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	In 1571, on Ieyasu's orders, Hanzō [[Assassination\|assassinated]] the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Mōri Motonari]], a strong opponent of Ieyasu's ally [[Oda Nobunaga]], in order to allow Nobunaga to conquer the Mōri clan's lands.<ref name="Mori Motonari"/> Two years later, after the Tokugawa and Oda forces fought the Takeda clan at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Mikatagahara}}, Hanzō and Ieyasu's vassal [[Honda Tadakatsu]] entered [[Takeda Shingen]]'s camp.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)\|Cards]]: Mochizuki Chiyome</ref> Shingen was killed during the ordeal, and Hanzō retrieved the Sword of Eden from him.<ref name="ACM Cards"/>		In 1571, on Ieyasu's orders, Hanzō [[Assassination\|assassinated]] the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Mōri Motonari]], a strong opponent of Ieyasu's ally [[Oda Nobunaga]], in order to allow Nobunaga to conquer the Mōri clan's lands.<ref name="Mori Motonari"/> Two years later, after the Tokugawa and Oda forces fought the Takeda clan at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Mikatagahara}}, Hanzō and Ieyasu's vassal [[Honda Tadakatsu]] entered [[Takeda Shingen]]'s camp.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)\|Cards]]: Mochizuki Chiyome</ref> Shingen was killed during the ordeal, and Hanzō retrieved the Sword of Eden from him.<ref name="ACM Cards"/>

			[[File:ACSH Decline of the Kakushiba ikki.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Hanzō's actions led to the decline of the Kakushiba ''ikki'']]
	Sometime after, he returned to Iga, hoping his exploits would impress Tsuyu, only to find that she and Nagato had a daughter, [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]]. Filled with rage and believing that her new family had weakened Tsuyu, Hanzō betrayed his old allies by selling information on the location of the Imperial Regalia,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade"/> unknowingly to the [[Shinbakufu]], a group founded by the deposed [[Ashikaga shogunate\|Ashikaga]] ''[[shōgun]]'', [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki\|Yoshiaki]], as a means of regaining his power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref>		Sometime after, he returned to Iga, hoping his exploits would impress Tsuyu, only to find that she and Nagato had a daughter, [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]]. Filled with rage and believing that her new family had weakened Tsuyu, Hanzō betrayed his old allies by selling information on the location of the Imperial Regalia,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade"/> unknowingly to the [[Shinbakufu]], a group founded by the deposed [[Ashikaga shogunate\|Ashikaga]] ''[[shōgun]]'', [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki\|Yoshiaki]], as a means of regaining his power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref>

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	===Conflict with the Shinbakufu===		===Conflict with the Shinbakufu===
			{{Quote\|Lord Nobunaga will be here by nightfall with more soldiers than Iga has ever known. He brings his full might. Koga's as well. If you doubt me, go to Hijiyama Castle. You will find Kogan spies there awaiting Lord Nobunaga's signal. I offer Iga the protection of my Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu. The odds are too great for Iga to survive. Surely, you realize this.\|Hanzō to his former Iga ''ikki'' members, 1581.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|Traditions}}
			[[File:ACSH Traditions 6.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō returning to Iga after many years]]
	In September 1581, Hanzō returned to Iga to warn Fujibayashi Nagatao, Momochi Sandayu, and the other members of the [[Iga ikki\|Iga ''ikki'']] that Oda Nobunaga's forces were planning an [[Tenshō Iga War\|invasion]] of the region. He promised them Ieyasu's protection if they swore loyalty to his lord, but they refused. While the ''shinobi'' prepared for the defense of their land, Hanzō followed Nagato to a nearby outpost occupied by Nobunaga's army, where he encountered Naoe. He saved the girl from an ambush by an enemy swordsman and formally introduced himself before trying to convince the young ''shinobi'' to abandon Iga, claiming that if she failed to do so she would die. However, Naoe refused as she was distrustful of him.<ref name="Traditions">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Traditions]]</ref>		In September 1581, Hanzō returned to Iga to warn Fujibayashi Nagatao, Momochi Sandayu, and the other members of the [[Iga ikki\|Iga ''ikki'']] that Oda Nobunaga's forces were planning an [[Tenshō Iga War\|invasion]] of the region. He promised them Ieyasu's protection if they swore loyalty to his lord, but they refused. While the ''shinobi'' prepared for the defense of their land, Hanzō followed Nagato to a nearby outpost occupied by Nobunaga's army, where he encountered Naoe. He saved the girl from an ambush by an enemy swordsman and formally introduced himself before trying to convince the young ''shinobi'' to abandon Iga, claiming that if she failed to do so she would die. However, Naoe refused as she was distrustful of him.<ref name="Traditions">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Traditions]]</ref>

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Born in 1542 in the ~~{{Wiki~~\|Mikawa Province}} of [[Japan]], Hattori Hanzō was the son of the samurai [[Hattori Yasunaga]].<ref>{{WP\|Hattori Hanzō}}</ref> He later became a vassal of the ''[[daimyō]]'' Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a ninja trained in [[Iga]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Shinobi Warfare]]</ref><ref>''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 6: The Tensho Iga War</ref>		Born in 1542 in the [[Mikawa\|Mikawa Province]] of [[Japan]], Hattori Hanzō was the son of the samurai [[Hattori Yasunaga]].<ref>{{WP\|Hattori Hanzō}}</ref> He later became a vassal of the ''[[daimyō]]'' Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a ninja trained in [[Iga]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Shinobi Warfare]]</ref><ref>''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 6: The Tensho Iga War</ref>

	===Meeting Fujibayashi Masayasu===		===Meeting Fujibayashi Masayasu===

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	{{Quote\|~~Those who cling to life~~, die~~; those who defy death~~, ~~live~~.\|Hattori Hanzō.\|Assassin's Creed: ~~Memories~~\|~~Cards (Memories)~~}}		{{Quote\|They've told you stories about Oni Hanzo. But have they told you the story of my childhood? The best shinobi warrior, long before I reached your age. The pride of my family. A prodigy one day, and a demon the next. Both paths taught me the same lesson. Nothing lasts forever. Some things die slowly, like trees. And some die quickly, like samurai.\|Hattori Hanzō to Fujibayashi Naoe, 1581.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|Traditions}}
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	===Meeting Fujibayashi Masayasu===		===Meeting Fujibayashi Masayasu===
	In 1560, a teenage Hanzō was apprenticed to the legendary ''[[Ninja\|shinobi]]'' [[Momochi Sandayu]], who saw great potential in the young man but also feared his arrogance and callousness. While passing by a village in Iga, Hanzō and his mentor witnessed two corrupt [[samurai]] threatening the villagers and demanding tribute. Immediately jumping into action, Hanzō assassinated one of the samurai, saving [[Fujibayashi Nagato\|Fujibayashi Masayasu]], a farmer who had attempted to fight off the attackers but found himself overwhelmed.<ref name="InM Ch1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~ Chapter 1\|Chapter 1]]</ref>		In 1560, a teenage Hanzō was apprenticed to the legendary ''[[Ninja\|shinobi]]'' [[Momochi Sandayu]], who saw great potential in the young man but also feared his arrogance and callousness. While passing by a village in Iga, Hanzō and his mentor witnessed two corrupt [[samurai]] threatening the villagers and demanding tribute. Immediately jumping into action, Hanzō assassinated one of the samurai, saving [[Fujibayashi Nagato\|Fujibayashi Masayasu]], a farmer who had attempted to fight off the attackers but found himself overwhelmed.<ref name="InM Ch1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 1\|Chapter 1]]</ref>

	[[File:ACSH InM - Masayasu vs Hanzo.png\|thumb\|240px\|left\|Masayasu and Hanzō preparing to fight]]		[[File:ACSH InM - Masayasu vs Hanzo.png\|thumb\|240px\|left\|Masayasu and Hanzō preparing to fight]]
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	{{Quote\|I did not care for her idealist foreign creed. All I wanted was her. The things I did to impress her. But she chose Nagato. A lower-ranked jizamurai. The pain and the shame were unbearable.\|Hanzō to Fujibayashi Naoe, regarding Tsuyu, 1582.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|The Meaning of the Blade}}		{{Quote\|I did not care for her idealist foreign creed. All I wanted was her. The things I did to impress her. But she chose Nagato. A lower-ranked jizamurai. The pain and the shame were unbearable.\|Hanzō to Fujibayashi Naoe, regarding Tsuyu, 1582.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|The Meaning of the Blade}}
	During their training together, Hanzō and Masayasu were able to put their differences aside and develop a more amicable relationship. Sandayu also introduced both of them to the Assassin [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his apprentice, [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu\|Tsuyu]],<ref name="InM Ch2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~ Chapter 2\|Chapter 2]]</ref> who informed them about their [[Assassin-Templar War\|conflict]] with the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] and enlisted their help to stop the spread of Templar influence in Japan.<ref name="InM Ch3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~ Chapter 3\|Chapter 3]]</ref> Hanzō and his fellow ninja thus became allies of the Brotherhood and shared their knowledge with them, teaching the Assassins new skills and techniques.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – History of the Assassins in Japan</ref>		During their training together, Hanzō and Masayasu were able to put their differences aside and develop a more amicable relationship. Sandayu also introduced both of them to the Assassin [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his apprentice, [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu\|Tsuyu]],<ref name="InM Ch2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 2\|Chapter 2]]</ref> who informed them about their [[Assassin-Templar War\|conflict]] with the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] and enlisted their help to stop the spread of Templar influence in Japan.<ref name="InM Ch3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga Chapter 3\|Chapter 3]]</ref> Hanzō and his fellow ninja thus became allies of the Brotherhood and shared their knowledge with them, teaching the Assassins new skills and techniques.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – History of the Assassins in Japan</ref>

	[[File:ACSH Tsuyu with Sandayu, Nagato and Hanzo.png\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō, Sandayu, and Nagato swearing to Tsuyu's creed]]		[[File:ACSH Tsuyu with Sandayu, Nagato and Hanzo.png\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō, Sandayu, and Nagato swearing to Tsuyu's creed]]
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	ACSH InM - Hattori Hanzo.png\|A young Hanzō in ''Iga ~~no Monogatari~~''		ACSH InM - Hattori Hanzo.png\|A young Hanzō in ''Tales of Iga''
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga ~~no Monogatari~~]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga]]''

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	{{Quote\|I did not care for her idealist foreign creed. All I wanted was her. The things I did to impress her. But she chose Nagato. A lower-ranked jizamurai. The pain and the shame were unbearable.\|Hanzō to Fujibayashi Naoe, regarding Tsuyu, 1582.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|The Meaning of the Blade}}		{{Quote\|I did not care for her idealist foreign creed. All I wanted was her. The things I did to impress her. But she chose Nagato. A lower-ranked jizamurai. The pain and the shame were unbearable.\|Hanzō to Fujibayashi Naoe, regarding Tsuyu, 1582.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|The Meaning of the Blade}}
	During their training together, Hanzō and Masayasu were able to put their differences aside and develop a more amicable relationship. Sandayu also introduced both of them to the Assassin [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his apprentice, [[Tsuyu]],<ref name="InM Ch2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari Chapter 2\|Chapter 2]]</ref> who informed them about their [[Assassin-Templar War\|conflict]] with the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] and enlisted their help to stop the spread of Templar influence in Japan.<ref name="InM Ch3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari Chapter 3\|Chapter 3]]</ref> Hanzō and his fellow ninja thus became allies of the Brotherhood and shared their knowledge with them, teaching the Assassins new skills and techniques.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – History of the Assassins in Japan</ref>		During their training together, Hanzō and Masayasu were able to put their differences aside and develop a more amicable relationship. Sandayu also introduced both of them to the Assassin [[Alvaro Catarribera]] and his apprentice, [[Fujibayashi Tsuyu\|Tsuyu]],<ref name="InM Ch2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari Chapter 2\|Chapter 2]]</ref> who informed them about their [[Assassin-Templar War\|conflict]] with the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] and enlisted their help to stop the spread of Templar influence in Japan.<ref name="InM Ch3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Iga no Monogatari Chapter 3\|Chapter 3]]</ref> Hanzō and his fellow ninja thus became allies of the Brotherhood and shared their knowledge with them, teaching the Assassins new skills and techniques.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – History of the Assassins in Japan</ref>

	[[File:ACSH Tsuyu with Sandayu, Nagato and Hanzo.png\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō, Sandayu, and Nagato swearing to Tsuyu's creed]]		[[File:ACSH Tsuyu with Sandayu, Nagato and Hanzo.png\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō, Sandayu, and Nagato swearing to Tsuyu's creed]]

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	In 1571, on Ieyasu's orders, Hanzō [[Assassination\|assassinated]] the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Mōri Motonari]], a strong opponent of Ieyasu's ally [[Oda Nobunaga]], in order to allow Nobunaga to conquer the Mōri clan's lands.<ref name="Mori Motonari"/> Two years later, after the Tokugawa and Oda forces fought the Takeda clan at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Mikatagahara}}, Hanzō and Ieyasu's vassal [[Honda Tadakatsu]] entered [[Takeda Shingen]]'s camp.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)\|Cards]]: Mochizuki Chiyome</ref> Shingen was killed during the ordeal, and Hanzō retrieved the Sword of Eden from him.<ref name="ACM Cards"/>		In 1571, on Ieyasu's orders, Hanzō [[Assassination\|assassinated]] the ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Mōri Motonari]], a strong opponent of Ieyasu's ally [[Oda Nobunaga]], in order to allow Nobunaga to conquer the Mōri clan's lands.<ref name="Mori Motonari"/> Two years later, after the Tokugawa and Oda forces fought the Takeda clan at the {{Wiki\|Battle of Mikatagahara}}, Hanzō and Ieyasu's vassal [[Honda Tadakatsu]] entered [[Takeda Shingen]]'s camp.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)\|Cards]]: Mochizuki Chiyome</ref> Shingen was killed during the ordeal, and Hanzō retrieved the Sword of Eden from him.<ref name="ACM Cards"/>

			[[File:ACSH Decline of the Kakushiba ikki.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Hanzō's actions led to the decline of the Kakushiba ''ikki'']]
	Sometime after, he returned to Iga, hoping his exploits would impress Tsuyu, only to find that she and Nagato had a daughter, [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]]. Filled with rage and believing that her new family had weakened Tsuyu, Hanzō betrayed his old allies by selling information on the location of the Imperial Regalia,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade"/> unknowingly to the [[Shinbakufu]], a group founded by the deposed [[Ashikaga shogunate\|Ashikaga]] ''[[shōgun]]'', [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki\|Yoshiaki]], as a means of regaining his power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref>		Sometime after, he returned to Iga, hoping his exploits would impress Tsuyu, only to find that she and Nagato had a daughter, [[Fujibayashi Naoe\|Naoe]]. Filled with rage and believing that her new family had weakened Tsuyu, Hanzō betrayed his old allies by selling information on the location of the Imperial Regalia,<ref name="The Meaning of the Blade"/> unknowingly to the [[Shinbakufu]], a group founded by the deposed [[Ashikaga shogunate\|Ashikaga]] ''[[shōgun]]'', [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki\|Yoshiaki]], as a means of regaining his power.<ref name="The Man Behind the Mask">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Man Behind the Mask]]</ref>

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			{{Quote\|Lord Nobunaga will be here by nightfall with more soldiers than Iga has ever known. He brings his full might. Koga's as well. If you doubt me, go to Hijiyama Castle. You will find Kogan spies there awaiting Lord Nobunaga's signal. I offer Iga the protection of my Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu. The odds are too great for Iga to survive. Surely, you realize this.\|Hanzō to his former Iga ''ikki'' members, 1581.\|Assassin's Creed: Shadows\|Traditions}}
			[[File:ACSH Traditions 6.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Hanzō returning to Iga after many years]]
	In September 1581, Hanzō returned to Iga to warn Fujibayashi Nagatao, Momochi Sandayu, and the other members of the [[Iga ikki\|Iga ''ikki'']] that Oda Nobunaga's forces were planning an [[Tenshō Iga War\|invasion]] of the region. He promised them Ieyasu's protection if they swore loyalty to his lord, but they refused. While the ''shinobi'' prepared for the defense of their land, Hanzō followed Nagato to a nearby outpost occupied by Nobunaga's army, where he encountered Naoe. He saved the girl from an ambush by an enemy swordsman and formally introduced himself before trying to convince the young ''shinobi'' to abandon Iga, claiming that if she failed to do so she would die. However, Naoe refused as she was distrustful of him.<ref name="Traditions">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Traditions]]</ref>		In September 1581, Hanzō returned to Iga to warn Fujibayashi Nagatao, Momochi Sandayu, and the other members of the [[Iga ikki\|Iga ''ikki'']] that Oda Nobunaga's forces were planning an [[Tenshō Iga War\|invasion]] of the region. He promised them Ieyasu's protection if they swore loyalty to his lord, but they refused. While the ''shinobi'' prepared for the defense of their land, Hanzō followed Nagato to a nearby outpost occupied by Nobunaga's army, where he encountered Naoe. He saved the girl from an ambush by an enemy swordsman and formally introduced himself before trying to convince the young ''shinobi'' to abandon Iga, claiming that if she failed to do so she would die. However, Naoe refused as she was distrustful of him.<ref name="Traditions">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Traditions]]</ref>