Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple

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Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple is a comic that was released on the Webtoon platform. The series follows the Korean-American Noa Kim in Macau, China following his abduction by Abstergo Industries. Once captured, Dr. Shimazu Sei forces Noa to relive the genetic memories of his ancestor, the Welsh-born British Assassin Edward Kenway to further the Templars' goals. The historical events of the comic take place after Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Synopsis

Edward Kenway returns to take the leap of faith in an all-new adventure. The high-seas hunt is on for a long-lost treasure left by Those Who Came Before. But this time, the Templars aren't the only ones after the prize. Join history's most cunning pirate in an epic journey around the Chinese Sea.

Development

In April 2021, the new webtoon was announced alongside eight other future Assassin's Creed projects. Game Informer reported that the comic would expand on the story of Edward Kenway following the events of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It would also be part of the new Ubisoft collection of 'Chronicles', new adventures featuring familiar faces. Ubisoft's official site notes that the webtoon will contain 3 seasons of 50 episodes.

On 12 April 2023, the webtoon was officially named Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple and the first 6 episodes of 150 were announced to release on 24 April. While users could gain early access to read episodes 2–6 by paying a 50¢ fee for each installment, the issues would also release for free to the public every Tuesday.

Episodes

Season 1

Picture	Episode	Original Release	Summary
	001	25 April 2023	In February 1725, Edward Kenway escapes pursuers in the port of Macau. In 2023, Noa Kim wins a trip to Macau with all expenses paid for by Abstergo Industries after doing a DNA test to discover his ancestry, but the trip does not go according to Noa's plan.
	002	2 May 2023	Following his abduction by Abstergo, Noa is forced to relive Edward's memories in the Animus. After receiving information about a potential new Precursor site, Edward travels to Macau to find John Young, a navigator who claims to have discovered the ruins of Angkor, the lost city of the Khmer Empire. Edward interrogates John, only to find that he stole the story from his friend Hendrik.
	003	9 May 2023	After protecting John from a group of attacking ninja, Edward has John take him to Hendrik, only to find the man mortally wounded. Before dying, Hendrik tells Edward about the location of a "piece" in Angkor and gives him a letter to deliver to his family, triggering an intense emotional reaction from Noa which causes a brief synchronization error.
	004	16 May 2023	After escaping from Hendrik's Dutch East India Company colleagues, who mistook him for Hendrik's killer, Edward runs into more ninja who chase him to the port, where he saves an innocent man named Zhang from being killed. In the present, Doctor Shimazu Sei informs Mitsuko Nakamura of Noa's progress reliving Edward's memories.
	005	23 May 2023	Edward and Zhang are rescued by John using a stolen company ship. With the port on high alert, Zhang offers to help Edward and John hide in his home village. Edward hunts two alligators to return the villagers' favor of hospitality, but the feast is interrupted by a female villager's worsening health. Noa realizes the illness is cholera and wants to help, but causes another synchronization error.
	006	30 May 2023	Noa is pulled from the Animus after it reacts violently. He is later visited by Sei, who tells him the truth about the Animus, the Assassin-Templar War, and Abstergo's efforts to locate a Piece of Eden found by Edward in Indochina. Noa refuses to cooperate at first, but soon changes his mind and decides to strike a deal with Sei instead.
	007	6 June 2023	Noa goes back into the Animus willingly in the hopes of learning more about his ancestors and after being promised his freedom by Sei in exchange for helping her. To help the sick people of Zhang's village, Edward infiltrates a warehouse owned by businesswoman Madam Lee to steal salt and sugar for a remedy. While there, he overhears Lee's guards talk about her recent purchase of Hendrik's sea log.
	008	13 June 2023	Edward escapes from Madam Lee's warehouse after it is set on fire by ninja, whom he proceeds to defeat. However, the last ninja kills himself before he can be interrogated. As guards arrive on the scene, Edward flees with the resources he managed to acquire. In the present, Noa recalls his earlier conversation with Sei and how he decided to learn the truth about the Assassins by reliving Edward's memories, without Sei's bias against them.
	009	20 June 2023	Edward is again rescued by John and his ship and returns to Zhang's village with the resources. After his remedy saves most of the sick villagers, Zhang and his fellow laborers offer to repay the favor by becoming Edward's informants in Macau. After a week, they manage to confirm Madam Lee has Hendrik's log and inform Edward and John. In the present, Sei is concerned to see Noa share the Assassins' stubborn belief that they can always help everyone.
	010	27 June 2023	Edward infiltrates the Mandarin's House, the private residence of Madam Lee, to recover Hendrik's log. However, he is caught red-handed by Lee, who reveals she is aware of his identity, before both are caught off-guard by an attack by Shimazu clan ninja. In the present, Noa retorts Sei's earlier remarks about the Assassins being criminals due to Edward not killing anyone during his infiltration.
	011	4 July 2023	After saving Madam Lee from one of the attacking ninja, Edward helps her guards fight off the intruders. Upon spoting their masked leader, he engages him in a duel. Despite coming out on top, the masked leader retreats alongside his ninja, though not before revealing his name: Shimazu Saito. Edward realizes that Saito has taken Hendrik's log from him during their duel, but not a letter that Edward had found inside the log earlier.
	012	11 July 2023	Madam Lee explains to Edward that the Templars have been working with her business rivals to sabotage her company, that she turned down Hendrik's offer to sponsor an expedition to Angkor, and that the Templars approached her to demand Hendrik's log. Realizing they share a common enemy, Edward and Lee strike an alliance. Meanwhile, Saito discovers Hendrik's log is encrypted and deduces Edward has the cipher needed to decode it.
	013	18 July 2023	Following a tip-off from Zhang, Edward infiltrates a meeting held between three of Madam Lee's business rivals: Alan Jacob, Jan van Aert and Master Sun. There, he learns that the three are behind the attack on the Mandarin's House, and suspects one of them of being a Templar. In the present, Sei decides to teach Noa more about his Assassin ancestors and uses the Animus to tell him about Ezio Auditore.
	014	25 July 2023	Alan entices Jan and Master Sun with a "treasure" he has acquired to combine their efforts to drive Madam Lee out of Macau. Edward goes to warn Lee, but becomes angry when the latter treats her workers as expendable and claims that some will inevitably die, but can easily be replaced. When news come that both the market and Lee's fleet are under attack, Edward decides to go and protect the ships, which are being raided by pirates.

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External links

• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple on Webtoon (English)
• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple on Webtoon (French)
• アサシン クリード：忘れられし伝説の寺院 on LINE Manga (Japanese, IP block)
• 어쌔신 크리드 - 잊혀진 사원 at Naver (Korean)