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'''Lee Harvey Oswald''' (1939 – 1963) was a [[Templars|Templar]] sleeper agent,<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files#10|Abstergo Files: "File.0.10\Ins_Agents"]]</ref> who is known to this day as the assassin of 35th [[United States|American]] President [[John F. Kennedy]].
'''Lee Harvey Oswald''' (1939 – 1963) was a [[Templars|Templar]] sleeper agent,<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files#10|Abstergo Files: "File.0.10\Ins_Agents"]]</ref> who is known to this day as the assassin of 35th [[United States|American]] President [[John F. Kennedy]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Assassination of John F. Kennedy===
On 22 November 1963, Oswald, acting as the main gunman, was backed by {{Wiki|Abraham Zapruder}} as the second gunman and [[William Greer]] as Kennedy's driver, during a secret Templar [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|operation]] to assassinate the President and obtain his [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph #9: "Hat Trick"]]</ref> Greer was in fact a member of the [[Bloodstone Unit]], an extremist [[Assassin cell]],<ref name="ACBs">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]</ref> who had been trained by [[Abstergo Industries]] using another [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] and ordered to retrieve the President's Apple immediately after the assassination.<ref name="AC2"/>
On 22 November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald acting the main gunman, was backed by {{Wiki|Abraham Zapruder}} as the second gunman, and [[William Greer]] as Kennedy's driver, a secret agent of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] extremist cell known as the [[Bloodstone Unit]] in deep-cover as a Templar agent and Secret Service personnel who was trained in the use of an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] by [[Abstergo Industries]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph #9: "Hat Trick"]]</ref> The two Templars were however unable to kill the President, as the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]] was instead performed by Greer's Bloodstone cohorts, leaving Oswald to take the fall. In the confusion after the assassination, Greer was able to steal Kennedy's [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]], though the Apple was later recovered by the actual Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Book 1|Book 1]]</ref>
 
However, Oswald and Zapruder were unable to kill Kennedy, as the operation was hijacked by Greer's Bloodstone Unit cohorts, who sought the Apple for their own ends and left Oswald to take the fall. In the confusion after the assassination, Greer was able to steal Kennedy's Apple, though former Bloodstone Unit member [[Alekseï Gavrani]] intercepted him and took the artifact, delivering it to the Assassins.<ref name="ACBs"/>


==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==
Oswald willingly subjected himself to memory suppression techniques in order to lived a falsified life manufactured by [[Abstergo Industries]] and no longer had any knowledge of the company itself or his involvement with them.<ref name="ACR" />
Oswald willingly subjected himself to memory suppression techniques in order to live a falsified life manufactured by Abstergo and no longer had any knowledge of the company itself or his involvement with them.<ref name="ACR" />


==Appearances==
==Appearances==

Revision as of 23:31, 20 July 2025

"Once the target has been downed, either by Oswald or Z., use PE1 to stage a distraction."
―A member of Abstergo Industries in a message to an associate, 1963.[src]

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 – 1963) was a Templar sleeper agent,[1] who is known to this day as the assassin of 35th American President John F. Kennedy.

Biography

On 22 November 1963, Oswald, acting as the main gunman, was backed by Abraham Zapruder as the second gunman and William Greer as Kennedy's driver, during a secret Templar operation to assassinate the President and obtain his Apple of Eden.[2] Greer was in fact a member of the Bloodstone Unit, an extremist Assassin cell,[3] who had been trained by Abstergo Industries using another Apple of Eden and ordered to retrieve the President's Apple immediately after the assassination.[2]

However, Oswald and Zapruder were unable to kill Kennedy, as the operation was hijacked by Greer's Bloodstone Unit cohorts, who sought the Apple for their own ends and left Oswald to take the fall. In the confusion after the assassination, Greer was able to steal Kennedy's Apple, though former Bloodstone Unit member Alekseï Gavrani intercepted him and took the artifact, delivering it to the Assassins.[3]

Personality and traits

Oswald willingly subjected himself to memory suppression techniques in order to live a falsified life manufactured by Abstergo and no longer had any knowledge of the company itself or his involvement with them.[1]

Appearances

References

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