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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood cheats

2010-12-01T00:51:24Z

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In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', '''Cheats''' have been added to make gameplay more interesting. They are unlocked by getting 100% synchronization with all of the memories in any sequence. The cheats are only usable while replaying a memory, which can be toggled in the Options menu.

==Cheat List==
==='''Ride The Unicorn '''===
[[File:Assbro8.jpg|thumb|180px|Ride The Unicorn]]
====How to Unlock====
Complete Sequence: Peace at Last with 100% Total Sync.

====Effects====
All horses are turned into unicorns, all weapons have an added lightning effect.

==='''Buns of Steel'''===
====How to Unlock====
Complete Sequence: A Wilderness of Tigers with 100% Total Sync
====Effect====
You will be immune to injury.

==='''Killing Spree'''===
====How to Unlock====
You need to complete Sequence The Fighter, The Lover and The Thief with 100% Total Sync
===='''Effect'''====
Your assassinations cannot be blocked.

===Sisterhood===

====How to Unlock====
Complete Sequence 4 with 100% Total Sync

====Effect====
It can switch all your Assassin's Guild recruits female.

===Ultimate Guild===

====How to Unlock====
Complete Sequence 5 with 100% Total Synch

====Effect====
It will raise all Assassin's Guild recruits to the rank of Assassins.

===Unlimited Assassin Signal===
====How to Unlock====

Complete Sequence 6 with 100% Total Synch
====Effect====

It will cancel your cooldown timer when calling Assassins.

=== Desmond Everywhere===
====How to Unlock====
You need to complete Sequence 7 with 100% Total Synch
====Effect====
It will unlock Desmond skin. You will be able to play as Desmond in Rome. The Desmond skin doesn't require you to be in a Replay Memory for it to be activated.
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Rifts

2010-11-30T06:40:52Z

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'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear in the rifts.

==Locations==

===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]].

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]].

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.
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Rifts

2010-11-30T06:37:18Z

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{{Stub}}
'''Rifts''' appear to be breaks in the programming of memories within the [[Animus]], which can be seen using [[Eagle Vision]]. Each of the ten are found on key landmarks throughout [[Rome]], and conceal [[Subject 16]]'s Cluster puzzles in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. They are the equivalent of [[Glyphs]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but instead of revealing a second [[The Truth|Truth]] video, they simply relay the message "The miracle is in the execution" along with an executable file. Accessing the file allows Desmond to go through a virtual obstacle course similar to an [[Animus Virtual Training Program]] mission, and ultimately receive a message from Subject 16.

Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and morse code appear through the rifts.

==Locations==

===[[Castra Praetoria]]===
In the area where [[Octavien]] de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.

===[[Rosa in Fiore]]===
On the north wall of the [[Brothels|brothel]], on the second floor wall.

===[[Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesant]]===
On the western tower near the left dome.

===[[Aventino]]===
On the [[Borgia tower]].

===[[Castel Sant'Angelo]]===
On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall is closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.

===[[Caserma di Alviano]]===
East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter.

===[[Acquedotto Claudia]]===
Near the small town where Leonardo frequently is located at, on the north side of aqueduct. Climb the Borgia tower to reach the top of the aqueduct.

===[[Colosseo]]===
At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the [[View Point]].

===[[Palazzo Senatorio]]===
On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.

===[[Pantheon]]===
Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance.
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Animus Subjects

2010-11-30T06:22:50Z

96.21.61.26: /* Subject 16 */

'''Subjects''' are people who have been selected by [[Abstergo Industries]] for use in their experiments with [[genetic memory]] and the [[Animus]]. There are (or have been) at least seventeen Subjects, of which only 5 are ever mentioned in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. It is clear Abstergo Industries does not treat subjects well and if no more valuable information can be obtained from a subject's memories, they are sometimes eliminated.

==Known Subjects==
Only subjects 4, 12, 15, 16, and 17 are ever mentioned in the game. Subjects 1 through 14 besides 4 and 12, as well as any that may exist after 17, are never shown and never seen.

=== Subject 4===
In Subject 16's truth cluster 8, Subject 4 was mentioned in a letter dating back to September, 1985. meaning that animus experiments are much older than previously believed. In the letter, an unknown person going by W.V. (most likely [[Warren Vidic]]) reported making a prototype [[Piece of Eden]] and would use it on Subject 4 between his/her animus sessions. Subject 4's fate is unknown but he/she is most likely dead by now.

