Rumour One of Assassins Creed Reds Protagonists Is Based on African Samurai Yasuke
With an altered story.
It's been rumoured for quite some time, but Insider Gaming is now reporting that one of the two playable protagonists in Assassin's Creed Red is based on a historical figure known as Yasuke. In case you don't know, the currently in-development Red takes place in feudal Japan, and will supposedly have you playing as both a stealthy female assassin, and a more combat-focused male samurai.
As mentioned, said playable samurai is reportedly Ubisoft's take on Yasuke, who was very much a real person, based on historical documentation. He was originally from Africa — it's assumed Mozambique — and in the late 1700s, he arrived in Japan in service of an Italian missionary. Yasuke's dark skin and relatively tall height supposedly attracted large crowds, and eventually, Nobunaga Oda — one of the period's most powerful warlords — arranged a meeting with Yasuke out of curiosity.
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