Editing Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins

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|image = Insignia 3.png
|founder =[[Bayek]]<br>[[Aya]]
|leader = [[Mentor]]
|headquarters = [[Memphis]]
|locations = [[Egypt]]
|parent = [[Hidden Ones]] <small>(until 1191)</small><br>[[Assassins]] <small>(after 1191)</small>
|formed = 47 BCE
|reorganized = 1090<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref>
|collapsed =
}}
The '''Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins''', also known as the '''Hidden Ones''' during its early years, was the [[Assassin Guilds|Guild]] of [[Assassins]] located in [[Egypt]]. It was the [[Hidden Ones|oldest organised Assassin branch]], having been founded by [[Bayek|Bayek of Siwa]], in 47 BCE.

==History==
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
====Precursors====
During the 2nd century BCE, a group that served as the precursors to the Assassin Brotherhood seemingly operated in [[Egypt]], as the [[Rosetta Stone]], issued in 196 BCE, contained sensitive information concerning the Assassins.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

====Foundation as the Hidden Ones====
{{Dialogue|Aya|When we assassinate, we assassinate only those who deserve it. The few sick souls who try to control us... but they will never know who we are. Cold, calculated poets of the kill.|Bayek|I am fine with this. I am not a father anymore. I am not a husband. I am not a Medjay. I am a Hidden One.|Bayek and Aya during the inception of their brotherhood, 47 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins}}In 49 BCE, the [[Order of the Ancients]] was manipulating the young Pharaoh [[Ptolemy XIII]] to take control of Egypt. This year, their leader, [[Flavius Metellus]], and other Ancients went to [[Siwa]] to open an [[Isu]] [[Siwa Vault|vault]] under the [[Temple of Amun]]. They kidnapped the last [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] and his son [[Khemu]] to force him to use an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] to enter in the vault. As Bayek resisted, Khemu was accidentally stabbed by his father. Left for dead by the Ancients, Bayek and his wife [[Amunet|Aya]] started to track the Ancients to avenge their son's death.<ref name="Oracle">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The False Oracle]]</ref> 

During a year, the couple tracked separately the Ancients through Egypt. While Bayek went to [[Saqqara Nome]] to kill the Ancient [[Rudjek]], Aya went in [[Alexandria]] and allied with [[Apollodorus]], a follower of the Pharaoh [[Cleopatra]] who was in a [[Alexandrine Civil War|war]] against her brother Ptolemy and the Ancients.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Heron Assassination]]</ref><ref name="Aya">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Aya (memory)]]</ref> During his journey, Bayek met the huntress [[Tahira]] who helped him for a time in his track.<ref name="Reunion">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Reunion (Origins)]]</ref> 

As Aya entered in the service of Cleopatra, the Queen gave to Aya [[Darius|her ancestor's]] [[Hidden Blade]] which was used to assassinate [[Xerxes I of Persia]] four centuries ago. Later, Aya killed [[Actaeon]] and [[Ktesos]] but was tracked by the [[Phylakitai]] [[Gennadios]]. So Aya hid under the [[Library of Alexandria]] thanked of the help of her cousin [[Phanos the Younger]].<ref name="Aya"/> 

After Bayek killed [[Medunamun]] in Siwa and recovered the Apple,<ref name="Oracle"/> the couple reunited in Alexandria where Bayek gave the Apple to his wife. Aya gave the Hidden Blade to her husband and tasked him to kill Gennadios and [[Eudoros]], who she thought was the leader of her son murderers.<ref name="Aya"/> The Medjay helped Phanos to fight Gennadios henchmen who treated the actors of the city before killing the Phylakitai.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Gennadios the Phylakitai]]</ref>  During the assassination of Eudoros, Bayek accidentally cut his left ring-finger with the Hidden Blade.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[End of the Snake]]</ref> 

Later, the couple had a personal meeting with Cleopatra who explained to them the true nature of the Ancients and their plan for Egypt. Bayek was elevated as a Medjay of all Egypt and began to track the Ancients through the [[Nile]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Egypt's Medjay]]</ref>  while Aya took the sea with the captain [[Phoxidas]] to secure an alliance with the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] consul [[Pompey]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Pompeius Magnus]]</ref>  

During his journey, Bayek tracked the Ancient known as the Scarab who oppressed the population of the Nile Delta. The Medjay allied with [[Taharqa]], the protector of the [[Letopolis]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Scarab's Sting]]</ref>  When Bayek discovered that Taharqua was the Scarab, the Medjay assassinated him before his son [[Kawab]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Scarab's Lies]]</ref> 

In [[Giza]],  the Ancient [[Khaliset]] made human sacrifices in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] to bring back to life her daughter. The Medjay tracked his target and killed her.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Hyena (memory)]]</ref> 

In [[Memphis]], the couple reunited and investigated the curse that stroke the city and the family of the High Priest [[Pasherenptah]]. They discovered that this was [[Hetepi]], Pasherenptah's second, who organized the poisoning the sacred Bull and of the pregnant High Priest wife, [[Taimhotep]]. His plan was to sabotage the arrival of Cleopatra in the city. Bayek killed Hetepi and secured the city of any other threats.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Lizard's Face]]</ref> 

In the [[Faiyum Oasis]], Bayek allied with [[Hotephres]] to fight the oppression of the Ancient known as the Crocodile. As Hotephres' daughter [[Shadya]] was kidnapped by gladiator brothers [[Diovicos]] and [[Viridovix]] before being killed by the Crocodile, Bayek infiltrated the [[Krokodilopolis Arena]] as a gladiator to discover the identity of the Ancient.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Crocodile's Scales]]</ref>  There, he met his old friend [[Kensa]] who became a gladiator. Bayek teamed up with Kensa to fight the gladiator brothers and uncovered the identity of the Crocodile. After Bayek and Kensa defeated them, they revealed that the Nomarch [[Berenike]] was the Ancient. Kensa discovering that her friend lied to her, she decided to become Berenike's bodyguard. Bayek killed the Ancient without injuring his friend.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Crocodile's Jaws]]</ref> 

While Aya and Phoxidas fought on the sea the [[Gabiniani]] led by the Ancient [[Lucius Septimius]], Bayek went to [[Heraklion]] to report to Cleopatra.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Ambush At Sea]]</ref>  On the road, he met Tahira and helped her to fight Roman soldiers who captured animals for Circus' games.<ref name="Reunion"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Predator to Prey]]</ref> 

Arriving in Heraklion in September 48 BCE, Bayek and Aya prevented the assassination of Cleopatra and killed the Gabiniani [[Venator]]. They tried to join Pompey but discovered that the consul was decapitated by the Ancients.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Way of the Gabiniani]]</ref> As the last hope to Cleopatra was to ally with the consul [[Julius Caesar]], Aya, Bayek and Phoxidas escorted the Queen to Alexandria by sea. As they were attacked by Ptolemy's fleet, the couple and the Queen fled to the city while Phoxidas attacked the rest of the ships.<ref name="Blade of a Goddess">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref> 

In Alexandria, Apollodorus, Aya and Bayek infiltrated in the [[Ptolemaic Royal Palace|palace]] with Cleopatra in a rug. As the Queen secured an alliance with the consul, the couple could stay in the city. Aya gave the Apple of Eden to Apollodorus and with Bayek opened the [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]]  of [[Alexander the Great]] to impress Caesar. In February 47 BCE, the Ptolemy Army led by the Ancients Septimius and [[Pothinus]] led an attack on Caesar troops in Alexandria. In the [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]], Aya set the signal to the Roman fleet to attack while Bayek joined Caesar in the fight.<ref name="Blade of a Goddess"/><ref name="Battle of the Nile">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref>

During the [[Battle of the Nile]], Bayek killed Pothinus and dueled Septimius while Aya was tasked by Cleopatra to kill Ptolemy but she spared him as she saw a [[Crocodile|crocodile]] devoured the Pharaoh. As Bayek ready his blade to finish Septimius he was stopped by Caesar who wanted the Gabiniani to be judged by [[Rome]] and the Medjay was beaten. Later, the couple witnessed Cleopatra made a speech before Alexandria's people with Caesar and Septimius at her side and armed with a [[Alexander's Staff of Eden|Staff]].<ref name="Battle of the Nile"/> Apollodorus explained to them that Cleopatra no more needed their service as she allied with the Ancients.<ref name="Aftermath">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Aftermath]]</ref>

Realizing their mistake in supporting Cleopatra, Bayek and Aya gathered his allies Phanos, Pasherenptah, Tahira and Phoxidas to form a brotherhood to counter the Order and defend the free will of the common people. Bayek and Aya realized that the Order showed a strong interest in the tomb of Alexander the Great, which they investigate. There, they found a mortally wounded Apollodorus who warned them that Caesar's lieutenant was Flavius, the true leader of the Order. He and Septimius had taken the Apple and a Staff from the tomb and were heading back to Siwa for the Vault.<ref name="Aftermath"/>

Upon returning to Siwa, the couple found the city devasted by the Ancients troops. Entering the already opened Vault, they saw a holographic map of [[Earth]] but also discovered the corpse of [[Hepzefa]], Bayek's friend. Bayek tracked down Flavius in [[Cyrenaica]] while Aya followed Septimius in Alexandria. Confronting Flavius in the [[Temple of Mars]], even if the Ancient wielded the activated Apple of Eden, Bayek killed him, avenging Khemu's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[The Final Weighing]]</ref> 

When Bayek returned to Alexandria, Aya had recruited [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] the Younger and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]] to their cause. She planned to head to Rome with Brutus and Cassius to assassinate Caesar and Septimius. Bayek and Aya parted ways but formed the foundation of the Hidden Ones when they both swore to protect the world from the shadows. Upon their separation, Bayek drops his eagle's skull charm, a necklace of Khemu's, into the sand which leaves an impression, becoming the icon of their new Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref> Bayek built the Egyptian Brotherhood by making [[Assassin bureau|bureau's]] in both Memphis and the [[Sinai]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''– [[Birth of the Creed]]</ref> 

==== Expanding to Sinai ====
By 38 BCE, the Egyptian Brotherhood had a bureau in Sinai and had allied with the rebel leader [[Gamilat]], Bayek traveled to the bureau. The three lieutenants of general [[Rufio]] were assassinated by Bayek. 

The bureau in Sinai was attacked by the Romans. Bayek, [[Tahira]], and [[Kashta]] were captured and Bayek was crucified. Bayek was saved by Amunet, who then told Bayek that the Sinai branch of The Hidden Ones has been too loud, to the point where she had heard tales of them even in Rome, and that there may be a traitor among them.

The two rescued Kashta and Tahira, though she later succumbed to her injuries and died in Bayek's arms. Amunet told  The two discover Rufio's men burning down a village and stop them before assassinating Rufio.

Amunet then informed Bayek that Gamilat had allowed innocent villagers to die to inspire more people to join his rebellion. Bayek confronted Gamilat on this, who stated that their fight on the same side Bayek replies, "No. Here, we simply fight." The two started to fight, Bayek killing Gamilat who understood he was going too far. Bayek rebuilt the bureau in Sinai, he then makes the tenets that no Hidden Ones should harm an innocent.

====Assassination of Cleopatra====
On 12 August 30 BCE, seventeen years after the formation of the Hidden Ones, and thirteen years after Aya, who by then had adopted the name Amunet, decided to spare Cleopatra's life after killing Caesar,<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> the Assassin killed the Egyptian Queen in Alexandria, by using a poisonous asp.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Middle Ages===
====Aiding the Mamluks====
[[File:EgyptAssassin.png|thumb|250px|The Egyptian Assassin killing a Templar knight]]
In the early 13th century, the Egyptian Assassins acquired the [[Scepter of Aset]] from a merchant, who had purchased it from [[Italy|Italian]] fishermen that had discovered it after it was lost in a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] shipwreck during Antiquity. In 1250, after the [[Mamluks]] rose up against the reigning [[Ayyubid dynasty]], the Brotherhood, who had formed an alliance with the Mamluks, tasked an unidentified [[Egyptian Assassin (1250)|Egyptian Assassin]] with delivering the Scepter to them. However, while on his way to deliver the artifact in [[Cairo]], the Assassin was attacked by Templar knights.<ref name ="AC4H">''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''</ref>

Despite being injured, the Assassin managed to kill the Templar knights and successfully delivered the Scepter of Aset to the Mamluks, allowing them to succeed in their [[Slavery|slave]] revolt against the rule of their Ayyubid overlords and effectively laying the foundation for the [[Bahri dynasty]].<ref name ="AC4H"/>

In 1257, [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]], son of the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], moved to [[Alexandria]] after the Levantine Assassins were disbanded.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> Darim joined the widow of his [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad|deceased brother]] and her children,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> which led to their bloodline integrating into the Egyptian Assassins.<ref name="ACR"/> Darim also notably gave an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]] to the first Sultan of the Bahri dynasty, further strengthening his power.<ref name ="AC4H"/>

====Search for the Scepter of Aset====
[[File:AC5EC-Numa Templars.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Numa fighting Templars in Karnak]]
In 1340, after the Scepter of Aset had remained in the possession of the [[Bahri dynasty|Mamluks Sultans]] for nearly a century, the [[Egyptian Rite of the Templar Order|Egyptian Templars]] stole it from the Sultan [[Al-Nasir Muhammad]] and the Assassins entrusted [[Numa Al'Khamsin]], better known as "El Cakr", and his apprentice [[Ali Al-Ghraib]] with the task to find the artifact. One year later, Numa and Ali managed to track down the Templars to their hideout in [[Karnak]].<ref name="AC5EC">''[[Assassin's Creed 5: El Cakr]]''</ref>

Arriving at night near the Temple of Amun, the two walked across a village, when Ali noticed a man wearing a dagger with the Templar cross on it. After telling this to his master, Ali started a fire as a distraction, so that Numa was able to look for the Scepter of Aset unnoticed.<ref name="AC5EC"/>

However, the distraction was not effective and Numa became surrounded by Templars. While the Assassin engaged in battle with his enemies, Ali stole the Scepter from the Templars. Numa and his apprentice then fled from Karnak, taking the artifact with them.<ref name="AC5EC"/>

====Losing the artifact====
Two days later, El Cakr arrived at the Sultan’s palace in Cairo. Although the Sultan’s Emirs expected Numa to hand over the artifact, the Assassin did not trust the Emirs and told them the artifact would remain in Assassin hands until a dignified successor to the throne would be presented. Interpreting Numa’s words as an insult, the Emirs locked him up in a prison cell.<ref name="AC5EC"/>

While in the cell, Numa met a woman named [[Leila]], a Templar agent and former servant of [[Al-Nasir Muhammad]], whom she had seduced and killed. After convincing Numa that she was not a true believer of the Templar cause and had merely used them in order to kill the sultan, the two escaped and headed for a safe house that Leila had arranged in the city in order to lay low after the murder of the Sultan. There, she seduced Numa into a sexual encounter.<ref name="AC6L">''[[Assassin's Creed 6: Leila]]''</ref>

While Numa was in prison, Ali was captured by the Templars at the Temple of [[Edfu]] and was tortured by them, which resulted in them breaking his wrist. Eventually he cracked, agreeing to help them eliminate his master in exchange for his life.<ref name="AC6L"/>

After Numa arrived at Edfu Temple and noticed Ali's bandaged wrist, the Templars surrounded him and Ali. One of them came forward and explained that the Scepter was no longer the only priority of the Order, revealing that Numa was such a nuisance that his death was now a new priority. Lowering her hood, the Templar revealed herself to be Leila and she told El Cakr that she felt no hate towards him but had to follow orders before she began dueling with him. Perfectly trained, Leila revealed that everything she had told Numa about her commitment to the Templars was a lie before putting a dagger into his heart, instantly killing Numa before the eyes of his distraught apprentice. However, keeping her promise to spare Ali, Leila let the shaken Assassin apprentice go.<ref name="AC6L"/>

However, Ali, even though he had betrayed his master, was still loyal to the Brotherhood and threw the Scepter in a well near Edfu with the intent to contact the Brotherhood and come back later, but died a few weeks later of food poisoning, from eating tainted meat. Leila, who had discovered Ali's ruse, managed to briefly find the artifact in the well, only to suffer a head injury while climbing up with it, becoming amnesiac and, after being rescued and tended by passing Bedouins, died nine months later from internal bleeding while giving birth to the child she had conceived with El Cakr during their night in the safe house. As a result, the scepter remained hidden to all.<ref name="AC6L"/>

===Renaissance===
By 1511, the Egyptian Assassins were under the leadership of their Mentor [[Iskender]], a descendant of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. He was captured to be executed that year, but was saved by [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]] sent from [[Constantinople]] by the Mentor of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].<ref name="ACR" />

===Ottoman Egypt===
By 1794, the Egyptian Assassins were led by an individual who was known as [[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]], who was based in Cairo. [[Arno Dorian]] sent one of his fellow [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Assassins]] to the city with the Apple of Eden he had taken from the [[Head of Saint Denis]] to keep it safe.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] - [[Dead Kings]]''</ref>

==Members==
'''Ptolemaic Egypt / Roman Republic'''
{{Main|Hidden Ones}}
*[[Bayek]] {{c|Founder}}
*[[Amunet]] {{c|Founder}}
*[[Caesarion]]
*[[Kashta]]
*[[Kawab]]
*[[Kensa]]
*[[Lugos]]
*[[Maqwat]]
*[[Osorkon]]
*[[Paanchi]]
*[[Pasherenptah]]
*[[Phanos the Younger]]
*[[Phoxidas]]
*[[Shaqilat]]
*[[Tahira]]
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*38 other senators involved in Caesar's assassination

'''Mamluk Sultanate'''
*[[Ali Al-Ghraib]]
*[[Assassin Elder (1340)|Assassin Elder]]
*[[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]] {{C|[[Levantine Assassins]]}}
*[[Egyptian Assassin (1250)|Unidentified Assassin]]
*[[Iskender]]
*[[Numa Al'Khamsin]]

'''Ottoman Empire'''
*[[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]]

===Allies===
'''Ptolemaic Egypt'''
*[[Apollodorus the Sicilian]]
*[[Cleopatra]] {{c|betrayed}}
*[[Gamilat]] {{c|betrayed}}

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