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'''Darim Ibn-La'Ahad''' (born 1195) was a member of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], and the eldest son of its [[Mentor]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], and his wife [[Maria Thorpe]]. | '''Darim Ibn-La'Ahad''' (born 1195) was a member of the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], and the eldest son of its [[Mentor]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], and his wife [[Maria Thorpe]]. | ||
When Darim was in his early twenties, he traveled with his parents to [[Mongolia]] to combat the rise of the [[Mongol Empire]]. Among Darim's most noteworthy accomplishments is | When Darim was in his early twenties, he traveled with his parents to [[Mongolia]] to combat the rise of the [[Mongol Empire]]. Among Darim's most noteworthy accomplishments is his assassination of [[Genghis Khan]], the Mongol leader, in August 1227, during which he was assisted by the [[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]]. | ||
After returning to the Levantine Brotherhood's fortress of [[Masyaf]], his family was exiled to [[Alamut]] following a coup d'état by [[Abbas Sofian]]. Darim eventually left his father at [[Alamut]] and spent several years traveling around Europe, informing warlords of the impending Mongol threat. | After returning to the Levantine Brotherhood's fortress of [[Masyaf]], his family was exiled to [[Alamut]] following a coup d'état by [[Abbas Sofian]]. Darim eventually left his father at [[Alamut]] and spent several years traveling around Europe, informing warlords of the impending Mongol threat. | ||
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===Assassination of Genghis Khan=== | ===Assassination of Genghis Khan=== | ||
[[File:ACM Darim 1.png|thumb| | {{Dialogue|Genghis Khan|Your arrows may puncture my flesh but I will rise anew. My name... my '''legacy''' are immortal. I will be reincarnated in the blood of my descendants.|Darim|Then they will suffer the same fate.|Darim to Genghis Khan prior to shooting him, 1227.|Assassin's Creed: Reflections|Assassin's Creed: Reflections 2}} | ||
By 1217, [[Genghis Khan]]'s [[Mongol Empire]] had began to spread rapidly from the east, subsequently slowing the Assassins' own expansion. This caused Altaïr to believe that Genghis Khan held a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] known as the [[Swords of Eden|Sword]] | [[File:ACM Darim 1.png|thumb|180px|left|Darim, during Genghis Khan's assassination mission]] | ||
By 1217, [[Genghis Khan]]'s [[Mongol Empire]] had began to spread rapidly from the east, subsequently slowing the Assassins' own expansion. This caused Altaïr to believe that Genghis Khan held a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] known as the [[Swords of Eden|Sword]].<ref name="TSC"/> | |||
In early 1227 the Assassins reached Mongolia, where they met the [[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]]. The Assassins formulated a plan, and Qulan Gal and Altaïr infiltrated Genghis Khan's camp in August of that year. However, Altaïr had lost much of his [[Social stealth|stealth]] with age, causing him to be detected and severely injured by a [[Soldier|guard]]. Qulan Gal managed to save his fellow Assassin and helped him escape the camp, following which the Assassins were forced to regroup and formulate a different strategy.<ref name="TSC"/> | Convinced that they had to stop the Mongols, Darim and his parents left Masyaf on a mission to assassinate the Khan. His younger brother Sef remained in Masyaf to care for his wife and children, and Altaïr's right-hand man [[Malik Al-Sayf]] was placed in charge of the Order until their return.<ref name="TSC"/> | ||
[[File:ACRef Darim assassinating Genghis Khan.jpg|thumb|250px|Darim | |||
In early 1227, the Assassins reached Mongolia, where they met the [[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]]. The Assassins formulated a plan, and Qulan Gal and Altaïr infiltrated Genghis Khan's camp in August of that year.<ref name="TSC"/> | |||
However, Altaïr had lost much of his [[Social stealth|stealth]] skills with age, causing him to be detected and severely injured by a [[Soldier|guard]]. Qulan Gal managed to save his fellow Assassin and helped him escape the camp, following which the Assassins were forced to regroup and formulate a different strategy.<ref name="TSC"/> | |||
[[File:ACRef Darim assassinating Genghis Khan.jpg|thumb|250px|Darim about to shoot Genghis Khan]] | |||
Realizing the threat to his life, Genghis Khan tried to flee on [[horse]]back. Qulan Gal, who had been expecting this, proceeded to shoot down the warlord's horse, while Darim shot Khan with his [[crossbow]]. After ten years, the group had accomplished what they set out to do, and Darim and his parents finally started their journey home.<ref name="TSC"/> | Realizing the threat to his life, Genghis Khan tried to flee on [[horse]]back. Qulan Gal, who had been expecting this, proceeded to shoot down the warlord's horse, while Darim shot Khan with his [[crossbow]]. After ten years, the group had accomplished what they set out to do, and Darim and his parents finally started their journey home.<ref name="TSC"/> | ||
===Exiled from Masyaf=== | ===Exiled from Masyaf=== | ||
Later in 1228, Darim and his parents returned to Masyaf, where they were greeted by a former Assassin apprentice named [[Swami]]. He claimed that the man who was supposed to greet them, [[Rauf]], had died of fever during their absence. He also explained that Malik had been arrested by the new leader of the Order, [[Abbas Sofian]], for unknown reasons. Swami then told Darim that his brother Sef had retreated with his family to [[Alamut]], at which point Altaïr urged Darim to retrieve his younger brother and return to Masyaf. | {{Dialogue2|Darim|Was it Abbas who killed my brother?|Altaïr|He killed your brother, Malik, and countless others.|He is a madman.|Darim and his father discussing Abbas during their escape from Masyaf, 1228.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|A New Regime}} | ||
Later in 1228, Darim and his parents returned to Masyaf, where they were greeted by a former Assassin apprentice named [[Swami]]. He claimed that the man who was supposed to greet them, [[Rauf]], had died of fever during their absence. He also explained that Malik had been arrested by the new leader of the Order, [[Abbas Sofian]], for unknown reasons. Swami then told Darim that his brother Sef had retreated with his family to [[Alamut]], at which point Altaïr urged Darim to retrieve his younger brother and return to Masyaf.<ref name="TSC"/> | |||
[[File:New regime 17.png|thumb|250px|left|Darim with his father in Masyaf]] | [[File:New regime 17.png|thumb|250px|left|Darim with his father in Masyaf]] | ||
Some time after arriving in Alamut, Darim met with his sister-in-law and nieces. He later received a letter from his father which revealed that his brother had been killed, and Darim hurried back to Masyaf.<ref name="TSC"/> | Some time after arriving in Alamut, Darim met with his sister-in-law and nieces. He later received a letter from his father which revealed that his brother had been killed, and Darim hurried back to Masyaf.<ref name="TSC"/> | ||
He met up with his father in Masyaf village, where the two men fought off attacking Assassins and Altaïr informed Darim that his mother had been killed during a confrontation with Abbas.<ref name=" | He met up with his father in Masyaf village, where the two men fought off attacking Assassins and Altaïr informed Darim that his mother had been killed during a confrontation with Abbas.<ref name="A New Regime">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A New Regime]]</ref> They successfully escaped Masyaf, and Darim and Altaïr left for exile in Alamut.<ref name="TSC"/> | ||
Darim's sister-in-law and nieces soon left Alamut and settled in [[Alexandria]] when they were unable to bear Altaïr's suffering. A year later, Darim himself was driven away from Alamut by his father's state of depression and his renewed obsession with the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]]. He traveled to [[France]] and [[England]] to warn of the advancing threat of the Mongol Empire.<ref name="TSC"/> | |||
===Later life=== | ===Later life=== | ||
[[File:Lost legacy 2.png|thumb|250px|Darim | {{Dialogue|Darim|I see. This is not a library at all. It is a vault.|Altaïr|It must stay hidden, Darim. Far from eager hands. At least until it has passed on the secret it contains.|Altaïr informing Darim of his library's true purpose, 1257.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Lost Legacy (memory)}} | ||
[[File:Lost legacy 2.png|thumb|250px|Darim with his father outside the library]] | |||
In 1247, Darim returned to Masyaf, following his father's return to power as leader of the Order. In 1257, Darim also traveled to [[Constantinople]] to invite the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers Niccolò and [[Maffeo Polo]] to temporarily reside in Masyaf.<ref name="TSC"/> | In 1247, Darim returned to Masyaf, following his father's return to power as leader of the Order. In 1257, Darim also traveled to [[Constantinople]] to invite the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers Niccolò and [[Maffeo Polo]] to temporarily reside in Masyaf.<ref name="TSC"/> | ||
In August of that year, the Mongols [[Fall of Masyaf|attacked Masyaf]].<ref name="Passing the Torch">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref> Darim was ordered by Altaïr to leave before the Mongols reached the fortress, and to take Altaïr's remaining books from [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]] with him.<ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref> | |||
As he said a final farewell to his father in front of the library doors, Darim realized that the library was in fact a vault, though his father did not reveal what it was supposed to contain. Bearing several of his father's books, Darim left Masyaf for Alexandria to rejoin his brother's widow and her children.<ref name=" | As he said a final farewell to his father in front of the library doors, Darim realized that the library was in fact a vault, though his father did not reveal what it was supposed to contain. Bearing several of his father's books, Darim left Masyaf for Alexandria to rejoin his brother's widow and her children.<ref name="Lost Legacy"/> | ||
===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
In 2012, Darim was remembered by his modern successors as a key figure of the Brotherhood, notably for having given an Apple of Eden to the first Sultan of the [[Bahri dynasty]], after the Egyptian Brotherhood had already given the [[Scepter of Aset]] to the revolted Mamluks whom had created the new dynasty and had began an era of prosperity for Egypt.<ref name="Hawk">''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''</ref> | In 2012, Darim was remembered by his modern successors as a key figure of the Brotherhood, notably for having given an Apple of Eden to the first Sultan of the [[Bahri dynasty]], after the Egyptian Brotherhood had already given the [[Scepter of Aset]] to the revolted Mamluks whom had created the new dynasty and had began an era of prosperity for Egypt.<ref name="Hawk">''[[Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk]]''</ref> | ||
In 2017, the [[Master Templar]] [[Juhani Otso Berg]] relived the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] of Darim and those of his father Altaïr at [[Abstergo Industries|Abstergo]] Montreal in order to learn how to graft the Assassins' skills and knowledge onto himself as the [[Black Cross]].<ref name="ACRef">''[[Assassin's Creed: Reflections]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Reflections 2|Issue #02]]</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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New regime 14.png|Darim defending himself alongside his father | New regime 14.png|Darim defending himself alongside his father | ||
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Revision as of 08:42, 25 June 2024
Darim Ibn-La'Ahad (born 1195) was a member of the Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins, and the eldest son of its Mentor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, and his wife Maria Thorpe.
When Darim was in his early twenties, he traveled with his parents to Mongolia to combat the rise of the Mongol Empire. Among Darim's most noteworthy accomplishments is his assassination of Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader, in August 1227, during which he was assisted by the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal.
After returning to the Levantine Brotherhood's fortress of Masyaf, his family was exiled to Alamut following a coup d'état by Abbas Sofian. Darim eventually left his father at Alamut and spent several years traveling around Europe, informing warlords of the impending Mongol threat.
Following Masyaf's destruction in August 1257, Darim joined the family of his brother Sef and settled down in Alexandria, Egypt.
