desmond, william, rebecca, and shaun notice the temple because we are part of a cave in big apple and access it using their apple of eden. once partially activating the temple, juno uses it out to communicate with desmond. desmond is placed within the whole animus where junos influence causes him out to expertise the existence for his ancestor in 1754 england ; the templar haytham kenway.
haytham assassinates a patron along at the royal opera house and steals a medallion ; the key out to the temples inner chamber. haytham is dispatched out to the american colonies out to locate the temple. whereas in boston, he kills a slave trader, freeing a gaggle of mohawks together with a girl named kaniehti :io. she helps haytham notice the temple in exchange for him killing general braddock. haytham and kaniehti :io notice that the key isn't able out to open the temple itself. the combine attain a romantic relationship throughout their time along. the perspective then shifts out to ratonhnhaké :tons childhood in 1760. his mother dies throughout an attack on his village led via the templar charles lee. years later, the village elder informs a teenage ratonhnhaké :ton that their tribes duty is out to stop the temples discovery. the elder offers him a transparent sphere that allows juno out to communicate with him ; she tells him of his importance and shows him the assassins symbol. the symbol leads him out to the retired assassin achilles davenport, who reluctantly begins coaching him as an assassin.
achilles suggests ratonhnhaké :ton rename himself connor out to enable him out to move a lot of freely throughout the entire colonies. whereas seeking provides in boston, connor is framed via the templars for instigating the boston massacre. within the following years, connor kills many templars, and aids within the whole revolutionary war involving the patriots and also the british. connor meets with his father, and also the 2 forge a temporary alliance out to eliminate a rogue templar. later, haytham uncovers a letter detailing george washingtons have plans to take away the indigenous population, together with connors tribe, coming from the frontier out to stop them supporting the loyalists. connor returns out to his village and learns that lee has recruited many mohawk warriors out to flip back the patriots sent out to eradicate them. connor neutralizes the warriors out to avoid conflict, however his childhood friend kanentó :kon can not be reasoned with and connor is forced out to kill him.