Prologue

How many years has it been? Four? Five? I'm not entirely sure. For some it seems like years… For me… It seems like an eternity. And yet… The bloodshed continues.

Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania have joined the Axis Powers, and evidently, their Templar Allies. The Germans have deployed the infamous armored division, the Afrika Korps to North Africa, to aid their faltering Italian allies.

Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invaded and dismembered Yugoslavia, they soon surrendered on the 17th of April. Two months later, Germany and Bulgaria invaded Greece to support the Italians… Poor boys were overwhelmed early June.

Amidst the murder and mayhem, the Templars continue watching in the shadows. They continue playing their sleight of hand, aiding the political and military leaders of the Axis Powers supplying them with their own men and helping them to secure more territory. But I and the rest of the brotherhood know that they're only aiming for one thing and one thing only… To search for the remaining pieces of The Tracer.

At first, I thought these pieces were nothing more than mere fragments to a whole artifact… But I now see that they're far more dangerous… Than I could possibly imagine. These pieces seem to hold a kind of raw power that twists and morphs ordinary humans into horrendous monsters when they get too close. Apparently only certain individuals who are born with a special strand of human DNA called Technomancers have an… Immunity to the power that radiates from the pieces.

I don't know much about these… Technomancers. All I know is that if the Templars manage to get their hands on one of these guys, I hear that they can turn the tide of the war. Now the brotherhood has four objectives in this brutal and bloody conflict: Assisting the Allied Forces, working to undermine the Templar Order's hold on Europe, find the remaining pieces to The Tracer, and finding out more information about these Techomancers.

Now, with the war in full swing, I find myself, now a fully committed member of The Brotherhood. Even though my sister has been freed from that hellish Concentration Camp, Auschwitz and my cousin is still safe and sound within the Assassin compound… I can't turn my back on their cause… Or my people. I signed up for this war… And I intend to ride it out.

My name is Ariela Liora. And my story continues…

Author's note: Something to give you guys and gals to look forward to next year (or next month rather, lol)