Darim Ibn-La'Ahad

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{{Quote|All that is good in me, began with you, father.|Darim to his father before leaving Masyaf.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
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|name = Darim Ibn-La'Ahad
|image = Darim_Ibn-La'Ahad.png
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|birth = 1195<br>[[Masyaf]], [[Syria]]
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|period = High Middle Ages
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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|voice = [[Michael Benyaer]] }}

'''Darim Ibn-La'Ahad''' (1195 - unknown) was a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] and the eldest son of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Maria Thorpe]], as well as being the brother of [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Darim was born in [[Masyaf]] in 1195, where he was raised by his parents, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Maria Thorpe. His training in the ways off the Assassins started at an early age, and he would eventually become a fully trained Assassin and a expert [[crossbow|crossbowman]]. <ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

===Assassination of Genghis Khan===
By 1217, [[Genghis Khan]]'s Mongolian Empire, which was expanding rapidly from the east, was slowing the expansion of the Assassin Order. In addition to this, Altaïr believed that the Khan held a [[Piece of Eden]] known as [[Sword of Eden|The Sword]]. Believing they had to stop the Mongols, Darim and his parents immediately left Masyaf on a mission to assassinate Khan. His younger brother Sef remained in Masyaf to care for his wife and children. During their absence, Altaïr's right-hand man, [[Malik Al-Sayf]], was placed in charge of the Order until their return.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

In early 1227, the Assassins had reached Mongolia, where they met with one of the local Assassins, [[Qulan Gal]]. The Assasins formulated a plan to assassinate Khan, and Qulan Gal and Altaïr then infiltrated hiss camp. However, due to his aging, Altaïr had lost much of his stealth, and he was detected and severely injured by one of the guards. Qulan Gal managed to save his fellow Assassin, and helped him escape the camp. The Assassins were then forced to regroup and formulate a new plan.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

Realizing the threat to his life, Genghis Khan tried to flee on horseback. Qulan Gal, who had been expecting this, had devised a plan to eliminate him. The Mongolian Assassin proceeded to shoot down Khan's horse, while Darim subsequently shot Khan himself with his crossbow. After ten years, the group had accomplished what they set out to do, and Darim and his parents finally started their journey home.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

===Exiled from Masyaf===
Later that year, Darim and his parents returned to Masyaf only to be greeted by a former Assassin apprentice named [[Swami]], who informed them that their expected greeter, [[Rauf]], had died of fever during their absence, and that Malik had been arrested by the new leader of the Order, [[Abbas Sofian]] for unknown reasons. Swami then told Darim that his brother Sef had retreated with his family to [[Alamut]], at which point Altaïr urged him to retrieve his younger brother and return to Masyaf.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

[[File:New regime 17.png|thumb|250px|left|Darim with his father in Masyaf.]]
Some time after arriving in Alamut, he met with his sister-in-law and nieces. Darim retrieved a letter from his father, revealing that his brother had been killed, and Darim hurried back to Masyaf. Meeting up with his father in Masyaf village, the two men fought off the attacking Assassins, while Darim was informed that his mother was killed during Altaïr's confrontation with Abbas.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> Successfully escaping Masyaf, Darim and Altaïr left for exile in Alamut.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

Darim spent most of the next 20 years living with his father, sister-in-law and nieces, until eventually his sister-in-law took her daughters to live in [[Alexandria]]. Later, Darim himself was driven away from Alamut by his father's state of depression and his renewed obsession with the Apple. Darim departed to [[France]] and later [[England]] to warn of the advancing threat of the Mongol Empire.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

===Later life===
[[File:Darim_Ibn-La'Ahad_-_Revelations.png|thumb|Darim at the age of 62.]]
Eventually, he returned to Masyaf in 1247 following his father's return to power as leader of the Order. It is unknown whether his relations with his father were restored following this. Darim traveled to [[Constantinople]] to invite the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] in 1257 to temporarily reside in Masyaf.<ref name="ACTSC"/>

At the end of the same year, the Mongols attacked Masyaf. Darim was ordered by Altaïr to leave Masyaf before the Mongols reached the fortress, and to take Altaïr's remaining books from his library with him. Saying a final farewell to his father in front of the library gates, Darim realized that the library was in fact a vault, but his father did not reveal what it was supposed to contain. Leaving Masyaf, Darim left for Alexandria to rejoin his brother's widow and their children.<ref name="ACR"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
New_regime_14.png|Darim defending himself along with his father.
New_regime_15.png|Altaïr and Darim chased by Abbas.
New_regime_16.png|Altaïr and Darim departing from Masyaf.
The torch 6.png|Darim speaking with his father before the Polo brothers depart.
The torch 8.png|Darim, Altaïr and Niccolò looking at the Memory Seals.
Lost_legacy_2.png|Darim along with his father outside the library.
</gallery>

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