The Connor-Haytham dynamic reaching its explicit form — father and son on opposite sides of the Assassin-Templar argument, each genuinely committed, each unable to fully dismiss the other's position. Fighting for power is Haytham's reading of the Templar project: the order they seek requires the concentration of power in the right hands. Fighting for freedom is Connor's counter: the Assassins are not trying to win the power struggle but to prevent it from being winnable by anyone.