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{{Quote|The Mentor's role is to oversee and coordinate the actions of the Order in the pursuit of harmony through free will.|The Mentor, 2000.|Assassin's Creed: The Fall|Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3}}
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==History==
==History==
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
===Ptolemaic Egypt===
In 47 BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] founded the [[Hidden Ones]], the first incarnation of the Assassin Brotherhood, in [[Egypt]] with his wife [[Amunet|Aya]].<ref name="LastOfTheMedjay">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref> Next year, during the hunt of the [[Menkhtu|Ibis Reborn]], the members of the Hidden Ones named Bayek as their Mentor, thus marking the first time this title was used.<ref name="CityOfTheDead">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Mask of the Ibis]]'' – [[The City of the Dead]]</ref> In 38 BCE, Bayek declared to the Hidden Ones that Aya, newly-christened as Amunet, was Mentor to Hidden Ones.<ref name="TheGreaterGood">''Assassin's Creed: Origins – [[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Greater Good]]</ref>
{{Dialogue|Bayek|Amunet is a Mentor to this brotherhood. Our will never rests...|Amunet|... and our blades shall never tire.|Bayek and Amunet, 38 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Origins|The Greater Good}}
[[File:ACO THO Hidden Ones Gathering.png|left|thumb|250x250px|Bayek and Amunet addressing their apprentices]]
In 47 BCE, the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] and his wife [[Amunet|Aya]] founded the [[Hidden Ones]], the first incarnation of the Assassin Brotherhood, in [[Egypt]].<ref name="LastOfTheMedjay">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Last of the Medjay]]</ref> The following year, during the hunt of the [[Menkhtu|Ibis Reborn]], the members of the Hidden Ones referred to Bayek as their Mentor, marking the first time that the title was used.<ref name="CityOfTheDead">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Mask of the Ibis]]'' – [[The City of the Dead]]</ref> In 38 BCE, Bayek declared to a group Hidden One apprentices that Aya, newly-christened as Amunet, was a Mentor of the Hidden Ones.<ref name="TheGreaterGood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]] – [[The Hidden Ones (DLC)|The Hidden Ones]]'' – [[The Greater Good]]</ref>


===High Middle Ages===
===High Middle Ages===
In the 9th century, a Mentor of the Hidden Ones in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], [[Rayhan]], sent a message to his student [[Hytham]], who was staying at [[Eivor]]'s settlement of [[Ravensthorpe]] in [[England]] as he oversaw the [[Assassin bureau|bureau]] for his organization's [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|latest chapter]]. In his letter, Rayhan recommended Hytham follow the example of his "brother" Basim if he wished to rise through the Order's [[rank]]s.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Notes from Eivor's travels]]: "A Letter to Hytham"</ref>
{{Quote|Mentor Rayhan is a wise man but he speaks of this mountain as if it was destined that we build here. We have patience and follow his guidance.|A Hidden One on Rayhan, 862.|Assassin's Creed: Mirage|A New Beginning}}
During the 9th century, the [[Hidden Ones of Alamut]] were led by a [[Assassin Council|council]] which was presided over by a Mentor. By the 860s, [[Rayhan]] had attained this position and led the council alongside the [[Master Assassin]] [[Roshan]] and the [[Rafiq]] and Eagle Faster [[Fuladh Al Haami]].<ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref> After Rayhan permitted [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] to explore the [[Alamut Temple]] to help repel an attack on [[Alamut]] by their enemies, Roshan disagreed with his decision and left both the council and the Hidden Ones.<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref>
[[File:ACMir Rayhan.png|thumb|257x257px|Rayhan, Mentor of the Alamut Hidden Ones]]
By 867, Rayhan had become suspicious of Basim's motives and asked his apprentice, the [[acolyte]] [[Hytham]], to spy on him.<ref name="ACTGC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''</ref> Rayhan remained in contact with Hytham as the latter accompanied Basim to [[England]] in order to hunt down members of the [[Order of the Ancients]] in the region and establish a [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|new chapter]] for the Brotherhood. In one of his letters, the Mentor commended Hytham for his decision to join Basim on this important mission and told the young acolyte to follow the example of his teacher if he wished to rise through the Brotherhood's [[rank]]s.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Notes from Eivor's travels]]: "A Letter to Hytham"</ref>


During the 10th century, [[Torgny the Lawspeaker]], the advisor of the King [[Eric the Victorious|Eric]] of [[Sweden]], was the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in Scandinavia. With his student [[Thorvald Hjaltason]], he fought the Templars [[Styrbjörn the Strong]] and [[Harald Bluetooth]] who invaded Sweden.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''</ref>
By 877, Fuladh had become a Mentor of the Hidden Ones based in the {{Wiki|Justanids|Justanid region}} of [[Iran|Persia]] and was set to host a council at the newly-constructed Alamut Castle in two years' time. Rayhan invited Hytham to attend the council in order to be promoted to a new rank for his actions in England, as well as to discuss the betrayal of Basim,<ref name="Breaking The Order">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref> who had turned on his allies [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] and [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]] and was presumed dead after being defeated by them.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref>
 
During the 10th century, [[Torgny the Lawspeaker]], the advisor of King [[Eric the Victorious|Eric]] of [[Sweden]], was the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in Scandinavia. With his student [[Thorvald Hjaltason]], he fought the Templars [[Styrbjörn the Strong]] and [[Harald Bluetooth]] who invaded Sweden.<ref name="ACLD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]''</ref>


===Third Crusade Levant===
===Third Crusade Levant===
{{Dialogue2|Al Mualim|Impossible! The student does not defeat the teacher...|Altaïr|Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine. (Nothing is true, everything is permitted.)|So it seems.|Altaïr and Al Mualim following the latter's assassination, 1191.|Assassin's Creed|Assassination (Al Mualim)}}
[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|left|250px|Al Mualim attempting to sway Altaïr to his cause]]
[[File:Masyaf Confront.png|thumb|left|250px|Al Mualim attempting to sway Altaïr to his cause]]
When the Hidden Ones reorganized themselves as the Assassin Brotherhood with a state in [[Middle East|Western Asia]], the title came to designate the head of the branch established by [[Al Mualim|Rashid ad-din Sinan]] in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="AC1 guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide]]''</ref><ref name="Infographics">''[[Assassin's Creed: Infographics]]''</ref> Sinan would from then on be known to the Levantine Assassins only by this title, which in Arabic was "Al Mualim".<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> When Al Mualim used his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] to seize mental control of the Assassins in Masyaf, he was confronted and slain by his pupil [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], at which point the title passed to Altaïr.<ref name="Al Mualim assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Al Mualim)]]</ref><ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
When the Hidden Ones reorganized themselves as the Assassin Brotherhood with a state in [[Middle East|Western Asia]], the title came to designate the head of the branch established by [[Al Mualim|Rashid ad-din Sinan]] in [[Masyaf]].<ref name="AC1 guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide]]''</ref><ref name="Infographics">''[[Assassin's Creed: Infographics]]''</ref> Sinan would from then on be known to the [[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Assassins]] only by this title, which in Arabic was "Al Mualim".<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> When Al Mualim used his [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]] to seize mental control of the Assassins in Masyaf, he was confronted and slain by his pupil [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], at which point the title passed to Altaïr.<ref name="Al Mualim assassination">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Al Mualim)]]</ref><ref name="The Mentor's Wake">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[The Mentor's Wake]]</ref>
 
Such was the influence of the Levantine Assassins that to this day, when referring to Middle Eastern Mentors in other languages, such as English and French, the Arabic "Al Mualim" has been used in the capacity of a loanword.<ref name="Berg's Inspiration">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – "[[Numbskull's personal files]]: Berg's Inspiration"</ref><ref name="A Crown of Thorns">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref> Nevertheless, in these non-Arabic languages, the title remains most commonly associated with Sinan, even being treated as a name synonymous with him.<ref name="Berg's Inspiration"/>
 
With Altaïr's succession as Mentor, he enacted many reforms and innovations to the Assassin Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> These changes along with his efforts to spread the influences of the Assassins made him the most legendary and respected Mentor of the entire order.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>


In 1227, Altaïr's childhood rival [[Abbas Sofian]] staged a coup d'état against Altaïr, resulting in the Levantine branch falling under Abbas' leadership and Altaïr's self-imposed exile.<ref name="TSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> Usurping the title of Mentor,<ref name="ACR" /> Abbas tyrannically ruled the branch and its headquarters of Masyaf with a disregard for [[the Creed]] until he was finally killed by Altaïr in 1247,<ref name="TSC" /> marking the return of Altaïr's tenure as Mentor. Altaïr held this title for ten more years, until he disbanded the Levantine Assassins from Masyaf and passed away in [[library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]] during the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] [[Fall of Masyaf|attack on Masyaf]] on 12 August 1257.<ref name="Passing the Torch">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref><ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref>
Such was the influence of the Levantine Assassins that to this day, when referring to Middle Eastern Mentors in other languages, such as English and French, the Arabic "Al Mualim" has been used in the capacity of a loanword.<ref name="Berg's Inspiration">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' "[[Numbskull's personal files]]: Berg's Inspiration"</ref><ref name="A Crown of Thorns">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]] – [[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref> Nevertheless, in these non-Arabic languages, the title remains most commonly associated with Sinan, even being treated as a name synonymous with him.<ref name="Berg's Inspiration" />


===Song China===
With Altaïr's succession as Mentor, he enacted many reforms and innovations to the Assassin Brotherhood.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> These changes along with his efforts to spread the influences of the Assassins made him one of the most legendary and respected Mentors in the entire history of the Order.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
By 1259, [[Kang]] was the Mentor of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins]] during the twilight years of the [[Song dynasty]]. He recruited an [[Zhang Zhi's father|officer]] of the Song army who died at the [[Siege of Diaoyu Castle]]. Kang initially took the officer's orphaned daughter [[Zhang Zhi]] under his wing but ultimately expelled her after she assassinated [[Möngke Khan]] without his permission.<ref name="TotK" />
[[File:Mentor's return 10.png|thumb|250x250px|Altaïr confronting Abbas]]
In 1227, Altaïr's childhood rival [[Abbas Sofian]] staged a coup d'état against Altaïr, resulting in the Levantine branch falling under Abbas' leadership and Altaïr's self-imposed exile.<ref name="TSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> Usurping the title of Mentor,<ref name="A New Regime">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[A New  Regime]]</ref> Abbas tyrannically ruled the branch and its headquarters of Masyaf with a disregard for [[the Creed]] until he was finally killed by Altaïr in 1247,<ref name="TSC" /> marking the return of Altaïr's tenure as Mentor. Altaïr held this title for ten more years, until he disbanded the Levantine Assassins from Masyaf and passed away in [[library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|his library]] during the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] [[Fall of Masyaf|attack on Masyaf]] on 12 August 1257.<ref name="Passing the Torch">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Passing the Torch]]</ref><ref name="Lost Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Lost Legacy (memory)|Lost Legacy]]</ref>


A century later, the Neo-Confucian philosopher [[Wang Yangming]] held the title of Mentor in China. As the core group of [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order|Chinese Templars]], the [[Eight Tigers]], led another Assassin purge during the [[Great Rites Controversy]] in 1524, Wang Yangming hid from them, and [[Zhu Jiuyuan]] became the new Mentor.<ref name="ACCC" /> With his apprentice [[Shao Jun]], they fled to China to seek help from the retired Mentor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in [[Italy]]. When they arrived in [[Venice]], Zhu Jiuyan was killed by the emperor's assassins.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]]''</ref>
===Song and Ming China===
{{Quote|I will undo all that you have done. I will rebuild the Brotherhood and recruit those who wish to make our land a place of freedom, those ready to die to fight men like you. Your Templar world will not happen. The Assassins will rise again.|Shao Jun vowing to rebuild the Chinese Brotherhood as its Mentor, 1532.|Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China|Vengeance}}
By 1259, [[Kang]] was the Mentor of the [[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins]] during the twilight years of the [[Song dynasty]]. He recruited an [[Zhang Zhi's father|officer]] of the Song army who died at the [[Siege of Diaoyu Castle]]. Kang initially took the officer's orphaned daughter [[Zhang Zhi]] under his wing but ultimately expelled her after she assassinated [[Möngke Khan]] without his permission.<ref name="TotK">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref>


After her training with Ezio, Shao Jun returned to China in 1526 and contacted Wang Yangming, then still acting as the branch's Mentor. By this point, they were the last two remaining Chinese Assassins, and they embarked on a mission to assassinate the Eight Tigers. Wang Yangming was killed by their leader [[Zhang Yong]] in 1529, but Shao killed Zhang Yong in 1532 and revived the Brotherhood, becoming the new Mentor.<ref name="ACCC" />
Over two centuries later, the Neo-Confucian philosopher [[Wang Yangming]] held the title of Mentor in China. As the core group of [[Shanghai Rite of the Templar Order|Chinese Templars]], the [[Eight Tigers]], led another Assassin purge during the [[Great Rites Controversy]] in 1524, Wang Yangming hid from them, and [[Zhu Jiuyuan]] became the new Mentor.<ref name="ACCC">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''</ref> With his apprentice [[Shao Jun]], they fled to China to seek help from the retired Mentor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in [[Italy]]. When they arrived in [[Venice]], Zhu Jiuyan was killed by the [[Zhu Houzhao|Zhengde Emperor]]'s assassins.<ref name="Zhu Jiuyuan DB">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Database: Zhu Jiuyuan]]</ref>
[[File:The Return China (6).jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Shao Jun and Wang Yangming]]
After her training with Ezio, Shao Jun returned to China in 1526 and contacted Wang Yangming, then still acting as the branch's Mentor. By this point, they were the last two remaining Chinese Assassins, and they embarked on a mission to eliminate the Eight Tigers.<ref name="The Return">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[The Return]]</ref> Yangming was killed by their leader [[Zhang Yong]] in 1529,<ref name="Hunted">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Hunted]]</ref> but Shao Jun assassinated Zhang Yong in 1532 and revived the Brotherhood, becoming the new Mentor.<ref name="Vengeance">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]'' – [[Vengeance]]</ref>


===Ottoman Empire===
===Ottoman Empire ===
At the end of the 15th century, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Grand Vizier [[Ishak Pasha]] became the Mentor of the Ottoman Assassins. Until his death, he tried to establish a peace between the Ottoman Empire and the Assassins Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref> Later, his apprentice [[Yusuf Tazim]] took his role as the leader of the guild without pretending to the title of Mentor.<ref name="ACR" />
At the end of the 15th century, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Grand Vizier [[Ishak Pasha]] became the Mentor of the Ottoman Assassins. Up until his death, he tried to establish a peace between the Ottoman Empire and the Assassin Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref> Later, his apprentice [[Yusuf Tazim]] took his role as the leader of the guild without pretending to the title of Mentor.<ref name="ACRev">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>


===Renaissance Italy===
===Renaissance Italy===
{{Quote|You will now be known as il Mentore, the guardian of our Order and our secrets.|Niccolò Machiavelli to Ezio Auditore.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{Quote|You will now be known as il Mentore, the guardian of our Order and our secrets.|Niccolò Machiavelli to Ezio Auditore, 1503.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Ascension}}
[[File:Ascension 5.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore being promoted to Mentor]]
[[File:Ascension 5.png|thumb|250px|Ezio Auditore being promoted to Mentor]]
During the late 15th century, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins]] was led by [[Mario Auditore]] from [[Monteriggioni]] until his death in 1500 during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]] by the hand of the Templar [[Cesare Borgia]]. [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] became the ''de facto'' Mentor of the Brotherhood. Mario's nephew, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, decided to build a new guild in [[Rome]] and recruit many citizens to fight the power of the [[Borgia]]. In August 1503, for his actions, Ezio was promoted to the rank of Mentor by Machiavelli.<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> He held this position for several years, and also acted as a leader and teacher to the Ottoman Assassins during his time in [[Constantinople]] while his sister [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] led the Assassins in Italy.<ref name="ACR" />
During the late 15th century, the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins]] was led by [[Mario Auditore]] from [[Monteriggioni]] until his death during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]] on 2 January 1500.<ref name="Vilified>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref> [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] subsequently became the ''de facto'' Mentor of the Brotherhood and worked alongside Mario's nephew, Ezio Auditore, to build a new Assassin guild in [[Rome]] and recruit citizens to fight against the power of the [[Borgia]]. In August 1503, for his actions, Ezio was promoted to the rank of Mentor by Machiavelli.<ref name="Ascension">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Ascension]]</ref> He held this position for a decade, and also acted as a leader and teacher to the Ottoman Assassins during his time in [[Constantinople]] while his sister [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] led the Assassins in Italy.<ref name="ACRev" />


Ezio resigned as Mentor upon returning to Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1513, and assigned [[Lodovico Ariosto]] to become his successor.<ref name="ACR novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>
Ezio resigned as Mentor upon returning to Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1513, and assigned [[Lodovico Ariosto]] to become his successor.<ref name="ACR novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>


