John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (1838 – 1865) was an American stage actor and affiliate of the Templar Order, who plotted and successfully executed the of American President Abraham Lincoln.
==Biography==
In April 1865, with the losing the American Civil War, Booth planned the murder of President Lincoln along with several other political figures. However, only Booth was successful, shooting Lincoln in the back of the head before fleeing the scene. He proclaimed "Sic semper tyrannis!" (English: "thus always to tyrants"), copying Marcus Junius Brutus' alleged words after Caesar's own assassination.Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #02 Twelve days later, federal troops cornered Booth in northern Virginia, but he refused to surrender. The soldiers set fire to the barn, and in the confusion, Booth was killed by the Assassins.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #15: "Guardians"
==Legacy==
In 1998, Daniel Cross experienced a hallucination brought on a combination of the Bleeding Effect and a withdrawal from his psychiatric medication. In his vision, he heard Booth's voice yelling "Sic semper tyrannis!".
In 2012, the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek collected details on Booth's successful assassination attempt while Abstergo Industries held him captive at their Animus Project laboratory in Rome. He then hid the information within the Animus 1.28 in Glyph puzzles for his successor, Desmond Miles.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #15: "Guardians" Sometime in early September,Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files Desmond solved the puzzle set titled "Guardians", in which Booth was included in a list of assassinated historic individuals.
==Behind the scenes==
John Wilkes Booth is a historical figure and figure introduced in Assassin's Creed II in the Glyph puzzles. Historically, Booth once portrayed the Roman general Marcus Antonius in a production of the English playwright William Shakespeare's 1599 play ; additionally, his and , both fellow actors, were both named Junius Brutus, after Caesar's assassin.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: The Fall 
*Assassin's Creed: Visionaries 
==References==
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Category:1838 births
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