It's also an 11th-hour decision forced upon him (deliberately so) where there is no third path.

He acquiesces to Juno in the same breath as he promises the Assassins will fight her rise to power. By ensuring humanity's survival (we're told the opposite would not wipe out humankind but return civilisation to the Dark Ages, its populace decimated), Desmond is ensuring that free will endures. Desmond's pragmatic choice sounds more like something his rivals, the Templars, would go for - they who continually argue that humans need order and a firm hand to guide them and that free will is dangerous.īut you could argue it the other way, too. It's an interesting narrative decision for a character that's part of the Assassins faction, a group who have fought for humanity's right to free will across the centuries. Desmond sacrifices himself to see the Earth saved. The former allows him to live, the latter ensures his death. Desmond Miles, the series' modern-day hero, is asked to decide between dooming the world to a fiery apocalypse or placing its future in the hands of Juno, a vengeful godlike figure from the series' mysterious precursor race. Spoiler warning: The following article discusses the ending of Assassin's Creed 3 in detail.Īssassin's Creed 3 ends with a choice.

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