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Name: Charles Arlington
Born: December 14, 1859; Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: June 20, 1931; London, United Kingdom (age 72)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Charles was born in 1859 to the Arlington family, who's Assassin ties have existed for centuries throughout British history, and as such he was born and raised in the ways of the Creed. However, despite his family's prominent history, life was not so bright for most of Charles’s childhood. The local Templars dominated Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, and had agents in every corner of London society. Their influence forced most Assassins out of London and into smaller cities on the outskirts of Britain such as Crawley and Liverpool, where Charles was born. Things did not seem to look up until two Assassin twins named Jacob and Evie Frye snuck into London and undid most Templar influence and killed the Grand Master in 1868. This allowed the Assassins to make a comeback, and for Charles’s family to move back to London, where his training would be completed.

Charles had always hoped to explore the Empire like his father had, wanting to explore different lands and defend the different cultures that were being plagued by Templar imperialists. And so when he turned 19, Charles made his way to South Africa, where territorial tensions between the Brits, the Zulus, and local descendants of Dutch colonists who called themselves the Boers, eventually climaxed in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. Hoping to help out the local Zulu people, Charles made his way into their lands in hopes of seeking an audience with their king. However, along the way he was ambushed by a suspicious warrior whom he would come to know as Ukhozi. His charm was enough to convince her to spare him and take him to the king. Despite his kind words and helpful negotiations, Ukhozi was still not convinced he was legitimate. Charles eventually convinced her to sit and talk, and he explained that he an Assassin, and that they were devoted to fighting this British invasion. He also explained that this little episode of British invasion was actually just the first phase of a much larger scheme crafted by their enemies, the Templars, who sought to dominate Africa as both a power play and as a chance to hunt for ancient artifacts known as Pieces of Eden littered throughout the continent. Ukhozi hardly trusted Charles, but she could not ignore the threat to her people, and so she reluctantly agreed to work with him. The two fought at the Battles of Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, and Ulundi, the last of which Ukhozi killed a British officer who spat Templar rhetoric in her face with his dying breath, confirming that Charles was speaking the truth. Realizing what a horrible threat the Templars posed to Africa, Ukhozi volunteered to join the Assassins by the end of the war.

The next tussle with the British came not long after, in 1880, when the local Boers grew tired of British rule and revolted, igniting what we know today as the First Boer War. Ukhozi and Charles helped push back the British attacks, with the former assassinating Templar officer George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881. The Boers won their sovereignty, and while the British still technically controlled the area, their power in South Africa was heavily weakened.

In 1885, report from Charles’s contacts in Europe informed the Assassins that the Templars were shifting gears. The Berlin Conference established the dominance of several European powers over different regions of the African continent, the most horrid of which was the Belgian rule over the Congo area. Slavery and mutilation was rampant under the rule of Belgian King Leopold II as his “humanitarian agents” forced native Africans to toil away in their mines looking for resources and Pieces of Eden. Unable to stand for such evil, Ukhozi and Charles left South Africa to fight the oppressors there as much as they could.

Their quest to stop the Templars took them all across the continent throughout the 1880s and 1890s. They travelled to French West Africa, Zanzibar, Egypt, and dozens of other places struggling against colonial rule. By 1896 though, the only African nations able to resist colonization entirely were Liberia and Ethiopia, and the rest of Africa essentially became a neglectful European chess board. Still, that was hardly enough to deter Ukhozi, who had sworn to protect her lands from the imperial monster no matter how long it took. Decolonization efforts finally began to take effect in the early 1900s, with one of the first big victories arriving when the Assassins helping to repulse the Belgian rule out of the Congo in 1908. A prime time for celebration, Ukhozi and Charles, who in their adventures had become best friends and lovers, shared a lovely night together that resulted in their son Edward being born nine months later.

However, many of these decolonization victories tragically led to anarchy and violence, as the Europeans who left their colonies behind drew up new random borders for Africa's nation states that often had no regard for ethnic or religious ties and conflicts, leading to horrible atrocities by the incompetent rulers they left behind, almost as a final middle finger to the African people and the Assassins trying to help. As the chaos loomed, Ukhozi told her lover to return to England with their son so that they would be safe from the danger that she was now determined to fight. Charles was hesitant to leave his wife behind, but she eventually forced him to. Charles kept in close contact with Ukhozi, sending her as much political intel from Britain as he could to help her out, and often returning to help her on many occasions. When Ukhozi passed away in 1922, Charles returned her to South Africa so that she could be buried by her people. He returned to London with a heavy heart, and when his granddaughter was born in 1930, a few months before his death, he smiled at how much of Ukhozi he saw in her.

Charles is the great-great grandfather of Ava Arlie.

Description

Name: Charles Arlington
Born: December 14, 1859; Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: June 20, 1931; London, United Kingdom (age 72)
Allegiance: Assassins

Bio: Charles was born in 1859 to the Arlington family, who's Assassin ties have existed for centuries throughout British history, and as such he was born and raised in the ways of the Creed. However, despite his family's prominent history, life was not so bright for most of Charles’s childhood. The local Templars dominated Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution, and had agents in every corner of London society. Their influence forced most Assassins out of London and into smaller cities on the outskirts of Britain such as Crawley and Liverpool, where Charles was born. Things did not seem to look up until two Assassin twins named Jacob and Evie Frye snuck into London and undid most Templar influence and killed the Grand Master in 1868. This allowed the Assassins to make a comeback, and for Charles’s family to move back to London, where his training would be completed.

Charles had always hoped to explore the Empire like his father had, wanting to explore different lands and defend the different cultures that were being plagued by Templar imperialists. And so when he turned 19, Charles made his way to South Africa, where territorial tensions between the Brits, the Zulus, and local descendants of Dutch colonists who called themselves the Boers, eventually climaxed in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879. Hoping to help out the local Zulu people, Charles made his way into their lands in hopes of seeking an audience with their king. However, along the way he was ambushed by a suspicious warrior whom he would come to know as Ukhozi. His charm was enough to convince her to spare him and take him to the king. Despite his kind words and helpful negotiations, Ukhozi was still not convinced he was legitimate. Charles eventually convinced her to sit and talk, and he explained that he an Assassin, and that they were devoted to fighting this British invasion. He also explained that this little episode of British invasion was actually just the first phase of a much larger scheme crafted by their enemies, the Templars, who sought to dominate Africa as both a power play and as a chance to hunt for ancient artifacts known as Pieces of Eden littered throughout the continent. Ukhozi hardly trusted Charles, but she could not ignore the threat to her people, and so she reluctantly agreed to work with him. The two fought at the Battles of Isandlwana, Rorke’s Drift, and Ulundi, the last of which Ukhozi killed a British officer who spat Templar rhetoric in her face with his dying breath, confirming that Charles was speaking the truth. Realizing what a horrible threat the Templars posed to Africa, Ukhozi volunteered to join the Assassins by the end of the war.

The next tussle with the British came not long after, in 1880, when the local Boers grew tired of British rule and revolted, igniting what we know today as the First Boer War. Ukhozi and Charles helped push back the British attacks, with the former assassinating Templar officer George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881. The Boers won their sovereignty, and while the British still technically controlled the area, their power in South Africa was heavily weakened.

In 1885, report from Charles’s contacts in Europe informed the Assassins that the Templars were shifting gears. The Berlin Conference established the dominance of several European powers over different regions of the African continent, the most horrid of which was the Belgian rule over the Congo area. Slavery and mutilation was rampant under the rule of Belgian King Leopold II as his “humanitarian agents” forced native Africans to toil away in their mines looking for resources and Pieces of Eden. Unable to stand for such evil, Ukhozi and Charles left South Africa to fight the oppressors there as much as they could.

Their quest to stop the Templars took them all across the continent throughout the 1880s and 1890s. They travelled to French West Africa, Zanzibar, Egypt, and dozens of other places struggling against colonial rule. By 1896 though, the only African nations able to resist colonization entirely were Liberia and Ethiopia, and the rest of Africa essentially became a neglectful European chess board. Still, that was hardly enough to deter Ukhozi, who had sworn to protect her lands from the imperial monster no matter how long it took. Decolonization efforts finally began to take effect in the early 1900s, with one of the first big victories arriving when the Assassins helping to repulse the Belgian rule out of the Congo in 1908. A prime time for celebration, Ukhozi and Charles, who in their adventures had become best friends and lovers, shared a lovely night together that resulted in their son Edward being born nine months later.

However, many of these decolonization victories tragically led to anarchy and violence, as the Europeans who left their colonies behind drew up new random borders for Africa's nation states that often had no regard for ethnic or religious ties and conflicts, leading to horrible atrocities by the incompetent rulers they left behind, almost as a final middle finger to the African people and the Assassins trying to help. As the chaos loomed, Ukhozi told her lover to return to England with their son so that they would be safe from the danger that she was now determined to fight. Charles was hesitant to leave his wife behind, but she eventually forced him to. Charles kept in close contact with Ukhozi, sending her as much political intel from Britain as he could to help her out, and often returning to help her on many occasions. When Ukhozi passed away in 1922, Charles returned her to South Africa so that she could be buried by her people. He returned to London with a heavy heart, and when his granddaughter was born in 1930, a few months before his death, he smiled at how much of Ukhozi he saw in her.

Charles is the great-great grandfather of Ava Arlie.