William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".
==Biography ==
===Pre-birth===
William Shakespeare was cryptically mentioned by the prophecy-telling pig, Matilda in 870s Canterbury. The prophecy was witnessed by the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir under the influence of hallucinogenics. The so-called prophecy referred to him as the "river's swan" and to his as the "gloved hand". The prophecy also noted his talent for weaving words and made reference to the , a type of commonly used in English poetry.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Pig of Prophecy
===Life and death===
William was born in to John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glove-maker, and . He was later baptized on 26 April 1564 shortly afterward. At 18, Shakespeare married the 26-year-old .
During his lifetime, Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets.Who's In Your Blood? Among his plays, he wrote Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: St. Bartholomew's Hospital and .Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – DATA-DUMP S00.S02 The former featured a Jewish villain partially inspired by the execution of Roderigo Lopez, Queen Elizabeth I's Jewish chief physician who was hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1594 for attempting to poison her.
In 1603, John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's former consultant, attended a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the in London. The following year, he sent a letter to Elizabeth Jane Weston, recommending her to watch it, saying that he thought she would "find the subject matter of this play prevalent to [her] liking." Elizabeth and her husband, Johannes Leo, would subsequently attend a performance of the play at in Prague.
Later in life, Shakespeare retired to his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. He died on 26 April 1616, aged 52, within a month of signing his will. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
==Legacy==
In addition to his plays and sonnets, Shakespeare also contributed hundreds of new words into the English language.
In 1852, the British Army Private Sawyer Halford had made a habit of reciting excerpts of Shakespeare's works when he could not sleep. While aboard the HMS Birkenhead as it sailed in stormy seas towards the , Halford quoted a soliloquy by from the 1595 play . When Lance Corporal Simeon Price mistook his recitation for panicked prayers, Halford clarified the matter and revealed his custom to his superior officer.Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy – Prologue
In 2012, one of Ezio Auditore's repressed genetic memories experienced by Desmond Miles in the Animus 2.0, was named after the Shakespeare's 1598 play .Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Love's Labour's Lost Later that year, within the database entry for Oak Island on the Animus 3.0, Shaun Hastings claimed that Francis Bacon had used William Kidd's "Money Pit" to store the original documents proving that he wrote the works of William Shakespeare, although Shaun quickly admitted that it was not true.Assassin's Creed III – Database: Oak Island
In 2015, during the Helix Initiate's session of Jacob Frye's genetic memory, one such memory was named in reference to Shakespeare's 1600 play .Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Last Maharaja – Much Ado About Drinking
In 2020, Shaun, Rebecca Crane, and Layla Hassan were staying at a cabin in as Layla explored Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories. In a note left on the cabin's inner walls, Shaun joked that Shakespeare had missed a chance to write a play about King Alfred of Wessex's campaigns against the invading Vikings, and parodied the first lines of the opening soliloquy in the 1592 play said by the .Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Layla Hassan's personal files: King Aelfred
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed III 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
*Assassin's Creed film 
*Assassin's Creed: Reflections 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
*Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy 
==References==
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