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'''Shimazu Saito'''<ref name="EP 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> was a member of both the [[Shimazu clan]] and the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] active in the early 18th century. She was of mixed-heritage and wore a metallic ''{{Wiki|oni}}'' mask to conceal her identity. She is also an ancestor of the 21st-century [[Abstergo Industries]] doctor and Templar [[Shimazu Sei]].<ref name="EP 20">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 20|Episode 20]]</ref> | '''Shimazu Saito'''<ref name="EP 11">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 11|Episode 11]]</ref> was a member of both the [[Shimazu clan]] and the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] active in the early 18th century. She was of mixed-heritage and wore a metallic ''{{Wiki|oni}}'' mask to conceal her identity. She is also an ancestor of the 21st-century [[Abstergo Industries]] doctor and Templar [[Shimazu Sei]].<ref name="EP 20">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 20|Episode 20]]</ref> | ||
In 1725, Saito led a group of [[ninja]] loyal to the Shimazu clan in the search for the [[Angkor|lost city]] of the [[Khmer Empire]], an alleged [[Isu|Precursor]] [[Temple (Isu)|site]], attacking a number of people in [[Macau]] who were connected to it. One of those people was the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who was also on the site's trail and who ended up clashing with Saito and her ninja several times while in the city. | In 1725, Saito led a group of [[ninja]] loyal to the Shimazu clan in the search for the [[Angkor|lost city]] of the [[Khmer Empire]], an alleged [[Isu|Precursor]] [[Temple (Isu)|site]], attacking a number of people in [[Macau]] who were connected to it. One of those people was the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], who was also on the site's trail and who ended up clashing with Saito and her ninja several times while in the city. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Attacks in Macau=== | ===Attacks in Macau=== | ||
In February 1725, Saito, alongside her | In February 1725, Saito, alongside her loyal ninja followers, attempted to silence anyone in Macau who knew about the ruins of Angkor to conceal the site's existence. Their first targets were the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] explorer [[Hendrik]], who had stumbled upon the ruins during his travels, and his friend and fellow navigator [[John Young]], who had stolen Hendrik's story and was boasting about his alleged discovery.<ref name="FT 02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 2|Episode 2]]</ref> | ||
Saito dispatched three of her ninja to kill Young, but the navigator was protected by Edward Kenway, who was also on Angkor's trail and had approached Young after hearing about his story. Hendrik was not as lucky, as he was attacked by Saito's ninja in his room at the [[Dutch East India Company]]'s dormitories in Macau and succumbed to his wounds shortly after being found by Kenway.<ref name="FT 03">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> | Saito dispatched three of her ninja to kill Young, but the navigator was protected by Edward Kenway, who was also on Angkor's trail and had approached Young after hearing about his story. Hendrik was not as lucky, as he was attacked by Saito's ninja in his room at the [[Dutch East India Company]]'s dormitories in Macau and succumbed to his wounds shortly after being found by Kenway.<ref name="FT 03">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 3|Episode 3]]</ref> | ||
[[File:ACFT - Shimazu Clan.png|thumb|195x195px|Saito with her ninja followers]] | [[File:ACFT - Shimazu Clan.png|thumb|195x195px|Saito with her ninja followers]] | ||
Saito encountered Kenway for the first time while the latter was trying to hide in an alley from Hendrik's company mates, who had mistaken him for Hendrik's killer. Unaware of his identity or [[Assassins|Assassin]] affiliations, Saito ordered her ninja to capture Kenway alive and they ended up chasing him to Macau's port, where Saito watched from afar as Kenway effortlessly fought off many of her men. Impressed by the stranger's skills, she ordered her men to find out everything they could about him.<ref name="Episode 4">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 4|Episode 4]]</ref> After Kenway was saved by Young and his [[ship]], Saito loosed an [[arrow]] at the pair as they sailed away, which Kenway dodged.