The Secret Story of A.C. (Community Theory, New Findings) - Assassin's Creed Valhalla Siege of Paris

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  • @potato2053
    @potato2053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The Abbo Cernuus theory is very convincing. And given all of the dialogue in the world event regarding the abandoned church, and the hooded figure that people mentioned, I do believe that Abbo Cernuus is the last Hidden One in Francia.

    • @AccessAnimus
      @AccessAnimus  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He is indeed! It's been confirmed now!
      - Markuz

    • @potato2053
      @potato2053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AccessAnimus That’s even better. The AC community never ceases to surprise and amaze me.

    • @selezian
      @selezian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There is one more hint. In russian localization the letter is signed by А.Г. Just go to wiki page about Abbo Cernuus and open its russian version, you will see the same initials. Г = горбатый (humpbacked)

  • @atmos1x
    @atmos1x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I feel like they were the only Assassin that did their job completely right for the first time in the series. Loved how they never came out for us to see. We always get that, the mystery was a good little change. How else could they have lasted this long alone?

    • @h8full575
      @h8full575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get that. But it’s an assassins creed game. Like why is the most we get of actual assassins is just some notes? This would have been cool if it wasn’t 2021 Ubisoft you know?

    • @Sumguyinavan_
      @Sumguyinavan_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was my feeling as well. They aren't the "Hey, here we are" Ones, they are the Hidden Ones. Only seen when they want to be, secretive, vigilant. You shouldn't be able to just accidentally stumble across their bureaus or their members and know someone is one by sight.
      For this last reason is why I have never liked the ritualistic white robes and hoods. Hoods are useful for concealing a face, cloaks and some robes for concealing weapons. But if you can scan a crowd and see the person in white robes with a white hood with weapons on them- Bam, there is your Hidden One/Assassin.
      What would have been REALLY cool is if they'd had an NPC who appears in a bunch of the story missions who IS Abbo Cernuus watching Eivor throughout the DLC, and unless someone recognizes the unique NPC who seems to be around pretty often we might never know.

    • @Tystolfo
      @Tystolfo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@h8full575 "Like why is the most we get of actual assassins is just some notes?"
      Cool that you just completely ignore Basim and Hytham in order to fit your narrative.

    • @supernaturalcz3256
      @supernaturalcz3256 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sumguyinavan_ The white robes had a point only in a first game when hiding in crowds of monks. Also in times of Levantine Brotherhood Assassins were a publicly known group of people, so even working in shadows they wanted to be known among other people by their deeds such as public assassinations.

    • @Sumguyinavan_
      @Sumguyinavan_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@supernaturalcz3256 Like I get how conceptually it was supposed to work, and in the middle east and north africa white is actually a pretty common color because it doesn't absorb sun heat. But practically it has to be like "Where did the assassin go?" "There, among those monks, we still see his weapons!"

  • @Shadowpack95
    @Shadowpack95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Imagine a series of quests that this dlc could've contained. The first is investigating the church because the Vikings couldn't take it, there we encounter the Abbot who recognizes the hidden blade but knows Eivor is no Hidden One. From there we go on a quest to eliminate the Bellatores Dei who rose from the ashes of the Order of Ancients. As we go we gather allies for the Hidden Ones from the resistance therefore rebuilding the group in France.

  • @kemzal
    @kemzal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm honestly okay with it.
    He seemed to actually do what a Hidden One is supposed to do....
    Stay hidden.

  • @melpomeno7355
    @melpomeno7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    finally an assassins story in AC and we only learn about it by piecing together random letters, just how I always like my video game stories told to me

    • @hostilesavage4299
      @hostilesavage4299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Melpomeno Well the world certainly does not revolve around just your as* bozo

  • @CuJoe192
    @CuJoe192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The topics mentioned in this video would make a great DLC , where you have to find the clues about the hidden ones,and solve the mystery behind them.🧐

  • @saile_1004
    @saile_1004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Has anyone else felt really aggravated that this game seemingly teases Hidden Ones content? To go from having none of it in Odyssey to this "you aren't an assassin but you're aware of them" is really tiring.

