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Assassins

2010-01-08T23:18:02Z

174.117.164.72: /* Members */

{{Imageneed}}

{{WP-REAL|Hashshashin}} {{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (Ismailism) (AC1), Catholic, Atheist (AC2),
|nationality = Arab (AC1), Italian (AC2), Mixed (Modern Times)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine ("Nothing is true, Everything is permitted" in arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed}} The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012.

=== The Order ===
{{dialogue|Raoul|Safety and peace.|Altaïr|Upon you as well.|Raoul greeting Altaïr as he returns from Jerusalem.}}

[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|The combat instructor who is in fact similar to any other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]
The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]].

[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

Note: The Templars thought that religion is just a lie and a means to control, the Assassins do not deny religion but they say it has been misunderstood e.g. the garden of Eden

==Known Assassins==
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16}}
===Third Crusade===
====Members====

[[File:Masyaffortress.png|thumb|400px|Masyaf, the Assassin's fortress.]]
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins (Secretly was a former Templar)
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor (Becomes Leader of the Assassins after the events of the first game)
*[[Harash]] (Al Mualim's right-hand man (Sold the Assassins Order to [[Basilisk]])
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*[[Jamal]] (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
*[[Bahir]] (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[Karim]] (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[The Dai and Rafiqs]]

====Allies====
*[[Adha]] ("The Chalice")
*[[Maria]] (Altaïr's wife)

===Renaissance===

[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]
====Members====
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (A nobleman from Naples; presumed Grand Master)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Mario's brother, Ezio's father)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Paola]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]] (Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)

====Allies====
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Ezio's best friend)
*[[Agostino Barbarigo]] (Brother of [[Marco Barbarigo]]; Doge of Venice)
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (Lord of [[Firenze]])
*[[Caterina Sforza]] (Countess of [[Forli]])
*[[Christoffa Corombo]] (Italian Conquistador)
*[[Luis Santangel]] (Finance minister to Ferdinand II)

=== Modern Times (2012) ===
*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

===Others===
====Members====
*[[Adam and Eve]]
*[[Abel]]
*[[Darius]]
*[[Iltani]]
*[[Wei Yu]]
*[[Qulan Gal]]
*[[Amunet]]
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Dante Alighieri]]
*[[Domenico Auditore]]

====Allies====
*[[Nikola Tesla]] (An ally of the Assassins, helped destroy the Staff and cause the [[wikipedia:Tunguska Event|Tunguska Event]])
*[[Marco Polo]] (Brought the [[Codex]] from Mongolia to Italy)

==Known Victims of the Assassins==
[[File:Almuadet.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Al-Mualim]] the last of the Templars]]
=== Victims of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]] ====
*[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)]]
*[[Alaat]]
*[[Roland Napule]]
*[[The Master's Student]]
*[[Master of the Tower]]
*[[Harash]]
*[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed]] ====
*[[Tamir]]
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
*[[Talal]]
*[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]
*[[William of Montferrat]]
*[[Majd Addin]]
*[[Jubair al Hakim]]
*[[Sibrand]]
*[[Robert de Sable]]
*[[Al-Mualim]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]] ====
*[[Frederick the Red]]
*[[Moloch]]
*[[Dark Oracle]]
*[[Shalim]]
*[[Shahar]]
*[[Pirate Captain]]
*[[Armand Bouchart]]

=== Victims of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed II]] ====

*[[Uberto Alberti]]
*The Pazzi Family
**[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]
**[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]
**[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]
*The Pazzi Conspirators
**[[Stefano da Bagnone]]
**[[Bernado Baroncelli]]
**[[Antonio Maffei]]
**[[Francesco Salviati]]
*The Barbarigo Family
**[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
**[[Marco Barbarigo]]
**[[Silvio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Dante Moro]]
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]]

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the Assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [[Robert de Sable]] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is during the Third Crusade and this low-scale war with the Templars that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life: the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==

[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]
During the Renaissance time period, the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the codex pages, where by Altair states that even though the Templar Order was served a crushing defeat in the Holy Land and Cyprus, they still survived in more inconspicuous ways. As such, Altair believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on.

For example, he talked of abandoning the Assassin fortress of Masyaf and conducting their operations more covertly so as not to attract attention from their enemies. He also proposed that the method of removing the ring finger was an obvious sign to Templar forces who the Assassin members were, and found a way to modify the Hidden blade and still keep their finger. Another way AltIair changed tactics is by introducing the use of poison which before was considered a "cowards" tool. The Renaissance Italian Assassin Order, however, didn’t follow all these traditions that were passed down to them.

One example of this was the Auditore Villa, built by Ezio's great-grandfather, which acted as an Assassin fortress, containing recovered Codex pages and the Armour of Altair. It was considered an Assassin fortress (whilst containing the Auditore crypt) even displaying a mix of the Auditore and Assassin symbols.

Rituals were still in place to induct new recruits as shown when Ezio is finally revealed to the rest of the Assassin Order, many of who have helped him over the years. Machiavelli (the supposed Grandmaster of the Assassins during the Renaissance) conducted a ritual, where by he posed questions to Ezio, who had to respond with "Nothing is true, everything is permitted". He then finished by burning the ring finger on Ezio’s left hand, the same finger which use to be taken from Assassins to show their commitment to their Order.

However they did still follow Altair's idea of keeping hidden and evolved into a secret society (even though they still displayed Assassin Tomb's and the Auditore Villa).

==Real History==

[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

{{AC}}
{{ACII}}
{{ACSeries}}
[[Category:Assassin's Order]]

Assassins

2010-01-08T22:01:27Z

174.117.164.72: /* Renaissance */

{{Imageneed}}

{{WP-REAL|Hashshashin}} {{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (Ismailism) (AC1), Catholic, Atheist (AC2),
|nationality = Arab (AC1), Italian (AC2), Mixed (Modern Times)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine ("Nothing is true, Everything is permitted" in arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed}} The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012.

=== The Order ===
{{dialogue|Raoul|Safety and peace.|Altaïr|Upon you as well.|Raoul greeting Altaïr as he returns from Jerusalem.}}

[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|The combat instructor who is in fact similar to any other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]
The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]].

[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

Note: The Templars thought that religion is just a lie and a means to control, the Assassins do not deny religion but they say it has been misunderstood e.g. the garden of Eden

==Known Assassins==
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16}}
===Third Crusade===
====Members====
[[File:Masyaffortress.png|thumb|400px|Masyaf, the Assassin's fortress.]]
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins [Secretly was a former Templar])
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor [Becomes Leader of the Assassins after the events of the first game])
*[[Harash]] (Al Mualim's right-hand man [Sold the Assassins Order to [[Basilisk]]])
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*[[Jamal]] (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
*[[Bahir]] (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[Karim]] (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[The Dai and Rafiqs]]

====Allies====
*[[Adha]] ("The Chalice")
*[[Maria]] (Altaïr's wife)

===Renaissance===

[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]
====Members====
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (A nobleman from Naples; presumed Grand Master)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Mario's brother, Ezio's father)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Paola]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]] (Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)

====Allies====
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Ezio's best friend)
*[[Agostino Barbarigo]] (Brother of [[Marco Barbarigo]]; Doge of Venice)
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (Lord of [[Firenze]])
*[[Caterina Sforza]] (Countess of [[Forli]])
*[[Christoffa Corombo]] (Italian Conquistador)
*[[Luis Santangel]] (Finance minister to Ferdinand II)

=== Modern Times (2012) ===
*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

===Others===
====Members====
*[[Adam and Eve]]
*[[Abel]]
*[[Darius]]
*[[Iltani]]
*[[Wei Yu]]
*[[Qulan Gal]]
*[[Amunet]]
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Dante Alighieri]]
*[[Domenico Auditore]]

====Allies====
*[[Nikola Tesla]] (An ally of the Assassins, helped destroy the Staff and cause the [[wikipedia:Tunguska Event|Tunguska Event]])
*[[Marco Polo]] (Brought the [[Codex]] from Mongolia to Italy)

==Known Victims of the Assassins==
[[File:Almuadet.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Al-Mualim]] the last of the Templars]]
=== Victims of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]] ====
*[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)]]
*[[Alaat]]
*[[Roland Napule]]
*[[The Master's Student]]
*[[Master of the Tower]]
*[[Harash]]
*[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed]] ====
*[[Tamir]]
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
*[[Talal]]
*[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]
*[[William of Montferrat]]
*[[Majd Addin]]
*[[Jubair al Hakim]]
*[[Sibrand]]
*[[Robert de Sable]]
*[[Al-Mualim]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]] ====
*[[Frederick the Red]]
*[[Moloch]]
*[[Dark Oracle]]
*[[Shalim]]
*[[Shahar]]
*[[Pirate Captain]]
*[[Armand Bouchart]]

=== Victims of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed II]] ====

*[[Uberto Alberti]]
*The Pazzi Family
**[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]
**[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]
**[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]
*The Pazzi Conspirators
**[[Stefano da Bagnone]]
**[[Bernado Baroncelli]]
**[[Antonio Maffei]]
**[[Francesco Salviati]]
*The Barbarigo Family
**[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
**[[Marco Barbarigo]]
**[[Silvio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Dante Moro]]
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]]

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the Assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [[Robert de Sable]] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is during the Third Crusade and this low-scale war with the Templars that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life: the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==

[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]
During the Renaissance time period, the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the codex pages, where by Altair states that even though the Templar Order was served a crushing defeat in the Holy Land and Cyprus, they still survived in more inconspicuous ways. As such, Altair believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on.

For example, he talked of abandoning the Assassin fortress of Masyaf and conducting their operations more covertly so as not to attract attention from their enemies. He also proposed that the method of removing the ring finger was an obvious sign to Templar forces who the Assassin members were, and found a way to modify the Hidden blade and still keep their finger. The Renaissance Italian Assassin Order, however, didn’t follow all these traditions that were passed down to them.

One example of this was the Auditore Villa, built by Ezio's great-grandfather, which acted as an Assassin fortress, containing recovered Codex pages and the Armour of Altair. It was considered an Assassin fortress (whilst containing the Auditore crypt) even displaying a mix of the Auditore and Assassin symbols.

Rituals were still in place to induct new recruits as shown when Ezio is finally revealed to the rest of the Assassin Order, many of who have helped him over the years. Machiavelli (the supposed Grandmaster of the Assassins during the Renaissance) conducted a ritual, where by he posed questions to Ezio, who had to respond with "Nothing is true, everything is permitted". He then finished by burning the ring finger on Ezio’s left hand, the same finger which use to be taken from Assassins to show their commitment to their Order.

However they did still follow Altair's idea of keeping hidden and evolved into a secret society (even though they still displayed Assassin Tomb's and the Auditore Villa).

==Real History==

[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

{{AC}}
{{ACII}}
{{ACSeries}}
[[Category:Assassin's Order]]

Assassins

2010-01-08T21:52:50Z

174.117.164.72: /* Members */

{{Imageneed}}

{{WP-REAL|Hashshashin}} {{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (Ismailism) (AC1), Catholic, Atheist (AC2),
|nationality = Arab (AC1), Italian (AC2), Mixed (Modern Times)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine ("Nothing is true, Everything is permitted" in arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed}} The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012.

==The Order==
{{dialogue|Raoul|Safety and peace.|Altaïr|Upon you as well.|Raoul greeting Altaïr as he returns from Jerusalem.}}
[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|The combat instructor who is in fact similar to any other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]
The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]].

[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

==Known Assassins==
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16}}
===Third Crusade===
====Members====
[[File:Masyaffortress.png|thumb|400px|Masyaf, the Assassin's fortress.]]
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins [Secretly was a former Templar])
*[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor [Becomes Leader of the Assassins after the events of the first game])
*[[Harash]] (Al Mualim's right-hand man [Sold the Assassins Order to [[Basilisk]]])
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*[[Jamal]] (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
*[[Bahir]] (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[Karim]] (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[The Dai and Rafiqs]]

====Allies====
*[[Adha]] ("The Chalice")
*[[Maria]] (Altaïr's wife)

===Renaissance===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]
====Members====
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli]] (A nobleman from Naples; presumed Grand Master)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Mario's brother, Ezio's father)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Deceased Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (Florentine Nobleman; Giovanni's son)
*[[Paola]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]] (Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)

====Allies====
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Ezio's best friend)
*[[Agostino Barbarigo]] (Brother of [[Marco Barbarigo]]; Doge of Venice)
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (Lord of [[Firenze]])
*[[Caterina Sforza]] (Countess of [[Forli]])
*[[Christoffa Corombo]] (Italian Conquistador)
*[[Luis Santangel]] (Finance minister to Ferdinand II)

=== Modern Times (2012) ===
*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

===Others===
====Members====
*[[Adam and Eve]]
*[[Abel]]
*[[Darius]]
*[[Iltani]]
*[[Wei Yu]]
*[[Qulan Gal]]
*[[Amunet]]
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Dante Alighieri]]
*[[Domenico Auditore]]

====Allies====
*[[Nikola Tesla]] (An ally of the Assassins, helped destroy the Staff and cause the [[wikipedia:Tunguska Event|Tunguska Event]])
*[[Marco Polo]] (Brought the [[Codex]] from Mongolia to Italy)

==Known Victims of the Assassins==
[[File:Almuadet.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Al-Mualim]] the last of the Templars]]
=== Victims of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]] ====
*[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)]]
*[[Alaat]]
*[[Roland Napule]]
*[[The Master's Student]]
*[[Master of the Tower]]
*[[Harash]]
*[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed]] ====
*[[Tamir]]
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
*[[Talal]]
*[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]
*[[William of Montferrat]]
*[[Majd Addin]]
*[[Jubair al Hakim]]
*[[Sibrand]]
*[[Robert de Sable]]
*[[Al-Mualim]]

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]] ====
*[[Frederick the Red]]
*[[Moloch]]
*[[Dark Oracle]]
*[[Shalim]]
*[[Shahar]]
*[[Pirate Captain]]
*[[Armand Bouchart]]

=== Victims of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] ===

==== During the events of [[Assassin's Creed II]] ====

*[[Uberto Alberti]]
*The Pazzi Family
**[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]
**[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]
**[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]
*The Pazzi Conspirators
**[[Stefano da Bagnone]]
**[[Bernado Baroncelli]]
**[[Antonio Maffei]]
**[[Francesco Salviati]]
*The Barbarigo Family
**[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
**[[Marco Barbarigo]]
**[[Silvio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Dante Moro]]
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]]

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the Assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [[Robert de Sable]] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is during the Third Crusade and this low-scale war with the Templars that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life: the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==

[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]
During the Renaissance time period, the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the codex pages, where by Altair states that even though the Templar Order was served a crushing defeat in the Holy Land and Cyprus, they still survived in more inconspicuous ways. As such, Altair believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on.

For example, he talked of abandoning the Assassin fortress of Masyaf and conducting their operations more covertly so as not to attract attention from their enemies. He also proposed that the method of removing the ring finger was an obvious sign to Templar forces who the Assassin members were, and found a way to modify the Hidden blade and still keep their finger. The Renaissance Italian Assassin Order, however, didn’t follow all these traditions that were passed down to them.

One example of this was the Auditore Villa, built by Ezio's great-grandfather, which acted as an Assassin fortress, containing recovered Codex pages and the Armour of Altair. It was considered an Assassin fortress (whilst containing the Auditore crypt) even displaying a mix of the Auditore and Assassin symbols.

Rituals were still in place to induct new recruits as shown when Ezio is finally revealed to the rest of the Assassin Order, many of who have helped him over the years. Machiavelli (the supposed Grandmaster of the Assassins during the Renaissance) conducted a ritual, where by he posed questions to Ezio, who had to respond with "Nothing is true, everything is permitted". He then finished by burning the ring finger on Ezio’s left hand, the same finger which use to be taken from Assassins to show their commitment to their Order.

However they did still follow Altair's idea of keeping hidden and evolved into a secret society (even though they still displayed Assassin Tomb's and the Auditore Villa).

==Real History==

[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

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La Volpe

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Unknown (La Volpe (The Fox), murderer Tagliagole (Cutthroat), Theif)
|image = Zw-lavolpe.png
|faction = [[Assassins]], [[Thieves]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II|Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
}}
{{quote
|1 = They call me many things: Murderer. Tagliagole ''(Cutthroat)''. Thief. But you may call me La Volpe.
|2 = La Volpe, introducing himself.
}}
'''La Volpe''' (''The Fox'') is a master [[thieves|thief]] and a member of the [[Assassins |Assassins Brotherhood]].  According to his database entry, very little information is known about La Volpe, and any that is seems mythical. He is said to have robbed the Pope's carriage without any guards noticing, including the Pope who was sitting inside. One night in 1467, he was seen on the rooftops of the Palazzo della Signoria, the Palazzo Medici, and Santa Croce, all at the same time. It is also said that he is immortal and can see through buildings, perusing the contents inside.

[[Ezio]] first meets him in [[Florence]] when he is seeking a way to get close to [[Francesco de' Pazzi]]. Ezio's money is stolen by a thief, whom he chases to La Volpe. La Volpe introduces himself, and knows Ezio's name before he can say anything. He claims that it is his "business" to know everything that goes on in Florence. He tells Ezio about where Francesco de' Pazzi and the other conspirators will meet, and leads him to the Santa Maria Novella. La Volpe reveals that catacombs run underneath the city and shows Ezio the entrance to the underground area.

It is very possible that La Volpe will return for the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC.
  In database files, it claims that La Volpe is only his pseudonym, as there is no record of his actual name. His Name means "The Fox" in Italian{{ACII}}
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Maria Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Maria Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-mariaauditore.png
|imgdesc = Maria Auditore in the Animus Database
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Ellen David]]
}}
'''Maria Auditore da Firenze '''(''née'' de' Mozzi) was the mother of wife of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], a prominent [[Florence|Florentine]] banker and member of the [[Assassins|Order of Assassins]], and the mother of three sons – [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] – and a daughter named [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]]. Born into the noble de' Mozzi family, Maria liked to mix with "real citizens" when she was younger, leading her to a chance meeting with the man who would become her husband. As part of the Auditore family she continued to fraternise with the lower classes, developing a working relationship with the artist [[Leonardo da Vinci]].

Aware of her husband's allegiances to the Assassins, Maria kept it a secret from her children up to his death, and upon her grieving silence did not mention it either.

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===
In 1476 Maria Auditore da Firenze lived happily with her husband, three sons and daughter in the heart of the city. Close to the de' Medici family, Maria was by this time aware of her husband's duties as an assassin, and would dress his wounds should he recieve them.

With their second son, Ezio, then seventeen Maria felt it time for Giovanni to tell him of his heritage.

===[[Assassin's Creed II]]===

[[File:Marialieage1.png|thumb|left|Maria Auditore in ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage''.]]
The day following Ezio's fight with [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] on the Florentine bridge, Maria had him walk with her to collect a number of comissioned paintings from the artist [[Leonardo da Vinci]], introducing the two in the process. She then remained at home until the arrival of the city guards in the evening, who took away her husband and sons whilst assaulting Claudia and herself. When Ezio finally return home he discovered that his mother's assault had shocked her into silence, but nonetheless directed the house maid to take Maria and Claudia to a safe location, where they waited for news.

The next day Ezio returned, wearing the robes of his father and bringing the fateful news of the execution she then followed Ezio and Claudia to the [[Villa Auditore]] in the town of [[Monteriggioni]]. Arriving in the city, Maria took up residence in the Villa, refusing to speak and constantly prying over the feathers her youngest son, [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], used to collect. Eventually though, after Ezio had collected one-hundred white feathers for his mother to watch over she spoke once more, thanking Ezio for not forgetting about her.

As a reward for his collection of the feathers, Maria bestowed upon Ezio a cloak embossed with the Auditore family crest.
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