British America]]
| location = [[Davenport Homestead]], [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts Bay]], [[United States|British America]]
|date = 1756}}
| date = Late 1755 - early 1756}}
'''Freewill''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Shay Cormac]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] stored in the [[Helix]], relived by a [[Helix research analyst|research analyst]] through the [[Animus]].
'''Freewill''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Shay Cormac]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] stored in the [[Helix]], relived by a [[Helix research analyst|research analyst]] through the [[Animus]].


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==Dialogue==
==Dialogue==
*'''Shay:''' ''So what's the next city you want me to smite?! What happened in [[Haiti]] happened in Portugal. A great [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|earthquake]]. Thousands dead, thanks to your damned [[Voynich manuscript|Manuscript]]!''
*'''Shay:''' ''So what's the next city you want me to smite?! What [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake|happened]] in [[Haiti]] happened in [[Portugal]]. A great [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|earthquake]]. Thousands dead, thanks to your damned [[Voynich manuscript|Manuscript]]!''
[[Hope Jensen|Hope]] intervened, putting herself between Shay and her Mentor.
[[Hope Jensen|Hope]] intervened, putting herself between Shay and her Mentor.
*'''Achilles:''' ''This cannot be.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''This cannot be.''
*'''Hope:''' ''Shay, a person cannot start an earthquake.''
*'''Hope:''' ''Shay, a person cannot start an earthquake.''
*'''Shay:''' ''A person meddling with these [[First Civilization|Precursor]] machines could. You saw the [[Precursor box|Box]], Hope. The [[Temples|Temple]] was filled to bursting with that kind of power. You made me '''slaughter innocents'''!''
*'''Shay:''' ''A person meddling with these [[Isu|Precursor]] machines could. You saw the [[Precursor boxes|Box]], Hope. The [[Lisbon Temple|Temple]] was filled to bursting with that kind of power. You made me SLAUGHTER INNOCENTS!''
*'''Hope:''' ''How dare you!''
*'''Hope:''' ''How dare you!''
*'''Shay:''' ''You defend him? [[Achilles Davenport|Achilles]] sent me in there like [[François Mackandal|Mackandal]] sent his man in Haiti. He knew.''
*'''Shay:''' ''You defend him? [[Achilles Davenport|Achilles]] sent me in there like [[François Mackandal|Mackandal]] sent his [[Vendredi|man]] in Haiti. He knew.''
[[Liam O'Brien|Liam]] entered the room and helped Hope with restraining Shay.
[[Liam O'Brien|Liam]] entered the room and helped Hope with restraining Shay.
*'''Liam:''' ''What the hell's going on? Stop this!''
*'''Liam:''' ''What the hell's going on? Stop this!''
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*'''Achilles:''' ''Get him out of here.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''Get him out of here.''
Later that day, Shay mulled over the events at a campfire.
Later that day, Shay mulled over the events at a campfire.
[[File:Freewill 4.png|thumb|250px|Shay contemplating his next move]]
*'''Shay:''' ''Liam is a fool if he thinks I'll leave this be. Achilles cannot be trusted. He must never find another Precursor Temple. I don't care that he's Mentor, or that his family is dead. There's no excuse for this level of madness!''
*'''Shay:''' ''Liam is a fool if he thinks I'll leave this be. Achilles cannot be trusted. He must never find another Precursor Temple. I don't care that he's Mentor, or that his family is dead. There's no excuse for this level of madness!''
Having made up his mind, Shay made his way towards the manor.
Having made up his mind, Shay made his way towards the manor.
*'''Shay:''' ''Only one thing to do.''
*'''Shay:''' ''Only one thing to do.''
Shay entered the manor and went upstairs to steal the Manuscript, which was kept in a locked drawer.  
Shay entered the manor and went upstairs to steal the Manuscript, which was kept in a locked drawer.
*'''Shay:''' ''There's no turning back now...''
*'''Shay:''' ''There's no turning back now...''
Using his [[Hidden Blade]], he broke open the lock and procured the document, though he was discovered by Achilles.
Using his [[Hidden Blade]], he broke open the lock and procured the document, though he was discovered by Achilles.
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*'''Achilles:''' ''And what is it you're doing exactly? Stealing from your [[Assassins|Brothers]]? Betraying me?''
*'''Achilles:''' ''And what is it you're doing exactly? Stealing from your [[Assassins|Brothers]]? Betraying me?''
*'''Shay:''' ''Someone must make amends.''
