Which Assassin’s Creed game was the first in the series to feature a playable female protagonist?

Assassin’s Creed Liberation was the first Assassin’s Creed game to feature a playable female protagonist.

Liberation stars Aveline de Grandpré, a French-African Assassin active in eighteenth-century Louisiana. She uses disguises and different social identities to move through New Orleans, the bayou, and other locations while opposing Templar schemes and the slave trade.

The game was originally released for PlayStation Vita in 2012 as a companion title to Assassin’s Creed III. It was later ported and remastered for other platforms, including the Liberation HD release and the Assassin’s Creed III Remastered package.

Later mainline entries gave female characters larger roles, including Evie Frye in Syndicate and Kassandra as an optional protagonist in Odyssey. Those games therefore should not be credited as the first. Liberation’s distinction concerns a fully playable female lead in an Assassin’s Creed title, not merely a supporting character or multiplayer avatar.