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McGowen is a member of the Templar Order and the former Head of Security at the Abstergo Foundation Rehabilitation Center in Madrid, as well as the henchman of Sofia Rikkin.
Biography[edit | edit source]
In 2013, McGowen served as a Chief Security Officer at the Abstergo Entertainment offices in Montreal, guarding a virtual reality simulator room near the entrance of the Animus.[1]
By 2016, McGowen served as the Head of Security at the Abstergo Foundation Rehabilitation Center in Madrid. He was present throughout the Animus sessions Sofia conducted in late 2016 with one of her subjects, Callum Lynch, in search of the Apple of Eden recovered by Callum's ancestor Aguilar de Nerha.[2]
During one of these sessions, McGown expressed to Callum his admiration for the Assassins, particularly the Levantine branch of the 12th century. The popular story of the Assassins deriving their name from hashish and their use of the drug to reinforce commitment resonated with him, unaware that this tale was actually fabricated by the Assassins' enemies during the time of the Third Crusade.[2]
After the Assassin test subjects, including Callum, staged a riot to escape, McGowen was ordered to abandon the compromised facility alongside the other security guards, and accompanied Abstergo CEO Alan Rikkin to Seville for the retrieval of the Apple of Eden from Christopher Columbus' tomb. He then followed Rikkin to London for an assembly with the Templar Council of Elders at Holborn Hall, where Alan was to present the newly acquired artifact.[2]
This assembly was interrupted by the Assassins who had escaped from Madrid. In spite of his Assassin sympathies, McGowen was devastated when Callum killed Rikkin just as the latter activated the Apple of Eden before his audience. He then escorted a grief-stricken Sofia outside, as the crowd of Templars were fleeing the building.[2]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
McGowen is a character in the 2016 film Assassin's Creed, where he is portrayed by the actor Denis Ménochet.
McGowen bears a striking resemblance to Ojeda, a 15th-century Spanish Templar who served as Tomás de Torquemada's right-hand man, leading to speculation that the two might be related. In a Reddit AMA, when asked about the possible relationship between the two characters, Aymar Azaïzia stated that he was undecided whether or not Ojeda was McGowen's ancestor.[3]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed (film)
- Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed (film)
- ↑ "AymarMtlBusiness" (21 March 2017). I am Aymar Azaizia, Head of Content for Assassin's Creed, Ask Me Anything!. Reddit. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved on 31 December 2023. "@Platonic_Forms: Thanks for holding this session. In the movie, is the Abstergo security chief McGowen in some sense a descendant of Ojeda? Some people have speculated about this and wondered if there is a connection between the two.
@AymarMtl: You know what... I still don't know lol It's an option we have, but we haven decided on that one. I know it's frustrating, especially for Denis Menoché, he really wanted to be fighting and kicking ass with the guys :D"
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