Assassin's Creed | Who's The Saddest Assassin?

[@FunnyRedemption]

Altair can't swim, I find this pretty sad honestly

[@Gabe.497]

I wonder if he's related to John Marston.

[@FunnyRedemption]

@@Gabe.497 already made a video on that for fun

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Saddest thing about Altair is that his game was planned to be like most modern games and had crafting, big but boring open worlds, hunting, a lot of customisations with loot and many boring side quests

[@Gallant_Tuba_Knight]

Oh shit, really? So what is his power?

[@lorandsimon1]

Actually, Altair can swim. But animus 1.0 cant read this memory.

[@jessicastrike5640]

Connor, no contest. He lost his mother and his village burned down, he had to kill his father, he had to bury his mentor, and even after all the work he does for the patriots they betray him too. That scene where he removes the hatchet still brings a tear to my eye. The next closest would be Arno then Altair

[@valorsayles3048]

Conner was angry not sad.

[@S3MTX]

@@valorsayles3048 yeah while I agree with everything he said about him & his story, he definitely was mad, not sad

[@The_Merchant_]

And then he got divorced by his cannonical wife

[@_P785_]

@@S3MTX sadness induced rage

[@JSGaming0327]

I completely agree!

[@HRHAF]

Desmond Miles. The true assassin who lived all of their lives and shared all their pain. The dude just wanted a normal life ended up being free for a while and then just gave up his life for the rest of humanity. He also shared all the emotions of the previous assassins and became one with them.

[@jasonvoorhees9523]

also was forced by juno to kill lucy only for her templar blood

[@juandirection3751]

@@jasonvoorhees9523 I think in a later audio log it was also because she was a double agent for the templar, her helping Desmond was just a cover

[@jasonvoorhees9523]

@@juandirection3751 nah i dont think so because juno was bad all the time and assassins and templars worked together to defeat juno in a comic before origins and after syndicate

[@sometimesitbelikedat2529]

He got to bang Caterina Sforza and Christina Vespucci as well. Really sad.

[@auroramoon_draws16]

Pretty sure Des was also slowly losing his sanity from the Animus, but that wouldn’t have really mattered, because he died, so y’know

[@michaeltaylor815]

I’m gonna go with Connor, he went through a lot at a very young age, not to mention he carried the responsibility of saving his people, but we all knew how that went down, no one really ever understood him, even his best friend, whom he had to kill. Seriously, the composer did a great job with ‘Connor’s life’ soundtrack, the tone clearly shows the sadness

[@RenegadeX025]

Lorne Balfe man. So glad they got him to compose AC3 because the whole soundtrack sounds like it was made for a feature film, which is fitting because the composer has done a lot of film work.

[@michaeltaylor815]

@@RenegadeX025 tbh I never knew Lorne Balfe before AC3 but the soundtracks are amazing, they fit so well with the environment as well as the story

[@infnitvlt618]

People have to stop picking Connor. All that happened to him was his dad, bff and mom died. How about fuckin Achilles? He's gone through way more pain than anyone on this list. If your not counting him, than Ezio. He lost 6 people, 5 being his family, and the 6th one being the love of his life.

[@sergiomariotti9354]

Altäir life is worse

[@saadshowkat2731]

Bayek's sorrow can be seen when he speaks with random kids, the way he turns into a friendly man

[@GnBPlayer]

True Though Bayek Turns Friendly When Theres A Child Considering The Fact He Lost His Son, His Friend, His Wife He Lost Everything

[@JacksonWalter735]

Connor to me. His story is just so depressing. He grew up without a father, got beaten up by strangers as a kid, and watched his mother die and his village attacked (supposedly by Charles Lee). Juno then sent him on a path to becoming an Assassin so he could get revenge and protect his village. He leaves behind everything just to accomplish that and reaches out to Achilles to become an Assassin. He gets used by the patriots/Sons of Liberty because some of their goals align, and later finds out that Washington was responsible for the attack that killed his mother and many people of his tribe. He gets manipulated and used by his own father while Haytham tried to get Connor to join the Templars resulting in Connor having to kill his own father at the end. Connor was forced to kill his best friend after his friend was manipulated by Lee into attempting an attack on the patriots. Connor's relationship with his father figure, Achilles, was strained at the end because of Haytham and when they made up, Achilles dies not too long afterwards leaving Connor with the burden to rebuild the brotherhood and the task of killing his own father. After Connor kills Lee and accomplishes his mission, he's basically alone (aside from the people at his Homestead), his village had to move because their land was sold off by the very people he was helping, AND he find out he was manipulated by Juno the whole time. Everything Connor went through was for Desmond to find they key/amulet to open the Grand Temple to potentially set Juno free. That is just a depressing life. He was basically used and manipulated by everything and endured all of that just to set up events for his descendent in the future.

[@ergames1161]

I thought I had a hair on my screen cuz of u😒

[@michaeltaylor815]

The Kenways collectively have the saddest ending

[@doogsniffedcocaine]

No I do not think he was beaten up

[@doogsniffedcocaine]

@Lhordzeus Mamulang He says Strangers As a kid only Charles Lee beat him,up

[@infnitvlt618]

@Lhordzeus Mamulang What are you even talking about? The only person that beat him up was Charles Lee.

