Aveline de Grandpré

Aveline de Grandpré (June 20, 1747-November 13, 1830) is a major protagonist of the Kenway Saga in the Assassin's Creed franchise.
she serving as the main protagonist of 2012 spin-off/sequel video game, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and titular main protagonist of his DLC in 2013 video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
she was an Assassin of French and African heritage, who lived in the area of New Orleans during the middle of the 18th century. She is an ancestor to Subject 1.
Born to the wealthy French merchant Philippe Olivier de Grandpré and an African slave by the name of Jeanne, Aveline was raised in a comfortable and privileged environment. In 1759, after having lost sight of her mother, she mistook another woman to be her parent and reached out to her, attracting the attention of a group of slavers. However, she was rescued by an Assassin called Agaté, who recruited Aveline into the Assassin Brotherhood and became her Mentor.
By the age of 18, Aveline became aware of a slave trafficking operation being ran in New Orleans by a high-ranking Templar, known only as the "Company Man". After eliminating various of his subordinates, she was led to New York, where she sought the aid of Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin, Ratonhnhaké:ton, known by his adopted name of Connor.
With his help, Aveline discovered the Company Man had been her own stepmother, Madeleine de L'Isle, all along. Following a short confrontation in the de Grandpré mansion, Aveline fled to the bayou to inform Agaté, with disastrous consequences. She then returned to Madeleine, pretending to go along with her induction into the Templar Order, before she assassinated all the members present, thus finally ridding New Orleans of Templar influence.
She is voiced by Amber Goldfarb.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Aveline was born in New Orleans on 20 June 1747 to Philippe de Grandpré and his African placée bride, Jeanne. Granted freedom along with her mother at birth, Aveline grew up in a caring and considerate environment, protected by her father's wealth and influence within the city. However, when her father's business began to suffer, he married Madeleine de L'Isle, the daughter of one of his investors, in 1752.
While this act put a strain on the relationship between her parents, both Aveline and her mother Jeanne were permitted to stay at the de Grandpré mansion, with Madeleine becoming responsible for the young girl's education. In 1755, Aveline found a childhood companion in Gérald Blanc, an orphan from Acadia that had been hired by her father as an errand boy.
Aveline's carefree life as a youth was cut short two years later, when Jeanne inexplicably vanished, leaving a void in the girl's life. Despite the fact that Madeleine quickly adopted the role of doting stepmother, Aveline continued to be troubled by the loss of her mother. As a result, she frequently had nightmares about the events surrounding Jeanne's disappearance.
Simultaneously, Aveline's feelings and observations regarding the prevailing contrasts present within her city eventually spurred her into action. In 1759, she attempted to free a slave, but was caught in the act and set upon by sailors employed by the slave's owner. Thanks to an intervention from the African Assassin Agaté, Aveline and the slave managed to escape unharmed. Deciding her commitment to freedom and justice was beyond compare, Agaté took Aveline, as well as Gérald, under his wing.
Following a few months of intense training, Aveline was officially inducted into the Assassin Brotherhood, with Agaté becoming her Mentor.[3] From then on, Aveline would act as his agent in New Orleans, using her skills to help people in need and rid Louisiana of the Templars.
=== Sabotaging de Ferrer's operations ===
In 1765, Aveline set out during one night, a nightmare having ruined any chance at further sleep, and went to thepigeon coop in the garden, where she received word from Gérald, who served as the Order's information officer. His letter alerted her to a plantation from which slaves were reportedly escaping, prompting Aveline to investigate. After ascending the Saint Louis Cathedral to scout out a dressing chamber, she hid inside a cart that would take her to the estate.
Dressed as a slave, Aveline managed to infiltrate the plantation's grounds and discovered that the slaves were being taken by somebody, rather than escaping by themselves. She subsequently climbed to the highest point of the estate, in the hopes of finding clues that led to Thérèse, a young slave that had been the latest to disappear. Led to a barn, Aveline found and freed Thérèse, but the duo were quickly intercepted by the plantation owner's son and hisguards.
