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{{Youmay|the Roman-era branch of the Assassins|the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] operating during the Renaissance}}
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{{Quote|Bayek, Caesar has been assassinated. Septimius is also dead. I have founded a bureau in the middle of Rome, yet no one knows of our existence. Like Amun, we are... the Hidden Ones.|Aya detailing the successful formation of the Roman bureau in her letter to Bayek, 43 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Birth of the Creed}}
{{Quote|Bayek, Caesar has been assassinated. Septimius is also dead. I have founded a bureau in the middle of Rome, yet no one knows of our existence. Like Amun, we are... the Hidden Ones.|Aya in a letter to Bayek, 43 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Birth of the Creed}}
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|leader = [[Mentor]]
|headquarters = [[Rome]]
|headquarters = [[Rome]]
|locations = [[Roman Republic]]<br />[[Roman Empire]]
|locations = [[Roman Republic]]<br>[[Roman Empire]]
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|successor = [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]]
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|subsidiaries = ''[[Liberalis Circulum]]''<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>
|formed = 46 BCE
|active = 46 BCE – c. 476 CE
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The '''Roman Hidden Ones''' were a group of [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] who operated throughout the territories controlled by [[Rome]] during the era of the [[Roman Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire]]. It was one of the first branches of the Hidden Ones, who would later become the Assassin Brotherhood, and was established by the [[Greece|Greco]]-[[Egypt]]ian Hidden One [[Amunet|Aya]] shortly after she co-founded the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|organization]] in Egypt alongside her husband [[Bayek]].
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The '''Roman Hidden Ones''' were a group of [[Hidden Ones]] who operated throughout the territory controlled by [[Rome]] during the era of the [[Roman Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire]].


It was one of the first branches of the Hidden Ones, who would later become the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]], and was founded by the [[Greece|Greco]]-[[Egypt]]ian Hidden One [[Amunet|Aya]], shortly after she had founded the organization in Egypt alongside her husband, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]]. Centuries later, the branch was revived as the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] of Assassins.
The branch largely dissolved following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, operating in a greatly reduced capacity by the [[Middle Ages|Early Middle Ages]], but it would be revived to full strength centuries later as the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins]].


==History==
==History==
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====Foundation as the Hidden Ones====
====Foundation as the Hidden Ones====
{{Dialogue|Aya|I have assembled a group. This is Brutus and Cassius. Our Roman brothers.|Phoxidas|We're going to cut these bastards down from across the seas. Septimius and Caesar.|Aya and Phoxidas introducing Bayek to their Roman recruits, 47 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Last of the Medjay}}
{{Dialogue|Aya|I have assembled a group. This is Brutus and Cassius. Our Roman brothers.|Phoxidas|We're going to cut these bastards down from across the seas. Septimius and Caesar.|Aya and Phoxidas introducing Bayek to their Roman recruits, 47 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Last of the Medjay}}
In 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek and his wife, Aya, who were on a quest of vengeance against the [[Order of the Ancients]] for the death of their son [[Khemu]] and had formed a network of people opposing the Ancients and supporting the Egyptian Queen [[Cleopatra]], were betrayed by the Roman general [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and Cleopatra, who were influenced by the Order. While Bayek tracked down and killed the Order's leader, [[Flavius Metellus]], Aya recruited the Roman Senators [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], enemies of Caesar, to their cause, determined to leave for Rome to combat the Order there. Before leaving, Bayek and Aya named their new brotherhood the Hidden Ones, laying out the foundation of the Creed and their customs.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
In 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek and his wife Aya, who were on a [[Hunt for the Snake|quest of vengeance]] against the [[Order of the Ancients]] for the death of their son [[Khemu]] and had formed a network of people opposing the Ancients, were betrayed by the Roman general [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and the Egyptian queen [[Cleopatra]], who allied with the Order. While Bayek tracked down and killed the Order's leader [[Flavius Metellus]], Aya recruited the Roman {{Wiki|Roman Senate|Senators}} [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], enemies of Caesar, to their cause, determined to leave for Rome to combat the Order there. Before leaving, Bayek and Aya named their new brotherhood the Hidden Ones, laying out the foundation of [[the Creed]] and their customs.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>


While Bayek established a bureau in [[Memphis]], Aya set sail across the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] towards Rome, accompanied by [[Damastes]] and [[Phoxidas]]. In 46 BCE, their ship was attacked by a Roman fleet, but they successfully managed to sink the ships and made port in [[Antium]] shortly afterward. From there, Aya made her way to Rome and established a bureau there.<ref name="ACO" />
[[File:ACO Birth of the Creed 10.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Amunet and the newly recruited Roman Hidden Ones]]
[[File:ACO Birth of the Creed 10.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Amunet and the newly recruited Roman Hidden Ones]]
Aya founded the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones, and aside from Brutus and Cassius, also recruited several other Roman Senators, as well as the Roman philosopher [[Publius Volumnius]].<ref name="ACO" /><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 011]]</ref> The Roman Senators that would take part in the conspiracy against Caesar referred to themselves as ''Liberatores''.<ref name="Romulus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] – [[Scrolls of Romulus]]</ref><ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>
While Bayek established a [[Memphis bureau|bureau]] in [[Memphis]], Aya set sail across the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] towards Rome, accompanied by [[Damastes]] and [[Phoxidas]]. In 46 BCE, their [[ship]] was attacked by a Roman fleet, but they successfully managed to sink the ships and made port in [[Antium]] shortly afterward. From there, Aya made her way to Rome and established a [[Assassin bureau|bureau]] in the heart of the city.<ref name="ACO" />
 
