Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple

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Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple is a comic that was released on the Webtoon platform. Written by ARC and SHYATAN and with art by Tabii, the comic serves as a sequel to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, focusing on Edward Kenway's search for Pieces of Eden in Southeast Asia in 1725.

The modern-day segments of the story follow Edward's descendant Noa Kim, a Korean-American college student who is abducted by Abstergo Industries during a trip to Macau, China. Once captured, Dr. Shimazu Sei forces Noa to relive Edward's genetic memories to further the Templars' goals, and in the process Noa learns more about his Assassin heritage.

Synopsis

Edward Kenway returns to take the leap of faith in an all-new adventure. The high-seas hunt is on for a long-lost treasure left by Those Who Came Before. But this time, the Templars aren't the only ones after the prize. Join history's most cunning pirate in an epic journey around the Chinese Sea.

Development

In April 2021, the new webtoon was announced alongside eight other future Assassin's Creed projects. Game Informer reported that the comic would expand on the story of Edward Kenway following the events of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It would also be part of the new Ubisoft collection of 'Chronicles', new adventures featuring familiar faces. Ubisoft's official site notes that the webtoon will contain 3 seasons of 50 episodes.

On 12 April 2023, the webtoon's title was officially revealed to be Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple and the first 6 episodes out of 150 were announced to release on 24 April. While users could gain early access to read episodes 2–6 by paying a 50¢ fee for each installment, the issues would also release for free to the public every Tuesday.

Episodes

Season 1

Picture	Episode	Original Release	Summary
	001	25 April 2023	In February 1725, Edward Kenway escapes pursuers in the port of Macau. In 2023, Noa Kim wins a trip to Macau with all expenses paid for by Abstergo Industries after using their website, WhyYou, to learn more about his ancestry. However, the trip does not go according to Noa's plan.
	002	2 May 2023	Following his abduction by Abstergo, Noa is forced to relive Edward's memories in the Animus. After receiving information about a potential new Isu site, Edward travels to Macau to find John Young, a navigator who claims to have discovered the ruins of Angkor, the lost city of the Khmer Empire. Edward interrogates John, only to learn that he stole the story from his friend Hendrik.
	003	9 May 2023	After protecting John from a group of attacking ninja, Edward has John take him to Hendrik, only to find the man mortally wounded. Before dying, Hendrik tells Edward about the location of a "piece" in Angkor and gives him a letter to deliver to his family. This triggers an intense emotional reaction from Noa in the present, resulting in a synchronization error.
	004	16 May 2023	After escaping from Hendrik's Dutch East India Company colleagues, who mistook him for Hendrik's killer, Edward runs into more ninja who chase him to the port, where he saves an innocent man named Zhang from being killed. In the present, Doctor Shimazu Sei informs Mitsuko Nakamura of Noa's progress reliving Edward's memories.
	005	23 May 2023	Edward and Zhang are rescued by John using a stolen ship. With the port on high alert, Zhang offers to help Edward and John hide in his home village. Edward hunts two alligators to return the villagers' favor of hospitality, but the feast is interrupted by a female villager's worsening health. Noa realizes the illness is cholera and wishes to help, but causes another synchronization error.
	006	30 May 2023	Noa is pulled from the Animus after it reacts violently to the error. He is later visited by Sei, who tells him the truth about the Animus, the Assassin-Templar War, and Abstergo's efforts to locate a Piece of Eden found by Edward in Indochina. Noa refuses to cooperate at first, but soon changes his mind and decides to strike a deal with Sei.
	007	6 June 2023	Noa goes back into the Animus willingly in the hopes of learning more about his ancestors and after being promised his freedom by Sei in exchange for helping her. To help the sick people of Zhang's village, Edward infiltrates a warehouse owned by the merchant Lee Huiyin to steal salt and sugar for a remedy. While there, he overhears Lee's guards talk about her recent purchase of Hendrik's sea log.
	008	13 June 2023	Edward escapes from Lee's warehouse after it is set on fire by ninja, whom he proceeds to defeat. However, the last ninja kills himself before he can be interrogated. As guards arrive on the scene, Edward flees with the resources he managed to acquire. In the present, Noa recalls how he decided to learn the truth about the Assassins by reliving Edward's memories, without Sei's bias against them.
	009	20 June 2023	Edward is again rescued by John and his ship and returns to Zhang's village with the resources. After his remedy saves most of the sick villagers, Zhang and his fellow laborers offer to repay the favor by becoming Edward's informants in Macau. After a week, they manage to confirm Lee has Hendrik's log and inform Edward and John. In the present, Sei is concerned to see Noa share the Assassins' stubborn belief that they can always help everyone.
	010	27 June 2023	Edward infiltrates the Mandarin's House, Lee's private residence, to steal Hendrik's log. However, he is caught red-handed by Lee, who reveals she is aware of his identity, before both are caught off-guard by an attack by Shimazu clan ninja. In the present, Noa retorts Sei's earlier remarks about the Assassins being criminals due to Edward not killing anyone during his infiltration.
	011	4 July 2023	Edward helps Lee's guards to fight off the attacking ninja and engages their masked leader in a duel. Despite coming out on top, the masked leader retreats alongside their ninja, though not before revealing their name: Shimazu Saito. Edward realizes that Saito took Hendrik's log from him during their duel, but not a document that Edward had found inside the log earlier.
	012	11 July 2023	Lee explains to Edward that the Templars have been working with her business rivals to sabotage her company, that she turned down Hendrik's offer to sponsor an expedition to Angkor, and that she refused to hand over Hendrik's log to the Templars. Realizing they share a common enemy, Edward and Lee strike an alliance. Meanwhile, Saito discovers Hendrik's log is encrypted and deduces Edward has the cipher needed to decode it.
	013	18 July 2023	Following a tip-off from Zhang, Edward infiltrates a meeting held between three of Lee's business rivals: Alan Jacob, Jan van Aert, and Sun. There, he learns that the three are behind the attack on the Mandarin's House, and suspects one of them of being a Templar. In the present, Sei decides to teach Noa more about the Assassins and uses the Animus to tell him about Ezio Auditore.