After overpowering them, Aveline escorted her companion out of the plantation, following which she returned home to seek the aid of her stepmother. Managing to convince the initially cross Madeleine, Aveline was then sent to buy traveling clothes while Thérèse was being tended to. After the young slave had been brought to safety by Madeleine's contacts, Madeleine assured Aveline she would aid her if similar situations ever arose in the future.
== Equipment and Skills ==
=== Powers===
Eagle Vision: Due to her Isu heritage, Aveline possessed the rare gift of Eagle Vison, using it to track and mark targets as well as discern between potential enemies or allies.
===Skills===
*Master Assassin: Aveline was a highly skilled Master Assassin. Under Agaté's tutelage she learned and developed a vast array of skills, such as picking pockets, blending into crowds, armed and unarmed combat, alternative or multiple weapon attacks, stealth and public assassination techniques, free-running and long-range combat.
*Peak-Human Condition: Due to extensive training and meditative techniques, she possesses Olympic levels of strength, speed, endurance & agility.
**Superior Strength: Despite her slim build, Aveline could easily overpower grown men, even the strongest soldiers of the French Army. Her punches could easily kill a person. In terms of brute strength, she seems to be stronger than other Assassins as she is an able to lift to full-grown men up.
**Superior Mobility: Her reflexes, agility, and speed are also more potent, being able to easily counter and defeat hordes of opponents. She was able to kill many of them before they could even see her coming to them, as she moves with such great speed and agility.
**Superior Stamina: She can even potentially fight an entire army without showing any signs of fatigue.
**Superior Durability: She also has a great deal of durability as she was able to land on her feet, after falling from several stories, without any signs of struggle or lack of comfort. She was capable of surviving numerous brutal injuries that would have killed normal humans.
**Superior Metabolism: Her metabolism is also presumably superior.
**Master Acrobat: Like any Assassin, Aveline is a remarkable free-runner, parkour master & mountaineering expert. These abilities combined with her seemingly superhuman strength & speed, made her acrobatic prowess far more profound than all the other Assassins, before and after her. After gaining a whip in Chichen Itza, her reach was greatly improved, with her seamlessly integrating it into her parkour and climbing when necessary.
*Master hand-to-hand combatant: Trained by Agaté, who was himself trained by the legendary, if controversial, François Mackandal, Aveline developed exceptional combat skills, gaining a mastery of both weaponry and close-quarters combat. 
**Weapon Mastery: Aveline was immensely skilled in bladed weapons, being able to efficiently use many different types of weaponry effectively, such as sword, axes, tomahawks, daggers, and machetes, with lethal skill.
**Master Markswoman: Aveline was an exceptional shot, capable of using firearms, a blowgun, and a parasol gun with lethal precision and speed, rarely missing her targets with any weapon.
*Master Spy: She is well adept in blending in her surroundings as well as sneaking around heavily guarded places. She would usually blend in with dense crowds and mimic their activities. She is extremely skilled in espionage, stealth, infiltration, disguise, thievery, eavesdropping, and tracking. Aveline effectively mastered using her appearance and station to her advantage, being able to both use her status and beauty as a noble lady to charm and distract men - or infiltrate otherwise guarded locations, but could also use her heritage to pose as a slave, and could blend in with them if needed. She also learned she could incite riots when posing as a slave, using such situations to her advantage.
*Gadgetry: She had access to a vast set of tools, weapons & equipment at her disposal, the main weapons being her Hidden Blades. She could potentially carry Hidden Blades, a whip, firearms, swords, knives, Machetes, a blowpipe.
*Weapon Crafting: When put into situations where she was deprived of weapons, Aveline was capable of constructing rudimentary yet effective Hidden Blades out of knives, belts and wooden planks.
===Equipment===
*Blowpipe:
*Daggers:
*Swords:
*Smoke Bombs:
*Explosives:
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