Ask the Admins: Sweet Bits

I’m torn between Altaïr and Jacob, frankly. (I hope my boy Connor wouldn’t mind my answer ;A;)

~ Signora Paola

Oh no… Why must you make me choose? *sigh* I’m between Connor and Jacob. Connor’s eyes are very intense and match his face perfectly, plus they have that lovely brown color…  Jacob’s eyes are lovely too, that hazel color and they really make his face perfect.

~Claudia

I must admit that I fancy Edwards eyes a lot! I am a sucker for blue eyes. If it were not for him, I would choose Arno of course 😛

-Sister Teodora

Absolutely Evie Frye. (Sorry, Shay.)

♡ Fiora

I think Connor’s eyes in The Tyranny of King Washington were kind of scary, but in that sort of hauntingly beautiful kind of way–definitely meant to send chills up the spine!

– Ezio

AC: Unity, as the French Revolution (or France) is my favorite topic for a game and the storyline was fine as well. Not to speak about a certain baguette…
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– Sister Teodora.

For a while it was Assassin’s Creed II, but AC3 has become my current fav. I still really love AC2. It’s really hard to pick one or the other, so I love both.

~ Ezio

Now, for me choosing a favorite game is very hard. I’ve been playing these games since 2007 when the first came out and I’ve loved every single one of them. But If I were to choose: ACII, AC Brotherhood, ACIII, AC Syndicate are the ones I’ve invested more time playing, so you could say they’re my favorites.

~Claudia

This is tough because I usually distinguish between favourites according to category (like which game is the most fun, which game has the best storyline, etc.). But like Claudia I’d choose these games because they’re the ones I invested the most time playing: AC2, AC Brotherhood, AC3, and AC Syndicate.

~ Signora Paola

Ignoring all the little technical details (like Paola, it’s not really as simple as ‘favorite’ for me, there’s setting and story and game play and graphics, etc) and going only for “What game do I find myself coming back to the most”, it’s probably a toss up between Syndicate and Rogue for me. (Gee, who could have foreseen that.) Even putting aside any other opinions I may have of Shay and Evie, I just genuinely enjoy spending time in those worlds and with those characters even if I’m not doing anything more than pointlessly terrorizing London or watching other ships battle.

♡ Fiora

(W….We WERE supposed to be terrorizing London, right?)

Aww, thank you so much! I’m so happy that you like my rendition of modern Jacob. (´∀｀)♡

Tbh I think Jacob would have a “idgaf what you think I’m wearing this” approach to fashion. I’m not saying that he would be a bad dresser and would just wear things haphazardly, of course! At the risk of sounding “safe” I think he would gravitate towards modern steampunk with a touch of that wild rock star look. Since I headcanon modern Jacob as well-travelled I think he had gone to Japan several times and would have probably taken a liking to labels like h.NAOTO. He’d probably also get a few tips from Harajuku street fashion given his rebellious side. Nothing too ostentatious, but just enough to raise Evie’s eyebrows and send his significant other into a panic ~/o/

As for grooming, again I think he has a “as long as I look good in it I don’t care what the fashion trends are” approach to it. I mean, we all know that aside from being a rebel he’s also a bit of a narcissist so I can imagine him as someone who would take it as a challenge to make something outdated look good again. At least something that looks good on him (and him alone lmao).

In short: Modern Jacob is totally a wannabe rock star 😀

Grazie!
~ Signora Paola

It’s very interesting to reply to this, so I will do it for my country: Germany.
(Since we already had China thanks to Shao Jun :B)

Time Period: early 1xth centuries with the witchhunts (; 16th century with Luther; 19th century with Bismarck;
Piece of Eden: Something, that did not appear in existing games, like a golden eagle claw (inspired by the Reichsadler )
Protagonist: Female, thief-like, woman, called ‘Emma’ (or Gretel; lol)

I would love to see some involvement with the Grimm-Stories (which were collected in 18th by the Grimms) or the ‘truth’ about those stories and why those legends exist (aka piece of Eden did something bad, yaddayadda)

-Sister Teodora

Thank you so much for this question, my friend! I actually had a post in my personal blog and made a graphic set more than a year ago with how I envisioned an AC game set in my country, the Philippines.