  • @ironbot2226
    @ironbot2226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This just reaffirms my dual hatred and immense enjoyment from this quest. On the surface level i love it because its more assassin content in an assassin game. Also it for me personally makes the hidden ones way more intriguingand interesting because of the mystery and lack of knowledge, i really like this interpretation of the series. But the more i think about it the more it starts to sour because in an assassins creed story we got one quest line and a story written in documenta we didnt even know that were there...

    • @hostilesavage4299
      @hostilesavage4299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats why it was there for you to find it dumb as*

  • @TK0130Grey
    @TK0130Grey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I think even a brief interaction would have been better. I could just see it. You are opening the chest with the sword. the camera is suddenly fixed so you can move it to see behind you. Then a cloaked figure shows up right behind you with a hidden blade at your neck. That's when an interactive cutscene begins. At the end, you two leave on good terms or there is a fight where you prove you are worthy of being a friend to the Hidden Ones. Now that would have been a bit more interesting.

    • @nunocardoso6999
      @nunocardoso6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is honestly the greatest idea for this DLC, it would certainly please the true fans much more

    • @rootintootinputin5898
      @rootintootinputin5898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Perhaps Eivor knocks away the hidden blade with her own, gets questioned about where and how she got it, then AC reveals that he was already aware and was just testing her (or something along those lines?)

    • @ianmcfadden2794
      @ianmcfadden2794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's sounds really dumb. It would only prove that that hidden one should have died way earlier if he is pulling punches.

    • @okok-go9kg
      @okok-go9kg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know I'm late to the party but, instead of a fight, he simply gives a warning. I feel like a fight would be too out of character for a hidden one who doubles as an Abbot.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think it would've been really nice to see this other Hidden One known as AC in this DLC. It would've added more to this game overall. Great video.

  • @Romminum87
    @Romminum87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I agree 100% that AC is Abbo Cernuus and from the letter inside Saint Germain about the failed Viking assault you can understand his weapons: In addition of course to the Hidden Blade we have the use of Poison Darts (First Viking) and a Sling with which to throw lethal stones with bullets (last Viking and probably also the second one that falls from the roof) and considering a fast fighting style made of ambushes I would say a Dagger as a weapon for the right hand.

  • @DanielSilvaWTFDAN9
    @DanielSilvaWTFDAN9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Why doesnt ubisoft understand that we want more Hidden Ones/Assassins content and story, 2 games and still nothing. Basim could have been anything other than a hidden one and the story would have gone the same way. Hytham is basically inexistent. 1st and 2nd dlc happened and the only thing they did was leaving a little story in as a mystery? Please.

  • @giuseppecappelletti4727
    @giuseppecappelletti4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Personally,I think that Ubisoft should make a sequel DLC where you play as Abbo and hunt down Isidore Mercator, because there is so much potential here to make a content which is more similar to the old Assassin's Creed games.A content where we are a real Assassin.
    They said that the year 2 will surprise the players,so I theorized that it will include three different and interesting DLCs:
    the mythological one,with Odin looking for Baldr as protagonist;
    the Skye Island one,with Eivor helped by Kassandra as protagonist;
    and,if the developers have enough brains to understand what the players want,an hidden one DLC with Abbo hunting down Isidore as protagonist.
    I would like also a DLC with Hytham restoring the english Brotherhood instead of waiting that Eivor made his work.
    Anyhow,there must be a DLC with an hidden one as protagonist.

  • @ikraikgaming
    @ikraikgaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for raising the same concern I had. It sucks that only a part of the community will ever know who AC will ever be, instead as an Easter Egg for others. I wish Assassins were the prime focus rather than a side plot. It is the core thing that made me feel super disconnected in this vast world of Valhalla.

  • @matthewlittle9174
    @matthewlittle9174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for your work! I now always look forward to your content, I love understanding these little niche secrets that are mostly overlooked, and having those 'OH! That's what it means!' moments, and this video is full of them!

  • @nimbusnimbus.IV.
    @nimbusnimbus.IV. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Because of your videos i fully understand Valhalla. Thank you.