*'''Shay:''' ''Someone must make amends.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''Make amends? You have no idea what you're doing. The future of the whole continent, maybe the whole word, is tied up in that Manuscript.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''Make amends? You have no idea what you're doing. The future of the whole continent, maybe the whole world, is tied up in that Manuscript.''
*'''Shay:''' ''Perhaps. But we don't have the right to decide that future.''
*'''Shay:''' ''Perhaps. But we don't have the right to decide that future.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''The right? We have the responsibility!''
*'''Achilles:''' ''The right? We have the responsibility!''
*'''Shay:''' '''''We''' are responsible for killing innocents and destroying cities! This... mad grab for power. It ends now.''
*'''Shay:''' ''WE are responsible for killing innocents and destroying cities! This... mad grab for power. It ends now.''
*'''Achilles:''' ''I will not let you destroy everything we have built!''
*'''Achilles:''' ''I will not let you destroy everything we have built!''
A struggle between the two men began, during which Shay briefly managed to overcome Achilles. Using the opportunity, he escaped the manor by jumping through a window and landed safely in the snow.
[[File:Freewill 9.png|thumb|250px|Achilles fighting Shay]]
A struggle ensued, during which Shay briefly managed to overcome Achilles. Using the opportunity, he escaped the manor by jumping through a window and landed safely in the snow.
*'''Achilles:''' ''Assassins! Stop him! Stop Shay!''
*'''Achilles:''' ''Assassins! Stop him! Stop Shay!''
As the Assassins spread out, mortar fire began raining down on the area.
As the Assassins spread out, the [[Gerfaut|''Gerfaut'']] began raining mortar fire on the area.
*'''Assassins:''' ''Mortars!<br> Has [[Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye|Chevalier]] gone mad? He'll destroy the manor!<br> Take cover!<br> Move!<br> Get out of here!<br> Watch out!<br> What is de la Vérendrye doing?!<br> Chevalier's using mortars to stop Shay!<br> What's he thinking? He'll blast us to pieces!''
*'''Assassins:''' ''Mortars!<br />Run! Run away!<br />Has [[Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye|Chevalier]] gone mad? He'll destroy the manor!<br />Take cover!<br />Move!<br />Get out of here!<br />Watch out!<br />What is de la Vérendrye doing?!<br />Chevalier's using mortars to stop Shay!<br />What's he thinking? He'll blast us to pieces!''
Just as Shay reached a narrow pass, Liam attempted to block his former friend's path by shooting an explosive barrel and triggering a small avalanche, though Shay still managed to slip through.
[[File:Freewill 11.png|thumb|250px|Liam firing at the powder kegs]]
*'''Hope:''' ''You won't hinder our plans!<br> How could you, Shay?<br> Have you gone mad?<br> Haven't I taught you anything?<br>Won't you listen to reason, Shay?''
Shay reached a narrow pass, while Liam attempted to block his path by shooting a stack of powder kegs and trigger a small landslide, though Shay still managed to slip through.
Shay continued running, evading his pursuers and Hope's [[Bombs|smoke bombs]] as he did so.
*'''Hope:''' ''You won't hinder our plans!<br />How could you, Shay?<br />Have you gone mad?<br />Haven't I taught you anything?<br />Won't you listen to reason, Shay?''
*'''Kesegowaase:''' ''I will not let you run away.''
Shay continued running, evading his pursuers and Hope's [[Bombs#Smoke bombs|smoke bombs]] as he did so. On a rock in the distance, Liam and [[Kesegowaase]] signaled more Assassins with a flare, before running off.
Eventually, Shay reached a dead end, coming to a stop atop a cliff overlooking the bay. His former Assassin allies quickly caught up with him, with Liam pointing a [[Firearms|gun]] at Shay to keep him from running away again.
*'''Kesegowaase:''' ''I will not let you run away.<br />You cannot escape!<br />I can see you!<br />You will have to run faster than that!''
[[File:Freewill 12.png|thumb|250px|The Assassins cornering Shay]]
Eventually, Shay reached a dead end, coming to a stop atop a cliff overlooking the bay. His former Assassin allies quickly caught up with him, with Liam holding Shay at [[Firearms|gunpoint]] to prevent him from running away again.
*'''Liam:''' ''That's enough!''
*'''Liam:''' ''That's enough!''
*'''Hope:''' ''Give back the Manuscript, Shay. I'm sure Achilles-''
*'''Hope:''' ''Give back the Manuscript, Shay. I'm sure Achilles-''
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==Outcome==
==Outcome==
Disillusioned with the Assassins, and his Mentor in particular, Shay attempted to escape the Homestead with the Manuscript, in an effort to prevent them from finding more Precursor Temples. Although the Assassins caught up with him, Shay jumped into the bay, preventing his former allies from recovering the Manuscript.
Shay stole the manuscript from the Assassins, but was shot and heavily wounded during his escape attempt.