Time Period: Late 19th to mid 20th centuries, during the height of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 til the end of World War II in 1946
Piece of Eden: The Santo Niño de Cebú specifically the tiny globus cruciger it carries. I’d imagine that it’s due to that little orb that made it easy for Ferdinand Magellan to persuade Rajah Humabon and his wife Humaway to pledge their allegiance to Spain.
Protagonist: A young Cebuana (15-years-old) engaged to be married. There’s a few more information in that post I mentioned 😀

~ Signora Paola

I don’t really need to reply to this since the US has gotten 2.5 games already, but I decided to throw in an idea, anyway, just for fun. So let’s pretend to visit the United States again! (I guess I could have used one of my two untaken countries, but we’d be here all day.)

Time Period: Early 20th century, specifically between 1920 and 1933 (Prohibition era.)
Piece of Eden: A simple pitcher, that pours out alcohol no matter what liquid is poured into it. What little the Assassins and Templars have been able to dig up suggests that drinking the liquor poured from the pitcher grants the drinker “profound knowledge”. Whispers have started to spring up around the speakeasies and many people have been looking for it since the ratification of the 18th Amendment.
Protagonist: A young African-American flapper named Clara White. She spends most of her down time hanging out in the speakeasy that acts as the Brotherhood’s headquarters (and a handy source of information) run by her father, Chester White.

I think the game would be mainly set in Chicago and the midwest, although probably jump over to Atlantic City, Newark, and/or Atlanta. Lotta run-ins with gangsters and a whole lotta jazz and blues music. (And maybe Miss Clara likes to sing from time to time.)

♡ Fiora

(Who was ridiculously happy and then disappointed by the Jazz Age Junkies on the Helix menu for Unity. Also who left out NYC because there have already been two games there and another large city would probably work just as well.)

Well Philippines has been answered already lol. So I’ll say something for my other heritage (although I’m only 1/16th so pfft,): Puerto Rico.

Time period: To be quite honest, I don’t have much to say since I think either AC3 or Black Flag would have been a perfect time period for Puerto Rico, especially since the Black Flag team thought about actually putting the island in the game…. The only thing that stopped them from doing so is because Puerto Rico was too far from Cuba, Florida and Jamaica. =_=

Protagonist: As for a protagonist, I’d say a Taìno woman similar to Opìa I’m Black Flag. Or a mestiza that grew up in nobility on the island but joins the Templars later on, in order to bring peace to the two heritages that brought her into this world. Her name would be a combination of aboriginal and Spanish royal naming conventions, something like…Anani de Mendoza y Toledo (and being a Catholic noble, she’d be baptized as ‘Doña Anani Maria de la Soledad Fortunata de Mendoza y Toledo’). Really  you’re better off just saying Anani de Mendoza lol.

Piece of Eden: Basically what Edward Kenway was after.

~Ezio

Well since I’m from Puerto Rico so I’ll add to the above idea.

Time Period: the 18th century, specially with the growth of the Spanish military forces in the island, San Juan specifically, to maintain the Spanish Empire’s rule of the Caribbean. One of the main mission would involve the British attack of 1797, which the island won. Not only that, but it’s on this period the growth of the island is noticeable, so Templar indoctrination would probably be very high.

Piece of Eden: Many artifacts were brought to Puerto Rico, so a colony could be started, yet I believe a Piece of Eden would have been already here. A guanín, a golden disk worn by the cacique (Taíno tribe leader). Since the Taínos developed in Puerto Rico, but their ancestors came from the main lands, South America possibly, I believe this guanín would hold the power of the First Civilization and would explain why the Taínos feared the Spanish. The guanín was given to Juan Ponce de León upon his arrival to establish the colony, as a token of friendship, and has remained in the hands of Spanish leaders since. It’s power: mind control.

Protagonist: A mestiza (half Taína/Half Spanish) by the name of Nanichi (Taíno for: my heart) Rivaflecha y Soler. Her father a Taíno, converted to Christianity who was adopted by a Spanish couple and given the name Fernando Rivaflecha Alcarraz and her mother, daughter of a Spanish commander, Soledad Soler y Truncios. Nanichi is a skilled sword woman trained since she was very young by her mother and an excellent tracker. She dominates the Taíno, Spanish, French & English languages. She joins the assassins, following the steps of her mother.

~Claudia (who was very excited to answer this, but answered it late)