===Spanish Inquisition===
===Spanish Inquisition===
By 1491, the [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins]] was led by the Mentor [[Benedicto]]. In 1492, he was captured by the [[Spanish Inquisition]] led by the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templar]] [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. Branded as a heretic, he was burned at the stake in [[Seville]] before the King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]]. <ref>''[[Assassin's Creed (film)]]''</ref> Years later, [[Aguilar de Nerha]], who escaped from the pyre, became the new Mentor of the Spanish Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRB" />
By 1491, the [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins]] was led by the Mentor [[Benedicto]]. In 1492, he was captured by the [[Spanish Inquisition]] led by the [[Spanish Rite of the Templar Order|Spanish Templar]] [[Tomás de Torquemada]]. Branded as a heretic, he was burned at the stake in [[Seville]] before the King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]].<ref name="Film">[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' film]]</ref> Years later, [[Aguilar de Nerha]], who had escaped from the pyre, became the new Mentor of the Spanish Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRB" />


===Mamluk Sultanate===
===Mamluk Sultanate===
As of 1511, a descendant of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, [[Iskender]], held the position of Mentor of the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]]. Around this time, Iskender received aid from Ezio Auditore da Firenze after having been arrested and imprisoned. The Levantine Mentor [[Mujir]] was also rescued by Ezio's recruits when he was arrested by the [[Mamluks]] in [[Jerusalem]]. <ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>
As of 1511, a descendant of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, [[Iskender]], held the position of Mentor of the [[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Assassins]]. Around this time, Iskender received aid from Ezio Auditore, who sent several of his Assassin recruits to free the Mentor after he had been arrested and imprisoned. The Levantine Mentor [[Mujir]] was also rescued by Ezio's recruits when he was arrested by the [[Mamluks]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="Mediterranean Defense">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]</ref>


===Colonial West Indies===
===Colonial West Indies===
By 1673, the [[Maya]]n [[Bahlam]] was the Mentor of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins]] in [[Tulum]]. He tried to find the [[Sage]] to protect the [[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]] from the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order]]. By 1713, his son [[Ah Tabai]] took his mantle as Mentor and continued his work. As he was betrayed by the schemes of the Assassin turncoat [[Duncan Walpole]], Ah Tabai decided to move the headquarters of the Assassin. The Assassin and former [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]] gave his hideout in [[Great Inagua]] to make amend to unwillingly participate to Walpole treason.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
{{Quote|Our goal must be to scatter our operations. To live and work among the people we protect, just as Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad once counseled.|Ah Tabai, 1722.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|The End}}
[[File:Everything is Permitted 5.png|left|thumb|250x250px|Ah Tabai with Edward Kenway]]
By 1673, the [[Maya]]n [[Bahlam]] was the Mentor of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins]] in [[Tulum]].<ref name="Mayan Mentor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: The Mayan Mentor]]</ref> He tried to locate the [[Sage]] to protect the [[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]] from the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order]]. By 1713, his son [[Ah Tabai]] took the mantle of Mentor after Bahlam's passing and continued his work.<ref name="Ah Tabai DB">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: Ah Tabai (Black Flag)|Database: Ah Tabai]]</ref> As he was betrayed by the scheming of the Assassin turncoat [[Duncan Walpole]], Ah Tabai decided to move the headquarters of the Assassins. In 1722, the [[Piracy|pirate]]-turned-Assassin [[Edward Kenway]] offered his hideout in [[Great Inagua]] to the Mentor to make amends for unwillingly aiding in Walpole's treason.<ref name="The End">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The End]]</ref> Ah Tabai would thereafter continue to lead the West Indies Brotherhood until his death around 1745.<ref name="Siege of Louisbourg letter">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]: "The Siege of Louisbourg"</ref>


In 1732, the Assassin and former [[Slavery|slave]] [[François Mackandal]] founded his [[Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins|own Brotherhood]] on the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]]. He liberated slaves to recruit them in his Brotherhood. While he collected different [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], he also planed to poison all the white colonists of the island. In 1758, the Templars captured and burned him at the stake under the order of [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], leading to the collapsing of the Brotherhood.<ref name="AC:L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
In 1732, the Assassin and former [[Slavery|slave]] [[François Mackandal]] founded his [[Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins|own Brotherhood]] as a splinter faction of the West Indies Assassins on the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]]. He liberated slaves to recruit them into his Brotherhood and collected different [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], while also planning to poison all the white colonists of the island. In 1758, the Templars captured and burned Mackandal at the stake under the order of [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], leading to the collapse of his Brotherhood.<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
 
===Qing China===
{{Quote|With the power of the relic of Those Who Came Before... The Great Ming Assassin Brotherhood will recover our kingdom from the hands of those vile barbarians and reestablish a nation of the Han people.|Xiao Han explaining his plan to overthrow the Qing dynasty, 1725.|Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple}}
[[File:ACFT Xiao Han.png|thumb|413x413px|Xiao Han leading the Chinese Assassins]]
By 1725, the Chinese Brotherhood was led by the Mentor [[Xiao Han]], who claimed descent from Shao Jun. As the {{wiki|Han Chinese}} people, including many Chinese Assassins, had suffered heavy persecution under the {{Wiki|Manchu people|Manchu}} [[Qing dynasty]], Xiao Han wished to overthrow the Manchus and establish a new dynasty under which the Han people might thrive again. To this end, he and his fellow Assassins, [[Liu Qing]] and [[Xue Yan]], sought the power of a Piece of Eden rumored to be hidden in the lost [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] city of [[Angkor]]. However, their efforts were opposed by Edward Kenway, who disagreed with the use of [[Isu]] artifacts for personal gain.<ref name="ACFT">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''</ref>


===Colonial Louisiana===
===Colonial Louisiana===
One of Mackandal's apprentice, [[Agaté]] fled to [[New Orleans]] after the death of his Mentor and he became the Mentor of the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins]]. He recruited [[Aveline de Grandpré]], the daughter of his former lover [[Jeanne]]. Aveline operated as an Assassin on the field while Agaté stayed hidden in the [[Louisiana Bayou|Bayou]]. As their relationship became difficult, Agaté tried to kill Aveline believing she became a Templar. The Mentor committed suicide after his apprentice decided to spare his life.<ref name="AC:L" />
{{Quote|Mentor, do not force my hand! The Agaté who trained me is a man of truth and courage. I know he still lives within you. Let him out again!|Aveline de Grandpré to Agaté during their fight, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation|Confronting Agaté}}
One of François Mackandal's apprentices, [[Agaté]], fled to [[New Orleans]] after the death of his Mentor, where he founded the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins]] as its first Mentor. In 1759, he recruited [[Aveline de Grandpré]], the daughter of his former lover [[Jeanne]], as the first member of his Brotherhood. Aveline operated as an Assassin on the field while Agaté stayed hidden in the [[Louisiana Bayou|Bayou]].<ref name="AC3L" /> As their relationship became strained over time, Agaté tried to kill Aveline, believing she had become a Templar. The Mentor ultimately committed suicide after his apprentice defeated him and decided to spare his life, which Agaté saw as a great dishonor.<ref name="Confronting Agaté">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''– [[Confronting Agaté]]</ref>


===Colonial America===
===Colonial America===
In 1740, Ah Tabai sent the Assassin [[Achilles Davenport]] in the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] to found a new Brotherhood. There, he met [[John de la Tour]] an Assassin from [[Canada]] who searched [[Temple (Isu)|Isu Temples]]. Working together, they arrived in [[Louisbourg]] in 1745 during the [[Siege of Louisbourg]]. John gave the title of Mentor to Achilles before sacrificing himself to give enough time to the Assassin to leave the city.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>
{{Quote|In your haste to save the world, boy—take care you don't destroy it!|Achilles Davenport to Ratonhnhaké:ton, 1777.|Assassin's Creed III|Missing Supplies}}
In 1740, Ah Tabai sent the Assassin [[Achilles Davenport]] to the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] to found a new Brotherhood. There, Achilles met [[John de la Tour]], an Assassin from [[Canada]] who searched for [[Temple (Isu)|Isu temples]]. Working together, they arrived in [[Louisbourg]] in 1745 during the [[Siege of Louisbourg]]. John gave the title of Mentor to Achilles before sacrificing himself to buy the Assassin enough time to escape the city.<ref name="War Letters">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters]]</ref>


