Sorry for the late reply, (been mostly recovering from having my wisdom teeth yanked out) but my interest is piqued with this - however, I want more. Give me a nice, blood-dripping haunch of meat on a stick to cajole myself and lurkers further!
Why not a basic preface of the time period we'll be exploring inside of the Animus? How will this affect the present time? What does it have to do with the Assassin-Templar conflict in both periods? What of the Artifacts (Apple, Staff, etc)?
If you want to please the crowd, you has to put on a show to entice their senses.