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| {{Quote|I stand with those who stand with me. I lure my prey through the guise of a lady. I escape unnoticed through the veil of a slave. And though I may conceal my identity, one thing is certain: commit injustice in this world, and I'll send you to the next. I am Aveline de Grandpré, I am an Assassin, and I fight for liberation.|Aveline de Grandpré.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}} | | {{Youmay|the event|the [[September Massacres (memory)|memory]]}} |
| {{Character Infobox | | {{Quote|This is what happens when you give command of the government to half-starved lunatics, and command of the army to bloodthirsty savages.|Napoleon on the September Massacres, 1792.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}} |
| |image = ACI-Aveline.png | | {{Event |
| |birth = 20 June 1747<br>[[New Orleans]], {{Wiki|Louisiana (New France)|French Louisiana}}, {{Wiki|New France}} | | |prev = [[10 August]] |
| |death = | | |next = [[Execution of Louis XVI]] |
| |period = [[Louisiana Rebellion]] | | |image = [[File:ACU September Massacres 3.png|thumb|250px]] |
| |affiliates = [[Assassins]]
| | |name = September Massacres |
| |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
| | |timeframe = [[French Revolution]] |
| |voice = [[Amber Goldfarb]]}} | | |date = 2 – 7 September 1792 |
| '''Aveline de Grandpré''' (1747 – unknown) was an [[Assassins|Assassin]] of [[France|French]] and [[Africa]]n heritage, who lived in the area of [[New Orleans]] during the middle of the 18th century. She is an ancestor to "[[Subject 1]]". | | |place = [[Paris]], [[France]] |
| | |outcome = *Between 1,200 and 1,400 prisoners were killed. |
| | |key = *[[National Guard (France)|National Guard]] |
| | *[[Assassins]] |
| | *[[Templars]] |
| | **[[Jacobins]] |
| | |participants = *[[Arno Dorian]] |
| | *[[Frédéric Rouille]]}} |
| | The '''September Massacres''' were a wave of killings that occurred across [[France]], though principally in [[Paris]], during the [[French Revolution]]. |
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| Born to the wealthy French merchant [[Philippe Olivier de Grandpré]] and an African slave by the name of [[Jeanne]], Aveline was raised in a comfortable and privileged environment. After her mother disappeared in 1757, Aveline was cared for and brought up by her stepmother, [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], whom her father had married five years prior.
| | With the threat of foreign armies advancing upon them, the revolutionaries grew fearful that Paris' prison population could form a dangerous counter-revolutionary force if freed. Rallied by radicalists like [[Jean-Paul Marat]], they set out to pre-emptively eliminate any prisoner that showed even the slighest evidence of being against the revolution; ultimately, over a thousand people lost their lives in the massacres. |
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| Shrewd by nature, Aveline noticed the contrasts present within the society she lived in and, at the age of twelve, resolved to act against this injustice. Following an attempt to rescue a man from [[Slavery|enslavement]], she met the Assassin [[Agaté]], who was impressed by her dedication to pursuing freedom. He decided to take Aveline under his wing, training her to become an official member of the Brotherhood.
| | ==Background== |
| | {{Quote|We need audacity, and yet more audacity, and always audacity, and France shall be saved!|[[Georges Danton]] in response to the Duke of Brunswick's invasion.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}} |
| | In April 1792, France's [[Legislative Assembly]] declared war on [[Austria]], purportedly to "spread the Revolution", but actually to, among other things, distract the populace from its own economic problems. Initial engagements were not in France's favor, however, and the country ended up being invaded by the allied Austrian and Prussian forces under the [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Duke of Brunswick]].<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> |
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| Aveline subsequently grew into her role of an Assassin, fighting to defend the oppressed slaves of New Orleans. At the age of 18, she became aware of a slave trafficking enterprise being run in New Orleans by a high-ranking [[Templars|Templar]], known only as the "Company Man". Hunting down several of his subordinates, Aveline sought to shut down the Templar's operations and eventually discovered the slaves' destination, a work camp in [[Chichen Itza]].
| | Around the same time, the revolution took a radical turn with the storming of the [[Tuileries Palace]] on the [[10 August|10th of August]], leading to the arrest and imprisonment of King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] and his family. Radicalists such as Marat subsequently began to incite hatred towards royalists, priests who had refused to accept the terms of the new constitution, and aristocrats, many of whom were sent to languish in Paris' prisons alongside common criminals and lunatics.<ref name="ACU"/><ref name="Ubi">[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-176244-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 The September Massacres - France's Most Horrible History]</ref> |
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| After she liberated said slave community from Templar influence, procuring a valuable [[First Civilization]] artifact in the process, Aveline returned to New Orleans to resume her hunt for the Company Man. Several years later, she journeyed to [[New York]] to pursue a lead that would allow her to uncover the Templar's true identity. In this, she was aided by the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] Assassin, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], known by his adopted name of Connor.
| | When the Duke of Brunswick secured victory at Verdun on 2 September, the revolutionaries panicked, believing Paris would be the next to fall, and decided to radically purge any and all opposition to their cause. Their paranoia led them to target the prisoners, whom they thought would join forces with the Prussian Army in an effort to restore the monarchy.<ref name="ACU"/> |
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| With his help, Aveline discovered the Company Man had been her own stepmother all along. Following a short confrontation at the [[De Grandpré Mansion|de Grandpré mansion]], Aveline fled to the [[Louisiana Bayou]] to inform Agaté, with disastrous consequences. She then returned to Madeleine, pretending to go along with her induction into the Templar Order, before she assassinated all the members present, thus finally ridding New Orleans of Templar influence.
| | ==Prison massacres== |
| | {{Quote|Look at these posh bastards. Bet they weren't fed on bread and water.|One of Rouille's guardsmen during their assault on the Grand Châtelet, 1792.|Assassin's Creed: Unity}} |
| | The bloodshed began at the [[Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés]], where 24 non-juring priests were dragged from their carriages and butchered as they were being transported to the prison de l'Abbaye. In the following days, the violence spread to other prisons, with makeshift courts being formed to judge whether or not the inmates were against the revolution.<ref name="Ubi"/> |
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| In 2012, her [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] became the basis of a publicly released video game titled ''[[Liberation]]'', which was developed in partnership by [[Abstergo Entertainment]] and [[Ubisoft (company)|Ubisoft]].