<ref name="Episode 5">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 5|Episode 5]]</ref> | Saito encountered Kenway for the first time while the latter was trying to hide in an alley from Hendrik's company mates, who had mistaken him for Hendrik's killer. Unaware of his identity or [[Assassins|Assassin]] affiliations, Saito ordered her ninja to capture Kenway alive and they ended up chasing him to Macau's port, where Saito watched from afar as Kenway effortlessly fought off many of her men. Impressed by the stranger's skills, she ordered her men to find out everything they could about him.<ref name="Episode 4">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 4|Episode 4]]</ref> After Kenway was saved by Young and his [[ship]], Saito loosed an [[arrow]] at the pair as they sailed away, which Kenway dodged.<ref name="Episode 5">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 5|Episode 5]]</ref> | ||
===Attack on the Mandarin's House=== | ===Attack on the Mandarin's House=== | ||
After Hendrik's sea log was acquired by businesswoman [[Madam Lee]] upon his death and she refused to hand it over to the Templars,<ref name="EP 12">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref> Saito led her ninja in an attack on Lee's private residence, the [[Mandarin's House]], in order to retrieve the book. There, Saito once again ran into Kenway, who had also come for the log and had managed to grab it shortly before the attack.<ref name="Episode 10">''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 1|Episode 10]]</ref> | After Hendrik's sea log was acquired by businesswoman [[Madam Lee]] upon his death and she refused to hand it over to the Templars,<ref name="EP 12">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 12|Episode 12]]</ref> Saito led her ninja in an attack on Lee's private residence, the [[Mandarin's House]], in order to retrieve the book. There, Saito once again ran into Kenway, who had also come for the log and had managed to grab it shortly before the attack.<ref name="Episode 10">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 1|Episode 10]]</ref> | ||
Kenway helped Lee's guards fend off some of the ninja before realizing Saito was their leader and attempting to kill her to quickly end the battle. The two engaged in a duel, with Saito coming out on top and managing to break the Assassin's [[sword]], which forced the latter to pull back. As one of her ninja arrived to pick her up on horseback, Saito revealed her name to Kenway and asked for his in return. After the latter complied, Saito told him that she would remember his name before she and her ninja retreated, their mission seemingly a failure. | Kenway helped Lee's guards fend off some of the ninja before realizing Saito was their leader and attempting to kill her to quickly end the battle. The two engaged in a duel, with Saito coming out on top and managing to break the Assassin's [[sword]], which forced the latter to pull back. As one of her ninja arrived to pick her up on horseback, Saito revealed her name to Kenway and asked for his in return. After the latter complied, Saito told him that she would remember his name before she and her ninja retreated, their mission seemingly a failure. Upon making it to safety, however, Saito revealed to one of her followers that she had successfully acquired Hendrik's log, having taken it from Kenway during their duel.<ref name="EP 11" /> | ||
After inspecting the log, Saito discovered that the information the Templars sought was encrypted. Deducing that Kenway had the cipher needed to decode it, she ordered her men to find and capture the Assassin.<ref name="EP 12" /> | |||
===Alliance with Master Sun=== | ===Alliance with Master Sun=== | ||
Saito maintained a close working relationship with [[Master Sun]], head of the [[Hualien Trading Company]], who regularly enlisted her and her ninja's services. After an [[opium]] shipment belonging to the [[Far East Company]], whom Sun had allied himself with against Madam Lee, was confiscated by the [[Dutch East India Company]], Sun reached out to Saito in order to recover it | Saito maintained a close working relationship with [[Master Sun]], the head of the [[Hualien Trading Company]], who regularly enlisted her and her ninja's services. After an [[opium]] shipment belonging to the [[Far East Company]], whom Sun had allied himself with against Madam Lee, was confiscated by the [[Dutch East India Company]], Sun reached out to Saito in order to recover it. Meeting at a temple in Macau, Sun gave Saito permission to kill anyone who got in her way, and reminded her that once Lee and the [[Europe]]ans foreigners had been driven out of Macau, his [[merchant]]s would dominate the market, greatly benefiting the Shimazu clan.<ref name="EP 19">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 19|Episode 19]]</ref> | ||
