Which Assassin's Creed game features the first playable female lead, Aveline de Grandpré?

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation features Aveline de Grandpré, the series' first playable female lead. Aveline is a mixed-race Assassin operating in eighteenth-century New Orleans and Louisiana during the period of French and Spanish colonial rule.

Liberation was originally released for the PlayStation Vita in 2012 alongside Assassin's Creed III. Its story follows Aveline's fight against Templar influence, slavery, and colonial oppression. The game gives her disguises that allow her to move through society in different ways, each with distinct abilities and restrictions.

Aveline later appeared in a remastered version called Assassin's Creed Liberation HD. That title is a rerelease of the same game rather than the original introduction of the character, so it is not the canonical answer when asking which game first featured her.

Evie Frye became the first female co-lead in a major numbered console entry with Assassin's Creed Syndicate, but Aveline appeared earlier as a full playable protagonist in Liberation.