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Hugues de Payens

2011-11-30T21:11:10Z

31.47.13.48: Adding categories

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[[File:Hugh de Payns.jpg|thumb|Hugues de Payens.]]
'''Hugues de Payens''' was a [[France|French]] knight and, at some time in his life, [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was the first officially recognized Grand Master, making the Templar Order a public knightly order under the name Knights Templar. With [[Wikipedia:Bernard of Clairvaux|Saint Bernard of Clairvaux]], he wrote the [[Wikipedia:Latin Rule|Latin Rule]], the Creed of the Templars.

==Trivia==
*The Latin Rule was a document with [[72]] clauses.

==Source==
*[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/File:AC_Timeline.jpg ''AC'' Timeline]
*[[Wikipedia:Hugues de Payens|Wikipedia]]

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Hermes Trismegistus

2011-11-30T15:24:23Z

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[[File:Hermes Trismegistus.jpg|thumb|Hermes Trismegistus.]]
'''Hermes Trismegistus''' was a Greek and Egyptian god, of alchemy and magic. He was worshipped primarily by the [[Hermeticists]].

On an unknown date, Hermes Trismegistus passed his staff on to [[Pythagoras]].

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax|Divine Science: Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax]]
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Lia de Russo

2011-11-20T16:56:46Z

31.47.13.48: I just killed Lysistrata on AC:Revelations with my hidden blade.

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{{quote|I try to make conversation. She is uninterested. She hands me some blood-stained relic and smiles.|[[Fiora Cavazza]] meeting with Lia.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Lia de Russo
|image = Zw-thesmuggler.png
|imgdesc = Full body portrait of Lia de Russo.
||birth = 1476
|death = 1503 [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''}}

'''Lia de Russo''' (1476 – 1503) was a [[Templars|Templar]] [[Civil Oppressors|agent]] who engaged in smuggling and human trafficking, and who operated out of various bases in [[Rome]], such as the Terme di Caracalla in the [[Campagna district]].

Her genetic memories were later used by [[Abstergo Industries]] for the training of the [[Abstergo recruits|Animus recruits]], under the title of the [[Smuggler]].

==Biography==
===Serving the Borgia===
[[File:Go-To Girl.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Lia in Rome.]]
Between 1497 and 1503, Lia worked for [[Cesare Borgia]], and supplied him with various rare objects and contraband. These objects were commonly picked up by [[Fiora Cavazza]], who acted as Cesare's envoy.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref>

On one occasion, Fiora followed Lia into a shop that she had claimed as one of her storehouses, noting that it "smelled of death," and that she would not be surprised to find the shop owner's body somewhere.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

The items Lia gathered for Cesare varied from random objects to priceless treasures, though she always insisted on being paid - and tipped - properly for each of the items.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===Death===
{{quote|Stop chasing me! Figlio di troia! Who sent you?|Lia, as she is pursued by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]].|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

In 1503, Lia took a contract to kill a young shopkeeper named Monica, as she had refused to close her store, even after the Borgia had declared jurisdiction over the area it was situated in. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] later came across Monica's grieving fiancé and, after hearing the details from him, decided to seek out Lia for him.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

[[File:Liadeath.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Lia fleeing from Ezio Auditore.]]
Ezio soon found Lia at the Baths of Caracalla, standing over the body of her latest kill. However, once she caught sight of him, she fled immediately, yelling at him over her shoulder as he pursued her. In time though, the Assassin caught up to her, and ended her life with his [[hidden blade]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*Lia's weapons and attire resembles that of the Assassins, as well as [[Il Lupo]].
*Unlike multiplayer, Lia lacks both her cape and her [[Multiplayer Weapons#Inverted Hidden Blade|reverse hidden blade]] in singleplayer.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left" widths="250">
Lia de Russo 2.png|Ezio catches up to Lia.
Liacorridor.jpg|Lia's final moments.
</gallery>

[[Video:Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Templar Agents Memory 05 |thumb|250px|left|Lia's assassination.]]

