What actually is happening in Assassin's Creed?

Question

I got Assassin's Creed for the PS3 a while back, played a bit, then stopped. Now going back to it, I've forgotten the plot. I know that I'm an assassin, and that's about it. What's actually happening? Don't need to much details, just the parts that I 'need' to know.

Thanks

P.S. I've already read the back of the case, but it doesn't explain much.

Answer 1

the assasin is the ancestor of the guy. though u play the assasin, you are actually digging up the past memories of the assasin.