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| {{Quote|Who are the ones that work in the shadows for the people? We are. Something has come of all of this. And it starts right now. We must continue the fight, and defend the free will of the people. And no matter how small, our brotherhood is the only hope and our kingdom needs no crowns. What we believe in, our values, our creed, will unify us.|Bayek, 47 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|The Aftermath}}
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| |name = Hidden Ones
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| |image = ACO logo.png
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| |founder = [[Amunet]]<br>[[Bayek]]
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| |locations = *[[Egypt]]<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
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| *[[Italy]]<ref name="ACO"/>
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| *[[Greece]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)]]''</ref>
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| *[[Western Regions]]<ref name="Beacon1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 1)]]</ref>
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| *[[China]]<ref name="ACDY">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty''</ref>
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| *[[United Kingdom|Britain]]<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref>
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| *[[France|Gaul]]<ref name="The Siege of Paris">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[The Siege of Paris]]''</ref>
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| *[[Levant]]<ref name="LetterFromRayhan">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – {{Cite|17 March 2021. Memory needed}} / [[Viking Expansion notes]]: "A Letter from Mentor Rayhan"</ref>
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| *[[Iran|Persia]]<ref name="LetterFromRayhan"/>
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| *[[India]]<ref name="ACVDBTHO">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref>
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| *[[Byzantine Empire]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory 3|Issue #3]]</ref>
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| *[[Scandinavia]]<ref name="Fate of the Gods">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''</ref>
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| |predecessor = [[Artabanus' group]]<br>[[Iltani's Order]]
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| |subsidiaries = [[Roman Hidden Ones|Liberatores]]<ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia]]</ref><br>[[Liberalis Circulum]]<ref name="AC3A">''[[Assassin's Creed 3: Accipiter]]''</ref>
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| |successor =[[Assassins]]
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| |related = *[[Medjay]]<ref name="ACO"/>
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| *[[Raven Clan]]<ref name="ACV"/>
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| |formed = 47 BCE
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| |religion =
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| |collapsed =
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| |reorganized = 1090 CE<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref>
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| The '''Hidden Ones''' (Arabic: المخفيون; Chinese: 無形者) was the first official incarnation of the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]]. Founded in [[Egypt]] by the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] and his wife, [[Amunet|Aya]] of [[Alexandria]], in 47 BCE, the Hidden Ones were grounded in the premise of working in the shadows to protect the people from oppression and injustice and to safeguard their free will.
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| Its creation was a direct response to the [[Order of the Ancients]], itself an early iteration of the Assassins' mortal enemy, the [[Templars|Templar Order]], which manipulated rulers behind the scenes for their own ambitions and caused much of the chaos and violence that swept through Egypt in the last throes of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]]. Inspired by all the suffering he witnessed first-hand throughout his prior activities as a Medjay, Bayek devised [[the Creed]] that would serve as the basis for Assassin philosophy. Aya, rechristening herself Amunet, in turn cultivated relations with [[Roman Republic|Roman]] senators to firmly establish an [[Liberalis Circulus|operational network]] of Hidden Ones in [[Rome]]. The bases in Rome, headed by Amunet, and [[Memphis]], headed by Bayek, constituted the very first branches for what would eventually become the Assassins.
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| Much like the later Assassins, the Hidden Ones primarily employed assassination as a means of eliminating their enemies and forbade the harming of innocents. In 1090 CE, under the leadership of [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]], the Hidden Ones re-organized themselves as a state in the northern mountains of Persia with a capital at [[Alamut]], by which point they had renamed themselves as the Assassins.
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| ==History==
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| ===Pre-formation===
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| ====Forerunners====
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| Before the Hidden Ones were created by Bayek and Aya, there were like-minded individuals that fought the Order of the Ancients and their predecessors. Besides [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], who were integral to mankind's rebellion against [[Isu]] control, the first known person to follow the ideals of the Assassins was [[Darius]], the inventor of the [[Hidden Blade]] who led a [[Artabanus' group|resistance group]] that opposed [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]]' rule over the [[Achaemenid Empire]] of [[Iran|Persia]]. He would successfully assassinate Xerxes in 465 BCE.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' – [[Shadow of a Legend]]</ref> Afterwards, he went into hiding with his son [[Natakas]] in [[Greece]] after his sister [[Neema]] was murdered by the [[Order of Hunters]]. Darius later encountered the legendary [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] initially mistaking her as a member of the [[Order Elite]] and fought her at a tomb in [[Potidaia]] in 429 BCE. Eventually, he realized that Kassandra was not one of the Order assassins sent to kill him and his son. Soon, they would work together to eliminate not just the Order of Hunters but the [[Order of the Storm]], the [[Order of Dominion]] and finally [[the Immortals]]. Darius knew that Kassandra and her newborn son [[Elpidios]] would never be safe truly safe from the Order in Greece since they were considered "[[Hybrid|Tainted Ones]]", so he handed him off to [[Darius II|a younger man]] who was the son of Persian King [[Artaxerxes I of Persia|Artaxerxes I]]. However, Kassandra convinced Darius to raise her young son in [[Egypt]] for the rest of his life. Elpidos was also the ancestor of Hidden Ones co-founder Amunet, otherwise known as Aya.<ref name="Legacy of the First Blade">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline'' – [[Legacy of the First Blade (memory)]]</ref>