=== Subject 12===
Subject 12 was the direct descendant of an individual involved in (or subjected to) the Philadelphia Experiment, a popular conspiracy theory where a naval vessel is alleged to have traveled forward in time for 18 minutes. The email claims that the [[Templars]] obtained sufficient information to reconstruct the device responsible, but will not continue with development due to concerns about the creation of irreparable time paradoxes.

===Subject 15===
Subject 15 was mentioned by [[Lucy]] to be female and pregnant. She suffered through the bleeding effect by seeing memories of her ancestors and other people from different time periods.

===Subject 16===
{{main|Subject 16}}
[[File:300px-Crypticmessages.jpg|thumb|Desmond using Eagle Vision to view a message from Subject 16]]
Subject Sixteen was the predecessor to [[Desmond Miles]] in Abstergo's experiments. His name is unknown, but he is at one point referred to as "Neumann". He is ''seen'' in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood when you succesfully get through the ten clusters.

It is known that, due to the "Bleeding effect", Subject 16 went mad and wrote the [[cryptic messages]] throughout the Animus room and his bedroom, using his own blood (supposedly dying afterwards). He may also have, in his madness, murdered [[Leila Marino]] and used her blood to write some of the cryptic messages as it is even stated by Subject 16 himself that if he would have written all of the messages with his own blood, he would have died before he finished. However, by finishing all the clusters in Brotherhood, we learn that he is in fact still alive.

===Subject 17 (Desmond Miles)===
{{main|Desmond Miles}}
[[File:Desmond2.png|thumb|Subject 17, Desmond Miles]]
Desmond Miles is the true protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', and the successor of Subject 16.

Brought to Abstergo against his will, he was threatened with a coma and death if he did not participate in the [[Animus]] project. Giving in to the threat, he entered the Animus. He was made to recreate the actions of his ancestor [[Altaïr]], in order to find the location of the [[Piece of Eden]]. Like Subject 16 before him, Desmond experiences the Bleeding effect. However, he only experiences a relatively minor change- the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] like his ancestor. This is probably due to [[Lucy]] urging him to take breaks from the Animus. In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' though he gains all of Ezio's skills. In [[Assassin's Creed]] Abstergo were about to kill him until Lucy suggested that he can still be useful for finding more Pieces of Eden.

==''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''==
It has been noticed in the multiplayer walkthrough video that the players in the game are referred to as "Subjects" e.g. "Subject 6 killed Subject 2". This could likely be replaced with player's Gamertag when ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' goes live.
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Assassins

2009-12-23T19:13:38Z

96.21.61.26: /* Victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze */

{{Imageneed}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (Ismailism) (AC1), Catholic, Atheist (AC2),
|nationality = Arab (AC1), Italian (AC2), Mixed (Modern Times)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|La shai wak'ion motlaq bal kollon momken'' ("Nothing is true, Everything is permitted" in arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed}}

The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012. The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]]. By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

==Known Assassins==
===Third Crusade===
====Members====
[[File:Masyaf.jpg|thumb|Masyaf, the Assassin's fortress.]]
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins [Secretly a Templar])
*[[Altair|Altair Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor [Becomes Leader of the Assassins after the events of the first game])
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*The Instructors and Rafiqs
*[[Jamal]] (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
*[[Bahir]] (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[Karim]] (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)

====Allies====
*[[Adha]] ("The Chalice")
*[[Maria]] (Altaïr's wife)

===Renaissance===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]
====Members====
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (A nobleman and member of the Assassins)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's father and Nobleman)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's brother)
*[[Paola]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]] (Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]] (A nobleman from Naples)
*[[Domenico Auditore]] (Patriarch of the Auditore family)
*[[Dante Alighieri]] (Poet and teacher of Domenico)
*[[Raphael Sanchez]] (Treasurer of Queen Isabella of Spain)

====Allies====
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Ezio's best friend)
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (Lord of [[Firenze]])
*[[Caterina Sforza]] (Countess of [[Forli]])
*[[Christoffa Corombo]] (Italian Conquistador)

=== Modern Times (2012) ===
*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

===Others===
*[[Darius]] (The Male Persian Assassin; he killed [[wikipedia:Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] with the Hidden Blade.)
*[[Iltani]] (The Female Babylonian Assassin; she poisoned [[wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]].)
*[[Wei Yu]] (The Male Chinese Assassin; he killed [[wikipedia:Qin Shi Huang|Qin Shi Huang]] with a spear.)
*[[Qulan Gal]] (The Male Mongolian Assassin; he shot [[wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]]'s horse with a bow and arrow.)
*[[Amunet]] (The Female Egyptian Assassin; she killed [[wikipedia:Cleopatra|Cleopatra]] with a snake.)
*[[Leonius]] (The Male Roman Assassin; he stabbed [[wikipedia:Caligula|Caligula]] to death with a dagger.)
*[[Adam and Eve]] (The Two Original Assassins)
*Nikola Tesla (An ally of the Assassins, helped destroy the Staff and cause the [[Tunguska Event]])

==Known Victims of the Assassins==
=== Victims of Altair Ibn-La'Ahad ===
*Talal
*Garnier de Nablus
*Tamar
*Abu'l Noqoud
*William of Monferrat
*Majd Addin
*Jubair al Hakim
*Sibrand
*Robert de Sable
*Al-Mualim

=== Victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze ===
*Uberto Alberti
*The Pazzi Family
**Vieri de Pazzi
**Francesco de Pazzi
**Jacopo de Pazzi
*The Pazzi Conspirators
**Stefano da Bagnone
**Bernardo Baroncelli
**Antonio Maffei
**Francesco Salviati
*Emilio Barbarigo
*Carlo Grimaldi
*Marco Barbarigo
*Dante Moro
*Silvio Barbarigo
*Gaspard Martinez

=== Others ===
*Xerxes
**Stabbed by Darius with a Hidden Blade
*Alexander the Great
**Poisoned by Iltani
*Qin Shi Huang
**Stabbed by Wei Yu with a spear
*Cleopatra
**Killed by Amunet with a snake
*Caligula
**Stabbed by Leonius with a dagger
*Genghis Khan
**Horse shot out from under him by Qulan Gal with a bow
*Mary I of England
*Francisco Pizarro
*Tomas de Torqemada
*John Wilkes Booth
*Rasputin
*Adolf Hitler
**Killed from above while attempting to flee his bunker in Berlin
*Joseph Stalin

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [http://images.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_de_Sable Robert de Sable] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is the Third Crusade and low-scale war with the Templar's that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life, the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==
During the Renaissance time period, the Assassin Order had apparently ‘gone underground’. The reason for this is explained inside the codex pages, where by Altair states that even though the Templar Order was served a crushing defeat in the Holy Land and Cyprus, they still survived in more inconspicuous ways. As such, Altair believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on.

For example, he talked of abandoning the Assassin fortress of Masyaf and conducting their operations more covertly so as not to attract attention from their enemies. He also proposed that the method of removing the ring finger was an obvious sign to Templar forces who the Assassin members were, and found a way to modify the Hidden blade and still keep their finger. The Renaissance Italian Assassin Order, however, didn’t follow all these traditions that were passed down to them.

One example of this was the Auditore Villa, built by Ezio’s great-grandfather, which acted as an Assassin fortress, containing recovered Codex pages and the Armour of Altair. It was considered an Assassin fortress (whilst containing the Auditore crypt) even displaying a mix of the Auditore and Assassin symbols.

Rituals were still in place to induct new recruits as shown when Ezio is finally revealed to the rest of the Assassin Order, many of who have helped him over the years. Machiavelli (the supposed Grandmaster of the Assassins during the Renaissance) conducted a ritual, where by he posed questions to Ezio, who had to respond with ‘Nothing is true, everything is permitted’. He then finished by burning the ring finger on Ezio’s left hand, the same finger which use to be taken from Assassins to show their commitment to their Order.

However they did still follow Altair’s idea of keeping hidden and evolved into a secret society (even though they still displayed Assassin Tomb’s and the Auditore Villa).

==Real History==
[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

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Assassins

2009-12-23T19:08:09Z

96.21.61.26: /* Victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze */

{{Imageneed}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (Ismailism) (AC1), Catholic, Atheist (AC2),
|nationality = Arab (AC1), Italian (AC2), Mixed (Modern Times)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|La shai wak'ion motlaq bal kollon momken'' ("Nothing is true, Everything is permitted" in arabic)''|The Assassin's Creed}}

The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012. The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]]. By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

==Known Assassins==
===Third Crusade===
====Members====
[[File:Masyaf.jpg|thumb|Masyaf, the Assassin's fortress.]]
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins [Secretly a Templar])
*[[Altair|Altair Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor [Becomes Leader of the Assassins after the events of the first game])
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*The Instructors and Rafiqs
*[[Jamal]] (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
*[[Bahir]] (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
*[[Karim]] (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)

====Allies====
*[[Adha]] ("The Chalice")
*[[Maria]] (Altaïr's wife)

===Renaissance===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|Ezio's initiation into the brotherhood.]]
====Members====
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (A nobleman and member of the Assassins)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's father and Nobleman)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's brother)
*[[Paola]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]] (Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]] (A nobleman from Naples)
*[[Domenico Auditore]] (Patriarch of the Auditore family)
*[[Dante Alighieri]] (Poet and teacher of Domenico)
*[[Raphael Sanchez]] (Treasurer of Queen Isabella of Spain)

====Allies====
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] (Ezio's best friend)
*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (Lord of [[Firenze]])
*[[Caterina Sforza]] (Countess of [[Forli]])
*[[Christoffa Corombo]] (Italian Conquistador)

=== Modern Times (2012) ===
*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

===Others===
*[[Darius]] (The Male Persian Assassin; he killed [[wikipedia:Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] with the Hidden Blade.)
*[[Iltani]] (The Female Babylonian Assassin; she poisoned [[wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]].)
*[[Wei Yu]] (The Male Chinese Assassin; he killed [[wikipedia:Qin Shi Huang|Qin Shi Huang]] with a spear.)
*[[Qulan Gal]] (The Male Mongolian Assassin; he shot [[wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]]'s horse with a bow and arrow.)
*[[Amunet]] (The Female Egyptian Assassin; she killed [[wikipedia:Cleopatra|Cleopatra]] with a snake.)
*[[Leonius]] (The Male Roman Assassin; he stabbed [[wikipedia:Caligula|Caligula]] to death with a dagger.)
*[[Adam and Eve]] (The Two Original Assassins)
*Nikola Tesla (An ally of the Assassins, helped destroy the Staff and cause the [[Tunguska Event]])

==Known Victims of the Assassins==
=== Victims of Altair Ibn-La'Ahad ===
*Talal
*Garnier de Nablus
*Tamar
*Abu'l Noqoud
*William of Monferrat
*Majd Addin
*Jubair al Hakim
*Sibrand
*Robert de Sable
*Al-Mualim

=== Victims of Ezio Auditore da Firenze ===
*Uberto Alberti
*The Pazzi Family
**Vieri de Pazzi
**Francesco de Pazzi
**Jacopo de Pazzi
*The Pazzi Conspirators
**Stefano da Bagnone
**Bernardo Baroncelli
**Antonio Maffei
**Francesco Salviati
*Emilio Barbarigo
*Carlo Grimaldi
*Marco Barbarigo
*Dante Moro
*Silvio Barbarigo
*Gaspard Martinez
*Rodrigo Borgia

=== Others ===
*Xerxes
**Stabbed by Darius with a Hidden Blade
*Alexander the Great
**Poisoned by Iltani
*Qin Shi Huang
**Stabbed by Wei Yu with a spear
*Cleopatra
**Killed by Amunet with a snake
*Caligula
**Stabbed by Leonius with a dagger
*Genghis Khan
**Horse shot out from under him by Qulan Gal with a bow
*Mary I of England
*Francisco Pizarro
*Tomas de Torqemada
*John Wilkes Booth
*Rasputin
*Adolf Hitler
**Killed from above while attempting to flee his bunker in Berlin
*Joseph Stalin

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [http://images.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_de_Sable Robert de Sable] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is the Third Crusade and low-scale war with the Templar's that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life, the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==
During the Renaissance time period, the Assassin Order had apparently ‘gone underground’. The reason for this is explained inside the codex pages, where by Altair states that even though the Templar Order was served a crushing defeat in the Holy Land and Cyprus, they still survived in more inconspicuous ways. As such, Altair believed that the Assassins too had to change tactics so as to live on.