During the mid 18th century, Achilles recruited many apprentices in the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]], constructed a powerful fleet and collected the [[Precursor box]] and [[Voynich manuscript]]. In 1755, one of his apprentice [[Shay Cormac]] inadvertently triggered an [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Lisbon]] while exploring a [[Lisbon Temple|Isu Temple]]. As Achilles refused to believe it was the Temple who activated the earthquake, Shay stole the manuscript. Branded as a traitor, Shay was left for dead before he joined the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templars]]. Shay tracked his former brothers but spared the life of Achilles that the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] wanted dead. Haytham shot Achilles in the leg to impeach him to return on the field.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>
During the mid-18th century, Achilles recruited many apprentices to his newly-formed [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]], constructed a powerful fleet and acquired the [[Precursor box]] and [[Voynich manuscript]] from the Templars.<ref name="ACRog">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> In 1755, one of his apprentices, [[Shay Cormac]], inadvertently triggered an [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|earthquake]] in [[Lisbon]] while exploring an [[Lisbon Temple|Isu temple]].<ref name="Kyrie Eleison">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Kyrie Eleison]]</ref> As Achilles refused to believe it was the temple that had caused the earthquake, Shay stole the Voynich manuscript in an attempt to halt the Assassins' search for Isu temples.<ref name="Freewill">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Freewill]]</ref>


[[File:ACIII-TriptoBoston 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Achilles and Connor in Boston]]
Branded a traitor, Shay was left for dead by the Colonial Assassins before joining the [[American Rite of the Templar Order|Colonial Templars]] and helping them [[Great Purge (1757-1763)|purge]] most of his former Brotherhood.<ref name="ACRog" /> Achilles himself was spared by the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] at Shay's request, as the latter believed the Mentor to be harmless without his followers and that he could warn other Assassin branches of the dangers of Isu temples. However, Achilles was still shot in the leg by Haytham, crippling him and forcing him to retire from active service.<ref name="Non Nobis Domine">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Non Nobis Domine]]</ref>
In 1763, most of the Assassins in Colonial America had been [[Colonial Assassin purge|wiped out]], leaving as only survivor Achilles. During the time before the [[American Revolutionary War]], he was hesitant with training new Assassins, due to his agreement with the Templars concerning his life. Eventually, though, he trained Haytham's son [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] as a member of the Brotherhood, leading him until his death.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>


Under Achilles' reign, the Brotherhood regrew in the area, and the fight led by Ratonhnhaké:ton greatly diminished the influence of the Templar Order in the colonies. Following Achilles' death, Ratonhnhaké:ton assassinated the remaining Templar conspirators, presumably becoming the ''de facto'' Mentor.<ref name="AC3" />
[[File:ACIII-TriptoBoston 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Achilles and Ratonhnhaké:ton in Boston]]
By 1763, most of the Assassins in Colonial America had been [[Colonial Assassin purge|wiped out]], leaving as Achilles as the sole survivor. During the time before the [[American Revolutionary War]], he was hesitant to train new Assassins, due to having lost faith in their cause after his personal experiences. Eventually, though, he trained Haytham's son [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] as a member of the Brotherhood, serving as his mentor up until his death in 1781.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
 
Under Achilles' leadership, the Colonial Brotherhood regrew in the area, and the fight led by Ratonhnhaké:ton greatly diminished the influence of the Templar Order in the colonies. Following Achilles' death, Ratonhnhaké:ton presumably succeeded him as ''de facto'' Mentor of the newly-reformed Colonial Assassins.<ref name="Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Legacy]]</ref>


===Medieval, Bourbon and Revolutionary France===
===Medieval, Bourbon and Revolutionary France===
{{Quote|For months, I have been wrangling the Brotherhood, the National Assembly, and the King. Taken all together they have the political acumen of an especially stupid village council|Mirabeau, 1791.|Assassin's Creed: Unity|The Silversmith}}
During the Middle Ages, the Mentor of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Brotherhood]] was [[Guillaume de Nogaret]], who most notably influenced King [[Philip IV of France]] into declaring the Templar Order illegal and assigned [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]] to lead the assault on the Templar headquarters. The raid was successful, with the Knights Templar disbanded and their Grand Master [[Jacques de Molay]] executed. Carneillon himself took the title of Mentor sometime after de Molay's execution.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>
During the Middle Ages, the Mentor of the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Brotherhood]] was [[Guillaume de Nogaret]], who most notably influenced King [[Philip IV of France]] into declaring the Templar Order illegal and assigned [[Master Assassin]] [[Thomas de Carneillon]] to lead the assault on the Templar headquarters. The raid was successful, with the Knights Templar disbanded and their Grand Master [[Jacques de Molay]] executed. Carneillon himself took the title of Mentor sometime after de Molay's execution.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>


During the [[Hundred Years' War]], the Queen [[Yolande of Aragon]], mother-in-law of [[Charles VII of France]], became the Mentor of the French Brotherhood. She prevented the Templars controlling England to take back France after the purge of the Templars a century before. She also financed the army of [[Jeanne d'Arc]], recruiting her and training her to become an Assassin.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref>
During the [[Hundred Years' War]], the Queen [[Yolande of Aragon]], mother-in-law of [[Charles VII of France]], became the Mentor of the French Brotherhood. She prevented the Templars in England from retaking control of France and financed the army of [[Jeanne d'Arc]], whom she later recruited to the Assassin Order.<ref name="Heresy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref>


At the end of the 17th century, another [[French Mentor (1690)|Mentor]] led the French Brotherhood. He tasked [[Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes]] to recruit [[Julie d'Aubigny]] in the Brotherhood but this attempt failed. At the beginning of the 18th century, [[Mireille]] was the leader of the French Brotherhood. She became the lover of the highwayman [[Louis-Dominique Cartouche]]. She saved him from his public execution and introduced in the Brotherhood.<ref name="ACU" />
At the end of the 17th century, another [[French Mentor (1690)|Mentor]] led the French Brotherhood. He tasked [[Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes]] to recruit [[Julie d'Aubigny]] in the Brotherhood but this attempt failed.<ref name="ACU" />
[[File:The Kingdom of Beggars 1.png|thumb|250x250px|Mirabeau (second from the left) with the French Assassin Council]]
During the [[French Revolution]], the title was held by [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau]], a noted and venerated public speaker and one of the most famous contributors to the Revolution. He was at the head of the French [[Assassin Council]], which included four Master Assassins: [[Pierre Bellec]], [[Guillaume Beylier]], [[Hervé Quemar]], [[Sophie Trenet]].<ref name="ACU" />


During the [[French Revolution]], the title was held by [[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau]], a noted and venerated public speaker and one of the most famous contributors to the [[French Revolution]]. He was at the head of the French [[Assassin Council]] with four Master Assassins: [[Pierre Bellec]], [[Guillaume Beylier]], [[Hervé Quemar]], [[Sophie Trenet]] His reign as Mentor saw two ultimately unsuccessful attempts to secure peace between the French Brotherhood and the Templars, the second of which resulted in Mirabeau's fatal poisoning by Pierre Bellec, who opposed any such truce. Bellec was later killed by his former apprentice [[Arno Dorian]], leaving only three members in the Council. Though the leadership of the Brotherhood fell to Master Assassin Sophie Trenet, it would appear she did not take the title of Mentor as she was never addressed as such.<ref name="ACU" />
Mirabeau's tenure as Mentor saw two ultimately unsuccessful attempts to secure peace between the French Brotherhood and the Templars, the second of which resulted in Mirabeau's fatal poisoning by Bellec, who opposed any such truce.<ref name="Meeting with Mirabeau">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Meeting with Mirabeau]]</ref> Bellec was later killed by his former apprentice [[Arno Dorian]], leaving only three members in the Council.<ref name="Confrontation">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Confrontation]]</ref> Though leadership of the Brotherhood fell to Sophie Trenet, it would appear she did not take the title of Mentor as she was never addressed as such.<ref name="ACU" />


===Sikh Empire===
===Sikh Empire===
During the mid-19th century, the Mentor of the [[Indian Assassins|Indian Brotherhood]] of Assassins was [[Hamid (Amritsar)|Hamid]]. Under the leadership of Hamid, the Assassins were a strong presence in the [[Sikh Empire]]. Hamid instructed Assassin [[Arbaaz Mir]] to find a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] known as the [[Koh-i-Noor]]. Located in the palace of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], the Piece of Eden was said to hold an immense amount of power and was sought heavily by the Assassins as well as the Templars.<ref name="Brahman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref>
[[File:ACBM-Arbaaz and Hamid.jpg|left|thumb|210x210px|Hamid tasking Arbaaz to retrieve the Koh-i-Noor]]
During the mid-19th century, the Mentor of the [[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Brotherhood]] was [[Hamid (Amritsar)|Hamid]], under whose leadership the Assassins held a strong presence in the [[Sikh Empire]]. In 1839, Hamid instructed the Assassin [[Arbaaz Mir]] to retrieve a powerful Piece of Eden known as the [[Koh-i-Noor]], which was under the protection of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] and was sought by both the Brotherhood and the Templars.<ref name="Brahman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brahman]]''</ref>
 
After Arbaaz suceeded in his mission, he gave the Koh-i-Noor to Hamid for safekeeping, though in 1841, the Mentor was kidnapped, along with the artifact, by the Templars. Following several failed attempts to interrogate Hamid in order to learn how to unravel the Koh-i-Noor's secrets, the Mentor was eventually rescued by Arbaaz.<ref name="The Quest Begins">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]'' – [[The Quest Begins]]</ref> Hamid still served as Mentor in 1860, when he sentenced Arbaaz's son [[Jayadeep Mir]] to death for failing his first assassination and breaking the Creed's tenets in the process, though he was later convinced to banish him to England instead.<ref name="Underworld">''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]''</ref>


===Modern period===
===Modern period===
[[File:DanielKillMentor.png|thumb|250px|Daniel Cross killing the Mentor in November, 2000]]
{{Quote|I am not only me-I am a living conduit for all who came before me. The Mentors of generations past live through me, and I possess the sum total of their knowledge and experience.|The Mentor to Daniel Cross, 2000.|Assassin's Creed: The Fall|Assassin's Creed: The Fall 3}}[[File:DanielKillMentor.png|thumb|250px|Daniel Cross killing the Mentor in November 2000]]
During the 20th century, the entire Assassin Brotherhood was united under a single Mentor.<ref name="Encyclopedia" /> By 1998, an individual known only as "the Mentor" led the Brotherhood, though his name and location were always kept secret – even from the Assassins themselves – for safety concerns, and he always stayed mobile to avoid being located. In November 2000, the Mentor invited [[Daniel Cross]] into his secret [[Dubai]] headquarters after having monitored his actions for two years, believing him to be a worthy apprentice.<ref name="ACTF3" />
In the latter half of the 20th century, the entire Assassin Brotherhood was united under a single Mentor.<ref name="Encyclopedia" /> By 1998, an individual known only as "[[Mentor (2000)|the Mentor]]" led the Brotherhood, though his name and location were always kept secret – even from the Assassins themselves – for safety concerns, and he always stayed mobile to avoid being located. In November 2000, the Mentor invited [[Daniel Cross]] into his secret [[Dubai]] headquarters after having monitored his actions for two years, believing him to be a worthy apprentice.<ref name="ACTF3" />
 
However, Daniel, whose brain had been unknowingly experimented upon by [[Abstergo Industries]] and imprinted with an impulse to kill the Mentor, subsequently assassinated him after having been rewarded with a [[Hidden Blade]]. Following this, the Assassins were thrown into disarray and forced underground,<ref name="ACTF3" /> and the mantle of leader was eventually picked up by [[William Miles]].<ref name="ACRev" />


However, Daniel, whose brain had been unknowingly experimented upon by [[Abstergo Industries]] and imprinted with an impulse to kill the Mentor, subsequently assassinated him after having been rewarded with a [[Hidden Blade]]. Following this, the Assassins were thrown into disarray and forced underground,<ref name="ACTF3" /> and the mantle of leader was eventually picked up by [[William Miles]].<ref name="ACR" />
Despite this, some Brotherhoods around the world continued to be led by their own individual Mentors, such as the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]], which was co-led by [[Kenichi Mochizuki]] and his wife [[Saeko Mochizuki|Saeko]] until the former's death in 2013, at which point Saeko became the sole Mentor; and the [[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]], which was headed by [[Medeya Voronina]] up until an accident with an [[Animus]] in 2014 that resulted in the near-total destruction of the branch.<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Surveillance</ref>


