The main character of the game is [[List of Assassin's Creed characters|Arno Victor Dorian]] (Dan Jeannotte),<ref name="PolygonJune2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/9/5793796/assassins-creed-unity-french-revolution |title=Assassin's Creed Unity hits Oct. 28, pre-orders live |last=Lien |first=Tracey |publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=June 9, 2014 |accessdate=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/13/the-man-behind-assassins-creed-unitys-arno-dorian-on-comedy-and-motion-capture-make-outs.aspx|title=The Man Behind Assassin's Creed Unity's Arno Dorian On Comedy And Motion-Capture Make-Outs|last=Hilliard|first=Kyle|publisher=GameStop|work=Game Informer|date=August 13, 2014|accessdate=August 15, 2014}}</ref> a native Frenchman who was born in Versailles to an Assassin father. After his father is killed, Arno is adopted, unaware that his new family holds a senior position within the Templar Order, with his new father figure the Templar Grandmaster.<ref name="GITenThings" /><ref name="GICoverStory">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/05/september-cover-reveal-assassins-creed-rogue-unity.aspx|title=September Cover Revealed – Assassin's Creed Rogue And Unity|last=Wallace|first=Kimberly|publisher=GameStop|work=Game Informer|date=August 5, 2014|accessdate=August 5, 2014}}</ref><ref name="GIArno">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/13/get-to-know-arno-from-assassins-creed-unity.aspx|title=Get To Know Arno From Assassin’s Creed Unity|last=Wallace|first=Kimberly|publisher=GameStop|work=Game Informer|date=August 13, 2014|accessdate=August 15, 2014}}</ref> Arno blames himself when his adoptive father is murdered, and so sets out on a quest of redemption that brings him into the Brotherhood of Assassins, where he slowly rises through the ranks, much like Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore as seen in previous games.<ref name="GITenThings" /><ref name="GIArno" /> Arno's love interest is a Templar named Elise De LaSerre, the daughter of the Templar Grandmaster who adopted Arno, who also sets out to investigate more about her father's death and its role in a growing ideological change within the Templar Order that threatens its core values.<ref name="GICoverStory" /><ref name="GIArno" /><ref name="GIElise">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/15/get-to-know-elise-from-assassins-creed-unity.aspx|title=Get To Know Elise From Assassin’s Creed Unity|last=Wallace|first=Kimberly|publisher=GameStop|work=Game Informer|date=August 15, 2014|accessdate=August 16, 2014}}</ref>
