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After spending two decades traveling, Piri chose to make something more of his tranquil occupation, and thus became a cartographer. He established his own studio within the [[Grand Bazaar]] and began studying and drawing out the progress of other countries, and his maps were said to be "rendered in minute detail." | After spending two decades traveling, Piri chose to make something more of his tranquil occupation, and thus became a cartographer. He established his own studio within the [[Grand Bazaar]] and began studying and drawing out the progress of other countries, and his maps were said to be "rendered in minute detail." | ||
By 1511, Piri had developed into a master mapmaker, and had also become a Master Assassin in [[Constantinople | By 1511, Piri had developed into a master mapmaker, and had also become a Master Assassin in [[Constantinople Assassins Guild|Constantinople's Assassins Guild]], specializing in bomb-crafting. That same year, Ezio Auditore himself visited Constantinople, and established contact with the Guild. Befriending him, Piri taught Ezio how to craft bombs.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | ||
===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
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Hacı Ahmed Muhiddin Piri (1468 - 1555), more commonly known as Piri Reis, was a sea captain and cartographer. He was also secretly a Master Assassin who specialized in bomb crafting.
Biography
Early life
At one point during his mid-teen years, Piri traveled with his uncle Kemal Reis, a Turkish pirate who mainly roamed around the edges of the Ottoman Empire. Together, they turned their passion into a profession by joining Sultan Bayezid's navy some time during the 1490s.[1]
Cartographer
After spending two decades traveling, Piri chose to make something more of his tranquil occupation, and thus became a cartographer. He established his own studio within the Grand Bazaar and began studying and drawing out the progress of other countries, and his maps were said to be "rendered in minute detail."
By 1511, Piri had developed into a master mapmaker, and had also become a Master Assassin in Constantinople's Assassins Guild, specializing in bomb-crafting. That same year, Ezio Auditore himself visited Constantinople, and established contact with the Guild. Befriending him, Piri taught Ezio how to craft bombs.[1]
Death
Piri Reis was publicly beheaded by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I.
Characteristics and personality
Piri was an intelligent and witty man, who would appear disgruntled if interrupted.[1]
Trivia
- In the Contracts in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, Piri was not portrayed as an Assassin. Instead, a group of Italian Assassins travelled to Constantinople and secretly stole some of Piri's maps, after which they founded an Assassins Guild in the city.[2]