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The Louisiana Bayou was a swamp-like region located in Louisiana, near the city of New Orleans. Full of scattered islands, marshlands and swamp waters, the bayou was primarily inhabited by alligators, who had a notorious reputation for attacking unsuspecting prey from the banks or beneath the murky waters.

The bayou also housed a number of notable landmarks, including the town of San Danje, Fort Saint-Jean and the hideout belonging to the Mentor of the Assassin Order, Agaté.

History

In 1766, an ex-Assassin called Baptiste traveled to the bayou, posing as the deceased François Mackandal. After obtaining a number of followers to his cause, he planned to carry out a sacred ceremony on the Eve of Saint John. However, his true purpose was to take control of the bayou's smuggler operations, poison the nobles of New Orleans, force Agaté out of hiding and deliver him to the Templars, who in return for grant him membership into the Templar Order. This plot was later uncovered by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, who disrupted Baptiste's ritual and assassinated him.

In 1771, Spanish soldiers under the command of a Templar called Vázquez entered the bayou and attempted to seize control of its smuggling operations. Fearing they would eventually discover the location of Agaté's hut, Aveline hurried to the bayou and warned her mentor of the impending danger. Under his instruction, Aveline followed the soldiers through the bayou to each voodoo checkpoint set up by Agaté. Using her blowpipe, she silently poisoning each of Vázquez's soldiers into believing they had been placed under a voodoo curse and fled the bayou.

Following this, Aveline and her smuggler allies Roussillon and Élise Lafleur discovered Vázquez's plans to divert a supply ship. Aveline tampered with lighthouse on Lake Pontchartrain, causing the ship to run aground on an island nearby. After defeating Vázquez's guards, Aveline and the smugglers set out to plunder the ship's cargo.

In 1773, Roussillon and Élise were tasked by the Spanish with delivering supplies to Patriots fighting in the American Revolutionary War. However, rogue Spanish soldiers hired by Vázquez were attempting to steal back the supplies. Aveline then arrived in the bayou with an escaped slave named George, and asked the smugglers if the Patriots could escort him north. The smugglers said they would, provided Aveline and George helped them hold back the Spanish as they delivered the supplies.

Aveline successfully defeated the soldiers as the smugglers navigated through the bayou and reached their destination. After meeting with the Patriots, Aveline asked if they would allow George to accompany them. They agreed, accepting him into their ranks.

In 1777, Aveline traveled to the bayou to inform her mentor Agaté of the identity of the "Company Man", the head of the Templar Order. Agaté, unable to accept his failure to protect his student and paranoid that Aveline had sided with the Templars, attacked her. Aveline overpowered him and confronted her mentor at the top of his hut. However, after Aveline spared his life, he could not live with the humiliation and dove to his death. Aveline attempted to grab him, but could only grasp his necklace with tore away from him as he fell.

Gallery

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  Concept of a Bayou residence.
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  Concept art of the Bayou.
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  Aveline in the Bayou.
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  Concept art of Aveline in the bayou.
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  Aveline wrestling an alligator.
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  Concept art of Aveline at the top of Agaté's hut in the bayou.