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| Over a century after Darius killed Xerxes, [[Iltani's Order|a proto-Assassin group]] from [[Babylon]] sent one of its members to kill [[Macedonia|Macedonian]] emperor [[Alexander the Great]], an ally of the Order who used a [[Staff of Eden]] to conquer much of the Near East and Egypt. [[Iltani]] was a member of this order that saw her homeland Persia conquered by the Macedonian Greeks and it drove her desire for revenge against Alexander. Her initial plan was to assassinate the Greek general in [[Herat]] in present-day [[Afghanistan]], since he was holed up in a mighty [[Herat Citadel|citadel]]. She was able to infiltrate the citadel but remained reluctant that she would be able to eliminate him through force. Alexander soon became aware of Iltani's presence and she was forced to leave the citadel. She later came up with a new plan, one that involved meeting a Persian alchemist who was hunted by the Macedonians. After a dangerous journey, Iltani met the alchemist in Babylon to acquire his secret formula for a deadly [[Poison|poison]]. While the poison was not as fast-acting as she had hoped, it was still virulent enough to kill anyone. She also left messages that detailed her journey which could only be deciphered through [[Eagle Vision]]. In the event that her assassination were to fail, Iltani left behind a recipe for the poison on her last message, hoping that it would serve her order. Ultimately, Iltani would successfully poison Alexander the Great after infiltrating the palace of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]. Alexander soon withered away for several days from the poison until he finally perished.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' - [[Database: Iltani's Story 5]]</ref>
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| In 210 BCE, Wei Yu would stab Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]] with the [[spear]] "[[Jing Ke (spear)|Jing Ke]]" and cause the collapse of [[China]]'s first [[Qin dynasty|imperial dynasty]]. Much like Kassandra, Wei was not known to have been a member of any groups but nevertheless he was a freedom fighter that wanted to protect his people from the tyranny of the Qin and the Order.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[A Change of Plans]]</ref>
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| ====Bayek and Aya's quest for vengeance====
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| {{Dialogue|Rudjek|We will find you. We will find you, in your sleep!|Bayek|Sleep? I never sleep. I just wait. In the shadows. And I will kill you all. Everyone who sniffed the air that day in Siwa.|Bayek and Rudjek moments before the latter's death.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|The Heron Assassination}}
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| [[File:Origins Quest04TheFalseOracle Part01.PNG|thumb|250px|left|Bayek and Khemu captured by the Order]]
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| In 49 BCE, the Medjay Bayek, the local protector of the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, went hunting with his young son [[Khemu]] in order to train him to become his eventual successor. However, when they discovered that Khemu's friend [[Chenzira]] was kidnapped by members of the Order of the Ancients, a group that would later evolve into the Templar Order, Bayek ordered his son to run home and proceeded to confront the men. Unfortunately, Bayek was overpowered by them and taken to an [[Isu]] [[Siwa Vault|vault]] hidden beneath the [[Temple of Amun]], where they pushed him for information about how to open it, believing that it involved using an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]]. In order to force him to cooperate, the masked men had kidnapped Khemu and threatened to kill him if Bayek did not provide them with the information.<ref name="TheFalseOracle">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The False Oracle]]</ref>
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| However, the sudden arrival of [[Pharaoh]] [[Ptolemy XIII]] resulted in most of the men leaving the chamber in order to avoid being discovered, threatening to kill Khemu if Bayek failed to open the vault by the time they returned. Seeing an opportunity, Khemu stole a [[Short blade|knife]] from one of the remaining men who were standing guard and gave it to Bayek so that he could cut the rope tying his hands. Although he managed to cut the rope and knock some of the men down, Bayek's subsequent attempt to stab one of the men resulted in the man deliberately causing Bayek to stab Khemu instead, killing him.<ref name="TheFalseOracle" />
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| [[File:ACO The Heron Assassination 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Bayek confronting Rudjek]]
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| Khemu's death sent Bayek and his wife, Aya, on a quest for vengeance against the Order. However, Aya was bound to her duties as protector to Queen [[Cleopatra]], who was engaged in a [[Alexandrine Civil War|civil war]] with her husband and brother Ptolemy, who was supported by the Order. The following year, in 48 BCE, Bayek tracked down and killed one of the members of the Order, [[Rudjek]]—the Heron—in the [[Bent Pyramid]] of Sneferu.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Heron Assassination]]</ref> Afterwards, Bayek and his friend [[Hepzefa]] returned to Siwa,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Oasis]]</ref> where Bayek killed the priest [[Medunamun]]—the Ibis—by bludgeoning him to death with the [[Apple of Eden 2|Oracle's Relic]], which Bayek subsequently took with him.<ref name="TheFalseOracle" /> Afterwards, Bayek departed to [[Alexandria]] in order to see Aya, who had been tracking the remaining members of the Order.<ref name="Aya">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)]]</ref>
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| After arriving in Alexandria, Bayek met [[Phanos the Younger]], Aya's cousin, at the Great [[Library of Alexandria]], who informed Bayek that Aya was in hiding due to being hunted by a man named [[Gennadios]] and then escorted him to Aya's hiding place. After their reunion, Bayek informed Aya of his successes and she, in turn, informed him that she had managed to kill both [[Actaeon]] and [[Ktesos]]—the Vulture and the Ram, respectively—who had tracked her to her [[Aya's Home|home]]. Later on, Aya informed Bayek that, through the informants of [[Apollodorus]], she had discovered that their final target, the Snake, was a member of Ptolemy's court.<ref name="Aya" /> After giving Bayek the [[Hidden Blade]] that had been used by [[Darius]] to kill [[Xerxes I of Persia]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted]]'' – [[Shadow of a Legend]]</ref> Aya instructed him to kill both Gennadios and the Snake, ensuring her safety and finally completing their quest for vengeance.<ref name="Aya" />
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| [[File:Origins Quest08EndOfTheSnake Part03.PNG|thumb|250px|left|Bayek attempting to drown Eudoros]]
