Epilogue · 2012 · playing as Desmond
The Safehouse and the Solar Flare
In this chapterAbstergo agents attack the safehouse, and the team evacuates.
After Minerva's message, Abstergo attacks the safehouse. The team escapes and Lucy explains that the First Civilization was destroyed by a solar flare, and a new one is coming in 2012. The mission becomes global: find the Pieces of Eden and prevent the disaster. Desmond must return to the Animus to find the next clue.
The ending shifts the series from historical adventures to an apocalyptic thriller. The 2012 deadline gives the next games a ticking clock. Lucy's information is both a revelation and a manipulation. She knows more than she says, and the audience should be wary. The Assassins' mission now has a cosmic purpose, and Ezio's story becomes a path to the Apple's secrets.
What unfolds
- Lucy reveals that a solar flare will destroy the Earth, as it did the First Civilization.
- The Assassins need Desmond to find the Pieces of Eden to prevent the catastrophe.
- Desmond prepares to return to the Animus.