Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set in feudal Japan, and its two main characters are a shinobi assassin and a powerful samurai.

Smaller requests include hair and beard customisation (as seen in Assassin's Creed Valhalla), fishing (again, as in Valhalla), faster selling/dismantling of gear, the ability to show headgear in ...

who last popped up in Assassin's Creed Valhalla). The shift also means this new era can skip past any consequences from Valhalla's ending. For now at least, there's no more detail on any of that here.