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Throughout the history of the [[Assassins]], several branches adopted an '''Assassin Council''' or '''Council of the Brotherhood''' as their governing body. The practice began sometime in the first millennium under the [[Levant]]ine branch of Hidden Ones, who outlined in their founding statutes a provision for the creation of a Council and its dissolution as required by a chapter's [[Mentor]], and was carried over in 1090 when their [[Assassin leader|leader]] [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]] formally organized the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]]. | Throughout the history of the [[Assassins]], several branches adopted an '''Assassin Council''' or '''Council of the Brotherhood''' as their governing body. The practice began sometime in the first millennium under the [[Levant]]ine branch of Hidden Ones, who outlined in their founding statutes a provision for the creation of a Council and its dissolution as required by a chapter's [[Mentor]], and was carried over in 1090 when their [[Assassin leader|leader]] [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]] formally organized the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]]. | ||
During the [[Renaissance]] in [[Italy]], the Mentor of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] led an Assassin Council comprised of several local [[Master Assassin]]s. The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Brotherhood]] during the [[French Revolution]] | During the [[Renaissance]] in [[Italy]], the Mentor of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]] led an Assassin Council comprised of several local [[Master Assassin]]s. The [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Brotherhood]] during the [[French Revolution]] and the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British]] and [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhoods]] during the [[Industrial Revolution]] were also led by their own respective Assassin Councils. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
=== | ===Alamut Council=== | ||
{{ | {{Quote|You do yourself a great credit in accepting Master Basim's invitation to scour Northern Europe and cleanse it of our enemy. He has long talked of traveling north for just such a purpose. That he feels now is the right time and you are the right companion is a judgment the council does not second guess.|Rayhan in a letter to Hytham, c. 873.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|To Serve the Light}} | ||
During their early years in the Levant, the sect of Hidden Ones operating in the region set rules establishing the conditions for a Council. Its duties included judging the readiness of their members for missions, meeting to discuss the group's actions against the [[Order of the Ancients]] | During their early years in the Levant, the sect of Hidden Ones operating in the region set rules establishing the conditions for a Council. Its duties included judging the readiness of their members for missions, meeting to discuss the group's actions against the [[Order of the Ancients]],<ref name="To Serve the Light">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[To Serve the Light...]]</ref> and overseeing the Brotherhood in the event that a suitable Mentor could not be appointed.<ref name="TSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' – {{Cite|12 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 15.png|thumb|250px|left|The Alamut Council at Basim Ibn Ishaq's initiation]] | |||
By the 860s, the Council in [[Alamut]] consisted of the Mentor [[Rayhan]], the Eagle Master [[Fuladh Al Haami]], and the Master Assassin [[Roshan]].<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref> In addition to overseeing the Hidden Ones' activities, the Council was responsible for formally [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|inducting]] new recruits into the Brotherhood once they had completed their training.<ref name="Taking Flight">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[Taking Flight]]</ref> Following the events in the [[Alamut Temple]], Roshan renounced her membership within the Alamut Brotherhood and thus the Council, leaving the Hidden Ones.<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref> | |||
In 873, Rayhan wrote a letter to [[Hytham]], an [[Acolyte]] studying under [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], informing him that the Council was pleased at Basim's apparent initiative to hunt the Order of the Ancients in [[England]] and at his decision to bring Hytham to accompany him. Sensing Hytham's potential, Rayhan advised him to follow his teacher's lead if he sought to "ascend to greatness."<ref name="To Serve the Light" /> | |||
However, Basim later attempted to kill his new allies [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] and [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]] of the [[Raven Clan]] while in [[Hordaland|Hordafylke]], only to be defeated and trapped in the [[Yggdrasil]] supercomputer.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref> On returning to the [[Norse people|Norse]] settlement of [[Ravensthorpe]] in [[Leicestershire|Ledecestrescire]], Eivor told Hytham about the sudden turn of events, and he informed Rayhan and the Alamut Council of Basim's betrayal and fate in his subsequent report.<ref name="Breaking the Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref> | |||
In | In 879, Fuladh, now a Mentor of the Hidden Ones based in the {{Wiki|Justanids|Justanid region}} of [[Iran|Persia]], was set to host a council at the newly-constructed [[fort]]ress of Alamut in {{Wiki|Daylam|Deylam}}. Rayhan invited Hytham to attend the council and provide a detailed account of Basim's betrayal, as well as be present when the Alamut Council promoted him from the [[Assassin rank|rank]] of Acolyte.<ref name="Breaking the Order" /> | ||
===Levantine Council=== | |||
{{Dialogue2|Swami|A meeting of the council has been called for tomorrow morning.|Altaïr|The what?|With Malik imprisoned, a council was formed to oversee the Order, in accordance with the statutes of the Brotherhood.|Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad being told by Swami about the newly-formed council, 1227.|Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade}} | |||
In 1090, Hassan-i Sabbāh formally re-organized the Hidden Ones into the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> but still maintained the decrees set by his predecessors centuries prior regarding Councils and how the Order was to function. The next notable Council would not be seen until nearly 140 years later. Following the departure of the Mentor [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] from [[Masyaf]]—the Levantine Assassins' seat of power in the 13th century—to combat the growing threat of the [[Mongol Empire]], and the imprisonment of the interim Mentor [[Malik Al-Sayf]] on the false charge of murder, the Assassins convened a council headed by Altaïr's rival, [[Abbas Sofian]].<ref name="TSC" /> | |||
Abbas' council numbered ten Assassins in total, and upon Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1228, consisted of men the former Mentor considered to be among the Order's most weak-minded and conniving, including the likes of [[Farim]]. Soon after his return, Altaïr met with Abbas and the Council to discuss his quest to halt the Mongols' advances and his [[Assassination of Genghis Khan|success in assassinating]] [[Genghis Khan]]. Though the statutes of the Levantine Brotherhood once would have allowed the returned Altaïr to assume leadership again and dissolve the sitting council, Abbas' scheming had altered the statutes' ordinances so he and his council could stay in power, having declared Altaïr too compromised to lead.<ref name="TSC" /> | |||
When Altaïr later took back control of the Levantine Brotherhood from Abbas upon kiling him in 1247, the Mentor elected not to continue the Assassin Council, though he retained several trusted advisers.<ref name="TSC" /> | |||
===Italian Council=== | |||
{{Quote|Business first. I am calling a meeting of the Council of the Brotherhood here tonight.|Mario Auditore, 1500.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}} | |||
During the Renaissance, the Italian Assassins maintained an Assassin Council, otherwise known as the Council of the Brotherhood. Comprised of several notable Master Assassins, often under the oversight of the current Mentor, the Council was responsible for choosing the Italian Brotherhood's [[Assassin leader|leader]] and ratifying significant decisions regarding the direction of the Order.<ref name="BrotherhoodNovel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]] – {{Cite|12 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
[[File:BHPlan 2.png|thumb|250px|The Italian Council meeting to discuss the Borgia threat]] | |||
In 1500, several members of the Italian Council—including the Assassin leader [[Mario Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]]—met at the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]] to hear [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] recount his confrontation with [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and the discovery of the [[Vatican Vault]] beneath the [[Sistine Chapel]]. In the aftermath of [[Cesare Borgia]]'s devastating [[Siege of Monteriggioni|attack on Monteriggioni]] that resulted in Mario's death, Ezio and Machiavelli were appointed dual chiefs of the Council by virtue of their deeds furthering the Assassin cause.<ref name="BrotherhoodNovel" /> | |||
[[File:BHPlan 2.png|thumb | |||
In 1500, several members of the Italian | |||
The Assassin Council later ratified the ascension of Ezio to the role of Mentor and leader of the Italian Assassins.<ref name="BrotherhoodNovel" /> During Ezio's tenure as Mentor, the Italian | The Assassin Council later ratified the ascension of Ezio to the role of Mentor and leader of the Italian Assassins in 1503.<ref name="BrotherhoodNovel" /> During Ezio's tenure as Mentor, the Italian Council could count Machiavelli, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], [[Rosa]], [[La Volpe]], [[Paola]], and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia Auditore]] among their numbers,<ref name="RevelationsNovel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] – {{Cite|12 March 2021}}</ref> each offering the Mentor aid, intelligence, and advice.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> When Ezio eventually stepped down as Mentor in 1513, and named [[Lodovico Ariosto]] as his chosen successor, the Council was left to ratify his decision.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel – Chapter 81</ref> | ||
===French Council=== | ===French Council=== | ||
{{Quote|Assassin, this Council charges you to go to la Cour des Miracles. Find there the Templar agent le Roi des Thunes. Learn his secrets, and bring him peace.|Mirabeau ordering Arno to assassinate le Roi des Thunes, 1791.|Assassin's Creed: Unity|The Kingdom of Beggars}} | {{Quote|Assassin, this Council charges you to go to la Cour des Miracles. Find there the Templar agent le Roi des Thunes. Learn his secrets, and bring him peace.|Mirabeau ordering Arno to assassinate le Roi des Thunes, 1791.|Assassin's Creed: Unity|The Kingdom of Beggars}} | ||
The French Assassin Council was active since at least the mid-18th century, dispatching [[John de la Tour]] to the | The French Assassin Council was active since at least the mid-18th century, dispatching [[John de la Tour]] to the [[United States|British colonies in America]]. Operating under the Council's orders, de la Tour aided in establishing a new [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]] around 1746, though his death at the [[Siege of Louisbourg (1745)|battle of Louisbourg]] left control of the Colonial Assassins in the hands of the Mentor [[Achilles Davenport]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Siege of Louisbourg"</ref> | ||
