Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy

Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy is a formerly functioning Facebook application that purportedly "analyze[d] a Facebook user's ancestry" and tied them to one of several possible ancestral roots and bloodlines. Discover Your Legacy also included some of the user's friends, connecting them to the user's own bloodline and then dubbing them as either a trusted ally or a Templar. The app was co-developed with Ubisoft by , serving as a spin-off to the Assassin's Creed series, and was a tie-in to Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
==Bloodlines==
===Li Tong===
Your family tree twists and turns through surprising corners of the world and even stretches back to a period of great conflict in 14th century China.Li Tong was born on January 31st, 1387 on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Her parents were followers of the great teacher Fang Xiaoru, a leader of the Assassins' Order in China. In 1402, the Emperor Yongle [sic] rose to power in a bloody coup against his own family and declared that he would bring peace and order to China. Some believe he was secretly funded by the Templars, who have manipulated institutions for centuries.Yongle's police swept across Beijing rounding up thousands of suspected Assassins, including Li's mother and father. They were all executed. Li barely escaped the purge, along with an Assassin apprentice whose family was sworn to protect Li. Some say they also carried an Apple of Eden which was rumored to possess magical powers beyond understanding and bore a cursed mark.Li devoted herself to protecting the Apple and stopping Yongle's vicious repression. One night, while the emperor was trying to to the east of the Gobi Desert, a lone figure slipped into his tent. By morning the emperor was dead. His reign of terror was over. Li moved from Beijing and raised a family but remained with the Order.Li's legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
===Miguel Ramón Carlo de Lugo===
In the late 1400s, the Spanish Empire tried to conquer every corner of a so-called "new world". It set events in motion that are still being felt and that you soon won't be able to avoid.Miguel Ramón Carlo de Lugo was born to Spanish colonists in a tiny settlement near the bay of , Puerto Rico. His mother died in childbirth and his father abandoned him. Alonso Carlo, a freed slave and a translator for the colonial army took the boy in as his own. By the age of 9, Miguel was fluent in , and Spanish.In 1508, Juan Ponce de León arrived on the island with 2,000 Spanish soldiers. Miguel suspect that a powerful group was secretly guiding his life, just as they are guiding your life now. de León showed no mercy in crushing any opposition his rule.In 1510, he accused Alonso of organizing an assassination plot against him and ordered him to be hanged without a trial. Before he could be captured, Alonso fled with the boy to the Florida coast where they found safe have with the local s.In 1521, Juan Ponce de León set off on what some have described as a crazed quest for a magic fountain that could restore youth and health to all who drank from it. The Assassins knew that what de León would find there was not a fountain, but a powerful artifact known as a Piece of Eden. When de León's expedition arrived in Florida, they were greeted by a young hooded man who tried to convince de León to turn his troops away. de León refused. Within minutes, an arrow pierced de León's armor and the young hooded man faded into the wilderness. de León survived the arrow wound, but not the poison it delivered. de León's quest was over.Miguel's legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
===Murat Bin Husn===
You might believe your life has unfolded naturally but many people have sought to control it. The seeds of your so called destiny were planted 500 years ago, in the heart of the Ottoman Empire.Murat Bin Husn was born May 2nd, 1474 in Constantinople. At age 11, Murat's parents signed him over to the Imperial Army in hopes of a better life. Within a few years, Murat had become a respected leader in the Janissary military.Recognizing his unbreakable will, the Sultan entrusted Murat with one of the empire's greatest prizes: the Armor of Ishak Pasha. Some believed the armor had magical powers and was marked with a cursed sign. Murat suspected a powerful group was secretly guiding his life just as they are guiding your life now.Murat hid the armor in a tomb and began the largest project of his career, to defend the city by renovating the harbor's Great Chain. Within months, Murat's life was turned upside down. A hooded man infiltrated the city, stole the armor and destroyed the great chain. Afraid for their lives, Murat fled the city with his family. Murat's descendants have spread across the globe.Murat's legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
===Ludger Duvernay===