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Mediterranean Defense

2011-11-20T14:27:11Z

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[[File:MediterraneanDefenseGameACR.png|thumb|350px|The Mediterranean Defense game.]]
'''Mediterranean Defense''' is the name given to the [[Apprentices|Apprentice]] contracts in [[Constantinople]]'' .''<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==History==
During the [[Renaissance]], [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order|Grand Master]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] could send his apprentices to [[Templars|Templar]]-controlled cities. The apprentices gained experience from these missions, and the Assassin Order as a whole gained money and other rewards for the mission as well. Cities could also be liberated from Templar control and subsequently improved using further missions. Each city then added to the daily income, including different bomb ingredients from each city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

The cities that Ezio was able to send his recruits to were:
*[[Marseille]]
*[[Damascus]]
*[[Jerusalem]]
*[[Madrid]]
*[[Lisbon]]
*[[Genoa]]
*[[Tunis]]
*[[Tripoli]]
*[[Algiers]]
*[[Alexandria]]
*[[Bursa]]
*[[Athens]]
*[[Rhodes]]

==Trivia==
*There is an [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Achievements|achievement]] in ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' for controlling all of the cities simultaneously except Rhodes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]

Zhu Houcong

2011-11-19T22:15:54Z

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The '''Jiajing''' (or '''Chia-ching''') '''Emperor''' (嘉靖 IPA: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Mandarin [tɕjɑ́tɕîŋ]]; 16 September 1507–23 January 1567) was the 11th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty Ming Dynasty] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China Emperor of China] who ruled from 1521 to 1567.

==Assassin's Creed: Embers==

Assassins were hunted and killed during Jiajing's rule.The Mentors of the [[Chinese Assassins|Chinese Asassins']] guild sent [[Shao Jun]] to Florence to find Ezio Auditore whom they viewed as their last hope.

Ezio and Shao Jun were ambushed by the emperor's agents in the city,but they managed to flee.Jun explained that the strangers were Emperor Jiajing's agents.The agents attacked Ezio's house the same night,but they were all killed by Shao Jun.
==AppearancesEdit==
*[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]] (mentioned only)
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Mediterranean Defense

2011-11-19T22:14:08Z

31.47.13.48:

{{era|ACR}}
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[[File:MediterraneanDefenseGameACR.png|thumb|350px|The Mediterranean Defense game.]]
'''Mediterranean Defense''' is the name given to the [[Apprentices|Apprentice]] contracts in [[Constantinople]]'' .''<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==History==
During the [[Renaissance]], [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order|Grand Master]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] could send his apprentices to [[Templars|Templar]]-controlled cities. The apprentices gained experience from these missions, and the Assassin Order as a whole gained money and other rewards for the mission as well. Cities could also be liberated from Templar control and subsequently improved using further missions. Each city then added to the daily income, including different bomb ingredients from each city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

The cities that Ezio was able to send his recruits to were:
*Marseille
*[[Damascus]]
*[[Jerusalem]]
*[[Madrid]]
*[[Lisbon]]
*[[Genoa]]
*[[Tunis]]
*[[Tripoli]]
*[[Algiers]]
*[[Alexandria]]
*[[Bursa]]
*[[Athens]]
*[[Rhodes]]

==Trivia==
*There is an [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Achievements|achievement]] in ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' for controlling all of the cities simultaneously except Rhodes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]

Zhu Houcong

2011-11-19T22:11:24Z

31.47.13.48:

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The '''Jiajing''' (or '''Chia-ching''') '''Emperor''' (嘉靖 IPA: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Mandarin [tɕjɑ́tɕîŋ]]; 16 September 1507–23 January 1567) was the 11th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty Ming Dynasty] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China Emperor of China] who ruled from 1521 to 1567.

==Assassin's Creed: Embers==

Assassins were hunted and killed during Jiajing's rule.The Mentors of the [[Chinese Assassins|Chinese Asassins']] guild sent [[Shao Jun]] to Florence to find Ezio Auditore whom they viewed as their last hope.

Ezio and Shao Jun were ambushed by the emperor's agents in the city,but they managed to flee.Jun explained that the strangers were Emperor Jiajing's agents.The agents attacked Ezio's house the same night,but they were all killed by Shao Jun.
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
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Zhu Houcong

2011-11-19T22:09:10Z

31.47.13.48:

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The '''Jiajing''' (or '''Chia-ching''') '''Emperor''' (嘉靖 IPA: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Mandarin [tɕjɑ́tɕîŋ]]; 16 September 1507–23 January 1567) was the 11th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty Ming Dynasty] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China Emperor of China] who ruled from 1521 to 1567.

==Assassin's Creed: Embers==

Assassins were hunted and killed during Jiajing's rule.The Mentors of the Chinese Asassins' guild sent Shao Jun to Florence to find Ezio Auditore whom they viewed as their last hope.

Ezio and Shao Jun were ambushed by the emperor's agents in the city,but they managed to flee.Jun explained that the strangers were Emperor Jiajing's agents.
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Zhu Houcong

2011-11-19T22:02:17Z

31.47.13.48: Adding categories

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Zhu Houcong

2011-11-19T22:01:54Z

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Mediterranean Defense

2011-11-19T21:37:07Z

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{{era|ACR}}
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[[File:MediterraneanDefenseGameACR.png|thumb|350px|The Mediterranean Defense game.]]
'''Mediterranean Defense''' is the name given to the [[Apprentices|Apprentice]] contracts in [[Constantinople]]'' .''<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==History==
During the [[Renaissance]], [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order|Grand Master]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] could send his apprentices to [[Templars|Templar]]-controlled cities. The apprentices gained experience from these missions, and the Assassin Order as a whole gained money and other rewards for the mission as well. Cities could also be liberated from Templar control and subsequently improved using further missions. Each city then added to the daily income, including different bomb ingredients from each city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

The cities that Ezio was able to send his recruits to were:
*Marseille
*[[Damascus]]
*[[Jerusalem]]
*[[Madrid]]
*[[Lisbon]]
*Genoa
*Tunis
*Tripoli
*Algiers
*[[Alexandria]]
*Bursa
*[[Athens]]
*[[Rhodes]]

==Trivia==
*There is an [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations Achievements|achievement]] in ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' for controlling all of the cities simultaneously except Rhodes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Revelations"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]

Dulcamara

2011-11-19T11:37:35Z

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Dulcamara '''was a Venetian expatriate and Jester in Constantinople. He performed tasks for the Templars, and wielded two khanjar daggers to kill his unfortunate victims.

His memories were used by Abstergo in their training of [[Abstergo recruits]] .
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Dulcamara

2011-11-19T11:36:53Z

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[[File:Ottoman Jester Render LR.png|thumb|300px|right]]
Dulcamara was a Ventian expatriate and Jetser in Constantinople. Her performed tasks for the Templars, and wielded two khanjar daggers to kill his unfortunate victims.

His memories were used by Abstergo in their training of [[Abstergo recruits]] .
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User blog comment:Jasca Ducato/Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360) - Official Assassin's Creed Wiki Review/@comment-4519956-20111117183754/@comment-31.47.13.48-20111117210745

2011-11-17T21:07:46Z

31.47.13.48: Created page with "I too was hoping AC:Revelations would be,well...more revealing.I like how they made Jupiter."

I too was hoping AC:Revelations would be,well...more revealing.I like how they made Jupiter.

A Little Errand

2011-11-17T00:10:37Z

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{{Era|ACR}}
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{{Memory Infobox
|image =
|description =
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|type = Main
|previous =
|next =
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Constantinople]]
|date = 1511}}
'''A Little Errand''' is a memory in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''.

==Description==
[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] converses with [[Sofia Sartor]] at her workshop, who mentions that she has Adrianopili to see the new printing press there, wanting Ezio to go with her. Ezio incapable of accompanying her to the city, given that he has to still find all of the [[Keys of Altaïr|keys]] he rejects the offer. She then supposes a trade; a banquet of fresh white tulips for more information.

Arriving at a plant merchant, Ezio is unable to possess the flower; the merchant's supplies of that flowers are gone. Suspecting that it would appropriate for him to take 3 hours to get the flowers, he decides to pursue the merchant to where he regularly obtains the white tulips.

Afterwards he finds the flowers close to multiple different gigantic bushes. Ezio gives the flowers to Sofia, and then having a picnic with her,
==Outcome==
Ezio was able to obtain the flowers and get more information about another key.

{{ACRMemories}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Memories]]

Ottoman Empire

2011-11-15T21:22:48Z

31.47.13.48: As Manuel put it,Byzantines and Ottomans are costumes.There are even Ottoman Templars.

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{{Faction infobox
|name = Ottomans
|image = Ottoman Emblem.svg
|imgdesc =
|hideo =
|founder = [[wikipedia:Osman I|Osman I]]
|leader = Sultan
|headquarters = [[Constantinople]]
|locations =
|related = [[Assassins]]

[[Templars]]
|religion = [[wikipedia:Sunni Islam|Islam]]
|hideh =
|formed = 1299
|reorganised = 1511
|collapsed = 1923
|hidea =
|notable = [[Bayezid II]] [[Selim I]] [[Ahmet]] [[Suleiman I]]}}
The '''Ottoman Empire''', also known as the '''Sublime Ottoman State''' (''Ottoman Turkish'': ''Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye'' or ''Osmanlı Devleti''), was a Sunni Muslim and Turkic dominion that ruled the Eastern Mediterranean for an excess of six hundred years.

==History==
===Formation===
By 1299, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] had lost most of the Anatolian provinces, and as a result, Turkish Anatolia was divided into numerous [[Wikipedia:Anatolian beyliks|Ghazi emirates]]. One of these Ghazi emirates was led by Osman I, which the empire would be later be entitled by.
===Conquests===
After Osman's death, the Ottomans rapidly conquered large territories in Anatolia and Greece that had previously been owned by the Byzantine Empire. Their victory at the Battle of Kosovo ended Serbian power in the region and paved the entrance to Europe. In time, the Ottomans had conquered all the lands around the Byzantine capital, [[Constantinople]], though trouble struck when Timur of the Timurid Empire attacked Anatolia at the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He captured the Sultan and part of the Ottoman territories were lost. However, after a period of temporary disorder, Mehmed I became the Sultan and restored Ottoman power.
===Constantinople===
The grandson of Mehmed was known as Mehmed II al Fatih (the Conqueror). He reorganized the military and state of the Ottoman Sultanate and prepared the final effort to conquer the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. In order to overcome the attack, the Byzantine Empire made an attempt at allegiance with the [[Papacy|Pope]] and the Catholic Kingdoms by negotiating its conversion to Catholicism. However, the conversion was not accepted and Constantinople fell to Ottoman power in 1453, the city was converted into the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
===Fall of the Empire===
Constantinople officially became known as İstanbul, under the Republic of Turkey reign in 1930. The first President of Turkey was [[Wikipedia:Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], widely regarded as the founder of modern Turkey.

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Book shop

2011-11-14T20:37:19Z

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[[File:Ezio_buying_from_a_Book_Shop.jpg|thumb|250px|Ezio buying from a Book Shop.]]
'''Book Shops''' are suppliers of books and maps in [[Constantinople]].

==Trivia==
*The Book Shops have replaced the [[Art Merchants]] and paintings of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

==Sources==
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM6wYlRVWcM&feature=channel_video_title
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]]

Crusaders

2011-11-13T11:04:02Z

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|name =
|image =Crusader crest.svg
|imgdesc =The Crusader crest
|hideo =
|founder =King [[Richard I of England]]
|leader =
|headquarters =[[Acre]]
|locations =
|related =[[Papacy]]
|religion =Christian (Catholic denomination)
|hideh =
|formed =1190
|reorganised =
|collapsed =1193
|hidea =
|notable =*[[Richard I of England]]
*[[Robert de Sable]]
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
*[[Sibrand]]}}
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The '''Crusaders''' was a coalition army of numerous monastic/military Christian knights that declared war and set out on a Crusade to the Holy Land, aiming to forcefully reclaim it from the Muslim [[Saracens]] in the name of Christianity. Their leader was the King of England, [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]]. They appear in the city of [[Acre]], the [[Kingdom]], and [[Arsuf]]. The coalition is composed of Crusader Knightly Orders such as: Richard's Crusaders, [[Templars|Knights Templar]], [[Knights Hospitalier]], and [[Knights Teutonic]].

== The Crusader knight==
[[File:Crusadeknight.png|thumb|left|140px|A Crusader knight]]
Richard's Crusaders can be found throughout the Kingdom, and the chain district of Acre, (where they are always [[Social Status#Informed|Informed]] and very easily provoked due to the war) and are only loyal to King Richard.

Richard's English knights are commonly mistaken for [[Templar]] knights, due to the similar coloration of their uniforms. Richard's knights, however, can be distinguished from Templar knights by their crests. Templars are marked with a red cross, whereas English knights have a prancing lion.

==King Richard==
{{main|Richard I of England}}
Richard I of England, commonly known as Richard the Lionheart, is the leader of the Crusaders. He makes only two appearances in the game, one in the city of Acre, having a conversation with [[William of Montferrat]] just before he rides off to battle and another in Arsuf before and after the battle with [[Robert de Sable]].

== In Battle ==
=== Low-Ranking Soldier===
The lowest ranking soldiers are the most common Crusaders, having no complicated armor. They are dressed in red and white, and speak English. The low-ranking Crusaders cannot grab, counter, or dodge [[Altaïr]] (only blocking with their sword), cannot break grabs, and are dispatched easily. These soldiers can be killed by just one [[sword]]/[[short blade]] counter, in which Altaïr will end up impaling the soldier, instead of just throwing him away from himself. Of course, like most guards in the game, these soldiers can be killed with just one [[Hidden Blade]] counter. Low-ranking soldiers are also known to be frightened the most during battle, especially when Altaïr pulls off intense moves. Because of this, they will usually either run away after their comrades are slain, or get on their knees and beg for mercy. The quickest way of doing this is killing their higher ranked compatriots.

===Middle-Ranking Soldier===
The middle-ranking soldiers are the second most common types of Crusaders. They speak French or German. These soldiers have some armor worn (heavy chain mail with plate armor, vambraces and shoulder badges), unlike their lower counterparts and seem to have a degree of combat experience. Because of this, they are harder to kill, and may take a few more hits, unless the player is using the Hidden Blade to counter. These soldiers can grab Altaïr by his robe and throw him, making them a much more deadly adversary than low ranking soldiers. If Altaïr continuously slashes at these foes, they will either counter or dodge him, and can either follow up the dodge by rushing back with a sword slash, or just staying back. These soldiers can also tolerate one sword or short blade counter, though a second one (or a single hidden blade counter) should prove successful. Altaïr can try to grab these soldiers, but there is a chance they will break his grab, and Altaïr will end up on the floor. These soldiers can still run away if frightened, but are less likely to than the lower class soldiers.

=== High-Ranking Soldier ===
[[File:Assassins-creed-screen-shots1.jpg|thumb|left|254px|High ranking Crusaders attacking Altaïr.]]
These high-ranking soldiers are the least common types of Crusaders (excluding the Templars). These soldiers also wear red and white, but the prancing lion crest is gold instead of white and red. Also, their robes are longer than the low and middle ranking soldiers and they have additional armor (such as chain mail), and a knight's helm. Like the middle-ranker, they speak French or German and rarely English. They are easily the strongest soldiers, excluding the Templar Knights. They are usually found leading a small troop of lesser soldiers on patrol. These soldiers can take two counters before dying or a single Hidden Blade counter. Skilled in counterattacks, there is a very high chance for Altaïr's slashes to be countered, usually ending up with the Assassin being struck across the face and knocked to the ground. These soldiers also have a large chance of breaking grabs, and dodging attacks. These soldiers rarely flee from battle, usually fighting to the death.

===Templar Knight===
''This section of the article deals specifically with the enemy type found in Assassin's Creed. For information on the Knights Templar as a faction, see [[Templars]].''

[[File:Assassins-creed-altair-1.jpg|thumb|A Templar battles with Altaïr.]]
The toughest non-boss unit that is found in game. The Templar Knight's armor is similar to the high-ranking Crusader soldier (see above) except that they possess plate mail greaves, wear a Templar tunic, and most of the time sport bloodstains on their helms and swords. Templars speaks all three Crusader dialects (English, French, and German) and a few have even been caught speaking Arabic. There are sixty Templar Knights lurking in secluded spots throughout the entirety of Outremer (besides [[Masyaf]]), and are even spotted in and around Saracen cities (a possible foreshadowing to their true goals). They are very hostile and will attack on sight. While usually found alone, the fight can easily attract extra guards, which can possibly ruin a mission. The Templar Knight is not much more durable than a high ranking soldier, but is more aggressive and will counter most grabs and attacks. Three counters are needed to finish a fight, but if the Templar ends up on the floor, the Hidden Blade can finish him with a single strike. A Hidden Blade can often also be used right at the beginning of the battle if you're quick, as the first thing the Templar Knight will do when he sees you is taunt you, presenting a small window of opportunity for an instant kill straightaway. When confronted by a Templar, other guards can possibly give room for the duel, though the Templar will never flee.
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