| | Those who were found to be "guilty" were immediately and brutally murdered; one notable case involved {{Wiki|Princess Marie Louise of Savoy}}, a close confidant of [[Marie Antoinette]], who was hacked to pieces by an angry mob. Her head was then placed on a pike and paraded around beneath her old friend's window at the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]], though it is unknown if Marie Antoinette actually saw it.<ref name="Ubi"/> |
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| ==Biography==
| | Despite the widespread violence, some prisoners managed to survive the ordeal, even if their dignity did not. Marie-Maurille de Sombreuil, the daughter of the former governor of [[Les Invalides (district)|Les Invalides]], supposedly drank the warm blood of aristocrats to prove her hatred of them, in an effort to save her father's life.<ref name="Ubi"/> |
| ===Early life===
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| {{Quote|On seeing her, he falls to his knees. He says he is ashamed. He begs forgiveness for keeping me enslaved all this time. He vows to grant us both our freedom.|Jeanne, reflecting in her diary about Philippe's reaction to the birth of his daughter Aveline, 1747.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| Aveline was born in New Orleans on 20 June 1747 to Philippe Olivier de Grandpré and his African {{Wiki|Plaçage|placée}} bride, Jeanne. Granted freedom along with her mother at birth, Aveline grew up in a caring and considerate environment, protected by her father's wealth and influence within the city. However, when her father's business began to suffer, he married Madeleine de L'Isle, the daughter of one of his investors, in 1752.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
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| While this act put a strain on the relationship between her parents, both Aveline and her mother Jeanne were permitted to stay at the de Grandpré mansion, with Madeleine becoming responsible for the young girl's education. In 1755, Aveline found a childhood companion in [[Gérald Blanc]], an orphan from Acadia that had been hired by her father as an errand boy.<ref name="AC3L"/>
| | The [[Templars|Templar]] captain [[Frédéric Rouille]] participated in the massacres as well, marching on the [[Grand Châtelet]] with his men. Killing [[guards]] and prisoners alike, they took control of the prison, with Rouille taunting the captured prison warden by waving the head of his decapitated brother in front of him. However, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also infiltrated the Grand Châtelet and, after freeing the prison guards that had been taken captive, assassinated Rouille, putting an end to the Templar's cruelty.<ref name="ACU"/> |
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| Aveline's carefree life as a youth was cut short two years later, when Jeanne inexplicably vanished, leaving a void in the girl's life. Despite the fact that Madeleine quickly adopted the role of doting stepmother, Aveline continued to be troubled by the loss of her mother. As a result, she frequently had nightmares about the events surrounding Jeanne's disappearance.<ref name="AC3L"/>
| | By the 7th of September, over a thousand people had been killed, most of them nobles, royalists and [[Switzerland|Swiss]] Guards, but also street children, common criminals and [[Courtesans|prostitutes]]; many of the victims ended up being buried in the [[Catacombs of Paris]].<ref name="ACU"/> |
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| [[File:Only_a_Nightmare_3.png|thumb|250px|left|A young Aveline at a slave auction]]
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| Simultaneously, Aveline's feelings and observations regarding the prevailing contrasts present within her city eventually spurred her into action. In 1759, she attempted to free a slave, but was caught in the act and set upon by sailors employed by the slave's owner. Thanks to an intervention from the African Assassin Agaté, Aveline and the slave managed to escape unharmed. Deciding her commitment to freedom and justice was beyond compare, Agaté took Aveline, as well as Gérald, under his wing.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
| | Although some deputies defended the massacres, claiming they were necessary, many Parisians remained deeply affected by the deeply violent acts that had been committed. In the provinces, people reacted with horror and disapproval to what had transpired in the capital, while potential opponents were frightened by what could happen to them.<ref name="ACU"/> |
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| Following a few months of intense training, Aveline was officially inducted into the Assassin Brotherhood, with Agaté becoming her Mentor.<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates|Assassin's Creed Initiates]]''</ref> From then on, Aveline would act as his agent in New Orleans, using her skills to help people in need and rid [[Louisiana]] of the Templars.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| | | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> |
| ===Sabotaging de Ferrer's operations===
| | CarmesMassacre.jpg|An illustration of the massacres outside the Carmes prison |
| ====Investigating the disappearing slaves====
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| {{Quote|My brothers have vanished. Then my aunt [...] They ain't escaped as you say. They're taken.|A slave, informing Aveline of the recent disappearances, 1765.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| In 1765, Aveline set out during one night, a nightmare having ruined any chance at further sleep, and went to the [[Pigeon coops|pigeon coop]] in the garden, where she received word from Gérald, who served as the Order's information officer. His letter alerted her to a [[Sugar plantation|plantation]] from which slaves were reportedly escaping, prompting Aveline to investigate. After ascending the [[Saint Louis Cathedral]] to scout out a [[Dressing chambers|dressing chamber]], she hid inside a cart that would take her to the estate.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:A_Slave_in_Trouble_5.png|thumb|250px|Aveline freeing the captured Thérèse]]
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| Dressed as a slave, Aveline managed to infiltrate the plantation's grounds and discovered that the slaves were being taken by somebody, rather than escaping by themselves. She subsequently climbed to the [[Viewpoints|highest point]] of the estate, in the hopes of finding clues that led to [[Thérèse]], a young slave that had been the latest to disappear. Led to a barn, Aveline found and freed Thérèse, but the duo were quickly intercepted by the plantation owner's son and his [[guards]].<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| After overpowering them, Aveline escorted her companion out of the plantation, following which she returned home to seek the aid of her stepmother. Managing to convince the initially cross Madeleine, Aveline was then sent to buy traveling clothes while Thérèse was being tended to. After the young slave had been brought to safety by Madeleine's contacts, Madeleine assured Aveline she would aid her if similar situations ever arose in the future.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| {{Quote|The Order... is... the... future. The... the Templars will keep our colony... French.|Governor d'Abbadie's final words, 1765.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| That same year, Aveline visited her father's [[De Grandpré Warehouse|warehouse]], where she overheard him complaining about disappearing shipments to Gérald, and resolved to uncover the cause. After Gérald's meeting with [[Gilbert-Antoine de Saint Maxent]], her father's business partner, proved fruitless, Aveline decided to bribe her way aboard the [[Ships|ship]] from which the goods had disappeared and met the vessel's captain, [[Carlos Dominguez]]. In her guise of a lady, Aveline easily charmed the captain and, while he was distracted, managed to slip away with some paperwork detailing the location of the merchandise.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Key to the Problem 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline discussing plans with Gérald]]
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| Aveline then recovered the shipments, before informing de Saint Maxent and subsequently securing a considerable discount for her father. A few days later, she met with Gérald, who told her that some of the documents she had stolen mentioned a known Templar, [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. Additional information revealed that he was present in Louisiana and was working with its French governor, [[Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie]].<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Intent on discovering what the two men were up to, Aveline stole a servant's key so that she could discreetly infiltrate the [[Governor's Mansion|governor's estate]] via the kitchen. After navigating the manse's hallways, Aveline reached the governor's office, where she [[Eavesdropping|overheard]] de Ferrer and governor d'Abbadie talk about the plans of a mysterious individual referred to as the "Company Man". The pair had also made a deal to ensure d'Abaddie remained as governor, provided he smoothed the hand-over of the colony to the Templars and supplied de Ferrer with workers for a secret Templar operation. Deciding to end their practices, Aveline waited for de Ferrer to leave, before attacking the governor and assassinating him with a [[Firearms|musket]].<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| As he lay dying, the governor claimed the Templars would keep the colony under French influence, which Aveline denied, following which she demanded to know why de Ferrer required workers. However, d'Abbadie could not answer her question and succumbed to his wounds, prompting Aveline to hurriedly escape the estate. With the city's guards on high alert following the governor's death, Aveline chose to hide in the bayou until the commotion died down.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| {{Quote|Deep in the bayou, a dangerous impostor spreads real roots [...] Who is this impostor, and what are his affiliations? This, you will need to uncover.|Agaté, informing Aveline of the arrival of an impostor in the bayou, 1766.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| [[File:Meet the Smugglers 1.png|thumb|250px|Agaté telling Aveline about Élise Lafleur]]
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| The next year, Aveline received word from Agaté and traveled to his [[Agaté's Hut|hideout]] in the Louisiana Bayou to meet him. There, she was informed that a man impersonating the deceased [[François Mackandal]], an Assassin and Mentor to Agaté, was attempting to overtake smuggling operations in the bayou. After receiving additional training in the use of a [[blowpipe]], Aveline set out to uncover the imposter's identity and his affiliations.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| On the advice of Agaté, Aveline traveled to the [[Smugglers' Hideout|settlement]] of the smugglers [[Roussillon]] and [[Élise Lafleur]], arriving just in time to save them from some of [[Baptiste's followers|Mackandal's followers]]. In return, Élise reluctantly helped Aveline navigate the bayou in search of Mackandal's men. After eliminating two of his followers' encampments, Aveline and Élise uncovered a sacred ceremony being held by Mackandal on the Eve of Saint John, though the exact location remained unknown.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Consulting Roussillon, Aveline was told to seek the help of the [[Houngan (San Danje)|houngan]] of [[San Danje]], a shanty town where escaped slaves gathered. After she arrived there, Aveline met with Élise and the witch doctor, who was sympathetic to the Assassin's cause and divined the ceremony's location. With the additional threat of Mackandal's poisons, the houngan had Aveline drink an antidote as a precautionary measure.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Eve_of_Saint_John_9.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline and Élise eavesdropping on Baptiste and de Ferrer]]
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| Aveline and Élise then journeyed to {{Wiki|Lake Pontchartrain}}, the supposed site of the ceremony, where they found Mackandal and discovered that he was actually called [[Baptiste]], a former Assassin that was in league with de Ferrer. Hidden nearby, the two women overheard his plans to poison the nobles of New Orleans and thus avenge the slaves that had perished on [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]]. His real goal, however, was to force Agaté out of hiding and deliver him to de Ferrer, who had promised Baptiste membership into the Templar Order in return.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| With the aid of Élise, who distracted some of Baptiste's underlings, Aveline snuck closer as the ceremony began. [[Blending]] in with the followers, she attempted to silently eliminate him with a [[Poison darts|poison dart]], but was detected and hit with one of Baptiste's own darts. However, thanks to the houngan's antidote, Aveline was able to recover, causing Baptiste to send his followers after her, though they proved to be no match for the Assassin.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Eve of Saint John 7.png|thumb|250px|Aveline facing Baptiste]]
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| Coming down to face her himself, Baptiste was defeated in a one-on-one battle with Aveline, who, in doing so, freed the bayou of his machinations and sabotaged de Ferrer's plans once more. In his final words, Baptiste revealed that he had personally known both her mother Jeanne, and her Mentor, Agaté. Upon returning to Agaté, however, Aveline did not mention what she had discovered, as she did not fully trust her Mentor, given that he had kept this information hidden from her.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| {{Quote|This Spanish "gouverneur" has placed so many restrictions on trade, even plantation owners are practically "begging" for an excuse to riot.|Gérald, about the laws implemented by governor Antonio de Ulloa, 1768.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| That same year, [[Spain|Spanish]] governor and Templar adviser [[Antonio de Ulloa]] arrived in New Orleans. In 1768, he placed strict trade laws and restrictions over the colony in order to benefit the Templar Order.<ref name="AC3L"/> In response, French Creoles [[Louisiana Rebellion|rebelled]] against de Ulloa's regime, openly challenging his authority and creating discontent in New Orleans.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>
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| While the unrest in the streets grew, Aveline set out to find and question Carlos Dominguez on his ties with de Ferrer, hoping to find out more about the Templar's plans. After speaking to a crew member of Dominguez, she was led to a tavern, where she found the inebriated captain. Although she interrogated him, Dominguez was revealed to possess scant information of value, being little more than a transporter of goods. Aveline then returned home, where her father gifted her a [[Jeanne's diary pages|page]] from her mother's diary.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Prelude_to_Rebellion_3.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline speaking with the rioters]]
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| Later, Aveline went to the family warehouse at the request of Gérald, but encountered a commotion along the way. Rebelling against their new masters, a group of [[civilians]] had gotten into a fight with [[Spanish Army|Spanish soldiers]], leading Aveline to step in. After she saved them from the better-armed soldiers, Aveline spoke with the rioters and learned of the number of slaves and vagrants that had vanished since the arrival of the Spanish.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Unsettled, Aveline continued on her way to the warehouse, where she discovered that Gérald had turned it into the Order's new headquarters, making room for her weapons and guises. She was also given a special [[Parasol gun|parasol]] that functioned as a dart gun, following which she was informed of a business rival, monsieur [[Bouché]], that had been slandering the de Grandpré's reputation. With the business' sales already dropping, Aveline quickly set out to cut Bouché's campaign of lies short.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Vanishing_Slaves_1.png|thumb|250px|Aveline and the houngan discussing the disappearing slaves]]
