1852: The California Gold Rush. A female Assassin is pursuing John Sutter on horseback in the Great Basin Desert. Using her rope launcher, she mounts his carriage and dispatches his drivers. She informs him the Maidu want the gold he stole returned, and fires her rifle at an incoming rider.
2015: San Diego. Charlotte de la Cruz is playing this memory on her Helix, while chatting to another player. He invites her to meet, but she is creeped out that he knows that she lives in San Diego. She heads to a job application for the charity World Share, which ends with her storming off when she realizes her interviewer will probably give the position to her daughter.
Back behind her desk at Malta Banking Corporation, Charlotte transfers ten thousand dollars to Ms. Morehead so she can pay for her daughter's healthcare. Returning home, she is greeted inside by Xavier Chen and Galina Voronina, who introduce themselves as from the "Brotherhood". Having realized she will be fired, Charlotte cheers, explaining she knows of them having trawled conspiracy websites.
Just as she declares she will join them, a group of Templars knock at her door. Thinking they're here about the money transfer, she opens her door, enabling them to barge through. A thug grabs Charlotte, but Galina tosses a knife through his head, and jumps off her balcony onto the next building while urging her to come. After hesitating, Charlotte jumps...
...and wakes up greeted by a seagull. Xavier and Galina greet her, having taken her to their cell's hideout in the Salton Sea. They introduce her to their technician Kody, who was the one who found her online, and the Animus. They explain an Assassin named Joseph who they believed was dead reemerged at the Templars' headquarters, promising to reveal the location of an object they want. Joseph messaged them, explaining it's a ruse to draw out a top Templar in San Diego. They need Charlotte to relive her ancestor's memories to verify what Joseph told the Templars: that the object was hidden Salem during the witch trials.
1692: Salem Village. Charlotte is reliving the memories of Tom Stoddard, who arrives to witness the hanging of Bridget Bishop. Stoddard walks away, and Charlotte's attempt to intervene causes her to desynchronize. As she pukes onto the floor, Xavier and Galina argue, as the latter has decided Joseph is a traitor. Charlotte declares she's going back in.
Published 14/10/2015
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