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| The title of '''Grand Master''' was the highest rank attainable within the [[Assassins|Order of Assassins]] and granted the bearer full control over the Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> It was comparable to the [[Templars|Templar]] rank of the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|same name]].
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| ==History==
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| ===Middle ages===
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| By 1191, the Order had located itself in the [[Kingdom|Kingdom of the Holy Land]] and the Grand Master had become an individual only known as "[[Al Mualim]]", who ruled from the Assassins' fortress in [[Masyaf]]. The following year, after the revelation of Al Mualim's membership within the Templar Order and subsequent death, the title was taken by his executioner, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
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| Before Altaïr's death in 1257, he decided that the Order should be widespread all over the globe, and began to send the Assassins away from Masyaf. Various [[Assassins Guilds]] were founded,<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> with each Assassin branch having their own [[Master Assassin]] as its head.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> With the [[Fall of Masyaf|Mongol attack on Masyaf]] in 1257, Masyaf was completely abandoned by the Assassins.<ref name="ACTSC"/>
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| ===Modern times===
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| By the 20th century, the title of Grand Master and [[Mentor]] had become one and the same, and the Order was once again led by one individual only.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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| The position of Grand Master still existed in [[modern times]]. During 1888, [[Nikolai Orelov]], an Assassin during the [[Russian Revolution]], receives his orders directly from "The Mentor".<ref name="ACTF1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #1</ref>
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| A hundred years later, another [[The Mentor (2000)|Mentor]] was active in the Order, and still operated under the same name as his predecessors.<ref name="ACTF2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #2</ref> In the year 1998, [[Daniel Cross]] began to seek him out after having a [[bleeding effect|bizarre hallucination]] of Orelov. Eventually, he met the Mentor and assassinated him in his [[Dubai]] headquarters in 2000.<ref name='ACTF3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #3</ref>
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| ==Known Grand Masters==
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| <center><gallery captionalign="left" widths="168" spacing="small">
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| File:Hassan-i Sabbah.jpg|[[Hassan-i Sabbah]]<ref>[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/File:AC_Timeline.jpg ''Assassin's Creed'' Timeline]</ref><br>(1090 - 1124)
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| File:Almualimrender1.png|[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed"/><br>(? - 1191)
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| File:ACR Altair Render2.png|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref><br>(1191 - c. 1225; c. 1247 - 1257)
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| Malik.png|[[Malik Al-Sayf]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" /><br> (c. 1217 - c. 1225) <small>(''de facto'')</small>
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| File:Abbasfull2.png|[[Abbas Sofian]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade" /><br>(c. 1225 - c. 1247)
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| File:The Mentor.jpg|[[The Mentor (2000)|"The Mentor"]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref><br>(? - 2000)
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| </gallery></center>
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| ==Notes and references==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Assassin Order]] | |