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Being hung from a tree branch was another method, with the [[Assassins]] [[Edward Kenway]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> [[Adéwalé]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> and [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> as well as the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]], using [[rope dart]]s to forcibly hang opponents from trees or other elevated positions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] used a variant of this technique which involved a [[whip]], hanging the target for a few seconds.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
Being hung from a tree branch was another method, with the [[Assassins]] [[Edward Kenway]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> [[Adéwalé]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> and [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref> as well as the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]], using [[rope dart]]s to forcibly hang opponents from trees or other elevated positions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] used a variant of this technique which involved a [[whip]], hanging the target for a few seconds.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>


During the [[French Revolution]], angry popular mobs hanged aristocrats from lamp-posts. One of the first victims was the Controller-General of Finances [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], whom the mob tried to hang three times before beheading him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Joseph Foullon de Doué]]</ref>
[[File:ACIHangedMan.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A hanged Tom Smith]]
In 1747, after being captured by [[British Army|British soldiers]] in [[Zwolle]], the Templar [[Haytham Kenway]] and the mercenary [[Tom Smith]] were mistaken for deserters and sentenced to hang. Haytham escaped but was too late to stop Smith's execution, preventing him from interrogating the mercenary about his sister [[Jennifer Scott]]'s kidnapping.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref>


During the [[Whitechapel murders|Autumn of Terror]], the rogue Assassin [[Jack the Ripper]] had two [[prison hulk]]s to hide the people he kept prisoner. Chief Warden [[John Billingsworth]] had the habit of hanging the prisoners for his own sadistic pleasure.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Prisoners]]</ref>
During the [[French Revolution]], angry mobs hanged aristocrats from lamp-posts. One of the first victims was the Controller-General of Finances [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], whom the mob tried to hang three times before beheading him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Joseph Foullon de Doué]]</ref>
 
During the [[Whitechapel murders|Autumn of Terror]] in 1888, the rogue Assassin [[Jack the Ripper]] kept two [[prison hulk]]s at [[Deptford]] to hide the people he held prisoner. Chief Warden [[John Billingsworth]] had the habit of hanging the prisoners for his own sadistic pleasure.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Prisoners]]</ref>


==Notable executions==
==Notable executions==
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*[[William Kidd]] (23 May 1701), hanged for piracy<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)|Card]]: "William Kidd"</ref>
*[[William Kidd]] (23 May 1701), hanged for piracy<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Cards (Memories)|Card]]: "William Kidd"</ref>
*[[Alexander Dolzell]] (1715), hanged for piracy<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 21</ref>
*[[Alexander Dolzell]] (1715), hanged for piracy<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]'' – Chapter 21</ref>
*[[Stede Bonnet]] (10 December 1718), hanged for piracy<ref name="to suffer">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[To Suffer Without Dying]]</ref>
*[[Stede Bonnet]] (10 December 1718), hanged for piracy<ref name="To Suffer">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[To Suffer Without Dying]]</ref>
*[[Jack Rackham]] (18 November 1720), hanged for piracy<ref name="to suffer" />
*[[Jack Rackham]] (18 November 1720), hanged for piracy<ref name="To Suffer" />
*[[Tom Smith]] (17 July 1747), hanged for deserting his post in the British Army<ref name="ACF" />


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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ACIExecution.jpg|Concept art of the House of Auditore's execution
ACIExecution.jpg|Concept art of the House of Auditore's execution
Well executed 1.png|[[Livia]]'s hanged body
Well executed 1.png|[[Livia]]'s hanged body
Rope Dart.jpg|Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a [[British Army|Redcoat]] with a rope dart
Now Hiring 6.png|Edward Kenway saving a pirate from hanging
Rope Dart.jpg|Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a Redcoat with a rope dart
ACIII-SilentHunter 5.png|Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a poacher
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
**''[[Freedom Cry]]''
**''[[Freedom Cry]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – ''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mdat}}
**''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{Mdat}}

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Giovanni Auditore and his sons being executed via hanging

Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose around their neck. It has been a common capital punishment since medieval times in numerous countries. The first known account of execution by hanging was in Homer's Odyssey, and it is also a common method of suicide.[1]

Description[edit | edit source]

The majority of hanging executions were done on a constructed wooden platform, commonly referred to as the gallows. Connected to a series of pulleys was a lever which, when pulled by the executioner, would open a trap door below prisoners' feet. The sudden drop would snap their neck, in most cases killing them instantly, but in some cases they would instead suffocate.[2] After the Pazzi conspiracy, Medici followers hanged the bodies of the conspirators on the Palazzo della Signoria as a warning.[3]

Being hung from a tree branch was another method, with the Assassins Edward Kenway,[4] Adéwalé,[5] and Ratonhnhaké:ton,[6] as well as the Templar Shay Cormac, using rope darts to forcibly hang opponents from trees or other elevated positions.[7] The Assassin Aveline de Grandpré used a variant of this technique which involved a whip, hanging the target for a few seconds.[8]

A hanged Tom Smith

In 1747, after being captured by British soldiers in Zwolle, the Templar Haytham Kenway and the mercenary Tom Smith were mistaken for deserters and sentenced to hang. Haytham escaped but was too late to stop Smith's execution, preventing him from interrogating the mercenary about his sister Jennifer Scott's kidnapping.[9]

During the French Revolution, angry mobs hanged aristocrats from lamp-posts. One of the first victims was the Controller-General of Finances Joseph Foullon de Doué, whom the mob tried to hang three times before beheading him.[10]

During the Autumn of Terror in 1888, the rogue Assassin Jack the Ripper kept two prison hulks at Deptford to hide the people he held prisoner. Chief Warden John Billingsworth had the habit of hanging the prisoners for his own sadistic pleasure.[11]

Notable executions[edit | edit source]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Hanging was first seen in the cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed in 2007, however it never made it into the final game.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art of the House of Auditore's execution
    Concept art of the House of Auditore's execution
  • Livia's hanged body
    Livia's hanged body
  • Edward Kenway saving a pirate from hanging
    Edward Kenway saving a pirate from hanging
  • Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a Redcoat with a rope dart
    Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a Redcoat with a rope dart
  • Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a poacher
    Ratonhnhaké:ton hanging a poacher

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Hanging on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed II – Last Man Standing
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Farewell Francesco
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed III
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Joseph Foullon de Doué
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Prisoners
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed: Identity – Database: Palazzo Della Signoria
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Memories – Card: "William Kidd"
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Black Flag – Chapter 21
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – To Suffer Without Dying
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