==Reference==
==Trivia==
*If Shay approaches [[Abigail Davenport|Abigail]] and [[Connor Davenport]]'s tombstones, the camera will focus on them for a brief moment.
*If Shay activates [[Eagle Vision]] while approaching the manor, Achilles can be seen in the upstairs window, highlighted in red.
*To the left, on the roof of the homestead, [[Kesegowaase]] can be seen performing the [[Leap of Faith]] from the chimney to hide in a leaf pile, but then seemingly vanishing thereafter.
*In the game trailer, in this memory, Shay is seen wearing his Templar attire despite not earning it until later on in the game.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
Freewill 1.png|Shay barging into Achilles' room
Freewill 2.png|Shay arguing with Achilles and Hope
Freewill 3.png|Liam attempting to calm Shay down
Freewill 5.png|Achilles observing Shay from the manor
Freewill 6.png|Shay infiltrating the manor
Freewill 7.png|Shay taking the manuscript
Freewill 8.png|Achilles confronting Shay
Freewill 10.png|Shay escaping the manor
Freewill 13.png|Hope attempting to reason with Shay
Freewill 15.png|Shay falling into the bay
</gallery>
 
==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
{{ACRGMemories}}
{{ACRGMemories}}
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[[Category:Memories of Shay Cormac]]
[[Category:Memories of Shay Cormac]]
[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus Omega]]
[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus Omega]]

Latest revision as of 18:27, 29 January 2024

Freewill was a virtual representation of one of Shay Cormac's genetic memories stored in the Helix, relived by a research analyst through the Animus.

Description[edit | edit source]

Following the disaster in Lisbon, Shay went to confront his Mentor at the Homestead.

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

Hope intervened, putting herself between Shay and her Mentor.

  • Achilles: This cannot be.
  • Hope: Shay, a person cannot start an earthquake.
  • Shay: A person meddling with these Precursor machines could. You saw the Box, Hope. The Temple was filled to bursting with that kind of power. You made me SLAUGHTER INNOCENTS!
  • Hope: How dare you!
  • Shay: You defend him? Achilles sent me in there like Mackandal sent his man in Haiti. He knew.

Liam entered the room and helped Hope with restraining Shay.

  • Liam: What the hell's going on? Stop this!
  • Achilles: The operation was delicate, perhaps you-
  • Shay: You are shifting the earth itself. Who are you to decide what city falls next?
  • Achilles: Get him out of here.

Later that day, Shay mulled over the events at a campfire.

Shay contemplating his next move
  • Shay: Liam is a fool if he thinks I'll leave this be. Achilles cannot be trusted. He must never find another Precursor Temple. I don't care that he's Mentor, or that his family is dead. There's no excuse for this level of madness!

Having made up his mind, Shay made his way towards the manor.

  • Shay: Only one thing to do.

Shay entered the manor and went upstairs to steal the Manuscript, which was kept in a locked drawer.

  • Shay: There's no turning back now...

Using his Hidden Blade, he broke open the lock and procured the document, though he was discovered by Achilles.

  • Achilles: I had such hopes for you, Shay.
  • Shay: Achilles. I have to do this.
  • Achilles: And what is it you're doing exactly? Stealing from your Brothers? Betraying me?
  • Shay: Someone must make amends.
  • Achilles: Make amends? You have no idea what you're doing. The future of the whole continent, maybe the whole world, is tied up in that Manuscript.
  • Shay: Perhaps. But we don't have the right to decide that future.
  • Achilles: The right? We have the responsibility!
  • Shay: WE are responsible for killing innocents and destroying cities! This... mad grab for power. It ends now.
  • Achilles: I will not let you destroy everything we have built!
Achilles fighting Shay

A struggle ensued, during which Shay briefly managed to overcome Achilles. Using the opportunity, he escaped the manor by jumping through a window and landed safely in the snow.

