Leandros

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{{Quote|Could it be that you are every bit as deadly as the legends say? Or am I in charge of an army of drunks swinging sticks?!|Leandros to Ezio Auditore, infuriated by his persistence.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Leandros
|image = Leandrosrenderhd.png
|death = March 1511<br>[[Atlas Village]], [[Syria]]
|affiliates = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|voice = [[Steve Blum]]}}
'''Leandros''' (unknown - 1511) was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], and the captain of a regiment of [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] Templars in charge of opening the door to the [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] underneath the castle of [[Masyaf]].

==Biography==
===Search at Masyaf===
Since at least 1510, Leandros' Templar forces had ruled the [[Syria]]n city of Masyaf, the former seat of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], after coming across [[Niccolò Polo]]'s journal, "[[The Secret Crusade]]." From it, they learned of the [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]'s [[library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|hidden library]], and the [[Masyaf Keys|keys]] required to unlock it.

After a year of searching the fortress, they finally discovered its entrance, but even after three months of attempted excavation to open the door, Leandros and his men were ultimately unsuccessful.

In 1511, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] also journeyed to the city in search of the library, but was unaware of the Templar army that occupied it. After surprising him with an arrow shot to his right shoulder, Leandros' soldiers attacked him in great force, though Leandros himself only watched the battle from above.

Despite suffering many losses, his troops eventually managed to capture the Assassin, after breaking one of his [[Hidden Blade]]s and cornering him with their halberds.

Following this, Leandros' forces later led the Assassin up to the castle's watchtower to be executed by hanging, as Leandros made sure to personally tie the noose around Ezio's neck. However, as soon as he did, Ezio lunged back at him and managed to wind the rope around his would-be executioner's neck.

[[File:A Journal 8.png|thumb|250px|left|Leandros giving orders to his men]]
Ezio then leapt from the plank he was standing at, tightening the noose around Leandros' throat, and forcing his soldiers to cut him free. Once he recovered from the attempted strangulation, Leandros angrily ordered his men to pursue Ezio, who had landed safely below and escaped along the exterior of the tower.

Shortly after, Leandros left Masyaf by carriage, though Ezio soon caught up and lunged at his wagon, holding onto a trailing rope behind it and being dragged along the ground. After several attempts to try and shake the Assassin off, Leandros finally gave up, jumping onto the carriage of one of his soldiers riding alongside him, before throwing the unfortunate driver from the seat.

[[File:The Wounded Eagle 1.png|thumb|250px|right|Leandros fleeing by carriage]]
Recovering from the friction, and managing to pull himself to the back, Ezio took control of Leandros' previous carriage and continued the pursuit. Eventually, as they both jostled for position on a narrow mountain path, Leandros managed to outmaneuver Ezio and slip past him.

On command by the Templar captain, a guard then tossed a [[Bombs|bomb]] underneath Ezio's carriage, propelling both it and him over the cliff edge with the explosion. However, just as Leandros commanded his men to guard the path from any intruders, the heavily wounded Ezio managed to climb up the cliff and face the soldiers again.

Seeing that the Assassin was injured, Leandros ordered his men to bring him his head or "throw [themselves] into the canyon", before heading into the village.

===Death===
{{Dialogue|Leandros|What does it take to kill you, eh? Why will you not die?|Ezio|Don't you ever stop howling?|Leandros to Ezio before his death.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
Unbeknownst to Leandros, Ezio bested his men and silently pursued him through the village, using his [[Eagle Vision#Eagle Sense|Eagle Sense]] to follow Leandros' trail. Eventually, Leandros headed into a fortress, at which point Ezio revealed himself.

After taunting Ezio, Leandros boasted that there was nowhere for him to run, to which Ezio merely replied that neither of them would have the chance to escape, before severing the chain holding the portcullis open and blocking Leandros' reinforcements from arriving to help him.

[[File:The Wounded Eagle 12.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio assassinating Leandros]]
From there on, Leandros fled up a tower, with Ezio in close pursuit. After making his way through the garrison, Ezio reached the top, where Leandros awaited him. Leandros then asked Ezio what it would take to kill him, which Ezio dismissed, before headbutting the Templar and stabbing him with his [[Hidden Blade]].

As Leandros lay dying, he revealed that his fellow Templars were already closing in on the Masyaf Keys, with which they could find the location of the [[Grand Temple]]. Once Leandros breathed his last, Ezio retrieved the journal of Niccolò Polo from his body.

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Quote|Ezio! I'm going to dig your heart out with a shovel and feed it to you!|Leandros yelling to the escaping Assassin.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:The Wounded Eagle 3.png|thumb|250px|right|Leandros speaking to his men]]
Leandros was an able fighter, though he preferred using his soldiers to defeat his enemies. He also had a significant violent streak, threatening his workers with death should they try to leave.

He also held little respect for the lives of his men, throwing one from a moving carriage in order to save himself, and furiously telling a group to either follow his orders, or throw themselves off a cliff.

In physical appearance, Leandros was strongly built, though he had noticeable scars across his face, leading to one of his workers referring to him as "that ugly captain."

==Trivia==
*[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/File:Altair_AlMualim.jpg An early screenshot] suggests that Leandros' model was originally meant to be used for [[Haras]], the [[Levantine Assassins|Levantine Assassin]] who betrayed the Order during the [[Assault on Masyaf]].
*Leandros is similar to [[Robert de Sable]] they are both tall over six foot, both are bald, both wear capes, both have scars/marks on their face and they both operate and die in the holy land.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
The Hangman 8.png|Leandros leading Ezio onto the plank
The Hangman 10.png|Ezio escaping Leandros and his men
Hard ride 4.png|Leandros racing Ezio by carriage
The Wounded Eagle 13.png|Leandros' final moments
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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El Tiburón

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{{Quote|You humbled me once, and I took that hard lesson, and I bettered myself. Die knowing that for all of our conflict, you helped make a soldier out of a scoundrel.|Edward Kenway to El Tiburón, as the latter lay dying, 1722.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:AC4_El_Tiburón_render.png|thumb|200px|El Tiburón]]
'''El Tiburón''' (English: ''The Shark''; unknown – 1722) was the right-hand man of [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], the [[Grand Master]] of the [[Caribbean]] [[Templars]]. [[Edward Kenway]] first encountered him during an execution in [[Havana]], and later during Edward's meeting with the Templars at the governor's mansion. El Tiburón was also present during the interrogation and escort of the [[Sages|Sage]], [[Bartholomew Roberts]], and subsequently defended the Templars from the [[Assassins]] who attempted to free Roberts. El Tiburón incapacitated Edward during his attempt to rescue the Sage from the prison in Havana.

Years later, after the assassination attempt on [[Woodes Rogers]] and the death of Bartholomew Roberts, El Tiburón was guarding a body double of Torres, in an attempt to delay Kenway from pursuing the governor to the [[Observatory]]. As Edward assassinated the impostor, El Tiburón engaged him in combat, but was eventually killed by Kenway, who used his pistols to penetrate his armor.

==Trivia==
*Despite his death occurring in 1722, the date is never present in his database entry.
*The game will not allow you to engage him during the execution normally. However if you use a smoke bomb or attempt to pick pocket him, he will kill you in one hit.
*It is possible El Tiburon himself was a member of the Templar order.

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
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