Biography
Early life
Darim was born in Masyaf in 1195, where he was raised by his parents. An obedient but impulsive son, in the words of Niccolò Polo, Darim's training in the ways of the Assassins started at an early age, and he would eventually become a fully-trained Assassin and an expert crossbowman.[1]
Assassination of Genghis Khan
By 1217, Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire had began to spread rapidly from the east, subsequently slowing the Assassins' own expansion. This caused Altaïr to believe that Genghis Khan held a Piece of Eden known as the Sword.[1]
Convinced that they had to stop the Mongols, Darim and his parents left Masyaf on a mission to assassinate the Khan. His younger brother Sef remained in Masyaf to care for his wife and children, and Altaïr's right-hand man Malik Al-Sayf was placed in charge of the Order until their return.[1]
In early 1227, the Assassins reached Mongolia, where they met the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal. The Assassins formulated a plan, and Qulan Gal and Altaïr infiltrated Genghis Khan's camp in August of that year.[1]
However, Altaïr had lost much of his stealth skills with age, causing him to be detected and severely injured by a guard. Qulan Gal managed to save his fellow Assassin and helped him escape the camp, following which the Assassins were forced to regroup and formulate a different strategy.[1]
Realizing the threat to his life, Genghis Khan tried to flee on horseback. Qulan Gal, who had been expecting this, proceeded to shoot down the warlord's horse, while Darim shot Khan with his crossbow. After ten years, the group had accomplished what they set out to do, and Darim and his parents finally started their journey home.[1]
Exiled from Masyaf
Later in 1228, Darim and his parents returned to Masyaf, where they were greeted by a former Assassin apprentice named Swami. He claimed that the man who was supposed to greet them, Rauf, had died of fever during their absence. He also explained that Malik had been arrested by the new leader of the Order, Abbas Sofian, for unknown reasons. Swami then told Darim that his brother Sef had retreated with his family to Alamut, at which point Altaïr urged Darim to retrieve his younger brother and return to Masyaf.[1]
Some time after arriving in Alamut, Darim met with his sister-in-law and nieces. He later received a letter from his father which revealed that his brother had been killed, and Darim hurried back to Masyaf.[1]
He met up with his father in Masyaf village, where the two men fought off attacking Assassins and Altaïr informed Darim that his mother had been killed during a confrontation with Abbas.[2] They successfully escaped Masyaf, and Darim and Altaïr left for exile in Alamut.[1]
Darim's sister-in-law and nieces soon left Alamut and settled in Alexandria when they were unable to bear Altaïr's suffering. A year later, Darim himself was driven away from Alamut by his father's state of depression and his renewed obsession with the Apple of Eden. He traveled to France and England to warn of the advancing threat of the Mongol Empire.[1]
Later life
In 1247, Darim returned to Masyaf, following his father's return to power as leader of the Order. In 1257, Darim also traveled to Constantinople to invite the Venetian explorers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo to temporarily reside in Masyaf.[1]
In August of that year, the Mongols attacked Masyaf.[3] Darim was ordered by Altaïr to leave before the Mongols reached the fortress, and to take Altaïr's remaining books from his library with him.[4]
As he said a final farewell to his father in front of the library doors, Darim realized that the library was in fact a vault, though his father did not reveal what it was supposed to contain. Bearing several of his father's books, Darim left Masyaf for Alexandria to rejoin his brother's widow and her children.[4]
Legacy
In 2012, Darim was remembered by his modern successors as a key figure of the Brotherhood, notably for having given an Apple of Eden to the first Sultan of the Bahri dynasty, after the Egyptian Brotherhood had already given the Scepter of Aset to the revolted Mamluks whom had created the new dynasty and had began an era of prosperity for Egypt.[5]
In 2017, the Master Templar Juhani Otso Berg relived the genetic memories of Darim and those of his father Altaïr at Abstergo Montreal in order to learn how to graft the Assassins' skills and knowledge onto himself as the Black Cross.[6]
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Darim is depicted with an amputated ring finger, despite Altaïr having deemed that tradition no longer necessary. In Assassin's Creed: Memories, however, he is depicted with all ten of his fingers.
- Darim bears a striking resemblance to Clay Kaczmarek, despite Clay not being a descendant of either Altaïr or Darim himself.
Gallery
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Darim defending himself alongside his father -
Altaïr and Darim chased by Abbas -
Altaïr and Darim departing from Masyaf -
Darim listening to his father's advice -
Darim speaking with his father before the Polo brothers depart -
Darim, Altaïr and Niccolò looking at the Memory Seals
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Assassin's Creed: Recollection
- Assassin's Creed: Memories
- Assassin's Creed: Reflections
- Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? (non-canonical appearance)
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – A New Regime
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Passing the Torch
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Lost Legacy
- ↑ Assassin's Creed 4: Hawk
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Reflections – Issue #02
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