
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the mainline games of Assassin’s Creed series mostly followed a continuous storyline for the modern-day narrative. Starting from Assassin’s Creed 2, each game followed Desmond Miles directly after the ending of its predecessor. After being saved by Lucy Stillman, Desmond joined the Assassins and delved into more ancestral memories to fight against the Templars in the present. This pattern persisted until Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, which took place months following Assassin’s Creed 3 and had players control an unnamed employee of Abstergo Industries instead of Desmond Miles, who was now deceased. The players didn’t reprise the role of the modern-day protagonist again until Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, where they played as Layla Hassan in the present day.