    • @AccessAnimus
      @AccessAnimus  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome! Thanks for checking our videos out!
      - Markuz

  • @craftingranger7552
    @craftingranger7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Could you do a video on the letter you receive after Killing all the mercenaries in the new river raids. I'm hoping it's not hinting at a part 3

    • @AccessAnimus
      @AccessAnimus  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We still have to have to check that out properly!
      - Markuz

    • @craftingranger7552
      @craftingranger7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AccessAnimus haha ok they were a pain to get through and all we get is a unmarked letter

    • @chancechamberlain1583
      @chancechamberlain1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@craftingranger7552 I absolutely hate the river raids. Worst part of the whole game imo

    • @craftingranger7552
      @craftingranger7552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chancechamberlain1583 yeah like it's fun for a few minutes but got old real fast

  • @johnwhite468
    @johnwhite468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Idk they didn't have him appear to Eivor because that's the backbone of AC being introduced and seeing historical figures of the time

  • @manofthehour2674
    @manofthehour2674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beyond me why they would not have the Abbot show up to defend the bureau against Eivor and upon learning that Eivor is a good friend of Hytham and helped eradicate the order from England then excuse the trespass and gift her the sword as a symbol of goodwill, then leave and never show up again. So simple yet would’ve resonated so much with the fans

  • @alinpetrescu2309
    @alinpetrescu2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And that's how Assassins become legends or myths (or simple easter eggs) in an Assassin's Creed game. This Abbo storyline should've been the subject of the DLC, not a fat king. The Templar Order could've started in this DLC as well, it would've been an interesting storyline. But nope. We get a few letters and some tweets to tell us there's a mystery surrounding them.
    Meh

  • @rohit_parashar
    @rohit_parashar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Abbo Cernus is very interesting, thanks for another theory. Also I find it extremely funny how they managed to reskin the Brigandine cloak which has a shit ton of the Assassin's Insignia to an Order resembling the Order of the Ancients.

  • @DMPTC
    @DMPTC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope tô see more about the Isadore Mercator cult, the Hidden one, and Saint Germain relics in some year two content for Francia map, hoping that It comes for free for the already year one owners, ALL of this loks like more a tease for a upcoming content, but anyway, should have some reward at the end of the "Secret Quest" like It had on the yeti Quest of ghost Recon wildlands

  • @Cendrars25
    @Cendrars25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seems Abbo just following the credo as originally said with Aya and Bayek to stay in shadow and acting anonymously. However I fully agree with your thoughts Markuz : it seems unfinished or incomplete work by devs or because of too less time. Thanks again for this very interesting video 🙏👾

  • @bryanbarton4907
    @bryanbarton4907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My biggest issue with this game is interaction and missing AC lore in these DLCs. Also, what is up with the 1st civ weapons. Eivor can wield Excalibar, Mjölnir with lightening flying out of it, or Gungnir and not a single NPC says “ooh sh!t, this guys got freaking Thor’s hammer”. Nothing. At least in Odyssey Alxios/Kassandra was known for the broken spear which held great power. I just don’t get it. It keeps getting worse with the DLCs as well.

  • @lavin214
    @lavin214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The subtle depth of this game never ceases to amaze me.

  • @funkykrunc6857
    @funkykrunc6857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey there! I have a theory!
    It is very possible that Hytham wrote Abbo Cernuus about Eivor's coming visit to watch over/guide Eivor's intrigues to help her to one day fully commit to the cause of the hidden ones....!!!! That's my reasons why Eivor wasn't assassinated by Abbo. What do you guys think? Hytham would have known of Abbo's bloodline and their duties in Francia. So hyped again!

  • @darksister96
    @darksister96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im just hoping in year 2 we get more stuff to do with Hytham, we got a hidden one living with us in the settlement and still nothing satisfying done so far 😭

    • @saile_1004
      @saile_1004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never got over the fact that they have a whole building with a sign outside lol nothing hidden about that. Eivor becoming the Jarl publicly and a hidden one secretly would've been a great story.

  • @nimbusnimbus.IV.
    @nimbusnimbus.IV. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    After the the way they killed off Juno nothing Ubisoft does surprises me.

  • @purpledragons1146
    @purpledragons1146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't see why there wasn't an interaction with Abbo Cernuus who maybe drops a hint or two that he is the Hidden One in Frankia

  • @christianburnett236
    @christianburnett236 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought when playing in Ireland and medieval France, we would run into the order of the ancients. Since the Compass said the order of the ancients are further then Eivors boats could take him/her.

  • @ELDIABLO_71
    @ELDIABLO_71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting would love to figure out who gives us the letter after You kill the final champion of the faith

  • @Littleweasel01
    @Littleweasel01 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    there was a letter left on the floor at the entrance that you would find when leaving one of the assassins bureuo's by someone (possible a hidden one) so maybe they just wanted to remain hidden until later on in a future dlc or that can possibly be found in a secret mission no one has yet to find? really like your content btw

  • @itzsigh
    @itzsigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recently found Isu ruins in Francia, and wanted to know I anyone else had found them, and if yes, if theres on them.

    • @itzsigh
      @itzsigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Axsoul CAMPBELL north of Paris in the forest

  • @TemplarHedgehog
    @TemplarHedgehog 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have loved if this was a proper mystery in the expansion.

  • @GRGC25
    @GRGC25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what about mjolnir and gugnir? why are they there at the story? did odin and thor fell there during Ragnarok while defending ydgrassil right after Odin's vision?

  • @la_garde_sombre
    @la_garde_sombre 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Markuz thanks for this interesting content !!!

    • @AccessAnimus
      @AccessAnimus  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey hey!
      So happy you always appreciate our content!
      - Markuz

  • @spiritakarabbit369
    @spiritakarabbit369 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HEY BTW...ITS DEEPER....anima and animus is a word that was created to describe female and masculine archetypes irl

  • @MateoAbadia
    @MateoAbadia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the DLC was very rushed by the producers to get it in time depite of the pandemic, it feels kinda unfinished in the cutscenes and the lack of content compared to RotD... Usually the second DLCs are always the bigger ones and this is a weird exception

    • @toodapack4975
      @toodapack4975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s cuz they confirmed there’s gonna be a dlc 3 and maybe 4

    • @MateoAbadia
      @MateoAbadia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@toodapack4975 but then why make the last DLC of this pack a meh one? It doesn't give hope for the future

  • @roachct9076
    @roachct9076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's a letter about hooded people in Ireland in one of the river raids

  • @christianmclennan8038
    @christianmclennan8038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What about the Odin runes? Has their been any developments on it?

  • @TheSkiga
    @TheSkiga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember doing rebel missions in Frankia and it was a solo mission to assassinate a target. In the description of the contract; it said “Hidden One named Alexander needed help...etc etc” he might be the one from the Bureau note, but I don’t know.

  • @legokaldavaverse1586
    @legokaldavaverse1586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, sorry for asking but this is AC Community and I have to ask: how long have you had to wait after purchasing Season Pass to install it? I've just bought it, on my bank account I have confirmation, but not in game shop, Microsoft Store or Microsoft shopping list, I worry that something might've gone wrong and my money is gone forever without Season Pass

  • @brianrobinson4001
    @brianrobinson4001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if Eivor will meet the hidden one's Mentor Rayhan.

  • @lucoberholzer4316
    @lucoberholzer4316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    How come all these mysteries are 10x more interesting than the main story of the DLC?? Its annoying lol

    • @nocturneraider
      @nocturneraider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Both dlc felt short

    • @65firered
      @65firered 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because the DLC is completely disconnected from the rest of the game, they're just unimportant arcs that have nothing to do with the story.

    • @alinpetrescu2309
      @alinpetrescu2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@65firered That is pretty much the case with any historical story arc in the game, apart from those that are directly involving Basim or Sigurd (or both). It's a mess

    • @65firered
      @65firered 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alinpetrescu2309 It's not a difficult fix either, have each arc play an important role in the overall story revealing more about Eivor, Sigurd, the clan, the Hidden Ones. Hel, only a couple of arcs already do this just make it more significant, especially for the Hidden Ones who get no actual development outside of Hythem.

