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'''Templar Associated Ownership:''' [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], Franklin D. Roosevelt<br />
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'''Rebecca Crane''' is one of the modern day [[Assassins]] introduced in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. She is the creator of the [[Animus 2.0]] - which she affectionately refers to as "Baby" - and provides technical support for the Assassins alongside her partner, [[Shaun Hastings]]. She appears to be an old friend of [[Lucy Stillman]], although, prior to the game, the two purportedly did not see one another for seven years, perhaps due to Lucy's internment at Abstergo.<br />
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In ''Assassin's Creed II'', Rebecca serves as tech support for the Animus 2.0. She often leaves notes within the database entries that Shaun makes available for [[Desmond Miles]] while he is in the Animus, especially if the entries (i.e. about a particular structure) indicate the presence of a glyph or Assassin's tomb therein. The data module that Rebecca receives from Lucy with the records of the Abstergo version of the Animus allow Desmond to interact with the incrypted file [[Subject 16]] left behind in [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s memories.<br />
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It is unknown whether Rebecca is a 'proper' Assassin like [[Desmond]] and Lucy are; she makes allusions, but nothing is ever said conclusively about the nature of her place in relation to the Assassins. She did, however, play an important role in inducting [[Shaun Hastings]] into the Order. When Shaun, with his gifts for connection and conspiracy, endangered his own life by trying to tell the world what Abstergo was up to, Rebecca saved him from Templar silencers, and recruited him as an Assassin.<br />
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In ''Assassin's Creed II'', Rebecca monitors the Animus to make sure nothing goes wrong (such as what happened at the start of the [[Assassin's Creed|original game]]). She often provides small comments with Shaun's Landmark Database entries, particularly when the building either has a [[Glyph]] or a secret entrance to an [[Secret Locations|Assassin's Tomb]]. More often, though, she will provide a comment relating to being at the top of the (usually quite tall) building, such as remarking that "the view must be great" from the top of a church or that she thinks Desmond is itching to get to the top of a bell tower.<br />
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Aside from providing technical support for the Animus and her small segments of banter with Shaun and Desmond, Rebecca doesn't play a significant story role until the end of the game, when she helps Shaun pack up the Animus gear while Desmond and Lucy defend their location from [[Abstergo]]. As they escape into a truck, she is able to get the Animus working inside it, which allows Desmond to re-enter the [[Renaissance]] and finish any remaining memories while on the way to their second base up North. This consequently allows the player to finish up any [[Side Missions]] and plot elements they may have missed, such as [[Races]], Assassin's Tombs and [[Feather]] collecting, to name a few.<br />
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Rebecca is an energetic, somewhat immature young woman - despite the fact that she saved his life, [[Shaun Hastings]] is quick to belittle and gibe at her. She is tolerant and and optimistic, representing Shaun's foil - she is the polar opposite of her colleague, friendly and talkative, and seems quite sure of herself seems to talk and act in a rather "street" type of way - she may be conceived as being a little tomboyish. It has been speculated that she may have some relation to [[Rosa]], since the two bear a striking physical resemblance. She shows great pride in her work, praising her redesign of the Animus as having a far more enlightened and creative construct; a "competitive edge" as she calls it. She also remains convinced that, despite Shaun's dubiousness of their means, the Assassins are, as Desmond puts it, "the good guys".<br />
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*When in the [[Animus 2.0|Animus]], Rebecca adds information to the Database using the name "REBECCAC84". This may mean that she was born in 1984, making her 28 as of [[Modern Times|2012]].<br />
*Rebecca's looks are reminiscent of the Renaissance character [[Rosa]], specifically the scruffy, dark hair. Another comparison between the two characters is that, when [[Ezio]] is mastering a new climbing ability, Rosa challenges him to race to the top of a building and back under time pressure. In a comment for a different building in the same area, the [[Santa Stefano|Santo Stefano]], Rebecca comments that she would like to race Desmond to the top of the building if she were there.<br />
*When Lucy and Desmond first enter the hideout, Rebecca greets Lucy and exclaims : ''It's been so long. Seven years!''. This could mean that the last time the two friends saw each other was in 2005.<br />
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[[Category:Assassins|Crane, Rebecca]]</div>174.98.179.35https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Swords_of_Eden&diff=500973Swords of Eden2010-06-11T04:46:15Z<p>174.98.179.35: </p>
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[[File:Golden sword.jpg|thumb|400px|right|The Sword]]<br />
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The '''Assassins''', also known as the ''Assassins Order'', ''Assassins Brotherhood'' and ''Hashshashin'', were an organized order of Assassins who fought a continuous secret war with the [[Knights Templar]] for over one-thousand years. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since at least 456 BC, throughout the Roman era, the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and into [[Modern Times|21<sup>st</sup> Century]].<br />
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[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|Rauf, a combat instructor, wearing similar robes to other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]<br />
The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life, the Creed, which consisted of three [[tenets]]:<br />
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These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carried out their duties through political strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual, would lead to the salvation of thousands. The assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those who do not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abuse their power<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]<br />
Despite their service to those who would otherwise suffer, the Assassins were still feared by the general populous, due mainly to their method of ensuring peace. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses &ndash; done so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent &ndash; before vanishing into the crowd without a trace<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. To assist in this, the assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the [[hidden blade]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, a single thrust from which could end the life of its victim.<br />
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However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was a must have, and so the assassins remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them. Obtaining the information was the job of low-level members of the Order, who would be stationed throughout the cities of the world; these spies would watch the local nobles and rulers, looking for signs of corruption or membership in the [[Knights Templar]]. Once gathered, any information was passed on to the assassins' who were responsible for the execution of the assassination<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The assassins spent their entire lifetime training to kill<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. From an early age they were taught to observe their surroundings and plan ahead; combat was a must and its training was continuous, with a focus on bladed weapons of all sorts being their expertise. However, despite such a focus on combat, the greatest consideration in the assassins' training was concealment; stealth was the greatest weapon of the assassin and everything about their life, the clothes they wore, where the lived, even how they walked emphasised a devotion to concealment<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. It was the duty of an assassin to reach their target and stand beside them, before they struck, and sink away into the crowd<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The other significant focus of an assassins training was maneuverability. By the time an assassin reached the rank of [[Master Assassin]], he was also a master of an early form of [[Free-Running|parkour]] widely utilised by the assassins. Widely seen as alien and naive by the general populous, this method of movement allowed the assassins to reach areas not normally accessible to man. From scaling a wall to climbing to one of a city's many [[view point]]s, parkour gave the assassins a significant advantage over the average city guard.<br />
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In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order was centred in the fortress of [[Masyaf]], deep within the kingdom of the Holy Land. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battled 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 that the assassins learnt of a Templar interest in an [[Piece of Eden|ancient artifact]] hidden within the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] and decided to keep it from their grasps; the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one assassin and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the assassins proceeded to literally crush most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, before driving the Templars from the village below.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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Following the assault, the assassin blamed for the loss of life that day &ndash; [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Arabic-Flying One, Son of None) &ndash; was severely reprimanded, and then tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list, made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, the revelation that their goal &ndash; to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land &ndash; was just, unsettled him greatly, as he felt his victims were "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the realization that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the assassins’ determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.<br />
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By the end of the year the assassins' were victorious over their Templar enemies; [[Robert de Sable]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the assassin order hard. Al Mualim, Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, and a former member of a coalition of ''ten'' Templar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over as Grand Master of the Order, leading the assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength following the costly conflict.<br />
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Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to keep it on the island of Cyprus, it the Limassol archives<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. However, following the liberation of the island from its Templar rulers, the Piece was kept by Altaïr until at least he completed his fabled [[Codex]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent&hellip;|Mario Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}} The Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. During the time period known as [[The Renaissance|the Renaissance]], the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the Codex pages, where [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] 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, Altaïr believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Having abandoned the fortress of [[Masyaf]], the assassins spread out across the Mediterranean world, taking up residence in places like northern Italy and Spain; however, the Templars too had done as much, head-quartering themselves in Rome. By 1321 the Assassin's Order had successfully integrated itself into modern day life of northern Italy, widely unknown to the average folk. That same year a young sailor by the name of Domenico, the son of an assassin, was apprenticed to the poet [[Dante Alighieri]], also an assassin, who was transporting the Codex of Altaïr from Venice to Spain<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Uplay Content - Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref>. During the voyage, pirates under the employ of the Templars ambushed the ship looking for the Codex, killing Dante, as well as the wife of Domenico. Fortunately for the assassins, Domenico had managed to break apart the Codex and hide it from the pirates before he and his son were forced overboard<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]Eventually returning to Venice, Domenico found his father and his patron, [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the assassins, dead. So Domenico emptied the accounts of Messer Polo and travelled to the city of Florence under the assumed name of Auditore; eventually constructing the [[Auditore Family Villa|Auditore Villa]] in the city of [[Monteriggioni]], which became the centre of the Assassin's Order in Italy<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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Despite the order "modernising" since the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, they still retained many of the rituals and practices, albeit altered. The practice of removing ones ring finger had as such been removed, although the seal of the Order was branded upon the finger instead; such was the induction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in 1487. By this time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] had become Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, with members throughout the major cities of northern Italy. Although significantly fewer in number, the assassins' were supported by the courtesans, thieves and [[Mercenary|condottieri]] of Florence and Venice; the guilds of which were each run by a member of the Order<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During this time period, the Assassins entered another period of increased hostilities with the Templars, who were attempting to overthrow the ruling [[House of Medici]] in Florence, and the Doge of Venice. Having already killed the [[wikipedia:Galleazzo Maria Sforza|Duke of Milan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> in 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] &ndash; the Grand Master of the Knights Templars &ndash; brought the noble families of [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]], Barbarigo and [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] together<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />, to accomplish his goals. Entering into conflict with the assassins, Borgia dealt a crippling blow to the Order of Assassins in 1476, when he executed the experienced warrior [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|two]] [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|sons]], although a third son, Ezio, managed to escape. With the aid of Ezio, the assassins' were able to counter Borgia's plot over a twenty-three year campaign, defeating him at every turn<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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By the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, the world had changed vastly<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Whilst the Order of Assassins had kept to their policy of remote camps and isolation from society<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, the Templars had begun to infiltrate society further; taking the form of many corporations such as [[NASA]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. The Templars continued to search for and investigate the various Pieces of Eden they discovered throughout this period<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, whilst the assassins continued their war against them; notably being responsible for the destruction of at least one Templar-controlled in Siberia in 1908, known publically as the [[Tunguska explosion]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. However, by the year 2012 the Templars, under the guise of their front company [[Abstergo Industries]] had begun kidnapping assassins, or those related to them in an attempt to locate even more Pieces of Eden<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Notable captives included the mysterious [[Subject Sixteen]] and [[Desmond Miles]] &ndash; a descendant of both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Using Desmond, Abstergo managed to obtain a map of the locations of the Pieces of Eden across the globe, and subsequently begun their attempts to claim them. Not long after, the assassins were able to free Desmond Miles<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, with the aid of [[Lucy Stillman]], an assassin who had been working undercover at Abstergo for at least three years by 2012, as well as obtain their own copy of the map<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Following this, Desmond agreed to aid the assassins in their quest to defeat Abstergo, mostly for revenge, but also for closure. Utilising the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]], a copy of the machine used by Abstergo to explore his genetic memories previously<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, Desmond followed the memories of Ezio Auditore, learning as he went, adopting his skills in combat and free-running, whilst the rest of the Order concentrated to locating the Pieces of Eden before their Templar counterparts. Despite this however, the war with the Knights Templar had taken a turn for the worse; with their numbers dwindling, the Order of Assassins were beginning to lose the war<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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The assassins had existed since before the turn of the first millennium; several known figures included [[Darius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the killer of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Iltani]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Wei Yu]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Amunet]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Leonius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Historically however, the fore-bearers of the assassins have existed since before recorded time, possibly reaching as far back as [[Adam and Eve]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During the Third Crusade, the Syrian sect of the Order of Assassins was mainly made up of native, Syrian-born individuals, although some, like Altaïr, were born to parents of both religions. Led by [[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed " />, and later [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] himself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, other members included [[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />, [[Malik A-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Raoul]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Abbas]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Masun]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Jamal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Bahir]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Karim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> and [[Qulan Gal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the death-bringer of [[Genghis Khan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Allies also included various individuals, such as [[Adha]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>, and even former Templars like [[Maria Thorpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included [[Dante Alighieri]] and [[Domenico Auditore]] <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, founder of the Auditore Villa.<br />
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Later on, during the Renaissance, the Order's numbers had dwindled significantly. Having become much more secretive, members of the Order often had occupations and lives outside of the Order, ranging from artists<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>, to thieves<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, to royal treasurers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>. The Grand Master at the time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli]] was a Florentine noble, as well as diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and his brother [[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, caretaker of the Auditore Villa and condottieri leader, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Paola]] and [[Sister Teodora]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the heads of the Florentine and Venetian courtesans respectively, [[Antonio]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Venetian Thieves Guild, [[La Volpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Florentine Thieves Guild, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, condottieri of Venice, and [[Luis Santangel]] and [[Raphael Sanchez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />, Finance minister to Ferdinand II and Treasurer of Queen Isabella I respectively<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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Once again, the Order had many allies amongst the common folk of Italy, and also amongst the nobility. Foremost among them was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Ezio's closest friend and a genius of invention. Others included [[Caterina Sforza]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>, the Countess of [[Forlì]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], the ruler of Florence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice from 1486<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and the famed explorer [[Christoffa Corombo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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During the 21<sup>st</sup> Century the Order had sunk even further into hiding, with the numbers fewer than ever<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Although it was known that more existed, only four were known by name; [[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Rebecca Crane]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Shaun Hastings]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the Order's historian.<br />
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==Known victims==<br />
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{{Quote|Find them, kill them&hellip; In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|[[Al Mualim]] to Altaïr|Assassin's Creed}}<br />
Over the centuries, the Order of Assassins killed hundred, if not thousands of individuals who they saw to be corrupt in their ways and a danger to humanity. Their intense rivalry with the Knights Templar also ensured that many underlings who served their Templar masters often shared the same fate<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad;<br />
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[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)|Tamir of Damascus]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Alaat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Roland Napule]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[The Master's Student]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Master of the Tower]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Tamir|Tamir, the arms dealer]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Talal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Sibrand]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Frederick the Red]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Moloch]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Dark Oracle]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shalim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shahar]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Pirate Captain]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Armand Bouchart]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a "&dagger;" indicates the victim was ultimately spared;<br />
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[[Uberto Alberti]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Stefano da Bagnone]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Bernardo Baroncelli]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Antonio Maffei]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco Salviati]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Emilio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Marco Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Silvio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|right|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]<br />
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[[Dante Moro]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Carlo Grimaldi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Checco Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Ludovico Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Gaspard Martinez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Pedro Llorente]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Juan de Marillo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]] &dagger;<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Girolamo Savonarola]]<ref>''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref><br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of other known assassins<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />;<br />
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[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes the Great]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BC<br />
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[[Alexander the Great]], by [[Iltani]] in 323 BC<br />
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[[Qin Shi Huang]], by [[Wei Yu]] in 210 BC<br />
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[[Genghis Khan]], by [[Qulan Gal]] in 1227 AD<br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]], by unknown in 1498 AD<br />
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[[Francisco Pizzaro]], by Diego de Almagro II's men in 1541 AD<br />
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[[Mary I of England]], by unknown in 1558 AD<br />
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[[John Wilkes Booth]], by Boston Corbett in 1865 AD<br />
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[[Grigori Rasputin]], by Felix Yusupov in 1916 AD<br />
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[[Adolf Hitler]], by unknown in 1945 AD<br />
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[[Joseph Stalin]], by unknown in 1953 AD<br />
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[[François Duvalier]], by unkown in 1971 AD<br />
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{{Quote|We work in the dark, to serve the light. We are Assassins.|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
The '''Assassins''', also known as the ''Assassins Order'', ''Assassins Brotherhood'' and ''Hashshashin'', were an organized order of Assassins who fought a continuous secret war with the [[Knights Templar]] for over one-thousand years. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since at least 456 BC, throughout the Roman era, the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and into [[Modern Times|21<sup>st</sup> Century]].<br />
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The Order==<br />
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{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine<br />("Nothing is true, everything is permitted" in Arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|Rauf, a combat instructor, wearing similar robes to other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]<br />
The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life, the Creed, which consisted of three [[tenets]]:<br />
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These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carried out their duties through political strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual, would lead to the salvation of thousands. The assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those who do not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abuse their power<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]<br />
Despite their service to those who would otherwise suffer, the Assassins were still feared by the general populous, due mainly to their method of ensuring peace. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses &ndash; done so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent &ndash; before vanishing into the crowd without a trace<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. To assist in this, the assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the [[hidden blade]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, a single thrust from which could end the life of its victim.<br />
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However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was a must have, and so the assassins remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them. Obtaining the information was the job of low-level members of the Order, who would be stationed throughout the cities of the world; these spies would watch the local nobles and rulers, looking for signs of corruption or membership in the [[Knights Templar]]. Once gathered, any information was passed on to the assassins' who were responsible for the execution of the assassination<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
==Training==<br />
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The assassins spent their entire lifetime training to kill<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. From an early age they were taught to observe their surroundings and plan ahead; combat was a must and its training was continuous, with a focus on bladed weapons of all sorts being their expertise. However, despite such a focus on combat, the greatest consideration in the assassins' training was concealment; stealth was the greatest weapon of the assassin and everything about their life, the clothes they wore, where the lived, even how they walked emphasised a devotion to concealment<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. It was the duty of an assassin to reach their target and stand beside them, before they struck, and sink away into the crowd<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The other significant focus of an assassins training was maneuverability. By the time an assassin reached the rank of [[Master Assassin]], he was also a master of an early form of [[Free-Running|parkour]] widely utilised by the assassins. Widely seen as alien and naive by the general populous, this method of movement allowed the assassins to reach areas not normally accessible to man. From scaling a wall to climbing to one of a city's many [[view point]]s, parkour gave the assassins a significant advantage over the average city guard.<br />
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=The Third Crusade====<br />
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[[File:Almualimassassins.png|thumb|300px|Al Mualim and the Assassins in the fortress of Masyaf.]]<br />
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order was centred in the fortress of [[Masyaf]], deep within the kingdom of the Holy Land. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battled 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 that the assassins learnt of a Templar interest in an [[Piece of Eden|ancient artifact]] hidden within the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] and decided to keep it from their grasps; the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one assassin and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the assassins proceeded to literally crush most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, before driving the Templars from the village below.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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Following the assault, the assassin blamed for the loss of life that day &ndash; [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Arabic-Flying One, Son of None) &ndash; was severely reprimanded, and then tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list, made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, the revelation that their goal &ndash; to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land &ndash; was just, unsettled him greatly, as he felt his victims were "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the realization that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the assassins’ determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.<br />
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By the end of the year the assassins' were victorious over their Templar enemies; [[Robert de Sable]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the assassin order hard. Al Mualim, Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, and a former member of a coalition of ''ten'' Templar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over as Grand Master of the Order, leading the assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength following the costly conflict.<br />
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Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to keep it on the island of Cyprus, it the Limassol archives<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. However, following the liberation of the island from its Templar rulers, the Piece was kept by Altaïr until at least he completed his fabled [[Codex]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent&hellip;|Mario Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}} The Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. During the time period known as [[The Renaissance|the Renaissance]], the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the Codex pages, where [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] 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, Altaïr believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Having abandoned the fortress of [[Masyaf]], the assassins spread out across the Mediterranean world, taking up residence in places like northern Italy and Spain; however, the Templars too had done as much, head-quartering themselves in Rome. By 1321 the Assassin's Order had successfully integrated itself into modern day life of northern Italy, widely unknown to the average folk. That same year a young sailor by the name of Domenico, the son of an assassin, was apprenticed to the poet [[Dante Alighieri]], also an assassin, who was transporting the Codex of Altaïr from Venice to Spain<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Uplay Content - Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref>. During the voyage, pirates under the employ of the Templars ambushed the ship looking for the Codex, killing Dante, as well as the wife of Domenico. Fortunately for the assassins, Domenico had managed to break apart the Codex and hide it from the pirates before he and his son were forced overboard<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]Eventually returning to Venice, Domenico found his father and his patron, [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the assassins, dead. So Domenico emptied the accounts of Messer Polo and travelled to the city of Florence under the assumed name of Auditore; eventually constructing the [[Auditore Family Villa|Auditore Villa]] in the city of [[Monteriggioni]], which became the centre of the Assassin's Order in Italy<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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Despite the order "modernising" since the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, they still retained many of the rituals and practices, albeit altered. The practice of removing ones ring finger had as such been removed, although the seal of the Order was branded upon the finger instead; such was the induction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in 1487. By this time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] had become Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, with members throughout the major cities of northern Italy. Although significantly fewer in number, the assassins' were supported by the courtesans, thieves and [[Mercenary|condottieri]] of Florence and Venice; the guilds of which were each run by a member of the Order<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During this time period, the Assassins entered another period of increased hostilities with the Templars, who were attempting to overthrow the ruling [[House of Medici]] in Florence, and the Doge of Venice. Having already killed the [[wikipedia:Galleazzo Maria Sforza|Duke of Milan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> in 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] &ndash; the Grand Master of the Knights Templars &ndash; brought the noble families of [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]], Barbarigo and [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] together<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />, to accomplish his goals. Entering into conflict with the assassins, Borgia dealt a crippling blow to the Order of Assassins in 1476, when he executed the experienced warrior [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|two]] [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|sons]], although a third son, Ezio, managed to escape. With the aid of Ezio, the assassins' were able to counter Borgia's plot over a twenty-three year campaign, defeating him at every turn<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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In 1487, the Order of Assassins learned that the Templars had retrieved an important artifact from the island of Cyprus, and deemed its capture necessary. Following the artifact from L'Arsenale di Venezia, Ezio managed to overpower and replace the Templar guard carrying the artifact. Under this guise, Ezio met with Borgia himself and the two engaged in battle; Borgia fled upon the arrival of the assassins, and the artifact fell once again into the hands of the assassins. The assassins of this age however, were unaware of the nature of the artifact, although they did recognise it as one of the Pieces of Eden mentioned within Altaïr's Codex<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|We lost two more teams last night. That's eight more of us just&hellip;gone.|Lucy Stillman|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
By the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, the world had changed vastly<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Whilst the Order of Assassins had kept to their policy of remote camps and isolation from society<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, the Templars had begun to infiltrate society further; taking the form of many corporations such as [[NASA]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. The Templars continued to search for and investigate the various Pieces of Eden they discovered throughout this period<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, whilst the assassins continued their war against them; notably being responsible for the destruction of at least one Templar-controlled in Siberia in 1908, known publically as the [[Tunguska explosion]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. However, by the year 2012 the Templars, under the guise of their front company [[Abstergo Industries]] had begun kidnapping assassins, or those related to them in an attempt to locate even more Pieces of Eden<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Notable captives included the mysterious [[Subject Sixteen]] and [[Desmond Miles]] &ndash; a descendant of both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Using Desmond, Abstergo managed to obtain a map of the locations of the Pieces of Eden across the globe, and subsequently begun their attempts to claim them. Not long after, the assassins were able to free Desmond Miles<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, with the aid of [[Lucy Stillman]], an assassin who had been working undercover at Abstergo for at least three years by 2012, as well as obtain their own copy of the map<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Following this, Desmond agreed to aid the assassins in their quest to defeat Abstergo, mostly for revenge, but also for closure. Utilising the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]], a copy of the machine used by Abstergo to explore his genetic memories previously<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, Desmond followed the memories of Ezio Auditore, learning as he went, adopting his skills in combat and free-running, whilst the rest of the Order concentrated to locating the Pieces of Eden before their Templar counterparts. Despite this however, the war with the Knights Templar had taken a turn for the worse; with their numbers dwindling, the Order of Assassins were beginning to lose the war<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]<br />
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
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The assassins had existed since before the turn of the first millennium; several known figures included [[Darius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the killer of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Iltani]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Wei Yu]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Amunet]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Leonius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Historically however, the fore-bearers of the assassins have existed since before recorded time, possibly reaching as far back as [[Adam and Eve]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During the Third Crusade, the Syrian sect of the Order of Assassins was mainly made up of native, Syrian-born individuals, although some, like Altaïr, were born to parents of both religions. Led by [[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed " />, and later [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] himself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, other members included [[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />, [[Malik A-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Raoul]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Abbas]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Masun]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Jamal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Bahir]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Karim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> and [[Qulan Gal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the death-bringer of [[Genghis Khan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Allies also included various individuals, such as [[Adha]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>, and even former Templars like [[Maria Thorpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included [[Dante Alighieri]] and [[Domenico Auditore]] <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, founder of the Auditore Villa.<br />
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Later on, during the Renaissance, the Order's numbers had dwindled significantly. Having become much more secretive, members of the Order often had occupations and lives outside of the Order, ranging from artists<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>, to thieves<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, to royal treasurers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>. The Grand Master at the time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli]] was a Florentine noble, as well as diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and his brother [[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, caretaker of the Auditore Villa and condottieri leader, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Paola]] and [[Sister Teodora]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the heads of the Florentine and Venetian courtesans respectively, [[Antonio]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Venetian Thieves Guild, [[La Volpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Florentine Thieves Guild, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, condottieri of Venice, and [[Luis Santangel]] and [[Raphael Sanchez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />, Finance minister to Ferdinand II and Treasurer of Queen Isabella I respectively<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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Once again, the Order had many allies amongst the common folk of Italy, and also amongst the nobility. Foremost among them was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Ezio's closest friend and a genius of invention. Others included [[Caterina Sforza]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>, the Countess of [[Forlì]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], the ruler of Florence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice from 1486<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and the famed explorer [[Christoffa Corombo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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During the 21<sup>st</sup> Century the Order had sunk even further into hiding, with the numbers fewer than ever<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Although it was known that more existed, only four were known by name; [[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Rebecca Crane]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Shaun Hastings]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the Order's historian.<br />
