Moussa
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Moussa is an Assassin and descendant of Baptiste, a Haitian Assassin turncoat known for using voodoo and poison. Because of his ancestry, he was abducted by Abstergo Industries to be used as one of their many test subjects.
Biography
Formerly a low-life criminal of Atlanta, Moussa used to lift wallets and snatch purses while sometimes fighting in bars. During his life, Moussa also commited two distinct murders while defending his prizes from other thieves but was never caught by the police. In 2011, a drunk Moussa was captured by the Templars and brought to their Abstergo facility in Madrid, where they forced him to relive the life of his Assassin ancestor, Baptiste.[1]
Five years later, Moussa was still a prisoner of the Templars, but by this time had come to consider himself as an Assassin, becoming the leader of a cell formed with others who like him had been imprisoned by the Templars: namely Nathan, Lin and Emir. By the end of October, he observed the arrival of Callum Lynch, the son of Assassins Joseph and Mary Lynch who had officially been executed for murder.[2]
Callum held no loyalty to the Assassins, and Moussa and his friends were anxious that he would ultimately side with their Templar adversaries. Nevertheless, Moussa introduced himself and his friends to Callum during the newcomer's first visit to the cafeteria. From then on, his group continued to watch Callum's developments with suspicion, all the while devising their eventual escape plan.[2]
This plan was launched while Callum was in his last Animus session, locating the Apple of Eden recovered by his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha. Moussa and his friends retrieved weapons throughout the facility and prepared to battle their way out. With the help of Emir, who unlocked the doors, Moussa and the others confronted Callum at the Animus chamber just in time to see him inducted into the order through a memory of his mother.[2]
With Callum standing as a definite ally, the group fended off waves of Abstergo guards, before spotting Alan Rikkin, CEO of Abstergo, fleeing on a helicopter just above them. They hastily climbed up the mechanical arm of the Animus 4.3 onto the roof but were nevertheless too late to stop the retreat of Alan and his daughter Sophia. Their own escape was not without cost, as Nathan and Emir were killed in the battle.[2]
Although Moussa and his friends were unable to prevent Alan from journeying to Seville to recover Aguilar's Apple of Eden at the tomb of Christopher Columbus, they tracked him to London soon afterwards. There, Alan was to showcase his success to the Council of Elders of the Templar Order. In the midst of his speech, and just as he activated his Apple of Eden, the Assassins attacked, with Callum personally assassinating Alan from behind.[2]
Gallery
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Promotional art of Moussa
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: The Movie (First appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
References
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