Edward Kenway

This list of characters from the Assassin's Creed franchise contains only characters that are considered part of Assassin's Creed canon. Some of them are completely fictional and some are partially based on real-world historical figures.

Desmond Miles (1987–2012), central protagonist of the Assassin's Creed series, a member of the Assassin Order in the 21st century and a descendant of numerous familial lines that had sworn an allegiance to the Assassins; including individuals such as Aquilus, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore de Firenze, Edward Kenway and Connor/Ratonhnhaké:ton. He ended his own life for the sake of the planet in 2012. He is voiced by actor Nolan North. He chose death to protect humankind from a solar flare or billions would die. He released Juno in the process (Assassin's Creed III).

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (1165–1257) was a Syrian-born member of the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins who served as their Mentor from 1191 until his death in 1257. During his tenure as Mentor and its brief interregnum, Altaïr made several discoveries and inventions that greatly helped the Order's progression. Under his leadership the Levantine Assassins' spread their influence across the Old World, setting up many Guilds in cities like Constantinople. With the Apple in hand, Altaïr changed the way members of his Order lived their lives, writing the details in his fabled Codex for later generations of the Order to read. Throughout his travels, Altaïr strengthened his Order, stopping various Templar plots over the years as well as halting the inexorable march of Genghis Khan. Altaïr is an ancestor to Desmond Miles, through the maternal line. He is voiced by Philip Shahbaz in Assassin's Creed and by Cas Anvar in Assassin's Creed Revelations.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459–1524) was a Florentine nobleman during the Renaissance and unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers, the Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, a title which he held from 1503 to 1513. He is also an ancestor to William and Desmond Miles. As well as Clay Kaczmarek. Ezio is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and shares the title of main protagonist with Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is the main character of the short Assassin's Creed: Embers. He is voiced by actor Roger Craig Smith.

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