#Assassin's Creed I
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So… yandere!Altaïr x Desmond… where Altaïr has the social grace of a cat when it comes to romantic gestures and believes that killing people he thinks are annoying Desmond or a threat to his safety is a good sign of his affection. Since he can’t just give Desmond a feather stained in blood (that would be ‘tacky’), he gives him gifts that once belonged to his targets. (1/2)
(2/2) Desmond knows they’re from people he killed but mistakes them as actual sanctioned kills from the Brotherhood because everyone Altaïr kills are bad people anyway. Desmond knows Altaïr is giving him gifts that came from his targets but he just assumes it’s Altaïr’s way of giving gifts since Masyaf doesn’t give him extra money, only enough for travel expenses. Until Altaïr presents him a very familiar dagger. Al Mualim’s favored dagger.
So… Let’s start it off with the premise that Altaїr begins his courtship without informing Desmond of it
And that Desmond is not within the Brotherhood, or, indeed, had any direct contact with them
In the moment between touching the Eye and awaking, the only thing that Desmond felt was heat. Searing, piercing, all-encompassing heat that set every single nerve in his body ablaze. It left little space for anything but feeling it crawl through his body. He didn’t think he even had a chance to scream. But…
It softened, eventually. Concentrated on one side. Slid across his arm and clothing like a warm, unwanted blanket. A blanket he was… Laying on?
It took a few moments for Desmond to realize he was no longer in the Temple. He wasn’t even standing
And the ground beneath his body scorched
It takes a while for Desmond to reach a city, any city, and he is in no hurry to move on. So… He starts settling in. Find himself a place to stay. Makes nice with the locals. Avoids the guards. Rests.
Takes odd jobs here and there, from helping to carry things to a one-off where he penned a letter for someone and got paid for it
It takes him weeks before he even realizes the city he is in is Damascus, and even that comes because he overhears a merchant complaining about something or other being too expensive there. That makes Desmond realize just where he is, if not when. The when comes when Desmond goes out to do some recon on his own and almost manages to run into an Informant
(But that, is another story entirely… Suffice to say, the informant shook his tail – but left Desmond be the one to have to deal with them)
That… Complicates things, for Desmond. Because now that he no longer has the bliss of ignorance on his side, he has to be careful. Careful to avoid not just the guards and Templars, but to stay boring enough to remain off Brotherhood’s radar. He is just settling in, and he doesn’t even know if he wants to do more than keep himself in shape and run his slowly flourishing scribe business.
In the end, it was his decision to stay anonymous that did him in
Desmond developed a reputation for being a reliable, discreet scribe – and at some point, he ended up penning a letter for someone who would end up passing it on to the local Bureau. Where it would raise questions – because the hand it is written in mirrors Altaїr’s hand.
What luck, then, that the man is in town – and can be sent to investigate the oddity?
And this is how Desmond and Altaїr meetTo the end of his days, Desmond would not be able to explain how he managed to keep a straight face when the door (and yes! He finally had a door!) to his house/office opened and in walked his ancestor.
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From there I see Desmond managing, somehow, to play himself off as a civilian to Altaїr, and one Altaїr takes a liking to visiting. Mixing business with pleasure, as it were - because Desmond still has the habit of monitoring his surroundings, and with his livelyhood literally consiting of writing down information...
Sometimes, he is able to share more information with Altaїr than even the Bureau can provide. He just makes sure to wrap it out as part of casual conversation - sometimes as gossip, sometimes worded as an anecdote. A straight warning, when he can get away with it. Somehow, this ends up with him writing letters to Malik whenever Altaїr stumbles into his shop dead on his feet
(yes, I am using this as an excuse for Malik and Desmond being penpals. Altaїr even names Malik as his sibling, in what Desmond supposes is an attempted moment of discretion)
And that is where I can see Altaїr starting to go yandere. At first it’s well meaning - keeping away undesirables to keep one of his better informants safe. Then, as the talks grow longer and stray away from work matters - because he doesn’t want to see Desmond hurt
It’s not that he intended to start bringing Desmond gifts - it was something more of an... Overcorrection. See, one time during a friendly argument Desmond ended up throwing a feather at Altaїr, that somehow managed to get stuck in his hood. And it was somewhat of a reflex to use it the next time Altaїr had to get rid of a guard that paid a littlee too much attention to Desmond’s shop. And with Desmond acting just close enough to how a Dai’s role - it was as much of a reflex to present him with the bloodied feather when they next met
Altaїr took the panic on Desmond’s face as an aversion (it wasn’t; but Desmond went through several cycles of “oh shit he knows” in the few brief minuted it took for Altaїr to speak again) - and next time, it was a trinket he snatched instead
It takes a few gifts before Desmond’s belief that he managed to play incognito melts away like fog under morning sun
A set of cups he recognized from one of the assassinations he remembers Altaїr performing in the rich district
A sash from a particularly noisy merchant in the local souk
A bracelet he had once seen on a... Particularly lingy lady who would not leave him be whenever they crossed paths on the city square
And the hoard keeps growing, to the point Desmond is cautiously making sure everything is stashed out of direct line of sight. No need for someone else to recognize what these were, right? But it’s difficult, because Altaїr is visiting often these days - and Desmond doesn’t realize that the information he has been leaking to him is speeding things along
Too fast, even. Because someone among Dai makes a note of this in their report to Masyaf. And Dsmond becomes a person of interest - to either be recruited, or removed
Which... Doesn’t go nearly as seamlessly as it would have for any other person. Why? Because Desmond is known. And he left enough hints around people started questionin Al Mualim - Malik being chief of them. When Altaїr brought his own doubts to Malik? That was one of the last nails
Naturally
When Altaїr brought Al Mualim’s blade to Desmond
Desmond finally had his full blown freak out
#Ask reply#Assassin's Creed#Assassin's Creed I#Desmond Miles#Altaïr ibn La'Ahad#AltDes#Yandere Altaїr#Malik and Desmond are penpals#Deamond definitely met Damascus Dai and startles every time he speaks#Because he swears he hears Leonardo
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Some heads idk.
