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==5th century BCE== | ==5th century BCE== | ||
===465 BCE=== | ===465 BCE=== | ||
*[[Darius]], a [[Persian Assassins|Persian Assassin]], | *[[Darius]], a [[Persian Assassins|Persian Assassin]], assassinated King [[Xerxes I of Persia]],<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> a Templar ally.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> This assassination was the first recorded use of the Assassins' [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]].<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
==3rd century BCE== | ==3rd century BCE== | ||
===210 BCE=== | ===210 BCE=== | ||
*[[Wei Yu]], a [[Chinese Assassins|Chinese Assassin]], | *[[Wei Yu]], a [[Chinese Assassins|Chinese Assassin]], assassinated Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]],<ref name="AC2"/> the first Emperor of [[China]] and a Templar ally,<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> with a spear.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
==1st century BCE== | ==1st century BCE== | ||
===44 BCE=== | ===44 BCE=== | ||
*Forty Senators, secretly members of the Assassin Order,<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> | *Forty Senators, secretly members of the Assassin Order,<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> plotted the assassination of the Roman dictator [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] while being led by [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]] and [[Marcus Junius Brutus]],<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> who was unknowingly aided by the Templars.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | ||
*On 15 March, twenty-three of the conspirators stabbed Julius Caesar, killing him.<ref name="ACPL"/> | *On 15 March, twenty-three of the conspirators stabbed Julius Caesar, killing him.<ref name="ACPL"/> | ||
===42 BCE=== | ===42 BCE=== | ||
*Marcus Junius Brutus | *Marcus Junius Brutus committed suicide in late October during the [[wikipedia:Battle of Philippi|Battle of Philippi]]. Other members of the Assassin Order tried using the Shroud of Eden to revive Brutus. Brutus temporarily springs back to life for a very brief moment, only to ultimately die shortly thereafter.<ref name="ACPL"/> | ||
===30 BCE=== | ===30 BCE=== | ||
*[[Iltani]], an [[Egyptian Assassins|Egyptian Assassin]], | *[[Iltani]], an [[Egyptian Assassins|Egyptian Assassin]], assassinated<ref name="AC2"/> [[Cleopatra]], Queen of [[Egypt]] and a Templar ally,<ref name="ACRV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> with a poisonous asp.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
==1st century== | ==1st century== | ||
===41=== | ===41=== | ||
*[[Leonius]], a [[Roman Assassins|Roman Assassin]], | *[[Leonius]], a [[Roman Assassins|Roman Assassin]], assassinated Roman Emperor [[Caligula]] with a Dagger.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
==12th century== | ==12th century== | ||
===1189=== | ===1189=== | ||
*[[Haras]], a Levantine Assassin apprentice, | *[[Haras]], a Levantine Assassin apprentice, betrayed the Assassin Order and joins the Templars, leading a Templar attack on Masyaf castle.<ref name="ACRV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad killed Haras and rescued his Mentor Rashid ad-Din Sinan in the process. Altaïr was elevated to the rank of Master Assassin.<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
==13th century== | ==13th century== | ||
===1204=== | ===1204=== | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad traveled to [[Constantinople]] in the [[wikipedia:Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empire]] to bring the Assassin Order to the city. Due to the ongoing [[wikipedia:Fourth Crusade|Fourth Crusade]], Altaïr was forced to return to Masyaf.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
===1217=== | ===1217=== | ||
*The Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, his wife Maria and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] | *The Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, his wife Maria and son [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad|Darim]] left Masyaf to deal with the approaching [[Mongols|Mongol]] threat; Malik Al-Sayf temporarily took over control of the Levantine Assassins.<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> | ||
===1225=== | ===1225=== | ||
*[[Swami]], an Assassin apprentice, | *[[Swami]], an Assassin apprentice, killed [[Sef Ibn-La'Ahad]] under the command of Abbas Sofian, leaving the murder weapon in Malik Al-Sayf's bed.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Malik Al-Sayf | *Malik Al-Sayf was imprisoned in Masyaf's dungeon after having been framed of Sef's murder. Abbas Sofian places a council in control of the Levantine Assassins, with himself at its head.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
===1227=== | ===1227=== | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim worked together with the [[Mongolian Assassins|Mongolian Assassin]] [[Qulan Gal]] in an attempt to kill the Mongol Emperor [[Genghis Khan]].<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Qulan Gal | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Qulan Gal infiltrated the Mongol camp in Xingging near Xu Province in China, where Altaïr was spotted by a Mongol guard and got hurt in the process. Genghis Khan was alarmed and tried to escape on horseback.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Genghis Khan's horse | *Genghis Khan's horse was shot by Qulan Gal, and the Mongol Emperor himself was killed by an arrow shot by Darim Ibn-La'Ahad.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim returned to Masyaf, where Altaïr and Maria are told about their son's death and the ruling council.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad rescued Malik Al-Sayf from Masyaf's dungeons, from whom he hears the truth about his son's death. Altaïr and Maria left to confront Abbas Sofian, and Malik was beheaded by Swami in their absence.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and his wife Maria | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and his wife Maria confronted Abbas Sofian, and were joined by Swami carrying Malik's head. Altaïr dared Abbas to take the Apple of Eden from him, and Swami was sent to retrieve it. Upon touching it, Swami's body was fueled with Altaïr's rage and Swami started mutilating himself as a result. In the following frenzy, Swami slit Maria's throat and Altaïr fled the scene.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad escaped Masyaf with the help of his son Darim,<ref name="ACRV"/> and began self-imposed exile in [[Alamut]].<ref name="ACTSC"/> Abbas usurps the title of Mentor.<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
===1247=== | ===1247=== | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad returned to Masyaf after twenty years of exile, and rescued the merchant [[Mukhlis]] from [[Bayhas]] and two of his henchmen near Masyaf.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad started gaining support from the Levantine Assassins and the villagers in Masyaf, after meeting the son of his late friend Malik Al-Sayf, [[Tazim Al-Sayf]].<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad gathered his Assassin supporters near Masyaf and ordered his men to disarm Abbas Sofian's supporters, but not kill them. Abbas' supporters eventually put down their arms, and opened the gates of Masyaf's inner keep for Altaïr, welcoming their former Mentor.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad confronted Abbas Sofian, and utilized the [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]] - one of the inventions created with knowledge gained by the Apple of Eden - for the first time on his nemesis, killing him and retaking control over the Levantine Assassin Brotherhood.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad began the construction of a [[Altaïr's library|library]] underneath Masyaf.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
===1256=== | ===1256=== | ||
*[[Hulagu Khan]] | *[[Hulagu Khan]] led the Mongols towards the Levant, destroying several of the Levantine Assassins' fortresses.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> | ||
===1257=== | ===1257=== | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad started sending Assassins away from Masyaf to various location around the world, realizing that Masyaf had become a beacon for their enemies and preferring to see the Assassin Order to be a widespread organization.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*The [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] | *The [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] traveled to Masyaf at the request of their friend Darim Ibn-La'Ahad,<ref name="ACTSC"/> where they received Assassin training from the Mentor Altaïr.<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
*On 12 August,<ref name="ACTSC"/> Hulagu Khan | *On 12 August,<ref name="ACTSC"/> Hulagu Khan started besieging the Levantine Assassins' headquarters of Masyaf castle.<ref name="ACRV novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref> | ||
*Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | *Niccolò and Maffeo Polo were given Altaïr's Codex and the [[Masyaf Keys]], and escaped from Masyaf during the Mongol attack with the help of the Mentor Altaïr and his son Darim.<ref name="ACRV"/> The Polos lost the Codex to a Mongol attacking party while returning to their hometown of Constantinople.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
*Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | *Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad ordered his son Darim and the remaining Assassin to leave Masyaf. Darim said farewell to his father before leaving for [[Alexandria]], rejoining his former sister-in-law and her children. Altaïr locked himself up inside his library, hiding the Apple of Eden there and imprinting a sixth [[Memory Seals|Memory Seal]] he had found before passing away on his throne.<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
===1258=== | ===1258=== | ||
