Assassin's Creed Shadows: Who is Luis Frois?

The story has always formed the spine in Assassin's Creed franchise. While it never pretends to be the most historically accurate series out there, Assassin's Creed Embraces the past, sets each post at a new place and period of time and including characters and major events that are strongly inspired by real history. Assassin's Creed Shadows is no exception.

For the first time in the long history of franchise, Assassin's Creed Shadows Introduces a playable protagonist directly inspired by a historical figure, Yasuke. But Yasuke is far from the only historical inspired character in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Alongside the fictional Naoe, Yasuke crosses roads with a number of real figures, one of which is Luis Frois, a Portuguese man with a stored life.

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Luis Froi's early life

Luis Frois was born in the capital Portugal, Lisbon, in 1532. Frois spent the first 16 years of his life getting an education in the Court of King John III, after which he decided to join the Jesuits. The Jesuit order was founded just 8 years before and was a group of Catholic priests who were often sent as missionaries to foreign countries in an attempt to spread Catholisism all over the world.

After joining the Jesuits, Luis Frois traveled to the Portuguese India, where he met his colleague Jesuit Francis Xavier, who began an assignment to Japan. In 1561, Luis Frois had completed his Jesuits and became a fully educated priest, a particularly skilled with words and writing.

Luis Froi's life in Japan

In 1563, Luis Frois was sent as a missionary to Japan. Frois eventually found his way to Kyoto, where he met both Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and Oda Nobunaga, a man who was embedded in various plots and civil conflicts between Japan's Daimyos and their respective clans.

Frois gradually gained Nobunaga's confidence and eventually became something of an ally. As Nobunaga continued to gain power and continued with its attempt to unite Japan under a banner, Frois (along with other Jesuits like Alessandro Valignano) was given free fabric to spread Catholisism throughout Japan.

In 1583, Luis Frois was urged by his superiors to start recording the operations of the Jesusian missionaries in Japan, as well as the broader events that occurred in Japan at that time. Frois' records – later title Japan's history – Was quite extensive and is still used today as an important source of information about the Sengoku period in Japan. Frois died in Nagasaki in July 1597.

Both Francis Xavier and Alessandro Valignano have been listed as temples in the previous Assassin's Creed media, although unclear in Assassin's Creed Shadows. It is unlikely that Luis Frois is a temple in Shadowswith him to help Yasuke's personal journey towards the end of the game.

Luis Frois' Records mentions Yasuke's presence in Japan

Very little is known about Yasuke's life in Japan, but the little we know comes mainly from Luis Froi's records and letters. According to Froi's stories, Yasuke Frois and Italian Jesuit Alessandro accompanied Valignano during their meeting with Oda Nobunaga in 1581. During the meeting, Nobunaga Valignano requested to share with Yasuke, which he agreed. This meeting is the very first scene in Assassin's Creed Shadows.