Harlequin

"Behind the gaudy costume and twisted smile lies the soul of a merciless assassin. You call yourself the Harlequin. Your victims will call you a walking nightmare."

―GameStop

The Harlequin (real name: Cahin) is an exclusive multiplayer character featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, available via pre-order on Gamestop.com, PLAY.com and Ubisoft.com. He is also available in the HMV Exclusive Edition and the Limited Codex Edition of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and is included in the The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC. A jack-in-the box of the Harlequin is also available to those who pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from GameStop.

On November 16th 2010, the gaming website Kongregate held a contest for a copy of Brotherhood, which, to enter, you simply had to complete Level 3 of Ultimate Assassin 2. One lucky winner would win the game with the exclusive Harlequin character and an Xbox 360 to play it on, and several other contestants would receive a copy of the game with the exclusive character.

He uses two rondel daggers as his primary weapons and another playable multiplayer character, known as the Hellequin, is confirmed to be his sister, Caha, as stated by their multiplayer character descriptions.

In Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, Cahin and his sister Caha are first encountered by Fiora Cavazza as they perform together. The performance turns out to be a trap, however, with Cahin, Caha, and Fiora killing all the guests present. Fiora notes to herself that the siblings seem to be mad, yet fun. Later on, when Fiora changes sides and joins the Assassins in weakening Cesare Borgia's defenses, she aids in assassinating Cahin and Caha. The attack was successful, with the siblings dying together during the assault.

Collector's Edition Harlequin Jack-in-the-box

Unique Moves

The Killing Joke (Low Profile, Front)

The Harlequin neatly stabs his target under their chest, before flipping over their back and stabbing his victim in the neck and then puncturing their right lung, leaving them incapacitated and internally bleeding to death.

Slaying Surprise (Low Profile, Back)

From behind, the Harlequin stabs his target's waist, making them fall. Right as they begin to fall, he stabs them in the crevices of their neck with his daggers, one before the other, causing his victim to go limp. Their lifeless body then falls to the ground as he withdraws his daggers.

The Soaring Jester (Aerial Kill)

The Harlequin leaps from a rooftop and on to his target. In midair, he pulls out his two daggers and when he lands, he rapidly stabs his victim's torso many times.

Killing Wheel (High Profile, Back)

The Harlequin does a cartwheel, kicking his victim in the head and knocking them to the floor. He then quickly stabs his victim in the chest and withdraws his weapon.

Crazed Twirl (Bench Kill)

The Harlequin stabs his victim in the stomach viciously. As the target bends over, the Harlequin removes the dagger and stabs both of them in between the targets shoulder blades, twirling over their back and brutally ripping the daggers out. The victim stands upright, but then collapses forwards, dead.

More is Merrier (High Profile, Front)

The Harlequin jumps on his target, pushing them down in the process, before stabbing them in their torso several times maniacally.

Customization

Colors

• Basic: Green and Blue
• Extra 1: Red and Blue
• Extra 2: Purple and Blue
• Extra 3: Black and Blue

Gear

• Advanced: Added vest (affected by color), added golden buckles to boots, added golden trim to gloves.
• Superior: Added coat tails to vest and golden straps to the foot of his boots.
• Elite: Changed mask outlines from blue to dark gold.

Singleplayer locations

Ezio delivers a finishing blow to a Harlequin.

After downloading "The Da Vinci Disappearance" DLC, five Harlequins can be found at different parts of the city in Singleplayer, performing a handstand. All of these Harlequins are found near aquaducts or bodies of water. If approached, they will attack on sight. Once all five Harlequins have been beaten up while unarmed, making sure that they do not fall into the water nearby, the player will gain the 'Clowning Around' silver trophy (PS3) or achievement worth 30G (Xbox 360).

The Harlequins can be found in the following locations:

• Near the bridge of Castel Sant'Angelo, to the east along the river's edge, on a staircase leading out of from the water.
• To the west of a Doctor at the top of the map near the Piazza del Popolo, by the river on a staircase leading out from the water.
• Behind the Rosa in Fiore, on a staircase leading out of the water, south of the brothel.
• South of Tiber Island, underneath a bridge.
• Northwest/West of the Barracks, next to a house with a tree near the cliff edge, with the large lake below.

Gallery

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  Harlequin's gear in Multiplayer
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  Harlequin's colors in Multiplayer

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  The Harlequin assassinating the Executioner.
• The Courtesan persona killing the Harlequin.
  The Courtesan persona killing the Harlequin.
• The Pariah killing the Harlequin.
  The Pariah killing the Harlequin.
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  The Harlequin, as seen in his multiplayer trailer.
• The Harlequin Outfit
  The Harlequin Outfit

Videos

thumb|300px|left|The Harlequin Reveal thumb|300px|right|Gamestop Harlequin Commercial

Trivia

• The Harlequin features in the release commercial of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, seen in the reflection of a man in a puddle of water.
• Cahin, along with his sister Caha, are both stated as being French in Project Legacy. Indeed, both their names are based on the French phrase "cahin caha" meaning willy nilly.
• The name for the Harlequin's kill animation The Killing Joke comes from the title of a Batman graphic novel.