14 Facts About Desmond Miles

1. Desmond Miles initially tried to get away from the Assassin Brotherhood, and ran from his compound during his formative years.

2. Desmond Miles was voted the twentieth top character of the 2000s decade by Game Informer's readers.

3. Desmond Miles decides to use the device and save the world, believing it has a better chance fighting Juno.

4. Desmond Miles describes his escape, which happened at the age of 16.

5. Desmond Miles falls into a coma, and is placed back into the Animus by William Miles and another Assassin in a bid to preserve his consciousness.

6. Desmond Miles takes the Apple and through it, Juno takes control of his body and forces him to stab Lucy, who is revealed to be a Templar double agent.

7. Desmond Miles is pulled from the Animus as Abstergo discovers their hideout.

8. Desmond Miles learns of Altair's lover Maria Thorpe, a former Templar used as a decoy by Robert de Sable.

9. Desmond Miles enters the Animus 2.0, supervised by Lucy and her team of assassins Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane, to be quickly trained as an Assassin via the Bleeding Effect.

10. Desmond Miles escapes from Abstergo with the help of Lucy, who is an undercover Assassin in Abstergo.

11. Desmond Miles lives in New York and works as a bartender.

12. Desmond Miles represents symbolically a form of transcendence from the necessity of the human body.

13. Desmond Miles is voiced by Nolan North and is modeled after Canadian fashion model Francisco Randez.

14. Desmond Miles is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the frame story uniting the first five installments in the Assassin's Creed series of video games.