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| Making his way to the [[Akra Garrison]], Bayek killed Gennadios, who, in his dying moments, informed Bayek that the Phylakes would hunt him down and exact revenge.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Gennadios the Phylakitai]]</ref> Afterwards, Bayek broke into the office of [[Eudoros]], the royal scribe, in order to find information about the Snake's identity. Searching through a chest in his office, Bayek discovered a false bottom containing a letter from Eudoros to the Ibis that had been stamped with the seal of the Snake, leading Bayek to conclude that Eudoros was the Snake. Infiltrating the bathhouse, having been told by Aya that Eudoros often spent his time there, Bayek managed to locate Eudoros and killed him with the Hidden Blade, although he also accidentally cut off his own ring finger during their brief struggle and, as he escaped the bathhouse, cauterized the stump of his ring finger with a burning stick taken from a brazier.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[End of the Snake]]</ref>
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| ====Alliance with Cleopatra====
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| {{Dialogue|Cleopatra|You are my Medjay now! Protector of the true Pharaoh of Egypt.|Bayek|So it shall be! Tonight, we drink, celebrate, make love! Tomorrow...|Bayek pledging allegiance to Cleopatra, 48 BCE|Assassin's Creed: Origins|Egypt's Medjay}}
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| [[File:Origins Quest09Egypt'sMedjay Part07.PNG|thumb|250px|Aya and Bayek with Apollodoros and Cleopatra]]
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| After returning to Aya and sharing a moment of intimacy, Bayek was told by Aya to seek out Apollodorus in order to confirm that Eudoros was the last member of the Order, while she, in turn, would go to Phanos to inform him of the death of Gennadios and promised to see Bayek later. After meeting Apollodorus in [[Kanopos]], Bayek rescued his [[Apollodorus' informants|messenger]], [[Damastes]], and recovered the scroll he had been carrying, which was meant for the Roman general [[Pompey]] in an effort to sway Rome to Cleopatra's side. Afterwards, Bayek and Apollodorus traveled to the latter's estate, where Cleopatra and her court were residing. After meeting Cleopatra and [[Pasherenptah]], the {{Wiki|High Priest of Ptah|High Priest}} of [[Ptah]] from [[Memphis]], Bayek and Aya were informed that the men they had killed were part of a larger organization known as the Order of the Ancients and that Eudoros was actually the Hippo, instead of the Snake. When Cleopatra asked for him to serve as her Medjay, Bayek accepted, taking off his old Medjay badge that marked him as Ptolemy's Medjay, and replacing it with the one offered by Cleopatra.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Egypt's Medjay]]</ref>
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| Later on, Bayek was sent to [[Sais]] by Apollodorus in order to track down and assassinate a member of the Order known as the Scarab, who was oppressing the people in the region and summoning warriors to the ancient city of [[Letopolis]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Scarab's Sting]]</ref> Eventually, after helping defend Letopolis from reavers, Bayek discovered that the Scarab was Letopolis' leader, [[Taharqa]], and assassinated him.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Scarab's Lies]]</ref> Meanwhile, Aya, accompanied by Damastes and [[Phoxidas]], was sent by Cleopatra to the [[Aegean Sea]] to assist the military general Pompey and initiate an alliance with him. Encountering and destroying several ships sent by Ptolemy, Aya and Phoxidas succeeded in aiding the Roman general and convinced him to accept the alliance, which resulted in him sending his fleet to Egypt shortly afterwards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Pompeius Magnus]]</ref>
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| Traveling to a marketplace in [[Giza]], Bayek spoke to [[Mered]], Apollodorus' contact, in order to find his next target, the Hyena. After Bayek paid him a fee and ran an errand for him to retrieve his stolen [[horse]], Mered informed him that the Hyena's name was [[Khaliset]] and told him the location of her lair. Making his way to her lair, Bayek discovered a detailed map of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Pyramid]] of [[Khufu]], which allowed him to track her to the pyramid. Finding [[Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb|a room full of ancient technology]] wrought of black stone, Bayek discovered that Khaliset was attempting to conduct a ritual to revive her deceased daughter, [[Eshe]]. After Khaliset confronted him, Bayek chased her through the tunnels and outside of the pyramid, eventually succeeding in killing her.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Hyena (memory)]]</ref>
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| [[File:Origins Quest14TheLizard'sMask Part20.PNG|thumb|250px|left|Aya and Bayek arriving at the Apis Bull's enclosure.]]
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| Bayek subsequently traveled to Memphis in order to find and assassinate an Order member called the Lizard. Speaking with Pasherenptah at the [[Temple of Ptah]], Bayek learned that the Lizard was spreading a plague throughout Memphis, causing many people to get sick as well as resulting in Pasherenptah's wife, [[Taimhotep]], suffering three miscarriages. Following Pasherenptah's advice, Bayek visited Taimhotep's Seer in order to ask him for information and participated in a ritual that resulted in Bayek having a dream about his son. Upon waking up, Bayek was informed by the Seer that the "curse" in Memphis was caused by the Lizard poisoning the temple food. After reuniting with Aya, who had come to Memphis to prepare for Cleopatra's arrival, the two traveled to the Temple of Ptah in order to discover the cause of the [[Apis]] [[Cattle|Bull]]'s poisoning. Upon discovering that the poisoners were [[Taous|twin]] [[Tawe|priestesses]] who had been pressured into poisoning the bull by bandits who had kidnapped their brother, [[Panchrates]], Aya stayed with the priestesses while Bayek traveled to the [[Temple of Hathor]] and rescued Panchrates. Upon bringing him home, Bayek was told by Panchrates that the one who ordered his abduction was a priest of [[Anubis]] at the Great Temple who wore a blue scarf and had a terrible cough.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Lizard's Mask]]</ref>
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| After reuniting Panchrates with his sisters, Bayek and Aya raced to the Royal Palace and informed Cleopatra and Pasherenptah of the Lizard's identity as a priest of Anubis, whom Pasherenptah immediately identified as [[Hetepi]]. Making his way to the Temple of Ptah, Bayek assassinated Hetepi and subsequently reported his death back to Pasherenptah and Cleopatra. Afterwards, Bayek and Aya celebrated the Festival of Apis together before being separated again, with Aya accompanying Cleopatra to [[Herakleion]] in the north while Bayek left to track down his next target.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Lizard's Face]]</ref>
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| [[File:ACO The Crocodile's Scales 7.png|thumb|250px|Bayek shows Hotephres his Medjay badge.]]
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| While traveling through [[Faiyum]], Bayek was informed by a storyteller of Aya and Phoxidas' exploits at sea, where they had managed to destroy the Gabiniani fleet. Afterwards Bayek traveled to [[Soknopaiou Nesos]] in order to meet the informant [[Hotephres]] for information regarding his next target, the Crocodile. However, Bayek discovered that [[Hotephres' bureau]] had been ransacked and eventually discovered a letter revealing that the Crocodile knew who he was and had ordered the arrest of one his servants, who was then taken to a nearby [[Beached Trireme Camp|military camp]], while Hotephres himself had managed to flee. After infiltrating the camp and saving the servant, Bayek was informed by him that Hotephres had taken a trader's ship to [[Lake Moeris]] and that the Crocodile had hired mercenaries to find him. After making his way to Hotephres' ship, Bayek informed him of his search for the Crocodile, prompting Hotephres to reveal that he had stolen a ledger from a Greek magistrate he suspected of corruption, which contained the true identity of the Crocodile. Hotephres revealed that he had given the ledger to his wife, [[Khenut]], and then gave a Bayek a doll belonging to his daughter, [[Shadya]], which would allow Khenut to identify Bayek as a friend.<ref name="TheCrocodilesScales">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Crocodile's Scales]]</ref>
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| After making his way to Hotephres' family, Bayek gave Shadya her doll and looked through the villa in search of the ledger. Eventually, by reading an excerpt from Shadya's diary, Bayek discovered that Shadya had taken the ledger with her. After discovering that Khenut and Shadya had been taken to the [[Euhemeria Lighthouse Camp|lighthouse]] by soldiers, Bayek made his way there. However, by the time he arrived, Shadya had been drowned within the pier, having had her feet bound to a tether sunk within the riverbed. After retrieving Shadya's body, Bayek brought it to her parents. Although the ledger had been lost, Hotephres revealed that Khenut had stated that there had been [[Diovicos|two]] [[Viridovix|other]] men with the soldiers and, based on her description of them, he identified the men as {{Wiki|Gaul|Gallic}} [[gladiator]]s from the arena in [[Krokodilopolis]]. After promising to avenge Shadya's death, Bayek traveled to Krokodilopolis to investigate.<ref name="TheCrocodilesScales" />
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| When the Order had Pompey murdered,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Way of the Gabiniani]]</ref> Bayek helped Cleopatra meet with Pompey's rival, general [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]], in Alexandria, which formed a successful alliance. The two later aided Cleopatra by unlocking the door to the [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]] of [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name="BladeOfTheGoddess">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref>
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| [[File:ACO Bayek Meeting.png|thumb|250px|left|Bayek and his associates]]
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| However, this allowed the Order's leader, [[Flavius Metellus]]—the Lion—who was manipulating Caesar as well, to obtain the [[Scepter of Alexander the Great]]. The Staff, used in conjunction with the Oracle's Relic taken from Apollodorus, allowed the Order access to the Siwa Vault. In 47 BCE, after Caesar and Cleopatra discharged Bayek and Aya from their service,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Aftermath]]</ref> the two returned to Siwa to stop Flavius Metellus, who they now knew to be the man ultimately responsible for their son's death. Arriving in Siwa, the two found the town's people in a state of paralysis and the Vault already opened. Bayek pursued Flavius to [[Cyrene]] where he eventually avenged Khemu's death, reacquiring the Apple in the process.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>
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| [[File:ACO Last of the Medjay 15.png|thumb|250px|right|The inspiration for the Hidden Ones' insignia]]
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| Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Aya recruited the Roman Senators [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], political opponents of Caesar, to their cause. Determined to leave for Rome to combat the Order there, Aya and Bayek named their new brotherhood the Hidden Ones, laying out the foundation of the Creed and their customs. The inspiration for their [[Assassin insignia|insignia]] came from Bayek dropping his son's eagle skull necklace in the sand.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref>
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| ===Foundation===
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| ====Early activities and expansion into Rome====
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| [[File:ACO Birth of the Creed 10.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Aya and the new Roman Hidden Ones]]
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| 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 afterwards. From there, Aya made her way to Rome and established a bureau there.<ref name="FallOfAnEmpire">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another]]</ref>
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| Aya founded the Roman branch of the Hidden Ones, and aside from Brutus and Cassius, also recruited several other Roman Senators,<ref name="FallOfAnEmpire" /> as well as the Roman philosopher [[Publius Volumnius]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 011]]</ref> The Roman branch of the Hidden Ones referred to themselves as ''Liberatores''.<ref name="ACPL - Giovanni Borgia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>
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| In the same year, rumors started spreading about an individual claiming to be the resurrected Medunanum leading a new cult, the [[Sect of the Ibis Reborn]]. Bayek sent a group of Hidden Ones to locate and put an end to this reborn Ibis. He sent his disciples to the [[Haueris Nome]], however the Ibis they eliminated was a decoy.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – ''[[The Mask of the Ibis]]'' – [[The Night of the Eagles]]</ref> The Sect was then tracked to the [[White Desert]], where the Hidden Ones snuck past the guards stationed there and discovered an underground tomb.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – ''The Mask of the Ibis'' – [[The Jackal's Path]]</ref> They dispatched multiple decoys within the tomb before learning that the Ibis had found the entrance to the ancient Khesesh Em Sesh Em Eeneb Vault under the Great Pyramid of Giza. After their [[Mentor]] told them of the significance of the Vault, the group of Hidden Ones doubled their efforts to stop the Ibis.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – ''The Mask of the Ibis'' – [[The Buried Halls]]</ref> The Hidden Ones successfully eliminated and evaded the Sect members before arriving at the Vault.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – ''The Mask of the Ibis'' – [[The City of the Dead]]</ref> Entering the Vault, they were met with the Ibis attempting to gain the power of the Vault, albeit to no affect. The Hidden Ones fought and killed him, unmasking his identity as [[Menkhtu]], a follower of Medunamun.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – ''The Mask of the Ibis'' – [[The Bounty of Thoth]]</ref>
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| ====Assassination of Julius Caesar====
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| {{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|Scrolls of Romulus}}
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| [[File:ACO Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another 23.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hidden Ones killing Julius Caesar]]
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| By 44 BCE, Julius Caesar had become the new head of the Order of the Ancients, with [[Lucius Septimius]] as his right hand. With Aya as their leader,<ref name="FallOfAnEmpire" /> Brutus and Cassius spearheaded a conspiracy with thirty-eight other Roman Senators who also 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 [[Colosseum Vault|Temple]] of [[Juno]] preceding a sealed Isu Vault as a meeting place for his co-conspirators.<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>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Scrolls of Romulus]]</ref>
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| 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—the Jackal—before joining her brothers in the Senate. Aya was the first one to strike Caesar, followed closely by the Roman Senators. Caesar resisted at first, but resigned himself to his fate upon recognizing Brutus.<ref name="FallOfAnEmpire" /> Shortly thereafter, Aya adopted the name Amunet.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Birth of the Creed]]</ref>
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| Driven by 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. These scrolls also contained drawings of the chamber and [[Vault pedestal|its pedestal]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''</ref>
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| ====Liberators' civil war====
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| {{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}}
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| [[File:Philippi, Macedonia.png|250px|thumb|left|The Shroud covering the deceased Brutus]]
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| After the assassination, the Senate, led by Caesar's friend and co-consul [[Marcus Antonius]], passed an amnesty for his assassins. Nonetheless, uproar among the population forced Brutus and Cassius to flee from Rome, and [[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>
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| Brutus travelled to the Greek island of [[Crete]], where he established a branch of the Hidden Ones to combat the tyrants there. However, he was soon drawn back into the civil war.<ref name="ACOComic">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' comic – [[Assassin's Creed: Origins 4|Issue #04]]</ref> 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]] in [[Makedonia|Macedonia]], and Cassius was killed in the ensuing battle. Faced with inevitable defeat, Brutus fled and committed suicide shortly thereafter.<ref name="ACPL - Ghosts of Christmas Past" />
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| 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". 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" />
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| ====Rebellion in Sinai====
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| The Hidden Ones in Egypt soon expanded their operations to the [[Sinai]], with [[Tahira]] being placed in charge of the bureau in [[Klysma Quarry]]. By 38 BCE, the Hidden Ones were aiding [[Gamilat]], the leader of the {{Wiki|Nabateans|Nabatean}} rebels, against the occupying Romans led by [[Gaius Julius Rufio]], an officer of Julius Caesar and a member of the Order of the Ancients in his own right. When two Hidden Ones was killed in a massacre, Tahira requested Bayek travel to Sinai to assist them.<ref name="THO">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (memory)]]</ref>
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| Bayek helped Tahira's Hidden Ones eliminate Rufio's lieutenants, [[Tacito]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[Where the Slaves Die]]</ref> [[Ampelius]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[The Walls of the Ruler]]</ref> and [[Ptahmose]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[The Setting Sun]]</ref> and upon his return to the bureau to debrief, they, along with [[Kashta]], were ambushed by Rufio's soldiers, resulting in their capture. Amunet was able to rescue Bayek before his crucifixion, who in turn rescued Kashta and a heavily wounded Tahira. Tahira succumbed to her injuries, leading Bayek and Amunet to travel to [[Arsinoe]] to eliminate Rufio.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[No Chains Too Thick]]</ref>
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| [[File:ACO THO Hidden Ones Gathering.png|thumb|250px|The Hidden Ones laying down the tenets of their creed]]
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| Arriving in Arsinoe, Amunet and Bayek were able to stop a massacre by the Romans, with the latter assassinating Rufio aboard his [[octareme]], ending the Order's operations in the Sinai.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[Sic Semper Tyrannis]]</ref> After the assassination, Amunet came onto the realization that Gamilat was responsible for initiating the various massacres that took place and could endanger the brotherhood's livelihood. Bayek confronted Gamilat in the sunken [[Shur Quarry|quarry]] and killed him, but not before convincing him to repent on his actions. Gamilat's death ensured that the Hidden Ones' identity were protected. As the Hidden Ones set up a new bureau in the mountains behind Arsinoe, Amunet and Bayek laid down the tenets of their creed, declaring that the creed would pass beyond Egypt onto [[Petra (city)|Petra]] and towards [[Judea]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[The Greater Good]]</ref>
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| Later that same year, Amunet sent Bayek to [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] after learning from a captured messenger that an Isu [[Akhenaten's Apple of Eden|artifact]] was located in {{Wiki|Upper Egypt}}. There, she assigned Bayek to meet with her [[Merti]] outside [[Luxor]]. Bayek eventually uncovered the whereabouts of the artifact, which was in the hands of the [[God's Wife of Amun]] [[Isidora]] and had caused a [[Curse of the Pharaohs|curse]] which plagued the region. After assassinating Isidora, Bayek handed the artifact over to [[Sutekh]], a descendant of Pharaoh [[Ramesses II]], for safekeeping.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]'' – [[The Curse of the Pharaohs (memory)]]</ref>
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| ====Assassination of Cleopatra====
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| Following Caesar's assassination in 44 BCE, Cleopatra subsequently had a love affair with [[Marcus Antonius]], one of Caesar's former allies. During this period, the Hidden Ones in Rome monitored the ongoing tensions between Antonius and members of the {{Wiki|Second Triumvirate}}, including Octavian.<ref name="Sic Semper Tyrannis">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones'' – [[Sic Semper Tyrannis]]</ref> This tension culmilated in a battle into a civil war in August 30 BCE, where Octavian defeated Antonius at the {{Wiki|War of Actium}}, with the latter commiting suicide.<ref name="War of Actium Wiki">{{WP|War of Actium}}</ref>
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| In the midst of the Roman invasion into Egypt, Amunet visited Cleopatra on 12 August, convincing the pharaoh to take her own life with a vial of poison. Cleopatra agreed and made the request to her former ally to take her son, [[Caesarion]], and train him as a Hidden One. Amunet agreed and as she took Caesarion, Cleopatra took her own life with the poison given to her.<ref name="ACOComic" />
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| ===Activities in the Roman Empire===
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| ====Assassination of Caligula====
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| 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 Order. 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"/>
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| ====Roman Britain and Gaul====
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| 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="Siege of Paris">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[Hidden]]</ref>
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| 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"/>
