Colm

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Colm (died November 2022) was an Assassin turncoat. Prior to his betrayal, he was Alera's partner in their field operations.

Biography

In late November 2022, Colm saved the museum guard Joey, who had discovered an Isu blade and was being pursued by Templar mercenaries. Colm pulled them through a hidden entrance to safety and introduced himself, saying that they would be safe there for a moment but should leave as soon as Joey regained their composure and that he worked for the "good guys". The pair continued down the passage and emerged at a crypt in a graveyard where they entered Colm's car.

After a twenty-minute drive, Colm pulled into an underground car park that led to a basement filled with servers connected to an Animus in the middle of the room. A woman entered the basement, and Colm introduced her as his partner Alera. They had Joey lay down on the Animus and placed Joey into the genetic memories of Cadmus, a Greek mercenary from the 5th century BCE. After Joey resurfaced from the machine, Colm explained synchronization to them and said that they could use the information from the memory to track down the man who took half the blade out of Greece, tearing out a piece of paper from a nearby machine before handing it to Joey. From the data, Joey managed to figure out that the man and the blade went to Egypt, and the Assassin duo sent Joey into the memories of the Egyptian Hidden One Khepri, where Joey discovered that the blade went to Baghdad next.

Colm explored records of Baghdad at the turn of the millennium and called Joey back in when they found a reproduction from a Templar artifact as a new lead. When Joey arrived exhibiting signs of the Bleeding Effect, Colm and Alera shared an alarmed look. Colm explained who the Templars were before they sent Joey into the memories of the 9th century Viking captain Alva.

In Alva's memories, there was an encounter with an Isu called Vejovis, and Joey asked if Colm or Alera knew who he was, to which Colm responded that they had no records of an Isu with that name but Alera mentioned they had one under ⟨V⟩. Colm proceeded to say that Vejovis was not to be trusted, as Isu objectives were often far beyond human understanding. Alera told Joey to get some rest and, while heading out, Joey saw the familiar face of Eivor Varinsdottir near the exit and said goodbye to her, not realizing that their mind was suffering from the Bleeding Effect.

Colm spent the night delving into records of Alva and their links to Syria, saying there was only a small window of time where the blade's owner was likely to have been: 12th century Damascus, after the Order of the Ancients had formally become the Templars and the Syrian blade collection had been moved to a place known as "The Hideout". The following morning, he and Alera discussed Joey's symptoms, but immediately fell silent when they walked in the Animus chamber.

They had Joey relive Faisal's memories, which they did without issue, but when Faisal saw his own reflection, Joey was so startled that they lurched upwards and out of the Animus, for he saw Faisal with Vejovis' face. Colm asked Alera if it was a glitch, with the systems bleeding over from one simulation to another, but she responded that it did not work that way and that if Joey saw Vejovis, it meant he was there. Colm pondered if that meant Faisal was a Sage, and Alera explained to Joey what that meant, including that the simulation could have confused Faisal's genetics with Vejovis' which would explain the identical face.

That night, Colm discovered that the blade had been kept in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople until it was plundered in the early 13th century and likely taken to Venice, Italy. The next day, Colm and Alera finally explained to Joey what the Bleeding Effect was, saying that they had hoped that by keeping the memories with each host as short as they could, there would not be any time for it to happen, remarking that it was unprecedented in its speed. Colm said that they had a memory in 15th century Venice which could be useful, saying that preservation and records become clearer in the future and that this was probably the last memory they needed Joey for. They were half-relieved and half-concerned to hear this. From Giulia's memories, Joey discovered that the blade was in the vault beneath the Basilica di San Marco and told Colm as he came out of the simulation.

Using the pretext of leaving to find a laptop to book their flights to Venice, Colm informed his Templar allies of what he had learned, then returned to the room to find Alera holding a pistol to Joey's forehead and blaming their new partner for an imminent Templar raid she had learned of. He threw a hard drive at her head, allowing Joey to strike her with a roundhouse kick. Colm pinned the blame on the incoming Templars on Alera and persuaded Joey that they needed to head to Venice as soon as possible, taking an indirect route through other airports.

When the pair arrived at the Basilica, they found the entrance to the vault Giulia had used and opened the way inside. Upon finding a case with the half of the dagger hidden by Giulia, Colm revealed himself as the Templar ally and kicked Joey off the platform they were on into the emptiness below, although Joey managed to hold on to a ledge without Colm noticing. While Colm attempted to unlock the case, Joey attacked him from above but Colm managed to block the attempt. A loud noise from the entrance caught Colm's attention and allowed Joey to charge him. Colm, however, managed to overpower Joey and ordered them to solve the puzzle and open the case where the dagger was. Joey complied, moving away from the opened case when it was done, keeping Colm's attention on themselves for long enough for Alera to come in and assassinate him.

Personality and traits

Colm was a lightly bearded man with long dark hair. He spoke fluent Italian while he and Joey were in Venice.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book