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Bully: Extended Edition

After 20 Years of Bully game in October 2006, a new wise teacher with Indian origin called Mr. Kachra (voiced by Jimmi Harkishin) who has an afternoon yoga class where Jimmy Hopkins attended after history morning lesson with Mr. Wiggins (voiced by Gary Yudman) in an upcoming Bully: Extended Edition for PS5 in October 2026. The existing games feature various faculty members like Mr. Wiggins, the history teacher. Jimmi Harkishin listed in the game's official cast of Rockstar's Bully.

The Secret War in the Shadows of World History

Any individuals who join the Assassins or Templars in several ways to participate in their secret, global war spanning human history. The outsiders can be recruited if they align with the faction's ideology or prove their worth. Wherever if some or most people join the Assassin Brotherhood or the Templar Order as part of a secret global elite controlling human history in the change of course of the events. In modern times, the ceremony is less formal, but still involves an oath to the Order's principles. Individuals are often recruited based on their skills and alignment with the cause of preserving free will. The Templars operate primarily through the mega-corporation Abstergo Industries, which was officially founded in 1937. Recruitment often happens within Abstergo's ranks, with individuals being chosen for their abilities and adherence to the Templar philosophy of a "New World Order" controlled for humanity's own good. Historical figures like Henry Ford and Ransom E. Olds were influential Templars who helped build the economic and industrial foundation that led to Abstergo's creation.

The Millennia Codex

The Assassins and Templars have a lot of information sources provided and updated by Abstergo which records the whole period of one thousand years, one hundred decades, or ten centuries, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). When people loved to learn history like at schools or universities. It will tell you everything about their past, present and future Assassins as well as the Templar influences through Worldwide.

Assassin's Creed TV Series (Season 2)

Assassin's Creed is a dystopian science fiction and historical action television series based on the video game franchise published by Ubisoft. The seasons is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology. After the events of the Tudor period by the Assassin Lord Earnest Eleuthere who freed England from Templar rule. Season 2 has set in 17th century France during the Grand Siècle (Great Century) which also referred to as the Age of Louis XIV. a new female Assassin named Camille Adler who was born in 1664 at the Palace of Versailles to the noble family, in 1686, she was trained by the Assassins and pledge a ceremony to join the Brotherhood and their mission is liberate Paris and Versailles from the Templars, as they plotted to assassinate the King of France while Camille had urged Louis to take the Apple of Eden.

Tudor England: A Journey Through TV and Cinema

The Tudor period is a popular setting for various media, including historical dramas, miniseries, and films. Notable examples range from classic, fact-based portrayals to more modern, dramatized interpretations.

Assassin's Creed TV Series

Assassin's Creed is a dystopian science fiction and historical action television series based on the video game franchise published by Ubisoft. The seasons is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series' mythology. The main protagonist of the series was named Solomon Olaf who was abducted by Abstergo because of his Assassin heritage of the 16th century England like his ancestor Earnest Eleuthere, a member of the Assassin Brotherhood - a fictional organization inspired by the real-life Order of the Assassins—during the Tudor period under the Tyrannical King and Templar Henry VIII who turned England into a state terror by silencing the populace with the Apple of Eden which has been used after he divorce Catherine of Aragon. Earnest Eleuthere had joined into the Assassins Brotherhood and assigned to free England from the Templar Order of Henry VIII was inevitably swayed to ally with the Templars for support financially and physically by creating the Church of England, Henry and his Templar allies evicted monks and desecrated their monasteries, selling or destroying every last trace of Catholicism in Britain including the Assassins who are purged by the Templars.

The Mysterious Wars of the Assassins and Templars

Ubisoft has confirmed they intend to expand on the modern-day storyline and the global conflict between the Assassin and Templar Orders. The future Assassin's Creed game titles will continue to explore diverse historical settings, with gameplay remaining centered around the Assassin-Templar conflict within those eras. The core AC games primarily use the Animus to explore historical settings. While there is a modern-day overarching narrative, the bulk of the gameplay takes place in the past. While many fans have expressed interest in a Cold War setting such as the Stasi, the Kremlin, East Berlin, Cuba as well as the Duvalier era in Haiti, the Vietnam War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Gulf War of 1991 as a similar content to Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, which Incorporates a heavy gun use, modern military elements, and vehicles in the style of GTA along with Call of Duty would drastically depart from the series' emphasis on stealth, parkour, and melee combat in historical urban and natural environments around the globe including the former Soviet Union. The first modern AC game will feature street gangs and drug dealers as primary antagonists, the specific "school bully" and "global criminal underworld" narrative is outside the scope of current plans of Rockstar's Bully, and finally the first modern AC future game titles have reintroduced health bars and minimaps, so these specific UI elements are common.

A Ubisoft Revolution for the Modern Assassin-Templar War Narrative

Ubisoft has made an official announcement of an Assassin's Creed future titles featuring a global, modern-day, GTA-style open world with a boarding school at the heart of southern England as St. Joseph's Grammar School setting, is entirely fictional. No such game or project has been announced by Ubisoft. The idea of an Assassin's Creed game borrowing directly from the gameplay of Call of Duty (like Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare). These organizations are central to the entire Assassin's Creed lore. The ongoing conflict between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order (acting through their modern-day corporate front, Abstergo) is a core component of the story in every game which always places its historical narratives within real-world settings and events. Ubisoft's current and upcoming projects have been officially announced for couple of years.

Future Assassin's Creed Game Titles

Ubisoft has confirmed they intend to expand on the modern-day storyline and the global conflict between the Assassin and Templar Orders in future installments. The idea of borrowing gameplay mechanics from Grand Theft Auto, such as a free-roam criminal underworld, has been mentioned as a potential inspiration for how to translate the modern-day conflict into a more dynamic, city-based experience. The modern era involves the conflicts occurred through organizations like Abstergo to balance the historical and modern-day stories more effectively, which could lead to a more developing experience in the future. The request describes a game concept where the modern-day storyline becomes the primary gameplay, expanding on stealth and free-roam action. The user explicitly mentions Grand Theft Auto, implying a gameplay style that involves open-world city environments, driving, and conflict with law enforcement and gangs, in addition to Abstergo's private forces. With Ubisoft in talks in request specifically asks for this to be set in the 20th and 21st centuries, referencing periods like World War II, the Cold War, and modern warfare, which would be a significant departure from the series' usual historical settings. The new game concept could be explored through the Assassin's Creed franchise or spin-off prequels, allowing for a narrative that bridges past and present conflict across different eras and global locations.

The Assassins and Templars Throughout History

Due to the secretive nature of the Assassin-Templar War, there are no definitive in-universe examples of the Assassins or Templars being born and dying in places completely "unrecorded" by human history. With both sides operating covertly within known locations and time periods. However, there are several instances of the Assassins and Templars whose birth and death locations are unknown or hidden sources themselves, making them effectively unrecorded by the historical record. The secret war between the Assassins and Templars, which largely takes place behind the scenes of major world events. Animus simulations allows anyone to explore these hidden histories according to Wiki page as the battles, and secret societies did not appear in standard history books, as long as Abstergo was concerned.

Pets

Many people including celebrities, actors, actresses, fictional characters, politicians etc. have so much type of pets from Dogs to Rabbits.

The Inspiring Tale of a Star-Pup's Affection

While many films, TV shows, and music videos feature brief moments of a dog licking a character as a central narrative point or a significant, recurring cinematic device for both male and female characters. The following examples incorporate dog licking someone's face that serve the story or create a memorable cinematic moment

The 18 Age Category of British Film Classification

An "18" rating for films and television shows, including content on platforms like Netflix by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), means the media is considered suitable for adults only, and no one under the age of 18 is permitted to watch it in a cinema or legally rent/buy/stream it in the UK.

Compiègne

In July 1794, during the final days of the Reign of Terror, a period of intense political and religious persecution during the French Revolution, sixteen Carmelite nuns from Compiègne were executed in Paris. The nuns, known as the Martyrs of Compiègne, were guillotined on July 17, 1794, at the Place du Trône Renversé (now Place de la Nation) in Paris, just 10 days before the overthrow and execution of Maximilien Robespierre, the climate of fear and suspicion was so pervasive that it could easily be compared to a city under siege by unseen evil, as anyone could be denounced and dragged to the scaffold as the supernatural or demonic evil was used as a metaphor for the real, human atrocities taking place before and after nightfall.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Blue Planet Legacy

Get ready for the 100th birthday anniversary of David Attenborough in 2026 with his new series to star as a guest appearance of SpongeBob SquarePants titled "The Blue Planet Legacy" to narrate the documentary episode of SpongeBob and his friends known as Patrick Star, Mr. Krabs, Squidward Tentacles, Plankton, Gary the Snail and all characters of the Bikini Bottom from the television show of Stephen Hillenburg.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Down Under

SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star are leaving the Bikini Bottom for a new trip to Australia as they landed in New South Wales on a tour guide around in Sydney and the Outback as they slept in the camp before they explore around the Sydney Opera House as well as Bondi Beach before the two are preparing to return home to the Bikini Bottom.

End of the Living

End of the Living is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Heretic Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. End of the Living is set in the 19th century alternate history post-apocalyptic United Kingdom in 1897 while the island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland remained uninfected during the Victorian era and follows the survivors and members of the English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) to battle the infected on the British mainland with a very contagious disease that induces homicidal rage after the accidental release from a laboratory in Cambridge or Oxford which results an epidemic that caused widespread societal collapse, leaving the survivors to endure both the infected and the consequences of a rapidly disintegrating society, following the evacuation orders of British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury with millions of British refugees left mainland Britain for the United States while the others including Queen Victoria, the Members of the Royal Family and Lord Salisbury himself had left Britain for Australia as part of the British Empire where the governor such as the Viscount Hampden, Henry Brand welcomed the Queen and the Prime Minister for a refuge in Canberra near New South Wales outside of Sydney.

Goodbye England's Rose

A joint British and American production, an epic details of Diana's life and tragedy as the rise and fall of an iconic People's Princess, known as Lady Diana Spencer who wished to become the "Queen of People's Hearts" where she touched millions around the globe including her marriage of Charles, the Prince of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996 which led to her final hours with Dodi Fayed in August 1997 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris.

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Reborn

A sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) which continues with the legacy of Dracula's death at the hands of Mina Harker, a new evil begins in Paris, France with Jonathan Harker continues to investigate with his son Quincey.

The Paramount and Warner Bros. Revolution

In July 2025, Netflix announced it is developing a live-action series based on the Assassin's Creed video game franchise. Warner Bros. would distribute the film in the United States while Paramount handles internationally for the movie franchise where it began in 2016 with the first Assassin's Creed movie.