Synopsis. The saga begins when Desmond Miles (Nolan North), a bartender, wakes up suddenly from within a strange machine inside an upper level laboratory.He angrily confronts the man responsible for bringing him there, Dr. Warren Vidic (Phil Proctor) of Abstergo Industries.Vidic tells Desmond that he knows who he truly is, an assassin, and that he''d better do what he tells him to do.