Sean Molloy
Sean Molloy (born 2001) is a disabled teenager who was recruited by Sebastian Monroe due to his ancestors' involvement in the Assassin-Templar War. He is a descendant of the Swedish Viking Styrbjörn the Strong, the English landlord Brandon Bolster, and the American Pinkerton agent Thomas Greyling.
According to Abstergo Industries, Sean and the other recruits were part of what the Templars' researchers called an "Ascendance Event", where multiple bloodlines who had been in contact with Pieces of Eden mysteriously converged at some points in history as if they were guided by an unidentified force.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Early life[edit | edit source]
During his high school years, Sean was a football player before being rendered a paraplegic by a drunk driver.[1]
Recruited by Monroe[edit | edit source]
At some point, Sean heard about Sebastian Monroe, a discreet IT guy who was known for offering free Animus sessions to willing youngsters. Sean used the Animus as a way to escape his wheelchair by experiencing the memories of one of his ancestors, an English farmer, walking again through him.[2]
In 2016, Sean was contacted by Monroe who asked him to join a group of other teenagers who, like him, had Templar or Assassin ancestors in order to find a Piece of Eden, the Trident.[2] The group, which in addition to Sean was composed of Owen Meyers, Javier Mondragón, Natalya Aliyev, and the siblings Grace and David Collins, accepted after Monroe told them about the Assassins and Templars' secret war and his wish to hide the artifact from both the belligerents.[3]
Under the guidance of Monroe, Sean and the other teenagers successfully discovered the clues leading to the location of the artifact while exploring the memories of their ancestors during the New York City draft riots of 1863. In the case of Sean, his ancestor was New Yorker Tommy Greyling, a former Union soldier-turned-policeman[3] who unknowingly witnessed the fight between the Templars and the Assassins for a piece of the Trident.[4] While reliving Greyling's memories, Sean also witnessed his ancestor falling in love with singer Adelina Patti while protecting her during the riots.[5][6][4]
However, as the team eventually discovered that the Trident prong was in the house of the late Ulysses S. Grant, a Templar strike team assaulted the warehouse where they were using the Animus.[7] Sean, Grace, David, and Natalya, were captured[8] and brought to the Aerie, where the Templars Isaiah and Victoria Bibeau tried to convince them to help their Order. At first reluctant, Sean was eventually seduced by the Templar ideals and decided to trust them and help Abstergo find the Trident.[9]
Working for Abstergo[edit | edit source]
Working with the Templars, Sean had to relive again the memories of Greyling, this time in 1872. Now a Pinkerton detective, Greyling went to London in order to catch a female Templar murderer and became involved with the British Assassins Evie Frye and Henry Green.[10] Sean's initial synchronization seemed to indicate to Isaiah that Greyling had failed to catch the woman.[11]
However, when Sean later discussed his Animus session with his friends, he realized that Greyling intercepted the female Templar on a ship leaving London and went back into the Animus to prove it. His memories confirmed that the Templar, named Alice, had destroyed the manuscript she possessed and committed suicide rather than be captured by Greyling. After Isaiah reluctantly thanked him for his intuition, Sean discussed with his friends how Greyling's memories showed him that the world was not as black and white as he had thought.[11]
Search for the Fear Prong[edit | edit source]
Victoria later had Sean and his friends synchronize with different ancestors to find the remaining Trident prongs, as they did not have Monroe's Animus core to narrow down the locations.[1] Sean eagerly participated in memory research with the promise that Abstergo would be able to create a prosthetic to enable him to walk again.[12] One day, David told Sean and the others that he had wandered the Aerie during the night and overheard Isaiah placing a kill order on Owen and Javier.[13]
Sean was later summoned to the conference room, where he overheard Victoria and Isaiah arguing over the latter using Sean and his friends. Involving himself in the argument, Sean insisted he could speak for himself. Despite Victoria's concerns over his addiction to the Animus, Sean became more concerned with Dr. Thomas Marshall promising that they could have a working prosthetic in six months to a year. Subsequently, Sean went to explore the memories of his Viking ancestor Styrbjörn the Strong, who was on the path of the second prong.[12]
Victoria and Isaiah later discovered David's late-night excursion and told Sean and his friends that they would be confined to their quarters at night. When given the option to go home, Sean chose to stay. After the Templars left the room, Sean blamed David for their troubles and warned him against further misdemeanor.[14] Later that night, Sean woke to find his friends at his door, claiming that the power had gone out and that a siren had gone off, which Sean had not heard. When his friends decided to look around, Sean refused to follow.[15] Not long after, Isaiah entered his room to see if he was still there, before a Templar agent informed his leader that David and Natalya were gone. Sean subsequently went to Grace's side to comfort her.[16]
Not long after, Sean and Grace were summoned to Isaiah's office, where they were surprised to see Owen, dressed as an Assassin and bound by the wrists. Isaiah told them that Owen, along with Javier and the Assassin Griffin, had staged an assault on the Aerie, to which Owen claimed it was a rescue mission, which Sean thought to be an insult as if he was helpless. Most of Sean's anger soon dissipated when Isaiah revealed his knowledge of Owen's obsession with proving his late father's innocence, claiming that the Assassins had set him up for the robbery that had led to his arrest. Owen refused to believe him and revealed a DNA sample of his father's from after the robbery, demanding access to the Helix so he could see the truth. Isaiah asked for him to wait until the morning for the DNA to be decoded, and afterwards Sean and Grace showed Owen to his room.[16]
The next morning, Sean got into a debate with Owen over whose side was in the right. Sean defended the Templars, believing them different from William M. Tweed and Cudgel Cormac. Subsequently, Isaiah and Victoria entered the breakfast room to hurry them onto their simulations. Sean expressed hope that Owen would find what he was looking for in his simulation, before returning to his own simulation.[16]
Later, in Victoria's office, Owen asked her if he could see Monroe, who had been captured during an independent rescue attempt. When he mentioned that Isaiah had promised him a meeting with Monroe, Victoria claimed no knowledge of such a deal. Owen and Grace then deduced that Isaiah was going after the second prong, the former guessing it may be in China or Mongolia. After Victoria left the room, Owen convinced Grace to help him find where Monroe was being held.[17]
Sean chose to stay and agreed not to reveal his friends' plans as long as they did not cause him any trouble. Later on, Sean confirmed that Styrbjörn indeed had his hands on the third prong, before being pulled out of the Animus by Isaiah, who told the teenager to come with him.[18]
Search for the Devotion Prong[edit | edit source]
After Isaiah took him from the Aerie, Sean continued to immerse himself in Styrbjörn's memories to find the location of the final Trident prong.[19] However, during one of the simulations, Sean discovered that his ancestor was immune to the artifact's power, which prompted Isaiah to end the session. When Sean refused, Isaiah abruptly closed the session and used the two prongs in his possession to coerce Sean to obey him.[20] The teenager was continually manipulated under Isaiah's whim to follow his directions without any resistance.[21]
After Sean witnessed the wedding between Styrbjörn and Thyra Haraldsdottir and how his ancestor had placed the prong within a mound, Isaiah took him out of the simulation and told him that they would not look into Styrbjörn's life any further due to his death during the Battle of Fýrisvellir.[22] However, Isaiah forced Sean to relive the same memories numerous times to ascertain the prong's precise location. The teenager pleaded to stop as he experienced hallucinations and nightmares. When Cole, Isaiah's security woman, informed him of the prong's location in Västerås, Sean was abandoned and left restrained in the Animus.[23]
Defeating Isaiah[edit | edit source]
Experiencing a hallucination of Styrbjörn telling him to set himself free, Sean broke off the restraints and made his way towards Poindexter, a self-driving AI-controlled van. Contacting Victoria, he set the coordinates to the last known location of Griffin. He also cried and told her that he needed help.[23] In the woods, he found and rescued Owen, Natalya, and Grace from Isaiah before they all traveled to Victoria's contacts to take them back to the Aerie.[24]
With the help of Monroe and Victoria, Sean and the other teenagers prepared the facility's defenses so they could make their final stand against Isaiah and his forces. Sean also went through the same simulation of the unconscious collective that his friends had already experienced, reaching the Ascendance Event and meeting Minerva, who bestowed upon the teenagers a "shield" to protect them from the Trident.[25]
When Isaiah attacked, the group's defenses failed to stop the assault, so Sean, having absorbed aspects of Styrbjörn's personality through the Bleeding Effect, challenged Isaiah to a duel. The rogue Templar then proceeded to attack the teenagers with the Fear prong, but they held their own against him. Despite Isaiah's efforts to use the other prongs against them, the teenagers broke through the illusion and overpowered Isaiah, disarming him and allowing Javier to deliver the final blow. Together, Sean and his friends picked up the Trident and experienced a shock wave, which led to the artifact losing its power.[25]
After the fight at the Aerie, Sean started to regularly visit Victoria at her office as he continued his therapy to counter the Bleeding Effect. With his progress going well, Victoria assured Sean that they would continue the Animus sessions for the prosthetics research.[26]
Ancestry[edit | edit source]
Sean's ancestry traced back to the House of Munsö, the first ruling dynasty of Sweden. Sean's last ancestor from the House of Munsö was Styrbjörn the Strong, the son of King Olof Björnsson, who rebelled against and tried to overthrow his uncle, King Eric the Victorious. Ahead of the Battle of Fýrisvellir, Styrbjörn married and unknowingly conceived a child with Thyra Haraldsdottir, the daughter of King Harald Bluetooth, who became Sean's next ancestor.[12][22]
Sean was also a descendant of Brandon Bolster, an English landlord during the 19th century,[1] and Tommy Greyling, an American policeman and Pinkerton detective.[3]
Personality and traits[edit | edit source]
After they both relived their ancestors' memories and experiencing Greyling falling in love with Natalya's ancestor Adelina Patti, Sean developed a crush on Natalya.[4]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Sean in the Essential Guide -
Sketch of Sean -
Sean as he appears in Last Descendants – Locus
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Sean Molloy is a character featured in Matthew J. Kirby's 2016–2017 novel trilogy, Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants. Concept work by Studio Lounak gives Sean's original name as Taylor.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods
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