In 18th century Montreal, expressing certain ideas could get you into a lot of trouble. One of your ancestors found this out the hard way and you may soon find out for yourself.Ludger Duvernay was an expert printer, wordsmith and civil servant, he was born on a frigid January evening in 1799 in , Quebec.Duvernay played a key role in the growth of the Assassins' movement in Montreal, helping to disrupt what he saw as an .In 1832, Duvernay a number of articles accusing the administration of serving the narrow interests of the Château Clique, a notorious powerful group of wealthy and influential families and the leaders of the Templars of their time.The Assassins financed Duvernay in hopes of exposing the government's connections to the Templars. Ludger suspected a powerful group was secretly guiding his life just as they are guiding your life now. Within weeks of the first article's publication, Duvernay was jailed on charges of spreading false information. The Clique even rallied the public against Duvernay, paying vagrants and laborers to mob the jail in a manufactured protest against the writer.The Brotherhood moved quickly to free Duvernay. Some have whispered of a mind-altering artifact that was used to disrupt the Clique's control over the public. A powerful artifact known to the Assassins as a Piece of Eden. Instead of scaring him, the government intimidation had emboldened him. Upon his release, Duvernay helped found the , with high hopes of spiritually unifying Quebec and for from Canada.Ludger's legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
===Lukas Zurburg===
You've probably heard about a disease spread by fleas on the backs of rats but there's a lot more to the plague that you haven't heard and your life may never be the same.Lukas Zurburg was born on October 28th, 1322 in the German city of Essen. Lukas was recruited into the Order of Assassins at age 16, after a group of strangers saved him from a thief on the road to .By the time Lukas was 26, the plague had visited Essen, wiping out nearly half the town's population. A mysterious hooded group, known only as the Brothers of the Cross, traveled through the German countryside promising protection from the disease. Rumors throughout Central Europe told of an ancient Ankh, with the power to heal the sick and even resurrect the dead. This suspected Piece of Eden was also said to carry the Mark of the Messenger inscribed on it. Lukas believed that the Brothers of the Cross were a Templar front, trying to locate and secure the Ankh for themselves. Templars have operated front organizations for centuries, some closer than you might imagine.No explanation has ever been recorded, but in 1350, the Brothers of the Cross suddenly disappeared, and Lukas was never seen again. A woman, rumored to be carrying Lukas's child, moved away from Essen and found her way to a new country, where her descendants settled and multiplied.Lukas' legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
===Moina Bergson===
Many men have conspired to shape the world we live in, but a woman in your own bloodline has been among the shapers. You may soon see the patterns in her plan.Moina Bergson was born was born on February 28th, 1865 to a loving and creative family in Geneva, Switzerland. Her family moved throughout Europe, eventually settling in London. When Moina was 15, she flourished as a student of the arts and befriended a well-connected writer named Annie Horniman. Annie introduced her new friend to the brotherhood of Assassins, a group seeking to protect free thought by any means.In 1887, it was arranged for Moina to pretend to take interest in a man named Samuel Mathers, a rising star in a group of occultists who were planning to build one of the most influential secret societies in the British Empire. The Assassins knew that Samuel was being funded by the Templars. Moina suspected that the powerful group was secretly guiding her life, just as they are guiding your life now.The Templars were seeking a mystical book somewhere in London that was said to grant access to powerful and potentially destructive knowledge. On the book's final page was inscribed the Mark of the Seer.After a whirlwind courtship, Moina and Samuel married and he founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with two associates, William Woodman and William Westcott. Just years into the Golden Dawn's expansion, William Woodman died mysteriously. William Westcott and Samuel Mathers fought for control of the group. Amid the chaos, Moina was asked to leave her husband and rejoin the order. Moina refused. Samuel Mathers died mysteriously at the age of 64. Moina took his place at the head of a new secret order, . Contrary to the official history, Moina had just one child and her descendants have moved around the world. It's still unclear what secrets they may carry with them.Moina's legacy lives in you. As you suspected for a long time, you have gifts and talents that no one has ever seen. It's time to unlock them and claim your place within the Brotherhood of Assassins. Are you willing to defend the creed? Are you ready to leave your legacy?
==Family Trees==
===Li Tong===
===Miguel Ramón Carlo de Lugo===
===Murat Bin Husn===
===Ludger Duvernay===
===Lukas Zurburg===
===Moina Bergson===
==Trivia==
*The user could get a different ancestor every time they reload the app.
*Since the family trees shown in the videos all had the same shape, Moina Bergson's contradicted what was said, giving her 2 children instead of one.
*Several modern day elements were implemented to the app's main content, such as an email from Alan Rikkin detailing the user's ancestry, and using a search engine to display websites detailing the user's early Assassin life. Interestingly, the search engine had a very similar visual format to Google.
*The app's official listed name is GS Discover Your Legacy. "GS" stands for GameStop.
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Revelations – Discover Your Legacy
Revelations – Discover Your Legacy