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{{Quote|Find them, kill them&hellip; In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|[[Al Mualim]] to Altaïr|Assassin's Creed}}<br />
Over the centuries, the Order of Assassins killed hundred, if not thousands of individuals who they saw to be corrupt in their ways and a danger to humanity. Their intense rivalry with the Knights Templar also ensured that many underlings who served their Templar masters often shared the same fate<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad;<br />
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[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)|Tamir of Damascus]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[The Master's Student]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes the Great]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BC<br />
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The '''Assassins''', also known as the ''Assassins Order'', ''Assassins Brotherhood'' and ''Hashshashin'', were an organized order of Assassins who fought a continuous secret war with the [[Knights Templar]] for over one-thousand years. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since at least 456 BC, throughout the Roman era, the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and into [[Modern Times|21<sup>st</sup> Century]].<br />
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The Order==<br />
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{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine<br />("Nothing is true, everything is permitted" in Arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|Rauf, a combat instructor, wearing similar robes to other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]<br />
The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life, the Creed, which consisted of three [[tenets]]:<br />
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These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carried out their duties through political strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual, would lead to the salvation of thousands. The assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those who do not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abuse their power<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]<br />
Despite their service to those who would otherwise suffer, the Assassins were still feared by the general populous, due mainly to their method of ensuring peace. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses &ndash; done so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent &ndash; before vanishing into the crowd without a trace<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. To assist in this, the assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the [[hidden blade]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, a single thrust from which could end the life of its victim.<br />
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However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was a must have, and so the assassins remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them. Obtaining the information was the job of low-level members of the Order, who would be stationed throughout the cities of the world; these spies would watch the local nobles and rulers, looking for signs of corruption or membership in the [[Knights Templar]]. Once gathered, any information was passed on to the assassins' who were responsible for the execution of the assassination<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The assassins spent their entire lifetime training to kill<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. From an early age they were taught to observe their surroundings and plan ahead; combat was a must and its training was continuous, with a focus on bladed weapons of all sorts being their expertise. However, despite such a focus on combat, the greatest consideration in the assassins' training was concealment; stealth was the greatest weapon of the assassin and everything about their life, the clothes they wore, where the lived, even how they walked emphasised a devotion to concealment<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. It was the duty of an assassin to reach their target and stand beside them, before they struck, and sink away into the crowd<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The other significant focus of an assassins training was maneuverability. By the time an assassin reached the rank of [[Master Assassin]], he was also a master of an early form of [[Free-Running|parkour]] widely utilised by the assassins. Widely seen as alien and naive by the general populous, this method of movement allowed the assassins to reach areas not normally accessible to man. From scaling a wall to climbing to one of a city's many [[view point]]s, parkour gave the assassins a significant advantage over the average city guard.<br />
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[[File:Almualimassassins.png|thumb|300px|Al Mualim and the Assassins in the fortress of Masyaf.]]<br />
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order was centred in the fortress of [[Masyaf]], deep within the kingdom of the Holy Land. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battled 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 that the assassins learnt of a Templar interest in an [[Piece of Eden|ancient artifact]] hidden within the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] and decided to keep it from their grasps; the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one assassin and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the assassins proceeded to literally crush most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, before driving the Templars from the village below.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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Following the assault, the assassin blamed for the loss of life that day &ndash; [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Arabic-Flying One, Son of None) &ndash; was severely reprimanded, and then tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list, made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, the revelation that their goal &ndash; to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land &ndash; was just, unsettled him greatly, as he felt his victims were "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the realization that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the assassins’ determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.<br />
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By the end of the year the assassins' were victorious over their Templar enemies; [[Robert de Sable]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the assassin order hard. Al Mualim, Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, and a former member of a coalition of ''ten'' Templar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over as Grand Master of the Order, leading the assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength following the costly conflict.<br />
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Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to keep it on the island of Cyprus, it the Limassol archives<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. However, following the liberation of the island from its Templar rulers, the Piece was kept by Altaïr until at least he completed his fabled [[Codex]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent&hellip;|Mario Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}} The Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. During the time period known as [[The Renaissance|the Renaissance]], the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the Codex pages, where [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] 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, Altaïr believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Having abandoned the fortress of [[Masyaf]], the assassins spread out across the Mediterranean world, taking up residence in places like northern Italy and Spain; however, the Templars too had done as much, head-quartering themselves in Rome. By 1321 the Assassin's Order had successfully integrated itself into modern day life of northern Italy, widely unknown to the average folk. That same year a young sailor by the name of Domenico, the son of an assassin, was apprenticed to the poet [[Dante Alighieri]], also an assassin, who was transporting the Codex of Altaïr from Venice to Spain<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Uplay Content - Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref>. During the voyage, pirates under the employ of the Templars ambushed the ship looking for the Codex, killing Dante, as well as the wife of Domenico. Fortunately for the assassins, Domenico had managed to break apart the Codex and hide it from the pirates before he and his son were forced overboard<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]Eventually returning to Venice, Domenico found his father and his patron, [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the assassins, dead. So Domenico emptied the accounts of Messer Polo and travelled to the city of Florence under the assumed name of Auditore; eventually constructing the [[Auditore Family Villa|Auditore Villa]] in the city of [[Monteriggioni]], which became the centre of the Assassin's Order in Italy<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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Despite the order "modernising" since the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, they still retained many of the rituals and practices, albeit altered. The practice of removing ones ring finger had as such been removed, although the seal of the Order was branded upon the finger instead; such was the induction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in 1487. By this time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] had become Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, with members throughout the major cities of northern Italy. Although significantly fewer in number, the assassins' were supported by the courtesans, thieves and [[Mercenary|condottieri]] of Florence and Venice; the guilds of which were each run by a member of the Order<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During this time period, the Assassins entered another period of increased hostilities with the Templars, who were attempting to overthrow the ruling [[House of Medici]] in Florence, and the Doge of Venice. Having already killed the [[wikipedia:Galleazzo Maria Sforza|Duke of Milan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> in 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] &ndash; the Grand Master of the Knights Templars &ndash; brought the noble families of [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]], Barbarigo and [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] together<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />, to accomplish his goals. Entering into conflict with the assassins, Borgia dealt a crippling blow to the Order of Assassins in 1476, when he executed the experienced warrior [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|two]] [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|sons]], although a third son, Ezio, managed to escape. With the aid of Ezio, the assassins' were able to counter Borgia's plot over a twenty-three year campaign, defeating him at every turn<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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In 1487, the Order of Assassins learned that the Templars had retrieved an important artifact from the island of Cyprus, and deemed its capture necessary. Following the artifact from L'Arsenale di Venezia, Ezio managed to overpower and replace the Templar guard carrying the artifact. Under this guise, Ezio met with Borgia himself and the two engaged in battle; Borgia fled upon the arrival of the assassins, and the artifact fell once again into the hands of the assassins. The assassins of this age however, were unaware of the nature of the artifact, although they did recognise it as one of the Pieces of Eden mentioned within Altaïr's Codex<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|We lost two more teams last night. That's eight more of us just&hellip;gone.|Lucy Stillman|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
By the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, the world had changed vastly<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Whilst the Order of Assassins had kept to their policy of remote camps and isolation from society<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, the Templars had begun to infiltrate society further; taking the form of many corporations such as [[NASA]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. The Templars continued to search for and investigate the various Pieces of Eden they discovered throughout this period<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, whilst the assassins continued their war against them; notably being responsible for the destruction of at least one Templar-controlled in Siberia in 1908, known publically as the [[Tunguska explosion]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. However, by the year 2012 the Templars, under the guise of their front company [[Abstergo Industries]] had begun kidnapping assassins, or those related to them in an attempt to locate even more Pieces of Eden<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Notable captives included the mysterious [[Subject Sixteen]] and [[Desmond Miles]] &ndash; a descendant of both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Using Desmond, Abstergo managed to obtain a map of the locations of the Pieces of Eden across the globe, and subsequently begun their attempts to claim them. Not long after, the assassins were able to free Desmond Miles<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, with the aid of [[Lucy Stillman]], an assassin who had been working undercover at Abstergo for at least three years by 2012, as well as obtain their own copy of the map<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Following this, Desmond agreed to aid the assassins in their quest to defeat Abstergo, mostly for revenge, but also for closure. Utilising the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]], a copy of the machine used by Abstergo to explore his genetic memories previously<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, Desmond followed the memories of Ezio Auditore, learning as he went, adopting his skills in combat and free-running, whilst the rest of the Order concentrated to locating the Pieces of Eden before their Templar counterparts. Despite this however, the war with the Knights Templar had taken a turn for the worse; with their numbers dwindling, the Order of Assassins were beginning to lose the war<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]<br />
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
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The assassins had existed since before the turn of the first millennium; several known figures included [[Darius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the killer of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Iltani]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Wei Yu]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Amunet]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Leonius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Historically however, the fore-bearers of the assassins have existed since before recorded time, possibly reaching as far back as [[Adam and Eve]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During the Third Crusade, the Syrian sect of the Order of Assassins was mainly made up of native, Syrian-born individuals, although some, like Altaïr, were born to parents of both religions. Led by [[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed " />, and later [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] himself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, other members included [[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />, [[Malik A-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Raoul]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Abbas]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Masun]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Jamal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Bahir]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Karim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> and [[Qulan Gal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the death-bringer of [[Genghis Khan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Allies also included various individuals, such as [[Adha]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>, and even former Templars like [[Maria Thorpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included [[Dante Alighieri]] and [[Domenico Auditore]] <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, founder of the Auditore Villa.<br />
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Later on, during the Renaissance, the Order's numbers had dwindled significantly. Having become much more secretive, members of the Order often had occupations and lives outside of the Order, ranging from artists<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>, to thieves<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, to royal treasurers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>. The Grand Master at the time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli]] was a Florentine noble, as well as diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and his brother [[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, caretaker of the Auditore Villa and condottieri leader, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Paola]] and [[Sister Teodora]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the heads of the Florentine and Venetian courtesans respectively, [[Antonio]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Venetian Thieves Guild, [[La Volpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Florentine Thieves Guild, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, condottieri of Venice, and [[Luis Santangel]] and [[Raphael Sanchez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />, Finance minister to Ferdinand II and Treasurer of Queen Isabella I respectively<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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Once again, the Order had many allies amongst the common folk of Italy, and also amongst the nobility. Foremost among them was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Ezio's closest friend and a genius of invention. Others included [[Caterina Sforza]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>, the Countess of [[Forlì]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], the ruler of Florence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice from 1486<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and the famed explorer [[Christoffa Corombo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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During the 21<sup>st</sup> Century the Order had sunk even further into hiding, with the numbers fewer than ever<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Although it was known that more existed, only four were known by name; [[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Rebecca Crane]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Shaun Hastings]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the Order's historian.<br />
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{{Quote|Find them, kill them&hellip; In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|[[Al Mualim]] to Altaïr|Assassin's Creed}}<br />
Over the centuries, the Order of Assassins killed hundred, if not thousands of individuals who they saw to be corrupt in their ways and a danger to humanity. Their intense rivalry with the Knights Templar also ensured that many underlings who served their Templar masters often shared the same fate<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad;<br />
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[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)|Tamir of Damascus]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Alaat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Roland Napule]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[The Master's Student]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Master of the Tower]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Tamir|Tamir, the arms dealer]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Talal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Sibrand]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Frederick the Red]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Moloch]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Dark Oracle]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shalim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shahar]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Pirate Captain]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Armand Bouchart]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a "&dagger;" indicates the victim was ultimately spared;<br />
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[[Uberto Alberti]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Stefano da Bagnone]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Bernardo Baroncelli]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Antonio Maffei]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco Salviati]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Emilio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Marco Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Silvio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|right|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]<br />
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[[Dante Moro]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Carlo Grimaldi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Checco Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Ludovico Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Gaspard Martinez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Pedro Llorente]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Juan de Marillo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]] &dagger;<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Girolamo Savonarola]]<ref>''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire of the Vanities]]''</ref><br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of other known assassins<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />;<br />
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[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes the Great]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BC<br />
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[[Alexander the Great]], by [[Iltani]] in 323 BC<br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]], by unknown in 1498 AD<br />
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[[Francisco Pizzaro]], by Diego de Almagro II's men in 1541 AD<br />
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[[Mary I of England]], by unknown in 1558 AD<br />
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The '''Assassins''', also known as the ''Assassins Order'', ''Assassins Brotherhood'' and ''Hashshashin'', were an organized order of Assassins who fought a continuous secret war with the [[Knights Templar]] for over one-thousand years. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since at least 456 BC, throughout the Roman era, the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and into [[Modern Times|21<sup>st</sup> Century]].<br />
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The Order==<br />
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{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine<br />("Nothing is true, everything is permitted" in Arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|Rauf, a combat instructor, wearing similar robes to other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]<br />
The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life, the Creed, which consisted of three [[tenets]]:<br />
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These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carried out their duties through political strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual, would lead to the salvation of thousands. The assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those who do not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abuse their power<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]<br />
Despite their service to those who would otherwise suffer, the Assassins were still feared by the general populous, due mainly to their method of ensuring peace. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses &ndash; done so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent &ndash; before vanishing into the crowd without a trace<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. To assist in this, the assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the [[hidden blade]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, a single thrust from which could end the life of its victim.<br />
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However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was a must have, and so the assassins remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them. Obtaining the information was the job of low-level members of the Order, who would be stationed throughout the cities of the world; these spies would watch the local nobles and rulers, looking for signs of corruption or membership in the [[Knights Templar]]. Once gathered, any information was passed on to the assassins' who were responsible for the execution of the assassination<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The assassins spent their entire lifetime training to kill<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. From an early age they were taught to observe their surroundings and plan ahead; combat was a must and its training was continuous, with a focus on bladed weapons of all sorts being their expertise. However, despite such a focus on combat, the greatest consideration in the assassins' training was concealment; stealth was the greatest weapon of the assassin and everything about their life, the clothes they wore, where the lived, even how they walked emphasised a devotion to concealment<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. It was the duty of an assassin to reach their target and stand beside them, before they struck, and sink away into the crowd<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The other significant focus of an assassins training was maneuverability. By the time an assassin reached the rank of [[Master Assassin]], he was also a master of an early form of [[Free-Running|parkour]] widely utilised by the assassins. Widely seen as alien and naive by the general populous, this method of movement allowed the assassins to reach areas not normally accessible to man. From scaling a wall to climbing to one of a city's many [[view point]]s, parkour gave the assassins a significant advantage over the average city guard.<br />
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The Third Crusade===<br />
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[[File:Almualimassassins.png|thumb|300px|Al Mualim and the Assassins in the fortress of Masyaf.]]<br />
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order was centred in the fortress of [[Masyaf]], deep within the kingdom of the Holy Land. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battled 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 that the assassins learnt of a Templar interest in an [[Piece of Eden|ancient artifact]] hidden within the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] and decided to keep it from their grasps; the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one assassin and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the assassins proceeded to literally crush most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, before driving the Templars from the village below.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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Following the assault, the assassin blamed for the loss of life that day &ndash; [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Arabic-Flying One, Son of None) &ndash; was severely reprimanded, and then tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list, made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, the revelation that their goal &ndash; to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land &ndash; was just, unsettled him greatly, as he felt his victims were "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the realization that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the assassins’ determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.<br />
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By the end of the year the assassins' were victorious over their Templar enemies; [[Robert de Sable]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the assassin order hard. Al Mualim, Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, and a former member of a coalition of ''ten'' Templar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over as Grand Master of the Order, leading the assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength following the costly conflict.<br />
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Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to keep it on the island of Cyprus, it the Limassol archives<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. However, following the liberation of the island from its Templar rulers, the Piece was kept by Altaïr until at least he completed his fabled [[Codex]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Renaissance===<br />
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{{Quote|In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent&hellip;|Mario Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}} The Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. During the time period known as [[The Renaissance|the Renaissance]], the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the Codex pages, where [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] 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, Altaïr believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Having abandoned the fortress of [[Masyaf]], the assassins spread out across the Mediterranean world, taking up residence in places like northern Italy and Spain; however, the Templars too had done as much, head-quartering themselves in Rome. By 1321 the Assassin's Order had successfully integrated itself into modern day life of northern Italy, widely unknown to the average folk. That same year a young sailor by the name of Domenico, the son of an assassin, was apprenticed to the poet [[Dante Alighieri]], also an assassin, who was transporting the Codex of Altaïr from Venice to Spain<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Uplay Content - Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref>. During the voyage, pirates under the employ of the Templars ambushed the ship looking for the Codex, killing Dante, as well as the wife of Domenico. Fortunately for the assassins, Domenico had managed to break apart the Codex and hide it from the pirates before he and his son were forced overboard<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]Eventually returning to Venice, Domenico found his father and his patron, [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the assassins, dead. So Domenico emptied the accounts of Messer Polo and travelled to the city of Florence under the assumed name of Auditore; eventually constructing the [[Auditore Family Villa|Auditore Villa]] in the city of [[Monteriggioni]], which became the centre of the Assassin's Order in Italy<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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Despite the order "modernising" since the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, they still retained many of the rituals and practices, albeit altered. The practice of removing ones ring finger had as such been removed, although the seal of the Order was branded upon the finger instead; such was the induction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in 1487. By this time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] had become Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, with members throughout the major cities of northern Italy. Although significantly fewer in number, the assassins' were supported by the courtesans, thieves and [[Mercenary|condottieri]] of Florence and Venice; the guilds of which were each run by a member of the Order<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During this time period, the Assassins entered another period of increased hostilities with the Templars, who were attempting to overthrow the ruling [[House of Medici]] in Florence, and the Doge of Venice. Having already killed the [[wikipedia:Galleazzo Maria Sforza|Duke of Milan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> in 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] &ndash; the Grand Master of the Knights Templars &ndash; brought the noble families of [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]], Barbarigo and [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] together<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />, to accomplish his goals. Entering into conflict with the assassins, Borgia dealt a crippling blow to the Order of Assassins in 1476, when he executed the experienced warrior [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|two]] [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|sons]], although a third son, Ezio, managed to escape. With the aid of Ezio, the assassins' were able to counter Borgia's plot over a twenty-three year campaign, defeating him at every turn<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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In 1487, the Order of Assassins learned that the Templars had retrieved an important artifact from the island of Cyprus, and deemed its capture necessary. Following the artifact from L'Arsenale di Venezia, Ezio managed to overpower and replace the Templar guard carrying the artifact. Under this guise, Ezio met with Borgia himself and the two engaged in battle; Borgia fled upon the arrival of the assassins, and the artifact fell once again into the hands of the assassins. The assassins of this age however, were unaware of the nature of the artifact, although they did recognise it as one of the Pieces of Eden mentioned within Altaïr's Codex<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|We lost two more teams last night. That's eight more of us just&hellip;gone.|Lucy Stillman|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
By the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, the world had changed vastly<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Whilst the Order of Assassins had kept to their policy of remote camps and isolation from society<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, the Templars had begun to infiltrate society further; taking the form of many corporations such as [[NASA]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. The Templars continued to search for and investigate the various Pieces of Eden they discovered throughout this period<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, whilst the assassins continued their war against them; notably being responsible for the destruction of at least one Templar-controlled in Siberia in 1908, known publically as the [[Tunguska explosion]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. However, by the year 2012 the Templars, under the guise of their front company [[Abstergo Industries]] had begun kidnapping assassins, or those related to them in an attempt to locate even more Pieces of Eden<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Notable captives included the mysterious [[Subject Sixteen]] and [[Desmond Miles]] &ndash; a descendant of both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Using Desmond, Abstergo managed to obtain a map of the locations of the Pieces of Eden across the globe, and subsequently begun their attempts to claim them. Not long after, the assassins were able to free Desmond Miles<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, with the aid of [[Lucy Stillman]], an assassin who had been working undercover at Abstergo for at least three years by 2012, as well as obtain their own copy of the map<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Following this, Desmond agreed to aid the assassins in their quest to defeat Abstergo, mostly for revenge, but also for closure. Utilising the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]], a copy of the machine used by Abstergo to explore his genetic memories previously<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, Desmond followed the memories of Ezio Auditore, learning as he went, adopting his skills in combat and free-running, whilst the rest of the Order concentrated to locating the Pieces of Eden before their Templar counterparts. Despite this however, the war with the Knights Templar had taken a turn for the worse; with their numbers dwindling, the Order of Assassins were beginning to lose the war<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]<br />
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
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The assassins had existed since before the turn of the first millennium; several known figures included [[Darius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the killer of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Iltani]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Wei Yu]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Amunet]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Leonius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Historically however, the fore-bearers of the assassins have existed since before recorded time, possibly reaching as far back as [[Adam and Eve]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During the Third Crusade, the Syrian sect of the Order of Assassins was mainly made up of native, Syrian-born individuals, although some, like Altaïr, were born to parents of both religions. Led by [[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed " />, and later [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] himself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, other members included [[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />, [[Malik A-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Raoul]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Abbas]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Masun]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Jamal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Bahir]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Karim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> and [[Qulan Gal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the death-bringer of [[Genghis Khan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Allies also included various individuals, such as [[Adha]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>, and even former Templars like [[Maria Thorpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included [[Dante Alighieri]] and [[Domenico Auditore]] <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, founder of the Auditore Villa.<br />
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Later on, during the Renaissance, the Order's numbers had dwindled significantly. Having become much more secretive, members of the Order often had occupations and lives outside of the Order, ranging from artists<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>, to thieves<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, to royal treasurers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>. The Grand Master at the time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli]] was a Florentine noble, as well as diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and his brother [[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, caretaker of the Auditore Villa and condottieri leader, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Paola]] and [[Sister Teodora]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the heads of the Florentine and Venetian courtesans respectively, [[Antonio]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Venetian Thieves Guild, [[La Volpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Florentine Thieves Guild, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, condottieri of Venice, and [[Luis Santangel]] and [[Raphael Sanchez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />, Finance minister to Ferdinand II and Treasurer of Queen Isabella I respectively<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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Once again, the Order had many allies amongst the common folk of Italy, and also amongst the nobility. Foremost among them was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Ezio's closest friend and a genius of invention. Others included [[Caterina Sforza]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>, the Countess of [[Forlì]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], the ruler of Florence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice from 1486<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and the famed explorer [[Christoffa Corombo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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During the 21<sup>st</sup> Century the Order had sunk even further into hiding, with the numbers fewer than ever<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Although it was known that more existed, only four were known by name; [[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Rebecca Crane]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Shaun Hastings]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the Order's historian.<br />
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{{Quote|Find them, kill them&hellip; In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|[[Al Mualim]] to Altaïr|Assassin's Creed}}<br />
Over the centuries, the Order of Assassins killed hundred, if not thousands of individuals who they saw to be corrupt in their ways and a danger to humanity. Their intense rivalry with the Knights Templar also ensured that many underlings who served their Templar masters often shared the same fate<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad;<br />
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[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)|Tamir of Damascus]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Alaat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Roland Napule]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[The Master's Student]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Master of the Tower]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Tamir|Tamir, the arms dealer]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Talal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Sibrand]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Frederick the Red]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Moloch]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Dark Oracle]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shalim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Shahar]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Pirate Captain]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Armand Bouchart]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Uberto Alberti]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Stefano da Bagnone]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Bernardo Baroncelli]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Antonio Maffei]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco Salviati]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Emilio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Marco Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Silvio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Dante Moro]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Carlo Grimaldi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Checco Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Ludovico Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Gaspard Martinez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Pedro Llorente]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Juan de Marillo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes the Great]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BC<br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]], by unknown in 1498 AD<br />
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The '''Assassins''', also known as the ''Assassins Order'', ''Assassins Brotherhood'' and ''Hashshashin'', were an organized order of Assassins who fought a continuous secret war with the [[Knights Templar]] for over one-thousand years. The Assassins, if not the order itself, had existed since at least 456 BC, throughout the Roman era, the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and into [[Modern Times|21<sup>st</sup> Century]].<br />
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The Order==<br />
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{{quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine<br />("Nothing is true, everything is permitted" in Arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
[[File:AssassinGuard.png|thumb|Rauf, a combat instructor, wearing similar robes to other high ranked Assassin guard in Masyaf.]]<br />
The order believed in a strong set of values that strictly governed their way of life, the Creed, which consisted of three [[tenets]]:<br />