For example, he talked of abandoning the Assassin fortress of Masyaf and conducting their operations more covertly so as not to attract attention from their enemies. He also proposed that the method of removing the ring finger was an obvious sign to Templar forces who the Assassin members were, and found a way to modify the Hidden blade and still keep their finger. The Renaissance Italian Assassin Order, however, didn’t follow all these traditions that were passed down to them.

One example of this was the Auditore Villa, built by Ezio’s great-grandfather, which acted as an Assassin fortress, containing recovered Codex pages and the Armour of Altair. It was considered an Assassin fortress (whilst containing the Auditore crypt) even displaying a mix of the Auditore and Assassin symbols.

Rituals were still in place to induct new recruits as shown when Ezio is finally revealed to the rest of the Assassin Order, many of who have helped him over the years. Machiavelli (the supposed Grandmaster of the Assassins during the Renaissance) conducted a ritual, where by he posed questions to Ezio, who had to respond with ‘Nothing is true, everything is permitted’. He then finished by burning the ring finger on Ezio’s left hand, the same finger which use to be taken from Assassins to show their commitment to their Order.

However they did still follow Altair’s idea of keeping hidden and evolved into a secret society (even though they still displayed Assassin Tomb’s and the Auditore Villa).

==Real History==
[[File:Hashashin by wraithdt.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a Hashashin in battle]]
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

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Templars

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = Knights Templar Cross.svg
|imgdesc = The Templars used many variations on this red cross pattée as their symbol.
|religion = Roman Catholic (officially)
|nationality =
|location = [[Acre]] Rich district
|targets = All targets are secretly (or openly) Templars
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
}}{{quote|Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam'' (Latin for ''"Not to us God, not to us, but to Your Name Give Glory'')|Motto of the Templars}}

The '''Knights Templar''' are the sworn enemies of the [[Assassins]]. They attack [[Masyaf]] after a failed mission under Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem; and after that, Templars found in the Holy Land will attack [[Altaïr]] on sight. They tend to attack more skilfully and take more hits than normal guards. You can find them in small villages throughout the kingdom, as well as throughout the cities, keenly observing their surroundings of encroaching danger. Templars are battlefield hardened soldiers lending aide to King Richard in the Third Crusade. Their battlefield experience shows in the way they fight. They are warriors in every meaning of the word, extremely skilled in the application of sword combat, and extremely disciplined. Templars should be dealt with while expressing extreme caution and solid battle skills. These soldiers are usually stationary, and on the lookout for the Assassins, their sworn enemies, who they are engaged with in a low-scale war.

==History==
''Orde du Temple'' in French, the Knights Templar are amongst the most famous of the Western Christian military orders involved in the war. They are well known by the distinctive white mantles with a red cross. Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favoured charity throughout Christianity, and grew rapidly in membership. Because the Templars' existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost, support for the Order faded.

==Distribution and goals==
Their main goal is to bring peace to the Holy Land, but the ways they do it are both ruthless and barbaric. However, they believe that they're doing good. They're trying to control peoples' free wills and they will ruthlessly kill anyone who is against them, especially the Assassins, whose leader, Al Mualim, was a member of the Templars but he later chose to betray them by stealing the Piece of Eden for his own purposes.
They're also good at manipulation, as they've members in both the Crusader and Saracen armies, allowing themselves to manipulate both [[Richard the Lionheart]] and [[Saladin]] for their own gain and manipulated the other knight orders like the Hospitalliers, Teutonic Knights and even the Assassins (Hashshashin) via Al Mualim.

==Members==
===Third Crusade===
* [[Robert de Sable]] (Grand Master of the Knights Templar)
* [[Tamir the Merchant]] (Black marketeer in [[Damascus]])
* [[Garnier de Naplouse]] (Grand Master of the [[Knights Hospitalier]])
* [[Talal the Slave Trader]] (Slave master in [[Jerusalem]])
* [[Abul Nuqoud]] (A noble man of Damascus)
* [[William of Montferrat]] (Regent lord of [[Acre]])
* [[Majd Addin]] (Regent lord of Jerusalem)
* [[Jubair al Hakim]] (Head of the Illuminated and the chief scholar of Damascus)
* [[Sibrand]] (Grand Master of the [[Knights Teutonic]])
* [[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of the [[Assassin]]s, betrayed the Templar's)
* [[Maria]] (Robert de Sable's steward and his own personal assassin)
* [[Masun]] (Traitorous assassin who is a double agent to the Templar)
* [[Anonymous Templar Knights]] (regular soldiers)

=== Renaissance ===

*Rodrigo Borgia (His Holiness, Pope Alexander VI)
*Uberto Alberti (The Gonfaloniere of Florence)
*Seven Other Conspirators (Seen at the end of Assassin's Creed Lineage, Part 2)
*Francesco de' Pazzi
*Vieri de' Pazzi

===Modern times===
* [[Abstergo Industries]] (current form of the Templars)
** [[Warren Vidic]] (Scientist of Abstergo Industries)
** Three men who are the bosses of [[Abstergo Industries]]

== Achievement ==
There are 60 Templars within the game world. Thirty are located in the kingdom, and ten in each city. Two subsections (either poor, middle, rich) of each city will have three Templars, and the remaining subsection will have four. Watch out when hunting them, however, as Templars are completely immune to throwing knives. In any Memory Block, regardless of the Rank Memory that Altaïr has, the Templars will attack with all techniques (Guard Break, Counter-grab, etc.) and are extremely hard to kill without more advanced techniques and a high sync bar, or climbing on the wall behind the Templar unnoticed then assassinating them. Should one be able to throw a Templar to the ground however, they can easily be dispatched by a hidden blade or a few sword strikes. Templars will wave their swords and shout upon seeing you, leaving them open for a few precious seconds, during which the player can tackle them and assassinate them while they are on the floor. Templars will also automatically realize that you are an assassin, regardless of whether you are blended or not, unless you are sitting on a bench. Templar locations are broken down as follows:

Kingdom: 30x

Jerusalem Poor: 3x

Jerusalem Mid: 3x

Jerusalem Rich: 4x

Damascus Poor: 3x

Damascus Mid: 3x

Damascus Rich: 4x

Acre Poor: 4x

Acre Middle: 3x

Acre Rich: 3x

Eliminating all 60 Templars in the game will grant the Personal Vendetta achievement.

Personal Vendetta
Kill every Templar. (40 Points)

==Locations==
Simply put, if anyone finds a Templar in-game, check they aren't already listed and then give detailed description of their location. (Please don't use viewpoints as references, they disappear off of the map.)

There is one close by the docks on the Christian part of the kingdom. As you are leaving from Masyaf go right and you'll see a lake. At the edge of the docks is a Templar. There is one hiding in a house nearby.

There is one in the Poor District of Acre at the western edge of the large courtyard north of the plaza where you do the Masyaf flags fetch. Climb up in the middle of that western wall and you'll see him below you in front of a water spout.

There is another hiding inside the row of burnt out dwellings along the 'street' between the northern wall (Poor District Acre) and in the first block of houses as you approach the first sea-viewpoint from that direction. Stay on the roofs to spot him below.

In the Middle District of Acre (Sibrand campaign), there is one at the far western end of the docks. Keep going past where you save the citizen there toward the sea and boats.

:''Note: It seems that if you are fighting with a Templar on a roof and he dies from the fall, it doesn't count toward your tally.''

There is one in the Rich District of Acre on the roof of the giant church, between the two steeples.

There is one in the Rich District of Jerusalem hiding behind the building south of the large building with a golden roof.

There is one in the Kingdom on the way out of Damascus. As you are going out of Damascus go to the tents and look along the river for a Templar. There is one behind the view point tower nearby.

The website [http://www.assassinscreed-maps.com/ Assassin's Creed Interactive Maps] has great maps of the Kingdom and each separate district of Damascus, Acre, and Jerusalem with Templar locations marked by green dots. When you mouse over the dots, a screen shot showing the Templar will pop up.

== Extra Templars ==
During the Robert de Sable assassination you will fight more Templars. However, these do not count towards the total.

== The real Templars ==

{{WP-REAL|Knights Templar}}
The Knights Templar were a real Roman Catholic military order who were prominent during the Crusades. They were among the most skilled fighters at the time, which is reflected in the game. Their ruthlessness against non-Catholics was also infamous; this also is reflected in the game.

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