 John and Kanyenke then take their mercenaries in pursuit of Warwick 's fleeing army , and ally with the French in the Seven Years ' War against Warwick . When Colonel George Washington tells them that Warwick is a renegade and has been hunted by the British as well , John agrees to track him down for the British . John leads his mercenaries and Washington 's forces and destroys Warwick 's base in the Great Lakes region . The presence of the Circle of Ossus ' Boneguard prove to John the existence of the Circle and that Warwick is the current Circle 's leader . In the ruins of the Circle 's base John finds the decapitated body of his uncle Stuart . John then demands that Nonahkee be kept at home while they pursue Warwick , who has again escaped and fled to the Rocky Mountains . Kanyenke agrees and reveals that he knows about John 's relationship with Nonahkee . He tells him that he would not have chosen John as her husband , but he accepts it because he knows that she decides who she loves . 
