Anli's Sideblog

First, there's a motive : the most powerful man in the nation is a slave owner which is something the Assassins fight against. He's also committed genocide against Ratonhnhaké:ton's own people for land expansion, and among the casualties of his brutality is Ratonhnhaké:ton's OWN MOTHER. That man is dangerous as hell and imo it makes no sense for the Assassins (not just Ratonhnhaké:ton but the Assassins as a whole) to just let him live.

"But he's not a Templar" I hear you say. But that's the thing : they should've made him a Templar. Ubisoft tried to retcon this choice by having his brother Lawrence be a Templar in Rogue and ask the others to keep George away from their affairs but... since when do Templars care about honouring the dead lol ? Reginald Birch isn't Francois de la Serre, you can't make me believe he would've passed on recruiting the heir to his Grand Master in the Americas to their cause and continue Lawrence's work.

(Also the guy was Edward Braddock's right-hand man for years and the guy probably had him run some Templar errands on his behalf anyways.)

For historical accuracy they could've just made Ratonhnhaké:ton wait and see how things turn out with him as President bc killing him at the very beginning could've destabilised the nation, or have George escape or be too difficult to reach, or whatever reason they could've come up with (they had Ezio wait like 10 years before he went after Rodrigo after the dude escaped, they could've done it here too) but like... it's such a wasted opportunity bc irl George died of a "spontaneous throat infection" which would've been SO easy to adapt to Ratonhnhaké:ton poisoning him...

I mean, realistically Ubisoft probably didn't go with that plan bc they're cowards and they didn't want to make Ratonhnhaké:ton less appealing to their white male USAmerican fanbase since too many of them worship their presidents and especially the founding fathers