Assassin's Creed/Ships

Rothfrye
Rothfrye is the slash ship between Maxwell Roth and Jacob Frye from the Assassin's Creed fandom.

Canon
Maxwell Roth sought out Jacob Frye for help taking down Crawford Starrick, leader of the Templar Order in London. They successfully sabotaged one of his shipments and kidnapped two of his henchmen, leading to a business partnership.

While attempting to take out one of Starrick's warehouses, Jacob learned there were children inside. Roth was unconcerned by this, leading him to refuse the job. Roth set the warehouse on fire, forcing him to save the children inside and ending their partnership.

Jacob was then invited to a show at the Alhambra. Roth dedicated the performance to him and set the theatre on fire. Jacob managed to fatally wound him and asked about his intentions; Roth kissed him and replied "why not?" before dying.

Fanon
After the release of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, people debated if Roth's feelings were real and if Jacob returned them. It was eventually confirmed that Jacob was bisexual and Roth loved him; however, the kiss was left ambiguous on purpose.

Fans have since concluded that Roth's love for Jacob was probably genuine and not just for his own goals. It was confirmed by one of the developers that Jacob loved him as well, but when that became the case is unclear.

On AO3, Rothfrye is the fourth most written ship for Jacob and the most written for Roth. It is the tenth most written ship in the Assassin's Creed tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Jacob F./M. Roth tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Jacob F./M. Roth tag on FanFiction.Net