Editing Theodore

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'''Theodore''' (died 867) was the childhood tutor to [[Byzantine Empire|Emperor]] [[Leo VI the Wise]] in [[Constantinople]] in the 9th century.

==Biography==
In 867, Theodore worked as the tutor to a young Leo,<ref name="Chapter 7">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]'' – Chapter 7</ref> but was in correspondence with the [[Order of the Ancients]] to kill Leo. Meeting with [[Ursina]], a fortune teller and ally to the Order, he aided in a plan to attack the guards at the children's wing and even offered to poison some of the guards.<ref name="Chapter 22">''Assassin's Creed: The Golden City'' – Chapter 22</ref> While working, he soon began a relationship with Leo's nurse [[Anna (nurse)|Anna]] and offered a new life away with her from the palace.<ref name = "Chapter 14">Assassin's Creed: The Golden City'' – Chapter 14</ref>

However, the attack plan changed after Anna offered to bribe the Order's leader [[Isaac]] with a jeweled comb for Leo's life.<ref name="Chapter 14"/> Days after the first attempt on Leo's life,<ref name="Chapter 8">''Assassin's Creed: The Golden City'' – Chapter 8</ref>at the night, the children's wing was under sieged by the Order with Theodore poisoning the guards and Anna and Leo being the targets. However, the [[Varangian|Varangian guard]] and [[Eagle Clan]] leader [[Thyra]] and her allies, [[Hidden Ones]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] and his [[acolyte]] [[Hytham]] held their ground and defeated most of the Order's attackers.<ref name="Chapter 16">''Assassin's Creed: The Golden City'' – Chapter 16</ref>

===Death===
Theodore's part was soon uncovered by Hytham's investigation due to his note to the Order,<ref name = "Chapter 17">''Assassin's Creed: The Golden City'' – Chapter 17</ref> and as a result, his cooperation with the attemtp was brought before both Emperor [[Basil I]] and Empress [[Eudocia Ingerina]]. Immediately, Theodore was sentenced to death, as to cut loose ends in the alliance between the Order and Emperor Basil.<ref name = "Chapter 22"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''

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