Helix Initiate

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"Good choice. Welcome to the Assassins, Initiate."

―Bishop to the Helix initiate, 2014.

The Helix initiate is an individual contacted by the Assassin known as Bishop. They were tasked by her to relive the genetic memories of Arno Dorian in order to find the Sage and the twins Jacob and Evie Frye to locate the Shroud.

Biography

Exploring the French Revolution

In 2014, Bishop contacted a Helix user, showing them the memories of a French Templar serving under the Templar Grand Master and a Sage, Jacques de Molay, before changing the focus to that of Arno Dorian. Once the initiate had completed the first sequence of Arno's memories, Bishop revealed herself and offered the initiate a chance to join the Assassins.

Once the initiate had accepted the offer, Bishop transmitted footage of Abstergo Industries' Phoenix Project, explaining that the Templars were searching for Sages both in the present and the past to map the First Civilization genome. Arno Dorian encountered a Sage some time during his lifetime and Bishop wanted to find that Sage's remains before the Templars did.

When the initiate completed certain memory sequences, Abstergo began performing a server sweep, forcing the initiate's avatar to flee through Helix rifts to avoid being detected, transporting them into other historical periods in Paris.

Once the initiate completed their research into Arno's memories, Bishop was satisfied with the results. Arno had buried François-Thomas Germain's remains in the Parisian catacombs, and thus they would be too degraded for Abstergo to collect genetic memory data from them. Bishop asked the initiate to continue researching Arno's memories for any information that could aid the Assassins.

Exploring the Victorian Era

In 2015, the initiate was contacted again by Bishop, this time to help herself and fellow Aassassins Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane locate a Piece of Eden in London before the Templars find it. Making use of drones, the initiate watched the pair of Assassins conduct their field work while they observed the memories of Jacob Frye and his twin sister Evie Frye. Later on discovering that the Shroud of Eden was the artifact the Templars were after.

During the investigation the initiate was contacted by Juno and was sent into another time following Lydia Frye as she fights German spies in London eventually finding the Master Spy who is revealed by Juno to be a Sage and her husband. Juno spoke of her past, her working to save the world with other members of the First Civilization, the death of her husband and claimed that although they believed it was their duty to fight her, she told him another Assassin sided with her and hoped they would too.

The initiate watched as Shaun, Rebecca and Master Assassin Galina Voronina attack Sigma Team and Templar members Juhani Otso Berg, Violet da Costa and Isabelle Ardant but at the defeat of Berg, the death of Isabelle and Rebecca getting injured.

Despite the loss of the Shroud, Bishop was confident they would recover it in time and thanked the initiate for their efforts. She then transmitted the initiate the final piece of footage from Abstergo's computers.

Trivia

• According to Melanie Lemay in regards to the memories of Arno Dorian, Abstergo had trouble finding the researchers who could extensively explore the genetic memories of individuals with a high count of First Civilization DNA.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate