...that Desmond might die at the end of Revelations? With the latest trailer and a sum of the shots we've seen of gameplay, Desmond's been in "too close!" situations one too many times. Getting abducted, fleeing abstergo, fleeing the warehouse, the incident at the Colosseum, and the numerous assertions that Desmond's "friends" may or may not be who they say they are...

Also what about the fact that Desmond is apparently in critical condition and now trapped inside the animus? Something tells me he failed to kill Lucy...or maybe succeeded but was then halted by his companions, possibly injured to a near death state. Or maybe the piece of Eden itself hurt Desmond or forced him to injure himself.

To me, the facts behind us and speculation ahead lead to massive plot holes that I feel are being subsided for the "subject 16" sideline quests, which seemed to be a somewhat optional storyline.

As much as I want to see a modern day Desmond Assassin, I feel that in the end, all will have simply been a tease and it will most likely wind up in a very strange plot twist for the third (final?) installment of Assassins Creed.

What do YOU think?

Minor Spoiler:

Well, even if he doesn't die it still begs the question, are the Assassin's actually the bad guys here? Or maybe they're both bad and there are no good guys?

@tariqari said:

Well, even if he doesn't die it still begs the question, are the Assassin's actually the bad guys here? Or maybe they're both bad and there are no good guys?

This has been lost in the series, they did touch on it briefly near the end of Revelations though. In the first Ac, there was no black and white, no good and evil. both the Assassins and templar's fight for peace, but the templars try to attain peace through control using the pieces of eden. in 2 and especially BH, it was "Assassins good, Templars evil"

Oh and Ubi has publicly stated during the build up to this game that Desmond has spent so much time as the other Assassins it's fucked up his brain. The animus is keeping him alive or at least keeping him from becoming a vegetable.Preventing his brain from tearing itself apart.