Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins

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{{Faction Infobox
|image =
|leader = [[Assassin leader]]<br>[[Mentor]]
|headquarters = Near [[Port-au-Prince]]<br>Bréda Plantation
|locations = [[Haiti]]
|related = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Maroon rebellion]]<br>Empire of Haiti
|collapsed = 1758
|reorganized = 1776
|notable = [[François Mackandal]]<br>[[Agaté]]<br>[[Baptiste]]<br>[[Vendredi]]<br>[[Babatunde Josèphe]]<br>[[Eseosa]]<br>[[Dutty Boukman]]<br>[[Toussaint Louverture]]}}
The '''Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood of Assassins''' was the [[Assassin Guilds|Guild]] of [[Assassins]] located in the [[France|French]] colony of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]], formed during the mid-18th century by [[Maroons|Maroon]] leader [[François Mackandal]] as a splinter branch from the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|West Indies Brotherhood]].

==History==
===Leadership of Mackandal===
By 1732, [[François Mackandal]] had become the [[Mentor]] of the Haitian Brotherhood, made contact with the [[Slavery|slaves]] [[Agaté]], [[Baptiste]] and [[Jeanne]], and occupied his time with educating them. Additionally, Mackandal taught both Agaté and Baptiste the art of creating [[poison]]s, and trained them in combat, [[freerunning]] and the rudimentary principles of the Brotherhood. However, Mackandal adopted a very strict interpretation of [[the Creed]], having his disciples poison white colonists, even if they were innocent. While Agaté felt compassion for Jeanne, Baptiste did not, which caused friction between the two.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

Around 1738, Agaté and Baptiste were officially inducted into the Assassin Order. Jeanne, however, having grown fearful of Mackandal's violent methods, refused to ally herself with the Assassins and decided to stay behind at the plantation.<ref name="AC3L"/> At some point, Mackandal became acquainted with [[Antó]], a [[Caribbean Assassins|Caribbean Assassin]] and the [[Kingston]] [[Assassin bureau|bureau]] leader. Antó offered his services to Mackandal, in order to liberate slaves and strengthen the [[Maroons|Maroon]] cause. Mackandal rejected his aid while belittling Antó's Mentor, [[Ah Tabai]], whom he referred to as too soft. He claimed to hold a greater understanding of the Creed, while also professing his intent to make full use of a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] should he find one.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

===1751 earthquake===
By 1751, François Mackandal came into possession of two powerful [[Isu|First Civilization]] artifacts, the [[Precursor boxes|Precursor box]] and [[Voynich manuscript|manuscript]], which he received from [[Bastienne Josèphe]]. With them, the Haitian Brotherhood was able to discover the locations of several Precursor [[temples]], including one located in [[Port-au-Prince]]. Mackandal dispatched one of his Assassins, a Maroon named [[Vendredi]], to the [[Port-au-Prince Temple|temple]] in search of the Pieces of Eden.<ref name="ACRG"/>

However, Vendredi unknowingly triggered the temple's defenses when he attempted to remove the [[Seismic Temple artifacts|artifact]] from its pedestal. This subsequently caused a massive [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake|earthquake]] which leveled the city, and caused Vendredi to be caught under the debris in the collapsing temple. [[Lawrence Washington]], a [[Templars|Templar]] who followed the Assassin into the temple, offered to help him in exchange for Mackandal's location. Vendredi agreed, but was killed shortly after by Washington. Some time afterward, Washington sneaked into Mackandal's camp and stole the box and manuscript, claiming it for the Templar Order.<ref name="ACRG"/>

After the earthquake, [[Adéwalé]], a Caribbean Assassin, arrived at Port-au-Prince<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref> and discovered the Haitian Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRG"/> There, he reunited with Bastienne Josèphe and met his son, [[Babatunde Josèphe|Babatunde]]. Adéwalé inducted Babatunde and trained him as an Assassin of the Haitian Brotherhood.<ref name="ACI"/> Worried by Mackandal's extreme methods and increasing instability, he also instructed his son to keep an eye on the Mentor. Before leaving, he vowed to reform the Haitian Brotherhood and Saint-Domingue.<ref name="ACRG"/>

Some time after, Adéwalé pursued Washington at sea, in the hope of reclaiming the Precursor artifacts. He ultimately lost the trail upon reaching [[New York]] and, upon suggestion of his son, Adéwalé traveled to the [[Davenport Homestead]] in 1752, in order to collect supplies for the survivors of the earthquake. Upon reuniting with [[Achilles Davenport]], Mentor of the [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]]. The two discussed Mackandal's progress and the effects of the Precursor site.<ref name="ACRG"/>

===Collapse===
By 1758, Mackandal's plan to poison several colonists in Saint-Domingue ultimately failed and was he captured by the authorities. The [[Master Templar]] [[Madeleine de L'Isle]] ensured that he was executed. On 20 January that year, Mackandal being put to death by fire. Agaté attempted to save his Mentor, but his efforts were futile. Agaté retreated to [[Louisiana]] and hid around the [[Louisiana Bayou|bayou]] in his personal [[Agaté's Hut|hideout]]. Baptiste, however, felt betrayed by Agaté and began forming his own Brotherhood, keeping true to Mackandal's teachings, which ultimately led him to become an ally of the Templar Order.<ref name="ACRG"/>

In the meantime, Adéwalé was assassinated by the Templar [[Shay Cormac]]. With the death of the legendary Assassin and the lack of Mackandal's leadship, the Haitian Brotherhood soon fell apart.<ref name="ACRG"/>

===Reformation===
Around 1776, Babatunde's son [[Eseosa]] began plotting the [[Haitian Revolution]] and rebuilding the Brotherhood, sharing his father and grandfather's wish of creating a Saint-Domingue in which black and white citizens lived equally. He considered Mackandal a disgrace to the Brotherhood, and was disgusted by his brutality. Buying [[Toussaint Louverture|Toussaint Bréda]] out of slavery, he recruited [[Dutty Boukman]], [[Georges Biassou]], [[Jean-François Papillon]] and [[Jeannot Bullet]] into the Brotherhood. Following a Vodou ceremony by Boukman, the revolution ignited, secretly led by the Assassins.<ref name="ACI"/>

===Modern times===
In 1971, the Assassins eliminated [[François Duvalier]] for his tyrannical rule over Haiti.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Members==

<div style="float:left; width:48;">
*[[Agaté]]
*[[Baptiste]]
*[[Georges Biassou]]
*[[Dutty Boukman]]
*[[Jeannot Bullet]]
*[[Dakodonou]]
*[[Elsie]]
</div>
<div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Eseosa]]
*[[Fabien]]
*[[ Babatunde Josèphe]]
*[[ Toussaint Louverture]]
*[[ François Mackandal]]
*[[ Jean-François Papillon]]
*[[Vendredi]]
</div>
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'''Allies'''
*[[Adéwalé]] (Caribbean Branch)
*[[Achilles Davenport ]](Colonial Branch)
*[[Guillaume Beylier]] {{C|[[French Assassins|French branch]]}}
*[[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] {{C|Colonial branch}}

==References==
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