	014	25 July 2023	Alan shows Jan and Sun a "treasure" he has acquired to convince them to join forces to drive Lee out of Macau. Edward goes to warn Lee, but becomes angry when she shows more concern for her business than the lives of her workers. When news come that both the market and Lee's fleet are under attack, Edward decides to go and protect the ships.
	015	1 August 2023	Edward and John sail towards one of Lee's ships that is being raided by pirates. After boarding the ship, Edward dispatches half of the crew and takes hostage the captain, Rupiya, scaring the remaining pirates into returning to their ship and fleeing. He then interrogates Rupiya and learns that his crew was hired by Sun to replace his previous associates: a crew of Japanese pirates.
	016	8 August 2023	After locking up Rupiya in Zhang's village, Edward goes to inform Lee of what he learned. Lee blames Edward for not being there to defend the market, but Edward retorts that he has learned to live with the consequences of his choices. After one of her ships is detained by the Dutch Navy, Lee discovers it to be another plot by her enemies. Edward offers a solution and, at night, follows one of Alan Jacob's convoys to an opium den.
	017	15 August 2023	Edward recovers an opium package and presents it to Lee, who wishes to start trading drugs as well, but is forbidden from doing so by Edward. With John's help, Edward then stages a raid on a Far East Company ship and recovers several opium packages, exposing the company's drug trafficking to the public. However, Lee secretly goes back on their agreement and orders her men to salvage any product they can from the ship.
	018	22 August 2023	Edward decides to investigate his lead on Sun and heads to a tavern and Sun's ceramic shop. However, he has little success until spotting some ninja in disguise and decides to follow them. Meanwhile, John takes Rupiya to his former crew so that he can recruit them to Edward's cause. In the present, Noa reluctantly asks for Sei's help after running into an issue while synchronizing with Edward's memories.
	019	29 August 2023	Edward follows the ninja to a temple, which he infiltrates after stealing a ninja's disguise. Learning that Sun has ordered Shimazu Saito to recover the Far East Company's confiscated opium shipment, Edward infiltrates Saito's team as they prepare to raid the company's detained ship. During the attack, Edward sneaks away to try and destroy the ship by igniting several barrels of gunpowder, but is caught by Saito.
	020	5 September 2023	Edward fights and unmasks Saito, discovering she is a woman. Meanwhile, part of Saito's ninja who are unhappy with their treatment decide to desert, just as Lee arrives with her workers to seize the opium shipment. Outnumbered, Saito orders a retreat, while Edward attempts to stop Lee from stealing the opium. When Lee refuses to back down, Edward ignites a firework and leaps off the ship before it is hit by a cannonball.
	021	12 September 2023	After the ship is destroyed by John and Rupiya, Edward, having lost Lee's support, decides to start his own organization in Macau. In the present, Noa is pulled out of the Animus and experiences the Bleeding Effect. While Noa is excited by the prospect of becoming as powerful as Edward, Sei warns him about its dangers. Noa then requests that he be taken to Macau.
	022	19 September 2023	Noa and Sei begin to bond as they discuss their different backgrounds. Once they arrive at Macau's A-Ma Cultural Village, Sei and her guards get into a fight with security after they are denied entrance, while Noa runs off to investigate alone. He finds a secret entrance into the old Zhang residence, where he recovers a ledger containing information on Edward's activities. However, he then hears gunshots outside and goes to investigate.
	023	26 September 2023	While Sei and her guards are surrounded by armed thugs, Noa is approached by two men who claim to have come to his rescue. However, Noa refuses to leave with them and goes to defend Sei. After returning to Abstergo, Noa continues to relive Edward's memories using information from the ledger he found. Upon witnessing Edward form the Zhang Wei Union, he realizes that the men who approached him are from the same organization.
	024	3 October 2023	Edward, John and Zhang struggle to find any clients for the Zhang Wei Union until a merchant hires them to escort his ship to Manila. There, Edward and John learn that the Templars have already begun preparing for their expedition to find Angkor. While sailing back to Macau, Edward spots a pirate ship attacking a Dutch East India Company vessel, and decides to intervene.
	025	10 October 2023	Intending to capture the pirates' ship, Edward orders his crew to attack it as a diversion for him to board it. After killing the pirate captain, Edward persuades the crew to surrender, but is surprised when the ship catches fire from the damages it sustained.
	026	17 October 2023	Edward rescues the pirates' prisoners from the sinking ship, including a Korean scholar and engineer named Yun Pyeong-Gyu, who impresses him with his skills. After escorting the Dutch East India Company vessel to Macau, Edward invites Yun to join the Zhang Wei Union and is approached by Jan van Aert with a proposition. Meanwhile, Lee receives a surprise visit from a Shimazu clan ninja.
	027	24 October 2023	Edward accepts a job from Jan to rid the Paracel Islands of pirates, hoping to secure the Dutch East India Company as a partner for the Zhang Wei Union. After having Yun build them advanced weaponry to give them an advantage, Edward and his crew set sail for the islands. Meanwhile, Lee secures an alliance with the Shimazu clan.
	028	31 October 2023	Edward devises a plan to infiltrate the pirates' stronghold and destroy it. While Rupiya distracts the pirates by getting them drunk and Zhang poses as his prisoner, Edward and John plant explosives around the base. However, when Edward frees the pirates' prisoners, the resulting commotion attracts the pirates' attention, initating a gunfight. As the group runs back to their ship, their explosives detonate, destroying the pirate compound.
	029	7 November 2023	Edward and his crew manage to flee the Paracel Islands, but Rupiya accidentally sails them to a rough patch of the sea where he is forced to slow down the ship. As the pirates catch up with them, Edward devises a plan to lure their pursuers into a trap and orders the crew to fire the hwachas built by Yun. This kills all of the pirates and leaves their ships open for the taking.
	030	14 November 2023	After securing a partnership between the Zhang Wei Union and the Dutch East India Company, Edward decides to resume his search for Angkor and sets out to recover Hendrik's log from Shimazu Saito. Learning of a war between Saito's ninja and a faction of mainland Japanese ninja, Edward intervines in a fight between the two groups. However, he is then confronted by Sun, who reveals that the log is in his possession.
	031	21 November 2023	Edward becomes caught in a three-way standoff between Sun, Lee, and the Dutch East India Company. After both Sun and Lee retreat, Edward is approached by Fuma Sukuna, the leader of the Japanese ninja, who asks him to assassinate Saito. Accepting the mission, Edward goes to meet with Yun, who has upgraded the Zhang Wei Union's new flagship, the Fenghuang, and modified his Hidden Blade to include a miniature crossbow.
	032	28 November 2023	Edward infiltrates Sun's floating gambling hall to assassinate Saito and recover Hendrik's log. He has John serve as his decoy, but Saito sees through his ploy and decides to search for Edward. While Sun awaits the arrival of several guests, Saito confronts Edward and the two prepare to clash.
	033	5 December 2023	Edward fights Saito and manages to tackle her into the water, where he attempts to drown her. Meanwhile, Fuma Sukuna and his ninja deal with Saito's men and prepare to assassinate Sun and recover Hendrik's log on Lee's orders. Sun's guests arrive and one of them is revealed to be Sun's nephew, Xiao Han.
	034	12 December 2023	Edward saves Saito because she reminds him of his late friend Mary Read, and proposes an alliance to recover Hendrik's log and find Angkor. Meanwhile, John falls in love with the waitress Xialun Qing, but is forced to intervene when the Japanese ninja attack Sun's ship. As Sun reveals to Xiao Han his plan to gift Angkor's treasure to the Qing Emperor, his nephew denounces him and prepares to kill him, revealing himself to be an Assassin.
	035	19 December 2023	While Xiao Han and his fellow Assassins, Liu Qing and Xue Yan, battle Sun's guards, Edward and Saito race to Sun's ship. After witnessing her men being massacred by the Japanese ninja, Saito goes into a frenzy and kills the ninja with Edward's help. Once they arrive on the ship, Saito goes to confront Liu Qing, who killed her second-in-command, while Edward stops Xiao Han from executing Sun.
	036	26 December 2023	Edward and Xiao Han fight until they each deduce the other's Assassin affiliations. After Xiao Han reveals his plan to use Angkor's treasure to overthrow the oppressive Qing dynasty, Edward opposes him due to disagreeing with the use of Isu artifacts for personal gain. Meanwhile, Saito is defeated by Liu Qing, but is saved by Edward, before the Chinese Assassins set off in pursuit of Sun, who has fled with Hendrik's log.
	037	2 January 2024	Saito's backstory is revealed, showing that she was the illegitimate daughter of the Shimazu clan's leader, brought to Japan to be trained in the clan's ways alongside her friends. Looked down upon by most clan members due to their mixed blood, the quest for Angkor was Saito and her friends' chance to prove their worth, but now that all her friends are dead, Saito has lost her purpose. Urged by Edward to find a new reason to live, Saito decides to seek revenge for her friends' death.
	038	9 January 2024	Xiao Han kills Sun and recovers Hendrik's log, but it is stolen by Edward. Unable to make Edward sympathize with his cause, Xiao Han declares him an enemy of the Chinese Brotherhood. Meanwhile, Saito fights Fuma Sukuna, revealed to be her former mentor, but the latter retreats when Sun's ship begins to be bombarded with cannon fire by Admiral Jeong, who was hired by Lee.
	039	16 January 2024	After losing Hendrik's log to Xiao Han, Edward escapes the sinking gambling ship with Saito by boarding a gunboat stolen by John, who has also rescued Xialun Qing. Jeong spots the group and attempts to kill them, but is forced back by the Fenghuang. As Edward welcomes Saito into the Zhang Wei Union, the Chinese Assassins approach Jeong to demand an audience with Lee.
	040	23 January 2024	The Chinese Assassins form an alliance with Lee to find Angkor's treasure. Meanwhile, Yun opposes Saito's recruitment into the Zhang Wei Union, though he eventually warms up to her following an archery contest. The members of the Union work together to decipher the contents of Hendrik's log, memorized by Saito, and find a message telling them to follow in the footsteps of Ferdinand Magellan.
	041	30 January 2024	Hendrik's log reveals that he investigated the legend of Ferdinand Magellan, who in 1521 found a Piece of Eden on Cebu, which was part of a set. While attempting to retrieve another artifact from Mactan, Magellan was killed by the island's chief Lapu-Lapu. Deducing they need to follow in Magellan's footsteps, the Zhang Wei Union members set sail for the Philippines, unknowingly followed by Alan Jacob. In the present, Noa is removed from the Animus after seemingly succumbing to the Bleeding Effect.
	042	6 February 2024	After Noa reveals he played a prank, an upset Sei takes him back to his room, where Noa converses with a hallucination of Edward. Meanwhile, Sei contacts her superior, who reminds her that she will not receive another chance to prove the Shimazu family's value to the Templars. As the Exitus ship, which both Noa and Sei are on, leaves Macau, it is secretly tailed by Nathan Zhang and his criminal organization, Doom Eagle.
	043	13 February 2024	The Exitus arrives in Cebu, where Noa and Sei, joined by the latter's bodyguard Yuki, search for leads to help them trace Edward's footsteps. During their investigation, the group is spied on by members of Doom Eagle, who plan to rescue Noa. Manipulating the traffic, the gang members are able to lead the Abstergo convoy containing Noa, Sei and Yuki into an ambush.
	044	20 February 2024	Noa, Sei and Yuki escape Doom Eagle's ambush and head to a shopping mall, only to be trapped by Nathan Zhang and his men again. An injured Yuki gives Noa her bracer, which contains an electric shock baton akin to a Hidden Blade, before he and Sei flee into the mall. Nathan and his men follow the two and prepare to hunt them down.
	045	27 February 2024	After disguising themselves, Noa uses his stealth skills to dispatch several Doom Eagle thugs who were following Sei. As they reach the top floor of the mall, Noa and Sei are confronted by Nathan, who offers to spare Sei if Noa willingly comes with him. Noa refuses and pushes Sei off the balcony and onto an inflatable castle below, then gets ready to fight Nathan.
	046	5 March 2024	Noa fights Nathan, who reveals that Noa's father, who abandoned him during his childhood, was an Assassin and had done so to protect him from the Templars. Despite defeating Noa, Nathan decides to respect his wishes to follow his own path and lets him go after giving him Rupiya's sea log. Nathan then leaves after reminding Noa that the Zhang Wei Union will always be at his service, just as Sigma Team arrives and secures Noa.
	047	12 March 2024	Noa and Sei return to the Exitus to continue tracking Edward's memories using the information from Rupiya's log. Noa asks Sei if what Nathan said about his father is true, and she informs him of the Templars' worldwide purge against the Assassins. Meanwhile, Nathan calls Claire Zhang and tells her that, when the time comes, Noa will help them acquire the Piece of Eden sought by Abstergo. In the Animus, the Zhang Wei Union members are ambushed by Jeong at sea.
	048	19 March 2024	The Fenghuang manages to escape from Jeong's fleet, only to be boarded by the Chinese Assassins using gliders. Yun recognizes the bombs dropped by the Assassins to be filled with Greek fire, and instructs the crew to put out the flames with sand. While Edward stops Xiao Han from killing Yun, John and the crew manage to surround Liu Qing, holding him at gunpoint, and a vengeful Saito prepares to face off against Xue Yan.
	049	26 March 2024	Edward fights Xiao Han while Saito defeats Xue Yan. With a storm approaching, Xiao Han decides to abandon the battle and the Chinese Assassins retreat back to Jeong's ship. Edward orders his crew to sail into the storm to lose Jeong's fleet, but one ship manages to follow them. Before they can engage it, the enemy ship is sunk by a Dutch East India Company vessel commanded by Jan van Aert.
	050	2 April 2024	Jan reveals that he knows about Angkor's treasure because Hendrik reported all his findings to him, forcing Edward to reluctantly allow Jan to join the expediton. Yun plans to create more Greek fire using petroleum, but the Fenghuang and Jan's ship both come under attack by a Spanish fleet. Forced to surrender, the two groups are taken to Manila, where Jan is accused of orchestrating the assassination of the Governor-General six years prior.
	051	9 April 2024	The Fenghuang's crew escape confinement and retrieve their confiscated weapons, before Edward goes to rescue Jan and his men from Fort Santiago. Meanwhile, Saito notices a monk who is using an amulet to influence the masses and lead a riot against the Governor-General's rule. She informs Edward, who realizes the amulet is one of the Pieces of Eden they are looking for.

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External links

Webtoon

• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (English)
• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (French)
• Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple (Indonesian)

Other

• アサシン クリード：忘れられし伝説の寺院 on LINE Manga (Japanese, IP block)
• 어쌔신 크리드 - 잊혀진 사원 at Naver (Korean)