[@winster32]

Connor, definitely. There’s the audio recording of Connor reading the ending of Forsaken. That what makes Connor the most depressing. I say Ezio and Arno are second Mother, Father, I am sorry. I have failed you both. I made a promise to protect our people. I thought…I thought if I could stop the templars-if I could keep the Revolution free from their influence-that those I supported would do what was right. They did-I suppose-do what was right… What was right for them. As for you, Father: I thought I might unite us, that we would forget the past and forge a better future. In time I believed you could be made to see the world as I did; to understand…but it was just a dream. This too, I should have known. Were we not meant to live in peace, then? Is that it? Are we born to argue? To fight? So many voices, each demanding something else… It has been hard at times, but never harder than today to see all I worked for; perverted, discarded, forgotten! You would say I have described the whole of history, Father. Are you smiling, then? Hoping I might speak the words you long to hear? To validate you? To say that all along, you were right? I will not. Even now, faced as I am with the truth of your cold words, I refuse, because I believe things can still change. I may never succeed-the Assassin's may struggle another thousand years in vain-but we will not stop! Compromise. That is what everyone has insisted upon. And so I have learned it. But differently than most, I think… I realize now that it will take time; that the road ahead is long, and shrouded in darkness. It is a road that will not always take me where I wish to go, and I doubt I will live to see its end. But I will travel down it nonetheless. For at my side walks hope. In the face of all that insists I turn back, I carry on. This… This is my compromise."

[@cecilarthur3579]

Your dedication to one single comment is incredible. You earned the credit

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

I still rather say Bayek or Altaïr than Ezio. Don't get me wrong, Ezio gone through a lot, but he still had support of a lot of people in his life, odds weren't completely against him and in the end, he was able to learn some kind of fulfilling life.

[@sergiomariotti9354]

Altäir life was worse

[@BlazerK1914]

Ezio: “You killed your own father?” Connor: “I have to, he was a Templar.” Altair: “That’s rough, buddy.”

[@fanzy1012]

Altair saw his father's killer confess and commit Suicide .

[@BlazerK1914]

@@fanzy1012 I've thought of the fact that Altair killed Al Mualim, who's like a father figure to him.

[@fanzy1012]

@@BlazerK1914 Altair is probably the saddest character . He had his father killed He always lived the assasin life He saw his best friends father betray his father then confess and then commit Suicide in front of him. Maria died in his hand. His son died thinking he was the one who ordered his execution. His best friend turned against him. And lastly in his dying moments he under stood that all that was for nothing.

[@hellosocial1742]

@@fanzy1012 don't forget he died alone in his own prison or library with no one

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@fanzy1012 also, his love before Maria probably died too

[@zachnolan1639]

Probably Bayek. Feels like a guy who hides it well but has immense grief for all he’s lost.

[@Gallant_Tuba_Knight]

Every time he interacts with children, you can actually feel the sorrow.

[@infnitvlt618]

I can name 3 assassins who went through WAY more pain. Achilles, Ezio, Connor.

[@fiendishme4311]

Bayek turned his grief to rage.. man defeated sadness but gained anger.

[@phantom9062]

Everyone can prepare to lose a parent, a mentor, a friend, a lover, and a co-worker. But if you have any sanity you will never be prepared for losing a child.

[@residentevil2928]

Bayek got cucked

[@ermishatziantoniou5113]

Altair has the most tragic story out of every single one of the main characters combined . He saw the dad of his best friend slit his own throat in front of him at only 10 . He became enemies with his childhood friend as a cause of it and was forced to kill him . He never knew his mother who died at his childbirth . His father was murdered when he was 10. He was forced to kill his father figure mentor . He had to participate in constant global wars for decades (crusades , mongols , raiders). He accidentally killed his wife . He lost a son . He was betrayed by the Creed and was exiled for 20 years from his only home. He never had many choices in life due to him being born in the brotherhood . He was starting to lose his sanity while experimenting with the apple . He died alone but at least a legend . For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. He is the definition of sadness , one that reflects the true nature of an assassins life . People tend to forget the tragicness of his story because he rarely shows emotions but that was just due to much harsher times in 12th century and him carrying the burden of mentor at only 26 leaves little space for showing weaknesses in front of your people . His inner battle was constant and the biggest . He truly was depressed but hid it quite well .

[@tylerrussell9926]

Thank you good to know that someone else had this thought

[@jasonvoorhees9523]

connor story was more sad cuz he dont got nothing after completed his mission after killed his templar father and get his village burned but in the end all the assassins got tragic storys cuz of the templars thats why they become assassin to get a redemption

[@sergiomariotti9354]

@@jasonvoorhees9523 niether Altäir he died alone, knowing his home would be destroyed

[@tvwchain9314]

Edwards isnt the saddest story of them. But for some reason his story never fails to make me cry. He just wanted to give his wife a good life one they deserve. It wasnt what he should have done but he wanted to make her happy. He loses a bunch of new friends only to find out his wife died a long time ago. And he wasnt there to help raise their kid. Its not the saddest but it hits me hard as shit every time during that final cutscene especially with that song playing The parting glass.

[@Dotnn]

almost all of his friends died bonnet even died

[@schema2525]

You forgot bellec!! He betrayed arno after he got him to the brotherhood, mentored him, been a friend of his father etc. So that betray really must have hurt too

[@sigmundspankr5505]

I feel Arno was the saddest. Not because the cause of his suffering was worse than the others, but because he pretty much had no one to lean on. Bellec was someone he thought he trusted until he eventually had to put him down. The rest of the Paris council ousted him and Elise, for all of Arno's simping and making promises to each other to do things together, runs off to get herself killed. Ezio was fortunate enough to have met people who helped him grow into the old man who happily passed away with his family, but as far as we know Arno had pretty much no one left for him until the Dead Kings finale.

[@sizeable-cult3169]

Imagine if Arno adopted the Dead Kings kid. It would have been a happy ending

[@DRAKE-ss7zq]

@@sizeable-cult3169I was hoping that would happen when I first played it

[@yourethebestt]

Leon? Unity's story isn't finished, so it's possible.

[@Skyline-tq2ef]

The moment Arno Dorian was exiled from the Assassin Order was kind of pointless. The Assassin did not break the three tenets of "Keep the Blade from the Innocent", "Hide in Plain Sight", and "Never Compromise the Brotherhood". The only Assassin I've seen ignore all of these was Altair.

[@rohann2833]

You also forgot that Abbas had Malik’s head cut off and showed it to Altair. Connor and Arno we can assume they had a happy ending since we know they were able to raise a family and have descendents but there was no happy ending for Altair. He pretty much lost everyone except Darim and saw everything he worked to rebuild crumble.

[@mynamajoj6152]

I completely agree, Altair grew up with no parental figures except Al Mualim, and his rivalry with Abbas almost cost him everything. But in the end he did manage to restore the Assassin Brotherhood and spread it throughout the known world. In the 10 years he spent from 1247 to 1257 as the Mentor once more, he undid what Abbas had.

[@rohann2833]

@@mynamajoj6152 yep. Having to rebuild the order for the second time too. I’m surprised he lived to be what? 92? All the trauma and stress in his life would definitely have had a negative impact on his health not to mention the life expectancy for people back then was very low. Altair is a G

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@rohann2833 Altair is a G, but I'm pretty sure The Apple of Eden made some magic to his body and mind. At the age of 80 something he still kicked ass, even when he escorted Polo brothers out of the Masiaf too

[@Xirpzy]

@@rohann2833 that comes more from infant mortality than anything. If someone lived past 30 he/she was likely to become much older as well. Not saying we dont have better living standards now in large parts of the world but I see the misconception very often of people that believe people didnt age they same way as we are today.

[@superkid801]

I’d say Connor as well. He went through a rough life and fought hard. Killing his father, losing his mother, his village left and had to kill his friend. It was not easy for him, especially losing Achilles too.

[@connorohalloran1636]

Connor's story was a sad one and his ending monologue was a bit sad as well but somewhat hopeful, wish we could see what happened next in his story. But we've been asking for the dream sequel for yrs so F knows if we're gonna get it

[@Zeus22250]

They could easily set it up as the war of 1812 was on the horizon. Seeing Conner in his later years like Ezio would have been cool

[@GamezKAO]

There is comic story of conner after ac3 . Trains his kid

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

He had a family and raised a child or multiple, so he had a good ending

[@RaNgErs_Rep]

Assassin's Creed the American Dream Sry the pun came from dream sequel

[@mareo187]

He did manage to get a family tho, but they don't describe them that much.

[@dennismuller4746]

There is also another sad thing about Ezio: The death of Christina (which timeline wise happened in ac2 but the missions were playable in brotherhood (and essentially were triggered by interacting with women looking like Christina) which indicates that Ezio didn't want to remember her and her death etc because it is connected to too much pain since brotherhood takes place 10-15 years later. And Ezio also mentioned in revelations that he thought that he couldn't love anymore after Christina died and only felt love after knowing Sofia (so basically Ezio needed at least 10-15 years to get over her death and around 20 years to love someone like he did with her)

[@aradhyasakpal8083]

Agreed. Brother. Cristina loved ezio a lot and so did Ezio. Damn his sacrifice of letting the husband marry her was straight up sadness.

[@sleepycreed4285]

Great vid 👌 I agree with him being the "saddest" assassin but there's something about how Altairs wife and kid were killed that gets me.

[@Ektor720]

Am I the only one who noticed that this comment was published "9 hours ago"?

[@spongebobsquarepants101]

@@Ektor720 hes a member so he gets to see vids early

[@Ektor720]

@@spongebobsquarepants101 oh yeah, I completely forgot...

[@RaulitoTheAssassin]

Altair never lives his lives connor was an assassins and expirience bd thing as an assassin but connor chose that rute connor was not force into the brotherhood altair never had a childhood even connor had a childhood playing as connor tha firt time was playing hide and seek! Altair never had a childhood his childhood was to be trained never play yeah in the end altair could chose to retire like ezio but ezio know life outside the brotherhood and connor chose . altair if you see it my way he always was a cagebird and never experience life outside the assassins not even with maria ! Altair had so many enemies that he could not retire Yeah connor was sad but he chose he rute the only thing that he never chose was his mother death but the other thing he chose Connor could of join his father and rule the galaxies as father and son! Oops! I mean templars😂 and live happy!

[@ticket2space]

Along with Malik as well. He was usurped too. Watched his father go. Watched his former best friend and his father go as well. Knew extreme betrayal too. Gnarly stuff

[@mynamajoj6152]

I’d say that Altair has the saddest story. He grew up never knowing his parents, his mother died during childbirth and his father was rarely part of his life due to his Assassin responsibilities. His father was captured by Saracen soldiers and executed, meanwhile the Assassin responsible for his fathers death (Ahmad Sofian) committed suicide right in front of Altair when he was 10 YEARS OLD, out of guilt. Altair created a very long rivalry with Abbas Sofian after telling him about his fathers suicide, which later caused him to usurp Altair of his power and kill his son Sef and wife Maria. Altair also had to kill the only father figure he ever had, Al Mualim, (who’s love was weak and dishonest) after discovering his traitorous plot. He never knew a true parents love, his best friend betrayed him and killed part of his family, and he was exposed to death as young as 10, in which he was probably more than scarred. To come home after years of fighting Ghengis Khan abroad, his whole village and brotherhood taken over by his friend, and even Malik was executed. Dude lost so much friends and family. I don’t think losing your son or being a simp is on par with that.

[@chandamusonda6656]

Yeah, he left alot of details about Altair's life in the video. His was definitely the most tragic in the AC franchise.

[@gabrielvernet5829]

So god damn true

[@gonzalodiaz9326]

100% agree. He also had to carry the burden of seeing everything that happened and will happen though the Apple.

[@nat5276]

this is the comment i was looking for

[@fuskits]

Thank You Bro You Explain Altair's Story Perfectly And Why He Is The Saddest Assassin

[@OrangeDragon04]

Achilles. He lost everything. His wife, son, friends, his sanity for quite some time, A freaking precursor box and manuscript, the brotherhood entirely, influence, reputation and his God damn ability to walk properly. The others could at least fight back or do something about the state they're in. Achilles was cornered ... or more like Iceberged and crippled for life.

[@zombiewarrior225]

These lists are all about the playable protagonists. But if Achilles was a playable character, I can see him as a candidate.

[@infnitvlt618]

@Scareface If so, why isn't Shay on the listy? Sure, he was a templar for most of the game but Edward only became an assassin at the very end of Black Flag. Shay was quite literally an assassin longer than Edward was.

[@zombiewarrior225]

@@infnitvlt618 well, you said why yourself. He's a Templar when you play as him, so technically he's listed as a Templar protagonist and not an assassin

[@infnitvlt618]

@Scareface Well Edward shouldn't be counted as an assassin protagonist either since he's only an assassin for 4 missions. Shay was an assassin at some point, same as Edward. The creator of the video is acting like Shay was NEVER an assassin. If Shay's not in the video, Edward shouldn't be either

[@JimMastorakis1808]

@Abdul Rahiman Shay was an Assassin much, much longer than Edward. If you played Rogue, read Liam's story from the database and you'll understand what I mean.

[@NnullX]

Connor absolutely. His people were effectively all wiped out, he had to kill his father and best friend and ended up fighting in a war for a cause that didn't really end up working out for him or his people the way he would have wanted. My favorite assassin because he overcame all that and still did his duty as an assassin. Connor is the definition of a badass

[@alcreamiemaster7293]

I'd say arno was the saddest, I also feel like the loss of mirabu and facing bellec affected him as well. Not to mention he's the only assassin who got depressed enough to go into alcoholism

[@Arbiter65]

He lost three people in his life while Connor lost half of an entire tripe and mother and many others

[@alcreamiemaster7293]

@@Arbiter65 true, but he was filled with rage, not guilt and sadness

[@mateusdossantos1998]

the alcoholism could be because he's more emotionally weak than the other assassins, this dosen't mean he is the saddest

[@mateusdossantos1998]

@@alcreamiemaster7293 connor is stoic, he just don't express his own emotions well, just like altair

[@nameynamename3758]

@@Arbiter65 just because he went through the most doesnt mean he's the saddest

[@philosotree5876]

Yes, I'd like to see this series cover all of the protagonists (Including Haytham) instead of just all the Assassin protagonists. Also, I don't understand your logic with excluding Shay bc he was an Assassin for a while.

[@damonoc3606]

But his a templar this is who was tje saddest assassin not the saddest templar

[@philosotree5876]

@@damonoc3606 You talking about Shay or Haytham?

[@damonoc3606]

@@philosotree5876 shay

[@philosotree5876]

@@damonoc3606 He said himself, MULTIPLE TIMES, that they just have to have been an Assassin at some point, which he was.

[@jbyrd2330]

@@philosotree5876 but no we see shay as a assassin for a grand total of an hour and he does much more as a Templar

[@masteronmace]

I think Jacob Frye is a very underrated character. I'm replaying Syndicate right now and it's actually a decent game, especially considering it has a lot of ways to play the game like Unity and Jacob easily goes through a lot of deceit and tricks as well as basically losing his student/son figure

[@olivia3779]

Yeah but a lot worse has happened to other assassins

[@masteronmace]

@@olivia3779 Yes though every assassin goes through some form of tragedy and it affects them differently.

[@olivia3779]

@@masteronmace yeah but Jacob didn’t even go through that much

[@masteronmace]

@@olivia3779 Well it's not the quantity, it's the quality. You can see how visibly disturbed he is immediately right after killing Roth and when Evie chives him for not following their "father's" lessons. Not to mention, if Jacob completely lost his mannerisms as time passed that does say something. Also, most of Syndicate is just spent on Jacob if we're going to be honest so we get a good focus on him the entire time.

[@olivia3779]

@@masteronmace Bayek stabbed his son and Ezio watched his father and brothers get hung, pretty sure this is very tame compared to them

[@Bibochan18]

A lot of people are talking about the amount of loss the characters experience, but not so much the quality of loss. It's one thing to lose a parent, sibling or friend, it's another thing entirely to lose a child. Someone you helped bring into this world. Someone who is half of you. Bayek is tormented not only by the loss of Khemu, but how he lost him. The icing on the cake? Aya was his rock through everything, then she leaves him. At least he starts the Hidden Ones to have some kind of companionship, but then he loses friends there too.

[@owleyes9739]

Also, I in the game it is mentioned that because of the circumstances of Khemu’s death, he can’t go the afterlife or something to that effect….which is pretty messed up considering that he’s a child. Oh and Bayek did lose his best friend during his story.

[@Bibochan18]

@@owleyes9739 Right, I totally forgot about that. That's why Khemu doesn't appear in the afterlife in the Curse of the Pharaohs.

[@sachiko5902]

The mission Bayek's Promise got me wailing like a baby when I finished it and listened to all the conversations

[@sergiomariotti9354]

Altäir lose all of them including his son and the love of his life TWICE

[@BURZUMY3ah]

I love how charles gave respect to connor just 4 seconds before his death. Charles gave connor his drink with a smile like he is proud of connor

[@cosmickeyboard9811]

I honestly think Arno, in dead king he literally went chasing after a random women thinking that his girlfriend was still alive, he lost his father twice and had to kill somone who was like a bestfriend to him.

[@voldren4203]

Plus we really don't know what happened in the rest of his life, unlike Connor we never found out if he ever got married and had kids.

[@Sean-idk]

He does or at least thats what Google says

[@Gunpowder1000]

Three times if you count belec

[@Gunpowder1000]

Well that doesn’t mean he had a happy life as he might not have even known he had a child

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@Gunpowder1000 he had a child lmao He's an ancestor to Kallum Linch aka the Movie Protagonist

[@cloud5074]

Arno lost his 'only' family member lost his stepfather had to kill his mentor Always Drink Had to blame everything on himself Romeo and Juliet (imagine someone who you love dearly also loves you, and watch her/him pass away in front of you. And Afterward you cannot even find a single person to fill that void) In short, you can see that he is one of the saddest assassins because his whole story is filled with regret, sadness and loneliness. Because it's ironic that while Assassin's Creed Unity is the only Assassin's Creed game that allows co-op play with other Assassins, it's more likely that Arnold has actually never experienced any co-op missions with any other Assassins (other than his mentor) , because Arno is more likely to do things his way, no matter how his allies die in the mission, he will always blame himself and drink half to death. So while other assassins have experienced grief and regret, not as much as Arno, because he's always been in that state of being sorry for everything.

[@jlm4109]

Arnold😂😂 it's Arno.

[@mcmapless]

Arnold? 😭😭😭

[@otisl.1422]

Man, I sure wish we had been able to get a story with Connor and Arno teaming up. They both had a stake in taking down Shay.

[@yashkedare8628]

I'm gonna go with Bayek due to his agile personality.

[@Gunpowder1000]

Well Connor still had the homestead which became his new family, Arno lost literally EVERYONE and thought it was his fault

[@Mister_Shoe]

I think you should include Desmond in these videos because he technically was an Assassin and had a great role to play so i think he has earned it.

[@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667]

While there are a few Assassins here who are good contenders for this question, my vote ultimately goes to Connor. Right from the get-go, his life has been riddled with tragedy, from the watching of his mother, Ziio, being burned alive as a kid, to being forced to kill his father, Haytham, and childhood friend, Kanento:kon, to constantly being betrayed by those who he thought were his allies (shame on you, George Washington). And then of course, there's the death of the only man he viewed as a father figure, Achilles Davenport. Connor literally just walks up to him, only to discover that he's passed away and is now a lifeless body sitting in a chair. I mean, can you imagine? Walking up to someone with the intention of having a simple talk or asking a question, and then you find that they're just lying there dead? That has to hit hard. Seriously, man. Poor Connor just couldn't catch a break.

[@rehunk3134]

This I'd the episode I've been waiting for nice work Master Assassin

[@Scalezy]

I think that it was Bayak because Bayak's best friend died to protect Siwa and his other friend joined the order of ancients plus he was seperated from his wife.

[@Raven_Sentinel]

Naw Altair living entire life killing no emotions when you get family everyone dies and one of son things his father ordered it then he sits and slowly dies in library painfully going back to his assassin life literally the saddest story

[@acherest2768]

God connor is such a well written character, not only is he the toughest assasin but also has the deepest backstory

[@fawadkalhoro9372]

Connor, who wanted to live a happy life but it never happened . He had no family except his mother even every person he trusted had bretayed him or died.

[@morphzy6785]

This video just reminded me how much I need to play through this series again

[@Nightblade792]

I agree Connor he basically lost everything but nothing really changed in the end

[@fantasyeve87]

Yeah I would say Connor, you sense this tone throughout the whole game where you feel he does so much but doesn't seem to have anything shown for it, and everyone is essentially dead. The only redeeming feat is that you know he reestablishes the brotherhood and eventually finds someone to carry on the lineage that ultimately leads to Desmond so you know he found someone there...but it's sad that we don't get to see it.

[@ariesgaming4085]

I really think edward kenway is the most saddest.... He saw all his friends die when he was ready to go home he found out his wife died....it is all this sadness that turned edward into a true assassin(its also the reason why i love ac4)..😅

[@Lion-eb3tz]

That’s cap Connor got beaten up when he was a kid his mother died and his whole village was burned and he had to kill his best friend and then his own father then he realises he’s been betrayed by Washington and then Achilles dies and the thing is he still didn’t win the war fully he had the saddest story ever

[@ariesgaming4085]

@@Lion-eb3tz yeah i know bro but when he realizes that Washington burned his village down he didn't do anything he went for Charles lee again.... So we could have different views bro..i think edward has the saddest story and because of the story i like edward, like the story of ac4 was way good then the story of ac3....

[@SpeakNoEvil117]

@@Lion-eb3tz at least Conor had a peaceful ending at the homestead I assume, where's Edward got murdered in his own home and eventually had his son become a Templar

[@oinkytheink1228]

@@SpeakNoEvil117 Well at least his son who became a Templar murdered the murderer of edward

[@RayAkuma]

The saddest moment in AC was in AC2 when Ezio had to endure this painful reference from his uncle: ,,Its-a-me. Mario."

[@mr.pay2win176]

I liked playing odyssey though haha. It’s prolly cuz I was a huge Percy Jackson fan so exploring the Greek world was fun

[@louismontgomery100]

Bayek is the saddest for me. Other assassins have lost as much if not more than him but the voice acting for his character shows the most emotion out of all assassins creed characters.

[@meatiest1989]

Altair - Mom died giving birth to him - Dad executed - Sees dad's friend k|11 himself at 9 years old - Loses first love, Adha - Was used by Al Mualim for most of AC1 - Has to end the life of his own mentor - Has to see a civil war within the Levantine Brotherhood - Sees Malik's head which was severed by Abbas - Loses all the people he knew in the Bureaus - Sees his own wife die as a result of him using the Apple - Is exiled from Masyaf and the Brotherhood

[@Growmetheus]

Aveline Lost the step-mother who raised her AND her mentor at the end, along with all wealth she was destined for. She lost everything and was doomed to live her life in sacrifice.

[@bestteapartyever2877]

Arno’s life is really sad… Lost his mother. Lost his father. Lost step father. Forced to kill his own mentor. Kicked out of Assassin’s brotherhood. Lost only thing he cared and all he had… Elise…

[@memecliparchives2254]

And he cared about any of them truly, only Elise.

[@santi_super_stunts2573]

I could replace that with Connor. -lost him mom -lost his father -had to kill his father -his mentor died eventually -village burned -betrayed by people he fought with - his people were driven out by Washingtons troops -basically failed

[@karma-d-rage2717]

Me personally just found this channel and already one of my favorites Also what about who's the smoothest assassin in terms of clean kills.

[@Zeus22250]

Just coming right off the Ezio Trilogy with a more mature perspective now that im older. I think its actually Ezio who is the saddest. Even with some family up till Brotherhood he is considered "distant" he barley interacted with Claudia for 20 years! The Assassins we play, we don't get to see them as Elders, so we don't hear them look back on their entire life. It took Ezio till near the end of his life to realize what he had missed out on for himself, he knew he wouldn't have the time and regretted what he spent time on. But, in the end he realized that to be an Assassin requires self-sacrifice, pain and suffering to preserve love, liberty and time for others.

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

Ezio is perhaps one of the most tragic, your argument is highlighting his tragedy. But he's not exactly "sad" during any of it. AC2 shows Ezio as vengeful, not sad. Brotherhood shows him as more optimistic and level-headed. Revelations has a lower tone, but that's Ezio being tired and old more than sad.

[@Zeus22250]

@@InhabitantOfOddworld Ezio can be debated as a character simply due to game design as well. We don't really see his character fully fleshed out like you do in most of the later Assassins Creed's, past revelations. Playing AC 3 for 15 hours now and I already understand Conner more than Ezio. Game designer's back then were too worried about making the player bored with story and considered that. Going past 2010 though the industry changed along with standards within gaming. Note* Modern Gaming today has taken an awful turn, but early 2010's up till like 2016 were pretty good.

[@odd-eyes6363]

I'd say Arno. He hates himself throughout all of Unity because he puts the blame on himself for the death of his fathers. Bayek suffered a bigger shock but he was at least able to function, Arno had two depression episodes before he met Leon who saved him from himself

[@qundaledingelthe3rd3]

Connor I agree 100% however Arno had a sad life aswell if you think deeper into the dead kings dlc

[@paprus5972]

I think Shay should be included in these. He was an assassin for a while, and was at least directly related to the assassin-templar conflict, unlike Eivor and Kassandra, who were doing their own thing.

[@learniteasy8146]

The saddest assassin in my opinion is Achilles, Although everyone suffered losses so we can't decide who lost the most, so the requirment would be who didn't achieve anything even after pain and loss of assassin's life, And Achilles is the only one who didn't achieved anything apart from training connor, so atleast he died with some peace in his heart.

[@Javinator3000]

Achilles got what he deserved including the shot up leg imo

[@ghonnh20]

Connor and Altair ate the saddest for me, also Bayek

[@AmalGum001]

I think it would be better if these videos included Shay, Eivor and the demigods, mainly because they are protagonists too which fill the same role as the assassins, even if they aren’t actual assassins

[@Kageravager]

I mean, he notes in the disclaimer for quite a few of his vids that he wants to mainly include the actual assassins. I can see your point though.

[@Gabe.497]

Eivor is an assassin just not in the faction called the assassin brotherhood so I don't know why he doesn't at least have him or her on this list.

[@AmalGum001]

@@Gabe.497 I was thinking that. Eivor *and* the demigods do technically perform assassinations which by definition does make them an assassin

[@Kageravager]

@@AmalGum001 So show me where they were inducted into brotherhood and legitimized as an Assassin. It's clear that while Eivor is a protagonist, they're not an Assassin even if they have some of the skills and deeds of one.

[@AmalGum001]

@@Kageravager I wasn’t replying to you, but read it again. I said: ‘by definition, they are assassins’. The definition of assassin is to stealthily kill someone of importance. They aren’t assassins in the brotherhood, I never said that, but they are *by definition* assassins

[@QWERTY-hi4no]

Great video! Just an idea is may be you could include Adewale and Aveline. I just really like adewale in freedom cry.

[@christiandunn9934]

Kassandra has to be pretty sad she had to watch all her family and friends grow old and die then probably meet other people one being eivor also she knew she would out live them with the staff and having that dang staff talking to you for so many years would make you go mad. She was thrown off a mountain at a young age and thought her brother was dead for years plus she lost her husband and never got to watch her child grow up she also lost Phoebe who was like her sister and only friend she also lost Marco due to him growing old and he was like a dad in a way she also went to see dead Phoebe.

[@Silver_Dollar]

Conner and and Arno definitely went through it. Loosing who they lost. But with how attached you get Ezio and his family especially his brothers, when most his family is executed in front of him, his mother was abused and taken advantage of, watched his mentor Mario be executed. And entire life from teenager was pure dedication to the brotherhood.

[@hexerrune123]

Can you do the funniest assassin

[@Steezealways]

Definetly would be Edwards and ezio

[@damonoc3606]

Jacob frye

[@jaydendelvalle3666]

Bayek - maddest. Connor - saddest. PLEASE don’t start including demigods, master! I’ve been a subscriber since 20k. I love ur channel and you’ve made me an obsessed AC fan. I love every game except odyssey and Valhalla.

[@PhoenixSora]

Connor did had the saddest life in the games, but in the comics, he moved on and married a woman from another tribe and they had kids, so Connor lived happily ever after Edit: If Connor didn't had kids, then Desmond wouldn't find a way to save the world

[@Rose-qz9tg]

Im pretty sure his wife leaves him and he stays all alone

[@mateusdossantos1998]

@@Rose-qz9tg that is what abstergo tell about connor story, that probably isn't the right version

[@elliottcrain3097]

Although he’s not an assasssin anymore I find Shay pretty sad and tragic. He blindly followed the brotherhood and because of that he’s feeling the guilt of killing thousands of people and the whole city and just as he warned others he got shot from the back. On top of that his old friend killed the guy who saved him so there are some conflicts within. Rogue was one hell of a game man, shame it was so short

[@spongebobsquarepants101]

Give me LEE

[@mandarinmerle6993]

if kassandra was here, she'd win. shes endured what 2400 years of tradgedy, war, and loss of everyone she knew and loved. and she had to live knowing everyone she met would eventually die and that she'd outlive them. Also that odyssey joke was class, well done!

[@ehejehedeidi5299]

Next time put kassandra/alexios or just change it now

[@mandarinmerle6993]

@@ehejehedeidi5299 no because Kassandra is cannon, therefore only she lived 2400 years roughly.

[@Blacklungs-Sanji]

The beauty of the assassins is that their grief becomes hope which becomes reality. There’s no real reason to fight over who’s who because Ezio,bayek, Conner etc can all be viewed as having the saddest stories, but they all Mai tired and became 1 man armys in the same ways. Every assassin would put up a good fight on another one (story protagonist)

[@Mr.Monkeyreal7]

Connor, ezio and bayek of course. Love you man❤️

[@diogo__-vr2jw]

this channel made me like ac, great vid!

[@Yair3212]

Connor has had one tragic and difficult life of an assassin really from losing his mentor who was actually father-figure to him to ending his own father life but Connor always pushed him to the limit and but has he stated “I made never succeed the assassin may struggle another thousand years in vain but we will not stop” but good thing is that Connor actually found happiness within his wife and his three kids who I hope with make appearance soon

[@kirbyx2137]

Not only is Connor strong physically he is mentally strong being able to overcome everything he went through

[@Firegator-pf5my]

I feel Edward is very underrated when it comes to sadness, he like you said had to kill some of his friends, but what really was sad, was when the lady was singing at the end, and you saw all of his friends together, except he was just imagining things, they were all dead. But also like you said he did become happy and he got through it.

[@honeybadger0562]

I think a sleeper is Edward. He clearly had some childhood difficulties which I think is why he is so attracted to money, his wife left him and died when he was in the Caribbean. He saw nearly every fiend he had die either by his own hand or killed by empires.

[@cyberbishop7547]

You should do who's the angriest assassin, like who was driven by anger, hatred and revenge

[@revanius2213]

Connor and Arno are definitely two of the saddest but for me the saddest is Bayek. Yes, his story ends on a hopeful note but the act of killing one's own son, that's honestly worse than losing a parent or a loved one.

[@AmonRa_Stringer]

Conor legit be depressed dawg some people could never understand his struggle

[@Kdotlover123]

Back with another great video

[@Kdotlover123]

Hi, can u give me ur email so i can contact u?

[@pavanteja5176]

The intro to this video is gold

[@siddhartharoychowdhury2489]

Connor's story was defintely the saddest. His drive for vengeance and trustworthiness was misused by a lot of people, he lost a lot of people he considered family, and eventually his tribe, whom he was fighting for, were force to leave their land. The ending scene shows how empty it felt, when all he did and accomplished didn't amount to much for him and his people.

[@mikasmackevicius1182]

Im gonna go Edward Kenway. He doesn't have a sad backstory but you can realise how sad his life was while playing ac black flag, he lost all of his friends and was forced to kill his former friends who betrayed him, he was also betrayed by his son as he died at the age of 42.