Saito | As Saito escorted Sun out of the temple, she became suspicious of one of her men, who was actually Kenway in disguise, having taken the outfit of a ninja he had killed. Nevertheless, Saito mobilized her followers to attack the Far East Company ship which held the opium. When one of her men expressed concern regarding the mission's risks, Saito told him that it was in fact an opportunity to purge the clan's weak links.<ref name="EP 19"/> | ||
Making their move at midnight, Saito and her ninja attacked the guards protecting the ship, though Saito quickly noticed one of her men sneaking away from the fight and into the ship. Deciding to follow the suspicious ninja, she confronted him in the [[gunpowder]] storage room, where the ninja attempted to ignite the gunpowder with a candle. Saito stopped him and recognized the ninja to be Kenway, threatening him with her sword.<ref name="EP 19"/>[[File:ACFT - Shimazu Saito unmasked.png|left|thumb|240x240px|Saito unmasked by Edward Kenway]]Following a failed attempt to interrogate Kenway about the cipher needed to decode Hendrik's log, Saito caught the Assassin's candle with her sword after the latter dropped it, leaving her vulnerable for an attack. This was Kenway's intention, as he quickly turned around to disarm Saito and managed to punch her in the face, knocking off her mask. Kenway then pinned Saito to a wall to try and interrogate her, but was interrupted by the arrival of two of her ninja who had come to check on their master.<ref name="EP 20" /> | Making their move at midnight, Saito and her ninja attacked the guards protecting the ship, though Saito quickly noticed one of her men sneaking away from the fight and into the ship. Deciding to follow the suspicious ninja, she confronted him in the [[gunpowder]] storage room, where the ninja attempted to ignite the gunpowder with a candle. Saito stopped him and recognized the ninja to be Kenway, threatening him with her sword.<ref name="EP 19"/>[[File:ACFT - Shimazu Saito unmasked.png|left|thumb|240x240px|Saito unmasked by Edward Kenway]]Following a failed attempt to interrogate Kenway about the cipher needed to decode Hendrik's log, Saito caught the Assassin's candle with her sword after the latter dropped it, leaving her vulnerable for an attack. This was Kenway's intention, as he quickly turned around to disarm Saito and managed to punch her in the face, knocking off her mask. Kenway then pinned Saito to a wall to try and interrogate her, but was interrupted by the arrival of two of her ninja who had come to check on their master.<ref name="EP 20" /> | ||
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Saito subsequently questioned one of her ninja about the situation on the ship's deck. He informed her that the mainland [[Japan|Japanese]] ninja had deserted out of discontent towards their treatment and that Madam Lee had arrived with armed men to seize the opium shipment. Outnumbered and outgunned, Saito deemed the battle lost and ordered a retreat.<ref name="EP 20" /> | Saito subsequently questioned one of her ninja about the situation on the ship's deck. He informed her that the mainland [[Japan|Japanese]] ninja had deserted out of discontent towards their treatment and that Madam Lee had arrived with armed men to seize the opium shipment. Outnumbered and outgunned, Saito deemed the battle lost and ordered a retreat.<ref name="EP 20" /> | ||
=== Shimazu clan civil war === | |||
Saito later gave Hendrik's log to Master Sun, hoping to use his resources to decipher the book's contents and find Angkor. However, her search for the lost city had to be postponed after a war broke out between her faction of ninja and the Japanese deserters, who sought to eliminate Saito, viewing her as a traitor of the Shimazu clan.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple|''Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple'']] - [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 30|Episode 30]]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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Shimazu Saito[1] was a member of both the Shimazu clan and the Japanese Rite of the Templar Order active in the early 18th century. She was of mixed-heritage and wore a metallic oni mask to conceal her identity. She is also an ancestor of the 21st-century Abstergo Industries doctor and Templar Shimazu Sei.[2]
In 1725, Saito led a group of ninja loyal to the Shimazu clan in the search for the lost city of the Khmer Empire, an alleged Precursor site, attacking a number of people in Macau who were connected to it. One of those people was the British Assassin Edward Kenway, who was also on the site's trail and who ended up clashing with Saito and her ninja several times while in the city.
Biography
Attacks in Macau
In February 1725, Saito, alongside her loyal ninja followers, attempted to silence anyone in Macau who knew about the ruins of Angkor to conceal the site's existence. Their first targets were the Dutch explorer Hendrik, who had stumbled upon the ruins during his travels, and his friend and fellow navigator John Young, who had stolen Hendrik's story and was boasting about his alleged discovery.[3]
Saito dispatched three of her ninja to kill Young, but the navigator was protected by Edward Kenway, who was also on Angkor's trail and had approached Young after hearing about his story. Hendrik was not as lucky, as he was attacked by Saito's ninja in his room at the Dutch East India Company's dormitories in Macau and succumbed to his wounds shortly after being found by Kenway.[4]
Saito encountered Kenway for the first time while the latter was trying to hide in an alley from Hendrik's company mates, who had mistaken him for Hendrik's killer. Unaware of his identity or Assassin affiliations, Saito ordered her ninja to capture Kenway alive and they ended up chasing him to Macau's port, where Saito watched from afar as Kenway effortlessly fought off many of her men. Impressed by the stranger's skills, she ordered her men to find out everything they could about him.[5] After Kenway was saved by Young and his ship, Saito loosed an arrow at the pair as they sailed away, which Kenway dodged.[6]
Attack on the Mandarin's House
After Hendrik's sea log was acquired by businesswoman Madam Lee upon his death and she refused to hand it over to the Templars,[7] Saito led her ninja in an attack on Lee's private residence, the Mandarin's House, in order to retrieve the book. There, Saito once again ran into Kenway, who had also come for the log and had managed to grab it shortly before the attack.[8]
Kenway helped Lee's guards fend off some of the ninja before realizing Saito was their leader and attempting to kill her to quickly end the battle. The two engaged in a duel, with Saito coming out on top and managing to break the Assassin's sword, which forced the latter to pull back. As one of her ninja arrived to pick her up on horseback, Saito revealed her name to Kenway and asked for his in return. After the latter complied, Saito told him that she would remember his name before she and her ninja retreated, their mission seemingly a failure. Upon making it to safety, however, Saito revealed to one of her followers that she had successfully acquired Hendrik's log, having taken it from Kenway during their duel.[1]
After inspecting the log, Saito discovered that the information the Templars sought was encrypted. Deducing that Kenway had the cipher needed to decode it, she ordered her men to find and capture the Assassin.[7]
Alliance with Master Sun
Saito maintained a close working relationship with Master Sun, the head of the Hualien Trading Company, who regularly enlisted her and her ninja's services. After an opium shipment belonging to the Far East Company, whom Sun had allied himself with against Madam Lee, was confiscated by the Dutch East India Company, Sun reached out to Saito in order to recover it. Meeting at a temple in Macau, Sun gave Saito permission to kill anyone who got in her way, and reminded her that once Lee and the Europeans foreigners had been driven out of Macau, his merchants would dominate the market, greatly benefiting the Shimazu clan.[9]
As Saito escorted Sun out of the temple, she became suspicious of one of her men, who was actually Kenway in disguise, having taken the outfit of a ninja he had killed. Nevertheless, Saito mobilized her followers to attack the Far East Company ship which held the opium. When one of her men expressed concern regarding the mission's risks, Saito told him that it was in fact an opportunity to purge the clan's weak links.[9]
Making their move at midnight, Saito and her ninja attacked the guards protecting the ship, though Saito quickly noticed one of her men sneaking away from the fight and into the ship. Deciding to follow the suspicious ninja, she confronted him in the gunpowder storage room, where the ninja attempted to ignite the gunpowder with a candle. Saito stopped him and recognized the ninja to be Kenway, threatening him with her sword.[9]
Following a failed attempt to interrogate Kenway about the cipher needed to decode Hendrik's log, Saito caught the Assassin's candle with her sword after the latter dropped it, leaving her vulnerable for an attack. This was Kenway's intention, as he quickly turned around to disarm Saito and managed to punch her in the face, knocking off her mask. Kenway then pinned Saito to a wall to try and interrogate her, but was interrupted by the arrival of two of her ninja who had come to check on their master.[2]
Managing to free herself from Kenway's grasp, Saito fought him, but the Assassin escaped after grabbing one of the two ninja present and tossing him into the other. As Saito moved to retrieve her mask, she vowed to make Kenway pay for the humiliation he had made her endure, to which the Assassin told her she was welcome to try.[2]
Saito subsequently questioned one of her ninja about the situation on the ship's deck. He informed her that the mainland Japanese ninja had deserted out of discontent towards their treatment and that Madam Lee had arrived with armed men to seize the opium shipment. Outnumbered and outgunned, Saito deemed the battle lost and ordered a retreat.[2]
Shimazu clan civil war
Saito later gave Hendrik's log to Master Sun, hoping to use his resources to decipher the book's contents and find Angkor. However, her search for the lost city had to be postponed after a war broke out between her faction of ninja and the Japanese deserters, who sought to eliminate Saito, viewing her as a traitor of the Shimazu clan.[10]
Trivia
- Saito shares several similarities with Maria Thorpe, as they are both Templars who wore masks to conceal their true identities and were mistaken for a man by an Assassin until being unmasked.
- One of the Japanese ninja referred to Saito as "a half-breed woman with continental blood", indicating that she may be half-Chinese.
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 11
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 20
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 2
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 3
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 4
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 5
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 12
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 10
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 19
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple - Episode 30