User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Future settings discussion/@comment-2092722-20131107000852

American Civil War? Not too modern.

The Assassins could be split North and South, with the cause of the Civil war due to actions by the Templars. You could play as a slave who fights for the south. Through the Assassin Order of the North however, he sees the threat of the South and plays a large in the Norths victory. Abe Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, and many more historical figures!