Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-28601337-20170517072808/@comment-18014300-20170517111739

The Wikia Editor wrote: It was stated in ACIII that, if enough people believe in the illusions created by a Piece of Eden, those illusions would become real. So presumably, when Moses created an illusion of  the Plagues of Egypt or the Red Sea parting, the collective belief of the Israelites made it real.

I doubt we'll actually be playing through the events of the Exodus. At best, it would be a prologue, with the main story taking place sometime after.

As for Jesus:

1- His corpse was stolen by his disciples, who tried (unsuccessfully) to ressurect him with the Shroud.

2- I'm pretty sure that it was still him who died on the cross, I don't recall any AC sources claiming otherwise.

3- There are no sources stating that the Ahnk was ever in possession of Jesus or his disciples. As for the Ankh's abilities, it was stated to have ressurected Osiris for only a single night, suggesting that it couldn't ressurect anyone for longer than that.

Exactly on point Wikia Editor. The only thing is that I was under the impression that the Exodus might actually be the ending not the prologue since the details seem to emphasize that the main protagonist is a slave whose mission is to liberate the slaves in Egypt... If it was the ending though, that would essentially mean that the Exodus takes a central role in the game's story which would be disappointing. We wouldn't want the game to be just a retelling of the Exodus in the AC world...

I'm concerned about them timing the Exodus correctly too. The most likely candidate in real-life would be Thutmose II since he had a short reign, and his mummy bears signs of having been ravaged by disease, including cysts, which might be linked to the Plagues of Egypt. He was succeeded by Hatshepsut by the way. Another candidate would be any pharaoh just after Ramses II, but not Ramses II himself, even though he's the most popular character for the Pharaoh of the Exodus in media, it doesn't make sense since he was one of the greatest pharoahs and led successful campaigns in Canaan. Also, Sigmund Freud theorized that Moses was actually an Atenist priest during the reign of Akhenaten. Akhenaten's disastrous attempt to change the Egyptian religion to monotheism and the turmoil that happened is a ripe story for AC.