Galata headquarters

The Galata headquarters was a building located in the nothern tip of Constantinople's Galata district, and served as a base for the Turkish Assassins within the city. Between 1511-1512, during his time in the city, Ezio Auditore Da Firenze utilized the building and it's amenities. Accessible from a both a small courtyard and Constantinople's tunnel system, the headquarters acted as an idyllic location for the Assassin's to continue operations during the Byzantine attempt at re-occupation.

Function

Function-wise, it was similar to the both the Villa Auditore and the Tiber Island headquarters, albeit with some additional features. It's rooms included a large cavernous entrance way leading to a Main hall, a bomb crafting room - unlike it's Italian counterparts, an Armory divided into two, like that of the Villa Auditore, one room displayed acquired weaponry and the other held armor sets. In place of a painting gallery, the Galata headquarters hosted a library, where books purchased from shops and recovered by deciphering the Polo Symbols were displayed.

The appropriate guild's crest appeared on walls within the library upon completion of the corresponding Guild Challenges, and are labeled to have been awarded to Ezio by the attributed factions in tribute to his skill.

Any recruits of the Order can often be seen milling around or speaking to each other in the rooms of the headquarters when not out on missions.

The banners displayed throughout the base are unlike that seen at the Villa Auditore or Tiber Island, instead the Ottoman variant of the Assassin's crest occupies the building.

Content

Entrances

There were two entrances to the Galata headquarters: the street entrance, and a tunnel entrance.

Street entrance: The street entrance was located at the eastern side of the building, inside a small courtyard.

Tunnel entrance: The tunnel entrance was located to the west of the main hall but could be accessed through any of the tunnel entrances scattered throughout the city.

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  Street Entrance (Day)
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  Street Entrance (Night)
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  Street Entrance (Interior)
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  Tunnel Entrance

Main Hall

The main hall was the focal point of the headquarters' interior. Introduced through a large entrance way, it housed entrances to all the other rooms, held a guild management area and a guild ranking board.

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  The Main Hall
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  Guild challages board
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  Guild Management desk
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  The entrance walkway

Bomb Crafting room

The bomb crafting room was located to the south of the entrance walkway. It was separated from the rest of the headquarters, presumably in an attempt to limit damage or injury caused by accidents. The room contained crafting supplies, a bomb codex and a crafting table.

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  Bomb crafting table
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  Eastern side of the room

Library

The library was situated north of the main hall. It held books bought from book shops throughout Constantinople, texts purchased in Cappadocia and literature recovered by deciphering the Polo Symbols. Guild crests awarded to Ezio were displayed on the walls of the library. A desk close to the entrance was dedicated to Ezio during his stay in the city. Here he wrote letters to his sister Claudia and also studied Masyaf keys he acquired.

Library Collection:

• Purchased: Parallel Lives, The Odyssey, Mu'Allaqat, Aeneid, Geography, The Book of Prophecies, The History of the Kings of Britain, Anabasis Alexandri, Opus Majus, Heimskringla, The Secret History of the Mongols, Record of the Grand Historian, The Golden Ass, Metamorphoses, Bibliotheca, Cronica, Tirant Lo Blanch, Digenes Akritas.
• Recovered: Aesop's Fables, Mission to Constantinople, On Nature, The Travels of Marco Polo, One Thousand and One Nights, The Book of Kings, Nibelungenlied, Iliad, The Canterbury Tales, The Flute Girl.

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  The Library
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  Some of the collection
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  Ezio's desk
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  Assassins Guild crest
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  Bomb Crafting guild crest
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  Romani Guild crest
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  Mercenaries Guild crest
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  Thieves Guild crest

Armory

The armory in the Galata headquarters was divided into two rooms. One served at the weapon store, located to the south of the main hall, and the other as the armor store, located to the west of the main hall.

Weapon Store

The weapon store housed all weaponry purchased from blacksmiths as well as weapons gifted to Ezio by the city's factions. Another weapon retrieved by Ezio while searching for the resting place of Vlad Tepes was also stored here. The weapon store had a total of two small weapon stands, four weapon racks and three heavy weapon racks as well as an individual stand for Vlad Tepes's sword.

Contents:

• Center stand: Vlad Tepes's sword
• Small Weapon stand #1: Romani stiletto, Arabian dagger, Butcher's knife, Standard stiletto.
• Small Weapon stand #2: Afghani Khyber blade, Bayezid's knife, Macedonian dagger, Kurdish jambiya, Mehmet's dagger.
• Weapon rack #1: Yusuf's Turkish kijil, Janissary's kijil, Persian shamshir, Assassin Yataghan sword.
• Weapon rack #2: Altaïr's sword, Sicilian rapier, Syrian sabre, Florentine falchion.
• Weapon rack #3: Ottoman mace, Condittiero mace, Mercenario war hammer, Prussian war hammer.
• Weapon rack #4: Captain's sword, Milanese sword, Schiavona.
• Heavy Weapon rack #1: Merovingian axe, Sledgehammer, Byzantine arming sword, Byzantine mace.
• Heavy Weapon rack #2: Broadsword, Prussian long sword, French Bastard sword.
• Heavy Weapon rack #3: Almogavar axe, Condottiero axe, Bearded axe.

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  Weapon room
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  Center stand
• Small Weapon Stand #1
  Small Weapon Stand #1
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  Small Weapon stand #2
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  Weapon stand #1
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  Weapon stand #2
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  Weapon stand #3
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  Weapon stand #4
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  Heavy Weapon stand #1
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  Heavy Weapon stand #2
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  Heavy Weapon stand #3

Armor Store

The armor store displayed sets of armor purchased by, awarded to and retrieved by Ezio Auditore. There were five in total. Three sets of armor were purchased in blacksmiths throughout Contantinople (Azep, Mamluk and Sepahi), one set was awarded to Ezio (Master Assassin) and one set was retrieved (Ishak Pasha).

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  Armory room (South)
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  Armory room (North)
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  Azep armor set
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  Mamluk armor set
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  Sepahi armor set
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  Master Assassin armor set
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  Ishak Pasha armor set

Gallery

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  Early version of the headquarters (the main hall contains the fireplace).