There's already an official Assasin's Creed comic (series?) in Russia with the Tsars and everything. It did look and sound cooler than this american revolution thing.
Maybe for the clothes he wears are not as; how to put this... not fully costumed up as a jester perhaps? You say he is no longer used for entertainment and that he is old, so my initial idea is that he is missing some of his clothes or does not wear them all the time because they are ragged and torn. Maybe a good way to…
Like assasins creed, they tell you the big plot point at the very beggining, so i dont think they are hiding anything other then the the point of the story.