Shay Cormac was a Templar. One of the most prominent members as of the year 1756. Not bad for choosing what he believed to be the right path at twenty five years of age. He was once young and brash, but now he was older and somewhat wiser. Experience comes with age after all, though admittedly, there came times when his somewhat older self felt no different.
Either way, in his world, the Templar Order was the heated enemy of the Assassins.
The Assassins were those who were familiar with a certain phenomenon known as the Murder Games. Records of such events have been recorded from those of the past like Ezio Auditore and more recently, Edward Kenway, and even those of the future, like Desmond Miles. However, little did they realize, the Templars also were familiar with the workings of the vast multiverse. As always, it seemed that they were one step ahead of the Assassins. At least, that
would be true if it weren't for the such vastness of the multiverse, which proved to be a great advantage, and an equally great disadvantage.
Killing an Assassin in an effort to destroy the Order went from trying to empty a moderately sized pond with a shotglass to trying to empty the entire world's oceans with a shotglass. At least, if Shay focused on destroying every Assassin in existence, and of course, that would never happen. He had to be realistic here. As realistic as multiversal travel could be. And for all he knew, Shay could just end up in a world where he never defected from the Assassins. He wouldn't know how he'd fare if he'd have to go toe to toe with himself.
So bearing that in mind, he need only kill the Assassins that knew of the multiverse's workings. And then its secrets would be known only to his Templar Order. Desmond Miles. Ezio Auditore. Edward Kenway. A number of others. Sir Haytham would always go quiet when discussing Edward Kenway, as he was Haytham's late father, and moments like those made Shay wonder if Haytham ever had doubts about his Templar allegiance. It reminded Shay of his own doubts, wondering if what he was doing was really the right thing.
But he had gone too far to stop right now. This was the only path left for him.
This was the only path that he could go down.
Some would ask, how exactly did the Templars become aware of the multiverse phenomena? That answer was a simple, yet complex one.
Revan was a figure from a far away world with technology far more advanced than Shay's world could ever become. Revan wore a mask that rendered Shay unable to read his face and ascertain his true feelings. Revan used a shining sword that could cut through anything, like icebergs, massive ships, buildings, and more, with just a strike. Revan used some force, crudely called
the Force, that could bend others to his will, summon the power of lightning to his fingertips, and much more.
In short, Revan was perhaps the most powerful being that Shay had ever met.
From what he could recall, Shay could recount that there was once a great threat known as Arch Demon Akibahara, and Revan was a co-founder of an organization known as G.O.R.E., which in turn combined with another group, the Future Foundation, to form the Coalition against the Arch Demon. But when Akibahara was defeated, there was no further need for the alliance to last, so the G.O.R.E. section of the Coalition had ended when Revan had left, but not without killing his former associate, some "Darth Rex" that had been close to others in the Coalition, most notably Desmond Miles from the 21st century.
While Desmond vowed to hunt down Revan and gather the Assassins from all over the multiverse, Shay had found himself recruited into Revan's cause. The two of them had a common goal of defeating the Assassins, though for different reasons, but nevertheless, Shay decided to work under Revan. He didn't want to say as a "lackey," but more... an assistant.
Either way, finding a specific version of a man throughout the multiverse was just as hard as it sounded. Especially when he moved through differet dimensions. It was also quite jarring for Shay, who had to find a man who had not even been born yet in his own time. As mentioned before, the workings of the multiverse acted as an advantage and a disadvantage. At times, it felt like he was more traveling through time rather than different worlds, but eventually, he found him. Desmond Miles.
Well, at least, a version of Desmond Miles that he could only assume to be the one he was looking for. He couldn't know for sure until later. May as well kill him here and get it over with.
Standing far away, Shay prepared to take the shot.
He took no pleasure in killing those who could potentially simply become allied with him, but this had to be done. The few for the many.
His finger wrapped itself around the trigger...
SHZZT!
Before Shay could fire, a portal would suddenly appear out of nowhere!
Like a vacuum or a black hole, it drew Shay in, leaving him forever to never find out if the Desmond Miles he had tracked down was his correct target.
"Grgh... aughhhh!"
It was never a pleasant sensation.
Traveling through worlds was quite finicky. Because the phenomena of traveling through worlds was something no natural world should ever happen, some could describe the sudden portal as a rip in the fabric of space-time.
Plop.
And just like that, he had appeared in Colombia.
Well, not that he would recognize it as Colombia anyway.
Oh, boy.
A spontaneous rip. With no tools of his own to leave, and no means of other worldly communication, Shay was... stuck. He'd have to either wait for another spontaneous portal or hope that Revan would come to his rescue, and that seemed unlikely.
But where to go from here? Choices, choices...
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