Great Purge (1757-1763)
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- "Sometime during the Seven Years' War the Templars made their move and destroyed [the Colonial Brotherhood] during the Assassin witch hunt."
- ―Shaun Hastings on the 1763 attack, 2012.[src]
The 1763 Colonial Assassin purge was a full-scale assault on the Assassin Brotherhood in the Thirteen Colonies by the Colonial Rite of the Templar Order, led by Grand Master Haytham Kenway.
History
Turning the tide
Following Haytham's arrival in the New World in 1754, the newly formed Colonial Rite came into conflict with the already established Assassin Brotherhood in the region. While initially a proxy war between the Templars and mercenaries recruited by the Assassins, the conflict soon intensified.
From 1757 onward, Shay Cormac, a former Assassin, helped the Templars track down and kill several of his former comrades, including Kesegowaase, Adéwalé, Hope Jensen, Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye, and Liam O'Brien.
Furthermore, Shay also eliminated seven Assassin-allied gangs in New York City, intercepted several Assassins during their missions, and killed a number of stalkers sent after him personally, weakening the Assassin presence further.
Final assault
After nine years, the Templars launched their final attack on the Davenport Homestead, killing all the remaining Assassins, with the exception of their aging and crippled Mentor, Achilles Davenport.
Convinced that the lone Assassin no longer posed a threat, the Templars spared Achilles' life, on the condition that he gave up his life as an Assassin. Achilles agreed, and spent the next six years in complete isolation in his manor until the arrival of Haytham's son, Ratonhnhaké:ton.
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed: Unity, the database entry for Pierre Bellec states he trained in the Colonies during the French and Indian War, and left for Europe shortly before the Purge began in earnest, narrowly avoiding the assault on the Homestead.
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