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| 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"/>
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| 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" />
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| 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" />
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| {{AmbCanon Start}}
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| ====Securing the Ankh====
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| {{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}}
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| At some point during the 2nd century, the Hidden One [[Lugos]] etablished his own brotherhood known as 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 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>
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| By the mid-3rd century, the Liberalis Circulum had grown to include members from the various provinces of the Empire, having agents operating in Gallia, Germania and 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>
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| [[File:AC1D Aquilus Gracchus.png|thumb|left|250px|Aquilus in General Gracchus' tent]]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>
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| 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 for safekeeping.<ref name="AC2A" />
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| 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" />
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| [[File:AC2A - Aquilus Faustin interrogation.png|thumb|250px|Aquilus interrogating Faustinus]]
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| 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 attempted to flee, but was promptly killed by the Hidden One with a [[throwing knife]] to the back.<ref name="AC2A" />
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| Aquilus subsequently rushed back to Lucius' home to inform him about Vultur's treachery, but arrived too late, as he found his father dead and the Ankh missing. Upon further 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" />
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| Aquilus tracked Vultur to Rome, where he eliminated him and his fellow conspirators 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" />
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| After learning about his cousin's plight, Accipiter attempted 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" />
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| {{AmbCanon End}}
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| ====Late antiquity====
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| 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 the {{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>
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| In 383, as Emperor [[Magnus Maximus]] took most of his troops to march in 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" />
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| 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 didn't 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 wounded and died.<ref name="History" />
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| In 423, following the death of Roman Emperor [[Honorius]], the Hidden Ones in Britannia were forced to evactuate from their bureaus following a note issued by Magister [[Vitus]], who informed that due to the local tribes who harbored ill sentiments towards the Hidden Ones and their mission having filled the power vacuum left by the departing Roman legions, remaining in Britannia would lead to unnecessary bloodshed and lost of members. Vitus 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" />
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| In [[France|Roman Gaul]], some Hidden Ones followed their British brethren in Cologne, sealing their bureaus in the province, while other stayed in Gaul to resume their work.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[Hidden]]</ref>
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| ===Middle Ages===
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| ====Tang dynasty====
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| [[File:AC Dynasty - Hidden Ones saving Li E.jpg|thumb|150px|left|The Hidden Ones saving the Tang soldier Li E]]
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| By the 8th century, the Hidden Ones had spread their presence as far west as the [[Byzantine Empire]], as far south as [[India]], and as far east as [[Western Regions|the western reaches]] of [[China]], forming a truly multi-ethnic organization. The legendary poet [[Li Bai]] who was born in a region in Central Asia under [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] control heard stories about them in his childhood. By 751, they had become mortal enemies of [[Abul Abbas As-Saffah]], the first caliph of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. That same year, a [[Hidden Ones of the Great Desert|band]] of Hidden Ones led by [[Éléna]] rescued a Tang footsoldier by the name of [[Li E]] in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Talas]] between Abbasid and Tang forces. Li E was recruited into their order and went on to play a critical role in saving the Tang from the [[An Lushan Rebellion]], which broke out in 754 as a result of a schism within the [[Order of the Ancients]], between the [[Golden Turtles]] and the [[Yeluohe]].<ref name="Dynasty">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''</ref>
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| During said conflict, Li E rallied the survivors of [[Battle of Changshan|Changshan]] to eliminate the Golden Turtles and its leader [[Yang Guozhong]] for key defeats suffered by the Tang loyalists. In 756, the Hidden One successfully eliminated Yang Guozhong during a [[Mawei Station mutiny|mutiny]] at [[Mawei Station]] indirectly with the help of the [[Army of Dragon Warriors]]. A year later, Li E assassinated the Yeluohe leader [[An Lushan]], who had been proclaimed as the new [[Yan]] Emperor. Follow these events, Li E established a [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|branch]] of Hidden Ones that would evolve into the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins.<ref name="Dynasty" />
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| ==== Abbasid Caliphate====
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| By the 9th century, the Hidden Ones had established its strongest foothold at the heart of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> By the 860s, the Hidden Ones in the region were based in the {{Wiki|Talysh Mountains}} and ordered a construction of the fortress of [[Alamut]], which would serve as a stronghold for subsequent generations. In 861, the Hidden Ones, led by Mentor [[Rayhan]], [[Fuladh]] and [[Roshan]], recruited [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], a [[Reborn Isu|reincarnation]] of the Isu [[Loki]], to combat the Order of the Ancients based in the Abbasid capital of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref>
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| ====Activities in Constantinople====
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| After these events, Rayhan ordered [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], now a Master Assassin, to head north to Northern Europe to purge the region from the Order of the Ancients. He was joined in this quest by his [[acolyte]], [[Hytham]]. In addition to this, Basim and Hytham were also tasked to travel to England to reestablish the brotherhood in the region following the departure of the Roman Hidden Ones.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[To Serve the Light...]]</ref>
