Editing Assassin apprentice

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{{Quote|Let me repay your kindness with action, Assassin. If you will have me, I will join your cause.|An Apprentice to Ezio, circa 1511.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Faction Infobox
|image = Apprentices-render.png
|founder = [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]
|leader = [[Mentor]]
|headquarters = Masyaf fortress<br>[[Masyaf]], [[Syria]]<br><br>[[Tiber Island headquarters]]<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]<br><br>[[Galata headquarters]]<br>[[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|formed = Pre-history
|notable = *[[Francesco Vecellio]]
*[[Cipriano Enu]]
*[[Tessa Varzi]]
*[[Giovanni Borgia]]
*[[Dogan]]
*[[Clipper Wilkinson]]
*[[Deborah Carter]]
*[[Jacob Zenger]]
*[[Stephane Chapheau]]
*[[Jamie Colley]]
*[[Duncan Little]]}}
The '''Apprentices''' were members of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], training to become fully fledged Assassins. During the [[Renaissance]], they were also known as the '''Assassin recruits''' – [[Civilians|citizens]] who joined the Brotherhood at the behest of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in [[Rome]] and [[Constantinople]], both to strengthen the Order's presence in the region and simultaneously combat the [[Templars|Templar]] threat. [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] also recruited several citizens in [[Boston]] and [[New York City|New York]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].

==History==
===High Middle Ages===
{{Quote|Someday I will have a child – such is the way of our Order.|Altaïr's reflections on his family in the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]].|Assassin's Creed II}}
An Apprentice was usually born into the Order, with either one or both of their parents being an Assassin, as was the case with [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Abbas Sofian]]. Apprentices would begin their training from a young age, progressing through several tiers before being promoted to the rank of ''Assassin''.<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

[[File:Mentor's keeper 5.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr and several Apprentices fighting the Templars]]
During the Crusades, the Levantine Apprentices primarily trained in the [[Masyaf]] fortress, which was also the Assassins' headquarters in the region, that was often attacked by both [[Crusaders]] and [[Saracens]] alike. Under the leadership of Altaïr, the Assassin Order was rebuilt with newly created techniques and rules and restrictions undone.<ref name="AC1"/>

Using knowledge gained from an [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]], the Levantine Assassins were eventually spread to different locations around the globe – an effort to make the Assassin Order a more global organization – with the techniques developed by their Levantine brethren becoming widely incorporated to many other Assassin branches in the process.<ref name="AC1"/>

===Rome===
{{Dialogue|Ezio|To win this war, Machiavelli, we need loyal soldiers. By recruiting enemies of the state, we arm those who have been disarmed by the Borgia.|Niccolò|Go then. Recruit our first novices.|Ezio and Niccolò, regarding Ezio's plan to recruit allies.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
Having witnessed the overwhelming odds that the Assassins faced in Rome, as well as the citizens' oppression by those serving the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], Ezio convinced [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] that they would require loyal soldiers with the strength and courage to face the forces of [[Cesare Borgia]]. Niccolò reluctantly agreed, and Ezio's recruiting efforts began.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

The first novices were recruited during 1501, shortly after the rescue of [[Caterina Sforza]] from the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]]. Ezio traveled throughout the city, assisting the citizens wherever and whenever he could, finding many of them either being terrorized or making a stand against the city guards.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

Upon saving them from their troubles, he would offer each citizen the chance to join the Brotherhood, and, should they accept, he would send them to Niccolò to officially be made into an Assassin recruit. The Apprentices subsequently devoted themselves to learning the ways of the Assassin Order, driven by the desire for revenge against the Borgia for oppressing the city and its people.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

[[File:People 5.png|thumb|250px|Ezio recruiting a citizen in Rome]]
The Brotherhood steadily grew over time, operating with multiple recruits – both male and female – who were instructed in combat, [[freerunning]], [[pickpocketing]], [[blending]], and other skills necessary for them to become fully fledged Assassins.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

Operating from the [[Tiber Island headquarters]], the Apprentices were often sent on [[Contracts (Project Legacy)|contract missions]] across Europe and Asia in order to improve their skills, gain first-hand combat experience, and aid the Assassin cause. When not on assignments, the Apprentices would support Ezio directly, coming to his aid whenever called upon.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

One such occurrence happened after Ezio's visit to the [[La Volpe Addormentata|Thieves' Guild headquarters]]. He and [[La Volpe]] learned that the Borgia knew about Volpe's spies, an occurrence of which Volpe used to affirm his previous suspicions of Niccolò's treachery, given several questionable acts that Niccolò seemed to be involved with.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

As Volpe refused to lend Ezio the help of his thieves to save [[Pietro Rossi]] from being killed by [[Micheletto Corella]], Cesare's personal assassin, this forced Ezio to enlist the aid of his recruits instead.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

[[File:Intervention 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio and his recruits during the Passion play]]
Discovering that Micheletto's plan was to infiltrate the play which was to be held at the [[Colosseum]], Ezio followed him, and had his Apprentices eliminate Micheletto's men so they could take the guards' places. Disguised, the recruits and Ezio successfully infiltrated the Colosseum and foiled Micheletto's plan, with the Assassins protecting their leader from the Borgia guards as Ezio carried Pietro to safety.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

The Apprentices were also involved in the assassination of the Templar agents around the city, an event during which several key Borgia supporters were eliminated. [[Malfatto]], who was responsible for the murders of several courtesans in the [[Centro District]], and [[Silvestro Sabbatini]], a slave trader involved in kidnapping people interfering in Borgia affairs, were both killed by Ezio's recruits on his command.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

A team of Apprentices led by [[Francesco Vecellio]] also eliminated [[Rocco Tiepolo]], [[Cahin]], [[Caha]] and [[Baltasar de Silva]] while working with [[Fiora Cavazza]], a courtesan and traitor to the Borgia.<ref name="Project Legacy"/>

===Constantinople===
{{Quote|The people here are quite sick of these Templar attacks. Can you turn on your charms and find us a few more recruits?|Yusuf, asking for Ezio's help in recruiting new Assassins.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:The beggars 3.png|thumb|250px|Ezio recruiting a citizen in Constantinople]]
In Constantinople, Ezio was able to recruit Apprentices for the [[Turkish Assassins|Turkish Assassins' Guild]] in a similar manner as he had done in Rome a few years previously. Some recruits were citizens that Ezio helped out by completing certain tasks, while others were saved from harassment inflicted upon them by the Byzantines.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Once recruited, Ezio could send these individuals out on [[Mediterranean Defense|contract missions]] in the Mediterranean, where they eroded Templar influence in key cities and eventually retook them for the Assassins. Ezio could also assign up to five recruits to be stationed at a reclaimed city, which helped the Assassins maintain control of it and protect the area from the Templar forces.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Some citizens required that Ezio demonstrate his abilities in a race or pickpocketing challenge, while another sought Ezio's help in protecting his family from the Byzantines. Other tasks involved things such as winning a fist fight, or helping a woman eliminate the Templars that destroyed her shop.<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

===American Revolution===
During the American Revolutionary War, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton was able to recruit various citizens to his cause. These citizens were each pressured in some way by the [[British Army|British military]].<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

His first apprentice, [[Stephane Chapheau]], was of [[France|French]] origin, and was recruited in the middle [[Boston]] area when Connor helped him fight off violent British tax collectors that attacked his home. Later, Chapheau rallied other citizens before killing a man working for [[William Johnson]] with a large butcher knife, stating that "he [didn't] have the right to rob the people blind."<ref name="AC3"/>

[[File:Gangs of Boston 4.png|thumb|left|250px|Connor recruiting Duncan Little]]
[[Duncan Little]] was an Irishman recruited by Connor in the Northern Boston Area. He left Ireland feeling he was unwanted for being more accepting of people's faiths. He worked with Connor to stop tax men from extorting shopkeepers. [[Clipper Wilkinson]] was found in the Southern Boston district. He was trying to find and stop those responsible for drafting people into the British army by force.<ref name="AC3"/>

[[Jacob Zenger]] was found in the east district of [[New York City|New York]]. He and his companions were trying to end the Martial law put in place by luring the Templar responsible out of hiding. Once the Templar was dead, Jacob joined the Assassins. [[Jamie Colley]] was recruited by Connor in the west district of New York. He was trying to prevent a spread of disease across the city, particularly in the areas affected by the Great Fire of 1776. [[Deborah Carter]] was recruited in the north district of New York, where she was trying to help the people against the famine. She joined the Brotherhood after the Templar responsible for hoarding food to charge exorbitant prices was killed.<ref name="AC3"/>

Each time an Assassin was recruited to the team, they would teach the group a new ability to aid Connor. Stephane Chapeau allowed assassinations and riots, Duncan Little provided bodyguarding, Clipper Wilkinson taught sniping, Jacob Zenger allowed covert escorts, Jamie Colley used ambushes, and Deborah Carter provided luring. Connor would send them to fulfill [[Contracts (Colonial Assassins)|contracts]] across the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] and [[Quebec]], or to protect his [[Economic system|trade convoys]].<ref name="AC3"/>

===Victorian London===
[[File:ACS JR 1870 India.jpg|thumb|200px|Jacob in India with one of his initiates, "Jack the Lad"]]
With the death of the [[Grand Master]] of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite of the Templar Order]] [[Crawford Starrick]] in 1868, the [[British Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Jacob Frye]] rebuilt the declining Brotherhood by recruiting new initiates from child labor, orphans and prostitutes. Together with the initiates and his twin sister [[Evie Frye|Evie]], Jacob traveled to [[India]] in order to learn the fear tactics of the [[Indian Assassins|Indian Brotherhood]].<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

By the time of their return to [[London]], the initiate and former asylum occupant [[Jack the Ripper|Jack]] had developed an extremist view of [[the Creed]] and usurped control of Jacob's gang the [[Rooks]], making [[Whitechapel]] the center of his operations. In an attempt to destroy Jack's plans, Jacob sent the other initiates to assume the identity of prostitutes [[Mary Ann Nichols]], [[Annie Chapman]], [[Elizabeth Stride]], and [[Catherine Eddowes]]. However, they were brutally murdered by Jack, earning him the pseudonym "Jack the Ripper" and marking the beginning of London's infamous [[Whitechapel murders]].<ref name="ACS" />

Jack then kidnapped [[Arthur Weaversbrook]]'s son to pressure the journalist into publishing his letters to the public. After Jacob ordered Weaversbrook to cease his operations, Jack chased and kidnapped his former mentor, locking him beneath [[Lambeth Asylum]].<ref name="ACS" />

However, before Jacob's disappearance, Jacob had sent a letter to Evie regarding her return to London. Sure enough, his twin sister disrupted Jack's plans and assassinated his accomplice [[Olwyn Owers]]. Lured from the shadows, Jack massacred the occupants of Owers Manor and framed Evie for the crime.<ref name="ACS" />

After more of his plans were thwarted by the [[Master Assassin]], Jack returned to Lambeth Asylum and killed his former abusive nurse, a doctor and the asylum's director, and destroyed all of his records. He lured Evie to the asylum in order to stage a reunion between her and Jacob. Unfortunately for him, Evie defeated the inmates he had released and ended his life.<ref name="ACS" />

==Mobilization==
[[File:EzioCalls.jpg|thumb|250px|The Apprentices performing an Arrow Storm]]
During his own missions, Ezio was able to have up to six Apprentices support him. They would commonly operate alone or in pairs, and were often called upon to perform Arrow Storms (wherein they would fire a volley of arrows upon any target from above), to engage in direct combat with an enemy, or to perform assassinations. Each time, Ezio would signal the Apprentices to strike by raising his arm and clenching his fist.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

When operating without their [[Mentor]], the Apprentices would move in teams, led by a single Assassin appointed by Ezio. Together, they would complete missions across [[Italy]], as well as the rest of Europe and beyond. One such team was led by Francesco Vecellio and notably featured [[Cipriano Enu]], who specialized in archery, along with the stealthy [[Tessa Varzi]], who was skilled with poisons.<ref name="Project Legacy"/>

This team participated in the Defense of [[Camerino]], the rescue of several prisoners that Cesare Borgia was to execute merely for his entertainment, and the protection of the astronomers [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara|Novara]] and [[Nicolaus Copernicus]].<ref name="Project Legacy"/>

Although the Apprentices would not always survive these missions, should they succeed, they would return with greater skill and experience, as well as money and items that they had obtained during their travels.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Project Legacy"/>

[[File:Ahged.PNG|thumb|250px|left|Ezio commanding the Ottoman Apprentices]]
Likewise, while in Constantinople, Ezio could send his recruits out to cities in the Mediterranean to complete contracts. At first, the cities were controlled by Templars; only by sending Assassins into the city could the Brotherhood erode the Templar influence and eventually reclaim it for the Assassins.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Once reclaimed, Ezio could channel some of his income into these cities to improve their infrastructure, which in turn provided him with additional money and supplies. Assassins stationed at reclaimed cities would also receive extra training.<ref name="Revelations"/>

[[File:DenDefense1.jpg|thumb|250px|Ezio coordinating a Den Defense]]
Due to the absence of Sultan [[Bayezid II]], the Byzantine Templars' influence in Constantinople grew to a point in which the Byzantines were able to take over several [[Assassin Dens]] located in the city. Following this, they used them as staging grounds, locked down the surrounding area, and prevented Ezio from restoring the city. Eventually however, the Assassin was able to reclaim several of the Dens.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Such activities did not go unnoticed however, and for every reclaimed Den, there was a possibility of the Templars attacking one that was already under the Assassin control. If such an event occurred, Ezio once again relied on his recruits, coordinating the [[Den Defense|defense]] of a contested Den from an adjacent rooftop – though he supported the recruits with his [[Hidden Gun]] when he saw the need to – but nonetheless concentrated on tactics and the placement of the Assassin units.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Connor's band of apprentices had numerous skills he would call them for. They could join him as a group of bodyguards or feign his arrest by disguising as soldiers, allowing him to enter [[forts]]. They could also distract guards by stealing from them, or inciting riots. They also could set up ambushes and snipe targets from afar before entering the fray. His apprentices were also trained to use the ''[[Aquila]]'' for certain contract missions.<ref name="AC3"/>

==Equipment and skills==
[[File:Mentor's return 7.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr, greeted by Levantine Apprentices after his return from exile]]
The Apprentices during the [[Third Crusade]] primarily wore generic white robes. Under [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan|Al Mualim's]] rule, each rank of Assassins had a unique set of robes, with Al Mualim himself dressing fully in black.<ref name="AC1"/>

However, after Altaïr consolidated power in the Brotherhood, the rank-based clothing was discarded, with all Assassins wearing the same set of standard robes, while Altaïr himself continued to wear his Master Assassin robes for the majority of his life.<ref name="AC1"/>

The Levantine Assassins were the first Assassin branch to use most of the techniques later adopted by other Assassin branches, including air assassinations, ledge assassinations, and assassinations from hiding spots; all of which were idealized by Altaïr and [[Malik Al-Sayf]].<ref name="AC1"/>

Nonetheless, the Levantine Assassins wielded no special equipment, only primarily being equipped with a [[Hidden Blade]], a [[Swords and maces|sword]], a [[Short blades|short blade]], and [[throwing knives]], with the amount of weaponry depending on the rank of the Assassin. On very rare occasions, an Assassin was allowed to use two Hidden Blades; however, only a limited amount of Assassins were given this privilege, as the materials required to create a Hidden Blade were scarce at the time.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

[[File:Sentinel P1 2.png|thumb|250px|An Ottoman Apprentice performing a double assassination]]
The Apprentices during the 16th century were trained in a wide variety of skills and weaponry, including all the weapon types used by the previous Assassin generations, as well as [[heavy weapons]], [[long weapons]], [[crossbow]]s, [[Poison darts|poisons]], [[Firearms|guns]], and [[Bombs|explosives]]. They were also capable of fighting on [[Horses|horseback]], and unlike Ezio, Apprentices could use their pistol in conjunction with a heavy weapon.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Project Legacy"/><ref name="Revelations"/>

The Apprentices' armor and weaponry could be customized however they chose, allowing them to decide whether they would specialize in attack, defense, or both. Typically, an Apprentice began with basic leather armor, eventually adding several more pieces of equipment.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Revelations"/>

As they advanced through the ranks, the armor became reinforced with metal parts, to the point that a recruit would resort to using a set of plate armor, before attaining the rank of ''Assassin''. At that moment, the Apprentices were granted the Assassin armor, which combined the lightness of the leather set and durability of the plate armor.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Revelations"/>

[[File:Apprentices.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Ezio calling upon his Apprentices]]
Apprentices were also given trainee robes to wear to show their affiliation to the Order. Although these were all identical, standard white robes, they were permitted to dye them a variety of colors.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Revelations"/>

Once [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|inducted into the Order]] as full Assassins, they were given white Assassin robes, similar to those of Ezio's own.<ref name="Brotherhood"/> The [[Ottoman Assassins]] were rewarded by a set of robes reminiscent of those of their leader, [[Yusuf Tazim]], and a [[Yusuf's Turkish Kijil|kijil]], upon completing their training and achieving the rank of ''Master Assassin''.<ref name="Revelations"/>