Aya founded the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones, and aside from Brutus and Cassius, also recruited several other Senators, in addition to the philosopher [[Publius Volumnius]].<ref name="ACO" /><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 011]]</ref> The Senators that would take part in the conspiracy against Caesar referred to themselves as ''Liberatores''.<ref name="Romulus">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Scrolls of Romulus]]</ref><ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>


====Assassination of Julius Caesar====
====Assassination of Julius Caesar====
{{Quote|[Caesar] has created his own private senate, filled with deceivers, manipulators, people who have no business in Roman affairs. My brothers are eager for blood, but I am not certain I can spill it.|Marcus Junius Brutus on Julius Caesar, c. 44 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{Quote|He has created his own private senate, filled with deceivers, manipulators, people who have no business in Roman affairs. My brothers are eager for blood, but I am not certain I can spill it.|Marcus Junius Brutus on Julius Caesar, c. 44 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Scrolls of Romulus}}
By 44 BCE, Julius Caesar had become the new head of the Order of the Ancients, with [[Lucius Septimius]] as his right hand, and even considered himself the [[Father of Understanding]]. With Aya as their leader,<ref name="ACO" /> Brutus and Cassius spearheaded a conspiracy with thirty-eight other Roman Senators, who were also all secretly Hidden Ones and opposed Caesar's imperialist ideals after he was appointed dictator for life.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia" />
 
[[File:ACO Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another 23.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hidden Ones killing Julius Caesar]]
[[File:ACO Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another 23.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hidden Ones killing Julius Caesar]]
By 44 BCE, Julius Caesar had become the new head of the Order of the Ancients, with [[Lucius Septimius]] as his right hand, and even considering him the "[[Father of Understanding]]". With Aya as their leader,<ref name="ACO" /> Brutus and Cassius spearheaded a conspiracy with thirty-eight other Roman Senators, who were also all secretly Hidden Ones and opposed Caesar's imperialist ideals after he was appointed dictator for life. After being assigned by Cassius as the one to come up with the plan of [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassinating Caesar]], Brutus designated a Temple of Juno preceding a sealed [[Colosseum Vault|Isu Vault]] as a meeting place for his co-conspirators.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia" /> Having received visions of Caesar's future assassination within the vault, Brutus was further motivated and scheduled their attack for the Ides of March.<ref name="ACB" />
After being assigned by Cassius as the one to come up with the plan of [[Assassination of Julius Caesar|assassinating Caesar]], Brutus designated a sealed [[Colosseum Vault|Isu vault]] near the Temple of [[Juno]] as the meeting place for him and his co-conspirators.<ref name="ACB" /><ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia" /> Having received visions of Caesar's future assassination within the vault, Brutus was further motivated and scheduled their attack for the Ides of March.<ref name="ACB" />


On 15 March 44 BCE, Aya, Brutus and Cassius went to the [[Theatre of Pompey|Theatre]] of [[Pompey]] where the Roman Senate was to convene. While Brutus and Cassius went to the curia, Aya fought and killed Septimius, before joining her brothers in the Senate. Aya was the first one to strike at Caesar, followed by the Roman Senators. Caesar resisted at first but resigned himself to his fate upon recognizing Brutus.<ref name="ACO" /><ref name="ACB" /> Shortly after, Aya adopted the name Amunet.<ref name="ACO" />
On 15 March 44 BCE, Aya, Brutus, and Cassius went to the [[Theatre of Pompey]] where the Roman Senate was to convene. While Brutus and Cassius went to the curia, Aya fought and killed Septimius before joining her brothers in the Senate. Aya was the first one to strike at Caesar, followed by the Roman Senators. Caesar resisted at first but resigned himself to his fate upon recognizing Brutus.<ref name="ACO" /><ref name="ACB" /> Shortly after, Aya adopted the name Amunet.<ref name="ACO" />


Driven to severe guilt from his actions, Brutus later returned to the [[Colosseum]], and abandoned the [[Dagger of Brutus|dagger]] he had used to strike down Caesar within the vault, along with his [[Armor of Brutus|heirloom armor]] and the [[Scrolls of Romulus|scrolls]] describing his dreams and discovery of the vault, as well as include drawings of the chamber and [[Vault pedestal|its pedestal]].<ref name="ACB" />
Driven by severe guilt from his actions, Brutus later returned to the Isu vault and abandoned the [[Dagger of Brutus|dagger]] he had used to strike down Caesar, along with his [[Armor of Brutus|heirloom armor]] and the [[Scrolls of Romulus|scrolls]] describing his dreams and discovery of the vault. These scrolls also included drawings of the chamber and [[Vault pedestal|its pedestal]].<ref name="ACB" />


====Attempted resurrection of Brutus====
====Attempted resurrection of Brutus====
{{Quote|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.|Publius Volumnius commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
{{Quote|Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us.|Publius Volumnius commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past}}
[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png|thumb|left|250px|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
[[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png|thumb|left|250px|The Shroud covering Brutus]]
After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the Hidden Ones, which was proposed by Caesar's friend and co-consul [[Marcus Antonius]]. Nonetheless, an uproar among the population forced Brutus and Cassius to flee from Rome, and a civil war ensued.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past">''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref>
After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the Hidden Ones, which was proposed by Caesar's friend and co-consul [[Marcus Antonius]]. Nonetheless, an uproar among the population forced Brutus and Cassius to flee from Rome, and a [[Liberators' civil war|civil war]] ensued.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past]]</ref> In 42 BCE, armies under the command of Marcus Antonius and Caesar's adopted son [[Augustus|Octavian]] [[Battle of Philippi|clashed]] with those of Brutus and Cassius in [[Philippi]], [[Makedonia]]. Faced with inevitable defeat, both Cassius<ref>{{WP|Battle of Philippi}}</ref> and Brutus committed suicide shortly thereafter.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
 
After Brutus' death, his fellow Hidden Ones gathered in Philippi and tried to reanimate him using a [[Shroud of Eden 1|Shroud of Eden]]. Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming "second death". As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
 
===Roman Empire===
====Assassination of Caligula====
In 27 BCE, the Roman Republic was transformed into the [[Roman Empire]] by Octavian, who became the first Roman Emperor under the name Augustus. The third emperor, [[Caligula]], was a tyrant whose reign was secretly supported and influenced by the Order of the Ancients. This turned him into a target for the Hidden One [[Leonius]], who assassinated him with a dagger in an underground corridor beneath [[Palatine Hill]] on 24 January 41 CE.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
 
As the Roman Empire expanded through [[Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the Hidden Ones established many bureaus across the empire.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref>
 
====Roman Britain and Gaul====
In the early 1st century, the Hidden Ones expanded north into the Roman {{Wiki|Roman Britain|provinces}} of [[Great Britain|Britannia]], establishing bureaus in the towns of [[Leicestershire|Ratae]], [[London|Londiunum]], [[Winchester|Venta Belgarum]], [[York|Eboracum]], [[Colchester|Camulodunum]], as well as a [[Temple of Ceres bureau|temple]] dedicated to [[Demeter|Ceres]].<ref name="History">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brief History of the Hidden Ones]]</ref> The Hidden Ones also established bureaus in the province of {{Wiki|Gallia Lugdunensis}} around [[Paris]].<ref name="Hidden">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[Hidden]]</ref>
 
In the 90s CE, the Hidden Ones sent requests and pleas to Emperor [[Domitian]] and his governor [[Verus]] to accord Roman citizenship to the {{Wiki|Iceni}}. When they ignored the request, the ''[[Acolyte|Acolytus]]'' Anicius killed Verus in public at Camulodunum to send a message to the Senate.<ref name="History" />
 
In 122, as Emperor [[Hadrian]] planned a war against the northern native people of England, the Hidden Ones decided to assassinate him. The ''Acolytus'' [[Caius (Hidden One)|Caius]] infiltrated his villa in Londinium but was discovered and killed before he could accomplish his mission.<ref name="History" />
 
Shortly after [[Marcus Aurelius]] came to power, the Hidden Ones made motions towards him to broker peace in the region. Aurelius agreed to cease hostilities and retreat south from [[Antonine Wall]] to the more easily defensible [[Hadrian's Wall]]. Although the Hidden Ones trusted Aurelius to abide by the deal, they sent ''[[Master|magister]]'' [[Eghan]] to oversee the retreat in order to verify that Aurelius kept his word.<ref name="History" />


In 42 BCE, armies under the command of Marcus Antonius and [[Augustus|Octavian]] clashed with those of Brutus and Cassius at the [[Battle of Philippi|Battle]] of [[Philippi]] in [[Macedonia]]. Faced with inevitable defeat, both Cassius<ref>{{WP|Battle of Philippi}}</ref> and Brutus committed suicide shortly thereafter.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
However, a few decades later, the Roman Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] disregarded Aurelius' established treaty and resumed the fortification and reoccupation of the Antonine wall. The Hidden Ones in Eboracum thus sent ''magister'' [[Khloe]] to poison the emperor during his stay in the city in 211.<ref name="History" />


After Brutus' death, his fellow Hidden Ones gathered in Philippi, Macedonia and tried to reanimate him using a [[Shroud of Eden 1|Shroud]] of [[Eden]]. Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming "second death".<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
====Securing the Ankh====
{{Quote|The power of this artifact has yet to be uncovered, but the object itself possesses a strong symbolic value for our circle...|Lucius to his son Aquilus, regarding the Ankh, 259 CE.|Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter}}
At some point during the 2nd century, the Hidden One [[Lugos]] established his own group called the [[Liberalis Circulum]], which operated throughout the territories of the Roman Empire. Lugos later traveled to Egypt to recover two Pieces of Eden, the [[Ankh]] and the [[Scepter of Aset]], which had been found in a pyramid by Roman plunderers. However, while transporting the two artifacts back to Rome across the [[Mediterranean Sea]], a terrible storm opened an enormous waterway within the ship, causing it to sink. Before his demise, Lugos recorded a message with the Ankh, detailing the ongoing events and lamenting the failure of his mission.<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>


As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle, and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
By the mid-3rd century, the Liberalis Circulum had grown to include members from the various provinces of the Empire, having agents operating in {{Wiki|Gaul}}, {{Wiki|Germania}}, and {{Wiki|Hispania|Iberia}}. However, the group was primarily based within the city of [[Lugdunum]], where they were led by the Gallo-Roman [[Lucius]].<ref name="AC2A">''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref>


===Roman Empire===
[[File:AC1D Aquilus Gracchus.png|thumb|250px|Aquilus in General Gracchus' tent]]
{{Quote|The power of this artifact has yet to be uncovered, but the object itself possesses a strong symbolic value for our circle...|Lucius to his son Aquilus about the Ankh, in a message recorded by the artifact, 259.|Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter}}
In 259, Lucius' nephew, the [[Alemanni|Aleman]] general and Hidden One [[Accipiter]], found the Ankh after it had resurfaced in Germania, and Lucius arranged for the artifact to be given to his son, [[Aquilus]]. Aquilus was also tasked to assassinate three targets who held high positions within the Empire: Senator [[Caius]] and Generals [[Titus (general)|Titus]] and [[Gracchus]].<ref name="AC2A" /> However, Gracchus learned about Aquilus' intentions after being informed of Caius' and Titus' deaths, and so when the Hidden One confronted him in his tent, he stabbed and left him for dead.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond]]''</ref>
In 27 BCE, the Roman Republic had been transformed into the [[Roman Empire]] by Octavian. The third Emperor who reigned over this new empire, [[Caligula]], was influenced by the Ancients. This turned him into a target for the Hidden One [[Leonius]], who stabbed him in 41 AD.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
 
Aquilus was saved by a timely attack on Gracchus' camp by Accipiter's Alemmani forces, who defeated the Romans and found Aquilus' unconscious body. After being nursed back to health by Accipiter, Aquilus was given the Ankh by cousin and returned to Lugdunum, where he gave the artifact to his father.<ref name="AC2A" />


As the Roman Empire expanded through [[Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the Hidden Ones settled many bureaus in the empire.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' - [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref>
At Lucius' villa, Aquilus met Senator [[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]], an old friend of the family, and told his father about his failed assassination of General Gracchus. Lucius suspected that [[Faustinus]], the bishop of Lugdunum, had betrayed them by revealing their plans to their enemies, and so Aquilus decided to interrogate him. Before Aquilus' departure, he was informed by his father about the Ankh's powers, which he described as a "temporary resurrection".<ref name="AC2A" />


{{AmbCanon Start}}
[[File:AC2A - Aquilus Faustin interrogation.png|thumb|220px|left|Aquilus interrogating Faustinus]]
====Finding the Ankh====
Making his way to Faustinus' home, Aquilus woke him up in the middle of the night and threatened to kill him for his treachery. After Faustinus stated that he had no choice and that Emperor [[Gallienus]] had forced him to expose the Liberalis Circulum's plans, Aquilus demanded to know who his collaborators were. Faustinus initially claimed that he had acted alone, but upon being beaten up by the Hidden One, he betrayed the identity of his accomplice: Vultur. Taking advantage of Aquilus' surprise, Faustinus tried to flee, but was killed by the Hidden One with a [[throwing knife]] to the back.<ref name="AC2A" />
Some time before 59 CE, [[Lugos]], who would create a group of Roman Assassins known as the [[Liberalis Circulum]] (Circle of Liberals), traveled to Egypt to recover two [[Pieces of Eden]], the [[Ankh]] and the [[Scepter of Aset]], which had been found in a pyramid by Roman plunderers. However, while carrying the two artifacts aboard his ship back to Rome across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrible storm opened an enormous waterway within the ship, causing it to sink. Before his demise, Lugos recorded a message with the Ankh, detailing the ongoing events and lamenting the failure of his mission.<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>


By 259 CE, the Liberalis Circulum operated from the city of [[Lugdunum]]. The Roman [[Lucius]] tasked the [[Alemanni|Aleman]] [[Accipiter]] with obtaining a Precursor artifact known as the [[Ankh]]. Lucius' son [[Aquilus]], who was also a cousin of Accipiter, was tasked with assassinating two Generals and a Senator, and then ordered to retrieve the artifact in Accipiter's possession.<ref name="AC2A">''[[Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus]]''</ref> However, as Aquilus reached his third target, the General [[Gracchus]], his intent was discovered and he was stabbed by his own target.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond]]''</ref> Fortunately for the Aquilus, he was saved by his cousin, who gave him the Ankh, which had been finally recovered, centuries after Lugos' death. The Gaul took back the artifact to his father in Lugdunum, but it was then stolen by the Liberalis Circulum's ancestral enemies, with [[Caïus Fulvus Vultur]] killing Aquilus' father, Lucius.<ref name="AC2A" />
Aquilus subsequently rushed back to Lucius' home to report Vultur's treachery, only to find his father dead and the Ankh missing. Upon closer inspection, Aquilus found his father's servant [[Weke]], who had been mortally wounded and only managed to utter a few words before passing away. Just then, a maid came up and revealed that Vultur had killed both Lucius and Weke and stolen the Ankh, causing Aquilus to vow revenge.<ref name="AC2A" />


Aquilus tracked Vultur to Rome, where he eliminated him and his fellow conspirators and retrieved the artifact. Later, the arrest and execution of Aquilus was ordered by the [[Prefect of Lugdunum|prefect of his home city]], but even after Aquilus' death, the artifact was successfully hidden. It was this same Prefect with whom [[Cuervo]], an Iberian Hidden One sent to preserve the Circle's interests in Lugdunum from the Germanic armies raiding the Empire, and Accipiter were negotiating the spare of the Roman city in exchange for a significant tribute to the Alemanni.<ref name="AC3A"/>
Aquilus tracked Vultur to Rome, where he eliminated him and retrieved the Ankh, taking it back to his home in Lugdunum. During this time, the Alemanni planned to ransack the city, but the Iberian Hidden One [[Cuervo]] convinced Accipiter to negotiate a deal with the [[Prefect of Lugdunum]] instead, in order to preserve the Liberalis Circulum's interests. The prefect agreed to pay Accipiter a significant tribute in exchange for sparing the city, but later ordered the arrest and execution of Aquilus and his wife [[Valeria]].<ref name="AC3A" />


After Accipiter negotiated a truce with the Prefect of Lugdunum on behalf of the Alemanni, he attempted to rescue Aquilus, who was killed by Roman guards during Accipiter's ambush. Accipiter left the Ankh in the care of Aquilus' wife [[Valeria]].<ref name="AC3A"/>
After learning about his cousin's plight, Accipiter tried to save Aquilus and Valeria, but only managed to rescue the latter, as Aquilus was executed by Roman soldiers. With the Ankh now in Valeria's possession, Accipiter requested that she hide it in a safe place, claiming that he was too busy with his conquests to do so himself. Valeria ultimately hid the artifact within an altar erected to the memory of her late husband.<ref name="AC3A" />
{{AmbCanon End}}


====Later activities====
====Later activities====
In the 4th century, an unidentified [[Roman Assassin|Roman Hidden One]] operated in the Roman Empire during the rise of [[Constantine I]] as emperor, witnessing the foundation of [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/694275921604407296|[[Darby McDevitt]]|quote=Random AC fact: the fake Helix title in ACU, "The Bladed Cross" refers to the rise of Constantine I. I'm not sure most people get this one.|image=File:ACU - Darby McDevitt - Twitter - The Bladed Cross.png}}</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]''</ref>
In 306, the ''Acolytus'' [[Beatha]] delivered a letter to Emperor [[Constantine I]], who was in Britain pleading for the protection of the [[Christianity|Christians]] who were killed by {{Wiki|Belgae}} warriors.<ref name="History" /> Three decades later, an [[Roman Assassin|unidentified Hidden One]] witnessed the investiture of [[Constantinople]] as the new capital of the empire by Constantine I.<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/694275921604407296|Darby McDevitt|quote=Random AC fact: the fake Helix title in ACU, "The Bladed Cross" refers to the rise of Constantine I. I'm not sure most people get this one.|image=File: ACU - Darby McDevitt - Twitter - The Bladed Cross.png}}</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook]]''</ref>


===Middle Age===
In 383, as Emperor [[Magnus Maximus]] took most of his troops to march into Gaul, the Hidden One [[Marcellus]] ordered the evacuation of the bureaus of Eboracum and Venta Belgarum as the local population turned against them.<ref name="History" />
Four centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Hidden Ones remained active in Rome. In 870 CE, the bureau of Rome received a letter from [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the leader of the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|bureau of Constantinople]], who asked to send Hidden Ones to [[Antioch]] but they couldn't afford any members for this mission. Later, they received another letter informing them of the destruction of the Antioch's bureau by the Snake-Eaters, but as the threat was eliminated in the city, the Brotherhood needed help to rebuild the bureau.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''</ref>


In 878, the Roman Hidden One [[Marcella]] went to the [[British Isles]] to lead the newly founded bureau of [[London|Lunden]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Sword of the White Horse]]''</ref>
During the late 4th century, the Christian Church executed the Belgae pagans in Britain. The Hidden Ones tried to convince Emperor [[Theodosius I]] to a compromise. As he did not respond, the ''Acolytus'' [[Teague]] and his ''Magister'' were sent to kill the church fathers [[Vitus (priest)|Vitus]], [[Secunda]], and [[Agapitus]] during a public spectacle. The Hidden Ones succeeded but the ''Magister'' was fatally wounded.<ref name="History" />


Between the 9th and the 13th centuries, the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones eventually collapsed.
In 423, following the death of Emperor [[Honorius]], the Hidden Ones in Britannia were forced to evacuate their bureaus and retreat from the province following a note issued by ''Magister'' [[Vitus]]. Due to local tribes who harbored ill sentiments towards the Hidden Ones and their mission having filled the power vacuum left by the departing Roman legions, Vitus reasoned that remaining in Britannia was unwise and would only lead to unnecessary bloodshed. The ''Magister'' also suggested that they move their headquarters and join forces with the Hidden Ones based in the [[Germany|German]] city of [[Cologne]].<ref name="History" />
 
In Gaul, the local Hidden Ones decided to follow their British brethren, feeling their mission in Paris was done. The Hidden One known as "[[C. C.]]" issued an order for the Hidden Ones in the province to vacate their bureaus and travel to Cologne to regroup with their Brothers. The main [[Lutetia bureau|bureau]] in Paris was sealed and its keys hidden within the other bureaus around the city. However, while most Gallic Hidden Ones accepted the invitation to Cologne and departed the province, some remained in Gaul and resumed their operations.<ref name="Hidden" />


==Members==
==Members==
'''Roman Republic'''
;Roman Republic
*[[Amunet|Aya]] {{c|[[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhood]]}}
*[[Amunet|Aya]] {{c|founder; [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhood]]}}
*[[Caesarion]]
*[[Caesarion]]
*[[Lugos]]
*[[Decimus Junius Brutus]]
*[[Servilius Casca]]
*[[Gaius Cassius Longinus]]
*[[Gaius Cassius Longinus]]
*[[Decimus Junius Brutus]]
*[[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
*[[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
*[[Servilius Casca]]
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*38 other senators involved in Caesar's assassination
*36 other senators involved in Caesar's assassination
 
;Roman Empire
'''Roman Empire'''
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*[[Accipiter]] {{C|German}}
*[[Accipiter]] {{C|''[[Liberalis Circulum]]''}}
*[[Aquilus]] {{C|Gaul}}
*[[Aquilus]] {{C|''Liberalis Circulum''}}
*[[Anicius]]
*[[Anicius]]
*[[Beatha]]
*[[Beatha]]
*[[C. C.]]
*[[Caius (Hidden One)|Caius]]
*[[Caius (Hidden One)|Caius]]
*[[Cuervo]] {{C|Iberian}}
*[[Cuervo]] {{C|''Liberalis Circulum''}}
*[[Eghan]]
*[[Eghan]]
*[[Hakor]]
*[[Khloe (Hidden One)|Khloe]]
*[[Khloe (Hidden One)|Khloe]]
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Leonius]]
*[[Lucius]] {{C|Gaul}}
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*[[Lucius]] {{C|''Liberalis Circulum''}}
*[[Lugos]] {{C|''Liberalis Circulum''}}
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*[[Publius Volumnius]]
*[[Magas]]
*[[Marcellus]]
*[[Marcellus]]
*[[Maya (Hidden One)|Maya]]
*[[Maya (Hidden One)|Maya]]
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*[[Teague]]
*[[Vitus]]
*[[Vitus]]
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'''Allies and puppets'''
===Allies and puppets===
;Roman Empire
*[[Calvinus]]
*[[Constantine I]]
*[[Valeria]]
*[[Valeria]]
*[[Weke]]
*[[Weke]]


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"Bayek, Caesar has been assassinated. Septimius is also dead. I have founded a bureau in the middle of Rome, yet no one knows of our existence. Like Amun, we are... the Hidden Ones."
―Aya in a letter to Bayek, 43 BCE.[src]-[m]

The Roman Hidden Ones were a group of Hidden Ones who operated throughout the territories controlled by Rome during the era of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was one of the first branches of the Hidden Ones, who would later become the Assassin Brotherhood, and was established by the Greco-Egyptian Hidden One Aya shortly after she co-founded the organization in Egypt alongside her husband Bayek.

The branch largely dissolved following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, operating in a greatly reduced capacity by the Early Middle Ages, but it would be revived to full strength centuries later as the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins.

History[edit | edit source]

Roman Republic[edit | edit source]

Foundation as the Hidden Ones[edit | edit source]

Aya: "I have assembled a group. This is Brutus and Cassius. Our Roman brothers."
Phoxidas: "We're going to cut these bastards down from across the seas. Septimius and Caesar."
—Aya and Phoxidas introducing Bayek to their Roman recruits, 47 BCE.[src]-[m]

In 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek and his wife Aya, who were on a quest of vengeance against the Order of the Ancients for the death of their son Khemu and had formed a network of people opposing the Ancients, were betrayed by the Roman general Julius Caesar and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, who allied with the Order. While Bayek tracked down and killed the Order's leader Flavius Metellus, Aya recruited the Roman Senators Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, enemies of Caesar, to their cause, determined to leave for Rome to combat the Order there. Before leaving, Bayek and Aya named their new brotherhood the Hidden Ones, laying out the foundation of the Creed and their customs.[2]

Amunet and the newly recruited Roman Hidden Ones

While Bayek established a bureau in Memphis, Aya set sail across the Tyrrhenian Sea towards Rome, accompanied by Damastes and Phoxidas. In 46 BCE, their ship was attacked by a Roman fleet, but they successfully managed to sink the ships and made port in Antium shortly afterward. From there, Aya made her way to Rome and established a bureau in the heart of the city.[2]

Aya founded the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones, and aside from Brutus and Cassius, also recruited several other Senators, in addition to the philosopher Publius Volumnius.[2][3] The Senators that would take part in the conspiracy against Caesar referred to themselves as Liberatores.[4][5]

Assassination of Julius Caesar[edit | edit source]

"He has created his own private senate, filled with deceivers, manipulators, people who have no business in Roman affairs. My brothers are eager for blood, but I am not certain I can spill it."
―Marcus Junius Brutus on Julius Caesar, c. 44 BCE.[src]-[m]

By 44 BCE, Julius Caesar had become the new head of the Order of the Ancients, with Lucius Septimius as his right hand, and even considered himself the Father of Understanding. With Aya as their leader,[2] Brutus and Cassius spearheaded a conspiracy with thirty-eight other Roman Senators, who were also all secretly Hidden Ones and opposed Caesar's imperialist ideals after he was appointed dictator for life.[6][5]

The Hidden Ones killing Julius Caesar

After being assigned by Cassius as the one to come up with the plan of assassinating Caesar, Brutus designated a sealed Isu vault near the Temple of Juno as the meeting place for him and his co-conspirators.[6][5] Having received visions of Caesar's future assassination within the vault, Brutus was further motivated and scheduled their attack for the Ides of March.[6]

On 15 March 44 BCE, Aya, Brutus, and Cassius went to the Theatre of Pompey where the Roman Senate was to convene. While Brutus and Cassius went to the curia, Aya fought and killed Septimius before joining her brothers in the Senate. Aya was the first one to strike at Caesar, followed by the Roman Senators. Caesar resisted at first but resigned himself to his fate upon recognizing Brutus.[2][6] Shortly after, Aya adopted the name Amunet.[2]

Driven by severe guilt from his actions, Brutus later returned to the Isu vault and abandoned the dagger he had used to strike down Caesar, along with his heirloom armor and the scrolls describing his dreams and discovery of the vault. These scrolls also included drawings of the chamber and its pedestal.[6]

Attempted resurrection of Brutus[edit | edit source]

"Whatever power lies within this artifact, it has not returned our Brother to us."
―Publius Volumnius commenting on the failed resurrection of Brutus.[src]-[m]
The Shroud covering Brutus

After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the Hidden Ones, which was proposed by Caesar's friend and co-consul Marcus Antonius. Nonetheless, an uproar among the population forced Brutus and Cassius to flee from Rome, and a civil war ensued.[7] In 42 BCE, armies under the command of Marcus Antonius and Caesar's adopted son Octavian clashed with those of Brutus and Cassius in Philippi, Makedonia. Faced with inevitable defeat, both Cassius[8] and Brutus committed suicide shortly thereafter.[7]

After Brutus' death, his fellow Hidden Ones gathered in Philippi and tried to reanimate him using a Shroud of Eden. Since they had never used it before, the Hidden Ones feared its effects but nevertheless wrapped Brutus in the cloth. Though the corpse opened its eyes and moved its arms, it neither breathed nor reacted to any touch, and eventually fell still in a seeming "second death". As some of the Hidden Ones wept, Brutus was wrapped instead in a burial mantle and the Shroud was returned to its wooden storage box.[7]

Roman Empire[edit | edit source]

Assassination of Caligula[edit | edit source]

In 27 BCE, the Roman Republic was transformed into the Roman Empire by Octavian, who became the first Roman Emperor under the name Augustus. The third emperor, Caligula, was a tyrant whose reign was secretly supported and influenced by the Order of the Ancients. This turned him into a target for the Hidden One Leonius, who assassinated him with a dagger in an underground corridor beneath Palatine Hill on 24 January 41 CE.[9]

As the Roman Empire expanded through Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, the Hidden Ones established many bureaus across the empire.[10]

Roman Britain and Gaul[edit | edit source]

In the early 1st century, the Hidden Ones expanded north into the Roman provinces of Britannia, establishing bureaus in the towns of Ratae, Londiunum, Venta Belgarum, Eboracum, Camulodunum, as well as a temple dedicated to Ceres.[11] The Hidden Ones also established bureaus in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis around Paris.[12]

In the 90s CE, the Hidden Ones sent requests and pleas to Emperor Domitian and his governor Verus to accord Roman citizenship to the Iceni. When they ignored the request, the Acolytus Anicius killed Verus in public at Camulodunum to send a message to the Senate.[11]

In 122, as Emperor Hadrian planned a war against the northern native people of England, the Hidden Ones decided to assassinate him. The Acolytus Caius infiltrated his villa in Londinium but was discovered and killed before he could accomplish his mission.[11]

Shortly after Marcus Aurelius came to power, the Hidden Ones made motions towards him to broker peace in the region. Aurelius agreed to cease hostilities and retreat south from Antonine Wall to the more easily defensible Hadrian's Wall. Although the Hidden Ones trusted Aurelius to abide by the deal, they sent magister Eghan to oversee the retreat in order to verify that Aurelius kept his word.[11]

However, a few decades later, the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus disregarded Aurelius' established treaty and resumed the fortification and reoccupation of the Antonine wall. The Hidden Ones in Eboracum thus sent magister Khloe to poison the emperor during his stay in the city in 211.[11]

Securing the Ankh[edit | edit source]

"The power of this artifact has yet to be uncovered, but the object itself possesses a strong symbolic value for our circle..."
―Lucius to his son Aquilus, regarding the Ankh, 259 CE.[src]

At some point during the 2nd century, the Hidden One Lugos established his own group called the Liberalis Circulum, which operated throughout the territories of the Roman Empire. Lugos later traveled to Egypt to recover two Pieces of Eden, the Ankh and the Scepter of Aset, which had been found in a pyramid by Roman plunderers. However, while transporting the two artifacts back to Rome across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrible storm opened an enormous waterway within the ship, causing it to sink. Before his demise, Lugos recorded a message with the Ankh, detailing the ongoing events and lamenting the failure of his mission.[1]

By the mid-3rd century, the Liberalis Circulum had grown to include members from the various provinces of the Empire, having agents operating in Gaul, Germania, and Iberia. However, the group was primarily based within the city of Lugdunum, where they were led by the Gallo-Roman Lucius.[13]

