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Benjamin Hornigold

2014-07-09T16:31:51Z

87.97.80.20: trivia

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{{Quote|We had here a rare opportunity; a chance to take something base and shape it into a government, made and maintained by men of vision. But in two years we pissed it away... I won't make that mistake again.|Benjamin Hornigold to Charles Vane, on the failure of Nassau, 1718.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = Benjamin Hornigold.png
|birth = 1680s {{Wiki|Norfolk}}, [[United Kingdom|Kingdom of England]]
|death = September 1719 [[Santanillas]], [[Caribbean|West Indies]]
|affiliates = [[Nassau|Pirate Republic]] (1713 – 1718) Crew of the ''[[Benjamin (ship)|Benjamin]]'' [[Templars]] (1718 – death) [[Royal Navy]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
|voice = [[Ed Stoppard]]}}
'''Benjamin Hornigold''' (1680s – 1719) was an [[United Kingdom|English]] [[Piracy|pirate]] from 1715 to 1718, and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was most famous for mentoring [[Edward Thatch]] and for being one of the founders of the Pirate Republic at [[Nassau]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Hornigold was born in England in the 1680s, and at some point made his way across the ocean to the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] as a privateer. His first known act of piracy was in the winter of 1713-1714, when he used several small canoes and a sloop to raid ships and settlements in [[the Bahamas]], eventually capturing a thirty-gun [[brig]] that he named the ''Ranger''. This ship would eventually be given to his fellow pirate [[Charles Vane]].

During Hornigold's first years as a pirate, his second-in-command was former privateer Edward Thatch. Soon their fleet expanded to five warships, led by the flagship ''[[Benjamin (ship)|Benjamin]]'', pirating everywhere from Nassau to the Honduran coast.

However, Hornigold was known not to attack British ships, leading some to believe that he was actually a privateer instead of a pirate. Sometime during this period he met [[Edward Kenway]], who was recruited by Thatch during their career as privateers.

===Leader of the Pirate Republic===
{{Quote|Jaysus, let that dream go, lad. Nassau is the place to be, not England.| Hornigold convincing Edward to remain in Nassau.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
Eventually, Hornigold helped establish a Pirate Republic called 'the Brethren of the Coast' in Nassau, sharing the responsibilities of leadership with Thatch, Vane, and [[Mary Read|James Kidd]]. When Kenway made his way to Nassau in 1715, Hornigold taught him how to successfully plunder ships, upgrade the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', and lower his notoriety. Hornigold also tried to persuade Edward to give up on his estranged wife, [[Caroline Scott-Kenway|Caroline Scott]], and settle in Nassau.

Over the next three years, word reached Nassau that a pardon was being offered by Governor [[Woodes Rogers]] to any pirate who would accept it. Hornigold kept the pardon in mind as Nassau was ravaged by disease without an available cure.

While Thatch wished to steal medicine from British warships, Hornigold suggested that they temporarily halt their pirating activities until the British no longer deemed them a threat. This resulted in an argument between the two until Kenway proposed a third solution: search for medicines in old wrecks without attracting British attention.

[[File:Devil's Advocate 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Hornigold aboard the ''Benjamin'']]
While Hornigold and Thatch were both initially satisfied with this approach, it was soon revealed that medicines found in the shipwrecks were in unusable condition. Frustrated by their lack of success, Thatch used the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' to assault a British [[Man O' War]], which left Hornigold's ship damaged. While his crew were repairing the ship, Hornigold met with Kenway and informed him of Thatch's decision. Before Kenway sailed off to look for Thatch, Hornigold told him to leave Thatch be, saying the man should take responsibility for his actions.

Although Kenway and Thatch were eventually able to recover medicines for the colony, the British arrived months later and blockaded Nassau. After meeting with Woodes Rogers and Commodore [[Peter Chamberlaine]] to discuss the King's pardon, Hornigold, [[Josiah Burgess]] and [[John Cockram]] accepted the offer and became [[pirate hunters]] for the British, tasked with bringing their former allies to justice.

===Joining the Templars===
{{Dialogue|Edward|A pox on you, traitor! You sold us down river!|Hornigold|Because I found a better path! The Templars know order. Discipline. Structure. But you never could fathom these subtleties.|Hornigold to Kenway, defending the Templar cause, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|}}
As a newly appointed pirate hunter, Hornigold became more notorious than he had ever been before, capturing several pirates who refused to take the pardon. Under Roger's command, Hornigold grew to respect his superior, and soon became a member of the Templar Order along with Burgess and Cockram.

[[File:Imagine My Surprise 5.png|thumb|250px|Torres, Hornigold and Rogers in Kingston]]
In 1719, Hornigold and Rogers met in [[Kingston]]. Hornigold questioned the purpose of collecting blood samples and Roger's tactics when dealing with pirates in [[Madagascar]]. Upon hearing that the blood would be used for the purposes of spying, Hornigold expressed some concern, as he had given a sample of his blood as well. However, Rogers assured Hornigold that his sample would not be used in this manner; rather, it would act as a display of trust.

They later met with the Templar [[Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], telling him that Burgess and Cockram were close to locating the [[Sages|Sage]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]] in [[Príncipe]]. In the midst of their conversation, Hornigold spotted the ''Jackdaw'' anchored in the harbor, and realized that Kenway was spying on them.

Forced out of hiding, Kenway admonished Hornigold for his betrayal; Hornigold defended himself by claiming that the Templars' actions were just, and that Kenway could never understand their cause. He then made his escape with the other Templars, leaving Kenway to deal with his men.

===Death===
{{Quote|Some mighty piss-poor sailing back there, lads! And if we live out this day, by God, I'm flaying every last bitch of you! Steady up! And keep your backs together, lads! This fight ain't over!|Benjamin Hornigold, making his last stand, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:Murder and Mayhem 4.png|thumb|left|250px|The ''Benjamin'' running aground]]
Hornigold later followed Kenway and Roberts to the Yucatán Peninsula, but was detected by the pirates and sailed into a rocky, fog-covered formation known as "the Devil's Backbone". Kenway's ''Jackdaw'' managed to avoid British ships looking for him and traded blows with the ''Benjamin''.

Lost in the fog, the ''Benjamin'' ran aground on the deserted island of [[Santanillas]]. Hornigold climbed to the top of an abandoned [[Mayans|Mayan]] temple on the island, creating a makeshift perimeter with his soldiers, but Kenway was able to scale the building and air assassinate his former friend.

Collapsing, Hornigold berated Kenway for how far he had fallen, disregarding the man's retort that Hornigold was no better than he was. With his dying words, Hornigold expressed regret that Kenway was too enamored with glory and bloodshed to see the wisdom of the Templars, and told Kenway that he would die alone and disgraced if he kept his present course.

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Dialogue2|Edward|Remember the pardon, Thatch. We're to be subtle.|Thatch|Says Hornigold! A pirate now too proud to call himself one!|Ah, he prefers caution to cannons.|Kenway and Thatch, regarding Hornigold's approach to the King's Pardon, 1718.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:Prizes and Plunder 4.png|thumb|250px|Hornigold and Kenway capturing a Spanish ship]]
Though Hornigold's early ambitions did not include piracy, he was forced to take up the life due to privateers being rendered unnecessary after the War of Spanish Succession. A patriotic man, Hornigold chose not to attack any British ships, likely out of loyalty toward his home country. In addition, Hornigold had a military bearing, valuing order and behaving more like British soldier than a pirate.

In spite of these factors, he was respected by his crew and peers alike and took to the pirate life enthusiastically, helping found the Pirate Republic in Nassau; for this, he had strong faith that the community would grow and thrive. However, after Nassau succumbed to disease, poor governance and economic difficulties, Hornigold became disillusioned with the pirate cause.

Hornigold stood out from his compatriots in his strong idealism. He had extremely high hopes for Nassau, believing the settlement provided a rare chance to put their societal ideals to practice and create a civilization without the corruption and bigotry of the old empires. Even from the beginning, Hornigold's idea of freedom was different to that of Kenway's, with Kenway only considering freedom to be a license to live without rules and rebel against authority, whereas Hornigold possessed far more lofty ideas of civilization. It was this idealism that ultimately swayed him to join the Templars, to build a civilization and realize his ideals instead of living aimlessly as he thought was the case with the inhabitants of Nassau.

This aside, Hornigold was also a good friend to his compatriots, tutoring Kenway in the ways of captaincy, and even warning Kenway of the dangerous path he was taking.

==Trivia==
*Hornigold is one of the pirates featured in the forthcoming [[Abstergo Entertainment]] movie ''[[Devils of the Caribbean]]''.
* Hornigold is the only main assassination target in the game who wasn't killed at one of the main locations.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Concept Art - Benjamin Hornigold.jpg|Concept art of Hornigold
Now Hiring 2.png|Hornigold among other pirates
Now Hiring 4.png|Hornigold with Thatch and Kenway
Prizes and Plunder 8.png|Thatch, Edward and Horigold at Nassau's beach
Diving for Medicines 12.png|Vane telling Hornigold and Thatch about the King's pardon
Raise the Black Flag 1.png|Hornigold, Kenway and Thatch in Salt Key
We Demand A Parlay 9.png|Hornigold arguing with Charles Vane
Imagine My Surprise 7.png|Edward confronting Hornigold
Murder and Mayhem 6.png|Benjamin's final moments
</gallery>

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

2014-07-09T16:22:10Z

87.97.80.20: survivors

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{{Quote|Find them, kill them. In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace.|Al Mualim to Altaïr, 1191.|Assassin's Creed}}
[[File:IF 7.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore da Firenze assassinating a target]]
'''Assassination targets''' were individuals that the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] – and in select instances, the [[Templars|Templar Order]] – deemed worthy of elimination. Over the [[Timeline|centuries]], the Assassins killed many individuals they believed to be corrupt and a danger to humanity, particularly Templars and their associates.

Below is a chronological list of notable victims, by faction and assassin responsible.

==Elimination by Assassins==
===Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad===
Around the time of the [[Third Crusade]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] assassinated various individuals during his quest to find [[Adha|The Chalice]] in 1190. He later eliminated [[Hunt for the Nine|nine tyrannical public figures]] in an effort to restore [[Master Assassin|his lost rank]] and regain honor within the Assassin Order.

Following his ascension to [[Mentor]] of the Order, he carried out several assassinations to aid the [[Cypriot Resistance]] in 1192, and continued to eliminate notable targets throughout his life.

<tabber>
1189-1190=
*[[Haras]] - 1189<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
*[[Tamir (1190)|Tamir of Damascus]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>
*[[Alaat]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
*[[Roland Napule]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
*[[Master of the Tower's student|The Master's Student]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
*[[Master of the Tower]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
*[[Harash]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
*[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]] - 1190<ref name="Chronicles"/>
|-|
1191=
*[[Tamir|Tamir the arms dealer]]<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Talal]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[William of Montferrat]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Majd Addin]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Sibrand]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Jubair al Hakim]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Fredrick|Frederick the Red]]<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]</ref>
|-|
1192-1193=
*[[Moloch]] - 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
*[[Dark Oracle]] - 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
*[[Shalim]] - 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
*[[Shahar]] - 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
*[[Pirate Captain]] - 1192<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
*[[Armand Bouchart]] - 1193<ref name="Bloodlines"/>
|-|
1227-1247=
*[[Swami]] - 1227<ref name="Revelations"/><ref name="Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>
*[[Bayhas]] - 1247<ref name="Secret Crusade"/>
*[[Abbas Sofian]] - 1247<ref name="Revelations"/><ref name="Secret Crusade"/>
</tabber>

===Ezio Auditore da Firenze===
During the [[Renaissance]], the Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] assassinated various individuals in order to avenge the deaths of his family members, free the [[Spanish Assassins]], and liberate the [[Italy|Italian]] cities of [[Florence]], [[Venice]] and [[Rome]] from corruption.

<tabber>
1476-1479=
*[[Uberto Alberti]] - 1476<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
*[[Vieri de' Pazzi]] - 1478<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Francesco de' Pazzi]] - 1478<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Antonio Maffei]] - 1478<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Francesco Salviati]] - 1479<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Bernardo Baroncelli]] - 1479<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Stefano da Bagnone]] - 1479<ref name="AC2"/>
|-|
1480-1489=
*[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] - 1480<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]] - 1485<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]] - 1485<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Marco Barbarigo]] - 1486<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]] - 1486<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Dante Moro]] - 1486<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Ludovico Orsi]] - 1488<ref name="AC2 - Forlì">''[[Assassin's Creed II]] - [[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]</ref>
*[[Checco Orsi]] - 1488<ref name="AC2 - Forlì"/>
|-|
1490-1499=
*[[Gaspar Martínez]] - 1491<ref name="Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>
*[[Pedro Llorente]] - 1491<ref name="Discovery"/>
*[[Juan de Marillo]] - 1491<ref name="Discovery"/>
*[[Painter|The Painter]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire">''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)]]''</ref>
*[[Guard Captain|The Guard Captain]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Nobleman|The Nobleman]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Priest (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Priest]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Merchant (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Merchant]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Doctor]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Farmer|The Farmer]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Condottiero|The Condottiero]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Preacher|The Preacher]] - 1497<ref name="Bonfire"/>
*[[Girolamo Savonarola]] - 1498<ref name="Bonfire"/>
|-|
1500-1509=
*[[Il Carnefice]] - 1500<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]</ref>
*[[Master of the Sacred Palace]] - 1500<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Malfatto]], via an [[Apprentices|apprentice]] - 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Silvestro Sabbatini]], via an apprentice - 1502<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Luigi Torcelli]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Juan Borgia the Elder]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Lanz]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Auguste Oberlin]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Ristoro]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Gaspar de la Croix]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Lia de Russo]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Donato Mancini]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Octavian de Valois]] - 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Ercole Massimo]] - 1506<ref name="Brotherhood - Da Vinci">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref>
*[[Cesare Borgia]] - 1507<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
|-|
1511-1512=
*[[Leandros]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Halim]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Vali cel Tradat]], via an Apprentice - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Cyril of Rhodes]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Mirela Djuric]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Georgios Kostas]], via an Apprentice - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Odai Dunqas]], via an Apprentice - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Damat Ali Pasha]], via an Apprentice - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Lysistrata]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Tarik Barleti]] - 1511<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Shahkulu]] - 1512<ref name="Revelations"/>
*[[Manuel Palaiologos]] - 1512<ref name="Revelations"/>
</tabber>

===Edward Kenway===
[[Edward Kenway]], father of [[Haytham Kenway]] and grandfather of [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]], assassinated several individuals during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]] in his quest for riches and glory, and later in the service of the Assassin Order.

<tabber>
1715-1719=
*[[Duncan Walpole]] - 1715<ref name="ACBF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
*[[Julien du Casse]] - 1715<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Lucia Márquez]] - 1716<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Kenneth Abraham]] - 1716<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Laurens Prins]] - 1717<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Hilary Flint]] - 1717<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Vance Travers]] - 1717<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Jing Lang]] - 1717<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Peter Chamberlaine]] - 1718<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Josiah Burgess]] - 1719<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[John Cockram]] - 1719<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Benjamin Hornigold]] - 1719<ref name="ACBF"/>
|-|
1722-1723=
*[[Bartholomew Roberts]] - 1722<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[El Tiburón]] - 1722<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] - 1722<ref name="ACBF"/>
*[[Emmett Scott]] - 1723<ref name="ACBFN">[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag'' novel]]</ref>
*[[Wilson]] - 1723<ref name="ACBFN"/>
</tabber>

===Aveline de Grandpré===
[[Aveline de Grandpré]] assassinated various targets between the [[French and Indian War]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] in an effort to free [[New Orleans]] from Templar influence and liberate victims of the slave trade.

<tabber>
1765-1769=
*[[Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie]] - 1765<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
*[[Baptiste]] - 1766<ref name="AC3L"/>
*[[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]] - 1769<ref name="AC3L"/>
|-|
1770-1784=
*[[Diego Vázquez]] - 1776<ref name="AC3L"/>
*[[George Davidson]] - 1777<ref name="AC3L"/>
*[[Madeleine de L'Isle]] - 1777<ref name="AC3L"/>
*[[Edmund Judge]] - 1784<ref name="ACBF"/>
</tabber>

===Ratonhnhaké:ton===
Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolutionary War, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton eliminated various Templars in order to protect his tribe and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen colonies of the [[United States]].

Following a meeting with [[George Washington]], Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself in an alternate reality created by an [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]]. He assassinated several individuals while experiencing the alternate timeline.

<tabber>
1774-1179=
*[[William Johnson]] - 1774<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
*[[John Pitcairn]] - 1775<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Thomas Hickey]] - 1776<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Benjamin Church]] - 1778<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Nicholas Biddle]] - 1778<ref name="AC3"/>
|-|
1780-1782=
*Haytham Kenway - 1781<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Charles Lee]] - 1782<ref name="AC3"/>
|-|
Alternate reality=
*[[Benedict Arnold]]<ref name="Infamy">''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy]]''</ref>
*[[Israel Putnam]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal]]''</ref>
*[[John Fitzwilliams]]<ref name="Redemption">''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]''</ref>
*George Washington<ref name="Redemption"/>
</tabber>

===Desmond Miles===
Following his kidnapping by [[Abstergo Industries]] and training with the Assassins, Desmond was forced by [[Juno]] to assassinate [[Lucy Stillman]] in the [[Colosseum Vault]]. He later infiltrated the Abstergo Industries headquarters in Rome and assassinated two prominent members of their Order.

<tabber>
2012=
*Lucy Stillman<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Daniel Cross]]<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Warren Vidic]]<ref name="AC3"/>
</tabber>

===Other Assassins===
Below is a chronological list of other notable assassinations, by century and, if known, Assassin responsible:

<tabber>
BCE=
*[[Xerxes I of Persia|King Xerxes I]], by [[Darius]] in 456 BCE<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Alexander the Great]], by [[Iltani]] in 323 BCE<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Qin Shi Huang]], by [[Wei Yu]] in 210 BCE<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Gaius Julius Caesar]], by [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]] and others in 44 BCE<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Cleopatra]], by [[Amunet]] in 31 BCE<ref name="AC2"/>
|-|
1st=
*[[Caligula]], by [[Leonius]] in 41<ref name="AC2"/>
|-|
3rd=
*[[Faustinus]], by [[Aquilus]] in 259<ref name="AC2A">''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref>
*[[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]], by Aquilus in 259<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>
|-|
13th=
*[[Genghis Khan]], by [[Qulan Gal]] and [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] in 1227<ref name="AC2"/><ref name="Secret Crusade"/>
|-|
14th=
*[[Bachir Al-Djallil]], by [[Numa Al'Khamsin]] in 1340<ref name="Hawk">''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''</ref>
|-|
15th=
*[[Yongle]], by [[Li Tong]] in 1424<ref name="DYL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Discover Your Legacy|Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref>
*[[Cem]], in 1495<ref name="Revelations novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>
*[[Perotto Calderon]], in 1498<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]</ref>
*[[Tomás de Torquemada]], in 1498<ref name="AC2"/>
|-|
16th=
*[[Agostino Barbarigo]], by [[Tessa Varzi]] in 1501<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Cahin]], in 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Caha]], in 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Rocco Tiepolo]], in 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Baltasar de Silva]], in 1503<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Margaret of York]], in 1503<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Isabella I of Castile]], in 1504<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Niccolò di Pitigliano]], by [[Francesco Vecellio]] in 1510<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Juan Ponce de León]], in 1521<ref name="DYL"/>
*[[The Viper]], by [[Giovanni Borgia]], in 1527<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Francisco Pizarro]], in 1541<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Mary I of England]], in 1558<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Ivan Ivanovich of Russia]], in 1581<ref name="AC2"/>
|-|
18th=
*[[Pierre, Marquis de Fayet]], by [[Adéwalé]] in 1737<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>
*[[Richard Montgomery]], in 1775<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Johann Rall]], in 1776<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Friedrich Baum]], in 1777<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Carl Emilius von Donop]], in 1777<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[George Dorrance]], in 1778<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[John Boyd]], in 1779<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Hugh Jackson]], in 1779<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Johann de Kalb]], in 1780<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Hector McNeill]], in 1781<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Jonathan Trumbull]], in 1785<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Jeannot Bullet]], in 1791<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>
|-|
19th=
*[[Charles Leclerc]], by [[Eseosa]] in 1802<ref name="Letters">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - [[Eseosa's Codex|Letters to the Dead]]</ref>
*[[John Wilkes Booth]], in 1865<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Alexander II of Russia]], in 1881<ref name="The Fall #1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]] #1</ref><ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Alexander III of Russia]], by [[Nikolai Orelov]] in 1894 (of wounds sustained)<ref name="The Fall #1"/>
|-|
20th=
*[[Dolinsky]], in 1908<ref name="ACTF2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]] #2</ref>
*[[Erich Albert]], in 1914<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Grigori Rasputin]], in 1916<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Khioniya Guseva]], by Nikolai Orelov in 1917<ref name="Project Legacy"/>
*[[Adolf Hitler]], in 1945<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Joseph Stalin]], in 1953<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[François Duvalier]], in 1971<ref name="AC2"/>
</tabber>

==Elimination by Templars==
Several assassinations similar to those carried out by Assassins were instigated by Templars at various points in history. The following is a chronological list of Templar assassinations by century and, if known, the Templar responsible.

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15th=
*[[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], by [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]], [[Gerolamo Olgiati]], [[Carlo Visconti]] – 1476<ref name="Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]</ref>
*[[Giuliano de' Medici]], by Francesco de' Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli – 1478<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Giovanni Mocenigo]], by Carlo Grimaldi – 1485<ref name="AC2"/>
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18th=
*Edward Kenway, by mercenaries in the employ of [[Reginald Birch]] - 1735<ref name="Forsaken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]</ref>
*[[Juan Vedomir]], by Haytham Kenway – 1747<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref>
*[[Miko]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Louis Mills]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Cutter]], by Haytham Kenway – 1754<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Silas Thatcher]], by Benjamin Church – 1754<ref name="AC3"/>
*[[Edward Braddock]], by Haytham Kenway – 1755<ref name="AC3"/>
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20th=
*[[Harry Houdini]] – 1926<ref name="Glyphs">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs]]''</ref>
*[[Mahatma Gandhi]] – 1948<ref name="Glyphs"/>
*[[John F. Kennedy]], by [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] – 1963<ref name="Glyphs"/>
</tabber>

==Survivors==
In carrying out their missions, some Assassins notably spared potential victims, or otherwise did not complete an assassination as directed. The following is a chronological list of targets known to have survived encounters with Assassin attackers:

*[[Maria Thorpe]] - spared by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191<ref name="AC" />
*Tomás de Torquemada - escaped from Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1492<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>
* [[Rodrigo Borgia]] - spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze,1499
*[[Micheletto Corella]] - spared by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, 1503<ref name="Brotherhood">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>
*[[Charles Vane]] - spared by Edward Kenway, 1719<ref name="ACBF" />
*[[Woodes Rogers]] - survived attack by Edward Kenway, 1721<ref name="ACBF" />
*[[Antonio de Ulloa]] - spared by Aveline de Grandpré, 1768<ref name="AC3L" />
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] - spared by Ratonhnhaké:ton, in alternate reality<ref name="Infamy" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Assassinations]]
[[Category:Assassin Order]]
[[Category:Templar Order]]