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中文版剧本：

Only a draft of the first page.
Happy birthday to my dearest angel Shay Cormac, and remember this is the 259th anniversary of Battle of the Plains of Abraham, during the Siege of Quebec 1759, an event happened between Shay’s assassinations of Adewale and Hope Jensen.
This story first came to my mind right after I beat the game almost 4 years ago. Now Shay’s birthday made this historic event much more special. I spent months on this comic, searching history, writing script, making storyboard and cover art… But I can’t continue with it, or with Shay anymore. I have to move on.
Thank you for your 4 year companion. I still love you.
Many thanks to @anqiwaira @sidusphy for French translation.

Script down below
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I’m Not Part of His Army
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Goreham’s Post, Saint Lawrence River
Late August, 1759
James Cook is checking a map of Québec. Gist, Haytham, Shay and an officer approach.
Shay: Nice to see you again, Captain Cook. How is it going?
Cook: Exhausted. (Looking at the officer)
Shay: Major Robert Stobo. Captain James Cook of HMS Pembroke. So what happens now?
Cook: Several battles lost, and General Wolfe is suffering from consumption. Winter is coming so we can’t last for long. We need to find a weak point, to end this war.
Stobo (Observing the other side of the river): Gentlemen, you are looking for Québec’s Achilles’ Heel, and it’s right in front us. Months ago I escaped from jail, ran away from Québec, descended the Plains of Abraham right at L'Anse-au-Foulon. Under the cliff there is a bank for troops landing.
(Looking at Shay) Then along the river, I headed Louisburg to join General Wolfe’s army. It was Captain Cormac who saved me from a French schooner’s cannons at Chaleur Bay.
(Shay smiles back)
Cook (using his spyglass): Indeed, the French set pickets along the cliff. But it’s not heavily defended. The bank itself is suitable for landing. But how could our troops ascend a cliff like that? It’s…at least 170 feet high as I estimate.
Shay: The cliff is not a problem. I can carry a rope ladder and scale that height to blaze a trail.
Haytham: I’ll go with you.
(Looking at Haytham, Shay recalls Gist’s words “His father was an Assassin” but says nothing)
Haytham: Master Stobo, it was you who found the weak point of Québec, so it would be your mission to report that to General Wolfe. But please do keep it secret, tell him and tell him alone. His strategies were incompatible with those brigadiers recently. The less people know, the more chances we have.
Stobo (nods): Any other intelligence needs me to report to the general?
Shay (takes out a letter from his pocket and hands over): I intercepted this letter days ago, from a French outpost upriver. It was surposed to be delivered to Québec, inform them the convoy fleet of provisions from Batiscan has been canceled.
Stobo (takes the letter): Cross my heart, with all my life I will secure this precious letter to General Wolfe.
(Stobo leaves)
(Since 7th September, General Wolfe launches multiple diversionary attacks around Québec, drawing the French army’s attention away from L'Anse-au-Foulon.)
Saint Nicolas, Night of 12th September, 1759
(Shay is looking at the troops on riverbank through Morrigan’s window. Stobo steps in the cabin)
Stobo: Captain Cormac, I’m here to bid you farewell. General Wolfe asked me to send an urgent letter to General Amherst at Lake Champlain. I have to go now. It’s a shame I can’t fight by your side or witness Québec being conquered. But I’m willing to go anywhere they need me… Thank you for everything. Adieu!
(They shake hands before Stobo leaves. Gist comes in with a box when Shay is tying the ropes around his chest)
Gist: Captain, according to reliable sources, tonight under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel William Howe, we will hinder Bougainville’s troops at Cape Rouge, then land at L'Anse-au-Foulon by the ebb. Captain Cook will attend a feint to Beauport.
Shay: All right, Gist. I’ll be ready soon.
Gist: It’s a special day today, Captain Cormac.
Shay: Indeed, Gist. All our efforts were made for this day, to end this damned war and soothe Colonel Monro’s soul.
Gist: Aye, Captain…But I mean, it’s also YOUR special day.
Shay (stands in a daze for seconds then turns around and smiles): Ah yes, thank you Gist. I forgot about it…It’s truly a meaningful birthday, if you say so.
Gist (places the box on the desk): This is my gift for you. But I think he would love to present it to you as well.
(Shay opens the box and finds Colonel Monro’s uniform in it. Without a word, he picks it up and touches those holes burnt by fire, recalls that day he rescued him out of the house, watching his life vanishing, but nothing he could do.)
(Monro: A man needs purpose.)
Shay (with a bitter smile): Many thanks, Gist. It’s surely a significant gift.
(Shay takes off the ropes, puts on the uniform and picks up the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot from the bottom of the box, walks out of the cabin towards the riverbank)
Soldiers of 35th Regiment of Foot: Colonel Monro?! No…He…He is Master Cormac! Look! He saved us from Fort William Henry, then from Fort Frederick!
Shay (walks among soldiers): 35th Regiment of Foot, warriors of Colonel Monro! It was fate that assembled all of us here; It is our destiny to face the old enemies. But we hold the result of this battle in our own hands! That General Montcalm who defeated us at Fort William Henry, is now waiting for us behind those walls of Québec. Don’t make him disappointed! Keep the Colonel and martyrs in our hearts, and end this war!
Soldiers of 35th Regiment of Foot: Hear! Hear! For Colonel Monro!
Early morning of 13rd September, 1759
(William Howe and James Wolfe lead British army, they board small boats and reach L'Anse-au-Foulon)
French patrol (dicovers the approaching boats): D’où venez-vous ? (where are you from? )
Shay: De France ! (France!)
French patrol: Quel régiment ? (From which regiment? )
Shay: La Marine ! (Marine!)
French patrol: Et pour aller où ? (To where?)
Shay: À Québec, avec des vivres et des munitions ! (To Quebec with provisions!)
Haytham: Silence, un navire anglais approche. (Quiet, an English warship is nearby.)
(No more response)
Haytham: Je suis impressionné, Maître Cormac. (I’m impressed, Master Cormac.)
Shay: Moi de même, Maître Kenway. (As am I, Master Kenway.)
(They begin to scale the cliff and leave hooks on rocks for soldiers along the way. Then the French troops fire from above)
Patrols: Alarm! Enemies came up!
(Shay takes a bullet on his shoulder but he still manages to drag the patrol off the cliff with his rope dart. Haytham fires his gun upward then reloads)
Haytham: Keep moving, Shay! Don’t let them call reinforcements! I’ll cover you.
(Trying to ignore his pain, Shay climbs up the cliff, binds the rope ladder to a stone and throws the other end off the cliff, before he fights those French soldiers and kills many of them. Captain Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor has been shot on his leg and hand then captured. When Haytham and the others arrive, Shay is bathing in blood, pointing Vergor with his gun)
Plains of Abraham
10 AM, 13rd September, 1759
(The battle begins. Like a ghost of Colonel Monro, riding a horse with the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot, Shay dashes toward Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, pushes him off his own horse. They roll in dust then Shay pins Montcalm on the ground at last, with his gun propping the other’s forehead.)
Montcalm: You… You are not George Monro!
Shay: No, I’m just his avenger.
Montcalm: I didn’t kill him. He surrendered, and I set him free with his men, his arms and colors. But I can’t stop those Indians!
Shay: No you didn’t. You just defeated him. So I will let you live, to remember your defeat of this battle. Remember, you’ve been defeated by 35th Regiment of Foot.
Montcalm: Such loyal subordinate.
Shay: No, I’m not part of his army. As for my loyalty, I do owe him. He saved my life, gave me a second chance…But he lost his own.
(The sadness on Shay’s face makes Montcalm laugh, then a gunshot from Haytham makes his laughs into groans. Shay looks back at Haytham with a surprise.)
Haytham: Leave him alone. The battle is won.
13th September 1759, General Wolfe died in the Battle of Plains of Abraham.
14th September, mortally wounded General Montcalm died in Québec city.
18th September, the British army took over Québec.
But the war is not over yet.
(Shay sticks the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot above the wall of Québec, the Templar ring shining on his finger.)
- FIN -

Description

中文版剧本：

Only a draft of the first page.
Happy birthday to my dearest angel Shay Cormac, and remember this is the 259th anniversary of Battle of the Plains of Abraham, during the Siege of Quebec 1759, an event happened between Shay’s assassinations of Adewale and Hope Jensen.
This story first came to my mind right after I beat the game almost 4 years ago. Now Shay’s birthday made this historic event much more special. I spent months on this comic, searching history, writing script, making storyboard and cover art… But I can’t continue with it, or with Shay anymore. I have to move on.
Thank you for your 4 year companion. I still love you.
Many thanks to @anqiwaira @sidusphy for French translation.

Script down below
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I’m Not Part of His Army
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Goreham’s Post, Saint Lawrence River
Late August, 1759
James Cook is checking a map of Québec. Gist, Haytham, Shay and an officer approach.
Shay: Nice to see you again, Captain Cook. How is it going?
Cook: Exhausted. (Looking at the officer)
Shay: Major Robert Stobo. Captain James Cook of HMS Pembroke. So what happens now?
Cook: Several battles lost, and General Wolfe is suffering from consumption. Winter is coming so we can’t last for long. We need to find a weak point, to end this war.
Stobo (Observing the other side of the river): Gentlemen, you are looking for Québec’s Achilles’ Heel, and it’s right in front us. Months ago I escaped from jail, ran away from Québec, descended the Plains of Abraham right at L'Anse-au-Foulon. Under the cliff there is a bank for troops landing.
(Looking at Shay) Then along the river, I headed Louisburg to join General Wolfe’s army. It was Captain Cormac who saved me from a French schooner’s cannons at Chaleur Bay.
(Shay smiles back)
Cook (using his spyglass): Indeed, the French set pickets along the cliff. But it’s not heavily defended. The bank itself is suitable for landing. But how could our troops ascend a cliff like that? It’s…at least 170 feet high as I estimate.
Shay: The cliff is not a problem. I can carry a rope ladder and scale that height to blaze a trail.
Haytham: I’ll go with you.
(Looking at Haytham, Shay recalls Gist’s words “His father was an Assassin” but says nothing)
Haytham: Master Stobo, it was you who found the weak point of Québec, so it would be your mission to report that to General Wolfe. But please do keep it secret, tell him and tell him alone. His strategies were incompatible with those brigadiers recently. The less people know, the more chances we have.
Stobo (nods): Any other intelligence needs me to report to the general?
Shay (takes out a letter from his pocket and hands over): I intercepted this letter days ago, from a French outpost upriver. It was surposed to be delivered to Québec, inform them the convoy fleet of provisions from Batiscan has been canceled.
Stobo (takes the letter): Cross my heart, with all my life I will secure this precious letter to General Wolfe.
(Stobo leaves)
(Since 7th September, General Wolfe launches multiple diversionary attacks around Québec, drawing the French army’s attention away from L'Anse-au-Foulon.)
Saint Nicolas, Night of 12th September, 1759
(Shay is looking at the troops on riverbank through Morrigan’s window. Stobo steps in the cabin)
Stobo: Captain Cormac, I’m here to bid you farewell. General Wolfe asked me to send an urgent letter to General Amherst at Lake Champlain. I have to go now. It’s a shame I can’t fight by your side or witness Québec being conquered. But I’m willing to go anywhere they need me… Thank you for everything. Adieu!
(They shake hands before Stobo leaves. Gist comes in with a box when Shay is tying the ropes around his chest)
Gist: Captain, according to reliable sources, tonight under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel William Howe, we will hinder Bougainville’s troops at Cape Rouge, then land at L'Anse-au-Foulon by the ebb. Captain Cook will attend a feint to Beauport.
Shay: All right, Gist. I’ll be ready soon.
Gist: It’s a special day today, Captain Cormac.
Shay: Indeed, Gist. All our efforts were made for this day, to end this damned war and soothe Colonel Monro’s soul.
Gist: Aye, Captain…But I mean, it’s also YOUR special day.
Shay (stands in a daze for seconds then turns around and smiles): Ah yes, thank you Gist. I forgot about it…It’s truly a meaningful birthday, if you say so.