*On 1 January, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | *On 1 January, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo began founding an [[Assassins Guilds|Assassin Guild]] in Constantinople.<ref name="ACTSC"/> | ||
===1259=== | ===1259=== | ||
*Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | *Niccolò and Maffeo Polo left on a 10-year journey through Asia, hoping to retrieve Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's lost Codex from the Mongols. They were not successful in their objective, and return to their home in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. | ||
===1269=== | ===1269=== | ||
*Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | *Niccolò and Maffeo Polo arrived in Venice, Italy, where they found another Assassins Guild,<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> also training Niccolò's son [[Marco Polo]] into the Assassin Order.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
===1271=== | ===1271=== | ||
*Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | *Niccolò and Maffeo Polo left on another journey through Asia, taking Marco Polo with them.<ref name="ACRV"/> Marco Polo was able to retrieve the Codex from the Mongol Emperor [[Kublai Khan]].<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
===1296=== | ===1296=== | ||
*The [[Italian Assassins|Italian Assassin]] and poet [[Dante Alighieri]] | *The [[Italian Assassins|Italian Assassin]] and poet [[Dante Alighieri]] took on a boy who would later be known as [[Domenico Auditore]] as an apprentice, whose father was a friend and colleague of Dante. | ||
==14th century== | ==14th century== | ||
===1321=== | ===1321=== | ||
*On 14 September, Dante Alighieri | *On 14 September, Dante Alighieri was killed by the Templars.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
*The Italian Assassins | *The Italian Assassins found out about the continuing existence of the Templars, and Domenico Auditore was given the Codex to take with him to [[Spain]].<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
*While laying anchor in the [[wikipedia:Otranto|Otranto]] harbor, Domenico Auditore's ship | *While laying anchor in the [[wikipedia:Otranto|Otranto]] harbor, Domenico Auditore's ship was ambushed by pirates hired by the Templars to retrieve the Codex. Domenico scattered the Codex pages into chests, though Domenico and his family were attacked by the pirates. Domenico's wife was raped and murdered, but Domenico and his son survived, making their way to the beach.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
===1324=== | ===1324=== | ||
*Marco Polo | *Marco Polo was killed by the Templars circa January 9.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | ||
*Domenico Auditore's father | *Domenico Auditore's father was killed by the Templars.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | ||
*Domenico Auditore | *Domenico Auditore bought and renovated a villa in [[Monteriggioni]], which from that moment on was known as the [[Villa Auditore]]. Monteriggioni became the headquarters of the Italian Assassins.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
===1338=== | ===1338=== | ||
*The [[Germany|German]] [[Lukas Zurburg]] | *The [[Germany|German]] [[Lukas Zurburg]] was saved by the Assassins from a road thief while traveling to Adendorf, and joins their Order.<ref name="ACDYL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref> | ||
===1348=== | ===1348=== | ||
*The [[Brothers of the Cross]], a secret Templar organization, | *The [[Brothers of the Cross]], a secret Templar organization, traveled through Germany offering the people protection from the [[wikipedia:Plague (disease)|plague]]. Their real objective was to find the Ankh.<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
===1350=== | ===1350=== | ||
*The Brothers of the Cross and Lukas Zurburg | *The Brothers of the Cross and Lukas Zurburg mysteriously vanished from public view.<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
==15th century== | ==15th century== | ||
===1402=== | ===1402=== | ||
*Zhu Di, aided by the Templars, | *Zhu Di, aided by the Templars, became the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, taking on the name [[Yongle|Yongle Emperor]].<ref name="ACDYL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy]]''</ref> | ||
*The Yongle Emperor | *The Yongle Emperor ordered the capture and execution of thousands of Assassins in China. Thousands of Chinese Assassins were killed, including their leader [[Fang Xiaoru]]. [[Li Tong]] and an Assassin apprentice escaped with an Apple of Eden.<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
===1424=== | ===1424=== | ||
*On 12 August, the Yongle Emperor of China | *On 12 August, the Yongle Emperor of China was assassinated by the Assassin Li Tong while trying to suppress a rebellion near the [[wikipedia:Gobi Desert|Gobi Desert]].<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
===1431=== | ===1431=== | ||
*[[Joan of Arc]] | *[[Joan of Arc]] was burned at the stake on 31 May by the Templars, who were after the Sword of Eden that Joan had in her possession.<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
