You can play as a guy named Alexios or a woman named Kassandra. Both of which are mercenaries in Ancient Greece. The story, according to Ubisoft, has multiple endings that the player can choose. In the novelization of the book, they picked Kassandra to be the main character. Both Alexios and Kassandra are grandchildren of Spartan King, Leonidas the first. There were some moments in Greek legends that women had a significant role in the military. In Greek recorded history, there were moments of women in Ancient Warfare as well. Globalist propaganda and brainwashing aside, they could have pulled from the various accounts of women being involved in the military in Ancient Greece this when making the character of Kassandra. It could be to further inordinate people into the thinking of "women can do when men can." Sources: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/08/15/assassins-creed-novel-announced/ https://infogalactic.com/info/Women_in_ancient_warfare (use Ctrl + F and type in the work Greek to find Greek instances)