Louisiana Bayou

The bayou

The Louisiana Bayou is a swamp-like region located in Louisiana, near the city of New Orleans. 

Containing a diverse range of trees and plant life, the bayou is surrounded by wet marshland and swamp waters, and an array of islands scattered throughout the swamp. A hostile environment, the bayou was primarily inhabited by alligators, who had a notorious reputation for attacking unsuspecting prey from the banks or beneath the murky waters.

The bayou also housed a number of notable landmarks, including the town of San Danje, Fort Saint-Jean and the hideout belonging to the Mentor of the Assassin Order, Agaté.

History

Aveline confronting Baptiste

In 1766, a former Assassin known as Baptiste traveled to the bayou, posing as the deceased Assassin Mentor François Mackandal. After obtaining a number of followers to his cause, he planned to carry out a sacred ceremony on the Eve of Saint John. However, his true purpose was to take control of the bayou's smuggler operations, poison the nobles of New Orleans, force Agaté out of hiding and deliver him to the Templars, thus securing Baptiste's induction into the Templar Order. This plot was later uncovered by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, who disrupted Baptiste's ritual and assassinated him.

In 1771, Spanish soldiers, under the command of a Templar, Diego Vázquez, entered the bayou and attempted to seize control of its smuggling operations once again. Fearing they would eventually discover the location of Agaté's hut, Aveline hurried to the bayou and warned her mentor of the impending danger. Under his instruction, Aveline followed the soldiers through the bayou. Using her blowpipe, she silently poisoned each of Vázquez's soldiers as they passed voodoo artifacts set up by Agaté, tricking the remaining ones into believing they had been placed under a voodoo curse, and causing them to flee from the bayou.

Following this, Aveline and her smuggler allies Roussillon and Élise Lafleur discovered Vázquez's plans to divert a supply ship. Aveline tampered with the lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain, causing the ship to run aground on an island nearby. After defeating Vázquez's guards, Aveline and the smugglers set out to plunder the ship's cargo.

In 1773, Roussillon and Élise were tasked by the Spanish with delivering supplies to Patriots fighting in the American Revolutionary War. However, rogue Spanish soldiers hired by Vázquez were attempting to steal the supplies back. Aveline arrived in the bayou with an escaped slave, George, and asked the smugglers if the Patriots could escort him north. The smugglers agreed, provided Aveline and George helped them hold back the Spanish as they delivered the supplies.

Aveline and the others meeting with Hopton

Aveline successfully defeated the soldiers as the smugglers navigated through the bayou and reached their destination. After meeting with the representative of the Patriots, Hopton, Aveline asked him if they would allow George to accompany them. Hopton agreed, accepting George into their ranks.

In 1777, Aveline traveled to the bayou to inform her mentor Agaté of the identity of the "Company Man", the head of the Templar Order in Louisiana. Agaté, unable to accept his failure to protect his student and paranoid that Aveline had sided with the Templars, attacked her. Aveline overpowered and confronted her mentor at the top of his hut. However, after Aveline spared his life, he could not live with the humiliation and leapt off into his death. Aveline attempted to grab him, but could only grasp the necklace which tore away from him as he fell.

Gallery

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  Concept of a Bayou residence
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  Concept art of the Bayou
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  Concept art of Aveline at the top of Agaté's hut in the bayo
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  Aveline training at Agaté's hut
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  Aveline meeting the smugglers at their camp
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  Aveline traversing the bayou in a canoe
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  Aveline meeting with the houngan and Élise in San Danje
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  Aveline meeting with Agaté in the bayou

Reference

• Assassin's Creed III: Liberation