I didn't draw Desmond because I still don't know how he's going to look like.
#assassin's creed#gaming#altaïr ibn la'ahad#ezio auditore da firenze#connor kenway#ratonhnhaké:ton#ac1#ac2#ac3#Assassin's Creed III#Assassin's Creed ii#Assassin's Creed I#sketch#tradiotional art
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I think game studios should just release their character creators online. For the times when I don’t wanna play the whole game, just the lil dress up part
#yes this is about baldurs gate 3#no I don’t have a decent computer if any description or a PlayStation#I do wanna play the game but I mostly wanna make my dnd characters for hours#you could literally do it for everything tho#totk outfits and dyes#Skyrim could have it’s 17th release#outfits in shit like assassins creed games#dragon age#fromsoft games#the sims maybe??#the options are endless pls game devs#video games#nintendo#Xbox#Sony#PlayStation
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Weight of a Feather, Assassin's Creed: Origins fanart, watercolour and acrylic gouache on hot press paper, 17.8 x 25.4 cm
This is one of those that I don't care if no one likes it, or if there are obvious mistakes/things that don't make sense, I'm proud of myself for managing to do it traditionally and that's that. It's for no one but me, I'm just sharing it with you :)
I started it in 2021, even began to paint it, but burnout is a bitch and I couldn't finish it then. Recently I decided to see if I could complete it traditionally and this is the result!
It was inspired by a screenshot I took where Bayek's face is entirely in shadow. I then added elements that relate to Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice, and the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart, where she'd weigh a dead person's heart against her ostrich feather, to see if they were worthy of going on to the Field of Reeds (a sort of paradise). (Egyptologists don't @ me 😭)
#assassin's creed#ac origins#assassins creed#assasins creed origins#assassin's creed: origins#bayek#bayek of siwa#senu#ma'at#fanart#traditional illustration#traditional art#acrylic gouache#illustration#art only tag#it actually looks insane irl I'm so happy#I learned a lot from this adventure#I also learned that I hate scanning art lol#so.....Kassandra next? 👀
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A dip in the lake
#my art#ac valhalla#ac odyssey#kassandra of sparta#eivor varinsdóttir#kasseivor#assassins creed odyssey#assassins creed valhalla#study#sort of with a certain twist 😜#hope you'll like it#I spent way too long on this omg#wanted to add tattoos for eivor but it ended up looking weird sorry 😔#I snagged the title from my friend lmao
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Some old Auditore sibling sketches
#i need to draw them more#assassins creed#assassins creed 2#ezio auditore#federico auditore#petruccio auditore#claudia auditore#digital artwork#digital art#digital sketches#my art#doodles#fanart#ac fanart
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Why does he sleep like that,,,
#assassins creed#assassins creed 3#ratonhnhaké:ton#connor kenway#my art#fanart#I love a guy who defaults to the family guy death pose#this happens at least twice btw once in the prison and once when he was a teen camping out in achilles’ stable#he sleeps on his side and when he wakes up his face is smushed down against the bedroll and he’s starfishing how did that happen
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Jim, treetop assassin 🔪
#this is making me wanna play assassin's creed again#mirage has just come out and i've had it preordered since january but there has been no time this month lmao#though this makes wanna start a third replay of black flag... my blorbos are in there#and james kidd who is really mary read and is nicknamed jim my beloved#i wanna run around as a rugged blond pirate called edward and SNEAK and kill british soldiers <3#anyway that was a sidetrack#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#our flag means death#ofmdedit#ofmdsource#ofmd gifs#ida.stuff#ofmd 2x8#jim jimenez
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“Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.”
#Assassin's Creed#AltMal#ShaunDes#Altair#Altair ibn La'Ahad#Malik#Malik Al Sayf#Desmond#Desmond Miles#Shaun#Shaun Hastings#i wasn't hinting at reincarnation or anything...#I just go insane for these two pairings#this hyperfixation never goes away... it just sometimes goes dormant#my art!