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| Threatening Bouché into submission, Aveline saw his bankruptcy as an opportunity to provide his slaves with honest, better-paid labor and bought one of his shops. She then returned to her headquarters, where she discussed the increase in kidnapped slaves with Gérald and decided to travel to San Danje to investigate. There, she consulted the houngan, who advised her to speak with her friend Élise, a frequent hirer of San Danje's denizens.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Doing so, Aveline found out about the convoys of slaves that were departing from [[Fort Saint-Jean]], a [[Forts|fortress]] occupied by the Spanish. Aided by Élise, the Assassin attempted to uncover where the workers were headed, first intercepting a convoy and then infiltrating the fort itself. Despite their efforts, the pair discovered little information, apart from the fact that the slaves they had liberated were strangely upset at not being able to board the work ship that would transport them to their destination.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Back in New Orleans, Aveline met with Gérald and voiced her frustration about failing to find out where the slaves were going, even though she'd confirmed the involvement of the Spanish. Gérald posited the directive must have come from governor de Ulloa and offered to help Aveline in drawing him out of [[La Balize]], where he'd hid since coming to Louisiana. The two Assassins then went to the [[Place d'Armes]], where Aveline, disguised as a slave, used the tense crowd to incite a massive riot.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:In_Vino_Veritas_6.png|thumb|left|250px|Aveline and Gérald escaping in the gunpowder carriage]]
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| The Assassins quickly hatched another plan, targeting two Spanish military vessels that were anchored at the docks. After Aveline took out the guards aboard one of the ships, she planted some [[Bombs|explosives]], but was interrupted before she could set them to detonate. Carlos Dominguez, this time sober enough to recognize her, ordered his men to stop her, though they posed little challenge to the Assassin. After warning Dominguez to save himself, Aveline activated the explosives and swam back to the shore, from which she watched the vessel being destroyed.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:A_Governor_No_More_5.png|thumb|250px|Aveline interrogating de Ulloa]]
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| Against Agaté's orders, however, Aveline chose not to kill de Ulloa, allowing him, and his pregnant wife<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>, to flee the city in return for a lens used to decipher encoded Templar documents, a map leading to the work site at Chichen Itza, and the promise of de Ulloa to go into exile. This merciful act continued to harm Aveline's already damaged relationship with her Mentor. He subsequently forbade her to travel to Chichen Itza, but Aveline ignored this, receiving a warning from her Mentor that she would live to regret her insubordination.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:A_New_Life_1.png|thumb|250px|left|De Ferrer giving his welcome speech as Aveline watches from the crowd]]
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| Arriving in the ancient [[Mayans|Mayan]] city of Chichen Itza in 1769, Aveline discovered the excavation site was being supervised by de Ferrer and listened to one of his welcoming speeches. Afterwards, she mingled with the people at the camp, in order to unravel the mysteries of her new surroundings. To her surprise, she encountered Thérèse, the slave Aveline had rescued from captivity about four years ago, who, along with various other slaves, seemed to be perfectly happy at the worksite. Before continuing her investigations, Aveline collected material around the camp and crafted two makeshift [[Hidden Blade|Hidden Blades]] to defend herself.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| After taking out additional reinforcements with the overseer's [[whip]], Aveline talked to the runaway slave, who spoke of a woman named Jeanne that had been stationed at the camp. Convinced it was her mother, the Assassin scoured the work site for clues, finding evidence that her mother had indeed been there at some point. Among pages found from Jeanne's diary, Aveline discovered a map detailing the location of an ancient artifact deep within a nearby cenote.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| With this in mind, Aveline traveled to the cenote's entrance, navigated the underground cave system and uncovered ruins from the [[First Civilization]]. There, she solved a puzzle that functioned as a defense mechanism, causing a fragment of the [[Prophecy Disks|Prophecy Disk]], an ancient artifact, to be revealed. Moments after obtaining the relic, Aveline was met by de Ferrer, who had reached the ruins by blasting through a rock wall.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:The_Secret_of_the_Cenote_6.png|thumb|250px|Aveline happening upon her mother]]
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| Intending to steal the artifact, de Ferrer and his guards engaged Aveline in battle, though she killed them all, with de Ferrer himself being thrown into the depths of the cavern. The Assassin then quickly made her escape, as the cave was rapidly collapsing due to de Ferrer's explosives. Having reached a safe area, she happened upon her mother, Jeanne. However, this reunion was short-lived, as Jeanne, realizing that Aveline was an Assassin, believed Agaté had sent her daughter to come and kill her. Refusing to disclose any information, she then fled the mines, leaving Aveline with more questions about her Mentor.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ===Hunt for the Company Man===
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| ====Tracking Vázquez====
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| {{Quote|Perhaps you underestimate the vast, winding, expanse of the bayou. I will repeat: I need enough men to control all of it. Recruit the entire Spanish Army if you must.|Vázquez, to his recruiter about controlling the bayou, 1771.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| After her escapades at Chichen Itza, Aveline returned to New Orleans in 1771 and continued her search for the identity of the Company Man. Heading to the warehouse, she reunited with Gérald, who informed her that the Spanish had put new laws in place during her absence, which would ease their efforts in helping the slaves. Despite this, a rogue faction of Spanish troops had also sprang up and was raising havoc in the bayou. Having gotten back her weapons, Aveline set out to chase down a lead, a recruiter that was bribing guards, in the hopes of uncovering who these soldiers were working for.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:The_Prodigal_Daughter_4.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline tailing the recruiter]]
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| Finding the recruiter, Aveline then tailed him to a meeting with two Spanish soldiers, who had agreed to join the recruiter's cause. As she neared to apprehend him, the man spotted her and took off, with the Assassin quickly giving chase. Despite her efforts, the recruiter managed to reach the city's fort and hid within its walls, prompting Aveline to then infiltrate it.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Locating the man with her [[Eagle Vision]], Aveline followed him to a quiet spot within the fort, where she eliminated him. Aveline then looted the recruiter's corpse, finding a message from his employer. After escaping the military barracks, Aveline read the letter and discovered that a man by the name of [[Diego Vázquez|Vázquez]] was using the bribed troops to seize control of the bayou. Fearing he would eventually learn the location of Agaté's hideout, Aveline hurried to the bayou to warn her Mentor of the danger.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Upon her arrival there, she found the hut empty, leading her to track Agaté down, who was less than pleased to see her and grew even more bitter when she presented him with a piece of the Prophecy Disk. After some bickering, Aveline agreed to hide the fragment, following which she attempted to warn Agaté of the new threat. Her Mentor then revealed he was already aware of Vázquez's troops and begrudgingly accepted Aveline's offer to help him.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Upon hearing his plan, Aveine doubted it would put a permanent stop to Vázquez's efforts, but nonetheless carried it out. By silently poisoning enough of the troops as they passed the voodoo signs set up by Agaté, Aveline made the survivors believe they had fallen under a curse, causing them to flee. She then journeyed to the headquarters of her smuggler allies.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:The_Lighthouse_2.png|thumb|250px|Aveline climbing the lighthouse]]