==Known Mentors==
==Known Mentors==
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<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
Hidden One Bayek.png|[[Bayek]]<ref name="CityOfTheDead"/><br>[[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 47 BCE)
Hidden One Bayek.png|[[Bayek]]<ref name="CityOfTheDead"/><br>[[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhood]]<br>(47 BCE – ?)
ACO Aya render.png|[[Amunet|Aya]]<ref name="TheGreaterGood" /><br>[[Roman Brotherhood of Assassins|Roman Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 47 BCE)
ACO Aya render.png|[[Amunet|Aya]]<ref name="TheGreaterGood" /><br>[[Roman Hidden Ones|Roman Brotherhood]]<br>(46 BCE – ?)
ACMirage DB Rayhan.png|[[Rayhan]]<ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[A New Beginning]]</ref><br>[[Hidden Ones of Alamut]]<br>(c. 860s)
ACMirage DB Rayhan.png|[[Rayhan]]<ref name="ACMir" /><br>[[Hidden Ones of Alamut|Alamut Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 860s – ?)
ACMirage DB Fuladh.png|[[Fuladh Al Haami]]<ref name="ACMir"/><br>[[Hidden Ones of Alamut]]<br>(c. 870s)
ACMirage DB Fuladh.png|[[Fuladh Al Haami]]<ref name="Breaking The Order"/><br>[[Persian Brotherhood of Assassins|Persian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 870s – ?)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Torgny the Lawspeaker|Torgny]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants (series)|Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods|Fate of the Gods]]''</ref><br>[[Swedish Brotherhood of Assassins|Swedish Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 984)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Torgny the Lawspeaker|Torgny]]<ref name="ACLD" /><br>[[Swedish Brotherhood of Assassins|Swedish Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 984)
ACR Al Mualim.png|[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(c. 1176 – 1191)t
ACR Al Mualim.png|[[Al Mualim]]<ref name="AC1" /><br>[[Levantine Brotherhood of Assassins|Levantine Brotherhood]]<br>(until 1191)
ACR Altair Render2.png|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1191 – 1227; 1247 – 1257)
ACR Altair Render2.png|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]<ref name="ACRev" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1191 – 1227; 1247 – 1257)
AC Malik render.png|[[Malik Al-Sayf]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1217 – 1228)
AC Malik render.png|[[Malik Al-Sayf]]<ref name="TSC" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1217 – 1228)
Abbas Sofian render.png|[[Abbas Sofian]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1227 – 1247)
Abbas Sofian render.png|[[Abbas Sofian]]<ref name="ACRev" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br>(1227 – 1247)
Wiki noimage.jpg|Mongolian Mentor<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Ilkhanate Captain (memory)]]</ref><br>[[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1241)
Wiki noimage.jpg|Mongolian Mentor<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' – [[Ilkhanate Captain (memory)]]</ref><br>[[Mongolian Brotherhood of Assassins|Mongolian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1241)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Kang]]<ref name="TotK">''Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – [[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan|Tomb of the Khan]]''</ref><br>[[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1259)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Kang]]<ref name="TotK" /><br>[[Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins|Chinese Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1259)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Guillaume de Nogaret]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>[[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1307)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Guillaume de Nogaret]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>[[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1307)
ACU De Carneillon Render.png|[[Thomas de Carneillon]]<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><br>French Brotherhood<br>(c. 1307)
ACU De Carneillon Render.png|[[Thomas de Carneillon]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>French Brotherhood<br>(until 1323)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Yolande of Aragon]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''</ref><br>French Brotherhood<br> (c. 1429)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Yolande of Aragon]]<ref name="Heresy" /><br>French Brotherhood<br> (c. 1429)
AC Twelve Trials Revelations Q3 Ishak Pasha.png|[[Ishak Pasha]]<ref name="ACReb">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref><br>Ottoman Brotherhood<br> (c. 1490)
AC Twelve Trials Revelations Q3 Ishak Pasha.png|[[Ishak Pasha]]<ref name="ACRB" /><br>[[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Brotherhood]]<br> (c. 1490s)
ACM Benedicto 3.jpg|[[Benedicto]]<ref>[[Assassin's Creed (film)|''Assassin's Creed'' (film)]]</ref><br>[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Brotherhood]]<br> (until 1492)
ACM Benedicto 3.jpg|[[Benedicto]]<ref name="Film" /><br>[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Brotherhood]]<br> (until 1492)
ACMovie Aguilar full body render.png|[[Aguilar de Nerha]]<ref name="ACReb"/><br>[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1492)
ACMovie Aguilar full body render.png|[[Aguilar de Nerha]]<ref name="ACRB"/><br>[[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Spanish Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1492)
ACB Niccolo Machiavelli.png|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref><br>[[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]]<br> (c. 1503)
ACB Niccolo Machiavelli.png|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]<ref name="ACM">''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''</ref><br>[[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Brotherhood]]<br> (1500 – 1503)
ACI-Ezio.png|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ACBH" /><br>Italian Brotherhood<br>(1503 – 1513)
ACI-Ezio.png|[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]</ref><br>Italian Brotherhood<br>(1503 – 1513)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Iskender]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>[[Egyptian Brotherhood of Assassins|Egyptian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1511)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Iskender]]<ref name="ACRev" /><br>Egyptian Brotherhood<br>(c. 1511)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Lodovico Ariosto]]<ref name="ACR novel" /><br>Italian Brotherhood<br>(1513)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Mujir]]<ref name="ACRev" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br> (c. 1511)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Mujir]]<ref name="ACR" /><br>Levantine Brotherhood<br> (16th cen)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Lodovico Ariosto]]<ref name="ACR novel" /><br>Italian Brotherhood<br>(1513 – ?)
ACCC Zhu Jiuyuan.jpg|[[Zhu Jiuyuan]]<ref name="ACCC" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(1524)
ACCC Wang Yangming.png|[[Wang Yangming]]<ref name="ACCC" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(until 1524; c. 1526 – 1529)
ACCC Wang Yangming.png|[[Wang Yangming]]<ref name="ACCC" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(until 1524; c. 1526 – 1529)
ACCC Zhu Jiuyuan.jpg|[[Zhu Jiuyuan]]<ref name="ACCC">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''</ref><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(1524)
ACCC-Shao Jun Render.png|[[Shao Jun]]<ref name="ACCC" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(c. 1532 – ?)
ACCC-Shao Jun Render.png|[[Shao Jun]]<ref name="ACCC" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(c. 1532)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[French Mentor (1690)|French Mentor]]<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><br>[[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1690)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Bahlam]]<ref name="Initiates" /><br>[[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|West Indies Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1673 – 1713)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Bahlam]]<ref name="Initiates" /><br>[[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|West Indies Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1673 – 1713)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[French Mentor (1690)|French Mentor]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>[[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|Parisian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1690)
AC4 Ah Tabai render.png|[[Ah Tabai]]<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><br>West Indies Brotherhood<br>(1713 – c. 1745)
AC4 Ah Tabai render.png|[[Ah Tabai]]<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><br>West Indies Brotherhood<br>(1713 – c. 1745)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Phillip Randall]]<ref name="ACMN">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref><br>[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1714)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Phillip Randall]]<ref name="ACMN">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization]]''</ref><br>[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1714)
File:ACFT Xiao Han closeup.png|[[Xiao Han]]<ref name="ForgottenTemple">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 39</ref><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(c. 1725)
File:ACFT Xiao Han closeup.png|[[Xiao Han]]<ref name="Forgotten Temple" /><br>Chinese Brotherhood<br>(c. 1725)
ACRG Achilles render.png|[[Achilles Davenport]]<ref name="AC3" /><br>[[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]]<br>(1746 – 1763)
ACRG Achilles render.png|[[Achilles Davenport]]<ref name="AC3" /><br>[[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]]<br>(1746 – 1763)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[François Mackandal]]<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><br>[[Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood of Assassins|Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1732 – 1758)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[François Mackandal]]<ref name="AC3L" /><br>[[Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood of Assassins|Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1732 – 1758)
AgateDatabaseHD.png|[[Agaté]]<ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><br>[[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins|Louisiana Brotherhood]]<br>(1759 – 1777)
AgateDatabaseHD.png|[[Agaté]]<ref name="AC3L" /><br>[[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins|Louisiana Brotherhood]]<br>(1759 – 1777)
ACU Mirabeau Render.png|[[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau]]<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><br>Parisian Brotherhood<br>(until 1791)
ACU Mirabeau Render.png|[[Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>French Brotherhood<br>(until 1791)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]]<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref><br>Egyptian Brotherhood<br>(c. 1794)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Al Mualim (1794)|Al Mualim]]<ref name="ACU" /><br>Egyptian Brotherhood<br>(c. 1794)
ACCI Hamid.png|[[Hamid (Amritsar)|Hamid]]<ref name="Brahman" /><br>[[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1839)
ACCI Hamid.png|[[Hamid (Amritsar)|Hamid]]<ref name="Brahman" /><br>[[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Brotherhood]]<br>(c. 1839 – c. 1860)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[American Mentor]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref><br>American Brotherhood<br>(c. 1863)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[American Mentor]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref><br>American Brotherhood<br>(c. 1863)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Russian Mentor]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' – Issue #1</ref><br>[[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]]<br>(until 1953)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Russian Mentor]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' – Issue #1</ref><br>[[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Brotherhood]]<br>(until 1953)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[American Mentor (1950s)|American Mentor]]<ref name="ACBs 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Tome 1/2|Tome 1/2]]''</ref><br>American Brotherhood<br>(c. 1950s)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[American Mentor (1950s)|American Mentor]]<ref name="ACBs 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Tome 1/2|Tome 1/2]]''</ref><br>American Brotherhood<br>(c. 1950s)
MentorTheFall.png|[[Mentor (2000)|The Mentor]]<ref name="ACTF3" /><br>Worldwide<br>(until 2000)
MentorTheFall.png|[[Mentor (2000)|The Mentor]]<ref name="ACTF3" /><br>Worldwide<br>(until 2000)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Kenichi Mochizuki]]<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Surveillance</ref><br>[[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]<br>(until 2013)
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Kenichi Mochizuki]]<ref name="Initiates" /><br>[[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Japanese Brotherhood]]<br>(until 2013)
ACInitiates - Saeko Mochizuki.png|[[Saeko Mochizuki]]<ref name="Initiates" /><br>Japanese Brotherhood<br>(2013 – present)
ACInitiates - Saeko Mochizuki.png|[[Saeko Mochizuki]]<ref name="Initiates" /><br>Japanese Brotherhood<br>(2013 – present)
ACi-Matricide.jpg|[[Medeya Voronina]]<ref name="ACS 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Database: Galina Voronina]]''</ref><br>Russian Brotherhood<br>(until 2014)
ACi-Matricide.jpg|[[Medeya Voronina]]<ref name="ACS 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Database: Galina Voronina]]''</ref><br>Russian Brotherhood<br>(until 2014)
ACO DT - William Miles render.png|[[William Miles]]<ref name="ACS 2">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - [[Database: Shaun Hastings (Syndicate)|Database: Shaun Hastings]]''</ref><br>Worldwide<br>(c. 2015 – present)
ACO DT - William Miles render.png|[[William Miles]]<ref name="ACS 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' - [[Database: Shaun Hastings (Syndicate)|Database: Shaun Hastings]]</ref><br>Worldwide<br>(c. 2015 – present)
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"The Mentor's role is to oversee and coordinate the actions of the Order in the pursuit of harmony through free will."
―The Mentor, 2000.[src]-[m]
File:AssassinLogo.png
The emblem of the Assassin Order

The title of Mentor was an honorific title given to leaders of the Assassin Brotherhood who had obtained an extraordinary amount of skill and wisdom, and subsequently used these skills to tutor aspiring apprentices.[1]

The Assassin leaders who were assigned to direct the branches of the Brotherhood spread around the globe were granted the title of Mentor, once they had trained a specific number of apprentices and attained a high amount of skill and wisdom themselves.[1]

In 2000, the title of Mentor had become official and singular, with only a single Mentor leading the entire Assassin Order.[1] Typically, the Mentor acted as a living conduit for all of their predecessors, possessing the sum total of all of their knowledge and experience, which was passed down from Mentor to Mentor. However, following this Mentor's death, the Great Purge was enacted, with the leadership of the Assassin Order under a specified Mentor waylaid in efforts to evade detection by the Templars.[2]

History

Ptolemaic Egypt

Bayek: "Amunet is a Mentor to this brotherhood. Our will never rests..."
Amunet: "... and our blades shall never tire."
—Bayek and Amunet, 38 BCE.[src]-[m]
Bayek and Amunet addressing their apprentices

In 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa and his wife Aya founded the Hidden Ones, the first incarnation of the Assassin Brotherhood, in Egypt.[3] The following year, during the hunt of the Ibis Reborn, the members of the Hidden Ones referred to Bayek as their Mentor, marking the first time that the title was used.[4] In 38 BCE, Bayek declared to a group Hidden One apprentices that Aya, newly-christened as Amunet, was a Mentor of the Hidden Ones.[5]

High Middle Ages

"Mentor Rayhan is a wise man but he speaks of this mountain as if it was destined that we build here. We have patience and follow his guidance."
―A Hidden One on Rayhan, 862.[src]-[m]

During the 9th century, the Hidden Ones of Alamut were led by a council which was presided over by a Mentor. By the 860s, Rayhan had attained this position and led the council alongside the Master Assassin Roshan and the Rafiq and Eagle Faster Fuladh Al Haami.[6] After Rayhan permitted Basim Ibn Ishaq to explore the Alamut Temple to help repel an attack on Alamut by their enemies, Roshan disagreed with his decision and left both the council and the Hidden Ones.[7]

Rayhan, Mentor of the Alamut Hidden Ones

By 867, Rayhan had become suspicious of Basim's motives and asked his apprentice, the acolyte Hytham, to spy on him.[8] Rayhan remained in contact with Hytham as the latter accompanied Basim to England in order to hunt down members of the Order of the Ancients in the region and establish a new chapter for the Brotherhood. In one of his letters, the Mentor commended Hytham for his decision to join Basim on this important mission and told the young acolyte to follow the example of his teacher if he wished to rise through the Brotherhood's ranks.[9]

By 877, Fuladh had become a Mentor of the Hidden Ones based in the Justanid region of Persia and was set to host a council at the newly-constructed Alamut Castle in two years' time. Rayhan invited Hytham to attend the council in order to be promoted to a new rank for his actions in England, as well as to discuss the betrayal of Basim,[10] who had turned on his allies Eivor Varinsdottir and Sigurd Styrbjornsson and was presumed dead after being defeated by them.[11]

During the 10th century, Torgny the Lawspeaker, the advisor of King Eric of Sweden, was the Mentor of the Hidden Ones in Scandinavia. With his student Thorvald Hjaltason, he fought the Templars Styrbjörn the Strong and Harald Bluetooth who invaded Sweden.[12]

Third Crusade Levant

Al Mualim: "Impossible! The student does not defeat the teacher..."
Altaïr: "Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine. (Nothing is true, everything is permitted.)"
Al Mualim: "So it seems."
—Altaïr and Al Mualim following the latter's assassination, 1191.[src]-[m]
Al Mualim attempting to sway Altaïr to his cause

When the Hidden Ones reorganized themselves as the Assassin Brotherhood with a state in Western Asia, the title came to designate the head of the branch established by Rashid ad-din Sinan in Masyaf.[13][14] Sinan would from then on be known to the Levantine Assassins only by this title, which in Arabic was "Al Mualim".[15] When Al Mualim used his Apple of Eden to seize mental control of the Assassins in Masyaf, he was confronted and slain by his pupil Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, at which point the title passed to Altaïr.[16][17]

Such was the influence of the Levantine Assassins that to this day, when referring to Middle Eastern Mentors in other languages, such as English and French, the Arabic "Al Mualim" has been used in the capacity of a loanword.[18][19] Nevertheless, in these non-Arabic languages, the title remains most commonly associated with Sinan, even being treated as a name synonymous with him.[18]

With Altaïr's succession as Mentor, he enacted many reforms and innovations to the Assassin Brotherhood.[20] These changes along with his efforts to spread the influences of the Assassins made him one of the most legendary and respected Mentors in the entire history of the Order.[21]

Altaïr confronting Abbas

In 1227, Altaïr's childhood rival Abbas Sofian staged a coup d'état against Altaïr, resulting in the Levantine branch falling under Abbas' leadership and Altaïr's self-imposed exile.[22] Usurping the title of Mentor,[23] Abbas tyrannically ruled the branch and its headquarters of Masyaf with a disregard for the Creed until he was finally killed by Altaïr in 1247,[22] marking the return of Altaïr's tenure as Mentor. Altaïr held this title for ten more years, until he disbanded the Levantine Assassins from Masyaf and passed away in his library during the Mongol attack on Masyaf on 12 August 1257.[24][25]

Song and Ming China

"I will undo all that you have done. I will rebuild the Brotherhood and recruit those who wish to make our land a place of freedom, those ready to die to fight men like you. Your Templar world will not happen. The Assassins will rise again."
―Shao Jun vowing to rebuild the Chinese Brotherhood as its Mentor, 1532.[src]-[m]

By 1259, Kang was the Mentor of the Chinese Brotherhood of Assassins during the twilight years of the Song dynasty. He recruited an officer of the Song army who died at the Siege of Diaoyu Castle. Kang initially took the officer's orphaned daughter Zhang Zhi under his wing but ultimately expelled her after she assassinated Möngke Khan without his permission.[26]

Over two centuries later, the Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming held the title of Mentor in China. As the core group of Chinese Templars, the Eight Tigers, led another Assassin purge during the Great Rites Controversy in 1524, Wang Yangming hid from them, and Zhu Jiuyuan became the new Mentor.[27] With his apprentice Shao Jun, they fled to China to seek help from the retired Mentor Ezio Auditore in Italy. When they arrived in Venice, Zhu Jiuyan was killed by the Zhengde Emperor's assassins.[28]

Shao Jun and Wang Yangming

After her training with Ezio, Shao Jun returned to China in 1526 and contacted Wang Yangming, then still acting as the branch's Mentor. By this point, they were the last two remaining Chinese Assassins, and they embarked on a mission to eliminate the Eight Tigers.[29] Yangming was killed by their leader Zhang Yong in 1529,[30] but Shao Jun assassinated Zhang Yong in 1532 and revived the Brotherhood, becoming the new Mentor.[31]

Ottoman Empire

At the end of the 15th century, the Ottoman Grand Vizier Ishak Pasha became the Mentor of the Ottoman Assassins. Up until his death, he tried to establish a peace between the Ottoman Empire and the Assassin Brotherhood.[32] Later, his apprentice Yusuf Tazim took his role as the leader of the guild without pretending to the title of Mentor.[33]

Renaissance Italy

"You will now be known as il Mentore, the guardian of our Order and our secrets."
―Niccolò Machiavelli to Ezio Auditore, 1503.[src]-[m]
Ezio Auditore being promoted to Mentor

During the late 15th century, the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins was led by Mario Auditore from Monteriggioni until his death during the Siege of Monteriggioni on 2 January 1500.[34] Niccolò Machiavelli subsequently became the de facto Mentor of the Brotherhood and worked alongside Mario's nephew, Ezio Auditore, to build a new Assassin guild in Rome and recruit citizens to fight against the power of the Borgia. In August 1503, for his actions, Ezio was promoted to the rank of Mentor by Machiavelli.[35] He held this position for a decade, and also acted as a leader and teacher to the Ottoman Assassins during his time in Constantinople while his sister Claudia led the Assassins in Italy.[33]

Ezio resigned as Mentor upon returning to Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1513, and assigned Lodovico Ariosto to become his successor.[36]

Spanish Inquisition

By 1491, the Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins was led by the Mentor Benedicto. In 1492, he was captured by the Spanish Inquisition led by the Spanish Templar Tomás de Torquemada. Branded as a heretic, he was burned at the stake in Seville before the King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.[37] Years later, Aguilar de Nerha, who had escaped from the pyre, became the new Mentor of the Spanish Brotherhood.[32]

Mamluk Sultanate

As of 1511, a descendant of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Iskender, held the position of Mentor of the Egyptian Assassins. Around this time, Iskender received aid from Ezio Auditore, who sent several of his Assassin recruits to free the Mentor after he had been arrested and imprisoned. The Levantine Mentor Mujir was also rescued by Ezio's recruits when he was arrested by the Mamluks in Jerusalem.[38]

Colonial West Indies

"Our goal must be to scatter our operations. To live and work among the people we protect, just as Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad once counseled."
―Ah Tabai, 1722.[src]-[m]
Ah Tabai with Edward Kenway

By 1673, the Mayan Bahlam was the Mentor of the West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins in Tulum.[39] He tried to locate the Sage to protect the Observatory from the West Indies Rite of the Templar Order. By 1713, his son Ah Tabai took the mantle of Mentor after Bahlam's passing and continued his work.[40] As he was betrayed by the scheming of the Assassin turncoat Duncan Walpole, Ah Tabai decided to move the headquarters of the Assassins. In 1722, the pirate-turned-Assassin Edward Kenway offered his hideout in Great Inagua to the Mentor to make amends for unwillingly aiding in Walpole's treason.[41] Ah Tabai would thereafter continue to lead the West Indies Brotherhood until his death around 1745.[42]

In 1732, the Assassin and former slave François Mackandal founded his own Brotherhood as a splinter faction of the West Indies Assassins on the island of Saint-Domingue. He liberated slaves to recruit them into his Brotherhood and collected different Pieces of Eden, while also planning to poison all the white colonists of the island. In 1758, the Templars captured and burned Mackandal at the stake under the order of Madeleine de L'Isle, leading to the collapse of his Brotherhood.[43]

Qing China

"With the power of the relic of Those Who Came Before... The Great Ming Assassin Brotherhood will recover our kingdom from the hands of those vile barbarians and reestablish a nation of the Han people."
―Xiao Han explaining his plan to overthrow the Qing dynasty, 1725.[src]
Xiao Han leading the Chinese Assassins

By 1725, the Chinese Brotherhood was led by the Mentor Xiao Han, who claimed descent from Shao Jun. As the Han Chinese people, including many Chinese Assassins, had suffered heavy persecution under the Manchu Qing dynasty, Xiao Han wished to overthrow the Manchus and establish a new dynasty under which the Han people might thrive again. To this end, he and his fellow Assassins, Liu Qing and Xue Yan, sought the power of a Piece of Eden rumored to be hidden in the lost Khmer city of Angkor. However, their efforts were opposed by Edward Kenway, who disagreed with the use of Isu artifacts for personal gain.[44]

Colonial Louisiana

"Mentor, do not force my hand! The Agaté who trained me is a man of truth and courage. I know he still lives within you. Let him out again!"
―Aveline de Grandpré to Agaté during their fight, 1777.[src]-[m]

One of François Mackandal's apprentices, Agaté, fled to New Orleans after the death of his Mentor, where he founded the Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins as its first Mentor. In 1759, he recruited Aveline de Grandpré, the daughter of his former lover Jeanne, as the first member of his Brotherhood. Aveline operated as an Assassin on the field while Agaté stayed hidden in the Bayou.[43] As their relationship became strained over time, Agaté tried to kill Aveline, believing she had become a Templar. The Mentor ultimately committed suicide after his apprentice defeated him and decided to spare his life, which Agaté saw as a great dishonor.[45]

Colonial America

"In your haste to save the world, boy—take care you don't destroy it!"
―Achilles Davenport to Ratonhnhaké:ton, 1777.[src]-[m]

In 1740, Ah Tabai sent the Assassin Achilles Davenport to the Thirteen Colonies to found a new Brotherhood. There, Achilles met John de la Tour, an Assassin from Canada who searched for Isu temples. Working together, they arrived in Louisbourg in 1745 during the Siege of Louisbourg. John gave the title of Mentor to Achilles before sacrificing himself to buy the Assassin enough time to escape the city.[46]

During the mid-18th century, Achilles recruited many apprentices to his newly-formed Colonial Brotherhood, constructed a powerful fleet and acquired the Precursor box and Voynich manuscript from the Templars.[47] In 1755, one of his apprentices, Shay Cormac, inadvertently triggered an earthquake in Lisbon while exploring an Isu temple.[48] As Achilles refused to believe it was the temple that had caused the earthquake, Shay stole the Voynich manuscript in an attempt to halt the Assassins' search for Isu temples.[49]

Branded a traitor, Shay was left for dead by the Colonial Assassins before joining the Colonial Templars and helping them purge most of his former Brotherhood.[47] Achilles himself was spared by the Grand Master Haytham Kenway at Shay's request, as the latter believed the Mentor to be harmless without his followers and that he could warn other Assassin branches of the dangers of Isu temples. However, Achilles was still shot in the leg by Haytham, crippling him and forcing him to retire from active service.[50]

Achilles and Ratonhnhaké:ton in Boston

By 1763, most of the Assassins in Colonial America had been wiped out, leaving as Achilles as the sole survivor. During the time before the American Revolutionary War, he was hesitant to train new Assassins, due to having lost faith in their cause after his personal experiences. Eventually, though, he trained Haytham's son Ratonhnhaké:ton as a member of the Brotherhood, serving as his mentor up until his death in 1781.[51]

Under Achilles' leadership, the Colonial Brotherhood regrew in the area, and the fight led by Ratonhnhaké:ton greatly diminished the influence of the Templar Order in the colonies. Following Achilles' death, Ratonhnhaké:ton presumably succeeded him as de facto Mentor of the newly-reformed Colonial Assassins.[52]

Medieval, Bourbon and Revolutionary France

"For months, I have been wrangling the Brotherhood, the National Assembly, and the King. Taken all together they have the political acumen of an especially stupid village council"
―Mirabeau, 1791.[src]-[m]

During the Middle Ages, the Mentor of the French Brotherhood was Guillaume de Nogaret, who most notably influenced King Philip IV of France into declaring the Templar Order illegal and assigned Master Assassin Thomas de Carneillon to lead the assault on the Templar headquarters. The raid was successful, with the Knights Templar disbanded and their Grand Master Jacques de Molay executed. Carneillon himself took the title of Mentor sometime after de Molay's execution.[53]

During the Hundred Years' War, the Queen Yolande of Aragon, mother-in-law of Charles VII of France, became the Mentor of the French Brotherhood. She prevented the Templars in England from retaking control of France and financed the army of Jeanne d'Arc, whom she later recruited to the Assassin Order.[54]

At the end of the 17th century, another Mentor led the French Brotherhood. He tasked Louis-Joseph d'Albert de Luynes to recruit Julie d'Aubigny in the Brotherhood but this attempt failed.[53]

Mirabeau (second from the left) with the French Assassin Council

During the French Revolution, the title was held by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, a noted and venerated public speaker and one of the most famous contributors to the Revolution. He was at the head of the French Assassin Council, which included four Master Assassins: Pierre Bellec, Guillaume Beylier, Hervé Quemar, Sophie Trenet.[53]

Mirabeau's tenure as Mentor saw two ultimately unsuccessful attempts to secure peace between the French Brotherhood and the Templars, the second of which resulted in Mirabeau's fatal poisoning by Bellec, who opposed any such truce.[55] Bellec was later killed by his former apprentice Arno Dorian, leaving only three members in the Council.[56] Though leadership of the Brotherhood fell to Sophie Trenet, it would appear she did not take the title of Mentor as she was never addressed as such.[53]

Sikh Empire

Hamid tasking Arbaaz to retrieve the Koh-i-Noor

During the mid-19th century, the Mentor of the Indian Brotherhood was Hamid, under whose leadership the Assassins held a strong presence in the Sikh Empire. In 1839, Hamid instructed the Assassin Arbaaz Mir to retrieve a powerful Piece of Eden known as the Koh-i-Noor, which was under the protection of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and was sought by both the Brotherhood and the Templars.[57]

After Arbaaz suceeded in his mission, he gave the Koh-i-Noor to Hamid for safekeeping, though in 1841, the Mentor was kidnapped, along with the artifact, by the Templars. Following several failed attempts to interrogate Hamid in order to learn how to unravel the Koh-i-Noor's secrets, the Mentor was eventually rescued by Arbaaz.[58] Hamid still served as Mentor in 1860, when he sentenced Arbaaz's son Jayadeep Mir to death for failing his first assassination and breaking the Creed's tenets in the process, though he was later convinced to banish him to England instead.[59]

Modern period

"I am not only me-I am a living conduit for all who came before me. The Mentors of generations past live through me, and I possess the sum total of their knowledge and experience."
―The Mentor to Daniel Cross, 2000.[src]-[m]
Daniel Cross killing the Mentor in November 2000

In the latter half of the 20th century, the entire Assassin Brotherhood was united under a single Mentor.[1] By 1998, an individual known only as "the Mentor" led the Brotherhood, though his name and location were always kept secret – even from the Assassins themselves – for safety concerns, and he always stayed mobile to avoid being located. In November 2000, the Mentor invited Daniel Cross into his secret Dubai headquarters after having monitored his actions for two years, believing him to be a worthy apprentice.[2]

However, Daniel, whose brain had been unknowingly experimented upon by Abstergo Industries and imprinted with an impulse to kill the Mentor, subsequently assassinated him after having been rewarded with a Hidden Blade. Following this, the Assassins were thrown into disarray and forced underground,[2] and the mantle of leader was eventually picked up by William Miles.[33]

Despite this, some Brotherhoods around the world continued to be led by their own individual Mentors, such as the Japanese Brotherhood, which was co-led by Kenichi Mochizuki and his wife Saeko until the former's death in 2013, at which point Saeko became the sole Mentor; and the Russian Brotherhood, which was headed by Medeya Voronina up until an accident with an Animus in 2014 that resulted in the near-total destruction of the branch.[60]

Known Mentors

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