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Before escaping, Niccolò told the Grand Master to "''take care of [him]self''", to which he replied he would ''"consider it''." | Before escaping, Niccolò told the Grand Master to "''take care of [him]self''", to which he replied he would ''"consider it''." | ||
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Having fled from Masyaf, the Polo's were on their way back to [[Italy]], stopping by Constantinople to first finish their task. Two days on their way to the city, a Mongol attacking party had stolen the Codex from the Polo brothers, leaving them only with the Seals. Guided by their knowledge and the importance of their task, Maffeo and Niccolò Polo arrived in Constantinople, hiding the Seals throughout the city as to make sure of their secrecy. The two brothers had also set up a trading post, somewhere northwest of [[Hagia Sophia]], and an [[Assassins Guild (Constantinople)|Assassins Guild]], writing the end of their journal on the day they locked away the last Seal. | Having fled from Masyaf, the Polo's were on their way back to [[Italy]], stopping by Constantinople to first finish their task. Two days on their way to the city, a Mongol attacking party had stolen the Codex from the Polo brothers, leaving them only with the Seals. Guided by their knowledge and the importance of their task, Maffeo and Niccolò Polo arrived in Constantinople, hiding the Seals throughout the city as to make sure of their secrecy. The two brothers had also set up a trading post, somewhere northwest of [[Hagia Sophia]], and an [[Assassins Guild (Constantinople)|Assassins Guild]], writing the end of their journal on the day they locked away the last Seal. | ||
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The Fall of Masyaf was an event during the 13th century where the grandson of Genghis Khan, Hulagu Khan, led an assault on the fortress of Masyaf in an attempt to annihilate the Assassin Order for their part in his grandfather's death in 1227.
The cause
To stop the major threat of the Mongols that were unstoppably moving from East towards West, Altaïr, Maria, Darim and Qulan Gal headed to the Xia province in Mongolia, visiting a camp set up by Mongolians, in which Genghis Khan supposedly was. There, Altaïr and his son, together with Qulan, one night sneaked into the camp and accidentaly raised the alarm for Genghis Khan, who then fled on horseback. A few moments later, Khan was hit by the arrow of Qulan, and finished by Darim.
Mongolian revenge
During 1257, the Grand Master of the Assassin Order, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (then 92 years old), was interviewed by Niccolò Polo and his brother Maffeo Polo in order to document the stories of his life and the Order. Eventually the brothers needed to make their departure, as the Mongolians attacked unexpectedly and besieged the village.
Though most of the Assassins left the fortress to increase their numbers throughout the world, enough remained to hold off the Mongolians temporarily. Passing on his life's work: the Codex and Seals, Altaïr instructed the brothers to hide the seals through the city of Constantinople.
Before escaping, Niccolò told the Grand Master to "take care of [him]self", to which he replied he would "consider it."
Aftermath
Having fled from Masyaf, the Polo's were on their way back to Italy, stopping by Constantinople to first finish their task. Two days on their way to the city, a Mongol attacking party had stolen the Codex from the Polo brothers, leaving them only with the Seals. Guided by their knowledge and the importance of their task, Maffeo and Niccolò Polo arrived in Constantinople, hiding the Seals throughout the city as to make sure of their secrecy. The two brothers had also set up a trading post, somewhere northwest of Hagia Sophia, and an Assassins Guild, writing the end of their journal on the day they locked away the last Seal.
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