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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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| Upon being promoted, the Grand Master was from then on known as "'''the Mentor'''" by his fellow Assassins.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>
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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="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
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| ===Late middle ages===
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| Some time during the late 15<sup>th</sup> century, [[Mario Auditore]] became the Order's Grand Master and based it's headquarters in the Tusacany coutryside in the town [[Monteriggioni]], which the [[Auditore]] family had ruled over for centuries. During his time he was the mentor to his nephew, Ezio, who he trained in the ways of the Order.
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| In January 1500, Mario was killed by [[Cesare Borgia]] after Monteriggioni was besieged. [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] became the ''de facto'' Grand Master and based the Order in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], the center of the Templars' power. During his time as the Grand Master he, secretly, assisted or saved Ezio Auditore on several occasions: Machiavelli saved Ezio from the coutry roadside after he collapsed due to the injuries he aquired during the siege of Monteriggioni. Machiavelli was also responsible for the explosion at the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], which forced the guards to retreat, preventing Ezio from being entirely overwhelmed, additionally he had some mercenaries provide Ezio aid during the Passion Play disaster.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />
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| However, in 1503, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] was given the title of Grand Master after Machiavelli passed the position onto him, realizing that Ezio was a stronger leader and was actually leading the war against the Borgia, despite taking no credit, and that he would set a better example to the other members of the Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />
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| ===Modern times===
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| The position of Grand Master still existed in Modern times. In 1888, [[Nikolai Orelov]], an Assassin during the [[Russian Revolution]], recieves his orders directly from "The Mentor".
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| A hundred years later, another Mentor is still active, and still operating under the same name as his predecessors. In 1998, [[Daniel Cross]] began to seek him out after having a [[bleeding effect|bizarre hallucination]] of Orelov, who was his great-grandfather.
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| ==Known Grand Masters==
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| <center><gallery captionalign="left" widths="182" spacing="small">
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| File:Al mualim.jpg|[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><br>(? - 1191)
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| File:Alta-assassins-creed.jpg|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref><br>(1191 - ?)
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| Char mario.jpg|[[Mario Auditore]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref><br>(? - 1500)
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| Char_machiavelli whiteback.png|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br>(1500 - 1503)
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| Assassins-creed-brotherhood-20100614064141263.jpg|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br>(1503 - ?)
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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]] | |