Abu'l Nuqoud

Abu'l Nuqoud is one of the nine people Al Mualim wants Altaïr to assassinate. He is found in the city of Damascus, in its rich district

Description

Abu'l Nuqoud is a very large, round, and wealthy man. He is a lavished merchant king of the city of Damascus. He decorates his home with the finest decor, and feasts upon only the finest of foods. The name "Abu'l Nuqoud" means the man who has a lot of money (literally the father (abu) of money (nuqoud)).

However, Abu'l has great disdain for the poor citizens of the city. He sees them as nothing more than a source of all the crime, disease, and other poor things in the world. With that, he takes perverse pleasure from seeing them die painful deaths. He is also incredibly self centered, and loves nothing more than to show off his generosity to the people of Damascus.

Death

As Altaïr seeks out Abul Nuqouds' life, the merchant king decides to throw a lavish party at his palace for the people of the city. After the guests have settled down, Abu'l proposes a toast to their generosity, then proceeds to lambaste them for their hatred and hypocrisy in supporting Saladin and his war campaign. It is revealed (while Altaïr combed the city tracking his target) that he had poisoned the wine to get revenge on the people who tormented him with their cruel words and bigotry, and he orders his men to kill anyone who tries to escape from the party.

Altaïr attempts to assassinate him, first by developing a plan to eliminate the two bodyguards. Succeeding in the latter part, Altaïr assures himself that Abu'l has not taken notice to the impending danger around him given off from Altaïrs presence and concrete intent as he constantly and slowly paced back and forth Altaïr primed his Hidden Blade. Just as the Merchant King for the last time in his life turned and walked Altaïr suddenly sprung towards him sprinting full speed and instinctively knowing when in range Altaïr extends his Hidden Blade into the flesh and most likely vital organ of Abu'l ultimately, catching him and ending his existence in the world.

In his dying speech, Abu'l says that he did not join up with the Templars for revenge, but to create a new, better world instead of pretending to follow a god who called him an abomination. This hints that Abu'l is homosexual, a possible reason for his resentment of the Upper Classes as, while his position would keep him from being directly challenged, the upper classes would mock and judge him about his sexuality.

Trivia

• He runs suprisingly fast if he sees you coming.
• He is the only target without any weapon upon him. He will turn to fight you if he makes it to a guard tower and recieves a sword, however.