    • @alinpetrescu2309
      @alinpetrescu2309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@65firered It's too late but I concur... Such a huge wasted opportunity

  • @Gatto751
    @Gatto751 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fyi the abbaye is still there in Paris. Rebuilt in the XI century.
    I shall go there and maybe I can find something like they found in Saint Denis.

  • @ghost_minecraftonezero3936
    @ghost_minecraftonezero3936 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you know that sigdfred has an assassin armor on him while you play siege of paris

  • @xjzjdxnxn1898
    @xjzjdxnxn1898 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The rebel missions are bugged for me on xbox one, there's no markers appear and won't active a mission I pick.

  • @liammears2268
    @liammears2268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ubisoft made this a Viking dlc the devs w aged an ac

  • @anubis3669
    @anubis3669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Ubisoft just relegated the assassin story to puzzles for hard core fans. Just tells me we are moving away from Assassins more and more

  • @lucianofang
    @lucianofang 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, so who is Isidor Mercator? And also, who is C. C.?

  • @theshadowx
    @theshadowx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like in new games every time hidden ones are mentioned its a big deal. Its like i am playing some other game that is set in the same universe as Assassins creed.

  • @JosephHandibode
    @JosephHandibode ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish you could meet them

  • @salomo7934
    @salomo7934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait you never meet this hidden one? Thats anticlimactic.. ubi shouldve added that and tbh this shouldve been main storyline and treat eivors origin as a prologue then the rebuild and finding hidden ones remaining main story.

  • @GamingWithVector
    @GamingWithVector 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ASSASSINUS
    DING DING DING DING DING DING DING, DING DING DING DING

  • @moisescerchar3986
    @moisescerchar3986 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No sé sabe bien cual es el que escribió la carta porque en la interfase en español de assasins Creed valhalla las iniciales son CA
    PD:pongan subtítulos en español

  • @Chu8rock
    @Chu8rock 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is Ubisoft so hell-bent on blueballing the fanbase? It's like they hate the franchise and anyone that enjoys it.

  • @ghost_minecraftonezero3936
    @ghost_minecraftonezero3936 ปีที่แล้ว

    And he is wearing it

  • @chrisj320ac3
    @chrisj320ac3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The fact that assassin's are basically an easter egg in an assassin's creed game is just...... stupid.

  • @petersonl1008
    @petersonl1008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This may be a nod to another dlc, or a mission set of the upcoming "AC Infinite".

  • @bryanwoodberry1422
    @bryanwoodberry1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aham a secret character that we cannot see in the game, and? Im still waiting for more important thing. Things like what happened to otso berg, for example 🤨 fucking ubisoft wasting time and resources on shit like this that they,later, are not gonna use😒🙄

  • @arasgames5210
    @arasgames5210 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    u should hide it even more

  • @stephenspops7069
    @stephenspops7069 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dont excuse the devs, they cut the only assasin out of assasins creed. Theres no logic reason

  • @ivideogameboss
    @ivideogameboss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was more interesting than Assassin's Creed Valhalla as a whole

  • @brennanhughes976
    @brennanhughes976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol the devs know the answers to all of these puzzles but never try to explain them in game? Wouldn’t that attract more people to play it?😂 just confusing how they want people to fucking watch TH-cam videos or use google maps to solve a riddle just do it in the game for the players to find out😂 ridiculous to me

  • @visionplant
    @visionplant 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literal breadcrumbs

  • @Skatha
    @Skatha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    just wondering if saint denis mystery dead/over like all the way 🤔

    • @AccessAnimus
      @AccessAnimus  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It should be completed now!
      - Markuz

    • @Skatha
      @Skatha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AccessAnimus so many open stuff, even that mystery in my opinion felt in the end just open ended, that there could be so much more, then we have the odin runes and the fireflies on top of all the smaller/hidden things 🤔

  • @donovanjones2978
    @donovanjones2978 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, this was a secret? I thought it was pretty obvious and that everyone would just assume from the Francia description and the bureau letters that AC was Abbo. I didn’t realize that the majority of the community hadn’t connected the 2