Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade

Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade

Notes on the First Quarter
Story set in the countries around the Arabian peninsula mainly following Islam
Main character is different from the other two books: his name is Altair
There are always many kills and tortures like in the previous ones
Many gruesome parts
Talks about the Brotherhood that wants to bring peace in the Holy Land
The narrator is a character of the story that tells a person something that was told to him by the main character: it is a story in another story

Notes on the Second Quarter
Altair tells the story of his childhood from his father's death to the enter in the Brotherhood as a novice- the author uses a technique called flash-back
Many changes in the setting of the place: Masyaf, Acre, Jerusalem, Damascus
There is a flash-forward in which it tells something that needs to happen; then it returns back to normality
When the main character passes in front of another character, the author describes tension between the two; in the next chapter it describes what has happened to them for that hostility to sprout
It is also mentioned a group of famous knights in Medieval history: the Templars

Notes on the Third Quarter
After the middle of the story, it seems like if the story finishes but then a new one starts
The setting of the story changes a lot of times- from Masyaf in the Arabian Peninsula to the island of Cyprus and its little cities
More description taking place and less action respect to the other half of the story"Bad" is overpowered by "Good"There are characters of the Middle Ages that have really existed like Saladin (in the story Salah Al'din) and King Richard the Lion Heart

Notes on the Last Quarter
Setting changes another time: the main character returns to the headquarters, Masyaf, then travels to the East till MongoliaFirst time character has feelings for a womanThere are many jumps in years-he leaves Masyaf and then returns ten years later; he leaves Masyaf again and returns twenty years later There are many changes in years- the story is told by a narrator called Niccolò Polo and the narration is altered between short pieces related to the narrator himself and many chapters to the life of the Master Assassin AltairAt the epilogue it anticipates the fourth book going forward in years (from the 1200s to the 1500s)