Francis Cotton

"You're one of a kind. Benevolent, they say. All castes and creeds under one roof. You haven't even the temper to order the death of one lowly thief. It takes more nerve than that to bring the world to order."

―Francis Cotton to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1839.

Francis Henry Sharples-Cotton (died 1839) was a general in the British Army and a member of the Templar Order, active in India during the rule of the Sikh Empire.

Biography

Poisoning Ranjit Singh

Cotton: "You wear the garb of a Kashmiri emissary, sir, but you move like a jungle cat on the hunt. What's your game... Assassin?"

Arbaaz: "Stand down, Mister Cotton, we are not enemies today, despite the beliefs of our respective organizations."

Cotton: "A pity. I was rather looking forward to adding a new Hidden Blade to my collection."

—Cotton and Arbaaz talking after deducing each other's affiliations, 1839.

During the 1830s, Cotton was assigned to accompany on the Templar Order, coul, the aide to the India. He later used it in conjuction with a Precursor box he had retrieved from Cotton's personal effects to unlock a map of the locations of various Isu temples.

In 2015, the Templar Isabelle Ardant included Cotton's name on a list of known British Templars. This list was later unveiled by the Assassins Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings when they infiltrated Ardant's office to plant a bug.

Trivia

• During his conversation with Arbaaz, Cotton implied that he kept the Hidden Blades of all the Assassins he had killed as trophies, and that he hoped to add Arbaaz's blade to his collection. This makes Cotton one of the few Templars in the series, alongside Haytham Kenway, Julien du Casse and Shay Cormac, to possess at least one Hidden Blade.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Cotton
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  Render of Cotton
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  Cotton as he appears in Brahman

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Brahman
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (name only)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (mentioned in Database entry only)