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An '''Assassin cell''' is a unit of the [[modern times|modern]] organizational structure of the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]], in use since the 20th century. Composed of smaller groups of Assassins spread out across the [[Earth|globe]], it is a successor to the former system of [[Assassin Guilds|guilds]] devised by the legendary Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. In contrast to guilds, cells reflect a far more decentralized command structure, though like their antecedent, there was generally one per major city.
An '''Assassin cell''' is a unit of the [[modern times|modern]] organizational structure of the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]], in use since the 20th century. Composed of smaller groups of Assassins spread out across the [[Earth|globe]], it is a successor to the former system of [[Assassin Guilds|guilds]] devised by the [[Mentor]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. In contrast to guilds, cells reflect a far more decentralized command structure, though like their antecedent, there was generally one per major city.


==Organization==
==Organization==
Cells effectively function as small, isolated teams of Assassins operating across the world.<ref name="Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> They can have as little as four members,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref> essentially serving as a squad—as was the case with [[Desmond Miles]]' team<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>—or be large enough to constitute a community<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><ref name="ACRV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>. To maintain secrecy and security, many cells live off the grid, away from urban centers with stronger [[Templars|Templar]] presence,<ref name="Essential Guide" /><ref name="ACI" /> and this has especially been the case since the [[Great Purge]] of 2000.<ref name="The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>
Cells effectively function as small, isolated teams of Assassins operating across the world.<ref name="Essential Guide">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> They can have as little as four members,<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref> essentially serving as a squad—as was the case with [[Desmond Miles]]' team<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>—or be large enough to constitute a community.<ref name="AC1">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><ref name="ACRV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> To maintain secrecy and security, many cells live off the grid, away from urban centers with stronger [[Templars|Templar]] presence,<ref name="Essential Guide" /><ref name="ACI" /> and this has especially been the case since the [[Great Purge]] of 2000.<ref name="The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>


Bases are generally isolated compounds in wilderness, such as [[the Farm]] located in the [[Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]].<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="ACRV" /> Despite this, the jurisdiction of each cell corresponds to cities. Virtually every major city—in addition to any deemed strategically significant—had a cell before the Great Purge.<ref name="Essential Guide" />
Bases are generally isolated compounds in wilderness, such as [[the Farm]] located in the [[Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]].<ref name="AC1" /><ref name="ACRV" /> Despite this, the jurisdiction of each cell corresponds to cities. Virtually every major city—in addition to any deemed strategically significant—had a cell before the Great Purge.<ref name="Essential Guide" />


While far more decentralized than that of the former system of Guilds, the title of Mentor under this new structure was reserved for only a single individual who had oversight for all cells on the planet whereas previously, each guild had its own Mentor. With the development of cells, the identity of the Mentor became a closely-guarded secret, unknown to even most Assassins.<ref name="Essential Guide" /> It became a far more prestigious position because the Mentor was expected to harbor the accumulated knowledge of all his predecessors, as well as coordinate the activities of every cell across the world.<ref name="The Fall" /><ref name="The Fall Deluxe">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – ''Deluxe Edition''</ref> Since the assassination of the Mentor at the hands of the sleeper agent [[Daniel Cross]], the position has been vacant, with ''de facto'' leadership undertaken by [[William Miles]] and [[Gavin Banks]].<ref name="Essential Guide" />
While far more decentralized than that of the former system of Guilds, the title of Mentor under this new structure was reserved for only a single individual who had oversight for all cells on the planet whereas previously, each guild had its own Mentor. With the development of cells, the identity of the Mentor became a closely-guarded secret, unknown to even most Assassins.<ref name="Essential Guide" /> It became a far more prestigious position because the Mentor was expected to harbor the accumulated knowledge of all his predecessors, as well as coordinate the activities of every cell across the world.<ref name="The Fall" /><ref name="The Fall Deluxe">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' – ''Deluxe Edition''</ref> Since the assassination of the Mentor at the hands of sleeper agent [[Daniel Cross]], the position has been vacant, with ''de facto'' leadership undertaken by [[William Miles]] and [[Gavin Banks]].<ref name="Essential Guide" />


==Known Assassin cells==
==Known Assassin cells==
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Spacemen PL.jpg|[[Cipriano Enu]]<ref name="PL - R3" /><br>? – 1503
Spacemen PL.jpg|[[Cipriano Enu]]<ref name="PL - R3" /><br>? – 1503
ACPL tessa.jpg|[[Tessa Varzi]]<ref name="PL - R3" /><br>? – 1503
ACPL tessa.jpg|[[Tessa Varzi]]<ref name="PL - R3" /><br>? – 1503
</gallery>
===Ignacio Cardona's cell===
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACUp - Ignacio Cardona render.png|[[Ignacio Cardona]]*<ref name="Uprising">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''</ref><br>1937
ACUp Glaucia Acosta.png|[[Glaucia Acosta]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br>1937
ACUprising Dwight Adams.jpg|[[Dwight Adams]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br>1937
Miguel Carraso.JPG|[[Miguel Carasso]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br>1937
ACUp Rufus Grosvenor.png|[[Rufus Grosvenor]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br>{{c|undercover as "[[Norbert Clarke]]"}}<br>1937
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Bloodstone Unit===
===Bloodstone Unit===
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
AC Conspiracies Boris Pash.jpg|[[Boris Pash]]*<ref name="ACBs 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Tome 1/2|Tome 1/2]]''</ref><br>c. 1950s
AC Conspiracies Boris Pash.jpg|[[Boris Pash]]*<ref name="Bloodstone">''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Tome 1/2|Tome 1/2]]''</ref><br>c. 1950s
ACBs Alekseï Gavrani.jpg|[[Alekseï Gavrani]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>? - 1963
ACBs Alekseï Gavrani.jpg|[[Alekseï Gavrani]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>? - 1963
ACBs - Julia Gorm render.png|[[Julia Gorm]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>c. 1950s
ACBs - Julia Gorm render.png|[[Julia Gorm]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>c. 1950s
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[William Greer]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>c. 1950s
ACBs - Greer holding Apple.png|[[William Greer]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Zenia.jpg|[[Zenia]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Zenia.jpg|[[Zenia]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Dohgura.jpg|[[Dhogura]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Dohgura.jpg|[[Dhogura]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Doni.jpg|[[Doni]]<ref name="ACBs 1" /><br>c. 1950s
AC Bloodstone - Doni.jpg|[[Doni]]<ref name="Bloodstone" /><br>c. 1950s
</gallery>
</gallery>


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===Gavin Banks's cell===
===Gavin Banks's cell===
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
GavinBanksrender.png|[[Gavin Banks]]*<br>2012
GavinBanksrender.png|[[Gavin Banks]]*<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
ACi-TreeHugger.jpg|[[Susan Drayton]]<br>2012
ACi-TreeHugger.jpg|[[Susan Drayton]]<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
ACi-FirstMate.jpg|[[Eric Cooper]]<br>2012
ACi-FirstMate.jpg|[[Eric Cooper]]<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
ACi-DishonorableDischarge.jpg|[[Emmanuel Barraza]]<br>2012
ACi-DishonorableDischarge.jpg|<ref name="ACI" />[[Emmanuel Barraza]]<br>2013 - 2014
ACi-AbstergosLostGenius.jpg|[[Emmett Leary]]<br>2012
ACi-AbstergosLostGenius.jpg|<ref name="ACI" />[[Emmett Leary]]<br>2013 - 2014
ACi DoubleMajor.jpg|Dr. [[Stephanie Chiu]]<br>2012
ACi DoubleMajor.jpg|Dr. [[Stephanie Chiu]]<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
ACi-Komusubi.jpg|[[Nodar Ninidze]]<br>2012
ACi-Komusubi.jpg|[[Nodar Ninidze]]<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
ACi-MakeBelieveMentor.jpg|[[Akaki Ninidze]]<br>2012
ACi-MakeBelieveMentor.jpg|[[Akaki Ninidze]]<ref name="ACI" /><br>2013 - 2014
</gallery>
</gallery>


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<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACA Xavier Chen.jpg|[[Xavier Chen]]*<ref name="ACA">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><br>? – 2015
ACA Xavier Chen.jpg|[[Xavier Chen]]*<ref name="ACA">''[[Assassin's Creed (Titan Comics)|Assassin's Creed]]''</ref><br>? – 2015
ACS DB Galina Voronina.jpg|[[Galina Voronina]]*<ref name="ACA" /><br>? – 2017
ACS DB Galina Voronina.jpg|[[Galina Voronina]]*<ref name="ACA" /><br>? – 2016
ACComics Kody Adams.jpg|[[Kody Adams]]<ref name="ACA" /><br>? – 2017
ACComics Kody Adams.jpg|[[Kody Adams]]<ref name="ACA" /><br>? – 2016
ACA Charlotte Render.png|[[Charlotte de la Cruz]]<ref name="ACA" /><br>2015 – 2017
ACA Charlotte Render.png|[[Charlotte de la Cruz]]<ref name="ACA" /><br>2015 – 2016
</gallery>
</gallery>


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===Galina Voronina's cell===
===Galina Voronina's cell===
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACS DB Galina Voronina.jpg|Galina Voronina*<ref name="Uprising">''[[Assassin's Creed: Uprising]]''</ref><br />2017 – 2018
ACS DB Galina Voronina.jpg|Galina Voronina*<ref name="Uprising" /><br />2017 – 2018
ACA Charlotte Render.png|Charlotte de la Cruz<ref name="Uprising" /><br />2017 – 2018
ACA Charlotte Render.png|Charlotte de la Cruz<ref name="Uprising" /><br />2017 – 2018
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|[[Kiyoshi Takakura]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br />2017 – 2018
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|[[Kiyoshi Takakura]]<ref name="Uprising" /><br />2017 – 2018
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ACOD - Layla Hassan render.png|[[Layla Hassan]]*<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref><br />2018
ACOD - Layla Hassan render.png|[[Layla Hassan]]*<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref><br />2018
ACOD Victoria Bibeau render.png|[[Victoria Bibeau]]<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
ACOD Victoria Bibeau render.png|[[Victoria Bibeau]]<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|[[Kiyoshi Takakura]]<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|Kiyoshi Takakura<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Alannah Ryan]]<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Alannah Ryan]]<ref name="ACOD" /><br />2018
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Shaun Hastings's cell===
===Shaun Hastings's cell===
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACV Shaun Hastings render.png|Shaun Hastings*<ref name="ACBV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''</ref><ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref><br />2019 – 2020
ACV Shaun Hastings render.png|Shaun Hastings*<ref name="ACBV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''</ref><ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref><br />2020
ACV Rebecca Crane render.png|Rebecca Crane<ref name="ACBV" /><ref name="ACV" /><br />2019 – 2020
ACV Rebecca Crane render.png|Rebecca Crane<ref name="ACBV" /><ref name="ACV" /><br />2020
ACV Layla Hassan.png|Layla Hassan<ref name="ACBV" /><ref name="ACV" /><br />2019 – 2020
ACV Layla Hassan.png|Layla Hassan<ref name="ACBV" /><ref name="ACV" /><br />2020
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|[[Kiyoshi Takakura]]<ref name="ACBV" /><br />2019
ACI - Kiyoshi render.png|Kiyoshi Takakura<ref name="ACBV" /><br />2020
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Antony Henry]]<ref name="ACV" /><br />2020
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Antony Henry]]<ref name="ACV" /><br />2020
</gallery>
</gallery>

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An Assassin cell is a unit of the modern organizational structure of the Assassin Brotherhood, in use since the 20th century. Composed of smaller groups of Assassins spread out across the globe, it is a successor to the former system of guilds devised by the Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. In contrast to guilds, cells reflect a far more decentralized command structure, though like their antecedent, there was generally one per major city.

Organization

Cells effectively function as small, isolated teams of Assassins operating across the world.[1] They can have as little as four members,[2] essentially serving as a squad—as was the case with Desmond Miles' team[3][4]—or be large enough to constitute a community.[5][6] To maintain secrecy and security, many cells live off the grid, away from urban centers with stronger Templar presence,[1][2] and this has especially been the case since the Great Purge of 2000.[7]

Bases are generally isolated compounds in wilderness, such as the Farm located in the Black Hills of South Dakota.[5][6] Despite this, the jurisdiction of each cell corresponds to cities. Virtually every major city—in addition to any deemed strategically significant—had a cell before the Great Purge.[1]

While far more decentralized than that of the former system of Guilds, the title of Mentor under this new structure was reserved for only a single individual who had oversight for all cells on the planet whereas previously, each guild had its own Mentor. With the development of cells, the identity of the Mentor became a closely-guarded secret, unknown to even most Assassins.[1] It became a far more prestigious position because the Mentor was expected to harbor the accumulated knowledge of all his predecessors, as well as coordinate the activities of every cell across the world.[7][8] Since the assassination of the Mentor at the hands of sleeper agent Daniel Cross, the position has been vacant, with de facto leadership undertaken by William Miles and Gavin Banks.[1]

Known Assassin cells

Cell leaders are marked with an asterisk. (*)

Francesco Vecellio's team

Ignacio Cardona's cell

Bloodstone Unit

William Miles's cell

Gavin Banks's cell

Xavier Chen's cell

The Descendants

Galina Voronina's cell

Layla Hassan's cell

Shaun Hastings's cell

Appearances

References