Editing Babylonian Brotherhood

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The '''Order''' retroactively known as the '''Babylonian Brotherhood''' to which the [[Babylon]]ian assassin [[Iltani]] belonged operated during the 4th century BC within the empire of [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref> It was one of the precursor groups of the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]].<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>

==History==
The Order was a secret Babylonian organization that dealt in assassinations of those they deemed tyrannical. In the 4th century BCE, they counted a woman named Iltani among its members.<ref name="The Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref>

Although Babylonia had by then ceased to be a sovereign entity, the Order was still active when [[Middle East|western Asia]] fell to the [[Macedonia|Macedonian Empire]] of Alexander the Great. Iltani set out to assassinate Alexander during his campaign in what is now modern-day [[Afghanistan]], but she was forced to withdraw when she found him too well-guarded in the citadel of [[Herat]]. As a result, she turned to an alchemist of the former [[Achaemenid Empire]] who provided her with a deadly but slow-acting [[poison]].<ref name="ACCI"/> In 323 BCE,<ref name="The Essential Guide" /><ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref> Iltani succeeded in killing Alexander with the poison,<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> but ultimately failed to retrieve his [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]] that had been entrusted to him by the [[Order of the Ancients]].<ref name="ACO" />

For its parallels with the later Assassin Brotherhood, the Order later came to be seen by the Assassins as one of their antecedents and was retrospectively dubbed the Babylonian Brotherhood,<ref name="The Essential Guide"/> with Iltani being honored posthumously as one of their legendary predecessors.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' {{Mo}}

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