

Ezio meets Sofía Sartor, a young Italian traveler and book collector, with whom he will end up falling in love. He travels there and is greeted by Yusuf Tazim, leader of the Order of Assassins, and befriends a young student named Suleiman. He also learns that he needs five “keys” to enter the library the Templars have discovered one under the Ottoman sultan’s palace and the rest are hidden in Constantinople, which is part of the Ottoman Empire. Ezio, escapes to the bowels of the castle, where he discovers the entrance to Altaïr’s library. Upon arrival, it is found that Masyaf was taken by the Templars. Ezio has traveled to the ancient assassin’s stronghold on Masyaf to uncover the secrets Altaïr had previously uncovered, and to find the assassins’ true purpose. During his journey, he relates all his adventures to his sister Claudia through letters. Desmond enters The Black Gates of the “Animus”,Ezio Auditore, who is on his way to Masyaf in desire to fulfill his father’s dream: to find the library of Altaïr, Desmond’s murderous ancestor who changed the history of the murderers forever. After this, 16 says what, if Desmond hurries, he will be able to arrive at Lucy’s funeral, thus revealing that Lucy died at the end of the third game. He also lets him know that he, for the “Animus”, is a virus that must be eliminated and that 16 will do everything possible to keep it active and that no one notices its presence. so that the “Animus” has nothing more to show and allows you to separate the memories. He wakes up inside an island, where Subject 16 explains that his mind is divided into three parts: Altaïr’s, Ezio’s and his own, and that he will only wake up from his coma if he finishes seeing all of Ezio and Altaïr’s remaining memories. Desmond is in a coma and is put inside the “Animus” so that his conscience is not destroyed. The game begins after the events of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.
