Assassin's Creed games have always highlighted interesting moments in history from the perspective of characters that may not always be represented. Tying into the whole concept of the assassin's order working from the shadows to serve the light, many characters in the franchise have been freedom fighters, revolutionaries, and adventurers. Protagonists in the Assassin's Creed games are often struck with some degree of tragedy and inhabit a particularly turbulent time in history. Each game has done its work to highlight various stories from diverse perspectives of these events while still maintaining the overarching plot of the assassins versus the Templars.