Ezio Auditore is undoubtedly one of the best characters in the series. Therefore, the Italian Assassin deserves more than one game. We saw Ezio as a man in the first game, Assassin’s Creed 2, but as the game continues, we see the boy grow into a man. Then, in the second game, we see him grow into a much more serious role and become the mentor of the Italian Brotherhood. In the final game of the trilogy, Ezio is an old and wise man who is on a journey to seek answers. AC Revelations tied many loose ends of the past three games. However, the intertwined plot got many confused, especially the game’s conclusion. So, let’s get the Assassin’s Creed Revelations ending explained.
Assassin’s Creed Revelations is the fourth game in the AC franchise and the third in the Ezio Trilogy. It came out in 2011 and became a massive hit like the past Assassin’s Creed installments. In this game, we not only get to see the present-day protagonist Desmond Miles but also the beloved Italian Assassin Ezio. However, the game also features another fan-favorite character from the series, and it’s none other than Altair, the protagonist of the first Assassin’s Creed game. Like most AC titles, Revelations was also out as a multi-platform game as it was playable on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows.
What Happens In Assassin’s Creed Revelations?
The present time plot of Assassin’s Creed Revelations picks up the story from where the second game in the Ezio trilogy left. Desmond goes into a comatose state after killing Lucy Stillman in the past game under Juno’s influence. Shaun Hasting vista Lucy’s funeral whereas Rebecca takes Desmond’s body to his father William Miles, who advises putting Desmond back into Animus to heal. Meanwhile, Desmond’s consciousness is stuck in a data bank called Black Room along with the consciousness of Clay Kaczmarek, who is better known as Subject 16.
Clay informs that Desmond’s mind got split because of using Animus. Therefore, he needs to relive the memories of his ancestors, Altair Ibn-La’Ahad and Ezio Auditore de Firenze, so that Animus can separate his memories from that of his ancestors. Desmond starts relieving Ezio’s memories, and the memories begin three years after the events of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. Ezio is now in his 50s and a Master Assassin who travels to Masyaf to an old Assassin tower to discover the secrets of the world and the ancient war between Templars and Assassins.
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What Ezio Does In Constantinople?
Ezio reaches the Assassin tower in Masyaf. But after reaching there, he finds out that the place is now overtaken by the templars. A fight breaks out between Ezio and the Templar battalion, who eventually overpower the Italian Master Assassin and plan to execute him. However, Ezio outsmarts them. He escapes his execution and eventually finds his way to the secret library of Altair, which contains the knowledge for seeking which Ezio came there. But Ezio discovers that he needs to unlock with five special and Byzantine Templars already found one in Constantinople.
Ezio then sets out for Constantinople, where he meets Yusuf, the leader of the Ottoman Assassin Brotherhood. He also gives Ezio hook blades and tells about the dominance of Templars in Constantinople. Therefore, Ezio also helps Yusuf to recruit and strengthen the Ottoman Brotherhood while looking for the keys. Further, Ezio also comes across a bookstore owner Sofia who helps the Italian Master Assassin to find the keys. Along the way, Ezio comes across many real-like historical figures as he did in past games. This time he meets a young Ottoman prince Suleiman-I whom Ezio protects from assassination and also looks for the mastermind behind this Assassin. Ezio eventually finds all the keys along with the truth that Suleiman’s Uncle Prince Amet is the Byzantine Templar head, and he was the one behind everything.
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What Was Altair Doing In Revelations?
Desmond’s memory was split between Ezio’s and Altair’s memory. Therefore, he needs to relive through both their memories to reach a Nexus point where Animus can separate Desmond from his ancestors. Desmond relives Ezio’s memories through the Animus island, and Ezio further sees Altair’s memories through his seals. To unlock Altair’s secret library, Ezio needed five special keys or seals to unlock it. But those keys also contained Altair’s memories which Ezio saw whenever he got his hands on one.
The first seal showed his heroic deed of protecting Masyaf from a traitor. The second memory Ezio and Desmond witnessed was that Altair stoping the rebellion from a fellow assassin Abbas Sofian and also the pyre of his Mentor Al Mualim. In the third memory seal, they see that while Ezio was away fighting the army of Genghis Khan with his elder son Darim and Wife Maria, Abbas led a coup against Altair and killed his younger son Sef in the process. Enraged, Altair goes to confront Abbas, but Maria dies in the process, which leads to Altair and his son Darim leaving the Brotherhood to exile. However, the fourth seal shows that Altair returns with his son, leading a revolt against Abbas’s poor rule with the help of other assassins. Then Altair again takes on the role of Mentor of the Masyaf Brotherhood.
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What Was Ezio’s Final Act In Constantinople?
Near the Assassin’s Creed Revelations ending, Desmond relives his memories. He relieves his entire life from his childhood up to Abstergo abducting him. After relieving his own life, Desmond relives Ezio once again and for the final time. Ezio killed the Byzantine prince Manuel and discovered that Amet was behind everything and he was the Templar Master. However, Amet held Sofia captive and asked Ezio to give the five keys in exchange for Sofia. Thus, Ezio rushes to Constantinople to meet Amet. Amet also killed Yusuf and many members of the Assassin Brotherhood. On his way back, Ezio relives the final memories of Altair on the seal. He sees that Ezio handed the pages of the codex to Niccolo and Maffeo Polo as gifts when they were leaving for Constantinople from Masyaf. Further, Altair gave them the keys and asked them to hide the keys in Constantinople.
Ezio then confronts Amet and gives him the keys in return for Sofia. However, that was a decoy, and the real Sofia was getting executed somewhere else. Ezio arrives at the perfect moment and saves Sofia. Then he goes after Amet and corners him. Ezio reclaimed the seals from him and was wondering what to do with Amet. However, Prince Selim-I arrives there, who was already become the sultan of Constantinople, and kills his brother Amet for treason. He then threatens Ezio to leave Constantinople and never return. He further reveals that he’s only sparing Ezio because of his bond with Selim’s son Suleiman.
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What Happens In The Assassin’s Creed Revelations Ending?
After Ezio leaves Constantinople with Sofia, the game again shifts to Desmond, who runs into a problem in Animus as Animus starts deleting the excess data, including Desmond. However, Clay sacrifices himself and pushes Desmond out of the Animus Island. After the loss of Clay, Desmond relives Ezio’s memories for the last time. After leaving Constantinople with Sofia, Ezio reaches Masyaf. However, Ezio, on the way to Masyaf, reveals everything to Sofia and also decides to retire after unlocking the truth. The Italian Master Assassin was finally able to unlock the secret library with those seals. In that library, Ezio finds the library was empty, there were no books or scrolls.
Ezio finds something more intriguing in the library. Because Altair’s corpse was there in that library with another seal in hand. Ezio witnesses the last bit of Altair’s memory. Altair emptied the Masyaf castle and dispatched all his assassins all over the world, including his son. Then Altair sealed his Apple of Eden in the library and locked himself there. Ezio then discovers the Apple in the library but refuses to take it. Instead, Ezio drops his gauntlets and sword, which is a sign of his retirement. Further, Ezio was now aware that somehow his descendant might be witnessing all this and asked Desmond to give meaning to all the sacrifices. Ezio also accepts that he was just a messenger carrying the message to the future. Desmond finally triggers the Nexus link and meets another person from the first civilization, Jupiter. He reveals to Desmond that they build giant temples underground to save the Isus and humanity. However, they were still inefficient as their race and humanity still got close to extinction. But he tells Desmond to visit the Grand Temple in New York. He further entrusts Desmond with the task of saving the world from another upcoming calamity. Desmond Miles finally wakes up from a comatose state. He then meets his friends and father and explains the situation. Then we see them entering the Grand Temple.
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