Aveline de Grandpré

Aveline de Grandpré is the main character of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, a video game released in 2012. She is a mixed-race Assassin operating in 18th-century New Orleans and the surrounding regions during the French and Indian War, the Seven Years' War, and the American Revolution. As the daughter of a French merchant and an African woman, Aveline navigates the complex social hierarchies of colonial Louisiana while secretly working for the Assassin Brotherhood to promote freedom and fight tyranny. Her story explores themes of identity, freedom, and resistance against oppression in a historically rich setting. She is notable for being one of the few female protagonists in the Assassin's Creed franchise and represents a nuanced perspective on the American Revolution that includes the experiences of enslaved and mixed-race individuals often overlooked in mainstream historical narratives.