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'''Pigeon coops''', as well as the courier pigeons they housed, were a means of communication used by the [[Assassins]] to trade messages and assignments. | '''Pigeon coops''', as well as the courier pigeons they housed, were a means of communication used by the [[Assassins]] to trade messages and assignments. | ||
==Usage== | == Usage == | ||
During the High Middle Ages and the [[Third Crusade]], coops were located within [[Masyaf]] and the local [[Assassins' Bureau]] of each city. Messages were often sent to the [[Rafiq]] of the Bureau to inform them of [[Assassination Contract|contracts]], or of the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | During the High Middle Ages and the [[Third Crusade]], coops were located within [[Masyaf]] and the local [[Assassins' Bureau]] of each city. Messages were often sent to the [[Rafiq]] of the Bureau to inform them of [[Assassination Contract|contracts]], or of the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | ||
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==Trivia== | == Trivia == | ||
*[[Fiora Cavazza]] betrayed the Templar Order and allied herself to the Assassins by waiting near a pigeon coop, and speaking with a [[Guards|guard]] she witnessed leaving a message in one. | *[[Fiora Cavazza]] betrayed the Templar Order and allied herself to the Assassins by waiting near a pigeon coop, and speaking with a [[Guards|guard]] she witnessed leaving a message in one. | ||
*[[Francesco Vecellio]] sent a message to [[Giovanni Borgia]] by pigeon, though it was able to fly straight into his room, instead of a coop. | *[[Francesco Vecellio]] sent a message to [[Giovanni Borgia]] by pigeon, though it was able to fly straight into his room, instead of a coop. | ||
==Gallery== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery position="center" bordersize="medium" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | <gallery position="center" bordersize="medium" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | ||
Masun Knowledge 2.png|Al Mualim's pigeon coop at Masyaf. | Masun Knowledge 2.png|Al Mualim's pigeon coop at Masyaf. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood gameplay]] | ||
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]] | [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Gameplay]] | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 3 October 2012
Pigeon coops, as well as the courier pigeons they housed, were a means of communication used by the Assassins to trade messages and assignments.
Usage
During the High Middle Ages and the Third Crusade, coops were located within Masyaf and the local Assassins' Bureau of each city. Messages were often sent to the Rafiq of the Bureau to inform them of contracts, or of the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.[1]
At the time of the Renaissance and Late Middle Ages, most of the contracts sent by pigeon were assigned by Lorenzo de' Medici, and were executed by Giovanni Auditore, and later, by his son Ezio.[2]
Mario Auditore also made use of pigeons in Monteriggioni, though mostly to collect the information gathered by spies he sent to other cities.[3]
When the Assassins built their brotherhood in Rome, Niccolò Machiavelli managed to plant several spies in the Borgia forces. These men gathered the names of important Templar figures, which were in turn delivered to Ezio Auditore through pigeon coops around Rome.[4]
As most rooftops were restricted to civilians, allies to the Assassins were easily able to leave messages at pigeon coops, to be later picked up by members of the Order.[3]
In Constantinople, pigeon coops were always located near the ground, in secluded areas next to bomb-crafting stations. Though they functioned similarly, they were also noticeably smaller than those found in Italy.[5]
Trivia
- Fiora Cavazza betrayed the Templar Order and allied herself to the Assassins by waiting near a pigeon coop, and speaking with a guard she witnessed leaving a message in one.
- Francesco Vecellio sent a message to Giovanni Borgia by pigeon, though it was able to fly straight into his room, instead of a coop.
Gallery
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Al Mualim's pigeon coop at Masyaf. -
A pigeon coop at one of the Assassins' Bureaus. -
Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon coop in Florence. -
Concept art of a pigeon coop in Rome. -
Pantasilea Baglioni showing Ezio a pigeon coop. -
Panoramic view of a pigeon coop in Rome.
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