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These tenets permeated every aspect of the Assassins' daily life, as well as their fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carried out their duties through political strategic assassination, in the hope that killing one individual, would lead to the salvation of thousands. The assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those who do not possess the abilities, resources, or knowledge to speak out against those who abuse their power<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:AssassinInformant.png|thumb|left|An Assassin informant.]]<br />
Despite their service to those who would otherwise suffer, the Assassins were still feared by the general populous, due mainly to their method of ensuring peace. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses &ndash; done so as to bring fear into the hearts of those who might abuse their power or corrupt the innocent &ndash; before vanishing into the crowd without a trace<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. To assist in this, the assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the [[hidden blade]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, a single thrust from which could end the life of its victim.<br />
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However, in order to ascertain which death might best assist the assassins' goals, extensive political knowledge was a must have, and so the assassins remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding them. Obtaining the information was the job of low-level members of the Order, who would be stationed throughout the cities of the world; these spies would watch the local nobles and rulers, looking for signs of corruption or membership in the [[Knights Templar]]. Once gathered, any information was passed on to the assassins' who were responsible for the execution of the assassination<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The assassins spent their entire lifetime training to kill<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. From an early age they were taught to observe their surroundings and plan ahead; combat was a must and its training was continuous, with a focus on bladed weapons of all sorts being their expertise. However, despite such a focus on combat, the greatest consideration in the assassins' training was concealment; stealth was the greatest weapon of the assassin and everything about their life, the clothes they wore, where the lived, even how they walked emphasised a devotion to concealment<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. It was the duty of an assassin to reach their target and stand beside them, before they struck, and sink away into the crowd<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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The other significant focus of an assassins training was maneuverability. By the time an assassin reached the rank of [[Master Assassin]], he was also a master of an early form of [[Free-Running|parkour]] widely utilised by the assassins. Widely seen as alien and naive by the general populous, this method of movement allowed the assassins to reach areas not normally accessible to man. From scaling a wall to climbing to one of a city's many [[view point]]s, parkour gave the assassins a significant advantage over the average city guard.<br />
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History==<br />
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[[File:Almualimassassins.png|thumb|300px|Al Mualim and the Assassins in the fortress of Masyaf.]]<br />
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Syrian branch of the Assassins Order was centred in the fortress of [[Masyaf]], deep within the kingdom of the Holy Land. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battled 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 that the assassins learnt of a Templar interest in an [[Piece of Eden|ancient artifact]] hidden within the catacombs of [[Solomon's Temple]] and decided to keep it from their grasps; the mission was a success, although a costly one. With the death of one assassin and the arrival of the Templar army at the gates of Masyaf, the assassins proceeded to literally crush most of the Templar army under a concealed onslaught of rolling logs, before driving the Templars from the village below.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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Following the assault, the assassin blamed for the loss of life that day &ndash; [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Arabic-Flying One, Son of None) &ndash; was severely reprimanded, and then tasked with removing nine influential individuals who plagued the Holy Land with their corrupt rule. As Altaïr made his way down the list, made up of both Crusader and Saracen individuals, the revelation that their goal &ndash; to bring peace to the people of the Holy Land &ndash; was just, unsettled him greatly, as he felt his victims were "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". This was a view shared by Al Mualim, who agreed with their goals, but felt their attitude of "the end justifies the means" undermined the good they sought to ensure. As his mission progressed, Altaïr sought to know what bound his victims together, and the realization that they were all Templars only served to reinforce the assassins’ determination to bring an end to the Templar plot.<br />
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By the end of the year the assassins' were victorious over their Templar enemies; [[Robert de Sable]], Grand Master of the Knights Templar was dead, however the treachery of one of their own had also hit the assassin order hard. Al Mualim, Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, and a former member of a coalition of ''ten'' Templar leaders, was revealed to be a traitor, and killed by the very man he had sent to eliminate his fellow Templar conspirators. With Al Mualim dead, Altaïr took over as Grand Master of the Order, leading the assassins in their attempts to rebuild their strength following the costly conflict.<br />
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Eventually, it was decided that the Piece of Eden was too great a threat to keep in Masyaf, and the decision was made to keep it on the island of Cyprus, it the Limassol archives<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>. However, following the liberation of the island from its Templar rulers, the Piece was kept by Altaïr until at least he completed his fabled [[Codex]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|In this modern age, we are not as literal as our ancestors; but our seal is no less permanent&hellip;|Mario Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}} The Order continued to thrive, despite being forced to adopt an even more secretive and isolated existence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. During the time period known as [[The Renaissance|the Renaissance]], the Assassin Order had apparently "gone underground". The reason for this is explained inside the Codex pages, where [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] 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, Altaïr believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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Having abandoned the fortress of [[Masyaf]], the assassins spread out across the Mediterranean world, taking up residence in places like northern Italy and Spain; however, the Templars too had done as much, head-quartering themselves in Rome. By 1321 the Assassin's Order had successfully integrated itself into modern day life of northern Italy, widely unknown to the average folk. That same year a young sailor by the name of Domenico, the son of an assassin, was apprenticed to the poet [[Dante Alighieri]], also an assassin, who was transporting the Codex of Altaïr from Venice to Spain<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Uplay Content - Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref>. During the voyage, pirates under the employ of the Templars ambushed the ship looking for the Codex, killing Dante, as well as the wife of Domenico. Fortunately for the assassins, Domenico had managed to break apart the Codex and hide it from the pirates before he and his son were forced overboard<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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[[File:Asslogorenaissance.png|thumb|left|Renaissance variation of the Assassins' symbol.]]Eventually returning to Venice, Domenico found his father and his patron, [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the assassins, dead. So Domenico emptied the accounts of Messer Polo and travelled to the city of Florence under the assumed name of Auditore; eventually constructing the [[Auditore Family Villa|Auditore Villa]] in the city of [[Monteriggioni]], which became the centre of the Assassin's Order in Italy<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Crypt" />.<br />
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Despite the order "modernising" since the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, they still retained many of the rituals and practices, albeit altered. The practice of removing ones ring finger had as such been removed, although the seal of the Order was branded upon the finger instead; such was the induction of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in 1487. By this time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] had become Grand Master of the Order of Assassins, with members throughout the major cities of northern Italy. Although significantly fewer in number, the assassins' were supported by the courtesans, thieves and [[Mercenary|condottieri]] of Florence and Venice; the guilds of which were each run by a member of the Order<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During this time period, the Assassins entered another period of increased hostilities with the Templars, who were attempting to overthrow the ruling [[House of Medici]] in Florence, and the Doge of Venice. Having already killed the [[wikipedia:Galleazzo Maria Sforza|Duke of Milan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref> in 1476, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] &ndash; the Grand Master of the Knights Templars &ndash; brought the noble families of [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]], Barbarigo and [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] together<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />, to accomplish his goals. Entering into conflict with the assassins, Borgia dealt a crippling blow to the Order of Assassins in 1476, when he executed the experienced warrior [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|two]] [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|sons]], although a third son, Ezio, managed to escape. With the aid of Ezio, the assassins' were able to counter Borgia's plot over a twenty-three year campaign, defeating him at every turn<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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In 1487, the Order of Assassins learned that the Templars had retrieved an important artifact from the island of Cyprus, and deemed its capture necessary. Following the artifact from L'Arsenale di Venezia, Ezio managed to overpower and replace the Templar guard carrying the artifact. Under this guise, Ezio met with Borgia himself and the two engaged in battle; Borgia fled upon the arrival of the assassins, and the artifact fell once again into the hands of the assassins. The assassins of this age however, were unaware of the nature of the artifact, although they did recognise it as one of the Pieces of Eden mentioned within Altaïr's Codex<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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{{Quote|We lost two more teams last night. That's eight more of us just&hellip;gone.|Lucy Stillman|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
By the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, the world had changed vastly<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Whilst the Order of Assassins had kept to their policy of remote camps and isolation from society<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, the Templars had begun to infiltrate society further; taking the form of many corporations such as [[NASA]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. The Templars continued to search for and investigate the various Pieces of Eden they discovered throughout this period<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, whilst the assassins continued their war against them; notably being responsible for the destruction of at least one Templar-controlled in Siberia in 1908, known publically as the [[Tunguska explosion]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. However, by the year 2012 the Templars, under the guise of their front company [[Abstergo Industries]] had begun kidnapping assassins, or those related to them in an attempt to locate even more Pieces of Eden<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Notable captives included the mysterious [[Subject Sixteen]] and [[Desmond Miles]] &ndash; a descendant of both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Using Desmond, Abstergo managed to obtain a map of the locations of the Pieces of Eden across the globe, and subsequently begun their attempts to claim them. Not long after, the assassins were able to free Desmond Miles<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, with the aid of [[Lucy Stillman]], an assassin who had been working undercover at Abstergo for at least three years by 2012, as well as obtain their own copy of the map<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Following this, Desmond agreed to aid the assassins in their quest to defeat Abstergo, mostly for revenge, but also for closure. Utilising the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]], a copy of the machine used by Abstergo to explore his genetic memories previously<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, Desmond followed the memories of Ezio Auditore, learning as he went, adopting his skills in combat and free-running, whilst the rest of the Order concentrated to locating the Pieces of Eden before their Templar counterparts. Despite this however, the war with the Knights Templar had taken a turn for the worse; with their numbers dwindling, the Order of Assassins were beginning to lose the war<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|400px|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]<br />
{{quote|The seeds were planted as two worlds became one. Behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|Subject 16|Assassin's Creed II}}<br />
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The assassins had existed since before the turn of the first millennium; several known figures included [[Darius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the killer of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Iltani]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Wei Yu]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Amunet]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Leonius]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Historically however, the fore-bearers of the assassins have existed since before recorded time, possibly reaching as far back as [[Adam and Eve]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.<br />
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During the Third Crusade, the Syrian sect of the Order of Assassins was mainly made up of native, Syrian-born individuals, although some, like Altaïr, were born to parents of both religions. Led by [[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed " />, and later [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] himself<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, other members included [[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" />, [[Malik A-Sayf|Malik]] and [[Kadar A-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Raoul]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Abbas]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Masun]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Jamal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Bahir]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Karim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /> and [[Qulan Gal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the death-bringer of [[Genghis Khan]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Allies also included various individuals, such as [[Adha]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>, and even former Templars like [[Maria Thorpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included [[Dante Alighieri]] and [[Domenico Auditore]] <ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, founder of the Auditore Villa.<br />
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Later on, during the Renaissance, the Order's numbers had dwindled significantly. Having become much more secretive, members of the Order often had occupations and lives outside of the Order, ranging from artists<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>, to thieves<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, to royal treasurers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>. The Grand Master at the time, [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli]] was a Florentine noble, as well as diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Others included the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and his brother [[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, caretaker of the Auditore Villa and condottieri leader, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Paola]] and [[Sister Teodora]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the heads of the Florentine and Venetian courtesans respectively, [[Antonio]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Venetian Thieves Guild, [[La Volpe]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the head of the Florentine Thieves Guild, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, condottieri of Venice, and [[Luis Santangel]] and [[Raphael Sanchez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />, Finance minister to Ferdinand II and Treasurer of Queen Isabella I respectively<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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Once again, the Order had many allies amongst the common folk of Italy, and also amongst the nobility. Foremost among them was [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Ezio's closest friend and a genius of invention. Others included [[Caterina Sforza]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì">''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì]]''</ref>, the Countess of [[Forlì]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], the ruler of Florence<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], the Doge of Venice from 1486<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and the famed explorer [[Christoffa Corombo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" />.<br />
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During the 21<sup>st</sup> Century the Order had sunk even further into hiding, with the numbers fewer than ever<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Although it was known that more existed, only four were known by name; [[Desmond Miles]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />, [[Rebecca Crane]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> and [[Shaun Hastings]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, the Order's historian.<br />
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{{Quote|Find them, kill them&hellip; In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|[[Al Mualim]] to Altaïr|Assassin's Creed}}<br />
Over the centuries, the Order of Assassins killed hundred, if not thousands of individuals who they saw to be corrupt in their ways and a danger to humanity. Their intense rivalry with the Knights Templar also ensured that many underlings who served their Templar masters often shared the same fate<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.<br />
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Below is a chronological list of the victims of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad;<br />
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[[Tamir (Altaïr's Chronicles)|Tamir of Damascus]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Alaat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Roland Napule]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[The Master's Student]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Master of the Tower]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Harash]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles" /><br />
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[[Tamir|Tamir, the arms dealer]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Talal]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Sibrand]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br />
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[[Moloch]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Armand Bouchart]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines" /><br />
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[[Uberto Alberti]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Stefano da Bagnone]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Antonio Maffei]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Francesco Salviati]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Emilio Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Marco Barbarigo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Dante Moro]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Carlo Grimaldi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[Checco Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Ludovico Orsi]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forlì " /><br />
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[[Gaspard Martinez]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Pedro Llorente]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Juan de Marillo]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery" /><br />
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[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes the Great]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BC<br />
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[[Tomas Torquemada]], by unknown in 1498 AD<br />
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[[Francisco Pizzaro]], by Diego de Almagro II's men in 1541 AD<br />
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[[Mary I of England]], by unknown in 1558 AD<br />
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[[Category:Assassin's Order]]</div>174.98.179.35https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Grigori_Rasputin&diff=262490Grigori Rasputin2010-05-23T22:14:08Z<p>174.98.179.35: </p>
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'''Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin''' (22 January 1869 - 29 December 1916) was a Russian mystic living during the rule of [[Wikipedia:Tsar Nicholas II|Tsar Nicholas II]], and a possible member of the Templars. After Nicholas's son Alexei became sick, he was advised by a family friend to ask for the help of Rasputin. Rasputin agreed to do so, knowing that Nicholas had a [[Piece of Eden]], the Staff. After ``successfully`` healing Alexei, he became a trusted friend, even giving advice on the decisions the royal family made. Eventually, Rasputin came into possession of the Staff.<br />
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A group of nobles, possibly Assassins, found that Rasputin's influence on the royal family had become too much of a problem and they, led by Felix Yusupov, Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich, lured Rasputin to a "party" in the Yusupov's Moika Palace. Rasputin was led to the cellar, where he was fed cakes and wine filled with poison. However, it seemed as though the poison was ineffective to Rasputin and Yusupov quickly consulted with the others. Coming down, he shot Rasputin through the back of the head, and, after Rasputin's body falling to the ground, the nobles fled the building. Yusupov found out he forgot his coat and went back in, where Rasputin's eyes opened and he lunged at Yusupov. The others arrived and shot him three times in the back. However, he still did not die and was trying to get back up. The assassins beat him into submission and castrated him. They then bound his body and wrapped him in a carpet, only so that they could easily throw him into the icy Neva River. He still was not dead, but ultimately drowned in the river.<br />
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[[Category:Historical Characters|Rasputin, Grigori]]</div>174.98.179.35https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Grigori_Rasputin&diff=262489Grigori Rasputin2010-05-23T22:12:41Z<p>174.98.179.35: </p>
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[[File:Rasputin-pd.jpg|thumb|Grigori Rasputin]]{{WP-REAL}}<br />
'''Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin''' (22 January 1869 - 29 December 1916) was a Russian mystic living during the rule of [[Wikipedia:Tsar Nicholas II|Tsar Nicholas II]], and a possible member of the Templars. After Nicholas's son Alexei became sick, he was advised by a family friend to ask for the help of Rasputin. Rasputin agreed to do so, knowing that Nicholas had a [[Piece of Eden]], the Staff. After ``successfully`` healing Alexei, he became a trusted friend, even giving advice on the decisions the royal family made. Eventually, Rasputin came into possession of the Staff.<br />
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A group of nobles, possibly Assassins, found that Rasputin's influence on the royal family had become too much of a problem and they, led by Felix Yusupov, Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich, lured Rasputin to a "party" in the Yusupov's Moika Palace. Rasputin was led to the cellar, where he was fed cakes and wine filled with poison. However, it seemed as though the poison was ineffective to Rasputin and Yusupov quickly consulted with the others. Coming down, he shot Rasputin through the back of the head, and, after Rasputin's body falling to the ground, the nobles fled the building. Yusupov found out he forgot his coat and went back in, where Rasputin's eyes opened and he lunged at Yusupov. The others arrived and shot him three times in the back. However, he still did not die and was trying to get back up. The conspirators beat him into submission and castrated him. They then bound his body and wrapped him in a carpet, only so that they could easily throw him into the icy Neva River. He still was not dead, but ultimately drowned in the river.<br />
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|name = Cain<br />
|image = Ghent Altarpiece A - Cain - Abel - murder.jpg<br />
|imgdesc = Cain and Abel<br />
|period = Ancient Era<br />
|faction = First [[Templar]]<br />
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]] (Indirect)<br />
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==Cain in the Bible==<br />
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'''Cain''' and [[Abel]], according to the Bible, were the first two sons of [[Adam and Eve]] (Cain being the eldest). According to the Bible, Abel had pleased God with his sacrificial offering while Cain had not. The bible than states a cursed mark was placed upon Cain, known as the "Mark of Cain". How long ago these events occurred is unknown, though if the Bible is to be believed, he and Abel were the sons of [[Adam and Eve]], placing the event of Abel's murder a generation after Adam and Eve.<br />
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==Cain in Assassins Creed II==<br />
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In Assassins Creed though, Cain's story is different. Instead of Cain killing Abel because God was pleased with Abel and not Cain, Cain actually killed Abel to steal his [[Piece of Eden]]. The mark Cain was given for killing Abel was then used to create the Templars and collect more Pieces of Eden. Subject 16 also references quotes from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' "Pearl of Great Price" scripture. The semi hidden message "Templar texts adapted by Mr. Smith" written in Morse code in a glyph sequence, implying that the Mormon or LDS version of Cain and Abel is more accurate, or at the very least least, an accurate reflection of the Templars version of events. The relativly unique title of "Master Mahan" is mentioned as the title Cain gave himself. The term "Mahan" means "the great one", and it does not seem to occur in other versions of the story.<br />
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[[File:6.jpg|thumb|Altair using grapling hook.]]<br />
Assassins creed besides on pc and consoles it got released for mobile phones to.It was made in 2007 by gameloft.<br />
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==Storyline==<br />
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Altair is a member of the the assassins.This is the fraction that have their enemies, Templars. Altair has been one of the best assassins but then when he had to kill his enemy he failed. In order to save his reputation he needs to kill 6 templars.Through his journey he will wisit 3 towns Acre,Masyaf,Jerusalem. After he complete his task he finds out his master is Templar too.He kills him and he is alowed to continue his life alongside the assassins.<br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
The game have 8 levels.First 3 levels Are hapening in Acre.Trough his journey Altair wil use 4 weapons his sword,grapling hook,bombs and .</div>174.98.179.35https://assassinscreedwiki.accesstheanimus.com/index.php?title=Assassin%27s_Creed_(mobile_game)&diff=78726Assassin's Creed (mobile game)2010-05-06T20:58:30Z<p>174.98.179.35: /* Gameplay */</p>
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<div>{{revamp}}<br />
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[[File:6.jpg|thumb|Altair using grapling hook.]]<br />
Assassins creed besides on pc and consoles it got released for mobile phones to.It was made in 2007 by gameloft.<br />
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==Storyline==<br />
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Altair is a member of the the assassins.This is the fraction that have their enemies templars.Altair has been one of the best assassins but then when he had to kill his enemy he failed.In order to save his reputacion he needs to kill 6 templars.Trough his journey he will wisit 3 towns Agre,Masiaf,Jerusailem.After he complete his task he finds out his master is templar to.He kils him and he is alowed to continue his life alongside the assassins.<br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
The game have 8 levels.First 3 levels Are hapening in Acre.Trough his journey Altair wil use 4 weapons his sword,grapling hook,bombs and .</div>174.98.179.35