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Name: Ben Dylan
Born: January 17, 1995; New York City, New York
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Ben was born in New York to Iraqi parents who had immigrated to the United States after the Gulf War. His parents being devoted Assassins, they raised him in the ways of the Brotherhood, teaching him about loving others and defending the innocent and all the good stuff that comes in that package. His little sister was the one he protected the most, as he loved her more than anything else and protected her throughout childhood. They were the best of friends, inseparable, and it seemed like he could have the best life any kid could ask for. But it all was tragically ripped away from him on September 11, 2001, when terrorists orchestrated by the Templars flew planes straight into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Ben's mother was one of the unfortunate victims who worked in those offices, and the following chaos led to an angry mob storming his home and killing his father and beloved little sister right in front of him. Ben, mortified, barely managed to escape and flee to the local Assassin hideout, which had also been abandoned in the wake of Abstergo's Great Purge against the Assassins. For a while, Ben simply roamed the streets, lost and alone, not knowing what to do or where to turn. From that say on, he swore vengeance on those who took his sister from him, and the hate that they stood for.

It took years of aimless wandering and grieving for Ben to finally pull himself out of his depression. He grew up to be a well-respected and well-trained member of the Brotherhood, carrying out several missions and making many new friends. In 2012 he assisted the Hoosier Assassin Chelsea Patterson during a mission in New York, and in the events of that adventure ended up recruiting an ex-DedSec member named Ruby Mills into the Creed. The two became best friends and stayed in close contact over the years. Later on, Ben met his other best friend, Ava Arlie, while working undercover in Raleigh in 2015. Ben had to rescue Ava from the Templars when they kidnapped her and forced her into an Animus to find an artifact on Roanoke Island, which the two promptly destroyed after their escape. Ben then gave Ava the option to join him in the Brotherhood, and she accepted.

Ben spent the next couple weeks introducing Ava to the Brotherhood lifestyle and various hideouts across the country in order to wean her in. When he decided she was ready for training in November, he brought her to a hideout in Montreal, where she was introduced to Ruby. They hooked her up to a newer, safer Animus in order to train her using the Bleeding Effect. They sent her through the memories of her 19th century Shawnee ancestor, Aveza Deryn, and her adventures during the War of 1812. Coincidentally, around this same time, Chelsea called in and informed them that they had a lead on something known as the Armor of Gabriel near the lost Native site of Prophetstown, and asked for help. Finding themselves in the perfect position to search, Ava kept going through Aveza’s memories until she found the moment when she entered a First Civ Temple at Prophetstown, where she discovered a holographic message from the Precursor Gabriel warning Ava of a grave danger that was about to be unleashed upon the world. Naturally freaked out, Ava's questions would have to wait, as shortly after Ruby's computer was swarmed with unknown data telling them that the Key to Gabriel's Temple was passed into the hands of Aveza’s future apprentice, Priscilla Abbott, an ancestor of Chelsea. And so the group packed up and sped to Indianapolis as fast as possible.

Once in Indy, the gang met up with Chelsea and her younger cousin Carter, who had recently liberated Indianapolis from the Templar regime of Natasha Wolfgang and her lackeys. They explained the situation with Gabriel and asked Carter to hop in the Animus to try and find the Key in Priscilla's memories, since Chelsea's pregnancy put her out of commission. While Carter hopped in the machine, Ava was told she also had some memory exploring to do, since the data from Gabriel included some memories from her 19th century Indonesian ancestor, Apsarini Rajawali. Ava and Ben snuck into an Abstergo building to steal a second Animus, and during the mission they had their first run-in with the maniacal Templar Cole Morgenster, who was revealed to be Ava's Roanoke captor. They fought him off and escaped, and Ava began to explore her next set of memories. However, things began to get weird between sessions. The Bleeding Effect seemed to get worse and worse, and her grasp on reality deteriorated further and further as the visions of her ancestors bled into her own until her mind was a shattered mess. The final nail in the coffin was Carter's friend Jacob going rogue with a Staff of Eden, sending her into an intense mental shock that she was only able to escape from when Carter accidentally drove her into a fuse box. The gang was devastated for weeks while they all recovered. Ava found she couldn't take the stress anymore, and she screamed at her friends telling them she was quitting this gig, and that she would be out the door as soon as she finished up the last of Apsarini’s memories. After she punctuated her tantrum with snapping her necklace off and tossing it to the ground, her friends reluctantly put her in the machine. However, this proved to be a very bad idea. Apsarini had encountered a malevolent Precursor being named Lucifer when he triggered the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, and he impaled Apsarini so painfully that it transferred onto Ava and caused her Bleeding Effect to overload, sending her into a deep deep coma.

Ben and Ruby stayed by Ava's bedside for weeks, monitoring her progress and hoping that she'd wake up. Ben took it especially hard, putting all the blame on himself just as he did when his sister had died. Ruby did her best to calm him down despite her own worried state, and protested heavily when Ben said he was going to call Ava's mother, Kiki, and tell her about Ava's condition. Despite her protests, Ben eventually called and Kiki was there in a furious heartbeat, only adding to the anxiety in the room. They all waited until finally Ava miraculously awoke. And Ben was hardly able to contain his excitement when she told them she had changed her mind after a soul-searching experience she had in the depths of the Animus, and that she was staying on the team, smiling and declaring that they all still had a job to do.

Description

Name: Ben Dylan
Born: January 17, 1995; New York City, New York
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Ben was born in New York to Iraqi parents who had immigrated to the United States after the Gulf War. His parents being devoted Assassins, they raised him in the ways of the Brotherhood, teaching him about loving others and defending the innocent and all the good stuff that comes in that package. His little sister was the one he protected the most, as he loved her more than anything else and protected her throughout childhood. They were the best of friends, inseparable, and it seemed like he could have the best life any kid could ask for. But it all was tragically ripped away from him on September 11, 2001, when terrorists orchestrated by the Templars flew planes straight into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Ben's mother was one of the unfortunate victims who worked in those offices, and the following chaos led to an angry mob storming his home and killing his father and beloved little sister right in front of him. Ben, mortified, barely managed to escape and flee to the local Assassin hideout, which had also been abandoned in the wake of Abstergo's Great Purge against the Assassins. For a while, Ben simply roamed the streets, lost and alone, not knowing what to do or where to turn. From that say on, he swore vengeance on those who took his sister from him, and the hate that they stood for.

It took years of aimless wandering and grieving for Ben to finally pull himself out of his depression. He grew up to be a well-respected and well-trained member of the Brotherhood, carrying out several missions and making many new friends. In 2012 he assisted the Hoosier Assassin Chelsea Patterson during a mission in New York, and in the events of that adventure ended up recruiting an ex-DedSec member named Ruby Mills into the Creed. The two became best friends and stayed in close contact over the years. Later on, Ben met his other best friend, Ava Arlie, while working undercover in Raleigh in 2015. Ben had to rescue Ava from the Templars when they kidnapped her and forced her into an Animus to find an artifact on Roanoke Island, which the two promptly destroyed after their escape. Ben then gave Ava the option to join him in the Brotherhood, and she accepted.

Ben spent the next couple weeks introducing Ava to the Brotherhood lifestyle and various hideouts across the country in order to wean her in. When he decided she was ready for training in November, he brought her to a hideout in Montreal, where she was introduced to Ruby. They hooked her up to a newer, safer Animus in order to train her using the Bleeding Effect. They sent her through the memories of her 19th century Shawnee ancestor, Aveza Deryn, and her adventures during the War of 1812. Coincidentally, around this same time, Chelsea called in and informed them that they had a lead on something known as the Armor of Gabriel near the lost Native site of Prophetstown, and asked for help. Finding themselves in the perfect position to search, Ava kept going through Aveza’s memories until she found the moment when she entered a First Civ Temple at Prophetstown, where she discovered a holographic message from the Precursor Gabriel warning Ava of a grave danger that was about to be unleashed upon the world. Naturally freaked out, Ava's questions would have to wait, as shortly after Ruby's computer was swarmed with unknown data telling them that the Key to Gabriel's Temple was passed into the hands of Aveza’s future apprentice, Priscilla Abbott, an ancestor of Chelsea. And so the group packed up and sped to Indianapolis as fast as possible.

Once in Indy, the gang met up with Chelsea and her younger cousin Carter, who had recently liberated Indianapolis from the Templar regime of Natasha Wolfgang and her lackeys. They explained the situation with Gabriel and asked Carter to hop in the Animus to try and find the Key in Priscilla's memories, since Chelsea's pregnancy put her out of commission. While Carter hopped in the machine, Ava was told she also had some memory exploring to do, since the data from Gabriel included some memories from her 19th century Indonesian ancestor, Apsarini Rajawali. Ava and Ben snuck into an Abstergo building to steal a second Animus, and during the mission they had their first run-in with the maniacal Templar Cole Morgenster, who was revealed to be Ava's Roanoke captor. They fought him off and escaped, and Ava began to explore her next set of memories. However, things began to get weird between sessions. The Bleeding Effect seemed to get worse and worse, and her grasp on reality deteriorated further and further as the visions of her ancestors bled into her own until her mind was a shattered mess. The final nail in the coffin was Carter's friend Jacob going rogue with a Staff of Eden, sending her into an intense mental shock that she was only able to escape from when Carter accidentally drove her into a fuse box. The gang was devastated for weeks while they all recovered. Ava found she couldn't take the stress anymore, and she screamed at her friends telling them she was quitting this gig, and that she would be out the door as soon as she finished up the last of Apsarini’s memories. After she punctuated her tantrum with snapping her necklace off and tossing it to the ground, her friends reluctantly put her in the machine. However, this proved to be a very bad idea. Apsarini had encountered a malevolent Precursor being named Lucifer when he triggered the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, and he impaled Apsarini so painfully that it transferred onto Ava and caused her Bleeding Effect to overload, sending her into a deep deep coma.

Ben and Ruby stayed by Ava's bedside for weeks, monitoring her progress and hoping that she'd wake up. Ben took it especially hard, putting all the blame on himself just as he did when his sister had died. Ruby did her best to calm him down despite her own worried state, and protested heavily when Ben said he was going to call Ava's mother, Kiki, and tell her about Ava's condition. Despite her protests, Ben eventually called and Kiki was there in a furious heartbeat, only adding to the anxiety in the room. They all waited until finally Ava miraculously awoke. And Ben was hardly able to contain his excitement when she told them she had changed her mind after a soul-searching experience she had in the depths of the Animus, and that she was staying on the team, smiling and declaring that they all still had a job to do.