Joseph Laurier

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"Joseph is one of the most decorated members in Brotherhood history. He's not lying to us."

―Xavier Chen about Joseph's allegiance, 2015.

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Joseph.

Joseph is an Assassin active in the 21st century and a descendant of the British Assassin Jennifer Querry and her son, the mute David.

After the death of his lover Christian, decided to take revenge of the Brotherhood which according to him had betrayed him by letting his mate died.

Biography

Joseph participated in a disastrous mission overseen by Xavier Chen: among those killed were his lover Christian. He disappeared, letting the Assassins believe he died too.

Joseph met with the Templar Didier Hawking in San Diego, claiming he was defecting and wanted to draw Xavier into a trap. However, he still loathed Abstergo, and had an explosive disguised as false teeth. He let the Assassins know of his survival, claiming he would disclose to the Templars that a Piece of Eden had been hidden in Salem, Massachusetts, during the witch trials of 1692. Chen believed him, but his new partner Galina Voronina was suspicious.

To verify his claim, they recruited Charlotte de la Cruz to explore her ancestor Tom Stoddard's memories of the event. When Charlotte witnessed Joseph's Assassin ancestor Jennifer Querry's death, it made the Assassins believe that he was telling the truth. Galina and Xavier immediately headed to the Abstergo office in San Diego to rescue Joseph. However, as Charlotte dug deeper into her own ancestor's memories, it was revealed that Joseph was lying since Querry's child, David, knew where the precursor seer, Dorothy Osborne's body, was laid.

Joseph chained himself to an interrogation table in a gym. Beforehand, while in Didier's office, he had him punch out a couple of his teeth to make it appear he'd been tortured. When Xavier and Galina came to rescue him, he lunged at them and broke Galina's leg. Xavier pushed him into the gym pool, but Joseph suffocated him to death with his wrist chain, drowning him. Joseph emerged and prepared to kill Galina when Charlotte attacked. Joseph threw her aside before proceeding to explain his motives. He revealed that the Assassins had recruited her for her special ability, and tried to sway her to join him. He detonated his bomb to prove he was trustworthy, but Charlotte took that moment to attack him, only to succumb to the Bleeding Effect and fall down. Lifting the young woman by her hoodie, Joseph mocked Charlotte for not having a Hidden Blade, but Charlotte pulled out a knife and cut him, causing him to release her. She then fled with Galina when Abstergo entered the gym and opened fire.

Personality and characteristics

Joseph once believed in the Creed, yet after the death of his lover Christian, he became disillusioned and sought revenge on Xavier Chen who he blamed for Christian's death. However, despite his hatred for Chen he remained a "good soldier", still believing in completing his missions, and successfully assassinated Didier Hawking using both the Assassins and Templars to kill both Chen and Didier while getting close to Charlotte.

Skills and equipment

Joseph was a veteran of the Brotherhood and one of its most decorated members. He possessed a large physique and proved to be highly skilled in unarmed combat, engaging two Assassins armed with only a chain. Notably, he broke the leg of Galina, a Master Assassin, without much effort.

Trivia

• Joseph had over sixty kills during his career as an Assassin.