She Spears, She Scores

She Spears, She Scores was an altered representation of one of Alessandra d'Avanzago's genetic memories.

Intro

Alessandra was summoned by the Brotherhood. She learns that a powerful artifact, which is said to date back to ancient times, is about to fall into the hands of the Templars. This artifact is none other than the mythical broken spear of King Leonidas, Kassandra's grandfather! Although it has lost its power, the spear remains a very powerful weapon which could give the secrets of the Brotherhood away if the Templars were to get ahold of it. Alessandra's exceptional combat skills have brought her to lead this particularly perilous mission.

Unfortunately, the Brotherhood could not identify the Templars on the trail of the Spear with certainty. We must proceed with utmost caution!

Objectives

• 1. Collect the Spear of Leonidas. [!] Take the Reward card out of the envelope as soon as you have completed this Objective.
• 2. Then synchronize from the top of the Tower to find out where your opponent is and eliminate them with the Spear of Leonidas (this can be done with a Coordinated Attack). If the Boss is Eliminated with another weapon, the Memory fails.

Debrief

Alessandra was the best choice for this mission! We can hide the spear and no Templar will be able to discover it for a long time. Just when she admires the spear, an overwhelming recollection assails her...

A door opens to reveal the common room of the Avangazo family. A weak flickering flame barely lights up Cristina's features. The familiar face is distorted by the sudden jumps of the flame. Alessandra wakes up, eyes wide open in her bed, her pupils accustomed to darkness; she has learned to contain her fear and does not tremble, even if she knows something is wrong. Her mother beckons her to keep quiet and get up. The girl does not understand why, but her muscles obey instinctively, as if moved by the blind trust she places in her mother.

Cristina leads her daughter out of the bedroom, taking care not to wake her father, even though she knows that his sluggish sleep is not natural. The woman and the girl slip away silently as a roar of thunder, like a long drum roll, is heard in the distance.

Without a word, Cristina guides Alessandra to the courtyard, where a coachman and his hay cart are waiting. The girl shivers, knowing only too well the tragedy that is brewing and that her mother has anticipated for a long time. She does not cry, but her jaw and fists are clenched, tight as the noose tied around the necks of heretics on the town square.

The thunder rumbles on and on, but never crashes. Cristina hugs her daughter, smiles at her without wavering. A tear rolls down her cheek. Alessandra climbs into the hay and closes her eyes. The cart moves. She finally realizes that the roar of the approaching thunder is only the now deafening noise of the wheels of the carriages ferrying the Templars. She covers her ears and closes her eyes.

When she opens them again, she is on a sunny road in the Treviso countryside. She is safe and sound. For the time being... Her mother's last words echo in her ears endlessly "Be like Kassandra, don't give in a thing!"

Behind the scenes

The name of the memory is an alternate take on the expression "He shoots, he scores", which was first coined in the 1930s by the Canadian hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice