The screen went black. Then, a low, distorted guitar riff—not the iconic Godsmack track, but something older , more organic. The Ubisoft logo bled in like wet ink, then reformed into a new logo: Ubisoft: What Once Was Lost.

He was standing on the deck of a burning ship. The sky was a toxic purple. The smell of salt and ash filled his lungs. He looked down. He was wearing the Prince’s torn leather vest. His hands were covered in sand. And his phone? His phone was gone. But in his right hand, a sharp, curved dagger. In his left, the Dagger of Time.

He tapped it.