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Assassin’s Creed: Gold follows Aliyah Khan, a card shark and hustler who’s been dealt a rough hand in life. Surviving through her smarts and street scams, Aliyah struggles to get by until she loses big time to a mysterious older man, Gavin Banks. Her only option to repay Banks is to become an Assassin. During her training, Banks tells Aliyah of the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars, imploring her to help him decode a secret message inscribed on an illegal form of currency during the Great Recoinage of 1696.

Aliyah Kahn ist eine kleine Trickbetrügerin, die ihrem Gewerbe auf den Straßen von London nachgeht, indem sie Touristen das Geld aus der Tasche zieht. Ihr loses Mundwerk und ihre Aufsässigkeit haben sie nicht nur um ihren Platz an einem renommierten College gebracht, sondern bringen sie auch heute noch regelmäßig in Teufels Küche. Zu allem Überfluss hat sie sich mit einer vermeintlich sicheren Geschäftsidee auf die falschen Leute verlassen und steht jetzt bei mächtigen und sehr gefährlichen Leuten mit einer Viertelmillion Pfund in der Kreide.

Cairo, 824—In the bowels of prison, escape is out of the question. The best Roshan can hope for is a quick death. She certainly doesn’t expect a second chance offered by a cloaked stranger who says Roshan is exactly what they need: Someone who can disappear, who will do what needs to be done, someone expendable …

1868. The Boshin War is about to break out. A 16-year-old Japanese girl, Atsuko grew up in the neighborhoods of Aizu City, in the shadow of her brother Ibuka. Promised to an arranged marriage, the young girl hides a secret: she wields weapons just as well as her brother, whose talent with the sword actually masks an insurmountable fear of combat. When war is declared, Ibuka must leave to fight alongside their father for the honor of the family. Defying the tradition forbidding women to take part in battles and wanting to protect her brother, Atsuko enlists in secret as a simple soldier.