- Ubisoft leaker ‘j0nathan’ claims to have shared the first look Assassin’s Creed Hex‘s main character
- It is claimed that the main character is a witch named Anika
- Anika is said to be a descendant of a loved one Assassin’s Creed character
Even more Assassin’s Creed leaks have surfaced online and this time they may have revealed the identity of Codename Hexe‘s main character and her surprising parentage.
The information comes from prominent Ubisoft leaker ‘j0nathan’ (via IGN), who claims to have shared the first screenshot from the game showing WitchThe main character crouched in a tree, wearing an assassin’s suit and Hidden Blade ready to strike.
“They call me a witch,” is an alleged voice line, along with “The forest moves in the night.”
The leaker also shared clear plot details for the witchcraft-inspired game, along with the identity of the protagonist: a woman named Anika, who has an older assassin mentor named Wolfgang.
It is said that Anika’s previously known name, Elsa, was a placeholder name, but this is where things get interesting.
Potential spoilers ahead for Assassin’s Creed Hexe
Anika is claimed to be a descendant of Claudia Auditore and if you are a fan of the series you will know that Claudia is the sister of Assassin’s Creed 2 protagonist, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. This would make Anika a direct descendant of Ezio.
It’s also said that the beloved assassin will return in some form and act as a guide to Anika, but not be physically present and will have several voice lines that include parts of The Creed and the likes of “Come. Jump with me. One last time for an old man.”
While the possibility of witchcraft isn’t off the table, the leaker said that Anika will feel Ezio’s presence through some sort of Isu recording, a memory disk, flashbacks, or similar technology.
As for the story, Hexe will take place in Würzburg, Germany, during the witch trials of 1625, and non-playable characters (NPCs) will apparently try to report and arrest Anika for practicing witchcraft.
The game will also have “lots of forests”, mission objectives that require players to “find the ritual sites” and “recover the stolen relics”, as well as unlockable skills such as “tree-to-tree jump”.
Assassin’s Creed Witch does not have a release date yet, but could be released in 2027, and it is reported that the game “will not be an RPG”, unlike previous entries in the series.
The game’s original creative director, Clint Hocking, left the studio for a second time earlier this year after Ubisoft appointed three experienced Assassin’s Creed developers to lead the franchise at the company’s newly formed Tencent-funded subsidiary Vantage Studios.
Ubisoft has confirmed that Jean Guesdon, the creative director at Black Flag and Origin, will now lead Assassin’s Creed Hex.
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