Piri Reis

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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 privateer 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. Piri fought in the war with Venice from 1499 to 1503. He lost many friends in the conflict, and later cited his decision to join the Assassins because of this, and the "artificial hatred" rulers place between nations.

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 also become a Master Assassin in Constantinople's Assassins Guild, specializing in bomb-crafting. That same year, Ezio Auditore da Firenze visited Constantinople, and established contact with the Guild. Befriending him, Piri taught Ezio how to craft bombs.

In 1512, Piri helped Ezio escape from Constantinople and transported him to Cappadocia in order to find Manuel Palaiologos.

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.

He was a self proclaimed perfectionist, who felt that his map making skills were unappreciated by the old Sultan.

Trivia

• In Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, Christoffa Corombo's atlas contains a Piri Reis map, which was rescued from Templar hands by Ezio.
• In one of the contracts in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, Piri is not portrayed as an Assassin. Instead, a group of Italian Assassins traveled to Constantinople and secretly stole some of Piri's maps, after which they founded an Assassins Guild in the city.
• During their first encounter, Ezio mentions that he was familiar with some of Piri's early works, which could be explained by either Christoffa's atlas, or the stolen maps from Constantinople.

Gallery

• Original concept art by Martin Deschambault.
  Original concept art by Martin Deschambault.
• A close-up of Piri Reis.
  A close-up of Piri Reis.