David Kilkerman

David Kilkerman is a member of the Inner Sanctum of the Templar Order and an employee of Abstergo Industries. Throughout his career as both a Templar and an employee of Abstergo, he witnessed Subject 17 relive his ancestor's memories as part of the Animus Project, and years later witnessed Simon Hathaway's induction into the Inner Sanctum.

Biography

Working for Abstergo

In 2000, Kilkerman was included alongside Nancy Nilop in a carbon-copy of an email from Warren Vidic to Alan Rikkin discussing Daniel Cross' return to the Templars' facility in Philadelphia after Cross instinctively killed the Assassin Mentor.

On 8 September 2012, he was present alongside Rikkin and Henry Liman when Alan spoke to Vidic after Desmond Miles had finished reliving the Levantine Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's genetic memories. Following Vidic's death on 14 December of that year, Kilkerman became the Animus Project's new head.

Inner Sanctum duties

In October 2016, he was present during Simon Hathaway's induction into the Inner Sanctum. Ten days later, Kilkerman sided with Rikkin against Hathaway when charges of treason were brought against their fellow Templar. However, only backed by Kilkerman, Alfred Stearns, and Álvaro Gramática, Rikkin had no choice but to drop the charges.

Kilkerman at the meeting with the Black Cross

In March 2017, the Inner Sanctum invited the new Black Cross to a meeting in Quebec, Canada during which Kilkerman was present. Displeased that he self-appointed himself their inquisitor, they threatened him and demanded to know his identity. The masked man responded that he came only as a courtesy, to inform them that he was investigating a hostile fifth column within the Order. After affirming his independence, the Black Cross dropped a smoke bomb and disappeared.

Behind the scenes

David Kilkerman is a character introduced in the 2007 video game, Assassin's Creed. Although not named in it, his name was revealed in the Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide's appendix.

Etymology

The name David is of Hebrew origin, derived from the legendary King David. Further origins behind its meaning of "beloved" originally come from the root dôwd (דוד) "to boil" but survived in the Biblical Hebrew to mean "to love". The surname Kilkerman may be a variation on the German surname Kilker, kilker meaning "killer". Alternatively, it is a bastardization of the Gaelic surname O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin, itself derived from the Gaelic word ciar, which means "black" or "dark brown".

Gallery

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  Kilkerman, Rikkin and Liman listening to Vidic's report
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  Kilkerman at the Inner Sanctum meeting in 2017

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: The Fall (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Heresy
• Assassin's Creed: Uprising

References

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