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Grappling hook

A grappling hook is a tool that consists of multiple hooks attached to a rope.
[expand a little on details?]

During the Third Crusade, the Assassins favored the device's versatility for their operations. Consequently in 1190, Rafik, the Keeper of Dasmascus gave a grappling hook to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, suggesting that it would be useful should the young Assassin choose to travel by rooftop again. <-- inadequate ending for the sentence?

[it indeed proved useful in the slums because the buildings collapse?]
[when pursuing Fajera and the bridge collapsed Altaïr found it esp. useful for crossing the river ~ significant enough to mention?]
[he would continue to use it throughout his quest for the Chalice to swing himself across gaps he cannot jump]
[employed it as a way of pulling guards towards him. compare with Hookblade & rope dart?]

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

Nazim

Nazim (unknown - 1190) was a Templar crossbowman that participated in the Third Crusade.

In 1190, he was stationed in Tyre as part of the defense force for the Templar hospital. Alongside two Hospitalier soldiers, he was guarding the interior of a restricted building when he encountered the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, who had trespassed en route to the hospital. Though unaware of Altaïr's affiliation, the Crusaders nevertheless moved to apprehend the intruder, decrying him as a "shameless thief." Nazim had barely just received the order to arm his crossbow when Altaïr overpowered his group and killed them.

Trivia

Because the video game's levels are designed with improbable architecture, it is impossible to determine the function of the building where Nazim is encountered. The interior of this building consists of naught but a few platforms suspended above a bottomless abyss with disconnected beams for navigation. One side of the building's façade resembles that of a typical church, at least with regards to buttresses and arched windows, the other side lacks these features, which are replaced instead by a large platform that protrudes out over the street.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

Templar Hospital (rough draft)

The Templar Hospital of Tyre was a medical facility that operated in the 12th century during the High Middle Ages [<should it be "12th century" or "High Middle Ages" but not both?] and came to double as a stronghold for the Knights Templar at the height of the Third Crusade, hence its name. [too wordy?]

History

Located near the harbor, the institution was shut down at some point prior to 1190. Around that year, the Crusaders reopened the complex under the command of the Templar doctor Roland Napule. Though ostensibly a hospital, the facility was in fact employed for much more nefarious purposes, particularly in light of the Templars' fervent pursuit for the keys to the Temple of the Sand. People suspect to knowledge of these keys were detained at the hospital and subjected to brutal interrogations. While these operations were [...], the local civilians nevertheless whispered rumors of the horrors associated with the hospital's [<- better way to phrase this?].

[cannot use "though" as it has already been used]
While these operations were by no means publicized, the local civilians nevertheless whispered rumors of the horrors that took place within the hospital's walls. [ does this sound ugly?]
While these operations were kept strictly under wraps
While these operations were kept strictly confidential, the local civilian nevertheless [...]
Despite the stringent level of secrecy,
Despite the Templars' attempts to maintain secrecy

"The hospital's stringent level of security drew the suspicions of the Assassins, and when these rumors reached their ears, an agent was sent to investigate." [superfluous writing? sentence below would suffice. Yet isn't it more accurate to note that it was the unprecedented security as well that motivated the Assassins to investigate?] These rumors reached the ears of the Assassins, who sent an agent to investigate.

The brutal operations that took place within the hospital was by no means public ne

[Notes]

• Fajera first mentions the "Templar Hospital" in Tyre to Altaïr when aiding him in his quest for the Chalice
• Altaïr arrives in Tyre to seek Hamid for information on the hospital
• Altaïr observes that the number of troops in Tyre has been bolstered drastically
• Hamid explains that "it has to do with that hospital of theirs. Since they opened it again, they guard it like a treasure."
• "It's close to the docks, you can't miss it."
• "Find the one in charge of the hospital: Roland Napule. A wicked man, according to all the stories about this place..."
• "They say he's been questioning people. It seems he's looking for something... We don't actually know, we've never been inside. We sent a man a few months ago, but he didn't return."
• a drained fountain or well was cleaned and maintained at a certain hour each day. The custodian possessed a key to the fountain, which led into the sewers that connected to the hospital.
• Sewers led into subterranean chambers that were used as furnace rooms or forges and dungeons.
• In the sewers there were two Hospitalier patrolmen that were stranded, having lost their raft when the rope securing it to a pole proved to be rotten.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

Templar Hospital (near completion)

The Templar Hospital of Tyre was a medical facility that operated in the 12th century and came to double as a stronghold for the Knights Templar at the height of the Third Crusade.

History

Located near the harbor, the institution was shut down at some point prior to 1190. Around that year, the Crusaders reopened the complex under the command of the Templar doctor Roland Napule, in the process drastically bolstering the city's reinforcements.

Though ostensibly a hospital, the facility was in fact employed for much more nefarious purposes, particularly in light of the Templars' fervent pursuit for the keys to the Temple of the Sand. People suspect to knowledge of these keys were detained at the hospital and subjected to brutal interrogations. While these operations were by no means publicized, the local civilians nevertheless whispered rumors of the horrors committed within its walls.

These rumors eventually reached the ears of the Assassins, who sent an agent to investigate. The infiltrator failed to return, however, and the Assassins remained largely in the dark on the exact details of the Templars' operations.

A few months later, the Templars captured an old man that had visited the Temple of Sand. Certain that this man knew the whereabouts of a key to the Temple, Roland Napule began a fierce interrogation in the detention room. Erstwhile, he sent two Hospitalier soldiers to patrol the sewers, wary that it was a potential route for intruders.

Unbeknownst to the Templars, the young Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had arrived in Tyre, having been instructed by Fajera to seek the old man for aid in his quest for the Chalice. Guided by the the Assassin Rafiq Hamid, Altaïr infiltrated the hospital through the very sewers that Roland had sought to secure.

Despite the hospital's stringent level of security, the Assassin ultimately prevailed and arrived at the

Layout

The hospital was built adjacent to the docks and

Subterranean levels

The hospital was designed

Trivia

• As Altaïr infiltrates the hospital through the underground passageways, the main levels of the hospital are never actually explored in Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles.