Thread:XtranormalGeek/@comment-4743273-20130222051513/@comment-4743273-20130223061326

Cool! OK, so I've recently learned something incredibly interesting in school recently: it turns out that after the fall of Constantinople, there were a number of outcroppings of people, mostly in monasteries, who cherished learning, literacy, and books. Many such monasteries, in places like Ireland, became centers of learning, and eventually became actively sought out by people who wanted to read and study without oppression from major empires on the grounds of religion.

It came to be that people from places like Constantinople, which were being broken up and sacked, brought whatever texts they could to these monasteries in order to keep them from being destroyed for no reason. Among these texts were ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts that the monks found particularly interesting, and not only did they learn the Greek and Latin languages from them, they also began copying these manuscripts (which came to be known as "illuminated manuscripts") by hand, in part for the very sake of posterity. Looking back, many scholars actually believe that without their work, the Renaissance would have never taken place.

So the reason this all ties together is this: what if there were an Assassin's Creed game where the plot was that the Templars were seeking to destroy these monasteries and sabotage the movement of the manuscripts, and by so doing prevent the Renaissance and the essential age of learning that it brought about?

The main character of the game could be an Irishman skilled in climbing, athletics, and fighting, and could seek to kill off the leaders of barbarian tribes that were overseeing the attempted destruction of the manuscripts.

I don't know about you, but I think that something like this, that's incredibly important but not widely known about, would make an amazing premise for an Assassin's Creed game. We can work together to put together the story, and then perhaps you can take the lead on the gameplay mechanics, while I do a bit of research to establish potential main enemies, targets, and locations. What do you think?