Leandros

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Leandros (died 1511) was a member of the Templar Order, and the Captain of a small Byzantine garrison stationed in Masyaf.

Biography

Search at Masyaf

By 1511, Leandros' Templar forces had overrun the former Assassins' fortress in Masyaf, Syria, and Leandros had acquired Niccolò Polo's journal. When the Mentor Ezio Auditore da Firenze visited the city in the same year, Leandros' soldiers attacked him. Despite suffering many losses, they eventually managed to capture him.

Leandros' forces later led the Assassin up a tower in the fortress to be executed by hanging, and Leandros personally tied the noose around Ezio's neck. However, as soon as he did, Ezio lunged back at him and managed to wind the rope around his would-be executioner's neck.

The Assassin then leapt off the plank, tightening the noose around Leandros' throat and forcing the guards to cut him free. As he recovered from the attempted strangulation, Leandros yelled to his men to pursue Ezio, who had escaped along the exterior of the tower.

Leandros giving orders to his men.

Shortly after, Leandros left Masyaf by carriage, and was closely pursued by Ezio in a carriage of his own. Eventually, as they rammed each other on a mountain path, Leandros managed to outmaneuver Ezio's carriage and slip past him.

A guard then threw a bomb under Ezio's carriage, throwing both it and him over the cliff edge. Just as Leandros commanded his men to guard the path from any intruders, Ezio managed to climb up the cliff and face the soldiers again.

Seeing that the Assassin was injured, Leandros ordered his men to bring him his head, before fleeing into the village.

Death

Leandros: "What does it take to kill you, eh?"

Ezio: "Don't you ever stop howling?"

—Leandros to Ezio before his death.

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Leandros' demise.

Unbeknownst to Leandros, Ezio bested his men and silently pursued him through the village. Eventually, Leandros headed into a fortress, at which point Ezio revealed himself.

After taunting Ezio, Leandros boasted that there was nowhere for Ezio to run. Ezio simply replied "Not for me, and not for you!" before severing the chain holding the portcullis open, and blocking Leandros' reinforcements.

Leandros fled up a tower, with Ezio in close pursuit. Once they both reached the top of the tower, Leandros asked Ezio what it would take to kill him, to which Ezio asked if Leandros ever stopped howling, before stabbing him with his hidden blade.

As Leandros lay dying, he revealed that his fellow Templars were already closing in on the Masyaf Keys, with which they could find the location of the Grand Temple. As Leandros breathed his last, Ezio retrieved the journal of Niccolò Polo from his corpse.

Final words

• Leandros: Well, the old hound still has a bite.
• Ezio: The book you carry. Where is it?
• Leandros: Ah! Niccolò Polo's journal?
  This will do no good, not now. We have found one of the Masyaf keys already, and are closing in on the rest.
• Ezio: What is in that library is not for you. Not the Templars.
• Leandros: Ah, you can have Altaïr's books, Ezio. We only want guidance. We only want directions... to the location of the Grand Temple.
• Ezio: Grand Temple? Tell me more. Now!
  Requiescat in pace, bastardo. (Rest in peace, bastard.)

Gallery

• Leandros' playing card.
  Leandros' playing card.
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  Leandros in Masyaf.
• Leandros leading Ezio onto the plank.
  Leandros leading Ezio onto the plank.
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  Leandros fleeing by carriage.

Source

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations