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Vernon Hest

Vernon Hest (unknown – 2012) was an agent of the Templar Order under the direct orders of Laetitia England, and later, Mitsuko Nakamura. In 2012, he was tasked with finding and retrieving the Scepter of Aset. He was a descendant of Leila, an Egyptian Templar agent.

Biography

Early life

In 1999, Vernon lead an operation to arrest the Assassin Jonathan Hawk in a hotel in Atlanta. After an undercover Templar woman had won Hawk's trust by having sexual intercourse, Vernon and a group of other Templars entered the hotel room and arrested the surprised Assassin.

Vernon then took Jonathan to a safehouse where he interrogated and tortured him to get any useful information. Jonathan however, continuously remained silent and did not cooperate in the interrogation. Vernon told Jonathan that his employers would not be happy if they didn't get any information and that if Jonathan wanted the torture to stop, he'd better tell what he knew. As a response, Jonathan spat Vernon in his face, on which an annoyed Vernon reacted by stabbing Jonathan in the right eye with a screwdriver.

At that moment, three Assassins came to rescue Jonathan and eliminated the Templars guarding the building. Vernon managed to dive away to find cover and killed to of his enemies. Before the last remaining Assassin could open fire upon Vernon, the Templar escaped by jumping through a window. Jonathan was saved from the Templars, though his right eye was so severely damaged that he lost his ability to see.

Searching for the Scepter of Aset

In October 2012, Vernon was part of Project Horus, an Abstergo Industries operation. He was tasked to retrieve the eyeball of Jonathan Hawk, who had recently underwent a surgery. Hest attended a secret meeting in a hotel in Cairo concerning the eye and eliminated his contact during the price negotiations. Vernon then contacted Laetitia to bring word of his success and waited for further instructions.

Some time later, Laetitia informed Vernon about new information regarding the Scepter of Aset, an important artifact which conferred charisma and leadership to its wielder. He was tasked to find the artifact, before the Assassins did, by reliving the genetic memories of his ancestor, Leila. Laetitia transferred him confidential data on the object.

Later, Hest was contacted by Mitsuko Nakamura, who not only informed him about Laetitia being replaced by Nakamura as his superior, but also telling him that Steve, a Templar 'mole' would soon eliminate Hest's competitor, Jonathan Hawk. Vernon however, was not very satisfied with this news, as he and Hawk still had to 'settle the scores'.

Vernon continued his Animus session and relived the memories of Leila, who turned out to be a Templar agent who was responsible for the assassination of the Egyptian Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad. However, his sessions made little progress and informed Alan Rikkin that he needed more time.

In the meantime at Abstergo, Project Horus continued. The test subject Mike was able to relive the memories of the Egyptian Assassin Numa Al'Khamsin, through the DNA that was stored in the eyeball of Jonathan Hawk, with as goal the find the Scepter of Aset. However, the project had been in vain, because Numa was trapped and killed by the Templar Leila.

Although Numa had died and Project Horus had failed to succeed, Abstergo found out that Leila had been pregnant by Numa. When confronted by this news, Laetitia decided to call William McCoy

finding.==Trivia==

• Hest was described by Alan Rikkin as being not only an efficient agent, but also a cautious one.

Gallery

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  Vernon obtaining Hawk's eyeball
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  Vernon shooting his contact
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  Vernon being instructed by Laetitia
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  Vernon leaving the Animus