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People in the comments of the Assassin's Creed: Shadows trailer becoming armchair historians trying to explain why Yasuke shouldn't be a protagonist actually are hilarious. Like besties this is a franchise where people can control eagles with their minds and a good 5% of the population are descended from evil psychic aliens. I THINK we can expand on a story of Japan's only-recorded African koshō without it jumping the shark.
#Assassin's Creed#Assassin's Creed Shadows#Actually losing my mind at gamer bros trying to logic a story that's LONG gone off the sanity rails#Like guys I get that Ubisoft 'prides itself' on historical accuracy but like#Ezio did not set Venice on fire Connor did not start the Boston Massacre and Shay didn't set off the 1755 Lisbon earthquake#Like we need to establish that this series follows historical details in some areas and then takes batshit crazy liberties in others#I hate giving credit to Ubisoft for their balls but.....yeah that took some nuts. Good job guys.#Absolutely wild that they're dropping preorders already. I will be eyeing this game's reviews but you're insane if you think I'm preorderin#Seta speaks
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desmond & friends modern day assassin sequences…..I miss you……..
#specifying ‘and friends’ because I hate William Miles with my whole heart and he is not included in this sentiment#anyway vaguely this is nyc so the cops are probably wasting taxpayer money by fucking around in the subway#komiks tag#assassins creed#shaun hastings#desmond miles#this is almostttttttttttt shaundes#but I didn’t continue the dialogue far enough to make it really flirty. There’s a hint of flirting happening.#someday I’ll have to actually do a longer form fan comic to land my favorite ship AND my favorite narrative elements in the same#go (the horror and dialogues on free will and what we owe each other past/present/future & also what failure means AND-)#this ties into my second favorite relationship dynamic: clay and desmond. obvious. clay might live in my head rent free a little more than#Desmond does because that end of game reveal in AC1 is a top 10 games experience to me and I think about it all the time#ANYWAY IM OFF TOPIC NOW. desmond picks up snacks at a bodega on his way back
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Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Trouble in Paradise
I'm looking for the one called Kyra.
#assassin's creed odyssey#kassandra#kyra#kyssandra#kassandra x kyra#kassandra of sparta#assassin's creed kyra#assassin's creed: odyssey#ac: odyssey#ac odyssey#assassins creed odyssey#assassin's creed#acgifs#acedit#gamingedit#my gifs#my stuff#have i done this scene before? partially#was i happy with it? no#and now i have a pc that can actually run this game#so prepare for many posts about Them
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bitter tea & oranges
#inspired by the amount of time i spent just standing in jerusalem bureau#and my hc that malik would drink bitter medicinal teas to help with chronic pain#also my hc is that altair has chronic pain. so hes familiar how to deal with it#sort of a peace offering to offer orange to counteract the bitter tea#peeling oranges as an act of love ok ty#THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WARM UP the ghost of altair possessed me to draw malik lovingly#my art#asscreed#assassin's creed 1#assassins creed 1#assassins creed#assassin's creed#altair ibn la'ahad#altaïr ibn la'ahad#malik al sayf#altmal#ac1#ac#ac 1#i will never shut up about jerusalem bureau being my safe place rn#altaïr visiting malik. he can scold me however much he wants. atleast he still sees me as someone worth talking to#maliks hatred recognising altair as his own existence vs al mualims adoration of altair like a well kept weapon
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Kassandra of Atlantis - Assassin's Creed: Odyssey fanart, watercolour and acrylic-gouache on hot press paper
Entirely because I LOVED the Atlantis aesthetic so much, and I love Kassandra ❤
It's been a while since I played the game, but I think that thematically she should have been holding the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus but…uhh, I didn't want to paint it, so I didn't! Have the Spear of Leonidas instead :)
Like Bayek, this one was based on an old sketch - finishing it traditionally was a little challenge I gave myself. ('little' she says, you know, like a fool)
Art prints here!
#kassandra#kassandra of sparta#kassandra odyssey#assassin's creed#assassin's creed odyssey#ac odyssey#spear of leonidas#atlantis#ac odyssey atlantis#traditional art#acryclic gouache#acryla gouache#illustration#fanart#traditional illustration#art only tag#this illustration kicked my ass#turns out it's a good thing I'm a digital artist lmao#before anyone asks I have no more plans for more AC fanart
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Like Night and Day 🌙☀
#my art#eivor varinsdóttir#kassandra#assassins's creed valhalla#assassin's creed odyssey#ac valhalla#ac odyssey#kasseivor#I think I'm done with this piece#hope you like it 😁
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🦅🥰
#assassin's creed#acedit#bayek of siwa#ac: origins#gamingedit#assassin's creed: origins#gameplaydaily#dailygaming#attempting to heal my mental illnesses by giffing this scene alone nad it is so adorable and wholesome#that it is in fact working#bayek has the most beautiful smile aaa <333 i love him sm#mine: all#mine: gifs#mine: ac#mine: origins
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