Nikolai Orelov

2010-12-31T17:39:10Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Nikolai Orelov
|image = Nikolai_Orelov_full_body_shot2.jpg
|imgdesc = Orelov in full Assassin gear.
|period = 19th century / 20th century
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''
}}
'''Nikolai Orelov''' (Russian: ''Николай Орлов'') was a [[Russia]]n [[Assassins|Assassin]] who lived during the late 19th and early 20th century. A member of the Russian sect of the Assassin Order; the [[Narodnaya Volya]], he was closely tied with [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]]. He was the great-grandfather of [[Daniel Cross]].

==Biography==
Orelov lived during the late 19th and early 20th century and operated mainly in [[Petrograd]], [[Russia]]. In 1888, Nikolai was personally tasked by "the Mentor" with the [[Borki train disaster|assassination]] of Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia]] and the acquisition of the [[The Staff|Royal Staff]] - in actuality a [[Piece of Eden]].

===Borki train disaster===
Sometime in 1888, Nikolai woke in bed after having another nightmare about the death of his close friend, [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]]. He confided in his partner, [[Anna]], that he felt deeply responsible for his death. She told him that Alek knew the risks when he joined the Brotherhood. Nikolai then told her that he had been tasked with assassinating Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] in order to loosen the [[Templar]] grip on the region. Anna wished him safety in his mission, for she needed him to help raise their child, with whom she was pregnant.

[[File:ACTF_1_Legion_CPS_013.jpg|thumb|left|192px|Orelov riding for Crimea.]]
After infiltrating the train and making his way to the royal carriage, Orelov was surprised to find the entire Royal family traveling, when he had been told only the Tsar was aboard. Alexander III attacked him from behind and the two fought as the train careened off the tracks and crashes. Whilst Nikolai was recovering from the crash, Alexander III pulled out the Staff and challenged the Assassin to kill him with it, throwing the Staff to him. Despite wielding the Staff and relying upon his Assassin training, Nikolai was defeated by the physically superior Alexander, but was spared death when the Tsar's children came into view. Nikolai then flees to report his failure to the Order.

===Tunguska event===
[[File:ACTF_2_Legion_CPS_009.jpg|thumb|128px|Nikolai in 1908.]]
In 1908, the Assassins captured a Templar named [[Dolinsky]] and Orelov tortured the man in order to reveal where the Staff had gone following his failure. Two other Assassins were present and one noted that his methods were extremely harsh, while the other replied that it was because Orelov had previously lost a child. Under threats to his family, Dolinsky revealed that the facility that housed the Staff was located in Siberia and Orelov set off for [[wikipedia:Tunguska|Tunguska]].

The Mentor requested that Nikolai and his fellow Assassins would take back the Staff, which was being tested with electrical machines stolen from their ally, [[Nikola Tesla]]. While approaching the facility, which had a Tesla coil built above it, an Assassin with Orelov told him that Tesla stood ready with his teleforce weapon, in America, ready to destroy it.

Nikolai and his comrades stormed the facility, killing all of the Templar guards within. When Orelov reached the top, the Staff had been activated by the electrical current. He heard voices coming from it, saying things like “[[Adam]], I have it”, “[[Rodrigo Borgia|Just like your father]]”, and “[[Eve]]”. At that moment, Tesla activated his weapon with the words “Rot in hell, [[Thomas Edison|Thomas]],” and the tower was destroyed. Orelov was the only survivor, laying with his clothes in tatters, on the edge of the explosion mumbling that the Staff had been destroyed.

==Appearance==
Orelov wore a large fur coat with the traditional Assassin's hood. He wielded one [[Hidden Blade]], a [[dagger]], a [[wikipedia:sabre|sabre]] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant rifle]. He wore a sash and a baldric with the [[Assassin insignia|Assassins' emblem]] on it.

==Trivia==
*The Russian surname Orelov (Орлов) means ''"сын орла"'' (syn orla), or "son of oryol," where "oryol" means "eagle." It could also come from Orel, which is Czech, Slovenian and Bulgarian for "eagle." This is in continuation of the series' tradition of referencing the protagonist's name to that of the eagle in the Assassin's native language, or some derivation.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' issue two, he was interogating a Templar with two other Assassins. During [[File:Nikolaiorelov.JPG|thumb|left]]the interogation, one Assassin asked, "Are Brother Orelov's methods always so... savage?" The other one replied, "He was a gentler man when I met him, years ago. Before they lost the child," Indicating that Nikolai's child died at sometime before the Tunguska event. Eventually one of his children lives long enough to have a child, for his great-grandchild is [[Daniel Cross]].

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="center" widths="158">
Image:Nikolai.png|Nikolai without his Assassin attire.
Image:Assassin'sCreedTheFall-Issue2.jpg|Nikolai and the [[The Staff|Staff of Eden]].
ACTF 2 Legion CPS 023.jpg|Nikolai during the Tunguska Explosion
</gallery></center>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]] Issue #1''

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Jubair al Hakim

2010-07-02T15:07:31Z

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{{Era|AC|Templars|Crusade|Featured}}
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{{Target Infobox
|image=Jubair.jpg
|faction= [[Saracen]]
|name= Jubair al Hakim
|arabic = جبير الحكيم
|meaning = "Jubayr, the Wise"
|location = [[Damascus]] - Middle District
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|period = Third Crusade (1191)
|voice=[[Fred Tatasciore]]
}}
{{quote|Your deed is done...and so am I.|Jubair to Altaïr's blade}}
'''Jubair al Hakim''' is one of the nine [[Al Mualim]] orders [[Altaïr]] to assassinate. He is found in the middle district of [[Damascus]].

==Description==
Also known as the head of The Illuminated, Jubair Al Hakim is the Chief Scholar of Damascus. However, his view of literature seems to have become somewhat skewed. Rather than seeking knowledge, The Illuminated hunt down and burn all sources of written knowledge within Damascus, believing that such documents are the source of evils such as the war between the Saracens and the Crusaders.

Jubair al Hakim has disdain for the works of many writers such as Plato and Socrates. He is a ruthless man, with little tolerance towards any who oppose him. He believes that the illness of learning must be eliminated, because it simply fixes people, preventing them from finding their true calling.

==Death==
Jubair was publicly assassinated by Altair while conducting a book burning in a courtyard near the Madrasah Al-Kallasah. Altair had to track down the real Jubair between dozens of followers wearing the same uniform before finally killed him. Jubair was the third target to die in Damascus, and the eighth overall.

==Final Words==
'''Jubair:''' ''Why!? Why have you done this?!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree!''

'''Jubair:''' ''Then what?''

'''Altaïr:''' ''You of all people should know the answer. Educate them, teach them right from wrong. It must be knowledge that frees them, not force''.

'''Jubair:''' ''They do not learn, fixed in their ways as they are. You are naive to think otherwise. It's an illness, for which there is but one cure''.

'''Altaïr:''' ''You're wrong, and that is why you must be put to rest''.

'''Jubair:''' ''Am I not unlike those precious books you seek to save? A source of knowledge with which you disagree. Yet you are rather quick to steal my life''.

'''Altaïr:''' ''A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary''.

[[File:Jubdeat.jpg|thumb|250px|Jubair's life is taken]]

'''Jubair:''' ''Is it not ancient scrolls that inspire the Crusaders, that fill Saladin and his men with a sense of righteous fury? Their texts endanger others, bring death in their wake. I too was making a small sacrifice. It matters little now: your deed is done...and so am I''.

==Trivia==
*Jubair al Hakim is probably inspired from the Arab-Spanish geographer, traveler, and poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Jubayr Ibn Jubayr] (1145 - 1217) (Arabic: ابن جبير)]
*Like [[Talal]] and [[Sibrand]], he can be also stopped by [[vigilantes]]

==Video==
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[[Video:Assassination of Jubair al Hakim|480px|Assassination of Jubair al Hakim.]]
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