During a Den defense, recruits were equipped with several types of weaponry, such as crossbows, rifles and bombs, and also utilized stationary weapons such as [[Greek Fire]], [[Machine Gun|machine guns]], and cannons that were mounted on barricades, which were used to slow the Templars' advance on the fortification. Some also preferred to go directly into melee combat with the enemy, while others relied on air assassination.<ref name="Revelations"/>

In Colonial America during the American Revolution, the Assassin Order was nearly wiped out. When Connor began to rebuild the Order, he recruited several locals who were had grown weary of Templar oppression. Due to the fact that the Order no longer had an organized structure, the Apprentices chose their own attire, with only one of them known to wear a hood. Their equipment was not standardized either, wielding weapons ranging from butcher knife to a Hessian Axe.<ref name="AC3"/>

==Promotion==
{{Main|Initiation into the Assassin Order}}
{{Quote|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine. The wisdom of our Creed is revealed through these words. We work in the dark to serve the light. We are Assassins. Nothing is true, everything is permitted.|Ezio, during the initiation of an Apprentice.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
During the Third Crusade, at the rank of Servant, the Apprentice would receive their Hidden Blade and have their left ring finger amputated as a way of ensuring their commitment to the Order. It also allowed for the blade to function properly.<ref name="Brotherhood"/><ref name="Revelations"/>

The practice of amputation was eventually amended by Altaïr once he attained the position of [[Mentor]], as he saw it as a method which the Templars could exploit to identify the Assassins. The Hidden Blade mechanism was also modified to function properly without the need to remove the ring finger.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

[[File:Initiation Rome 1.png|thumb|250px|left|The initiation of an Apprentice]]
During the 16th century in Rome, upon completion of their training, an Apprentice was formally inducted into the Assassin Order as a fully fledged Assassin. A ceremony would be held within the Tiber Island headquarters, where, as per tradition, the Apprentice's left ring finger would be branded, and they would perform a [[Leap of Faith]] from the top of the building into the [[Tiber]] river.<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

In Constantinople, the recruits progressed in a similar manner, moving through several tiers of training and completing guild contracts. When a strong enough force of Assassins were sent to a city, they could free it from the Templars' control, allowing for greater support of Ezio's efforts in Constantinople.<ref name="Revelations"/>

[[File:The deacon P1 1.png|thumb|250px|Ezio speaking with one of the Den Masters]]
The Constantinople guild did not hold initiation ceremonies like its Roman counterpart. Instead, once an Apprentice reached the rank of Assassin, they could be assigned as a Den Master to one of the seven Assassin Dens in Constantinople, in which they would continue their training as a Master Assassin.<ref name="Revelations"/>

Usually during this training period, an Apprentice discovered information concerning a Templar agent operating in the area. The assassination of the agent would mark the completion of their training and promotion to the rank of ''Master Assassin'', and their training and experience allowed them to subsequently defend their Dens from any further attack attempts by the Templars.<ref name="Revelations"/>

==Trivia==
;''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''
*Each Apprentice's appearance and name was randomized. However, their gender was dependent on the location of the map from which they were recruited.
*When sending Apprentices on a mission, even when the odds of success were 100%, it could sometimes fail regardless, and the Assassins used for that contract could be lost.
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' included several memories that corresponded to the guild contracts in ''Brotherhood''.
*An Apprentice, Vitellozzo Vitelli, shared the name with {{Wiki|Vitellozzo Vitelli|an Italian condottiero}}, who was also a friend of [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]].
*When managing contracts in the Tiber Island hideout or via [[pigeon coops]], the map of Europe featured modern political boundaries.
*Though a recruit received white robes when they reached the rank of ''Assassino'', any changes made to their outfit color before attaining the maximum rank would still be visible on the underside of their capes.
*If both an Assassin and Ezio attempted to assassinate the same target, they would both appear to leap on him in high profile, but Ezio would then promptly teleport onto the next closest guard, killing him as well.
*It was possible to kill Apprentices with the [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] if they were caught within the affected area.
*Apprentices could sometimes be heard saying "''Requiescat in pace,''" among other such phrases to dead enemies whenever a skirmish was won.
*Apprentices received no damage from falling, and if a guard or Ezio pushed an Apprentice into water, they would not die, but simply return to the Tiber Island hideout.
*Even if all recruited Apprentices were female, the recruits in the memory "[[Exit Stage Right]]" would always appear as male.
*The Apprentices would never travel alongside Ezio. Once all the targets in the area were dead, they would run out of sight and vanish.
*Even if all other Apprentices had achieved the rank of ''Assassino'', during the initiation ceremony, all of them would appear to wear their recruit attire.
*If an apprentice is going to be killed by enemy guards, they would ask Ezio for help but once they reached the rank of ''Assassino, ''they are willing to die for the Assassins as they would say 'If I am to fall then so be it!' or 'Death comes for me. But I am not afraid'.
*When an Apprentice died, Ezio could approach them, and there would be a "close eyes" option. Following this, Ezio would then kneel down and close the eyes of the Apprentice, as a sign of their last rites.
*Even after Ezio liberated Rome from the Borgia, when recruiting a citizen, he still says 'the liberation of Roma has begun'.
*Although there was no Hidden Gun visible on their wrists, the Apprentices had the ability to use them in combat.
*Upon coming to the aid of a potential female recruit and successfully defeating her attackers, they appear to be shorter in overall height and stature than Ezio by almost 4 inches (10 cm); the same height as all of the female citizens found throughout the city.  However, once they don the Recruit robes or the Assassin robes, they appear to have grown to the same height as Ezio.

;''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''
*The appearance of the Apprentices could be customized further by allowing them to wear hoods and masks. The mask could not be worn without the hood, however. The hair color of females would also change if their uniform color was changed too.
*If a recruit was raised to the rank of Master Assassin, they would not die in battle. Instead, they would be "injured" and were unavailable for combat or missions for 20 minutes.
*Seven out of thirteen available Apprentices could attain the rank of Master Assassin, since it was dependent on the number of Assassin Dens in Constantinople. Elevating an Apprentice to the rank of Master Assassin involved completing a two-part mission for each Apprentice, in which they eventually eliminated a Templar agent.
*Unlike in Rome, only one Apprentice's assassination of a Templar agent, [[Vali cel Tradat]], was essential to complete the most essential path through Ezio's genetic memories.
*The initiation ceremony was no longer present, even when an Apprentice attained the Master Assassin rank.
*Once an Apprentice had been called and had dispatched nearby guards, they would always run towards the nearest Assassin Den.
*There were four specialties that Apprentices could classify under, which were linked to their weapons of choice, being the crossbow, sword, heavy weapon or Hidden Blade. In Mediterranean Defense, some contracts required a specialist in order to be executed; for instance, the contract "Training the Mercenaries" often required an Apprentice who had specialized in heavy weapons.
*The Apprentices recruited by Ezio in Constantinople had names belonging to various ethnicities. Most of his recruits were ''Osmanlı'' [[Turkey|Turks]] or [[Greece|Greeks]], but Ezio could also meet Italian, [[Hungary|Hungarian]], [[Romania]]n, Serb, [[Bulgaria]]n, [[Albania]]n and Armenian potential recruits. This reflected the multiculturalism of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and its capital city. No Arab recruits could be found however, given that the Levant was still under Mameluke rule in 1511. The recruits' ethnicity could only be guessed through their names; their clothes were those of random citizens and women from predominantly Christians nations could be seen wearing the ''niqab'' (full Islamic veil) and vice versa.

;''Assassin's Creed III''
*Connor's apprentices could only be called upon in [[Boston]] and [[New York City|New York]].
*Connor was able to have [[interactive conversations]] with his apprentices in taverns in both cities as well as the [[Frontier]].
*If an apprentice was injured during or after battle, Connor could check to see if his fellow comrade was alive and well, during which the apprentice would make a small joke of their current condition.
*Despite the fact that the Apprentices possessed no visible Hidden Blade, they will sometimes perform a stealth assassination with a Hidden Blade kill animation.
*Sword-wielding apprentices can be seen to use some of Haytham's killing animations.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
img011.jpg|Male Roman Apprentice artwork
Assassin Apprentice 2.jpg|Female Roman Apprentice artwork
Initiation Rome 4.png|An Apprentice's initiation ceremony
Initiation Rome 2.png|An Apprentice receiving the Assassin brand on their ring finger
Initiation Rome 3.png|An Apprentice about to perform a Leap of Faith
ACR Hookblade.png|Ezio and Yusuf with a couple of Ottoman Assassins in the background
ACR Apprentices Galata.png|A pair of Ottoman Apprentices in Galata headquarters
Exchange 7.png|Ezio and three Ottoman Apprentices
AC III Recruits.jpg|Connor's Apprentices
</gallery>

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