Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 1

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Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles 1 is the first issue of the Dark Horse comic book series Assassin's Creed: Mirage – A Soar of Eagles, a prequel to the 2023 video game Assassin's Creed: Mirage. The comic, written by Michael Avon Oeming with art by Mirko Colak and Lauren Affe, was released on 12 March 2025.

Publisher's summary

Years before the events of Assassin's Creed Mirage, a young Fuladh must return to his homeland to investigate political unrest that could point to a secret Order of the Ancients' stronghold. But in order to discover what's behind the chaos and violence in Adulis, Fuladh and Roshan will have to confront a more immediate danger. Join writer Michael Avon Oeming and artist Mirko Colak as they explore a mysterious new tale from the world of Assassin's Creed, created in partnership with Ubisoft.

Summary

Fuladh is awoken from a dream where he was flying kites by the arrival of a messenger eagle. The note it carries depicted a snake encircling Saint Abuna, a symbol Fuladh takes to mean Arwe, the serpent-king from Ethiopian myth.

Some time later, Fuladh and Roshan stowed away on a ship leaving the Caliphate, without knowing it was a slave vessel. There, the pair managed to kill some of the crew and release the chained slaves, before forcing the slaver to jump into the sea. Dagnajan, one of the freed men, volunteered to sail the ship to Adulis' port, warning the pair that the Aksumite Kingdom was in turmoil, not only due to the Caliphate slavers, but also from civil wars within. Dagnajan dropped the pair close to the port before taking the ship north, seeking to hunt down the slavers invading their homeland.

Roshan asks after Nibris, Fuladh's friend who had sent the message, learning that he and Fuladh learned to train eagles together in Adulis and kept in touch through letters after Fuladh left. At Adulis, the Hidden Ones hope to locate Yazid, an old merchant friend, before finding Nibris.

At the marketplace, Yazid informs the pair that Nibris had been taken by Endubis, an Aksumite general forcefully conscripting men into his army and digging reinforcements at the Church of Abuna Yemata day and night. Learning that Nibris and the others taken by the general's forces were being kept in the slaughter district, Fuladh and Roshan infiltrated the location under cover of night. Easily dispatching their enemies, the pair managed to locate Nibris, who told them that the general, now believing himself to be Arwe, is the leader of a cult at Abuna Yemata.

Making camp in a safe place, Fuladh told Roshan that since this enemy was not affiliated with the Order of the Ancients, she was free to leave, only for her to answer that his cause was also hers. She turned to Nibris and asked about what they should expect at the stronghold, since that was where he used to live and train his eagles. He explained how he managed to escape the place with his eagle, Memnon, but had to leave behind his apprentice, Kaleb, who wished to free all the eagles he possibly could.

While on the journey deeper into the countryside, they came upon a scene of slaughter, with many dead farmers and a dying Kaleb strung up and bleeding. The young priest lasted long enough to tell his mentor to flee, before an eagle let out a call, warning the group of approaching enemies.