Ubisoft have released a new CGI game trailer for their next Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Unity, today. And despite the reason why this game became so infamous last month, there’s actually a woman featured in it as a character; just not the assassin character.

The woman in question is Elise, a noblewoman and a Templar, and has to be saved from a gruesome fate by Arno. Not much more is known of her right now, but as a Templar it can be guessed she can handle herself in a fight and there are certainly some hints of her knowing how to use a sword. Hopefully this bodes well for the game and the infamous “women are hard to animate” episode will just be a stumbling point in what turns out to be a decent game. Here’s hoping, even if I’d still prefer to be a classy female assassin in the game…

Check out the trailer below: