The streets of London are slick with rain. Whispers and frantic eyes dart about the cobblestone as the news sinks in. There is a tension in the air on this first of September, 1939, as word reaches the world of Germany's invasion of Poland. War is on the horizon.

As an assassin, you know that the imminent war is nothing more that a plot by your old rivals in the Templar Order. The reasons why they have ignited a new war, so soon after the conclusion of the Great War, have yet to be determined. Work with your assassin brothers and sisters to bring the truth to light. Defeat the Templar Order around the globe as World War II consumes the planet.