Gist (places the box on the desk): This is my gift for you. But I think he would love to present it to you as well.
(Shay opens the box and finds Colonel Monro’s uniform in it. Without a word, he picks it up and touches those holes burnt by fire, recalls that day he rescued him out of the house, watching his life vanishing, but nothing he could do.)
(Monro: A man needs purpose.)
Shay (with a bitter smile): Many thanks, Gist. It’s surely a significant gift.
(Shay takes off the ropes, puts on the uniform and picks up the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot from the bottom of the box, walks out of the cabin towards the riverbank)
Soldiers of 35th Regiment of Foot: Colonel Monro?! No…He…He is Master Cormac! Look! He saved us from Fort William Henry, then from Fort Frederick!
Shay (walks among soldiers): 35th Regiment of Foot, warriors of Colonel Monro! It was fate that assembled all of us here; It is our destiny to face the old enemies. But we hold the result of this battle in our own hands! That General Montcalm who defeated us at Fort William Henry, is now waiting for us behind those walls of Québec. Don’t make him disappointed! Keep the Colonel and martyrs in our hearts, and end this war!
Soldiers of 35th Regiment of Foot: Hear! Hear! For Colonel Monro!
Early morning of 13rd September, 1759
(William Howe and James Wolfe lead British army, they board small boats and reach L'Anse-au-Foulon)
French patrol (dicovers the approaching boats): D’où venez-vous ? (where are you from? )
Shay: De France ! (France!)
French patrol: Quel régiment ? (From which regiment? )
Shay: La Marine ! (Marine!)
French patrol: Et pour aller où ? (To where?)
Shay: À Québec, avec des vivres et des munitions ! (To Quebec with provisions!)
Haytham: Silence, un navire anglais approche. (Quiet, an English warship is nearby.)
(No more response)
Haytham: Je suis impressionné, Maître Cormac. (I’m impressed, Master Cormac.)
Shay: Moi de même, Maître Kenway. (As am I, Master Kenway.)
(They begin to scale the cliff and leave hooks on rocks for soldiers along the way. Then the French troops fire from above)
Patrols: Alarm! Enemies came up!
(Shay takes a bullet on his shoulder but he still manages to drag the patrol off the cliff with his rope dart. Haytham fires his gun upward then reloads)
Haytham: Keep moving, Shay! Don’t let them call reinforcements! I’ll cover you.
(Trying to ignore his pain, Shay climbs up the cliff, binds the rope ladder to a stone and throws the other end off the cliff, before he fights those French soldiers and kills many of them. Captain Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor has been shot on his leg and hand then captured. When Haytham and the others arrive, Shay is bathing in blood, pointing Vergor with his gun)
Plains of Abraham
10 AM, 13rd September, 1759
(The battle begins. Like a ghost of Colonel Monro, riding a horse with the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot, Shay dashes toward Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, pushes him off his own horse. They roll in dust then Shay pins Montcalm on the ground at last, with his gun propping the other’s forehead.)
Montcalm: You… You are not George Monro!
Shay: No, I’m just his avenger.
Montcalm: I didn’t kill him. He surrendered, and I set him free with his men, his arms and colors. But I can’t stop those Indians!
Shay: No you didn’t. You just defeated him. So I will let you live, to remember your defeat of this battle. Remember, you’ve been defeated by 35th Regiment of Foot.
Montcalm: Such loyal subordinate.
Shay: No, I’m not part of his army. As for my loyalty, I do owe him. He saved my life, gave me a second chance…But he lost his own.
(The sadness on Shay’s face makes Montcalm laugh, then a gunshot from Haytham makes his laughs into groans. Shay looks back at Haytham with a surprise.)
Haytham: Leave him alone. The battle is won.
13th September 1759, General Wolfe died in the Battle of Plains of Abraham.
14th September, mortally wounded General Montcalm died in Québec city.
18th September, the British army took over Québec.
But the war is not over yet.
(Shay sticks the flag of 35th Regiment of Foot above the wall of Québec, the Templar ring shining on his finger.)
- FIN -