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Liberalis Circulum

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{{Faction infobox
|name = Liberalis Circulum
|image = Insignia 1.png
|founder = [[Lugos]]
|leader =
|headquarters = [[Rome]]
|locations = [[France|Gaul]]<br>[[Germany|Germania]]<br>[[Spain|Iberia]]<br>[[Italy|Italia]]
|related = [[Assassins]]
|religion =
|hideh = yes
|formed =
|collapsed =
|notable = [[Marcus Junius Brutus]]<br>[[Leonius]]<br>[[Aquilus]]<br>[[Accipiter]]}}
'''The''' '''Roman Brotherhood of Assassins''', known at the time as the '''Liberalis Circulum''' (English: ''Circle of liberals''), were a Brotherhood of [[Assassins]] who operated within the territory controlled by [[Rome]] during the times of the [[Roman Republic]], and the [[Roman Empire]].

==History==
===Foundation===
One of the earliest known branches of the Assassin Order, the Liberalis Circulum was founded early in the Republic’s history. One of its founder, [[Lugos]], traveled to [[Egypt]] to recover two [[Pieces of Eden]] – the [[Ankh]] and the [[Scepter of Aset]] – which had been found in a pyramid by Roman plunderers. Returning to Rome via the Mediterranean Sea, Lugos died when a waterway on his ship accidentally opened, causing the vessel to sink; its cargo lost.<ref name="Accipiter">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>

===Roman Republic===
In 44 BCE, forty Senators, secretly Assassins, conspired against the Roman general and dictator [[Gaius Julius Caesar]], whose appointment had been supported by the [[Templars]]. The conspirators met in a secret cave underneath where the [[Santa Maria in Aracoeli]] would later stand and planned the [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassination]], led by [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]].<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Deeper inside the cave, Brutus discovered an [[Colosseum Vault|ancient vault]], where he received visions of Caesar's future assassination. This motivated Brutus more, and on 15 March 44 BCE, the Assassins stabbed Caesar to death.<ref name="ACBH"/>

In the conflict that followed Caesar’s death, Brutus was eventually defeated in battle at {{Wiki|Philippi}} by [[Marcus Antonius]], and committed suicide shortly thereafter. When the Roman Assassins found his body, they tried to revive him using the [[Shroud of Eden]], however, he was only revived for a brief moment, before ultimately succumbing to his wounds once more.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Holidays: Chapter 1 - Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>

===Roman Empire===
On 24 January 41, the Roman Assassin [[Leonius]] killed Roman Emperor [[Caligula]] with a dagger.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

In 259, [[Aquilus]], a Gaul Assassin based in [[Lugdunum]], was tasked with assassinating two Generals and a Senator, and then ordered to retrieve an artifact in possession of his cousin [[Accipiter]], an Assassin and a General of the Alemanni tribes. As Aquilus reached his third target, the General [[Gracchus]], his intent was discovered and he was stabbed by his own target. Fortunately for the Assassin, Aquilus was saved by his cousin who gave him the Ankh, which had been finally recovered, centuries after Lugos' death. The Gaul took back the artifact to Lugdunum, but it was then stolen by the Assassins' ancestral enemies, with [[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]] killing Aquilus' father, [[Lucius]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref>

Aquilus tracked Vultur to Rome, where he eliminated him and his fellow conspirators, and retrieved the artifact. Later, the arrest and execution of Aquilus was ordered by the [[Prefect of Lugdunum|prefect of his home city]], but even after Aquilus' death, the artifact was successfully hidden. It was this same Prefect with whom [[Cuervo]], an Iberian Assassin sent to preserve the Circle's interests in Lugdunum from the Germanic armies raiding the Empire, and Accipiter were negotiating the spare of the Roman city in exchange for a significant tribute to the Alemanni.<ref name="Accipiter"/>

In the 4th century, an [[Roman Assassin|Assassin]] operated in the Roman Empire during the rise of [[Constantine I]] as emperor, witnessing the foundation of [[Constantinople]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/694275921604407296 Darby McDevitt's Twitter]</ref>

==Members==
*[[Lugos]]
*[[Gaius Cassius Longinus]]
*[[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*38 other senators involved in Caesar's assassination
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Lucius]] {{C|Gaul}}
*[[Aquilus]] {{C|Gaul}}
*[[Accipiter]] {{C|German}}
*[[Cuervo]] {{C|Iberian}}
*[[Roman Assassin]]
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'''Allies'''
*[[Valeria]]
*[[Weke]]

==Trivia==
*''Liberalis Circulum'' actually is a wrong Latin form, as the correct one would be ''Liberalis Circulus''.

==References==
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[[Category:Assassin branches]]

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]]
|religion = {{Wiki|Haitian Vodou}}<br>Non-religious
|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 '''also known''' The Haitian 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==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Assassin branches]]

Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins

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{{Faction infobox
|image = French Assassin Insignia.png
|founder =
|headquarters = [[Paris]]
|locations = [[France]]
|related = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Templars]] <small>(1789)</small> <br>[[French Empire]]
|hideh = yes
|formed =
|notable = [[Pierre Bellec]]<br>[[Guillaume Beylier]]<br>[[Thomas de Carneillon]]<br>[[Arno Dorian]]<br>[[Charles Dorian]]<br>[[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]]<br>[[Hervé Quemar]]<br>[[Sophie Trenet]]}}
The '''Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins'''<ref name="The Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> also known '''French Brotherhood of Assassins'''<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> was the [[Assassin Guilds|Guild]] of [[Assassins]] located in [[France]]. They were most notable for their involvement in the public disbanding of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] in 1307, preventing the Templars from infiltrating the Royal Court in the early 16th century, and a controversial attempt to end the [[Assassin–Templar War]] through an uneasy peace, before the outbreak of the [[French Revolution]].

==History==
===Destruction of the Templars===
[[File:Tragedy of Jacques de Molay 7.png|thumb|left|250px|Thomas de Carneillon during the attack of the Temple]]
Early in the 14th century, the Assassins manipulated King [[Philip IV of France]], in order to destroy the Templars. [[Guillaume de Nogaret]], the [[Mentor]] of the French Brotherhood and councilor of King Philip, poisoned the [[Papacy|Pope]] [[Benedict XI]] and replaced him by [[Clement V]], who unknowingly served the Assassins. Then the Templars were branded as heretics, and their [[Temple (Paris)|stronghold]] attacked by the King's forces in 1307 with the help of the Assassins disguised as Flemish mercenaries. During the attack, [[Thomas de Carneillon]] tried to steal the [[Codex Pater Intellectus]] and a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]] but was stop by a [[Jacques de Molay's advisor|Templar Knight]] who hid the two artifacts in the Jacques de Molay's vault before being killed by the Assassin.<ref name="ACU" />The [[Grand Master]] of the Templars, [[Jacques de Molay]], was captured during the attack and put to death by fire, along with sixty other Templars. However, unbeknownst to the Assassins, nine Templar leaders had gone underground and continued their work in secrecy, despite the public disbanding of their Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files]]</ref>

===Working with the Italian Brotherhood===
In the early 16th century, [[Louis XII of France|King Louis XII]] left Paris and quarreled with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II]] over the ownership of [[Naples]], leaving his foreign ministers in charge. However, the King was unaware of their ties to the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], and it allowed them to target the religious reformist [[Desiderius Erasmus]].

To escape the plague, Erasmus planned to hire a carriage out of town, though the Templars disguised themselves as travelers and offered him a ride. With Erasmus' life in danger, the French Assassins and a team of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Italy|Italian]] [[Assassin apprentices|apprentices]] tracked them down, and with coordinated shots, killed all of the guards. After rescuing Erasmus, he told them that the Templars were holding another Assassin captive.

Following this, the Assassins tried to find their Brother, who had been captured by the men working for the Borgia. A group of [[Italian Assassins]] sent from [[Rome]] by Ezio were able to receive information from corrupted ministers about the Assassin's whereabouts, and tracked down Archbishop [[Georges d'Amboise]], before interrogating him. He revealed the names of the ministers associated with the Templars, whom the Assassins later disposed of.

After that, the Italian Assassins rescued the French Assassin from the manor he was held in, but he eventually succumbed to his wounds. However, he informed his Brothers that he had only revealed false information to his torturers. He also warned his rescuers to be wary of the {{Wiki|Orsini family}}, who had ties to the Templars.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - Contracts</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|Contracts]]</ref>

In 1511, King Louis XII acted on [[Marseille]]'s threats of secession motivated by the French Assassins, and ordered his army to banish all Assassins from the city. Aided by [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] sent from [[Constantinople]] by Ezio Auditore, the combined Assassin force hindered the army's efforts, though without violence.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' - [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>

===Involving with the American Brotherhoods===
In the early 18th century, the [[Assassin Council]] was formed at some point where they became acquainted with the French Assassin [[John de la Tour]] whom they sent to the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] in order to spread the Assassin's influence. In 1740, de la Tour became acquainted with [[Achilles Davenport]], who was sent by the Mentor of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|West Indies Brotherhood]], [[Ah Tabai]].<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

Together they worked to establish a new Brotherhood in the colonies which the French Council aided them in their efforts, they helped construct the ''[[Aquila]]'', a ship designed to serve as the Colonial Brotherhood's naval fleet. In 1745 during the Battle of Louisbourg De la Tour sacrificed himself to allow Achilles time to escape the battle whom then became Mentor of the growing [[Colonial Assassins]].<ref name="ACRG"/>

In 1749, the French Assassin [[Nicolas de Saint-Prix]] send a letter to Achilles Davenport to announced the construction of the ''Aquila'', which would became the flag ship of the Colonial Assassins.<ref name="ACRG"/>

[[Pierre Bellec]], a French colonial soldier who served during the [[Seven Years' War]] discovered his Assassin lineage and eventually joined the brotherhood in 1756. Around 1762 Bellec left the military and traveled to France only narrowly escaping the [[Colonial Assassin purge]]. He soon became a Master Assassin where he was tasked with training several new apprentices where eventually met [[Charles Dorian]] who had originated from an old Assassin family line whom he came to form a strong bond with. On one mission Dorian was attacked by a Templar fortunately to be saved by Bellec.<ref name="ACU"/>

During France's involvement in the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Assassin [[William de Saint-Prix]] was sent to aid the Thirteen Colonies.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' - [[Abstergo Story]]</ref>

[[File:The Kingdom of Beggars 1.png|thumb|250px|Mirabeau with the Council]]
In 1776, [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]], who would became a political leader of the French Revolution, joined the Brotherhood and effectively rose to the position of Mentor of the French Brotherhood where he became acquainted with Charles Dorian for a time. Mirabeau also took a seat as head of the Council, which was formed by four Master Assassins including Pierre Bellec, [[Sophie Trenet]], [[Hervé Quemar]] and [[Guillaume Beylier]].<ref name="ACU"/>

The same year, Beylier was contacted by [[Eseosa]] a Haitian Assassin who requested aid, however due to their present situation The French Branch were unable to provide reinforcement but maintained correspondence.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - [[Eseosa's Codex|Letters to the Dead]]</ref>

Later Charles Dorian attended an Assassin meeting at the [[Palace of Versailles]] in order to conduct business with [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] where Dorian was entrusted with safeguarding the [[Precursor boxes|Precursor box]], however moments later he was killed by the Master Templar [[Shay Cormac]] whom took possession of the artifact.<ref name="ACRG"/>

After Charles tragic death, Bellec spent several years investigating mysterious cryptic glyphs and hidden messages subsequently getting himself incarcerated in several prisons.<ref name="ACU"/>

===French Revolution===
[[File:The Estates General 10.png|thumb|left|250px|Mirabeau meeting with Grand Master de la Serre]]
During the [[Estates-General of 1789]], the Grand Master [[François de la Serre]] sought to establish a truce between the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order]] and the French Assassins. The Assassin Mentor, Mirabeau, supported the idea, which led to a time of relative peace between two factions. However, the truce came to an end with the death of de la Serre at the hands of [[Charles Gabriel Sivert]] and the [[Roi des Thunes]], on the orders of a former Templar and a [[Sages|Sage]], [[François-Thomas Germain]]. De la Serre's adopted son, [[Arno Dorian]], was accused of the murder and imprisoned in the [[Bastille]], while Germain was elected as the new Grand Master, and began working with his supporters to stage a revolution in France.<ref name="ACU"/>

During his imprisonment, Arno met Pierre Bellec, who offered him a chance to settle the score with de la Serre's killers, by joining the Assassin Order. Following the escape from the Bastille during a [[Storming of the Bastille|storming]] of it by the citizens, Arno sought out the Assassins, and was inducted into the Brotherhood. At the beginning of the Revolution, the Assassins helped the people of Paris by providing access to food which was hoarded by [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]]. Later, in October, the Assassins protected [[Théroigne de Méricourt]] during the [[Women's March on Versailles]] from the Templars, who attempted to make the march more violent against the royal family. After the first months of the Revolution, Mirabeau negotiated with the King to maintain a peaceful revolution, and also allow him to pay of his debt. With the truce maintained by Mirabeau, the Assassins could only fight smugglers and thugs. Around 1790, Arno proceeded to loot the funds of [[Jacques Necker]] for the Brotherhood.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:Rebirth 29.jpg|thumb|250px|Arno's induction to the Brotherhood]]
In January 1791, Pierre Bellec and Arno Dorian eavesdropped on a reunion between Sivert and [[Arpinon]], who was extorting money from both the nobility and clergy. Bellec assassinated Arpinon and Arno proceeded to loot a book from his body revealing that Sivert would be at [[Notre-Dame]]. With this information, Mirabeau decided to end the truce and authorized Arno to assassinate Sivert. In the memories of his target, Arno saw that the Roi des Thunes participated in the assassination of de la Serre. After giving Arno the title of Assassin along with a [[Phantom Blade]], the Council sent him kill the Roi des Thunes. Arno learned that the killers of de la Serre worked for a Master and the only lead was a silversmith named Germain. After learning of this information, the Council permitted Arno to continue his investigation.<ref name="ACU"/>

When Arno met Germain, the Templar Grand Master faked imprisonment in his own shop and led Arno to believe that [[Chrétien Lafrenière]] was the new Grand Master of Templar Order. Without the permission of the Council, Arno destroyed Lafrenière's weapon and subsequently assassinated him. However, Arno learned that it was in fact Lafrenière who sent the letter which warned de la Serre from the treason. After learning that he had overridden the Creed, most of the members of the Council wanted to remove Arno from his investigation, except Mirabeau, who authorized Arno to pursue his lead into the Hôtel de Beauvais.

[[File:ACU Confrontation 2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Pierre Bellec's assassination]]
Inside the club, Arno eavesdropped on a reunion between the reformist Templars and learnt that they were planning to kill [[Élise de la Serre|Élise]], de la Serre's daughter. Arno intervened and saved Elise from the trap, and decided to bring her before the French Assassin Council, in order to gain information on Germain and try to re-establish a truce between the two factions. However, in his fanaticism, Bellec opposed the idea. He poisoned Mirabeau in an attempt to discredit Élise and prevent peace from being achieved. However, Arno discovered the deception and confronted Bellec at [[Sainte-Chapelle]], killing his former master after a duel. Following the death of two Master Assassins, the Council punished Arno, forbidding him from continuing his investigation into Germain and refusing to accept the truce with Elise.<ref name="ACU"/>

===The fall of Monarchy===
In the summer 1792, the people was starving because of the actions of the Templars [[Flavigny]] and [[Marie Lévesque]], who stole the food which enter in the city, with the goal to create riots in the city. Théroigne de Méricourt with the help of a team of Assassins found the food and distributed it to the people. The Assassins killed Flavigny and his thugs.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:The King's Correspondence 3.png|thumb|250px|Arno receiving his mission from the Council]]
On 10 August of the same year, the people stormed the [[Tuileries Palace]] after the announcement that the Austrian and the Prussian armies would help to restore the power of the king Louis XVI. The Council tasked Arno with infiltrating the Palace and destroying the correspondence between Mirabeau and the king, in fear that if someone published the letters, the Templars would strike the Assassins across France. Arno succeeded in his task and burnt the letters. He left the Palace by a secret exit with the help of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. During their escape, [[Frédéric Rouille|Captain Rouille]], who worked for the Templars, entered the King's office in the search of the documents.<ref name="ACU"/>

On 2 September, at the beginning of the Republic, a spy ring led by the [[Comte de Gambais]] informed the Austrian forces about Paris' defenses with the plan to attack the capital and restore the Monarchy. One of the spies was trapped by Danton and several guards, but he succeeded to kill the guards and engaged Danton in combat. A team of Assassins saved Danton and killed de Gambais and his spy ring.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:ACU The Execution 2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Germain and the guards confronting Arno]]
During the same month, Arno and Élise continued their investigation into Germain without the knowledge of the Council. Arno killed Rouille in le [[Grand Châtelet]] during the [[September Massacres]], and learned that Marie Lévesque planned to incriminate the royals in the hoarding of food. Arno foiled her plans and assassinated her during a party in the [[Luxembourg Palace]]. His next target was [[Louis-Michel le Peletier]], who had condemned the King during his trial. When Arno killed him in the [[Palais-Royal]], he learned that Germain would be in attendance at the [[Execution of Louis XVI|Execution of the King]]. Arno and Élise confronted Germain at the execution, but he escaped in a carriage. Élise ordered Arno to follow Germain but the Assassin stayed behind to protect her from Germain's men. After they lost the Grand Master, Élise reproached to Arno that he preferred saving her than killing Germain and decided to leave Arno. When the Council learned what happened in the Place de la Révolution, they condemned Arno and expelled him from the Assassin Order.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:Bottom of the Barrel 1.png|thumb|250px|Trenet consulting Quemar regarding Arno's expulsion]]
During the 1793, France began to fall under the control of the Templars. In June, after an insurrection of [[Sans-culottes]] led by the Commander General of the Paris National Guard [[François Hanriot]], the [[Girondists]] were under house arrest. The Assassins rescued them and help them to leave the city. A month later, the Templar General [[Marcourt]] and fellow Templars planned a coup d'état in order to accelerate the revolution. But one of the conspirators, [[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]], was in fact an ally of the Assassins and informed the Brotherhood about Marcourt's plan. Marcourt organized a tournament for recruiting men for the coup. A team of Assassins infiltrated the tournament to approached Marcourt and killed him and his conspirators in the Invalides. In August, the Assassins tried to rescued [[Marie Antoinette]] who was imprisoned in the [[Conciergerie]], but a Templar agent, [[Jean Gilbert]], revealed the plot. He would receive a recognition for his action, but was killed by an Assassin send by the Council.<ref name="ACU"/>

===Reign of Terror===
In September, Germain and [[Maximilien de Robespierre]] installed what which be called the [[Reign of Terror]] for eliminating all enemies of the Revolution and achieve the Great Work. In November, a Robespierre's spy, [[Didier Paton]], uncover the Templar Order and revealed to his master, unknowingly the fact he was also a Templar. Paton was condemned to death. The Assassins recover his notebook where many Templars were listed and saved Paton from the guillotine. Paton joined the Brotherhood. Later in February 1794, the Templars planned to use [[Jacques Roux]] and his Enragés to take Paris. A first team of Assassin was sent to kill Roux, who was imprisoned in the [[Salpêtrière Hospital]], but they failed and were imprisoned in the asylum. A second team of Assassins rescued the first team and succeed in killing Roux. Later on of [[Jacques Roux's lieutenant|Roux's lieutenant]] prepared a riot against the government. The Assassins killed him.<ref name="ACU"/>

On 5 April, Danton and other Indulgents were sent to the guillotine as traitor of the Nation. A team of Assassin wanted to rescue their ally but Danton accepted his fate and asked the Assassins to protected his friends who will be arrest by Robespierre's men. In May, the population of Paris wanted to remove the ashes of Mirabeau from the [[Panthéon]] after they learned that Mirabeau negotiating with the King. The Assassins, who feared that Templars would exposed the Brotherhood from the view of the population with the discover of an Assassin crypt, entered in the sanctuary and remove the relics of their Mentor.<ref name="ACU"/>

[[File:ACU The Temple 9.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Arno slaying Grand Master Germain]]
During this time, even if Arno was expelled from the Brotherhood, he continued with Élise to fight Germain. He killed [[Aloys la Touche]], who executed the population of Versailles. In his memories, he learned that Robespierre was a Templar and the two lovers planned to discredit Robespierre and when he will have no support, used him to find Germain. By 27 July 1794, the Convention wanted to arrest Robespierre and his followers. Arno and Élise interrogated Robespierre and learned that Germain was in the Temple. They left Robespierre to the justice. In the Temple, Germain used the sword of Eden which was hidden four centuries ago to fight the couple. During the battle, Germain killed Élise as Arno killed the Grand Master Templar. After the death of Robespierre, Théroigne de Méricourt and the Assassins stormed the [[Jacobins|Jacobin Club]] and killed the last Templars who were in the Club.<ref name="ACU"/>

===At the end of the revolution===
In 1795, the Assassins wanted to save [[Louis XVII of France]] who was an hostage of the Templars. Arno Dorian, who was reinstated in the Brotherhood, saved the hostage, who was in fact the servant of the Prince, who died in the Temple. In the late 1790's, the Templars infiltrated the Council of Five Hundred and wanted to continue the Terror. Arno Dorian killed the Templars in the government. Later, on 24 December 1799, a team of Assassins rescued Napoleon Bonaparte from an [[Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise|assassination attempt]] organized by royalist and killed their leader, [[François-Joseph Carbon]].<ref name="ACU"/>

==Origins and appearance==
At the beginning of the 14th century some French Assassins, like Thomas de Carneillon, wore robes similar to the Master Assassin robe of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]], with some differences, like the color and with a leather hood. During the French Revolution, most of the Assassins, like Pierre Bellec, wore a white, yellow or black military uniform with a dark hood and a mask to hide their face. The female Assassins had shorter robes and, sometimes, wore masquerade masks. Other Assassins, like Master Trenet and Quémar, wore leather robes. Arno Dorian, in his early years in the Brotherhood, wore a blue robe and later wore different robes. The Master of the French Brotherhood received an honorific robe.<ref name="ACU"/>

Most of the French Assassins were French people but some Assassins had other origins, like John De La Tour and Pierre Bellec, who were Canadians, or Guillaume Beylier and [[Augustin Grisier]], who had African heritage.<ref name="ACU"/>

==Techniques==
The French Assassins were trained in stealth, combat and parkour and used most of the tactics created by the Levantine Brotherhood. Unlike the others branches, the French Assassins wore only one hidden blade but they developed a tactic for assassinating two targets with one blade. Also when an initiate became an Assassin, he received the Phantom Blade, a little crossbow incorporated in the Hidden Blade which could shoot blades or poison darts. The French Assassins used a variety of weapons, like [[swords]], maces, [[Long weapons|spears]], [[Heavy weapons|axes]], [[Firearms|pistols and muskets]]. Like the Turkish Assassins, the French Assassins used different kind of bombs to lure or cripple their enemies, like [[Bombs|smoke bombs]], [[cherry bombs]], stun bombs, money pouches or poisonous bombs.<ref name="ACU"/>

==Members==

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*[[Julie d'Aubigny]]
*[[François Auverlot]]
*[[Louise Auverlot]]
*[[Pierre Bellec]]
*[[Camille Berteau]]
*[[Pierre Berteau]]
*[[Hubert Besy]]
*[[Guillaume Beylier]]
*[[Simon Bonhomme]]
*[[Guillaume Bourgeois]]
*[[Brasseur]]
*[[Jacques Cagnard]]
*[[Thomas de Carneillon]]
*[[Louis-Dominique Cartouche]]
*[[Cartouche II]]
*[[Cartouche III]]
*[[Claude Chemin]]
*[[Charles Chevrier]]
*[[Geneviève Dalle]]
*[[Joseph Deshais]]
*[[Arno Dorian]]
*[[Charles Dorian]]
*[[Helene Dufranc]]
*[[Antoine Faroy]]
*[[Antoine Fieve]]
*[[Nicolas Fribourg]]
*[[Paul Ganchard]]
*[[Pierre Gard]]
*[[Alexandre Garnier]]
*[[François Garnier]]
*[[Jacques Girard]]
*[[Gabriel Godin]]
*[[Charlotte Gouze]]
*[[Anne Grelet]]
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*[[Augustin Grisier]]
*[[Pierre Guilbert]]
*[[Louise Harly]]
*[[Camille Hautcoeur]]
*[[Philippe Hélissant]]
*[[Marguerite Huet]]
*[[Claude Hure]]
*[[Catherine Imbert]]
*[[Charles Imbert]]
*[[Edmé Leblanc]]
*[[Simon Leblanc]]
*[[Laurent Lemaire]]
*[[Claude Lejeune]]
*[[Madeleine Leroux]]
*[[Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes]]
*[[Maréchal]]
*[[Marguerite Mignot]]
*[[Mirabeau]]
*[[Mireille]]
*[[Paul Morot]]
*[[Guillaume de Nogaret]]
*[[Didier Paton]]
*[[Hervé Quemar]]
*[[Élisabeth Roger]]
*[[Laurent Rousseau]]
*[[Nicolas de Saint-Prix]]
*[[William de Saint-Prix]]
*[[Germain Savin]]
*[[Thomas Simon]]
*[[John de la Tour]]
*[[Le Téméraire]]
*[[Sophie Trenet]]
*[[Denis Varlet]]
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'''Allies:'''

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*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
*[[Jean-François Champollion]]
*[[Georges Danton]]
*[[Thomas-Alexandre Dumas]]
*[[Chevalier d'Éon]]
*[[Antoine Lavoisier]]
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*[[Marie Anne Lenormand]]
*[[Théroigne de Méricourt]]
*[[Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade]]
*[[Élise de la Serre ]]{{C|Parisian Templar}}
*[[François de la Serre]] {{C|Parisian Templar}}
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==Gallery==

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ACU French Assassins.png|French Assassins in their Sainte-Chapelle headquarters
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==References==
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