In 1748, [[Gaspar Velasquez]] and his associates in [[Spain]] began working on the blueprints for a powerful new [[brig]] to bolster the Colonial Assassins. However, they were unable to build the ship themselves due to the threat posed by the British Templars. The following year, the plans were given to the French Council, who had the ship—dubbed the ''[[Aquila]]''—constructed in [[Brest]] | In 1748, [[Gaspar Velasquez]] and his associates in [[Spain]] began working on the blueprints for a powerful new [[brig]] to bolster the Colonial Assassins. However, they were unable to build the ship themselves due to the threat posed by the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]. The following year, the plans were given to the French Council, who had the ship—dubbed the ''[[Aquila]]''—constructed in [[Brest]] and delivered into the possession of the Colonial Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Ghost of the North"</ref> | ||
[[File:The Kingdom of Beggars 1.png|thumb|250px|left|The French Council during the Revolution]] | |||
By 1789, the French Council was led by the Mentor [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau|Mirabeau]] and operated out of the Assassin sanctuary beneath the [[Sainte-Chapelle]] in [[Paris]]. Aside from Mirabeau, the Council was composed of four other Master Assassins: [[Pierre Bellec]], [[Sophie Trenet]], [[Hervé Quemar]], and [[Guillaume Beylier]]. In July 1789, they inducted [[Arno Dorian]] into the Brotherhood,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Rebirth]]</ref> and as the French Revolution broke out, sought to bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Graduation (Unity)|Graduation]]</ref> | |||
Thereafter, chairmanship of the French Council fell to Trenet,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The King's Correspondence]]</ref> who later | In 1791, Mirabeau was [[Poison|poisoned]] by his fellow Council member Pierre Bellec, for attempting to establish peace with [[Élise de la Serre]], a [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Templar]] betrayed by her own Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Meeting with Mirabeau]]</ref> Bellec, having been a witness to Templar atrocities committed in the name of purging the Assassins, viewed Mirabeau's push for peace as treason against the Assassins. Bellec's crime was uncovered not long after by Arno, leading the two Assassins to engage in a fight that left Bellec dead and the Assassin Council deprived of two of its members.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Confrontation]]</ref> | ||
Thereafter, chairmanship of the French Council fell to Sophie Trenet,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The King's Correspondence]]</ref> who later led the Council to expel Arno from the Assassin Order. They did not approve of his selfish reasons for joining the Brotherhood, nor the manner in which he repeatedly acted outside the tenets of [[the Creed]], brashly killing targets without the Council's consent in order to pursue a personal vendetta. The Council thus banished Arno, but did not seek to punish him further<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Bottom of the Barrel]]</ref> and would ultimately welcome the young Assassin back years later,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Temple]]</ref> after he had matured and demonstrated true dedication to the Brotherhood's cause.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''[[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref> | |||
===British Council=== | ===British Council=== | ||
{{Quote|You know as well as I do that London has been the domain of the Templars for the last hundred years. They are far too strong yet. Patience. [...] The Council shall guide us, sound advice that your father would have seconded | {{Quote|You know as well as I do that London has been the domain of the Templars for the last hundred years. They are far too strong yet. Patience. [...] The Council shall guide us, sound advice that your father would have seconded.|George Westhouse, on the Council's reluctance to challenge the Templars' control of London, 1868.|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate|A Simple Plan}} | ||
By the year 1868, the British | By the year 1868, the British Brotherhood in [[England]] was overseen by an Assassin Council that was reluctant to take action against the Templars that so thoroughly controlled [[London]] at the time. Against the orders of the Council, the young British Assassins [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] and [[Evie Frye]] nevertheless traveled to London to help [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]], the leader of the city's remaining Assassins.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Simple Plan]]</ref> | ||
===Egyptian Council=== | |||
By 1869, the Egyptian Brotherhood was led by an Assassin Council based in [[Cairo]], which counted [[Mustafa Hussein]] and the French Assassin [[Amira Benyamina]] among its members.<ref name="Resurrection Plot">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot]]'' – Chapter 2</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' | *[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]] | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]'' | |||
*[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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Throughout the history of the Assassins, several branches adopted an Assassin Council or Council of the Brotherhood as their governing body. The practice began sometime in the first millennium under the Levantine branch of Hidden Ones, who outlined in their founding statutes a provision for the creation of a Council and its dissolution as required by a chapter's Mentor, and was carried over in 1090 when their leader Hassan-i Sabbāh formally organized the Levantine Brotherhood.
During the Renaissance in Italy, the Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood led an Assassin Council comprised of several local Master Assassins. The French Brotherhood during the French Revolution and the British and Egyptian Brotherhoods during the Industrial Revolution were also led by their own respective Assassin Councils.
History[edit | edit source]
Alamut Council[edit | edit source]
- "You do yourself a great credit in accepting Master Basim's invitation to scour Northern Europe and cleanse it of our enemy. He has long talked of traveling north for just such a purpose. That he feels now is the right time and you are the right companion is a judgment the council does not second guess."
- ―Rayhan in a letter to Hytham, c. 873.[src]-[m]
During their early years in the Levant, the sect of Hidden Ones operating in the region set rules establishing the conditions for a Council. Its duties included judging the readiness of their members for missions, meeting to discuss the group's actions against the Order of the Ancients,[1] and overseeing the Brotherhood in the event that a suitable Mentor could not be appointed.[2]
By the 860s, the Council in Alamut consisted of the Mentor Rayhan, the Eagle Master Fuladh Al Haami, and the Master Assassin Roshan.[3] In addition to overseeing the Hidden Ones' activities, the Council was responsible for formally inducting new recruits into the Brotherhood once they had completed their training.[4] Following the events in the Alamut Temple, Roshan renounced her membership within the Alamut Brotherhood and thus the Council, leaving the Hidden Ones.[5]
In 873, Rayhan wrote a letter to Hytham, an Acolyte studying under Basim Ibn Ishaq, informing him that the Council was pleased at Basim's apparent initiative to hunt the Order of the Ancients in England and at his decision to bring Hytham to accompany him. Sensing Hytham's potential, Rayhan advised him to follow his teacher's lead if he sought to "ascend to greatness."[1]
However, Basim later attempted to kill his new allies Eivor Varinsdottir and Sigurd Styrbjornsson of the Raven Clan while in Hordafylke, only to be defeated and trapped in the Yggdrasil supercomputer.[6] On returning to the Norse settlement of Ravensthorpe in Ledecestrescire, Eivor told Hytham about the sudden turn of events, and he informed Rayhan and the Alamut Council of Basim's betrayal and fate in his subsequent report.[7]
In 879, Fuladh, now a Mentor of the Hidden Ones based in the Justanid region of Persia, was set to host a council at the newly-constructed fortress of Alamut in Deylam. Rayhan invited Hytham to attend the council and provide a detailed account of Basim's betrayal, as well as be present when the Alamut Council promoted him from the rank of Acolyte.[7]
Levantine Council[edit | edit source]
- Swami: "A meeting of the council has been called for tomorrow morning."
- Altaïr: "The what?"
- Swami: "With Malik imprisoned, a council was formed to oversee the Order, in accordance with the statutes of the Brotherhood."
- —Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad being told by Swami about the newly-formed council, 1227.[src]
In 1090, Hassan-i Sabbāh formally re-organized the Hidden Ones into the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins,[8] but still maintained the decrees set by his predecessors centuries prior regarding Councils and how the Order was to function. The next notable Council would not be seen until nearly 140 years later. Following the departure of the Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad from Masyaf—the Levantine Assassins' seat of power in the 13th century—to combat the growing threat of the Mongol Empire, and the imprisonment of the interim Mentor Malik Al-Sayf on the false charge of murder, the Assassins convened a council headed by Altaïr's rival, Abbas Sofian.[2]
Abbas' council numbered ten Assassins in total, and upon Altaïr's return to Masyaf in 1228, consisted of men the former Mentor considered to be among the Order's most weak-minded and conniving, including the likes of Farim. Soon after his return, Altaïr met with Abbas and the Council to discuss his quest to halt the Mongols' advances and his success in assassinating Genghis Khan. Though the statutes of the Levantine Brotherhood once would have allowed the returned Altaïr to assume leadership again and dissolve the sitting council, Abbas' scheming had altered the statutes' ordinances so he and his council could stay in power, having declared Altaïr too compromised to lead.[2]
When Altaïr later took back control of the Levantine Brotherhood from Abbas upon kiling him in 1247, the Mentor elected not to continue the Assassin Council, though he retained several trusted advisers.[2]
Italian Council[edit | edit source]
- "Business first. I am calling a meeting of the Council of the Brotherhood here tonight."
- ―Mario Auditore, 1500.[src]
During the Renaissance, the Italian Assassins maintained an Assassin Council, otherwise known as the Council of the Brotherhood. Comprised of several notable Master Assassins, often under the oversight of the current Mentor, the Council was responsible for choosing the Italian Brotherhood's leader and ratifying significant decisions regarding the direction of the Order.[9]
In 1500, several members of the Italian Council—including the Assassin leader Mario Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli—met at the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni to hear Ezio Auditore da Firenze recount his confrontation with Rodrigo Borgia and the discovery of the Vatican Vault beneath the Sistine Chapel. In the aftermath of Cesare Borgia's devastating attack on Monteriggioni that resulted in Mario's death, Ezio and Machiavelli were appointed dual chiefs of the Council by virtue of their deeds furthering the Assassin cause.[9]
The Assassin Council later ratified the ascension of Ezio to the role of Mentor and leader of the Italian Assassins in 1503.[9] During Ezio's tenure as Mentor, the Italian Council could count Machiavelli, Bartolomeo d'Alviano, Rosa, La Volpe, Paola, and Claudia Auditore among their numbers,[10] each offering the Mentor aid, intelligence, and advice.[11] When Ezio eventually stepped down as Mentor in 1513, and named Lodovico Ariosto as his chosen successor, the Council was left to ratify his decision.[12]
French Council[edit | edit source]
The French Assassin Council was active since at least the mid-18th century, dispatching John de la Tour to the British colonies in America. Operating under the Council's orders, de la Tour aided in establishing a new Colonial Brotherhood around 1746, though his death at the battle of Louisbourg left control of the Colonial Assassins in the hands of the Mentor Achilles Davenport.[13]
In 1748, Gaspar Velasquez and his associates in Spain began working on the blueprints for a powerful new brig to bolster the Colonial Assassins. However, they were unable to build the ship themselves due to the threat posed by the British Templars. The following year, the plans were given to the French Council, who had the ship—dubbed the Aquila—constructed in Brest and delivered into the possession of the Colonial Brotherhood.[14]
By 1789, the French Council was led by the Mentor Mirabeau and operated out of the Assassin sanctuary beneath the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. Aside from Mirabeau, the Council was composed of four other Master Assassins: Pierre Bellec, Sophie Trenet, Hervé Quemar, and Guillaume Beylier. In July 1789, they inducted Arno Dorian into the Brotherhood,[15] and as the French Revolution broke out, sought to bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict.[16]
In 1791, Mirabeau was poisoned by his fellow Council member Pierre Bellec, for attempting to establish peace with Élise de la Serre, a French Templar betrayed by her own Order.[17] Bellec, having been a witness to Templar atrocities committed in the name of purging the Assassins, viewed Mirabeau's push for peace as treason against the Assassins. Bellec's crime was uncovered not long after by Arno, leading the two Assassins to engage in a fight that left Bellec dead and the Assassin Council deprived of two of its members.[18]
Thereafter, chairmanship of the French Council fell to Sophie Trenet,[19] who later led the Council to expel Arno from the Assassin Order. They did not approve of his selfish reasons for joining the Brotherhood, nor the manner in which he repeatedly acted outside the tenets of the Creed, brashly killing targets without the Council's consent in order to pursue a personal vendetta. The Council thus banished Arno, but did not seek to punish him further[20] and would ultimately welcome the young Assassin back years later,[21] after he had matured and demonstrated true dedication to the Brotherhood's cause.[22]
British Council[edit | edit source]
- "You know as well as I do that London has been the domain of the Templars for the last hundred years. They are far too strong yet. Patience. [...] The Council shall guide us, sound advice that your father would have seconded."
- ―George Westhouse, on the Council's reluctance to challenge the Templars' control of London, 1868.[src]-[m]
By the year 1868, the British Brotherhood in England was overseen by an Assassin Council that was reluctant to take action against the Templars that so thoroughly controlled London at the time. Against the orders of the Council, the young British Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye nevertheless traveled to London to help Henry Green, the leader of the city's remaining Assassins.[23]
Egyptian Council[edit | edit source]
By 1869, the Egyptian Brotherhood was led by an Assassin Council based in Cairo, which counted Mustafa Hussein and the French Assassin Amira Benyamina among its members.[24]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Underworld (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Highlands Children
- Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Resurrection Plot
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage