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{{Trade Paperback Infobox
{{Trade Paperback Infobox
|name = Assassin's Creed
|name = Assassin's Creed
|image = Cover.jpg
|image = AC1 Promo Comic Cover.jpg
|publisher = [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft Entertainment]]
|publisher = [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft Entertainment]]
|writer = [[Corey May]]
|writer = [[Corey May]]
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*David Levy
*David Levy
|cover artist = [[Patrick Desgreniers]]
|cover artist = [[Patrick Desgreniers]]
|publication date = 14 November 2007 (NA)<br />16 November 2007 (EU)
|publication date = 14 November 2007 (NA)<br>16 November 2007 (EU)
|Format = Paperback
|Format = Paperback
|ISBN = N/A
|ISBN = N/A
|pages = 16
|pages = 16
|Website = }}
|Website = }}
'''''Assassin's Creed''''' is a non-canonical, sixteen-page graphic novel that was included in the limited edition of ''[[Assassin's Creed]], ''and showed two side-stories of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Desmond Miles]].
'''''Assassin's Creed''''' is a non-canonical, sixteen-page graphic novel that was included as promotional material in the ''Limited Edition''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collectorsedition.org/game-db/assassins-creed-premium-limited-edition-360-ntsc-j|title=Assassin's Creed Premium Limited Edition (360) [NTSC-J<nowiki>]</nowiki>|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414112825/https://collectorsedition.org/game-db/assassins-creed-premium-limited-edition-360-ntsc-j|archivedate=14 April 2012|author="driv3r"|date=5 February 2012|publisher=''CollectorsEdition''|accessdate=5 May 2023}}</ref> of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and later distributed to EB Games store managers in 2007 to promote the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psu.com/forums/threads/assassins-creed-comic-leaked-spoiler-warning.97244/|title=Assassin's Creed Comic Leaked( Spoiler Warning)|author="Sony all DAY!!!"|date=6 October 2007|publisher=''PlayStation Universe''|accessdate=5 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/307886/assassins-creed-comic-leaked|title=Drip, Drip, Drip: Assassin's Creed Comic Leaked|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004022222/https://kotaku.com/307886/assassins-creed-comic-leaked|archivedate=4 October 2009|author=de Marco, Flynn|date=6 October 2007|publisher=''{{Wiki|Kotaku}}''|accessdate=5 May 2023}}</ref> The story served as a prelude to the game and introduced its protagonists by telling overlapping stories of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] during the [[Third Crusade]] and [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012.


The novel was also distributed to EB Games store managers in 2007 to promote the game. The story served as a prelude to the first ''Assassin's Creed'' game, and introduced the game's two main protagonists.
==Plot summary==
Desmond runs outside [[Abstergo Industries]]' facility in [[Rome]]. A security guard checks a hallway and is distracted by a noise in the ventilation ducts. He investigates but finds nothing and reports back to operations, unaware that Desmond has climbed into and crouches within a shaft above and behind him. Desmond continues on, sneaking behind Dr. [[Warren Vidic]] and other suited Templars back into the [[Animus Project laboratory]] where he was held.


== Story ==
He enters the unlit room and the doors close. Desmond approaches the dormant [[Animus|Animus 1.28]] and runs a finger along it, enough physical contact for the machine to turn back on and make him experience a [[Genetic memory|memory]] of Altaïr in 1191 hunting [[Templars]] in [[Acre]] while [[Hunt for the Nine|searching]] for their [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]], [[Robert de Sablé]].
{{Quote|I track these men so that I might know the truth.|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad explaining his life as an Assassin}}The story of the novel commenced with Desmond Miles and his escape from the [[Abstergo Industries]] facility in the year 2012, but changed sides later on as Desmond interacted with the [[Animus]] and experienced a memory of Altaïr from the year 1191. Altaïr was tasked with performing multiple assassinations of [[Templars|Templar]] knights within the city of [[Acre]].


Both sides of the narrators' stories were synched with each other and had the same message portrayed in two different time contexts. Desmond introduced himself first in the beginning of the novel by explaining who he was and what had happened to him. He described himself as being a prisoner, and that he did not know what these men wanted or why they had abducted him.
Desmond [[Synchronization|synchronizes]] with Altaïr's memories but is interrupted when the Templars open the lab doors and spot him. Back in Acre, Altaïr is also spotted after killing a guard and is chased down an alley, where he fights his pursuers in close-combat. Although both men get cornered in dead ends, with Altaïr standing alone and victorious in his lethal brawl while Desmond resolves to fight his way out, they affirm to themselves that they are Assassins.


Later, Desmond synchronized with Altaïr's memories and the latter explained himself as being a hunter, and that he hunted these men to learn who had led them and what they had planned. This created a link between the two Assassins where both of them explained who they were and what they did. Towards the end of the story they both re-introduced themselves as being Assassins and that that was their life.
==Dialogue==
 
*'''Desmond:''' ''My name is Desmond Miles...And I am a prisoner.''
In Desmond's introduction he was seen moving across the outside of the complex and avoiding Abstergo security guards who had pursued him throughout the facility. He entered and silently traveled through the vents of the facility and was almost caught by one particular guard. The man was suspicious of noises heard in the vents but later dismissed it as nothing and continued patrolling his sector.
*'''Guard 1:''' ''Sector 8 -Check- ...Clear...''
 
*'''Operations:''' ''...Sector 9?? Sector 9...Do you copy?''
Desmond was then seen crouched directly behind the guard in an opening in the vent as the guard responded to concerns from his colleague and stated that his sector was clear. Desmond then sneaked behind the board of Abstergo and entered a large room that contained the Animus. He stepped up to it and laid his hand on the device. The Animus glowed powerfully in response, and Desmond was then transported into his subconscious mind when he experienced the machine's recreation of Altaïr's assassination memory.
*'''Guard 2:''' ''Sector 9, clear..''
 
The guard heard a loud noise in the vents, but it quickly faded away.
Desmond viewed Altaïr's memory in which he walked through the streets of Acre, and entered a narrow alleyway where he assassinated a Templar knight. After the guard was dispatched Altaïr scaled a nearby wall to avoid being detected. The next scene depicted multiple guards who eyed the city streets and were unware of Altaïr moving swiftly across rooftops in the background.
*'''Guard 2:''' ''Nothing...''
 
*'''Operations:''' ''Sector 9-13, Everything's alright?''
He leapt across the side of a building and was spotted by a rooftop archer. Just as the archer cried out in alert, Altaïr stabbed and pulled him off the ledge. The archer fell to the ground below and attracted the attention of numerous other guards.
*'''Guard 2:''' ''Yeah...It's all clear!''
 
*'''Operations:''' ''Roger that!''
Altaïr responded instantly and jumped down onto the back of a guard, which killed him when Altaïr slammed the guard's head into the ground. The story then flashed back to the future where the board members discovered Desmond laying down in the Animus. Desmond sprung to his feet and escaped the Animus room being chased by Abstergo officials.
*'''Guard 2:''' ''Need maintenance to fix these damn vents!''
 
*'''Desmond:''' ''I don't know what these men want from me...don't know [[Eye-Abstergo|why]] they abducted me.''
The story then flashed back to the past where Altaïr was engaged in a battle with Templar guards and was fighting them back. Then the memory was desynchronized and lastly showed Altaïr retract his [[Hidden Blade]], with the guards laid dead at his feet, and Desmond cornered by the board members. He was poised and ready to fight.
Desmond opened the door to the Animus Project laboratory.
 
*'''Desmond:''' ''...why they brought me to this place.''
==Development==
The door closed loudly behind Desmond. He touched the Animus, which reactivated in response to his touch and transported his mind into a projection of his ancestor's memory.
The artwork and storyboard of the modern era, where Desmond narrated, was created by {{Wiki|Thierry Doizon}}, and the artwork and storyboard of the Crusades time period, where Altaïr narrated, was created by [[David Levy]].
*'''Altaïr:''' ''My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad''.
 
*'''Templar:''' Maudit ''(Damn) [[rat]]s...''
The maneuver Altaïr performed (where he stabbed and pulled down a rooftop guard off a ledge in Acre) was very similar to how, in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] was able to pull guards down from high spots after he assassinated them. In the graphic novel Altaïr carried no weapons at all but the Hidden Blade. The outside of the [[Animus Project laboratory|Abstergo laboratory]] could be seen in the graphic novel.
Altaïr silently assassinated him from behind and leapt to [[Freerunning|climb]] a wall.
 
*'''Altaïr:''' ''I track these men so that I might know the truth.''
== Dialogue ==
He jumped across a rooftop.
*'''Desmond''':''' '''''My name is Desmond Miles...and I am a prisoner.''
*'''Altaïr:''' ''Know who leads them...''
*'''Radio Voice''':''' '''''Sector 8 -Check-''
An [[archer]] saw Altaïr climbing the city fortifications.
*'''Radio Voice 2''':''' '''''...Clear...''
*'''Archer:''' Alerte! ''(Alarm!)''
*'''Radio Voice''': ''...Sector 9??? Sector 9...Do you copy?''
*'''Altaïr:''' ''...what he [[New World Order|plans]].''
*'''Guard''': ''Sector 9, Clear..''
*'''Archer:''' ''AARRHH!''
A loud noise was heard in the vents, which alerted the guard, but became quiet.
Altaïr stabbed and pulled the archer off the ledge. The archer's descent attracted the attention of multiple guards down below.
*'''Guard''': ''Nothing...''
*'''Templar 2:''' [[wikt:vingt dieux|Vain-dieu]]! ''(Vain God!)''
*'''Radio Voice''': ''Sector 9-13, Everything's alright?''
Altaïr leapt down and killed one of the onlookers, landing on him and crushing the guard's head into the ground. Back in 2012, Desmond awoke from the Animus when Abstergo staff discovered him.
*'''Guard''': ''Yeah...It's all clear!''
*'''Abstergo staff:''' ''Get him!''
*'''Radio Voice''': ''Roger that!''
They chased him down a hall.
*'''Guard''': ''Need maintenance to fix these damn vents!''
*'''Desmond:''' ''My name is Desmond Miles...''
*'''Desmond''': ''I don't know what these men want from me...don't know why they abducted me.''
The Templars in Acre pursued Altaïr down an alley.
Desmond opened the door to the room that contained the Animus.
*'''Templar 3:''' Attrapez-le! ''(Get him!)''
*'''Desmond''': ''...why they brought me to this place.''
Altaïr activated his [[Hidden Blade]] and slew two men with it, slicing into one's face and stabbing into the back of another who ran past. He stood alone surrounded by corpses.
The door closed loudly behind Desmond, who touched the Animus, and reacted as the Animus glowed powerfully in response to Desmond's touch. The Animus then transported Desmond's mind into its projection of his ancestor's memory.
*'''Altaïr:''' ''My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad...And I am an Assassin.''
*'''Altaïr''': ''My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad''.
Cornered, Desmond turned to fight.
*'''Templar Knight''': ''Maudit rats...''
*'''Desmond:''' ''...And I am an Assassin.''
Altaïr silently stepped up behind the knight, and assassinated him.
*'''Altaïr''': ''I track these men so that I might know the truth. Know who leads them...''
*'''Archer''': ''Alerte!''
''​''Altaïr was seen by an archer.
*'''Altaïr''': ''...what he plans.''
*'''Archer''': AARRHH!
Altaïr stabbed and pulled the archer off the ledge. The archer's descent attracted the attention of multiple guards down below, and Altaïr responded instantly when he leapt down and killed one of the guards after he slammed the guard's head into the ground.
 
Desmond then awoke from the Animus after he was discovered by Abstergo officials.
*'''Abstergo Officials''': ''Get him!''
*'''Desmond''': ''My name is Desmond Miles...''
*'''Altaïr''': ''My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad...And I am an Assassin.''
*'''Desmond''': ''...And I am an Assassin.''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Assassin's Creed_French Comic_Concept_02.jpg|Altaïr scaling a wall after assassinating a Templar
AC1 Promo Comic Storyboard.jpg|Storyboard concept
Assassin's Creed_French Comic_Concept_03.jpg|Altaïr landing on a guard and smashing his head against the ground
AC1 Promo Comic Full Cover.jpg|Full cover
AC1 Promo Comic Page 9.jpg|Page 9
AC1 Promo Comic Page 10.jpg|Page 10
AC1 Promo Comic Page 11.jpg|Page 11
AC1 Promo Comic Page 12.jpg|Page 12
AC1 Promo Comic Page 13.jpg|Page 13
AC1 Promo Comic Page 15.jpg|page 15
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
{{Reflist}}
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Revision as of 21:00, 5 May 2023

Speak sense, Templar, or not at all!

This article, or article section, is non-canon. Although licensed by Ubisoft or their affiliates, the information that follows is not considered a part of the Assassin's Creed timeline.

Assassin's Creed is a non-canonical, sixteen-page graphic novel that was included as promotional material in the Limited Edition[1] of Assassin's Creed and later distributed to EB Games store managers in 2007 to promote the game.[2][3] The story served as a prelude to the game and introduced its protagonists by telling overlapping stories of the Levantine Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade and Desmond Miles in 2012.

Plot summary

Desmond runs outside Abstergo Industries' facility in Rome. A security guard checks a hallway and is distracted by a noise in the ventilation ducts. He investigates but finds nothing and reports back to operations, unaware that Desmond has climbed into and crouches within a shaft above and behind him. Desmond continues on, sneaking behind Dr. Warren Vidic and other suited Templars back into the Animus Project laboratory where he was held.

He enters the unlit room and the doors close. Desmond approaches the dormant Animus 1.28 and runs a finger along it, enough physical contact for the machine to turn back on and make him experience a memory of Altaïr in 1191 hunting Templars in Acre while searching for their Grand Master, Robert de Sablé.

Desmond synchronizes with Altaïr's memories but is interrupted when the Templars open the lab doors and spot him. Back in Acre, Altaïr is also spotted after killing a guard and is chased down an alley, where he fights his pursuers in close-combat. Although both men get cornered in dead ends, with Altaïr standing alone and victorious in his lethal brawl while Desmond resolves to fight his way out, they affirm to themselves that they are Assassins.

Dialogue

  • Desmond: My name is Desmond Miles...And I am a prisoner.
  • Guard 1: Sector 8 -Check- ...Clear...
  • Operations: ...Sector 9?? Sector 9...Do you copy?
  • Guard 2: Sector 9, clear..

The guard heard a loud noise in the vents, but it quickly faded away.

  • Guard 2: Nothing...
  • Operations: Sector 9-13, Everything's alright?
  • Guard 2: Yeah...It's all clear!
  • Operations: Roger that!
  • Guard 2: Need maintenance to fix these damn vents!
  • Desmond: I don't know what these men want from me...don't know why they abducted me.

Desmond opened the door to the Animus Project laboratory.

  • Desmond: ...why they brought me to this place.

The door closed loudly behind Desmond. He touched the Animus, which reactivated in response to his touch and transported his mind into a projection of his ancestor's memory.

  • Altaïr: My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.
  • Templar: Maudit (Damn) rats...

Altaïr silently assassinated him from behind and leapt to climb a wall.

  • Altaïr: I track these men so that I might know the truth.

He jumped across a rooftop.

  • Altaïr: Know who leads them...

An archer saw Altaïr climbing the city fortifications.

  • Archer: Alerte! (Alarm!)
  • Altaïr: ...what he plans.
  • Archer: AARRHH!

Altaïr stabbed and pulled the archer off the ledge. The archer's descent attracted the attention of multiple guards down below.

Altaïr leapt down and killed one of the onlookers, landing on him and crushing the guard's head into the ground. Back in 2012, Desmond awoke from the Animus when Abstergo staff discovered him.

  • Abstergo staff: Get him!

They chased him down a hall.

  • Desmond: My name is Desmond Miles...

The Templars in Acre pursued Altaïr down an alley.

  • Templar 3: Attrapez-le! (Get him!)

Altaïr activated his Hidden Blade and slew two men with it, slicing into one's face and stabbing into the back of another who ran past. He stood alone surrounded by corpses.

  • Altaïr: My name is Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad...And I am an Assassin.

Cornered, Desmond turned to fight.

  • Desmond: ...And I am an Assassin.

Gallery

  • Storyboard concept
    Storyboard concept
  • Full cover
    Full cover
  • Page 9
    Page 9
  • Page 10
    Page 10
  • Page 11
    Page 11
  • Page 12
    Page 12
  • Page 13
    Page 13
  • page 15
    page 15

References

  1. ↑ "driv3r" (5 February 2012). Assassin's Creed Premium Limited Edition (360) [NTSC-J]. CollectorsEdition. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved on 5 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sony all DAY!!!" (6 October 2007). Assassin's Creed Comic Leaked( Spoiler Warning). PlayStation Universe. Retrieved on 5 May 2023.
  3. ↑ de Marco, Flynn (6 October 2007). Drip, Drip, Drip: Assassin's Creed Comic Leaked. Kotaku. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved on 5 May 2023.

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