User blog:Smoke3723/AC3 Theories

News of Assassin's Creed 3 is now all over the Wiki, and people are putting forward their current theories about what's going to happen. So here's my 2 cents.

Currently everyone is speculating that Altair will return, or perhaps a descendant of Ezio. I think our ancestor will be a forefather of Altair, from before the Crusades.

The latest previews imply it will be set in Constantinople/Istanbul. Well, before it was Constantinople it was Byzantium, the capital of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines pursued a policy of keeping their enemies at each other's throats, and so their name has become synonymous with complicated polital conspiracies.

An interesting side note: as Byzantium was getting its butt kicked in its wars with Persia, it pleaded with the Western Roman Empire for military support. This was what kicked off The Crusades in Western Europe.

8 May 2011

It's been announced that the latest AC chapter will be another Ezio spin-off, although Altair will still play a part. So what do I think will happen?

Desmond's still trapped in the Animus, in a coma. Perhaps Des will experience Ezio's memories as Ezio treks to Constantinople to trace the origins of the Assassin order and prepare for its future. As Ezio researches and discovers artefacts, Desmond starts reliving them due to some kind of glitch in the Animus. Or maybe Ezio, through the Apple, relives Altair's life? Desmond reliving Ezio as he relives Altair?