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'''John Wilkes Booth''' (1838 – 1865) was an [[United States|American]] stage actor and affiliate of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], who plotted and successfully executed the murder of American President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. | '''John Wilkes Booth''' (1838 – 1865) was an [[United States|American]] stage actor and affiliate of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], who plotted and successfully executed the {{Wiki|Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|murder}} of American President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
In April 1865, with the {{Wiki|Confederate States Army|Confederate Army}} losing the [[American Civil War]], Booth planned the murder of President Lincoln along with several other political figures. However, only Booth was successful, shooting Lincoln in the back of the head before fleeing the scene.<ref name="WP">{{WP|John Wilkes Booth}}</ref> He proclaimed "Sic semper tyrannis!", | In April 1865, with the {{Wiki|Confederate States Army|Confederate Army}} losing the [[American Civil War]], Booth planned the murder of President Lincoln along with several other political figures. However, only Booth was successful, shooting Lincoln in the back of the head before fleeing the scene.<ref name="WP">{{WP|John Wilkes Booth}}</ref> He proclaimed "''Sic semper tyrannis!''", "thus always to tyrants", copying [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]' alleged words after [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Caesar's]] own [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassination]].<ref name="Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall 2|Issue #02]]</ref> | ||
Twelve days later, Booth was cornered by [[United States Armed Forces|federal troops]] in northern [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], but refused to surrender.<ref name="WP" /> The soldiers set fire to the barn, and in the confusion, Booth was killed by the [[Assassins]].<ref name="glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs#15|Glyph 15: "Guardians"]]</ref> | Twelve days later, Booth was cornered by [[United States Armed Forces|federal troops]] in northern [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], but refused to surrender.<ref name="WP" /> The soldiers set fire to the barn, and in the confusion, Booth was killed by the [[Assassins]].<ref name="glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs#15|Glyph 15: "Guardians"]]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:06, 13 December 2022
John Wilkes Booth (1838 – 1865) was an American stage actor and affiliate of the Templar Order, who plotted and successfully executed the murder of American President Abraham Lincoln.
Biography
In April 1865, with the Confederate Army losing the American Civil War, Booth planned the murder of President Lincoln along with several other political figures. However, only Booth was successful, shooting Lincoln in the back of the head before fleeing the scene.[1] He proclaimed "Sic semper tyrannis!", "thus always to tyrants", copying Marcus Junius Brutus' alleged words after Caesar's own assassination.[2]
Twelve days later, Booth was cornered by federal troops in northern Virginia, but refused to surrender.[1] The soldiers set fire to the barn, and in the confusion, Booth was killed by the Assassins.[3]
Legacy
In 1998, John Wilkes Booth's voice yelling "Sic semper tyrannis!" was heard by Daniel Cross in a hallucination brought on by the Bleeding Effect and a withdrawal from his psychiatric medication.[2]
Details of Booth's assassination were later collected by the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek in 2012, and hidden in the Animus for his successor, Desmond Miles to find. Which he did in September of that year.[4] Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Guardians" where Booth was included in the list of historical individuals assassinated.[3]
Behind the scenes
John Wilkes Booth is a historical figure and figure introduced in Assassin's Creed II in the Glyph puzzles. Historically, Booth once portrayed the Roman general Marcus Antonius in a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; additionally, his father and brother, both fellow actors, were both named Junius Brutus, after Caesar's assassin.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (appears in Glyphs only)
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall (Vision to Daniel Cross)
