As it stands, there are rumors, reports, and confirmations about threeAssassin’s Creedgames in development:Assassin’s Creed Nexusis the franchise’s adventure into VR,Assassin’s CreedInfinity is a live-service game (presumably continuing where AC Valhalla left off, though with a twist), andAssassin’s Creed Riftis supposedly a return to classic, smaller game structure with Basimas the star.
SPOILERS FOR ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA AHEADBasim is not only a popularAssassin’s Creed Valhallacharacter, but he has wormed his way into the hearts of many fans and cemented himself as one of its most popular characters overall. Part of it is, no doubt, how he is a reincarnation of the Isu Loki, and that givesAC Rifta lot of things to explore. By all accounts,AC Riftis based in Baghdad and will likely focus on Basim’s past, perhaps showing how Loki overtook Basim’s mind. A lot of things happen to Basim beforeValhalla.
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Assassin’s Creed Rift: Basim’s Life
Basim was born in the Abbasid Caliphate, and his father played a big role in the Great Mosque of Samarra. Unfortunately, someone else took credit for his work on the mosque, and Basim’s father died in poverty.Basim would grow up in Baghdad, where he often visited the House of Wisdom. This building would play a big role in Basim’s life, from the available knowledge to meeting al-Khwarizmi. Presumably, this place likely played a role in Basim and Loki’s convergence of personalities too.
Basim would eventually join the Hidden Ones and become a Master Assassin, like so many before and after him. It’s implied that Loki’s consciousness didn’t begin to manifest in Basim until this time, and those who knew Basim described fits of mania where he struggled against the Isu Loki. Bythe timeAssassin’s Creed Valhallatakes place, Basim’s original consciousness was entirely snuffed out by Loki. This is presumably whereAssassin’s Creed Riftwould take place, either during Basim’s rise through the ranks up until or after Basim’s change. Basim/Loki would then travel, under guise of Hidden One activities, to search for other Sages.
Mentor Rayhan would eventually pair Hytham with Basim, where they would eventually face a faction of theOrder of the Ancientscalled Snake-Eaters. They had taken control of Constantinople, and decimated the Hidden Ones during this conflict. However, Basim would receive aid from other Hidden Ones and drive the Snake-Eaters out.
Eventually, Basim would learn of a Norseman with a peculiar mark on the neck, an oddity of all Norse Isu, and Basim would seek to befriend the man everyone knows asAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Sigurd Styrbjornsson. The rest isn’t exactly history, though, as Basim survives the events of Valhalla and makes his appearance in the modern-day, dedicated to finding his children and being reunited with his lover.
