| Assassin's Creed: The Chain | |
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| Date | 9 August 2012 |
| Main characters | Nikolai Orelov, Innokenti Orelov, Daniel Cross |
| Series | Assassin's Creed |
| Page count | 96 pages |
| Publisher | UbiWorkshop |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Cameron Stewart Karl Kerschl[1] |
| Artists | Cameron Stewart Karl Kerschl |
| Pencillers | Cameron Stewart Karl Kerschl |
| Letterers | Serge LaPointe |
| Colourists | Tyson Hesse |
| ISBN | 978-2-924006-05-4 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Assassin's Creed: The Fall |
| Followed by | Assassin's Creed: Brahman |
Assassin's Creed: The Chain is agraphic novel published byUbiWorkshop in August 2012. Set in theAssassin's Creed universe, it is a sequel to thecomic bookminiseries,Assassin's Creed: The Fall, and concludes the story of Russian Assassin Nikolai Orelov following his retirement from the Brotherhood and emigration to theUnited States in the early 20th century. Theframing story, set in 2002, follows Nikolai's descendantDaniel Cross, aTemplar who unwittingly experiences his ancestors' memories.
The book is written and illustrated byCameron Stewart andKarl Kerschl, who also worked onThe Fall and would later return for the graphic novelAssassin's Creed: Brahman, which features a new setting and protagonist. A video game set in-between the events ofThe Fall andThe Chain,Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia, was released in February 2016.
Following his betrayal of the Assassin Brotherhood, Nikolai Orelov, fearing for his family's safety, decided to emigrate to the United States, but only managed to keep his son Innokenti with him, as his wife and daughter were deported back to Russia during thePalmer Raids. One day, an Assassin named Sergei visits Nikolai at his secluded cabin to demand that he return to the Brotherhood to tell them of his experiences with the Pieces of Eden. Nikolai flatly refuses and, when Sergei threatens Innokenti's safety, Nikolai murders him. Knowing that the Assassins will send more men after them, Nikolai begins to train Innokenti so that he could defend himself, teaching him that he "shouldn't flinch in the face of death". When the Assassins eventually come after Nikolai, many of them are killed by a trap set in the Orelovs' cabin, with Nikolai and Innokenti hunting down the rest. However, Nikolai is shot in the legs and captured by the last surviving Assassin. Remembering his training, Innokenti reluctantly fires a bullet through his father's back, killing both him and the Assassin. He then retrieves Nikolai's hidden blade from his body.
In the modern-day, in 2002, these memories are being involuntarily relived by Innokenti's grandson Daniel Cross, who is suffering from the "Bleeding Effect" due to his use of the Animus. Daniel, who has become somewhat of a hero among the Templars for his role inthe purge of the Assassins Brotherhood two years prior, is now a fully-fledged member of the Templar Order, which he has come to see as his family. Eventually, Daniel is inducted into the Templars' Inner Sanctum, and is sent to investigate a hidden library built byIvan the Terrible, which has been used as a vault by the Assassins for centuries. Daniel infiltrates the library and findsEzio Auditore da Firenze's codex, which contains a written recording of a message intended for someone namedDesmond.[a] He informs the other Templars of his findings before going to a church inMoscow, where he meets with Nadya Orelov, Innokenti's sister and Daniel's great-aunt. Nadya, unaware of Daniel's identity, remarks his resemblance to her own son and deduces that he is not from Russia due to theLatin cross he is wearing. Daniel claims that he has come to Moscow to "visit family", to which Nadya tells him that there are no stronger ties than those of blood.
BothThe Fall andThe Chain were collected inAssassin's Creed: Subject Four, a 208-pagetrade paperback that was include inAssassin's Creed 3: The Ubiworkshop EditionArchived 2012-06-02 at theWayback Machine, along withAssassin's Creed: Encyclopedia.[2]
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