Giant Iscariotte

They call me many things: Murderer. Cutthroat. Thief. But you may call me Giant Iscariotte. This article is about a subject that lacks an official name and is known only by its nickname, title, or alias.

The Giant Iscariotte (died 1794) was a Frenchman that lived during the French Revolution.

Biography

Toward the start of 1789, rumors of the Iscariotte spread throughout Paris, depicting him as a "brightly-colored character covered in green scales and wearing iron armor, with hair made of snakes with gaping, blood-red mouths". He operated in the Cour des Miracles district, with a large four-story building serving as his hideout. Terrorizing the district, he forced some of its denizens to pay tributes to him, killing anyone who refused.

Circa 1794, Arno Dorian investigated the mysterious deaths surrounded by the rumor and discovered the Iscariotte, after the death of a man who refused to pay tribute to the Giant. He followed the Iscariotte's trail to the criminal's hideout, and subsequently confronted and killed him.

During the Revolution, the figure of the Giant Iscariotte was used to personify other political events, as the September Massacres or the nationalization of church property.

Behind the scenes

• Historically, the Giant Iscariotte served as an allegory of the tyranny of the aristocracy, the name Iscariotte being an anagram of the french word aristocrate but also a reference to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus of Nazareth.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Unity