Assassin's Creed
Desmond Miles, a bartender, is
kidnapped by the Abstergo Corporation. There, Desmond is forced to lie in 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 Sable
from taking an artifact from a temple, but broke all three of the Assassins'
Brotherhood's tenets. The Brotherhood leader, Al Mualim, demotes Altaïr, and
assigns him the task of assassinating nine people to regain his former status.
