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The war letter only says that the Swedish Assassins used the company as a cover. It doesn't say anything about the company being founded by the Assassins. Also, Achilles reached out to the actual Swedish Assassins regarding the Aquila, not the company. In any case, the Aquila was built in 1749 so that whole paragraph was just wrong.
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The '''Swedish Levant Company''' was a chartered company operating out of [[Sweden]]. The company was founded in 1738 by the [[Swedish Brotherhood of Assassins]], who sought to use it as a cover for their operations.
The '''Swedish Levant Company''' was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] chartered company founded in 1738.


In 1755 the company was approached by [[Achilles Davenport]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins]], to commission them to construct the ''[[Aquila]]''. Due to a [[Templar]] presence at their shipyards, however, the company refused the request. They instead recommended he reach out to the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassins]].<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>
That same year, the [[Swedish Brotherhood of Assassins]] began using the company as a cover for their operations.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 10:59, 8 January 2023

The Swedish Levant Company was a Swedish chartered company founded in 1738.

That same year, the Swedish Brotherhood of Assassins began using the company as a cover for their operations.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Swedish Levant Company was a real-world chartered company set up in 1738 with the aim of organising Swedish trade efforts in the eastern Mediterranean. The company's efforts largely failed.[2]

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed: RogueWar Letters
  2. Björn Hallerdt (1994). Sankt Eriks årsbok 1994: Yppighet och armod i 1700-talets Stockholm (in Swedish). Stockholm: Samfundet S:t Erik. pp. 9–10. ISBN 91-972165-0-X.

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