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[[File:Assassin's creed - viewpoint.png|thumb|250px|Altaïr on a guard tower in [[Damascus]]]]
'''Guard Towers''' were [[View Points|view points]] that [[Assassins]] were able to use, and at least one could be found in each district. Their presence was scaled down during the years until the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]].


[[File:Assassin's creed - viewpoint.png|thumb|250px|right|Altaïr synchronizing a guard tower in [[Damascus]]]]
==Middle Ages==
'''Guard Towers''' were special [[view points|viewpoints]] that [[Assassins]] were able to use, and at least one could be found in each district. Their presence was scaled down during the years until the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]].
The Assassin [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] often used guard towers to survey the area during the [[Hunt for the Nine|hunt]] for the [[Templars]].


==Third Crusade==
Guard Towers were the center of [[Guards|guard]] activity in a district. They were guarded by several high-ranking guardsmen, with more patrolling the nearby area. A single [[Archers|archer]] was always found on the tower itself.
The Assassin [[Altaïr ibn La-Ahad|Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad]] often used guard towers to find his way around the cities he visited in his [[Hunt for the Nine|quest]].


Guard Towers were basically the center of [[Guards|guard]] activity in the district. They were guarded by several high-ranking guardsmen, with more patrolling the area. A single [[Archers|archer]] was always found on its pinnacle height.
During an assassination, if Altaïr was exposed, some of his targets fled towards the district's guard tower. Upon reaching it, they became more difficult to kill, as they would be reinforced by several guards.


During an assassination, if Altaïr's cover was blown and his target saw him, they usually turned and fled towards their district's guard tower. Upon reaching it, they became more difficult to kill, as they would be reinforced by several guards.
==Renaissance==
{{Main|Borgia Towers}}
[[File:ACB_Borgia_Tower.png|thumb|left|250px|A Borgia Tower in Rome]]
In [[Rome]], Guard Towers once again appeared in the form of Borgia Towers, this time with the ability to destroy them.


==16th Century==
[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] had to locate and kill the [[Borgia Captains|Captain]] overseeing the tower. Afterwards, Ezio climbed the tower and ignited it, successfully liberating the area from [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] influence.
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In [[Rome]], Guard Towers once again appeared in the form of [[Borgia Tower|Borgia towers]], this time with the ability to destroy them. First, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] had find the Borgia Guard Captain, who would either fight or flee, and kill him. Ezio then had to climb the tower, and would destroy it by setting it on fire. Ezio also used them to find his way in Rome.


In [[Constantinople]], the Assassins built [[Assassin's Dens|dens]] around the city. When they were captured by Templars, they were used as guard towers by them.
In [[Constantinople]], the Assassins built [[Assassin's Dens|dens]] around the city. When they were captured by Templars, they were used as guard towers by them.
==Trivia==
* There are only four [[Assassination targets|targets]] that flee to a guard tower: [[Abu'l Nuqoud]], [[Talal]], [[Sibrand]], and [[Jubair al Hakim]].


==Reference==
==Reference==
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]] ''
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* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] ''
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] ''
* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]] ''
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Revision as of 04:55, 31 July 2013

Altaïr on a guard tower in Damascus

Guard Towers were view points that Assassins were able to use, and at least one could be found in each district. Their presence was scaled down during the years until the Italian Renaissance.

Middle Ages

The Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad often used guard towers to survey the area during the hunt for the Templars.

Guard Towers were the center of guard activity in a district. They were guarded by several high-ranking guardsmen, with more patrolling the nearby area. A single archer was always found on the tower itself.

During an assassination, if Altaïr was exposed, some of his targets fled towards the district's guard tower. Upon reaching it, they became more difficult to kill, as they would be reinforced by several guards.

Renaissance

Main article: Borgia Towers
A Borgia Tower in Rome

In Rome, Guard Towers once again appeared in the form of Borgia Towers, this time with the ability to destroy them.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze had to locate and kill the Captain overseeing the tower. Afterwards, Ezio climbed the tower and ignited it, successfully liberating the area from Borgia influence.

In Constantinople, the Assassins built dens around the city. When they were captured by Templars, they were used as guard towers by them.

Reference