#bellec is actually a fascinating character to me. I like him alot as a character but I really like him more as an antagonist...

[thebleedingeffect]

I've been thinking about Bellec a ton for the past couple days and I'm just now starting to understand why he's so fixated on the idea that peace between assassins and templars is impossible. Before Bellec was an assassin, he was a soldier, and he lived the vast majority of his life as someone who was well-acquainted with death and power. He's seen just what it takes to secure a victory and he's seen how much sacrifice must be had to ensure that your own army will not crumble. Bellec is someone familiar with death and takes a more militaristic view towards the brotherhood as a result of his past life in the colonies. For him, Bellec believes that the brotherhood lacks the focus, drive, and power that it once held and must achieve once more.

Bellec incorrectly assumes that the conflicts that Altair, Ezio, and Connor went through were all ultimately about power and how they didn't flinch before the eyes of the templars. But in reality, assassins and templars are two sides of the same coin and he paints the very same men that he idolizes in a shade of color that they've never worn. Altair went out of his way to chase for knowledge, answers, and broke the rules that he saw was rightfully unjust in a system that had been tainted by their own mentor. Ezio was never one to sneak out power in the first place! And he even chose mercy towards one of his greatest enemies, even though it ultimately was the wrong choice. Connor tried and fought for peace, both for his own people and for the war, and he was always one who cut his own path rather than fall in line with what others expected of him.

Bellec misinterprets their core messages, but at the same time, it makes so much sense to why he does: because he sees the conflict between templars and assassins as a war and a war must be won. Traitors are killed, peace isn't an option, and to go against your orders is treason as survival is the key factor above all else. He sees all of the past conflicts as wars fought and won, bringing power and honor back to the brotherhood, which he believes is sorely lacking in the present.

He wishes to walk in the footsteps of the men who have shepherded the brotherhood back into glory, but he fails to see the core tenets that dictate it as a whole.

#assassin's creed #bellec is actually a fascinating character to me. I like him alot as a character but I really like him more as an antagonist...