Desmond Miles, a bartender, is kidnapped by Abstergo
Industries. There, Desmond is forced to interface with the Animus, a device
that is able to replay the genetic memories of the user's ancestors. In
Desmond's case, they seek information about his ancestor Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, an
Assassin during the time of the Third Crusade. Within the Animus, Altaïr's
memories reveal that he was attempting to stop Robert de Sablé from taking an
artifact from a temple, but broke all three of the Assassins' Brotherhood's tenets
in the process. The Brotherhood leader, Al Mualim, demotes Altaïr to the rank
of Novice, and assigns him the task of assassinating nine people, all of whom
are Templars, to regain his former status.
As Altaïr completes the assassinations, he finds that each
was a member of the Templars searching the area for "Pieces of Eden",
artifacts similar to the one de Sablé attempted to steal. Altaïr finds and
accuses de Sablé in front of King Richard. King Richard makes the two fight and
lets God decide who is telling the truth. Altaïr eventually kills de Sablé, who
with his dying breath, reveals the existence of a tenth Templar: Al Mualim.
Returning to the Brotherhood, Altaïr finds Al Mualim in possession of the Apple
of Eden that is able to control people's minds. Altaïr is forced to fight his
way through innocents and assassins under Al Mualim's control (with the help of
Malik and other assassins still loyal to the creed) to reach Al Mualim, and
engages him in battle. Altaïr eventually sees through Al Mualim's tricks using
the artifact, and kills him. Upon approaching the artifact, Altaïr is surprised
to find it displays a projection of the Earth marking several spots around the
globe.
At this point, Desmond is brought out of the Animus, his
purpose served. He comes to learn that Abstergo is a front for the modern-day
Templars. Abstergo is now set to use the locations on the map seen by Altaïr to
find more Pieces of Eden, believing that they must collect the artifacts to
control the world's population in order to stave off the projected end of the
world in 2012. Desmond's life is spared by Lucy Stillman, an Assassin mole
doubling as an Abstergo scientist. Left alone in his locked room, Desmond
discovers (through "the Bleeding Effect" from his time spent in the
Animus) that he can observe numerous messages in blood on the walls and floor
left by a previous test subject (Subject 16) that foretell the end of the
world.
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