Charles Dorian

Charles Dorian (died 1776) was a member of the French Brotherhood of Assassins. Formerly apprenticed to the Master Assassin Pierre Bellec, Charles was entrusted with protecting an ancient artifact known as the Precursor box in 1776, but was assassinated shortly thereafter.
His son, Arno, later followed in his father's footsteps and became a notable figure of the Brotherhood during the French Revolution, eventually gaining the rank of Master Assassin himself. Through Arno, Charles is an ancestor of Callum Lynch.
==Biography==
Charles was born into a minor noble house and also an old Assassin family. At some point before 1768, Charles married an Austrian woman named Marie, and the two eventually had a son called Arno. Like his ancestors, Charles joined the Assassin OrderAssassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Arno Victor Dorian and was trained by Pierre Bellec, a future member of the French Assassin Council.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Rebirth During his training, Charles also learned of the Colonial Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, who had dealt a striking blow to the Colonial Templars during the American Revolutionary War.Assassin's Creed: Rogue – QXNzYXNzaW5hdGlvbg0K
At one point while on a mission, Charles came into conflict with a Templar, who nearly overpowered him. Bellec came to his aid and killed the assailant, before returning Charles his pocket watch which had been stolen, and telling him to go home to his son.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Confrontation However, once Marie discovered Charles' allegiance to the Assassins, she left him, leaving Charles to raise Arno by himself. During this period of Arno's early childhood, Charles took him traveling around Europe and North Africa.
In December 1776, Charles, accompanied by Arno, visited the Palace of Versailles for an Assassin meeting. Arno asked his father if he could come with him to the meeting, but Charles told him to stay put and wait for his return.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Memories of Versailles Pretending to be wool merchants gathering for a business meeting, the Assassins entrusted Charles with protecting the Precursor box. However, as Charles searched for his son, who had gone "exploring", he was suddenly assassinated by the Templar Shay Cormac.
Recognizing Shay as the Assassin who had betrayed the Brotherhood two decades prior, Charles told him that the American Revolution had undone the Templars' work in the newly-formed United States of America. Shay suggested that the Templars could stage another revolution, in order to restore the balance of power between the two factions. As Shay disappeared from the scene, Charles collapsed onto the floor, dead.
===Legacy===
Following Charles' murder, Arno was adopted by François de la Serre, who unbeknownst to him was the Grand Master of the Parisian Templars. In order to help Arno cope with the loss of his father, de la Serre suggested that the boy write letters to Charles.Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook
In 1789, Arno, at the urging of Bellec, followed in his father's footsteps by joining the Assassins. During his initiation ceremony, he was required to consume psychotropic drugs and, under their influence, experienced a number of visions, including several of his parents. One vision depicted Charles' death at the hands of an unseen assailant; after eliminating the assassin, Arno saw his own face under the mask, representing the guilt he felt for his father's murder, which Arno blamed himself for.
Shortly before his death, Charles had given Arno his pocket watch, which his son continued to hold onto for the rest of his life as a memento. When the watch was briefly stolen by a gang of criminals in 1793, Arno went to great lengths to retrieve it, killing a number of gang members at the Palace of Versailles. In the process, he experienced a vision of his final moments with Charles at the palace sixteen years prior.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Bottom of the Barrel
==Behind the scenes==
Charles Dorian is a character first introduced in the 2014 video games Assassin's Creed: Rogue and Assassin's Creed: Unity. He was voiced in both games by the English actor Stephen Beckett.
Charles is Shay's only assassination target in Rogue who does not share his last words with him in the Memory Corridor. Furthermore, he is one of two assassination targets who does not have a database entry in the game, the other being Le Chasseur.
==Gallery==
Charles Dorian - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Charles
Charles Dorian - Head Sculpts.jpg|Head sculpts of Charles
Memories of Versailles 1.png|Charles and Arno arriving at the Palace of Versailles
Memories of Versailles 2.png|Charles giving Arno his pocket watch
Shayandcharles.PNG|Shay with Charles in Versailles
Memories of Versailles 7.png|Arno discovering Charles' body
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue 
*Assassin's Creed: Unity
*Assassin's Creed: Unity novel
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion 
==References==
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