Shay Cormac: Difference between revisions
imported>Kainzorus Prime It's out of stub phase methinks. Also, his Templar-front concept art makes me think of an SS uniform, every single goddamn time. |
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{{Quote|History may brand me traitor, rebel, or renegade. But in the end, it doesn't matter how history remembers me. What matters, is that I followed my own creed.|Shay Cormac, describing his transition from Assassin to Templar and the stigma it carried.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}} | {{Quote|History may brand me traitor, rebel, or renegade. But in the end, it doesn't matter how history remembers me. What matters, is that I followed my own creed.|Shay Cormac, describing his transition from Assassin to Templar and the stigma it carried.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}} | ||
{{Character Infobox | {{Character Infobox | ||
|image = ACRG Shay | |image = ACRG Shay Unhooded.png | ||
|birth = c. 1731<ref name="GI Shay">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/06/get-to-know-shay-from-assassins-creed-rogue.aspx GameInformer: Get to know Shay from ''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'']</ref><br>[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[British Empire|British America]]<ref name="Rogue narrative">[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:152-166643-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Assassin’s Creed Rogue'' DevBlog – Narrative]</ref> | |birth = c. 1731<ref name="GI Shay">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/06/get-to-know-shay-from-assassins-creed-rogue.aspx GameInformer: Get to know Shay from ''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'']</ref><br>[[New York City]], [[New York]], [[British Empire|British America]]<ref name="Rogue narrative">[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:152-166643-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Assassin’s Creed Rogue'' DevBlog – Narrative]</ref> | ||
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Templars]]<br>Crew of the ''[[Morrigan]]'' | |affiliates = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Templars]]<br>Crew of the ''[[Morrigan]]'' | ||
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Shay Templar back.jpg|Rear concept art of Shay Cormac in his Templar outfit | Shay Templar back.jpg|Rear concept art of Shay Cormac in his Templar outfit | ||
ACRG Shay without Hood.jpg|Promotional art of Shay without his hood | ACRG Shay without Hood.jpg|Promotional art of Shay without his hood | ||
ACRG Shay Cormac render.png|A render of hooded Shay | |||
Game informer cover Rogue.jpg|Promotional art of Shay in the North Atlantic | Game informer cover Rogue.jpg|Promotional art of Shay in the North Atlantic | ||
Assassins Creed Rogue TemplarVSAssassinCaptain.jpg|Shay fighting an Assassin captain | Assassins Creed Rogue TemplarVSAssassinCaptain.jpg|Shay fighting an Assassin captain | ||
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Revision as of 20:40, 1 September 2014
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- "History may brand me traitor, rebel, or renegade. But in the end, it doesn't matter how history remembers me. What matters, is that I followed my own creed."
- ―Shay Cormac, describing his transition from Assassin to Templar and the stigma it carried.[src]
Shay Patrick Cormac (c. 1731 – unknown) was a member of the Templar Order, operating around the Atlantic Ocean during the Seven Years' War.
Formerly a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, Shay devoted his Templar career to hunting down his old associates. Aboard his ship, the Morrigan, Shay's travels brought him to New York and the Appalachian Mountains, among other locations.[3]
Biography
Born to Irish immigrants, Shay was taken in by the Assassins after the passing of his father.[2] After a mission went tragically wrong, Shay decided to abandon the Assassins, who in turn tried to kill him, presumably in an effort to prevent their Order from becoming compromised. Feeling betrayed by his comrades, Shay turned to the Templars and decided to hunt down his former brethren.[4]
Personality and characteristics
Shay was originally a brash young man. He did not take his role as an Assassin seriously, instead being frivolous; not because he did not believe in the cause, but because he was young and unwise. However, after a traumatic event, Shay became a somber, dedicated character. He rethought his whole philosophy and his allegiance to the Assassins, realizing that the Templars' goals and methods were more in line with his own beliefs; this fervor caused him to pursue his former brothers-in-arms for something he believed was the better path.[1]
Equipment and skills
Shay appeared to be a skilled captain, adept at navigating the Morrigan through the icy waters of the North Atlantic, and like other Assassins before him, he was a capable freerunner. Shay was also shown to be a skilled swordsman, dual-wielding weapons with great efficiency.
Among his arsenal of weapons, Shay counted his Hidden Blade, a long sword paired with a dagger, a grenade launcher and an air rifle – the latter pair being prototypes funded by the Templar Order.[1]
Trivia
- Shay's name is the anglicized form of the Gaelic Séaghdha, which means "hawk". His middle name comes from the Latin Patricius, meaning "nobleman". His family name is a conjoined term; mac is Gaelic for "son of", while cor has been interpreted as either "charioteer" or "raven".
- Shay's attire – the style worn by Templars of the time – bore similarities to the Templar armor obtained by Edward Kenway during the latter's time in the West Indies.[5]
- Shay was the fifth known Templar to perform the Leap of Faith, the others being Francesco de' Pazzi, Vali cel Tradat, Haytham Kenway and Daniel Cross.
- Shay is the second playable Templar in the Assassin's Creed series' single player, with the first being Haytham Kenway. He is also the second Templar known to have used Eagle Vision, the first also being Haytham.
Gallery
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Frontal concept art of Shay Cormac in his Assassin outfit -
Rear concept art of Shay Cormac in his Assassin outfit -
Frontal concept art of Shay Cormac in his Templar outfit -
Rear concept art of Shay Cormac in his Templar outfit -
Promotional art of Shay without his hood -
A render of hooded Shay -
Promotional art of Shay in the North Atlantic -
Shay fighting an Assassin captain -
Shay climbing the walls of New York -
Shay overlooking a shipwreck in the North Atlantic -
Shay overlooking the harbor of New York -
Shay killing an Assassin -
Shay utilizing the Air Rifle -
Shay dueling an Assassin using grenades
