Editing Assassination

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'''Assassination targets''' were individuals that the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] – and in select instances, the [[Templars|Templar Order]] – deemed necessary of elimination.

==Middle Ages==
Around the time of the [[Third Crusade]], the Assassin [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] assassinated certain figures during his quest to find [[Adha|The Chalice]]:
*[[Tamir (1190)|Tamir]]
*[[Alaat]]
*[[Roland Napule]]
*[[Master of the Tower's student|The Master's Student]]
*[[Master of the Tower]]
*[[Harash]]
*[[Basilisk|Lord Basilisk]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>

Altaïr later assassinated nine tyrannical public figures in [[Hunt for the Nine|an effort]] to restore [[Master Assassin|his lost rank]] and regain honor within the Assassin Order:
*[[Tamir]]
*[[Garnier de Naplouse]]
*[[Talal]]
*[[Abu'l Nuqoud]]
*[[William of Montferrat]]
*[[Majd Addin]]
*[[Sibrand]]
*[[Jubair al Hakim]]
*[[Maria Thorpe]] (spared)
*[[Robert de Sable]]<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

Altaïr also had other targets:
*[[Haras]]<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
*[[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]]<ref name="AC"/>
*[[Fredrick|Frederick the Red]]
*[[Moloch]]
*[[Dark Oracle]]
*[[Shalim]]
*[[Shahar]]
*[[Pirate Captain]]
*[[Armand Bouchart]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>
*[[Swami]]
*[[Abbas Sofian]]<ref name="Revelations"/>

These targets, apart from Haras, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Swami, and Abbas Sofian, were necessary to aid the Cypriot Resistance in the liberation of [[Cyprus]].

==Renaissance==
During the [[Renaissance]], the Assassin [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] assassinated several noblemen in order to avenge the deaths of his family members, free the [[Spanish Assassins]], complete his father's life's work, save the [[Italy|Italian]] cities of [[Florence]], [[Venice]] and [[Rome]] from corruption, and to fulfill his destiny as an Assassin.
*[[Uberto Alberti]]
*[[Vieri de' Pazzi]]
*[[Francesco de' Pazzi]]
*[[Antonio Maffei]]
*[[Francesco Salviati]]
*[[Bernardo Baroncelli]]
*[[Stefano da Bagnone]]
*[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]]
*[[Emilio Barbarigo]]
*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]
*[[Silvio Barbarigo]]
*[[Dante Moro]]<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
*[[Checco Orsi]]
*[[Ludovico Orsi]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)]]''</ref>
*[[Gaspar Martínez]]
*[[Pedro Llorente]]
*[[Juan de Marillo]]
*[[Tomás de Torquemada]] (escaped)<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>
*[[Girolamo Savonarola]]
**[[Painter|The Painter]]
**[[Doctor (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Doctor]]
**[[Preacher|The Preacher]]
**[[Farmer|The Farmer]]
**[[Condottiero|The Condottiero]]
**[[Merchant (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Merchant]]
**[[Nobleman|The Nobleman]]
**[[Priest (Savonarola's lieutenant)|The Priest]]
**[[Captain Guard|The Captain Guard]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)]]''</ref>
*[[Rodrigo Borgia]] (spared)<ref name="AC2"/>
*[[Master of the Sacred Palace]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[Copernicus Conspiracy]]''</ref>
*[[Luigi Torcelli]]
*[[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
*[[Octavian de Valois]]
*[[Micheletto Corella]] (spared)<ref name="Brotherhood">''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>
*[[Ercole Massimo]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref>
*[[Cesare Borgia]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

Ezio also completed several Templar agent [[Pigeon coops#Usage|assassination assignments]] while [[Liberation of Rome|liberating]] the city of Rome.
*[[Il Carnefice]]
*[[Malfatto]], via an [[Apprentices|apprentice]]
*[[Silvestro Sabbatini]], via an apprentice
*[[Lanz]]
*[[Gaspar de la Croix]]
*[[Lia de Russo]]
*[[Donato Mancini]]
*[[Auguste Oberlin]]
*[[Ristoro|Brother Ristoro]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>

Ezio assassinated several Templars and some noblemen in the cities of [[Masyaf]], [[Constantinople]], and [[Derinkuyu]].
*[[Leandros]]
*[[Halim]]
*[[Tarik Barleti]]
*[[Shahkulu]]
*[[Manuel Palaiologos]]<ref name="Revelations"/>

Ezio, with the aid of his [[apprentices]], also assassinated Templar agents in the city of Constantinople.
*[[Vali cel Tradat]] via an apprentice
*[[Cyril of Rhodes]]
*[[Georgios Kostas]] via an apprentice
*[[Odai Dunqas]] via an apprentice
*[[Damat Ali Pasha]] via an apprentice
*[[Mirela Djuric]]
*[[Lysistrata]]<ref name="Revelations"/>

==Colonial America==
[[Haytham Kenway]] was responsible for the assassination of two English military operatives, as well as three men that opposed the Templars during the [[French and Indian War|Seven Years' War]].
*[[Miko]]
*[[Louis Mills]]
*[[Cutter]]
*[[Silas Thatcher]]
*[[Edward Braddock]]<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

[[Aveline de Grandpré]] had seven targets between the French and Indian War and the [[American Revolutionary War]].
*[[Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie]]
*[[Baptiste]]
*[[Antonio de Ulloa]] (spared)
*[[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]
*[[Vásquez]]
*[[George Davidson]]
*[[Madeleine de l'Isle]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>

Before, during, and after the events of the American Revolution, the Assassin [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] assassinated several men in order to protect his tribe and further the pursuit of freedom for the citizens of the thirteen British colonies of America.
*[[William Johnson]]
*[[John Pitcairn]]
*[[Thomas Hickey]]
*Man-Of-War Captain
*[[Nicholas Biddle]]
*[[Benjamin Church]]
*[[Kanen'tó:kon]]
*[[Haytham Kenway]]
*[[Charles Lee]]<ref name="AC3"/>

Following a meeting with George Washington, Ratonhnhaké:ton found himself in an alternate reality created by an [[Apple of Eden 3|Apple of Eden]]. During the events contained within, he assassinated the following individuals:
*[[Benedict Arnold]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy]]''</ref>
*[[Benjamin Franklin]] (spared)
*[[Israel Putnam]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal]]''</ref>
*[[John Fitzwilliams]]
*[[George Washington]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed III'' - ''[[The Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption]]''</ref>

==Modern times==
The Assassin [[Desmond Miles]] infiltrated the Templar company headquarters of [[Abstergo Industries]] in [[Rome]], where he assassinated two members of their order. Before this, Desmond also killed an Assassin that had defected to the Templars, following the acquisition of the [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] in the [[Colosseum Vault]].
*[[Lucy Stillman]]<ref name="Brotherhood"/>
*[[Daniel Cross]]
*[[Warren Vidic]]<ref name="AC3"/>

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