It's been quite a while since the centuries-old war between the Assassins and Templars was front and center of the Assassin's Creed franchise. Assassin's Creed Odyssey takes place over a thousand years before the Assassin Brotherhood and Templar Order were formed, Assassin's Creed Origins shows the two secret organizations in their infancy as the Hidden Ones and Order of the Ancients, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla alludes to the formation of the Templars. But for the first time in years, Assassin's Creed Shadows brings back the Assassin-Templar war, though it still doesn't take center stage.