[@cosmlc_0531]

Id have to go with bayek I can't even imagine what it must of been like to live with the pain knowing his hand killed his son and also the fact that with pretty much each major enemy he takes revenge on he ends up seeing his son basically giving him constant reminders of what happened that day

[@will1929]

I remember the scene at the end of AC III, where Connor is happy at the beginning, cuz they won, but at the end he saw slaves and instantly got that this world is not for him.

[@kingty3187]

Left a disgusting amount of detail out of Altair's story, he without a doubt had the most tragic story.

[@koyzack1017]

Arno is slept on his story was so sad from his childhood to his ending with Elise it all hit so hard even Bellec

[@zakirahmed480]

Can you do a video on the most successful assassin (in terms of stopping the Templars and helping the creed) or even one for the modern day assassins

[@_carbon.acid_]

Seeing your loved ones die in front of you, that's tragic. But being betrayed by people you love again and again to that point in which you are all alone in the end, that's depressing.

[@TheShifter1001]

A lot of people don’t know about Altair past. There’s a video on KZbin that goes into it and it makes Altair a BIG contender for this category.

[@ArthurMorgan-xi8ok]

The definition of sadness part actually made me check because it is true

[@averageadventurer1644]

Honestly just the final moments of Altaïr itself extends way above how sad the other assassins were, he sealed himself in a dark room, with more knowledge than he could possibly imagine, alone, god knows what was going through his head in his final moments, maybe he could have had a normal life instead of loosing anyone close to him, hell it think it’s worse that his son was sent off before he died, I don’t think he should have gone thorough what agony his life was just for the sake of the brotherhood, could you imagine living a life without freedom to choose, and the fact that his parents were never close to him, he barely felt anything from his father’s death, but he sure as hell felt something from watching his father’s murder plead for forgiveness and slit his own throat, dying before him. This is only a few things that describe his life, there’s much much more like how Malik was murdered, or how the apple’s knowledge could make him feel worse.

[@cletusobute3396]

Yes Master Assassin we would love for you to cover all the categories for all the Protagonist including the Playable side characters

[@jbcatz5]

Even sadder for Edward is the epilogue of the Black Flag novelisation and the start of Forsaken, the tie-in novel for III. His mother disowns him for the reputation he’s built as a pirate. His father had already disowned him prior to the start of the game (from an attack by Templars who Edward pissed off before he even met Duncan Walpole and impersonated him). Then just as he is given a break, with wealth and status, he’s provided with a business partner who he realises too late is a Templar. In Forsaken he’s killed by Templars sent by said partner, who also has Jenny kidnapped and sent to Constantinople to work as a concubine while his son is subverted to the Templar creed. For someone who overcame such hurdles in pride, greed and alcoholism to see where his life and legacy went in the end is tearjerking.

[@ssssSTopmotion]

Your channel is sick bro ,just subbed

[@Dre61332]

Mary Read / James Kidd"s Death broke me tbh he was one of my favourites I also love Edward Kenway alot also Altair And Ezio. RIP James Kidd Altair And Ezio Auditore

[@isaiahwyatt6044]

I love playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag and Rogue especially Rogue whenever you first start playing Rogue you get that nice soundtrack whenever the game first loads up

[@ofrund]

Altair. He not only had to bury his son, but learned that his son was tricked into believing Altair ordered his death. And Altair could have saved his son, if he stayed in Masyaf. The saddness and regret must be overwhelming. He the Mentor of the Assassin's, their leader, and he wasn't there to stop them from executing his son. After him Bayek. Similar to Altair, but Bayek has bad fortune to blame, not his own wrong choices. After him Connor. Man got used by everyone he met and burred all the people he loved. If one of them was his child, I would put him first in this wicket suffering contest.

[@batjackgames6838]

One of the things that saddens me is that the only time Connor calls Achilles by his name and not Old Man is when he discovers he's died.

[@Jarsia]

Nothing could prepare me for "I am the victor? My heart soars."🤣 Connor is so sad he enjoys it

[@CaptainIsNasty]

I say Arno or Bayek because they were so deeply hurt, Bayek is the spectrum of hiding your pain and releasing your aggression while Arno took the other route of taking his grief to fueling his efforts of liberty so much he was basically a rogue assassin at the end of his story

[@mastendafilmmaker]

I would love to include shay, eivor ect because I love how you roast them lol

[@infinitewisdom8400]

I always thought since I played Black Flag that Edward's story was one of the saddest. Mainly for the fact that he wasn't an assassin for most of the game which made a lot of his choices through out the game seem much more petty and avoidable at the end which, in my opinion, made the scenes where he either lost his friends or had to kill his old friends and had to deal with the guilt and consequences much more sad and tragic. Also the fact that Edward's story and motivation doesn't initially start based on tragedy and revenge, but builds up to it makes it much more compelling to me; alongside my opinion that Edward also feels a lot more emotionally distressed and somber in these scenes than other protagonists in their own stories.

[@Vampboy1018]

I haven’t played assassin’s Creed one, but I think Arnel is the saddest because he lost his dad without even knowing about it at the first, without even knowing it at first hand, and then later, when I rethink everything is gonna be all right he loses his lover

[@ergames1161]

Bro u gotta make a vid that u tell us what kind of season of AC u would like to see in future. The time the events took a place. The personallity of the protagonist and what drives him to work for the assassin brotherhood. Make a story. Excite us!