Masun

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Masun on his knees facing Al Mualim

Masun is a man who preaches to the village in Altaïr's first assignment: to find the traitor who helped open the gates to Masyaf for Templars. During the first encounter, Masun appears to be a madman. He openly admits that he works for the Templars in his confession to Altaïr and tells him that he should work for them, too. During the encounter subsequent to the completion of the game, Masun talks about the Templars' promise of a "new world where all men are equal." He also says that Al Mualim is a madman because Al Mualim opposes this idea.

Masun and another assassin named Jamal were the traitors who let the Templars in to Masyaf with the help of the basket-weaver in the village. The basket-weaver delivered letters for Jamal and Masun. Altaïr pick-pockets one of the letters in "The Traitor" memory. Al Mualim kills Masun, who is unrepentant. Afterwards, Al Mualim says he will speak with Jamal and decide if he is simply misguided and can be saved, or if Jamal's will has been corrupted by the Templars' propaganda. We never see Jamal, who is the "inside man."