Assassin cell

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An Assassin cell is a unit of the modern organizational structure of the Assassin Brotherhood, in use since the 20th century. Composed of smaller groups of Assassins spread out across the globe, it is a successor to the former system of guilds devised by the legendary Assassin Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. In contrast to guilds, cells reflects a far more decentralized command structure, though like their antecedent, there was generally one per major or strategic city.

Organization

Cells effectively function as small, isolated teams of Assassins operating across the world. They can have as little as four members, essentially serving as a squad—as was the case with Desmond Miles' team—or be large enough to constitute a community. To maintain secrecy and security, many cells live off the grid, away from urban centers with stronger Templar presence, and this has especially been the case since the Great Purge of 2000.

Bases are generally isolated compounds in wilderness, such as the Farm located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Despite this, the jurisdiction of each cell corresponds to cities. Virtually every major city—in addition to any deemed strategically significant—had a cell before the Great Purge.

While far more decentralized than that of the former system of Guilds, the title of Mentor under this new structure was reserved for only a single individual who had oversight for all cells on the planet whereas previously, each guild had its own Mentor. With the development of cells, the identity of the Mentor became a closely-guarded secret, unknown to even most Assassins. It became a far more prestigious position because the Mentor was expected to harbor the accumulated knowledge of all his predecessors, as well as coordinate the activities of every cell across the world. Since the assassination of the Mentor at the hands of the sleeper agent Daniel Cross, the position has been vacant, with de facto leadership undertaken by William Miles and Gavin Banks.

Example Assassin cells

Cell leaders are marked with an asterisk. (*)

Francesco Vecellio's team

• 
  Francesco Vecellio*
  ? – ?
• 
  Cipriano Enu
  ? – 1503
• 
  Tessa Varzi
  ? – 1503

Bloodstone Unit

• 
  Boris Pash*
  c. 1950s
• 
  Alekseï Gavrani
  ? - 1963
• 
  Julia Gorm
  c. 1950s
• 
  William Greer
  c. 1950s
• 
  Zenia
  c. 1950s
• 
  Dhogura
  c. 1950s
• 
  Doni
  c. 1950s

William Miles' cell

• 
  William Miles
  2012
• 
  Desmond Miles
  2012
• 
  Lucy Stillman
  2012
• 
  Shaun Hastings
  2012
• 
  Rebecca Crane
  2012

Gavin Banks' cell

• 
  Gavin Banks*
  2012
• 
  Susan Drayton
  2012
• 
  Eric Cooper
  2012
• 
  Emmanuel Barraza
  2012
• 
  Emmett Leary
  2012
• 
  Dr. Stephanie Chiu
  2012
• 
  Nodar Ninidze
  2012
• 
  Akaki Ninidze
  2012

Xavier Chen's cell

• 
  Xavier Chen*
  ? – 2015
• 
  Galina Voronina*
  ? – 2017
• 
  Kody Adams
  ? – 2017
• 
  Charlotte de la Cruz
  2015 – 2017

Galina Voronina's cell

• 
  Galina Voronina*
  2017 – 2018
• 
  Charlotte de la Cruz
  2017 – 2018
• 
  Kiyoshi Takakura
  2017 – 2018
• Arend Schut-Cunningham[12] 2017 – 2018
  Arend Schut-Cunningham
  2017 – 2018
• 
  My'shell Lemair
  2017 – 2018

Layla Hassan's cell

• 
  Layla Hassan*
  2018
• 
  Victoria Bibeau
  2018
• 
  Kiyoshi Takakura
  2018
• 
  Alannah Ryan
  2018

Shaun Hastings's cell

• 
  Shaun Hastings*
  2020
• 
  Rebecca Crane
  2020
• 
  Layla Hassan
  2020
• 
  Antony Henry
  2020

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: The Fall
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed: Initiates
• Assassin's Creed III
• Assassin's Creed: Assassins
• Assassin's Creed: Uprising
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla