User blog:DanChan123/Assassin’s Creed in the Far East (mid-1800s)

AC in the Far East 1800s (Why?)

One thing many AC fans suggest is an Eastern setting. Ubisoft never even set an assassin's foot there for gamers to see, yet. Ubisoft previously stated a game in Japan would suck. This also can relate to us thinking their will never be an AC game in East Asia. Why?

Well to make it sound good, why don't we add some Western influence to this Eastern setting. Picture East Asia, mid-1800s:

• Qing Dynasty China in state of turmoil. Chinese Warlords fight asian turf wars against each other in the name of the Empire, and the Emperor is still staring at the wonders brought over by Western Templars, who are secretly aiding the East. People cannot decide whether to allow Western influence or not. The Assassins of course, don't, because this will only mean China being conquered by the highly Templar-influenced West, and will make it easier for more Templars to arrive, thus making things tough for the Assassins. However many Templar warlords have caused enough trouble. Some warlords dislike the Western influence and aid the Assassin's. Some have started massacres and rebellions against the Emperor or the West. Some support the Templars. This has caused China to go into turmoil. After a key event, the Assassin's must flee to Western China, as far as Tibet.
• South of China is already in the state of much Western influence; being weaker than the Templar jackpot, China. Their are Dutch, Spanish, Portugeuse, and so many perfect places for Western Templars to be.
• Japan also contains great trade routes and opportunities for the West, and great opportunities for Templars. No, their won't be ninjas or samurais as the central focus, but more of a naval setting, like ACIV: Black Flag's little islands.
• Indonesian Archipelago is basically serves the same as "South of China", but contains a perfect land for pirates, but also the ever gold-eyed Spanish. At this age their are alot of pirates in the Far East, definitely more than the West. This is because pirates like to seize booty from the apparently growing rush of "dirty, rich Western barbarians". Their even China's version of A. Bonny those female buccaneers, notorious Ching Shih. Don't forget Singapore is almost like Nassau at the time.

Also, please note that this story does not come with a modern times story (genetic memory)

The Story (Its a long one)

(1846) Oh don't sigh Ubisoft, because this story doesn't start with kung fu. Instead, it starts with a Chinese Assassin named Chen Wei, but has a Dutch name which he uses more often, Bartel Noltes. Bartel is secretly undercover as a opium trader on his way to Rangoon, Burma (Now Yangon, Myanmar), which was in British control at the time. His mission is to kill an English Templar in possession of a Piece of Eden known as the Ring of Eden, a Piece once used to open "secret doors", but if misused it will mentally poison the abuser and kill him after a while, and also disinigrate too. Originally found by a English explorer in Egypt, it made its way into the hands of English Templars (There was a second Ring of Eden which caused the "cat scanner's curse incident"). The Templar's mission is to bring the Piece to British Canton China, and deliver it to an Eastern Templar whose actions are unknown. Bartel has captained an well-armed merchant schooner, and is on a pursuit. The moving tutorial starts in Sittwe, Burma, where Bartel must chase the Templar, in which he gets into a fight with the Templar's men. He fights a brawl in a bar, and must pretend to be an opium and rice merchant to hide his identity after. The player then controls Bartel through a naval tutorial before fast traveling to Rangoon. In Rangoon many fights take place, and Bartel must infiltrate a British guarded port center office in order to learn of the Templar's next destination. He learns that the Templar has taken a mainland shortcut with help from his order, and Bartel can only take the long ocean route. However He must first go to Singapore as a request of assistance from the Assassin's.

At Singapore, Bartel must head to a secret meeting house, however he makes a mistake and accidently reveals his Assassin identity. At night during the meeting, a British security force attacks the meeting before learning of their plans. Bartel must flee with several other Assassin apprentices (the apprentices had better chances of escape because they couldn't enter the meeting and only act as guards)

The next morning, Bartel confronts the Master Assassins. The Masters have not determined his punishment and fate yet, but are currently working on the decision. Because of Bartel, the Templars know their moves in the Far East. Bartel is asked to continue his mission to Macau, but he will be accompanied by Malaysian Assassin Sayid Tuah, including a crew of assassin apprentices aboard an American-made brig ship called The Cormorant, with a black flag. They are told to meet notorious Chinese assassin/pirate Shap Ng-Tsai (Tsai) in Hainan. However, they get into a brawl with other pirates, and are then broken apart by British guards. Tsai rescues Bartel and Siyad, and take them to him docked ship cabin. Tsai lists that the Templar Order has given him trouble lately, due to their breakthrough at the Singapore meeting. He also announces the deaths of many assassins in parts of China, Indonesian Archipelago, and Japan lately. Tsai then grants you the honor of captain of one of his finest junks, a ship with the body of a medium British warship but repainted and redecorated in traditional Chinese colors, with added "junk sails", The Phoenix, which also flies a black flag.

You are tasked to engage in what looks like a pirate raid to seize British supplies in Canton, however the raid is only a distraction so that you can assassinate the Templar, who turns out to also be a commodore to protect British East India trade ships, a man named Jack Hocomb. Bartel (You) is tasked to destroy a British fort with The Phoenix with the aid of several other ships. (In this process, you take up a new kind of naval combat, commanding other ships to aid you) Siyad and his apprentices will assassinate Hocomb. However, Tsai, while fighting, gains a hostage, who tells him that Hocomb knew the plans after the Singapore meeting. In an attempt to save Siyad, Siyad and the apprentices are killed, and in an escape process, Tsai and you Bartel both arrested, and Bartel is stripped of Dutch citizenship, thus he changes his name back to Chen Wei, or just Wei.

Days later, Bartel (Now Wei) and Tsai are on a prison ship, in which they escape, freeing all prisoners and taking over the ship. Tsai decides to return to Hong Kong and resume life as a pirate and captain of his now captain-less fleet in hiding, not an assassin though. Wei is called into a meeting in Shanghai, in which he is demoted. Wei decides to retire, but promises the Brotherhood's secrecy. He returns to his birthtown of Luoyang in the Henan Province. He recieves word that the Assassin's must go into exile and base in Tibet where Templar influence is little. 

(1848) Wei has taken up the rice trade, and owns a store which buys local rice and ships it to Macau. His apprentice is a "sneaky brat", named Xiu Jung (Jung), a 17-year-old Chinese boy with a taste of adventure. Jung was raised by English speaking nuns, thus speaking a little English. He learns more English from Wei so he can travel to British Macau to open a company and earn a living, then go out and travel. But soon Jung gets in trouble with some Qing guards, and is thrown on a chase in which Wei saves him. Luckily, the guards are drunk and they are discharged later. But while going on the chase, Wei discovers that Jung has "special senses" (like those of Desmond's lineage). Wei decides to share his Assassin tradition's with Jung, who learns everything. Jung, within several months, is able to understand Wei. Soon, he has judgements against the Qing Empire. 

Months later, it is almost winter, and a local criminal warlord has arrived in the area. Armed with a weapon of Western invention, the warlord, Fu Quan, has massacred a close village for not forfeiting their goods. Wei makes preparations and tells Jung to leave town and live in his mother's farm in which Jung reluctantly agrees. Wei travels to Shaolin to ask assisstance from the soldier monks, who agree to help rescue the captured civilians. On the day of Fu Quan's raid, a riot breaks out at the city square and the warlord's troops scatter. Wei recieves word of the warlord's return. Jung is angry at Wei for not letting him participate. Wei tells Jung that he observed his skills and tells him he is too precious to die. Wei decides to train Jung in the next attack. On the day of the next attack, the men of the village have evacuated the village, and all the women and children are in refuge at Shaolin. The warlord takes all the city's goods to his base in a nearby village.

The next night, Wei and the men must infiltrate the base hoping to end the terrorism of Fu Quan. Wei takes up his assassin's blade and poison pins, and the men are armed with pitchforks and blades. Wei makes Jung the signal-man, which is an important position, but cancels him from the fight, much to Jung's dismay. To the signal, the men successfully captures several firearms. Wei still doesn't allow Jung to be part of the next attack. Jung ignores his will, and armed with a sickle, knocks out one of the warlord's soldier's, and takes his uniform. Jung infiltrate's the fort as Wei attacks. Jung's senses (eagle sense) allow him to watch the mens' attacks in slow-mo, allow him to fight them with a huge advantage. However, the villagers don't have a signal and are thus almost surrounded. To fix this, Jung observes the warlord's soldiers using his great weapon, the gatling gun. Jung then kills the soldiers and takes it, using it himself to mow down charging soldiers. Using a cannon, he destroys the back gate, allowing the villagers to enter the fort. Wei marches into the fort chambers, and armed with two swords, cuts down the charging soldiers. However, before he can kill Fu Quan, soldiers armed with muskets arrive, blasting into the charging villagers killing several. Wei is disarmed and his assassin's blade is unclipped and skids of. Just as things are about to get worse, Jung blasts a cannonball through the walls, crushing the musket-soldiers. He