François-Thomas Germain

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François-Thomas Germain (unknown – 28 July 1794) was a French silversmith, Sage and a Grand Master of the Templar Order during the French Revolution. He was killed by Assassin Arno Dorian and buried in the Parisian catacombs.

Death

After the downfall of Maximilien de Robespierre, knowledge of Germain's garrison, the Temple, was exposed to Arno Dorian and Élise de la Serre, who both infiltrated the Temple on their own and attempted to assassinate Germain; it was during this endeavor that Germain was tracked by Arno to the Temple's rooftop. As Arno tried to kill Germain, Arno soon discovered that he wielded an unnaturally advanced weapon, a Sword of Eden, and had the ability to teleport when attacked, making him a very difficult opponent to pin down and defeat.

Upon their final confrontation, Arno requested that Élise distract Germain, which she successfully did, allowing him to land three crucial hits. Prompted to use the Sword's power, Germain blasted Arno away with the artifact's electrical discharge, pinning the Assassin under a large piece of debris.

Faced with the choice of helping Arno free himself or preventing Germain's escape, Élise initially went to aid Arno, but soon changed her mind, engaging in a sword-on-Sword duel with the Templar Grand Master. In the exchange of blows, Élise managed to damage the Piece of Eden, so much so that when Germain attempted to use the artifact's lighting to prevent himself from coming to harm, the resulting explosion that occured badly injured himself and killed Élise; just prior to the blast, Arno succeeding in breaking free, but arrived too late to stop the event happening.

Mournfully, Arno looked over to the body of his dead love, before turning to assassinate Germain in the latter's disabled state with his Hidden Blade. In a bizarre deviation from gathering the memories of his previous targets, Arno witnessed Germain speaking directly to him in his mind, who then elaborated on the memory of the First Civilization and explained its driving factor in his motivation to purge the Templar Order.

Trivia

• According to Bishop, Germain was the second known Sage who became a Templar Grand Master, following Jacques de Molay, as Abstergo Industries suggested.
• Germain was in the carriage which Arno mistook for Francois de la Serre's during the chase in sequence 1, memory 2, at which point Arno commented "wrong carriage" embarrassedly. Whether this was a part of his plot to murder de la Serre remains unknown.