==16th century== | ==16th century== | ||
===1509=== | ===1509=== | ||
*An earthquake | *An earthquake striked Constantinople, marking the leave of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan [[Bayezid II]] and the secret return of the Templars, now fighting under the Byzantine banner.<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
===1519=== | ===1519=== | ||
*Leonardo da Vinci | *Leonardo da Vinci died in the [[wikipedia:Clos Lucé|Clos Lucé]] in [[Amboise]] on 2 May, with his friends Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli at his side.<ref name="ACRV novel"/> | ||
==19th century== | ==19th century== | ||
===1832=== | ===1832=== | ||
*[[Ludger Duvernay]], a Canadian journalist and Assassin, | *[[Ludger Duvernay]], a Canadian journalist and Assassin, posted a number of articles accusing the Canadian administration of serving the [[Château Clique]], the leaders of the Templar Order.<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
*Ludger Duvernay | *Ludger Duvernay was arrested on orders of the Château Clique, who even rallied the public against Duvernay. The Assassins eventually freed Duvernay, and he founded the [[wikipedia:Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society|Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society]] after his release, hoping to gain indepence for Canada.<ref name="ACDYL"/> | ||
===1887=== | ===1887=== | ||
*Several members of the [[Narodnaya Volya]], an [[Russian Assassins|Russian Assassin]] organization, | *Several members of the [[Narodnaya Volya]], an [[Russian Assassins|Russian Assassin]] organization, were captured and executed after a failed assassination attempt on Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]], including [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]].<ref name="ACTF">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref> | ||
===1888=== | ===1888=== | ||
*[[Nikolai Orelov]], a Russian Assassin, | *[[Nikolai Orelov]], a Russian Assassin, was ordered by the Mentor to assassinate Tsar Alexander III while he was traveling by train from the [[wikipedia:Crimea|Crimea]] to [[Saint Petersburg]]. Orelov infiltrated the Imperial train, and a fight ensued between him and the Tsar. The fight caused the train to derail, known as the [[Borki train disaster]]. Tsar Alexander III used the Staff of Eden to fight Orelov, but ultimately spared the Assassin's life.<ref name="ACTF"/> | ||
==20th century== | ==20th century== | ||
===1908=== | ===1908=== | ||
*[[Grigori Rasputin]], a Templar agent installed in the Russian Royal Palace, secretly | *[[Grigori Rasputin]], a Templar agent installed in the Russian Royal Palace, secretly stole the Staff of Eden from Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] and took it to a Templar research facility in [[Tunguska]].<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
*Nikolai Orelov | *Nikolai Orelov was ordered by the Mentor to lead an attack on the Templar research facility in Tunguska and took a group of Assassins with him. Nikolai killed the Templars present, and the Assassins' ally [[Nikola Tesla]] sent a ray of electricity to the facility from his [[wikipedia:Wardenclyffe Tower|Wardenclyffe Tower]], resulting in the [[Tunguska explosion]] and the Staff's destruction. Only Nikolai Orelov survived.<ref name="ACTF"/> | ||
===1910=== | ===1910=== | ||
*The Templar "Founders", consisting of amongst others [[Henry Ford]], [[Ransom Eli Olds]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Frank A. Vanderlip]], [[Paul Warburg]], [[Charles Norton]] and [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], designed the "Plan".<ref name="ACRV"/> | *The Templar "Founders", consisting of amongst others [[Henry Ford]], [[Ransom Eli Olds]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], [[Frank A. Vanderlip]], [[Paul Warburg]], [[Charles Norton]] and [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], designed the "Plan".<ref name="ACRV"/> | ||
===1914=== | |||
*Grigori Rasputin and his disciple [[Khioniya Guseva]] traveled to Pokrovskoye, where Guseva attacked Rasputin with a knife. Rasputin's stomach was cut open in the process, and his intestines fell out. Rasputin miraculously survived, and using a shard of the Staff of Eden he forced Guseva to mutilate her own face.<ref name="DATA-DUMP S00.S02">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[DATA-DUMP S00.S02]]</ref> | |||
===1916=== | |||
*On 29 December, Grigori Rasputin was killed by the Assassins,<ref name="AC2"/> led by Felix Yusupov.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | |||
===1917=== | ===1917=== | ||
*The [[Russian Revolution]] | *The [[Russian Revolution]] began, with [[Vladimir Lenin]], supported by the Assassins, leading the [[Bolsheviks]] against the House of Romanov.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> | ||
*Nikolai Orelov infiltrated Tsarevich Nicholas II's Winter Palace after having seen a picture of the Tsarevich carrying supposedly the Staff of Eden. Killing the Tsarevich's guards, Nikolai forced him to direct him to the Imperial Sceptre, and confirmed that it was merely a replica. Nikolai spared the Tsarevich's life, no longer expressing interest in Assassin affairs, and Nicholas informed him of Grigori Rasputin having worn a shard around his neck of similar material as the Staff of Eden according to Nikolai's description.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
*Nikolai Orelov found and dug up Grigori Rasputin's corpse with the help of two other men, and took the Staff's shard from his neck. The two men then burned Rasputin's corpse.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
*Nikolai Orelov, [[Anna Orelov]] and [[Nikolai Orelov's daughter|their daughter]] migrate to the United States, cutting off all contact with the Assassin Order.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
===1937=== | ===1937=== | ||
*[[Abstergo Industries]] | *[[Abstergo Industries]] was founded by the Templars, and is from that point on used as a front of the Templar Order.<ref name="ACBH"/> | ||
===1948=== | |||
*On 30 January, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by the Templars in order to obtain the Second Apple of Eden from him.<ref name="AC2"/> | |||
===1971=== | |||
*On 21 April, the Haitian President [[François Duvalier]] was assassinated by the Assassins.<ref name="AC2"/> | |||
===1985=== | |||
*Abstergo Industries kidnapped a young boy of Assassin descent, naming him [[Daniel Cross]], and implanted an impulse into his brain that would force him to unknowingly climb the ranks of the Assassin Order, and kill the Mentor when he was given the opportunity.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
===1998=== | |||
*The Assassin [[Hannah Mueller]] found ex-convict and drug addict Daniel Cross during a night out in [[Philadelphia]], and brought him to her Assassin camp near the city, believing him to be an Assassin. The following day, Daniel, having suffered from the [[bleeding effect]] for several years, believed he had found his purpose - to find [[The Mentor (2000)|the Mentor]] - and started his training to become an Assassin, and visited nearly all Assassin camps around the world looking for guidance and support.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
==21st century== | |||
===2000=== | |||
*On 5 November, while with Hannah visiting Assassin camps in the Middle East, Daniel Cross was abducted by men employed by the Mentor, and taken to the Mentor's [[Dubai]] headquarters.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
*On 6 November, Daniel Cross awoke to meet the Mentor, and eventually heard the Mentor's wish for Daniel to be his successor. Upon being given the Mentor's ceremonial hidden blade, Daniel's impulse in his brain was activated, and he assassinated the Mentor.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
*On 7 November, [[George W. Bush]], a puppet used by the Templars, won the American Presidential election against [[Al Gore]], who was backed by the Assassins, and became President of the United States.<ref name="ACTF"/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Timeline| ]] | [[Category:Timeline| ]] | ||
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5th century BCE
465 BCE
- Darius, a Persian Assassin, assassinated King Xerxes I of Persia,[1] a Templar ally.[2] This assassination was the first recorded use of the Assassins' hidden blade.[1]
3rd century BCE
210 BCE
- Wei Yu, a Chinese Assassin, assassinated Emperor Qin Shi Huang,[1] the first Emperor of China and a Templar ally,[2] with a spear.[1]
1st century BCE
44 BCE
- Forty Senators, secretly members of the Assassin Order,[3] plotted the assassination of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar while being led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus,[4] who was unknowingly aided by the Templars.[2]
- On 15 March, twenty-three of the conspirators stabbed Julius Caesar, killing him.[3]
42 BCE
- Marcus Junius Brutus committed suicide in late October during the Battle of Philippi. Other members of the Assassin Order tried using the Shroud of Eden to revive Brutus. Brutus temporarily springs back to life for a very brief moment, only to ultimately die shortly thereafter.[3]
30 BCE
- Iltani, an Egyptian Assassin, assassinated[1] Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt and a Templar ally,[5] with a poisonous asp.[1]
1st century
41
- Leonius, a Roman Assassin, assassinated Roman Emperor Caligula with a Dagger.[1]
12th century
1189
- Haras, a Levantine Assassin apprentice, betrayed the Assassin Order and joins the Templars, leading a Templar attack on Masyaf castle.[5]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad killed Haras and rescued his Mentor Rashid ad-Din Sinan in the process. Altaïr was elevated to the rank of Master Assassin.[5]
13th century
1204
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad traveled to Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire to bring the Assassin Order to the city. Due to the ongoing Fourth Crusade, Altaïr was forced to return to Masyaf.[6]
1217
- The Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, his wife Maria and son Darim left Masyaf to deal with the approaching Mongol threat; Malik Al-Sayf temporarily took over control of the Levantine Assassins.[6]
1225
- Swami, an Assassin apprentice, killed Sef Ibn-La'Ahad under the command of Abbas Sofian, leaving the murder weapon in Malik Al-Sayf's bed.[6]
- Malik Al-Sayf was imprisoned in Masyaf's dungeon after having been framed of Sef's murder. Abbas Sofian places a council in control of the Levantine Assassins, with himself at its head.[6]
1227
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim worked together with the Mongolian Assassin Qulan Gal in an attempt to kill the Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Qulan Gal infiltrated the Mongol camp in Xingging near Xu Province in China, where Altaïr was spotted by a Mongol guard and got hurt in the process. Genghis Khan was alarmed and tried to escape on horseback.[6]
- Genghis Khan's horse was shot by Qulan Gal, and the Mongol Emperor himself was killed by an arrow shot by Darim Ibn-La'Ahad.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Maria and Darim returned to Masyaf, where Altaïr and Maria are told about their son's death and the ruling council.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad rescued Malik Al-Sayf from Masyaf's dungeons, from whom he hears the truth about his son's death. Altaïr and Maria left to confront Abbas Sofian, and Malik was beheaded by Swami in their absence.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and his wife Maria confronted Abbas Sofian, and were joined by Swami carrying Malik's head. Altaïr dared Abbas to take the Apple of Eden from him, and Swami was sent to retrieve it. Upon touching it, Swami's body was fueled with Altaïr's rage and Swami started mutilating himself as a result. In the following frenzy, Swami slit Maria's throat and Altaïr fled the scene.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad escaped Masyaf with the help of his son Darim,[5] and began self-imposed exile in Alamut.[6] Abbas usurps the title of Mentor.[5]
1247
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad returned to Masyaf after twenty years of exile, and rescued the merchant Mukhlis from Bayhas and two of his henchmen near Masyaf.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad started gaining support from the Levantine Assassins and the villagers in Masyaf, after meeting the son of his late friend Malik Al-Sayf, Tazim Al-Sayf.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad gathered his Assassin supporters near Masyaf and ordered his men to disarm Abbas Sofian's supporters, but not kill them. Abbas' supporters eventually put down their arms, and opened the gates of Masyaf's inner keep for Altaïr, welcoming their former Mentor.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad confronted Abbas Sofian, and utilized the hidden gun - one of the inventions created with knowledge gained by the Apple of Eden - for the first time on his nemesis, killing him and retaking control over the Levantine Assassin Brotherhood.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad began the construction of a library underneath Masyaf.[6]
1256
- Hulagu Khan led the Mongols towards the Levant, destroying several of the Levantine Assassins' fortresses.[2]
1257
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad started sending Assassins away from Masyaf to various location around the world, realizing that Masyaf had become a beacon for their enemies and preferring to see the Assassin Order to be a widespread organization.[6]
- The Venetian explorers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo traveled to Masyaf at the request of their friend Darim Ibn-La'Ahad,[6] where they received Assassin training from the Mentor Altaïr.[5]
- On 12 August,[6] Hulagu Khan started besieging the Levantine Assassins' headquarters of Masyaf castle.[7]
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo were given Altaïr's Codex and the Masyaf Keys, and escaped from Masyaf during the Mongol attack with the help of the Mentor Altaïr and his son Darim.[5] The Polos lost the Codex to a Mongol attacking party while returning to their hometown of Constantinople.[6]
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad ordered his son Darim and the remaining Assassin to leave Masyaf. Darim said farewell to his father before leaving for Alexandria, rejoining his former sister-in-law and her children. Altaïr locked himself up inside his library, hiding the Apple of Eden there and imprinting a sixth Memory Seal he had found before passing away on his throne.[5]
1258
- On 1 January, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo began founding an Assassin Guild in Constantinople.[6]
1259
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo left on a 10-year journey through Asia, hoping to retrieve Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's lost Codex from the Mongols. They were not successful in their objective, and return to their home in Venice, Italy.
1269
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo arrived in Venice, Italy, where they found another Assassins Guild,[2] also training Niccolò's son Marco Polo into the Assassin Order.[1]
1271
- Niccolò and Maffeo Polo left on another journey through Asia, taking Marco Polo with them.[5] Marco Polo was able to retrieve the Codex from the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan.[1]
1296
- The Italian Assassin and poet Dante Alighieri took on a boy who would later be known as Domenico Auditore as an apprentice, whose father was a friend and colleague of Dante.
14th century
1321
- On 14 September, Dante Alighieri was killed by the Templars.[1]
- The Italian Assassins found out about the continuing existence of the Templars, and Domenico Auditore was given the Codex to take with him to Spain.[1]
- While laying anchor in the Otranto harbor, Domenico Auditore's ship was ambushed by pirates hired by the Templars to retrieve the Codex. Domenico scattered the Codex pages into chests, though Domenico and his family were attacked by the pirates. Domenico's wife was raped and murdered, but Domenico and his son survived, making their way to the beach.[1]
1324
- Marco Polo was killed by the Templars circa January 9.[2]
- Domenico Auditore's father was killed by the Templars.[2]
- Domenico Auditore bought and renovated a villa in Monteriggioni, which from that moment on was known as the Villa Auditore. Monteriggioni became the headquarters of the Italian Assassins.[1]
1338
- The German Lukas Zurburg was saved by the Assassins from a road thief while traveling to Adendorf, and joins their Order.[8]
1348
- The Brothers of the Cross, a secret Templar organization, traveled through Germany offering the people protection from the plague. Their real objective was to find the Ankh.[8]
1350
- The Brothers of the Cross and Lukas Zurburg mysteriously vanished from public view.[8]
15th century
1402
- Zhu Di, aided by the Templars, became the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China, taking on the name Yongle Emperor.[8]
- The Yongle Emperor ordered the capture and execution of thousands of Assassins in China. Thousands of Chinese Assassins were killed, including their leader Fang Xiaoru. Li Tong and an Assassin apprentice escaped with an Apple of Eden.[8]
1424
- On 12 August, the Yongle Emperor of China was assassinated by the Assassin Li Tong while trying to suppress a rebellion near the Gobi Desert.[8]
1431
- Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on 31 May by the Templars, who were after the Sword of Eden that Joan had in her possession.[1]
16th century
1509
- An earthquake striked Constantinople, marking the leave of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and the secret return of the Templars, now fighting under the Byzantine banner.[5]
1519
- Leonardo da Vinci died in the Clos Lucé in Amboise on 2 May, with his friends Ezio Auditore and Niccolò Machiavelli at his side.[7]
19th century
1832
- Ludger Duvernay, a Canadian journalist and Assassin, posted a number of articles accusing the Canadian administration of serving the Château Clique, the leaders of the Templar Order.[8]
- Ludger Duvernay was arrested on orders of the Château Clique, who even rallied the public against Duvernay. The Assassins eventually freed Duvernay, and he founded the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society after his release, hoping to gain indepence for Canada.[8]
1887
- Several members of the Narodnaya Volya, an Russian Assassin organization, were captured and executed after a failed assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander III, including Aleksandr Ulyanov.[9]
1888
- Nikolai Orelov, a Russian Assassin, was ordered by the Mentor to assassinate Tsar Alexander III while he was traveling by train from the Crimea to Saint Petersburg. Orelov infiltrated the Imperial train, and a fight ensued between him and the Tsar. The fight caused the train to derail, known as the Borki train disaster. Tsar Alexander III used the Staff of Eden to fight Orelov, but ultimately spared the Assassin's life.[9]
20th century
1908
- Grigori Rasputin, a Templar agent installed in the Russian Royal Palace, secretly stole the Staff of Eden from Tsar Nicholas II and took it to a Templar research facility in Tunguska.[1]
- Nikolai Orelov was ordered by the Mentor to lead an attack on the Templar research facility in Tunguska and took a group of Assassins with him. Nikolai killed the Templars present, and the Assassins' ally Nikola Tesla sent a ray of electricity to the facility from his Wardenclyffe Tower, resulting in the Tunguska explosion and the Staff's destruction. Only Nikolai Orelov survived.[9]
1910
- The Templar "Founders", consisting of amongst others Henry Ford, Ransom Eli Olds, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frank A. Vanderlip, Paul Warburg, Charles Norton and Nelson W. Aldrich, designed the "Plan".[5]
1914
- Grigori Rasputin and his disciple Khioniya Guseva traveled to Pokrovskoye, where Guseva attacked Rasputin with a knife. Rasputin's stomach was cut open in the process, and his intestines fell out. Rasputin miraculously survived, and using a shard of the Staff of Eden he forced Guseva to mutilate her own face.[10]
1916
1917
- The Russian Revolution began, with Vladimir Lenin, supported by the Assassins, leading the Bolsheviks against the House of Romanov.[2]
- Nikolai Orelov infiltrated Tsarevich Nicholas II's Winter Palace after having seen a picture of the Tsarevich carrying supposedly the Staff of Eden. Killing the Tsarevich's guards, Nikolai forced him to direct him to the Imperial Sceptre, and confirmed that it was merely a replica. Nikolai spared the Tsarevich's life, no longer expressing interest in Assassin affairs, and Nicholas informed him of Grigori Rasputin having worn a shard around his neck of similar material as the Staff of Eden according to Nikolai's description.[9]
- Nikolai Orelov found and dug up Grigori Rasputin's corpse with the help of two other men, and took the Staff's shard from his neck. The two men then burned Rasputin's corpse.[9]
- Nikolai Orelov, Anna Orelov and their daughter migrate to the United States, cutting off all contact with the Assassin Order.[9]
1937
- Abstergo Industries was founded by the Templars, and is from that point on used as a front of the Templar Order.[4]
1948
- On 30 January, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by the Templars in order to obtain the Second Apple of Eden from him.[1]
1971
- On 21 April, the Haitian President François Duvalier was assassinated by the Assassins.[1]
1985
- Abstergo Industries kidnapped a young boy of Assassin descent, naming him Daniel Cross, and implanted an impulse into his brain that would force him to unknowingly climb the ranks of the Assassin Order, and kill the Mentor when he was given the opportunity.[9]
1998
- The Assassin Hannah Mueller found ex-convict and drug addict Daniel Cross during a night out in Philadelphia, and brought him to her Assassin camp near the city, believing him to be an Assassin. The following day, Daniel, having suffered from the bleeding effect for several years, believed he had found his purpose - to find the Mentor - and started his training to become an Assassin, and visited nearly all Assassin camps around the world looking for guidance and support.[9]
21st century
2000
- On 5 November, while with Hannah visiting Assassin camps in the Middle East, Daniel Cross was abducted by men employed by the Mentor, and taken to the Mentor's Dubai headquarters.[9]
- On 6 November, Daniel Cross awoke to meet the Mentor, and eventually heard the Mentor's wish for Daniel to be his successor. Upon being given the Mentor's ceremonial hidden blade, Daniel's impulse in his brain was activated, and he assassinated the Mentor.[9]
- On 7 November, George W. Bush, a puppet used by the Templars, won the American Presidential election against Al Gore, who was backed by the Assassins, and became President of the United States.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Assassin's Creed: Discover Your Legacy
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Assassin's Creed: The Fall
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy - DATA-DUMP S00.S02