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| In 870, Basim and Hytham travelled to the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] capital of [[Constantinople]] to help Empress [[Eudocia Ingerina]] foil an assassination attempt on her son [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]], allegedly ordered by the Emperor [[Basil I]] with the manipulations of the Order of Ancients.<ref name="Golden City">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''</ref>
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| In the same year, Basim and Hytham established a bureau in the city and fought a resurgent branch of the Order of the Ancients in [[Antioch]] who called themselves the [[Snake-Eaters]] and sought to put the city under their heel by controlling the [[Silk Road]] from the Levant to China. As the local chapter was annihilated during the conflict, Basim called for reinforcement and was answered by the Chinon and Alexandrian bureaus. His old Frankish friend [[Mahaut]] sent [[Oisel]] and [[Matthias]], while the Egyptians sent [[Jessamyn]] as leader of a squad consisting of the [[Nubia]]n [[Kalim]] and the siblings [[Rashid]] and [[Sihem]]. Eventually, after parting ways with Basim and Hytham, the six Hidden Ones tracked their prey back to [[Chang'an]], killed the Snake-Eaters' leader [[Dunya]], and freed the Silk Road from her control. While in Chang'an, the Hidden Ones also [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|established]] a new bureau in the city.<ref name="AC: The Silk Road">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''</ref>
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| ====Return to England====
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| Later, Basim and Hytham encountered [[Raven Clan]] leader [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]], son of King [[Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson]] of [[Fornburg]], in Constantinople. They befriended the young prince and later accompanied him on his return journey to [[Norway]], sensing an opportunity for them to establish influence in [[Scandinavia]] and possibly England.<ref name="Prince">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Prodigal Prince]]</ref> With the help of Sigurd's adopted sister [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], the Hidden Ones had re-established their presence in England with a [[Ravensthorpe bureau|new bureau]] in the village of [[Ravensthorpe]].<ref name="Serve the Light">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[To Serve the Light...]]</ref>
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| In 879, Mentor Fuladh from the {{Wiki|Justanids|Justanid region}} of Persia was set to host a [[Assassin Council|council]] with the Hidden Ones in the newly constructed [[Alamut|Aluh-Amut]] [[fort]]ress. Rayhan wrote to Hytham asking that he attend in order to provide a full account of Basim's later betrayal, and to accept a promotion for all his work maintaining the bureau in Ravensthorpe and thus help eliminate the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] Order of the Ancients.<ref name="LetterFromRayhan" />
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| As late as the 10th century, the Hidden Ones were very much active throughout [[Scandinavia]] with the Swedish Viking [[Torgny the Lawspeaker]] as the Mentor. Torgny had tasked his student [[Thorvald Hjaltason]] to eliminate [[Styrbjörn the Strong]], a member of the Scandinavian Templars who worked with King [[Harald Bluetooth]] of [[Denmark]] and Norway, an opponent to Hidden Ones ally [[Eric the Victorious]].<ref name="Fate of the Gods">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''</ref>
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| ====Evolution into the Assassin Brotherhood ====
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| In 1090, [[Hassan-i Sabbāh]] acquired leadership of the Hidden Ones in Alamut. Under his orders, the Hidden Ones in the Abbasid Caliphate founded a sovereign state in their own right with Alamut as its capital, openly operating from the purportedly impregnable fortress as a public organization.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> Around the same time, the Hidden Ones would come to adopt a new name, the Brotherhood of Assassins.<ref name="TheHiddenOnes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files#Physical notes|Physical note: The Hidden Ones]]</ref> Under Hassan's command, public assassinations occurred much more often, and the people were encouraged to stand up to their oppressors, realizing that they were not on their own.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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| The Hidden Ones were not the only faction to take on a more public identity, however, with the Templars similarly reorganizing themselves into a knightly military order known as the Knights Templar. This would bring the [[Assassin-Templar War]] into the public eye for some time.<ref name="Encyclopedia" />
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| Unfortunately, becoming a public organization and operating from a massive castle made the Brotherhood a visible target to the Templars and other potential enemies, and consequently the custom of amputating their ring finger made them recognizable in public. When [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] became Mentor of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]], he saw the folly of many of the Brotherhoods current ways and worked to once more reform the order into a more secretive organization as it had been during the time of the Hidden Ones. Among his many reforms was the abandonment of ring finger amputation in favor of less literal rituals, ensuring that the Assassins would not be recognized on sight. Altaïr fully accomplished this task by the time the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] had [[Fall of Masyaf|conquered]] [[Masyaf]]. Thanks to Altaïr's efforts, the world believed that the reign of the Assassins ended at the hands of the Mongols, and the Brotherhood would remain in the shadows from thereafter.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref>
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| ==Members==
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| ;Ptolemaic Egypt
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| *[[Bayek]] {{c|Founder}}
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| *[[Kashta]]
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| *[[Kawab]]
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| *[[Kensa]]
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| *[[Maqwat]]
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| *[[Osorkon]]
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| *[[Paanchi]]
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| *[[Pasherenptah]]
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| *[[Phanos the Younger]]
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| *[[Phoxidas]]
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| *[[Shaqilat]]
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| *[[Tahira]]
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| ;Roman Republic
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| *[[Amunet]] {{c|Founder}}
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| *[[Caesarion]]
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| *[[Decimus Junius Brutus]]
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| *[[Marcus Junius Brutus]]
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| *[[Servilius Casca]]
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| *[[Gaius Cassius Longinus]]
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| *[[Publius Volumnius]]
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| *36 other senators involved in Caesar's assassination
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| ;Roman Empire
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| *[[Accipiter]]
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| *[[Aquilus]]
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| *[[Anicius]]
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| *[[Beatha]]
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| *[[Caius (Hidden One)|Caius]]
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| *[[C. C.]]