  • Achilles: Assassins! Stop him! Stop Shay!

As the Assassins spread out, the Gerfaut began raining mortar fire on the area.

  • Assassins: Mortars!
    Run! Run away!
    Has Chevalier gone mad? He'll destroy the manor!
    Take cover!
    Move!
    Get out of here!
    Watch out!
    What is de la Vérendrye doing?!
    Chevalier's using mortars to stop Shay!
    What's he thinking? He'll blast us to pieces!
Liam firing at the powder kegs

Shay reached a narrow pass, while Liam attempted to block his path by shooting a stack of powder kegs and trigger a small landslide, though Shay still managed to slip through.

  • Hope: You won't hinder our plans!
    How could you, Shay?
    Have you gone mad?
    Haven't I taught you anything?
    Won't you listen to reason, Shay?

Shay continued running, evading his pursuers and Hope's smoke bombs as he did so. On a rock in the distance, Liam and Kesegowaase signaled more Assassins with a flare, before running off.

  • Kesegowaase: I will not let you run away.
    You cannot escape!
    I can see you!
    You will have to run faster than that!
The Assassins cornering Shay

Eventually, Shay reached a dead end, coming to a stop atop a cliff overlooking the bay. His former Assassin allies quickly caught up with him, with Liam holding Shay at gunpoint to prevent him from running away again.

  • Liam: That's enough!
  • Hope: Give back the Manuscript, Shay. I'm sure Achilles-
  • Shay: I cannot. I will not let this happen again. All those souls lost... One more hardly matters.

Walking towards the edge of the cliff, Shay was shot in the back before falling down and plunging into the bay.

  • Liam: Shay!

Outcome[edit | edit source]

Shay stole the manuscript from the Assassins, but was shot and heavily wounded during his escape attempt.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • If Shay approaches Abigail and Connor Davenport's tombstones, the camera will focus on them for a brief moment.
  • If Shay activates Eagle Vision while approaching the manor, Achilles can be seen in the upstairs window, highlighted in red.
  • To the left, on the roof of the homestead, Kesegowaase can be seen performing the Leap of Faith from the chimney to hide in a leaf pile, but then seemingly vanishing thereafter.
  • In the game trailer, in this memory, Shay is seen wearing his Templar attire despite not earning it until later on in the game.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Shay barging into Achilles' room
    Shay barging into Achilles' room
  • Shay arguing with Achilles and Hope
    Shay arguing with Achilles and Hope
  • Liam attempting to calm Shay down
    Liam attempting to calm Shay down
  • Achilles observing Shay from the manor
    Achilles observing Shay from the manor
  • Shay infiltrating the manor
    Shay infiltrating the manor
  • Shay taking the manuscript
    Shay taking the manuscript
  • Achilles confronting Shay
    Achilles confronting Shay
  • Shay escaping the manor
    Shay escaping the manor
  • Hope attempting to reason with Shay
    Hope attempting to reason with Shay
  • Shay falling into the bay
    Shay falling into the bay

References[edit | edit source]

Assassin's Creed: Rogue memories
Main memories
Sequence 1
The Way the Wind Blows - Lessons and Revelations - Tinker Sailor Soldier Spy - By Invitation Only
Sequence 2
One Little Victory - We the People - Fiat Lux - Kyrie Eleison - Freewill
Sequence 3
The Color of Right - A Long Walk and a Short Drop - Circumstances - Keep Your Friends Close
Sequence 4
Honour and Loyalty - Armour and Sword - Scars
Sequence 5
Men o' War - Bravado
Sequence 6
The Heist - Caress of Steel - No Laws But Our Own - Cold Fire - Non Nobis Domine
Incomplete memories
RGVjb25zdHJ1Y3RlZA0K - UHJvdGVjdGlvbg0K - QXNzYXNzaW5hdGlvbg0K
Assassin interceptions
Scott Lawson - Kelly Snider - Lewis Johnson - Franklin Greear - Maria Gurley - Michael Crawley - Randall Gordon - Rachel Plourde - David Borgen - Philippe Beaubien - Conan Brown - Marla Capps
Legendary battles
The Battle of Labrador - The Battle of Quiberon Bay - Pirates of a Lost Age - The Storm Fortress


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