

At level one, guards will eye you suspiciously. Of course, a slave would never be allowed to wear a proper gown, nor would a lady be seen carrying her own goods, so each persona carries its own level of notoriety. As a black noblewoman of sorts in 1700’s New Orleans, Aveline can slip in and out of three different personas – the Lady, the Slave and the Assassin. The biggest difference between Connor and Aveline (besides the obvious) is her guises. I suppose that to a woman of African descent in a city beset with slave traders, few people are really innocent? Dress in Style and Go Hog Wild

In fact, you’re required to kill innocent bystanders if you wish to stay anonymous. Where Connor (and Ezio and Altaïr) are discouraged from wantonly killing innocent civilians, Vita protagonist Aveline has no such compunctions. Liberation may share an engine and a time period with Assassin’s Creed 3, yet the tone of this game is vastly different. Should you ever find yourself sharing a town or even a swamp with this woman, get the hell out of there.
