William Miles
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William "Bill" Miles (born 1948) was a high-ranking member of the Assassin Order, who had become the de facto leader of the Assassins by 2012. He was the father of Desmond Miles
Initially training Assassins in a remote Assassin compound known as the Farm and delivering information across
Biography
Early life
William Miles was born in 1948, into the Brotherhood of Assassins, eventually devoting his life to the Assassins' cause. In 1987, William was living with his wife in an Assassin compound called "the Farm", located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, outside Rapid City. Living with approximately thirty other Assassins in the compound, William's son Desmond was born and raised there.[1]
William trained Desmond extensively, insisting to him the importance of being careful, and of being ready for an attack from their enemies at any time. However, this paranoia and caution only led to Desmond thinking his parents were "conspiracy freaks," and eventually led to him running away from home when on his 16th birthday.[1]
Researching Cross
In 1998, William was contacted by Paul Bellamy, the Assassin in charge of an Assassin compound located outside Philadelphia. Paul asked William to look for information about an individual named Daniel Cross, who was brought into the compound by Hannah Mueller, under the assumption that he was an Assassin.[2]
William found information about Cross' ancestry, which led to the Russian Assassin Nikolai Orelov, who was closely tied to the Tunguska event. William relayed this information to Paul, and Cross was accepted into the Assassin Brotherhood.[2]
Two years later, Daniel was personally introduced to the Mentor, and assassinated him upon an impulse secretly implanted into his brain by Abstergo Industries during his youth. The Templar sleeper agent also revealed the locations of all Assassin camps he had visited during his journeys,[3] resulting in the Templars initiating the "Great Purge" to destroy these camps, though the Farm was left unscathed.[1]
Overseeing the Assassin cells
In 2012, William relayed information to the Assassin team in Italy through Shaun Hastings, and requested that he forward it to the other team members. He also had a conversation with Lucy Stillman about the condition of his son - who had been suffering from the Bleeding effect - in which he said that they had to keep going, as they needed the location of the Apple of Eden.[4]
Upon beginning to relive the restored memory sequence from 1506, Desmond received an e-mail from William telling him that the memory sequence he had found would lead them to some information that the Assassins required. Though Rebecca would be sending all the information directly to him, William also cautioned Desmond not to tell the other members of his team for the time being.[5]
At the end of the memories, Leonardo da Vinci and Ezio Auditore found another Vault in Rome, located beneath the Pythagorean Temple. When Ezio's DNA activated a pedestal, the room projected a set of coordinates: 43 39 19 N 75 27 42 W.[5]
Once the sequence was completed, William instructed the other man to sedate Desmond, though it was too late; Desmond had entered a coma. Despite this, William was confident that his son would recover, and he and the other man then left in order to investigate the coordinates.[5]
Monitoring Desmond
Sometime between 2001 and 2012, William became the Mentor/Leader of the Assassin order. Following the events in the Colosseum Vault, William and another unidentified person found Desmond in shock, and decided to return him to the Animus to prevent any further harm his mental state. Though Desmond faintly protested this, he was placed in the Animus anyway.[4]
William then transported Rebecca Crane and Desmond to New York, while Shaun stayed behind to attend Lucy's funeral. William examined the Apple of Eden, but didn't believe he had the genes to properly wield it, while Desmond did. Upon arrival, William helped Rebecca stabilize Desmond, as well as monitor his vitals. While watching over Desmond, William asked Rebecca and Shaun about him, such as what his relationship had been with Lucy. He also mentioned that Desmond's DNA had a high potency of First Civilization DNA, allowing him to wield the Apple of Eden. He also discussed with them their next move, and how to transport Desmond in his comatose state.[1]
When his son finally woke from his coma, William was the first to greet him, with Desmond seeming surprised to see him, but recognizing him immediately.[1]
Meanwhile, Abstergo had been tracking William for some time, as they knew he had become the de facto leader of the Assassin Order. Once William's location became known, Warren Vidic and Laetitia England assigned their Master Templars to find and eliminate him.[1]
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