Aquilus in General Gracchus' tent

In 259, Lucius' nephew, the Aleman general and Hidden One Accipiter, found the Ankh after it had resurfaced in Germania, and Lucius arranged for the artifact to be given to his son, Aquilus. Aquilus was also tasked to assassinate three targets who held high positions within the Empire: Senator Caius and Generals Titus and Gracchus.[13] However, Gracchus learned about Aquilus' intentions after being informed of Caius' and Titus' deaths, and so when the Hidden One confronted him in his tent, he stabbed and left him for dead.[14]

Aquilus was saved by a timely attack on Gracchus' camp by Accipiter's Alemmani forces, who defeated the Romans and found Aquilus' unconscious body. After being nursed back to health by Accipiter, Aquilus was given the Ankh by cousin and returned to Lugdunum, where he gave the artifact to his father.[13]

At Lucius' villa, Aquilus met Senator Caïus Fulvus Vultur, an old friend of the family, and told his father about his failed assassination of General Gracchus. Lucius suspected that Faustinus, the bishop of Lugdunum, had betrayed them by revealing their plans to their enemies, and so Aquilus decided to interrogate him. Before Aquilus' departure, he was informed by his father about the Ankh's powers, which he described as a "temporary resurrection".[13]

Aquilus interrogating Faustinus

Making his way to Faustinus' home, Aquilus woke him up in the middle of the night and threatened to kill him for his treachery. After Faustinus stated that he had no choice and that Emperor Gallienus had forced him to expose the Liberalis Circulum's plans, Aquilus demanded to know who his collaborators were. Faustinus initially claimed that he had acted alone, but upon being beaten up by the Hidden One, he betrayed the identity of his accomplice: Vultur. Taking advantage of Aquilus' surprise, Faustinus tried to flee, but was killed by the Hidden One with a throwing knife to the back.[13]

Aquilus subsequently rushed back to Lucius' home to report Vultur's treachery, only to find his father dead and the Ankh missing. Upon closer inspection, Aquilus found his father's servant Weke, who had been mortally wounded and only managed to utter a few words before passing away. Just then, a maid came up and revealed that Vultur had killed both Lucius and Weke and stolen the Ankh, causing Aquilus to vow revenge.[13]

Aquilus tracked Vultur to Rome, where he eliminated him and retrieved the Ankh, taking it back to his home in Lugdunum. During this time, the Alemanni planned to ransack the city, but the Iberian Hidden One Cuervo convinced Accipiter to negotiate a deal with the Prefect of Lugdunum instead, in order to preserve the Liberalis Circulum's interests. The prefect agreed to pay Accipiter a significant tribute in exchange for sparing the city, but later ordered the arrest and execution of Aquilus and his wife Valeria.[1]

After learning about his cousin's plight, Accipiter tried to save Aquilus and Valeria, but only managed to rescue the latter, as Aquilus was executed by Roman soldiers. With the Ankh now in Valeria's possession, Accipiter requested that she hide it in a safe place, claiming that he was too busy with his conquests to do so himself. Valeria ultimately hid the artifact within an altar erected to the memory of her late husband.[1]

Later activities[edit | edit source]

In 306, the Acolytus Beatha delivered a letter to Emperor Constantine I, who was in Britain pleading for the protection of the Christians who were killed by Belgae warriors.[11] Three decades later, an unidentified Hidden One witnessed the investiture of Constantinople as the new capital of the empire by Constantine I.[15][16]

In 383, as Emperor Magnus Maximus took most of his troops to march into Gaul, the Hidden One Marcellus ordered the evacuation of the bureaus of Eboracum and Venta Belgarum as the local population turned against them.[11]

During the late 4th century, the Christian Church executed the Belgae pagans in Britain. The Hidden Ones tried to convince Emperor Theodosius I to a compromise. As he did not respond, the Acolytus Teague and his Magister were sent to kill the church fathers Vitus, Secunda, and Agapitus during a public spectacle. The Hidden Ones succeeded but the Magister was fatally wounded.[11]

In 423, following the death of Emperor Honorius, the Hidden Ones in Britannia were forced to evacuate their bureaus and retreat from the province following a note issued by Magister Vitus. Due to local tribes who harbored ill sentiments towards the Hidden Ones and their mission having filled the power vacuum left by the departing Roman legions, Vitus reasoned that remaining in Britannia was unwise and would only lead to unnecessary bloodshed. The Magister also suggested that they move their headquarters and join forces with the Hidden Ones based in the German city of Cologne.[11]

In Gaul, the local Hidden Ones decided to follow their British brethren, feeling their mission in Paris was done. The Hidden One known as "C. C." issued an order for the Hidden Ones in the province to vacate their bureaus and travel to Cologne to regroup with their Brothers. The main bureau in Paris was sealed and its keys hidden within the other bureaus around the city. However, while most Gallic Hidden Ones accepted the invitation to Cologne and departed the province, some remained in Gaul and resumed their operations.[12]

Members[edit | edit source]

Roman Republic
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Allies and puppets[edit | edit source]

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Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Assassin's Creed: Origins
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Reconstructed Data 011
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Scrolls of Romulus
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past
  8. ↑ Battle of Philippi on Wikipedia
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed II
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: The Hidden Ones
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brief History of the Hidden Ones
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris – Hidden
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Assassin's Creed 2: Aquilus
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond
  15. ↑ Darby McDevitt (@DarbyMcDevitt) on Twitter "Random AC fact: the fake Helix title in ACU, "The Bladed Cross" refers to the rise of Constantine I. I'm not sure most people get this one." (screenshot)
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook

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