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| There, Aveline spoke with Élise and Roussillon, who confirmed that they too had noticed the increase in Spanish troops. Upon mentioning Vázquez, Roussillon informed her that the Templar was attempting to divert a supply ship for his own purposes. In response, Aveline disabled the lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain, causing the ship to run aground on a nearby island.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Afterwards, Aveline and the smugglers traveled to the trapped ship, intent on stealing its supplies. Defending her allies from Vázquez's guards as they transported the cargo, the Assassin was disappointed upon discovering that Vázquez himself had not been on board. However, among the supplies that the smugglers had stolen, Roussillon found documents containing orders to reclaim the worksite in Chichen Itza, leading Aveline to hurriedly journey back to Mexico.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ====Return to Chichen Itza====
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| {{Quote|I traded one enemy for another. And they will not rest until they have what they seek.|Jeanne, on the Templars' pursuit of the Prophecy Disk, 1772.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| [[File:Return_to_Mexico_1.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline reuniting with her mother]]
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| In 1772, Aveline arrived in Chichen Itza to ascertain whether or not her mother's safety had been jeopardized, as well as to locate the missing half of the Prophecy Disk. To Aveline's surprise, her mother, having decided her love was stronger than her fear, was no longer afraid of her and greeted her warmly. Having made peace with one another, Jeanne then asked her daughter to retrieve the second piece of the artifact, so that she might finally be free from the prying eyes of the Templars.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Aided by a map from her mother, Aveline found her way to a lone [[canoe]] that would allow her to navigate the cenote's rapids. After abandoning her mode of transportation, Aveline explored the underground cave system, eventually happening upon the entrance to another chamber constructed by the First Civilization. There, she solved the puzzle to an ancient defense mechanism, which allowed her to acquire the final piece of the Prophecy Disk.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Afterwards, Aveline returned to her mother with the artifact and offered to take her back to New Orleans. However, Jeanne decided it was best to stay behind and take care of the community in Chichen Itza, which had been freed of Templar influence, thanks to Aveline's intervention. Promising to remain in contact, Aveline then returned to New Orleans.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ====Aiding George====
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| {{Quote|Futile murder... beautiful death. She... will make you suffer.|Vázquez, on the identity of the Company Man, 1776.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| [[File:An Urgent Favor 1.png|thumb|250px|Aveline with her bedridden father]]
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| Having returned to New Orleans, Aveline found that her father had become bedridden due to an illness. Despite her worries for his health, she continued her quest to uncover the identity of the Company Man, infiltrating slave trader organizations and, with Gérald's help, expanding her network of contacts.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> During one of her visits to her father in 1776, Aveline was called upon by Madeleine, who asked her to help a slave named [[George Davidson|George]] escape New Orleans.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Carrying out her stepmother's request, Aveline sought out George and, after saving him from a couple of guards, escorted him out of the city. She subsequently contacted her smugglies allies, in the hope that they could provide George safe passage through the swamp. Although Élise and Roussillon were not opposed to the idea, as they were also tasked with delivering supplies from the Spanish to [[United States|American]] [[Patriots]] fighting in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], rogue Spanish soldiers were once again opposing their activities.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Supplying the Revolution 3.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline, Élise and George speaking with Hopton]]
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| Seeing an opportunity, Aveline decided to help Élise and Roussillon in transporting their wares, so that they might convince the Patriots to take George to the North. Navigating the bayou's trees, the Assassin, aided by musket fire from George, took out the Spanish troops before they could inflict damage on the smugglers' raft. As a result, Élise and her men managed to safely reach their destination, where they met with [[Hopton]] and the other Patriots.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| After the goods were transferred, Aveline discussed the Spanish attacking them, prompting Hopton to mention Vázquez, who hadn't been very keen on the arrangement between the revolutionaries and the Spanish governor. Surprised to hear that he was back in New Orleans, Aveline decided to resume her hunt for the Templar, believing him to be the Company Man. Before leaving, she asked the Patriots if they would allow George to accompany them to the North, to which they agreed, provided he fight for their cause.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| From there, Aveline returned to New Orleans and spoke with Gérald, hoping to learn more information on where to find Vázquez. However, several of Gérald's informants had been recently poisoned by the Templar's men, giving the pair little to go on. They decided to attend the Capitán's Ball, a prominent soirée held at a luxurious plantation, in the hopes of finding Vázquez there.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:The Last Dance 6.png|thumb|250px|Aveline dancing with Vázquez]]
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| Mingling with the guests, Aveline managed to locate Vázquez using her Eagle Vision and approached him under the pretense of wanting to dance. After charming the Templar, the Assassin led him to a quiet balcony away from the party, where she then assassinated him. With his dying breath, Vázquez revealed that he was not the Company Man, with Louisiana's head Templar being, in fact, a woman.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Unsure of what to do with this information, Aveline went to leave the party, but found Madeleine waiting for her at the plantation's gates. After receiving a scolding, she learned that her father, whose illness had worsened despite her stepmother's tonic, had passed away during her absence. Shaken, Aveline later met with Gérald and Madeleine at Philippe's grave in Saint Peter's Cemetery. Although she cared little about her lack of inheritance, Gérald assured her that he considered the de Grandpré business to be hers, even if it had officially been left in his name.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ====Journey to New York====
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| {{Quote|Who do you serve? And do you really think yourself free? "Charity should begin at himself," Miss Aveline.|Officer Davidson, about Aveline's position as an Assassin, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| Feeling defeated, Aveline's resolve to discover the identity of the Company Man nevertheless stayed strong. However, without any leads, she struggled to find a trace of the Templar. Thanks to Gérald being in contact with the [[Colonial Assassins]], Aveline learned of a [[Loyalists|loyalist]] officer named Davidson, who was working for the Company Man, and subsequently headed north to find him.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:A Fool's Errand 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline meeting Connor]]
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| Arriving in the winter of 1777, Aveline met up with her Assassin ally Connor, who had agreed to aid her, in the New York [[Frontier]]. After catching and interrogating a sentry, the two Assassins discovered Davidson was based in a nearby fort. They then made their way to the stronghold, battling various Loyalist troops along the way, before deciding to split up.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| While Connor distracted Davidson's guards, Aveline discreetly infiltrated the fort and confronted the Templar in the watchtower. To her shock, she discovered that his true identity was George, the slave she had helped flee north several years before. Questioning her motivations for coming to New York, the Templar and his men then engaged Aveline in battle, though she easily dispatched the latter. However, a sudden explosion, set off by Connor, caused George to flee, locking Aveline inside the watch tower and forcing her to climb all the way up and escape through the broken roof.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Despite the obstruction, Aveline managed to foil George's escape, blowing up the wagon on which he attempted to flee and mortally wounding him. Regretting the outcome, Aveline asked George who the Company Man really was, prompting him to say the "answer had been in her own backyard all along", before he succumbed to his injuries. Shortly thereafter, Aveline spoke with Connor on the Assassin Brotherhood's means and ways, her own belief in the cause having faltered due to recent events. Receiving the advice to "trust her own hands", Aveline then returned home with a heavy heart.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ====Severing ties with Agaté====
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| {{Quote|Oh, what have I wrought? I should have stayed with your mother. You should have been my child. Raised as a daughter, not twisted into this... monster!|Agaté, reflecting on his relationship with Aveline's mother, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| [[File:Abandoning Pretense 3.png|thumb|250px|Aveline facing off against Madeleine and her guards]]
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| Having realized that the Company Man had been none other than her own stepmother, Madeleine de L'Isle, Aveline went to the family mansion and confronted her. Madeleine did not deny her accusations and admitted that she had known all along that Aveline was an Assassin. Furious, Aveline refused Madeleine's order to stay and ran outside, but was quickly intercepted by her stepmother's guards.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Brandishing her parasol, Aveline waited for Madeleine to reappear, who attempted to dissuade her stepdaughter from further resistance and lamented the fact that they had to argue. Following this, Madeleine insisted that she genuinely loved Aveline, especially since she wasn't able to bear children herself. She continued, stating that Aveline had been kept alive in order to eliminate the unethical elements of her Templar circle, such as de Ferrer. Pointing to the broken relationship between Aveline and her Mentor, Madeleine argued that their aims were the same and asked Aveline to join the Templar Order, to "finish what she started".<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| After this, Aveline journeyed to the bayou to seek Agaté's counsel and test her own faith in the Brotherhood. However, her Mentor could not accept his failure to protect his student, and, believing that Aveline had aligned herself with the Templars, attacked her. Having a [[Bombs|bomb]] filled with poisonous gas thrown at her, Aveline unwittingly inhaled the vapors and subsequently began to hallucinate, believing she was being assailed by the Templars she had slayed.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Confronting Agate 8.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline failing to save her Mentor]]
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| Even so, Aveline eventually realized she was fighting against mere, poison-induced illusions, and ascended the treehouse, attempting to get through to Agaté. However, her Mentor refused to listen to reason and, when cornered at the top of his treehouse, bitterly lamented that he should have stayed with Jeanne. Refusing to listen to his raving any more, Aveline angrily told Agaté to never show his face in Louisiana again. Unable to live with the humiliation, he dove from the platform, to his death.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ====Confrontation with Madeleine====
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| {{Quote|It does not work! [...] All these wasted years... A lifetime of sacrifice and – We have all the pieces, I am certain of it. Unless...|Madeleine realizing she had fallen for Aveline's ploy, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| Traveling back to New Orleans, Aveline went to the Saint Louis Cathedral, where she gave Agaté's necklace, which she had obtained when she unsuccessfully attempted to save him, to Madeleine, as proof of his death. Madeleine then asked for the two halves of the Prophecy Disk, before inducting Aveline into the Templar Order. However, upon the artifact failing to work as Madeleine had expected it to, she grew frustrated, allowing Aveline to strike, as her induction was merely a ruse to destroy the Templars from within.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Erudito 4.png|thumb|250px|Aveline standing over the defeated Madeleine]]
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| Aveline assassinated all of the Templars present, leaving Madeleine for last. As she lay wounded, Madeleine asked her "daughter" why she would betray her as she had. Aveline coldly retorted that she had two parents whom she truly loved, and that Madeleine was not one of them. She then blamed her for killing her father with her "care" and her tonic, secretly {{Wiki|Digitalis|foxglove}}, for enslaving her mother, and for her intention of making Aveline a slave to the Templar cause.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| To this, Madeleine insisted that it was for the greater good of humanity, as work had always been the "divine purpose" for which they had been created. In response, Aveline defiantly claimed that she would never be forced to serve another and assassinated Madeleine afterwards. Following this, she recovered the Prophecy Disk and used the [[Heart of the Brotherhood|locket]] her mother had entrusted her with to activate it. Aveline then witnessed a hologram of beings from the First Civilization, who briefly spoke about electing [[Eve]] as the official leader of [[humanity]]'s rebellion against their creators.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ===Recruiting Patience Gibbs===
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| {{Quote|A friend sent me – Connor. He will offer you safety and training.|Aveline attempting to recruit Patience into the Brotherhood, 1784.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
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| In 1784, Aveline was contacted by Connor, who had been attempting to recruit an escaped slave by the name of [[Patience Gibbs]] into the Brotherhood. Due to Aveline's reputation among the slaves, he hoped she might have more success in this endeavor, as the young girl had refused to establish contact. Accepting, Aveline traveled to [[Rhode Island|Goat Island]] to start her search for Patience's rebel camp.<ref name="AC4 Aveline">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - ''[[Aveline (DLC)]]''</ref>
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| [[File:The Rebel Camp 4.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline questioning a freed slave]]
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| Along the way, Aveline came across a slave being harshly interrogated by a pair of guards, whom she swiftly dispatched. From the worker, she learned that Patience's camp had been discovered and subsequently taken over by her former master. Aveline then infiltrated the camp, eliminating the guards and freeing the captured slaves to gain information on Patience's whereabouts.<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| On the advice of one of the workers, Aveline tracked down the Patriot captain, who promptly fled when he spotted her. After a lengthy chase, the Assassin caught up to him and, following a short fistfight, demanded to know where Patience was. Under pressure, he revealed Patience had been taken to a nearby fort for interrogation on the orders of a her former master, a Templar [[Doctors|doctor]] named [[Edmund Judge]]. Upon reaching the outskirts of the fort, Aveline witnessed Patience being taken in and sent to jail after she refused to hand over her mother's charm, a mysterious artifact.<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| Aveline then infiltrated the stronghold via a set of underground tunnels, following which she made her way to the cells and freed Patience. However, the latter refused her help and attempted to escape the fort on her own, only to be recaptured by Judge, who forced her to give up the charm. With the artifact in his possession, the Templar departed, leaving his men to dispose of Patience, though she was rescued by Aveline. Once more, Patience ran, with a worn Aveline eventually cornering her at a cellar where Judge had fled to. After explaining her intentions, Aveline agreed to help Patience recover her charm in exchange for her allegiance.<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| [[File:The Tower 1.png|thumb|250px|Aveline and Patience entering the tunnels to Newport Tower]]
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| The two women subsequently descended into the tunnels leading to Newport Tower, learning to work together to overcome various obstacles. Although Aveline and Patience managed to intercept Judge on his way to the tower, his men managed to deter them, allowing him to escape. Eventually the pair reached the tower, where they heard the Templar reciting a hymn in an attempt to activate the artifact, to no avail.<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| Choosing to flank him, Aveline landed a killing blow on Judge while he was distracted by Patience. After Patience had retrieved her charm from the Templar's body, the Assassin learned that Patience had outwitted Judge by keeping a crucial piece necessary to activate the artifact. After demonstrating the charm's function - it allowed its user to "see into all things" - Patience agreed to accompany Aveline to the [[Davenport Homestead]].<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| ==Legacy==
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| Aveline's actions allowed the Assassins to gain the upper hand in New Orleans, with the city having been purged of Templar influence by the late 18th century.<ref name="AC3L"/> As well as this, her continuous efforts to help slaves led her name to become very well-known amongst them, with her fame eventually extending as far as Newport. However, due to the nature of her exploits, some workers, such as Patience Gibbs, doubted Aveline was a real individual, instead seeing her as a figure of legend.<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| In the 20th century, one of her descendants would become the first subject of [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project]]. He was assigned to relive Aveline's genetic memories, with his experiences being oft-discussed in interviews with Dr. [[Warren Vidic]]. During one of his [[Animus]] sessions in 1981, Subject 1 passed away due to a seizure, though Aveline's memories were preserved via recordings.<ref name="AC4">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''</ref>
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| [[File:AC4_Liberation_Ad.png|thumb|250px|left|An advertisement of ''Liberation'' in Montreal]]
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| In early 2012, these recordings were subjected to a market analysis by Abstergo Entertainment, one of Abstergo's subsidiaries, to see whether or not they could be used in one of their multimedia productions.<ref name="AC4"/> Released in the form of a video game titled ''Liberation'', Aveline's memories were edited to serve as a tool of propaganda for the Templars, portraying her as a traitor to the Assassin Order. However, [[Erudito]], a hacking collective, managed to breach the Templars' security systems and break into the game.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Erudito then used the Animus technology to show the truth to some viewers, revealing segments of Aveline's memories that had been edited out. These included the cruelty shown by de Ferrer against the slaves of the Chichen Itza camp, as well as the assassination of Madeleine.<ref name="AC3L"/> In spite of these actions, ''Liberation'' would go on to become a commercial success, prompting Abstergo Industries to expand their entertainment branch to [[Montreal]] and hire research analysts for their next [[Sample 17 Project|project]].<ref name="AC4"/>
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| ==Personality and characteristics==
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| {{Dialogue2|Aveline|And in the meantime, what? I should congratulate myself while everyday they face abuse, or worse? The Templars will never allow slaves to be free! [...] Gérald, if my father hadn't freed my mother, I'd be in the same predicament.|Gérald|But he did.|I still owe them better.|Aveline and Gérald regarding the slaves, 1768.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation}}
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| Even as a young girl, Aveline noticed the prevailing contradictions present in New Orleans society, where slavery and freedom evolved side by side. As she grew, she found herself torn between the values she had inherited from her parentage, which compelled her to form her own core beliefs. With these ideals matching up with those of the Brotherhood, Aveline soon joined the Assassins, striving to rid Louisiana of the Templars and secure humanity's freedom.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:Taking_Care_of_Business_4.png|thumb|250px|Aveline charming captain Dominguez]]
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| A gifted actress, Aveline was able to present herself in different ways, by altering her dress, bearing and speech. In doing so, she was able to convincingly appear in the guises of both a charming noblewoman and a submissive slave. This allowed Aveline infiltrate slave traders' organizations and smugglers' networks as well as mingle with nobles or government officials.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| However, despite the effectiveness of the personas she adopted, neither the nobles nor the slaves truly accepted Aveline as one of their own. Workers could react warily, seeing her as a potential troublemaker, while high society would tolerate her presence, but judged her for her complexion. Aveline's own disinterest in the pastimes of the wealthy, such as frivolous tea parties and potential husbands, further alienated her from her wealthy peers. As such, she was most at ease in locations away from society, where she was not pressured her to behave a certain way.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| As she grew, Aveline developed into an independent and strong-willed woman, who was often torn about the values she had inherited from her parentage, which compelled her to form her own core beliefs. Since a young age, Aveline began to notice the contrasts in society – and as an Assassin, she firmly strived towards securing humanity's freedom and imposing justice, with a vehement stance against enslavement.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| As a nobleman's daughter, Aveline was expected to be dainty and polite, an act she dutifully upheld in front of her father, whom she loved very much. In truth, she held little interest in frivolous parties or potential husbands, being a very work-oriented person. In some ways, she appeared to be more at home in the bayou than New Orleans, relishing in its "scent of action" after having been away for a long time.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Due to her being pulled in either direction by the Assassins and Templars, she questioned whether fighting as an Assassin was the right thing to do or not. While in New York, she asked her fellow Assassin, Connor, if he ever questioned their ideals; he responded without taking side with either faction, but rather explained that he trusted in his own abilities to distinguish right from wrong.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ===Equipment and skills===
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| [[File:Return_to_Mexico_5.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline using her whip to swing from a Mayan decoration]]
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| Aveline was a skilled [[Freerunning|freerunner]], able to climb trees and swing from one to another, as well as scale cliff faces or other natural elements. She could move through the cityscape just as easily, and was able to slide under or vault over obstacles within both urban and natural environments. After acquiring a whip in Chichen Itza, Aveline was able to cross even larger gaps, using it to swing from beams that were out of reach.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Accompanying her capacity to move fluidly, Aveline was able to wield several different weapons - including a whip, firearms, [[Swords and maces|swords]], [[Short blades|knives and axes]], and Hidden Blades. Her ability to [[Dual-wielding|dual-wield]] various combinations of these weapons allowed Aveline to take out multiple enemies in a short amount of time. In spite of her slender build, she was able to match any male opponent in terms of strength.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| Barring physical prowess, Aveline was shown to be quite dexterous, as she could construct rudimentary yet effective Hidden Blades out of knives, belts and wooden planks. Aveline also possessed the extra-sensory ability referred to as [[Eagle Vision]], allowing her to identify enemies, allies, targets, [[hiding spots]] and clues.<ref name="AC3L"/> By 1784, she was able to "tag" certain individuals, allowing her to see them through obstacles when out of Eagle Vision, much like past Assassins [[Adéwalé]] and [[Edward Kenway]].<ref name="AC4 Aveline"/>
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| [[File:AC3L_Aveline_Slave_Blending.png|thumb|250px|Aveline pretending to be a slave]]
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| Aside from her weapons, Aveline possessed three distinct guises that she could make use of, composed of the Assassin, Slave, and Lady, all possessing their own advantages and disadvantages. Dressed as an Assassin, Aveline was automatically [[Social Stealth|notorious]] to some extent, making the Assassin outfit unfit for missions that required infiltrating forbidden areas, as guards would be quick to notice her. However, it was the most suited to navigation, as well as combat, giving Aveline access to her entire arsenal of weapons.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| In her Slave outfit, Aveline was able to blend into the poorer masses of New Orleans and remain undetected by executing menial tasks, such as moving boxes or sweeping the floor. Her ability to incite riots compensated for her lack of armor and weaponry, which made her weaker in combat. Accompanying this, Aveline was able to freerun in her guise of a slave, though her notoriety would automatically rise every time she did so, making the persona more suitable for ground-based missions.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| [[File:The Colony's Good 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Aveline bribing a group of guards]]
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| Finally, the Lady outfit allowed Aveline to use charm and bribery to achieve her goals, though it severely limited her weaponry and prevented her from freerunning. Aveline later received a parasol designed by Gérald that had the ability to shoot small poison darts from its tip, similar to her blowpipe. Compared to the other two guises, the Lady persona's notoriety would also raise far slower, as her status largely protected her from the repercussions of illegal acts. As the daughter of a nobleman, Aveline had also been taught to dance and play the piano.<ref name="AC3L"/>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Aveline possessed similar characteristics to [[Desmond Miles]] and his ancestors, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], namely the same scar on their upper lip, and the ability to use Eagle Vision almost effortlessly. Despite this, she had no known biological connection with Desmond or his lineage.
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| *Aveline is the first female protagonist in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] and one of two playable characters to have worn a hat instead of the symbolic white hood of the Assassins, the other being [[Haytham Kenway]], though it retained a beak-shaped tip. However, an Assassin hood could be purchased from [[tailors]] and equipped on Aveline's Assassin persona.
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| *One of Aveline's Hidden Blade bracers was adorned with the symbol of {{Wiki|Erzulie}}. In-game models depict it as being on Aveline's left arm, but promotional art is generally inconsistent, with some showing it strapped around the left arm, while others show it strapped around the right arm.
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| *Aveline was described by Jeanne as having "her father's eyes". While concept art depicts her as having green eyes, they appear to be dark brown in-game.
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| *The name Aveline is a diminutive form of the name Avila, the origin of which is thought to be either the Germanic ''avi'', "desired", or the Latin ''avis'', "bird"; in the latter case, Aveline could be seen as meaning "little bird". "Grandpré" is a name formed of the French words ''grand'', meaning "great", and ''pré'', meaning "meadow".
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| *According to [[Jonathan Cooper]], the Animation Director on ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
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| *Much like Connor, Aveline's rock climbing animations were based on video reference of free solo climber {{Wiki|Dan Osman}}.<ref>
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| *The developers toyed with the idea of making Aveline be Connor's love interest in ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]'', but the idea was dropped as the characters' motivations and personalities were considered to be too different.<ref>[http://raptr.com/UbiGabe/news/5125780515d40ed291/raptr-q-a-assassins-creed Raptr Q&A: ''Assassin's Creed III'' and ''The Tyranny of King Washington'']</ref>
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| *Aveline shares her birthday with [[Jill Murray]], the scriptwriter of ''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' and the additional [[Aveline (DLC)|DLC]] [[Freedom Cry|content]] for ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''.
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| *Aveline's database entry in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' erroneously states that her mother disappeared when Aveline was just ten years old. In truth, Aveline would still have been nine, as her mother disappeared on the first of May, whereas her birthday is on the 20th of June.
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An illustration of the massacres outside the Carmes prison