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| *[[Cuervo]]
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| *[[Eghan]]
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| *[[Hakor]]
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| *[[Khloe (Hidden One)|Khloe]]
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| *[[Leonius]]
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| *[[Lucius]]
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| *[[Lugos]]
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| *[[Magas]]
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| *[[Marcellus]]
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| *[[Maya (Hidden One)|Maya]]
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| *[[Roman Assassin]]
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| *[[Sebastos]]
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| *[[Teague]]
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| *[[Vitus]]
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| ;Tang China
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| *[[Éléna]]
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| *[[He Hong'er]]
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| *[[Li E]]
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| *[[Zhangsun Qi]]
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| ;Abbasid Caliphate
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| *[[Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa]]
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| *[[Ahmad ibn Musa]]
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| *[[Al-Hasan ibn Musa]]
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| *[[Basim Ibn Ishaq]]
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| *[[Fuladh]]
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| *[[Hytham]]
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| *[[Naaji]]
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| *[[Nur]]
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| *[[Rayhan]]
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| *[[Rebekah]]
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| *[[Roshan]]
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| *[[Tabid]]
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| ;9th century Greece
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| *[[Itamos]]
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| ; 9th century Egypt
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| *[[Jessamyn]]
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| *[[Kalim]]
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| *[[Rashid]]
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| *[[Sihem]]
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| ;Byzantine Empire
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| *[[Ammon]]
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| *Basim Ibn Ishaq
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| *Hytham
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| ;West Francia
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| *[[Abbo of Cernuus]]
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| *[[Alexandre Douce]]
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| *[[Aline]]
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| *[[Farid]]
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| *[[Mahaut]]
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| *[[Matthias]]
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| *[[Oisel]]
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| ;Medieval England
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| *[[Eluric]]
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| *Hytham
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| *[[Marcella]]
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| *[[Niamh of Argyll]] {{c|undercover}}
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| *[[Rowan]]
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| *[[Tove]]
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| *[[Yanli]]
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| ;Medieval Sweden
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| *[[Thorvald Hjaltason]]
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| *[[Torgny the Lawspeaker]]
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| ===Allies===
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| ;Ptolemaic Egypt and Roman Republic
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| *[[Apollodorus]]
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| *[[Calvinus]]
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| *[[Cleopatra]] {{c|betrayed}}
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| *[[Gamilat]] {{C|betrayed}}
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| *[[Hotephres]]
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| *[[Julius Caesar]] {{c|betrayed}}
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| ;Tang China
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| *[[Yan Gaoqing]]
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| *[[Yan Jiming]]
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| *[[Yan Zhenqing]]
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| ;Abbasid Caliphate
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| *[[Ali ibn Muhammad]]
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| *[[Beshi]]
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| *[[Dervis]]
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| *[[Kong]]
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| *[[Murjana]]
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| *[[The Gray One]]
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| ;Byzantine Empire
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| *[[Eagle Clan]]
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| *[[Anna]]
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| *[[Demetrios Hestiun]]
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| * [[Eudocia Ingerina]]
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| *[[Justin]]
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| *[[Leo VI the Wise]]
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| *[[Michael III]]
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| *[[Thyra (Eagle Clan)|Thyra]]
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| ;Medieval Europe
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| *[[Women of the Mist]]
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| *[[Alfred the Great]] {{c|Grand Maegester of the Order of the Ancients}}
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| *[[Cynebert]]
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| *[[Eivor Varinsdottir]]
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| *[[Kassandra|Kassandra the Eagle Bearer]]
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| *[[Randvi]]
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| *[[Sigurd Styrbjornson]]
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| *[[Valka]]
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| * [[Eric the Victorious]]
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| == Behind the scenes==
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| The name of the Egyptian deity [[Amun (deity)|Amun]] translates as "the hidden one". The female form of Amun is [[Amunet (deity)|Amunet]], who was Amun's consort.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
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| Origins Quest24BirthOfTheCreed Part02.PNG|Bayek and Tahira in Memphis, during 43 BCE
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| ACO Hidden Ones Insignia.png|The insignia of the Hidden Ones as shown in the Memphis Bureau
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| ACO Hidden Ones Bureau.jpg|The Hidden Ones Bureau in [[Memphis]]
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| ACMir Hidden Ones Banner.png|Banner of the Hidden Ones of Alamut
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| ACO Hidden Ones Bureau in 1877.png|The Hidden Ones Bureau excavation site in Memphis, circa 1877
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| </gallery>
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| ==Appearances ==
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1stm}} {{Mo|the Liberatores}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Imo}} {{c|retroactive}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{Imo}} {{c|retroactive}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{c|first appearance as the Liberatore}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed – The Ankh of Isis Trilogy]]'' {{c|ambiguously canonical appearance as the Liberalis Circulum}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Imo}} {{c|retroactive}}
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| * ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c|first appearance as the Hidden Ones}}
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| **''[[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]''
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| **''[[The Curse of the Pharaohs]]''
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| * [[Assassin's Creed: Origins (comic)|''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' comic]]
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Mask of the Ibis]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade]]''
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| * ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
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| **''[[The Siege of Paris]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]''
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| * [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (graphic novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' (graphic novel)]]
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: The Imperial Jade Seal]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Prophecy of the Emperor|Prophecy of the Emperor]]''
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| * ''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
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