Thread:AngryLance/@comment-39280634-20200210184758/@comment-27666783-20200223062120

@Ibrahim

Ah, peculiar. Like a wolffolk of before Lilith. Does the Timberwolf not adhere to the Demon Lord's 'traits' she has changed to Mamono, or is she? How big is she? Either or, she'd probably at least find a home in the Brotherhood...

If it existed yet... Speaking of...

@BTR180 What of the little shits and their reign of pickpocketing terror, could I introduce Arthur among them or do you have plans for the urchins?

@Hound

I always found the AC games to be rather sporadic at times in their aim to tell the Templar-Assassin War, like as if there is two(or a few) writing teams and each of them just sorta go back and forth on how things happen. The first game danced around with it, it was sort of clear that they were making the Crusaders the 'foul and barbaric invaders' but you could get away with it as it is from Altair's perspective, as the Crusaders burned and tortured everyone(but to be fair, this was par for the course for warfare in that day.) Plus I did like the implication that Assassins didn't do well facing full on Templar Knights in open duels as that seemed pretty damn reasonable that the guy in the hood shouldn't pick up sword fights with the guy in full platemail(aside from Altair but the 'Protagonist must Persist' so thats alright)

Then it just seemed like it kept on flanderizing from there. It didn't help that Desmond Miles and co. gave you the Assassin r good and fight 4 freedom speal for 4-5 games, and as of now are steadily sprinkling in little aspects of the Templars not being TOTAL douches(Rogue, opening scene of Unity, 'the secret origin' etc.)

Honestly I feel like its done because its an easy trope, the guys in charge are obviously the bad guys but thats supposed to be a secret narratively, and you have to fight the power and authority they have despite seemingly able to flatten them. It was old when Dances with Wolves did it and its old now.

Aside from that, it can't be denied that Assassins Creed certainly has got itself its own icon, and that can be hard to do.